Intermolecular oxidative amination

Palladium-catalyzed addition of oxygen nucleophiles to alkenes dates back to the Wacker process and acetoxylation of ethylene (Sects. 1 and 2). In contrast, catalytic methods for intermolecular oxidative amination of alkenes (i.e., aza-Wacker reactions) have been identified only recently. Both O2 and BQ have been used as oxidants in these reactions. 

After realizing that our hypotheses about oxidative cross-coupling reactions were not as unique as assumed, we quickly turned our attentirai to intermolecular oxidative amination reactions. In the carbazole example, regioselectivity was coti-trolled by the presence of a Lewis base that was attached near the C—H bmid that would be cleaved, resulting in a metallacyle intermediate. For die development of an intramolecular reaction, we chose to take advantage of the selectivity that is often observed in the selective metalation of electron-rich heteroarenes. At the time, the palladation of indoles was presumed to operate by an electrophilic aromatic substitution mechanism. (This has since been demonstrated to be incorrect, vide infra.) We hypothesized that regioselective palladation of an indole substrate could be followed by a subsequent C—N bond reductive elimination. At the time, the exact mechanism by which the intermediate containing Pd—C and Pd—N bonds could be formed was not clear, nor was the order of the two metalation steps, but the overall process seemed plausible. 

Simultaneously, Chang s [101] and DeBoefs group [102] independently reported an intermolecular oxidative amination of simple arenes using PIDA as a stoichiometric oxidant (Scheme 37). The authors were able to arylate several... 

Intermolecular Oxidative Amination. Imidazopyridines can be accessed via an intermolecular oxidative amination process cocatalyzed by Cu(II) and Fe(II) (eq 33). ... 

Scheme 7.45 Iodine-catalyzed intermolecular oxidative amination of sp -C-H bonds with ortho-carbonyl-substituted anilines...

Yan Y, Zhang Y, Feng C, Zha Z, Wang Z (2012) Selective iodine-catalyzed intermolecular oxidative amination of C(sp )-H bonds with ortho-carbonyl-substituted anilines to give quinazolines. Angew Chem Int Ed 51(32) 8077-8081... 

Unlike the intermolecular reaction, the intramolecular aminopalladation proceeds more easily[13,14,166], Methylindole (164) is obtained by the intramolecular exo amination of 2-allylaniline (163). If there is another olefinic bond in the same molecule, the aminopalladation product 165 undergoes intramolecular alkene insertion to give the tricyclic compound 166[178]. 2,2-Dimethyl-l,2-dihydroquinoline (168) is obtained by endo cyclization of 2-(3,3-dimethyiallyl)aniline (167). The oxidative amination proceeds smoothly... 

Amination of aromatic nitro compounds is a very important process in both industry and laboratory. A simple synthesis of 4-aminodiphenyl amine (4-ADPA) has been achieved by utilizing a nucleophilic aromatic substitution. 4-ADPA is a key intermediate in the rubber chemical family of antioxidants. By means of a nucleophibc attack of the anilide anion on a nitrobenzene, a o-complex is formed first, which is then converted into 4-nitrosodiphenylamine and 4-nitrodiphenylamine by intra- and intermolecular oxidation. Catalytic hydrogenation finally affords 4-ADPA. Azobenzene, which is formed as a by-product, can be hydrogenated to aniline and thus recycled into the process. Switching this new atom-economy route allows for a dramatic reduction of chemical waste (Scheme 9.9).73 The United States Environmental Protection Agency gave the Green Chemistry Award for this process in 1998.74... 

Oxidative amination of carbamates, sulfamates, and sulfonamides has broad utility for the preparation of value-added heterocyclic structures. Both dimeric rhodium complexes and ruthenium porphyrins are effective catalysts for saturated C-H bond functionalization, affording products in high yields and with excellent chemo-, regio-, and diastereocontrol. Initial efforts to develop these methods into practical asymmetric processes give promise that such achievements will someday be realized. Alkene aziridina-tion using sulfamates and sulfonamides has witnessed dramatic improvement with the advent of protocols that obviate use of capricious iminoiodinanes. Complexes of rhodium, ruthenium, and copper all enjoy application in this context and will continue to evolve as both achiral and chiral catalysts for aziridine synthesis. The invention of new methods for the selective and efficient intermolecular amination of saturated C-H bonds still stands, however, as one of the great challenges. 

The intermolecular oxidative cyclization of 4,4 -disubstituted diphenyl-amines (48) to form the corresponding diarylphenazines (49) occurs both chemically105,106 and electrochemically.107,108 The overall process is as shown in [Eq. (45)]. 

Scheme 11 Heterobimetallic system for intermolecular allylic oxidative amination...

This chapter will highlight recent efforts to develop metal-mediated processes for selective C-H amination. Other excellent, comprehensive reviews can be found on this topic [3, 8-10]. To distinguish this discourse from prior works, we have opted to focus attention on the diversity of catalysts that are now known to mediate racemic and asymmetric intra- and intermolecular oxidation reactions. Where possible, mechanistic insights that elucidate the role of the metal catalyst and the details of the defining bond-forming event will be presented. It is our hope that this analysis will serve to inspire additional inventive discoveries in this rapidly progressing field - advances that may change the art and practice of complex molecule assembly. 

The oxidative aminations of olefins have been reported in parallel witfi the oxidations of olefins witii alcohols, phenols, and carboxylic acids. These reactions are generally conducted with amides or imides amines are tfiought to be protonated by the acidic medium or to bind the metal center too tightly to allow for the catalytic chemistry to occur. Some exceptions noted below have been observed with arylamines or with rhodium catalysts. These oxidations have been conducted botfi intermolecularly and intramolecularly The oxidations have been conducted with benzoquinone, with copper, or with alone as the... 

Intramolecular oxidative aminations of olefins have alsobeen studied, and many of these intramolecular processes were observed prior to the analogous intermolecular variants. The oxidative aminations of alkenes with arylamines and arylamine derivatives catalyzed by palladium complexes were shown by Hegedus to form indoles (Equation 16.120). These reactions were conducted with orf/io-allylaniline and ort/zo-allylaniline derivatives as substrate, Pd(NCMe)jCl2 as catalyst, and benzoquinone as oxidant. Intramolecular reactions of N-tosylated aliphatic amines were reported by Larock. ° For example, the tosylamide in Equation 16.121 imdergoes cyclization in high yield in the presence of dioxygen with Pd(OAc)j as catalyst in DMSO. A related reaction (Equation 16.122) was reported recently in toluene solvent with added pyridine. ... 

Hartwig [138] provided further evidence of syn-migratory insertion into Pd-N bonds with the disclosure of the first example of intermolecular alkene insertion, yielding oxidative amination products in this case (Scheme 15.91). Thorough investigations of this key fundamental stoichiometric reaction include kinetics, deuterium-labeling experiments, and extensive reactivity investigations [137]. 

This efficient intermolecular C(sp )—H amination reaction has recently been used to address the issue of the unavoidable formation of iodobenzene as a side-product in iodine(III)-mediated oxidative aminations, as depicted in Scheme 1. In line with the recent reports on Phi-catalyzed reactions, the search for iodine-catalyzed amination involving a cooxidant has been investigated but this strategy has been unsuccessful in nitrene chemistry, until... 

PhI(OTf)2 is an effective oxidant for the direct formation of bicyclic diazenium salts from a variety of linear hydrazone precursors. This oxidative cyclization is postulated to occur by the iodine(III)-mediated formation of an l-aza-2-azoniaallene salt intermediate. A direct intermolecular allylic amination has been achieved with up to 99% yields using metal-free conditions. The reaction employs a hypervalent iodine(lll) reagent as an oxidant and bistosylimide as a nitrogen source. Mechanistic studies including isotope labelling and Hammett correlation indicated that depending... 

Katritzky developed a facile synthesis of l,2-diaryl(heteroaryl)pyrroles in a two-step procedure from A-allylbenzotriazoles via intramolecular oxidative cyclization in the presence of a Pd(II) catalyst <00JOC8074>. Thus, treating A-allylbenzotriazole (21) with n-butyllithium followed by addition of a diarylimine yielded the (2-benzotriazolyl-l-arylbut-3-en)anilines 22 which were subsequently heated in the presence of the system Pd(OAc)2-PPh3-CUCI2-K2CO3 to undergo intermolecular amination with simultaneous oxidation of the intermediate 3-pyrroline to the pyrroles 23. 

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