Palladium catalysts cyclopropanes

All reactions listed in Tables 5-7 were carried out under a nitrogen atmosphere, but with the rhodium or palladium catalysts no noticeable or only minor reduction in cyclopropane yields was observed when air was present. In contrast, air clearly had a yield-diminishing effect in the CuCl P(0-/-Pr)3-catalyzed reactions, especially with cyclohexene and 3,4-dihydropyran. Cyclohexene was oxidized to 2-cyclohexen-l-one, and 3,4-dihydropyran gave 5,6-dihydro-4-pyrone and 5,6-dihydro-2-pyrone, albeit in yields below 8 % 59). 

The catalytic cyclopropanation of 1,3-dienes leads exclusively or nearly so to mono-cyclopropanation products, as long as no excess of diazocarbonyl compound is applied. The regioselectivity has been tested for representative rhodium, copper and palladium catalysts 59 7 ,72), and the results are displayed in Table 9. 

The reaction of zinc homoenolate 9 with acid chlorides in ethereal solvents containing 2 equiv of HMPA rapidly produces 4-ketoesters in high yield Eq. (44) [33]. A palladium catalyst [40] (or less effectively a copper catalist) [28] accelerates the reaction. This is in contrast to the cyclopropane formation in a nonpolar solvent see (Eq. 22 above). 

Intermolecular cyclopropanation of 2-substituted terminal diene 121 with rhodium or copper catalysts occurs preferentially at the more electron-rich double bond (equation 109)37162. With a palladium catalyst, considerable differences in regiocontrol can occur, depending on the substituent of the diene. In general, palladium catalysed cyclopropanation occurs preferentially at the less substituted double bond (equation 110). However, with a stronger electron-donating substituent present in the diene, e.g. as in 2-methoxy-l, 3-butadiene, the catalytic process results in exclusive cyclopropanation at the unsubstituted double bond (equation 110)162. 

Considerable variation in stereocontrol can also occur, depending on the catalyst employed (equation 125). In general, the various rhodium(II) carboxylates and palladium catalysts show little stereocontrol in intermolecular cyclopropanation162,175. Rhodium(II) acetamides and copper catalysts favour the formation of more stable trans (anti) cyclopropanes162166. The ruthenium bis(oxazolinyl)pyridine catalyst [Ru(pybox-ip)] provides extremely high trans selectivity in the cyclopropanation of styrene with ethyl diazoacetate43. Furthermore, rhodium or osmium porphyrin complexes 140 are selective catalysts... 

Rhodium(II) acetate appears to be the most generally effective catalyst, and most of this discussion will center around the use of this catalyst with occasional reference to other catalysts when significant synthetic advantages can be gained. Cyclopropanation of a wide range of alkenes is possible with alkyl diazoacetate, as is indicated with the examples shown in Table l.l6e>37 The main limitations are that the alkene must be electron rich and not too sterically crowded. Poor results were obtained with trans-alkenes. Comparison studies have been carried out with copper and palladium catalysts and commonly the yields were lower than with rhodium catalysts. Cyclopropanation of styrenes and strained alkenes, however, proceeded extremely well with palladium(ll) acetate, while copper catalysts are still often used for cyclopropanation of vinyl ethers.38-40... 

The models described above assume that the reaction occurs only in the liquid phase. In some cases, such as isomerization of cyclopropane to propylene on a silica-alumina catalyst,43 reduction of crotonaldehyde over a palladium catalyst,45 and hydration of olefins to alcohols over tungsten oxide,58 the reactions could occur in the gas as well as in the liquid phases. 

While simple unactivated cyclopropanes have yet to be used for [3 + 2] cycloaddition, Tsuji and coworkers have developed a palladium-catalyzed cycloaddition reaction using electron-deficient vinylcy-clopropanes. Thus, vinylcyclopropane (43) undergoes smooth cyclization with methyl acrylate in the presence of a palladium catalyst to give vinylcyclopentane (44) as a mixture of diasteroisomers (equation 35). The cycloaddition probably proceeds through the zwitterionic ( ir-allyl)palladium intermediate (45) and its stepwise reaction with the acrylate (equation 36). Enones such as cyclopentenone and methyl vinyl ketone will also react. Reaction of the same vinylcyclopropane with phenyl isocyanate produces vi-nyllactam (46) (equation 37).Some cycloaddition reactions with (cyclopropyl)Fp complexes have also been reported. However, the substrates are limited to SO2 and TCNE and the yields have not been disclosed (equation 38). ... 

Aromatic hydrocarbons, such as benzene add to alkenes using a ruthenium catalyst a catalytic mixture of AuCVAgSbFs, or a rhodium catalyst, and ruthenium complexes catalyze the addition of heteroaromatic compounds, such as pyridine, to alkynes. Such alkylation reactions are clearly reminiscent of the Friedel-Crafts reaction (11-11). Palladium catalysts can also be used to for the addition of aromatic compounds to alkynes, and rhodium catalysts for addition to alkenes (with microwave irradiation). " Note that vinyhdene cyclopropanes react with furans and a palladium catalyst to give aUylically substituted furans. ... 

Phenyl, vinyl or carbonyl substituted cyclopropanes are more easily hydrogenolyzed than are the alkyl substituted species. Such compounds are commonly cleaved over palladium catalysts at room temperature and atmospheric pressure. Hydrogenolyses run over platinum, rhodium or nickel catalysts frequently result in the saturation of the double bond, the benzene ring or the carbonyl group with the cyclopropane ring remaining intact or cleaved to only a slight extent. 20 As illustrated in Fig. 20.22 the bond broken in the... 

The available literature data support the assertion that the outcome of the methylene cycloadditions depends to a large extent on the ability of the olefin to be coordinated to the palladium center. In that respect, the mechanism of palladium-catalyzed cyclopropanation appears to differ significantly from that of rho-dium(ll)-catalyzed cyclopropanations. One advantage of using palladium catalysts with diazomethane is associated with the possibility of synthesizing polycyclopropane adducts, a topic of current interest (vide infra) which has no general satisfactory solution with other diazo compound/catalyst combinations. This point is exemplified below for the cyclopropanation of the esters of trans-polyunsaturated acids. Moreover, the reactivity of the double bonds depends both on their position in the linear hydrocarbon chain and on their configuration (eq. (f)). 

In exceptional cases, addition of nucleophiles across nonactivated alkenes bearing a leaving group gives electrophilic cyclopropanes. An example is the reaction of an allylic geminal diacetate with tetramethyl ethane-1,1,2,2-tetracarboxylate in the presence of a palladium catalyst which gives the cyclopropane tetracarboxylate derivative 11. ... 

An efficient and safe method for the cyclopropanation of alkenes is to generate diazomethane in situ from AT-nitroso-iV-methylurea in the presence of a palladium catalyst, such as tetra-kis(triphenyloxyphosphanyl)palladium, resulting in addition to alkenes to give cyclopropanes 20. 0... 

Hydrogenolysis over a palladium catalyst of cyclopropanes, e.g. 21, fused to 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyanobenzoquinone gave, via cleavage of the inter-ring bond, dienolized cycloheptatrienes. ... 

Thus, conversion of 1-ethoxy-1-(trimethylsiloxy)cyclopropane under an atmosphere of carbon monoxide with a palladium catalyst gives 4-oxoheptanedioic acids. " " Using an optically active cyclopropane precursor under the same conditions gives a single diastereomeric product without racemization. 

Zinc homoenolates (9) react rapidly with acid chlorides in ethereal solvents containing a dipolar aprotic solvent to give 1,4-keto esters in high yield (Scheme 23). 9 palladium catalyst (or, less effective, a copper catalyst) ° accelerates the reaction, in contrast to cyclopropane formation in halometh-ane solvents (see Section 1.14.3.1). 

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