Palladium, bromo

Benzyloxy-6-bromo-4-nitro-JV-(2-propeny])aniline (5.82 g, 16 mmol), tetra-ii-butylammonium bromide (5.16 g, 16 mmol) and titjN (4.05 g, 40 mmol) were dissolved in DMF (15 ml). Palladium acetate (72 mg, 2 mol%) was added and the reaction mixture was stirred for 24 h. The reaction mixture was diluted with EtOAc, filtered through Cclite, washed with water, 5"/o HCl and brine, dried and evaporated in vacuo. The residue was dissolved in CHjClj and filtered through silica to remove colloidal palladium. Evaporation of the eluate gave the product (4.32 g) in 96% yield. 

There are also palladium-catalysed procedures for allylation. Ethyl 3-bromo-l-(4-methylphenylsulfonyl)indole-2-carboxylate is allylated at C3 upon reaction with allyl acetate and hexabutylditin[27], Ihe reaction presumably Involves a ir-allyl-Pd intermediate formed from the allyl acetate, oxidative addition, transmetallation and cross coupling. 

Transition-Metal Catalyzed Cyclizations. o-Halogenated anilines and anilides can serve as indole precursors in a group of reactions which are typically cataly2ed by transition metals. Several catalysts have been developed which convert o-haloanilines or anilides to indoles by reaction with acetylenes. An early procedure involved coupling to a copper acetyUde with o-iodoaniline. A more versatile procedure involves palladium catalysis of the reaction of an o-bromo- or o-trifluoromethylsulfonyloxyanihde with a triaLkylstaimylalkyne. The reaction is conducted in two stages, first with a Pd(0) and then a Pd(II) catalyst (29). 

Replacement of halides with deuterium gas in the presence of a surface catalyst is a less useful reaction, due mainly to the poor isotopic purity of the products. This reaction has been used, however, for the insertion of a deuterium atom at C-7 in various esters of 3j -hydroxy-A -steroids, since it gives less side products resulting from double bond migration. Thus, treatment of the 7a- or 7j5-bromo derivatives (206) with deuterium gas in the presence of 5% palladium-on-calcium carbonate, or Raney nickel catalyst, followed by alkaline hydrolysis, gives the corresponding 3j3-hydroxy-7( -di derivatives (207), the isotope content of which varies from 0.64 to 1.18 atoms of deuterium per mole. The isotope composition and the stereochemistry of the deuterium have not been rigorously established. 

Bromination of the diphenyl indole derivative 316 with bromine in DMF or trimethylammonium bromide afforded the 7-bromo derivative 317. Reaction with allyl bromide or its derivatives gave A-allyl derivatives 318 that upon cyclization with palladium acetate gave 7,9-dimethoxy-l,2-diphenylpyrrolo[3,2,l-// ]quinoline derivatives 319 (92T7601) (Scheme 57). 

Soderberg and coworkers have developed a palladium-phosphine-catalyzed reductive iV-het-eroannuladon of 2-nitrostyrenes forming indoles in good yields For example, reaction of 6-bromo-2-nitrostyrene with carbon monoxide in the presence of a catalytic amount of palladium diacetate (6 mol% and triphenylphosphine 124 mol% in acetonitrile at 30 gives 4-bromoindole in 86% yield fEq 10 62 Several functional groups, such as esters, ethers, bromides, tnflates, and additional nitro groups, have been shown to be compatible with the reaction conditions... 

Bromo-3//-2-bcnzazepines, e.g. 38, undergo palladium(0)-catalyzed carboalkoxylation with carbon monoxide in the presence of copper(I) iodide and methanol to give mixtures of isomeric methyl esters, e.g. 39 and 40.78 The function of the copper(I) iodide is not understood, but its presence lowers significantly (18 h to 3 h) the reaction time. 

The palladium(ll)-mediated coupling of 7-iodo- or 7-bromo-4-/< r/-butyl-1 7/-1 -benzodiazepine, 5(3/7,4//)-dione (14 X = I, Br) with alkynes gives 7-alkynylbenzodiazepinediones 45.428... 

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... 

Reduction of iV-(3-bromopropyl) imines gives a bromo-amine in situ, which cyclizes to the aziridine. Five-membered ring amines (pyrrolidines) can be prepared from alkenyl amines via treatment with N-chlorosuccinimide (NCS) and then BusSnH. " Internal addition of amine to allylic acetates, catalyzed by Pd(PPh3)4, leads to cyclic products via a Sn2 reaction. Acyclic amines can be prepared by a closely related reaction using palladium catalysts. Three-membered cyclic amines (aziridines)... 

A novel route to indoles and quinolines has been developed by sequential Wiltig and Heck reactions <96CC2253>. Thus, treatment of o-bromo- or iodo-lV-lrifluoroaceiylanilines (86) with a stabilized phosphorane affords the corresponding enamines 87 as a mixture of isomers. Cyclization to 88 is effected by heating with palladium acetate, tri phenyl phosphine, and bu.se. 

In this chapter we describe a novel, safe and efficient large-scale synthetic approach to tricycle thienobenzazepines. The key steps in the synthesis include a chemoselective hydrogenation of an aryl-nitro functionality in the presence of a 3-bromo thiophene and a subsequent palladium-catalyzed intramolecular aminocarbonylation telescoped sequentially after simple catalyst and solvent exchange. 

Palladium-catalyzed coupling of the borane derived from A with 1-bromo-1-pentyne to give B as well as the coupling of iodoalkene C with alkyne D were the two key-steps. 

Compounds similar to the above may also be obtained by an intramolecular Heck-type reaction of the bromo compound 103. Treatment of 103 with palladium(ll) acetate gives a mixture of two isomers, of which the major is 104 (with the more extended conjugation) (Equation 20) <1995JOC2312>. 

C. 4-(3-Cyclohexenyl)-2-phenylthio-1-butene. To the above solution of the borane derivative, 0.809 g (0.700 mmol) of tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0) (Note 9), 1.47 g (5.60 mmol) of triphenylphosphine (Note 10), 35 mL of 3 M potassium phosphate in water (Note 11), and finally 15.1 g (70.0 mmol) of 1-bromo-1-phenylthioethene are added and the resulting mixture is heated at reflux for 3 hr with stirring. The light brown solution is cooled to room temperature and treated with 6.4 g... 

Tatsuo Ishiyama, Norio Miyaura, and Akira Suzuki 89 PALLADIUM(0)-CATALYZED REACTION OF 9-ALKYL-9-BORABICYCLOJ3.3.1]-NONANE WITH 1 -BROMO-1 -PHENYL-THIOETHENE 4-(3-CYCLOHEXENYL)-2-PHENYLTHIO-1-BUTENE... 

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