Hydrogenolysis of aryl halides

Formate is an excellent hydride source for the hydrogenolysis of aryl halides[682]. Ammonium or triethylammonium formate[683] and sodium formate are mostly used[684,685]. Dechlorination of the chloroarene 806 is carried out with ammonium formate using Pd charcoal as a catalyst[686]. By the treatment of 2,4,6-trichloroamline with formate, the chlorine atom at the /iiara-position is preferentially removed[687]. The dehalogenation of 2,4-diha-loestrogene is achieved with formic acid, KI, and ascorbic acid[688]. 

The complexes [PdCl2(133)2] catalyze the hydrogenolysis of 1-chloromethylnaphthalene with K[HCOO] or Na[HCOO]. Both the solid methanoates and their aqueous solutions could be used. Addition of [R4N]+X phase transfer agents significantly accelerated the hydrogenolysis of aryl halides with methanoates.347... 

The hydrogenolysis of aryl halides proceeds more readily than the cleavage of alkyl-halogen bonds. Aryl chlorides are rather stable to hydrogenolysis in neutral medium and bromides are dehalogenated only to a moderate extent 24,132 but iodides are readily lost. Aryl fluorides, however, are hydrogenolyzed only under... 

Hydrogenolysis of aryl halides. Aryl halides are converted into arenes by hydrogenation in a 0.2 M solution of KOH in ethanol at room temperature and atmospheric pressure in the presence of Raney nickel. The reaction is subject to steric hindrance. ... 

Hydrogenolysis of aryl and alkenyl halides and triflates proceeds by the treatment with various hydride sources. The reaction can be explained by the transmetallation with hydride to form palladium hydride, which undergoes reductive elimination. Several boro hydrides are used for this purpose[680], Deuteration of aromatic rings is possible by the reaction of aryl chlorides with NaBD4681]. 

Palladium-catalyzed aminations of aryl halides is now a well-documented process [86-88], Heo et al. showed that amino-substituted 2-pyridones 54 and 55 can be prepared in a two-step procedure via a microwave-assisted Buchwald-Hartwig amination reaction of 5- or 6-bromo-2-benzyloxypyri-dines 50 and 51 followed by a hydrogenolysis of the benzyl ether 52 and 53, as outlined in Fig. 9 [89]. The actual microwave-assisted Buchwald-Hartwig coupling was not performed directly at the 2-pyridone scaffold, but instead at the intermediate pyridine. Initially, the reaction was performed at 150 °C for 10 min with Pd2(dba)3 as the palladium source, which provided both the desired amino-pyridines (65% yield) as well as the debrominated pyridine. After improving the conditions, the best temperature and time to use proved... 

Another method for the hydrogenolysis of aryl bromides and iodides is to use MeONa[696]. The removal of chlorine and bromine from benzene rings is possible with MeOH under basic conditions by use of dippp as a ligand[697]. The reduction is explained by the formation of the phenylpalladium methoxide 812, which undergoes elimination of /3-hydrogen to form benzene, and MeOH is oxidized to formaldehyde. Based on this mechanistic consideration, reaction of alcohols with aryl halides has another application. For example, cyclohex-anol (813) is oxidized smoothly to cyclohexanone with bromobenzene under basic conditions[698]. 

Unexpectedly, the arylsilane 383 can be prepared by the Pd-catalyzed reaction of aryl halides with the hydrosilanes 382, without giving the expected hydrogenolysis product 384 [186],... 

Reduction of aryl halides. Aryl halides have generally been considered to be resistant to hydrogenolysis by lithium aluminum hydride. However, Karabatsos and Shone2 found that certain aromatic halides are reduced by the reagent in diglyme at 100°. The order of reactivity is 1 > Br > Cl > F. These chemists concluded, however, that triphenyltin hydride is superior for this purpose. 

Silyl and stannyl hydrides effect high yield reduction of aryl diazonium salts, and are compatible with a wider range of solvents than is HaP02. NaH prepared situ has been found to be much more active than the commercial product. Using the more active NaH, hydrogenolysis of benzylic halides is possible. Sodium borohydride has been reported to reduce nitriles to amines if Raney nickel is used as catalyst. 

Examples of the formylation of aryl halides with synthesis gas catalyzed by palladium complexes are summarized in Equation 19.90. These reactions relied upon the development of ligands with particular steric and electronic properties. The dia-damantyl-n-butyl phosphine shown in the equation, in combination with palladium acetate, leads to the formation of aromatic aldehydes in high yields from electron-rich and electron-poor aryl bromides. Reactions of nitroarenes and 2-bromopyridine provided the aldehydes in low yield, but other examples occurred in satisfactor) yield with only 0.1-0.75 mol % catalyst. The identity of the base is important in this process, and TMEDA was the most effective base. The mechanism of this process was not proposed in the initial work, but is likely to occur by oxidative addition of the aryl halide, insertion of the carbon monoxide into the palladium-aryl bond, and a combination of hydrogenolysis of the acyl intermediate and elimination of hydrogen halide to regenerate palladium(O). The base would then be involved in the hydrogenol5 sis and consumption of hydrogen halide. 

Hydrogenolysls of alkyl halides may be performed by usina NaBHi, in DMSO, and of aryl halides by LiAlHi, in THF, a method for generating organotin hydrides in situ for use in hydrogenolysis reactions of alkyl halides has been presented. ... 

This method offers high functional group tolerance as electron-withdrawing groups and free hydro)g ls are tolerated. In addition to aryl and vinyl iodides, aiyl bromides may also be used but typically provide lower yields. A variant employing aryl boronic acids in place of aryl halides was also reported. Additionally, primary sulfonamides are accessible by a hydrogenolysis/Zn reduction sequence (Scheme 13.18). ... 

In the reaction of Q,/3-unsaturated ketones and esters, sometimes simple Michael-type addition (insertion and hydrogenolysis, or hydroarylation, and hydroalkenylation) of alkenes is observed[53,54]. For example, a simple addition product 56 to methyl vinyl ketone was obtained by the reaction of the heteroaromatic iodide 55[S5]. The corresponding bromide affords the usual insertion-elimination product. Saturated ketones are obtained cleanly by hydroarylation of o,/3l-unsaturated ketones with aryl halides in the presence of sodium formate, which hydrogenolyses the R—Pd—I intermediate to R— Pd—H[56]. Intramolecular hydroarylation is a useful reaction. The diiodide 57 reacts smoothly with sodium formate to give a model compound for the afla-toxin 58. (see Section 1.1.6)[57]. Use of triethylammonium formate and BU4NCI gives better results. 

Many examples of insertions of internal alkynes are known. Internal alkynes react with aryl halides in the presence of formate to afford the trisubstituted alkenes[271,272]. In the reaction of the terminal alkyne 388 with two molecules of iodobenzene. the first step is the formation of the phenylacetylene 389. Then the internal alkyne bond, thus produced, inserts into the phenyl-Pd bond to give 390. Finally, hydrogenolysis with formic acid yields the trisubstituted alkene 391(273,274], This sequence of reactions is a good preparative method for trisubstituted alkenes from terminal alkynes. 

Hydrogenolysis of benzyl alcohols 0-79 Reduction of benzylic ethers 0-86 Coupling of halides containing aryl groups... 

Three transmetallation reactions are known. The reaction starts by the oxidative addition of halides to transition metal complexes to form 206. (In this scheme, all ligands are omitted.) (i) The C—C bonds 208 are formed by transmetallation of 206 with 207 and reductive elimination. Mainly Pd and Ni complexes are used as efficient catalysts. Aryl aryl, aryl alkenyl, alkenyl-alkenyl bonds, and some alkenyl alkyl and aryl-alkyl bonds, are formed by the cross-coupling, (ii) Metal hydrides 209 are another partner of the transmetallation, and hydrogenolysis of halides occurs to give 210. This reaction is discussed in Section 3.8. (iii) C—M bonds 212 are formed by the reaction of dimetallic compounds 211 with 206. These reactions are summarized in Schemes 3.3-3.6. 

Oxidative addition of aryl and alkenyl halides, and pseudohalides, followed by transmetallation with various metal hydrides generates Ar—M—FI species, reductive elimination of which results in hydrogenolysis of halides. In the main, Pd is used as an efficient catalyst for the hydrogenolysis. 

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