Oxidative-addition with elimination

On the other hand, the halohydrin (chloro and bromo) 908 is converted into a ketone via oxidative addition and //-elimination in boiling benzene with catalysis by Pd(OAc)2 and tri(o-tolyl)phosphine in the presence of K2C03[765,766],... 

Tandem cyclization/3-substitution can be achieved starting with o-(trifluoro-acetamido)phenylacetylenes. Cyclization and coupling with cycloalkenyl trif-lates can be done with Pd(PPh3)4 as the catalyst[9]. The Pd presumably cycles between the (0) and (II) oxidation levels by oxidative addition with the triflate and the reductive elimination which completes the 3-alkenylation. The N-protecting group is removed by solvolysis under the reaction conditions, 3-Aryl groups can also be introduced using aryl iodides[9]. 

After oxidative addition an elimination can take place. For example, IrdXCO)-(PEt,)2Cl, which is similar to II, reacts with a Hg derivative with oxidative elimination ... 

The mechanism for the reaction catalyzed by cationic palladium complexes (Scheme 24) differs from that proposed for early transition metal complexes, as well as from that suggested for the reaction shown in Eq. 17. For this catalyst system, the alkene substrate inserts into a Pd - Si bond a rather than a Pd-H bond [63]. Hydrosilylation of methylpalladium complex 100 then provides methane and palladium silyl species 112 (Scheme 24). Complex 112 coordinates to and inserts into the least substituted olefin regioselectively and irreversibly to provide 113 after coordination of the second alkene. Insertion into the second alkene through a boat-like transition state leads to trans cyclopentane 114, and o-bond metathesis (or oxidative addition/reductive elimination) leads to the observed trans stereochemistry of product 101a with regeneration of 112 [69]. 

Another reaction type to be mentioned in this section deals with oxidative addition/reductive elimination. Such reactions not only involve significant bond formation/bond breakage, but also a change in the oxidation state and coordination number of the metal complex. These effects cause significant volume changes such that large... 

Alkane metathesis was first reported in 1997 [84]. Acyclic alkanes, with the exception of methane, in contact with a silica supported tantalum hydride ](=SiO)2TaH] were transformed into their lower and higher homologues (for instance, ethane was transformed into methane and propane). Later, the reverse reaction was also reported [85]. Taking into accountthe high electrophilic character ofa tantalum(III) species, two mechanistic hypotheses were then envisaged (i) successive oxidative addition/reductive elimination steps and (ii) o-bond metathesis. Further work has shown that aLkyhdene hydrides are critical intermediates, and that carbon-carbon... 

Diyne cyclization/hydrosilylation catalyzed by 4 was proposed to occur via a mechanism analogous to that proposed for nickel-catalyzed diyne cyclization/hydrosilylation (Scheme 4). It was worth noting that experimental evidence pointed to a silane-promoted reductive elimination pathway. In particular, reaction of dimethyl dipropargylmalonate with HSiMc2Et (3 equiv.) catalyzed by 4 led to predominant formation of the disilylated uncyclized compound 5 in 51% yield, whereas slow addition of HSiMe2Et to a mixture of the diyne and 4 led to predominant formation of silylated 1,2-dialkylidene cyclopentane 6 (Scheme 5). This and related observations were consistent with a mechanism involving silane-promoted G-H reductive elimination from alkenylrhodium hydride species Id to form silylated uncyclized products in competition with intramolecular carbometallation of Id to form cyclization/hydrosilylation products (Scheme 4). Silane-promoted reductive elimination could occur either via an oxidative addition/reductive elimination sequence involving an Rh(v) intermediate, or via a cr-bond metathesis pathway. 

The results can be rationalized in terms of an oxidative addition-reductive elimination mechanism as illustrated with XXII. A similar mechanism has been proposed for the acid cleavage of Pt(II)-C sigma bond (57, 58). 

The regioselective and enantiospecific allylic substitution of alkyl-substituted allyl benzoates and carbamates with (Me2PhSi)2Zn and Cul has been shown to occur by an oxidative addition - reduction elimination mechanism rather than an SN2 mechanism.16... 

Synthetic routes to compounds containing M-C o bonds are fairly obvious. Substitution of, e.g., Cl by CH, can be effected by treatment with LiCH3 or CH3MgBr. A number of reaction types mentioned in Chapter 9 - oxidative addition, reductive elimination, insertion and cyclometallation (Sections 9.6 and 9.7) - have their uses in preparative routes to M-C bonds. The formation of organo-compounds of the lanthanides and actinides is an area of growing interest. Preparative methods are similar to those for other ER species where E is of relatively low electronegativity, e.g. ... 

However, a mechanistically interesting result which contradicts the expected anti addition -syn elimination mechanism of Pd-catalysed 1,4-elimination of allylic compounds has been reported. This is the elimination of the cyclic allylic carbonate 368 which afforded diene 371, but not diene 370, as expected from the anti addition-syn elimination mechanism. The selective formation of 371 is explained by oxidative addition with inversion to genearate 369, followed by elimination of the anti H of 369, namely anti elimination occurs [170]. 

Biaryls are available through coupling of the aryl halide with an excess of copper at elevated temperatures (200 °C). The active species is a copper(I)-compound which undergoes oxidative addition with the second equivalent of halide, followed by reductive elimination and the formation of the aryl-aryl carbon bond. 

A stable intermediate A PA bonded compound, 8 is formed when 2 and 4 are allowed to react in an exact 1 1 molar ratio in ether between -40 to 0°C. Elimination of methylphosphinidene, MeP (undergoing oxidative addition with g) apparently is preferred to reaction of 8 with further 2 to give a A PA P bonded diphosphorane. The A p atcm in does, however, exhibit reactions typical of P(III), with retention of the P-P bond, such as shown below... 

An oxidative route to 1,3-thiazoles (39) and oxazoles, which bear the requisite functionality, such as amino groups and stereocenters, for incorporation into a variety of natural products was reported. Treatment of 1,3-thiazolines (36) with CuBr (l.leq), Cu(OAc)2 (l.leq) and t-butyl perbenzoate (1.5eq) under benzene reflux gave 1,3-thiazoles (39) in about 80% yield. A plausible mechanism included generation of a Cu (III) species (37) via oxidative addition, reductive elimination to the acyloxy thiazoline (38), and syn elimination on warming to produce the thiazole (39). [94TL6803]... 

A related topic that was already discussed in these first DFT/MM works is that of branching. The scheme shown in Fig. 1 would always produce always a linear polymer if ethylene was used as olefin. But a simple process of / C-H oxidative addition/reductive elimination, coupled with olefin rotation, can produce a branched polymer, as shown in Fig. 4. Calculations on the branching process for cationic diimine Ni(II) complexes [36, 37] indicated a small increase between 0.9 and 2.5 kcal/mol in the barrier for this process, associated with the introduction of the bulky substituents in the catalysts. 

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