Palladium-catalyzed heterocyclization

Palladium-catalyzed heterocyclizations reactions of allenes 00CRV3067. 

Palladium-catalyzed heterocyclizations of amino acid and peptide derivatives 00SL1523. 

Recent developments in palladium-catalyzed heterocycle synthesis and functionalization 05COC625. 

Wolfe, J. R Thomas, J. S. Recent developments in palladium-catalyzed heterocycle synthesis and functionalization. Curr Org. Chem. 2005, 9, 625-655. 

Palladium-Catalyzed Heterocyclic Synthesis via Carbonylative C-H Activation... 

S Palladium-Catalyzed Heterocyclic Synthesis via Carbonylative C-H Activation 489 Table 15.21 Carbonylation for the highly substituted endocyclic enol lactone synthesisl l. 

Palladium-Catalyzed Heterocyclic Synthesis via Carbonytative C-H Activation 497 Table 15.31 Carbonylative y-C-H functionalization of aliphatic acidic. ... 

Cacchi and Palmier (83T3373) investigated a new entry into the quinoline skeleton by palladium-catalyzed Michael-type reactions. They found that phenyl mercurial 134 was a useful intermediate for the synthesis of quinoline derivatives, and that by selecting the reaction conditions the oxidation level of the heterocyclic ring in the quinoline skeleton can be varied. On such example is shown in Scheme 16. PdCla-catalyzed coupling between organomercurial reagent 134 and enone 135 delivered adduct 136 which was subsequently cyclized to quinoline 137 under acidic conditions. 

Palladium-catalyzed substitution can also be applied to nonbasic nitrogen heterocycles, such as indoles, in the absence of strong bases. 

The palladium-catalyzed annulation of alkynes by functionally-substituted aryl and vinylic halides or triflates provides a veiy convenient and efficient approach to a wide variety of heterocycles and carbocycles. This chemistry has lead to the discovery of a number of novel palladium-catalyzed processes in which the palladium migrates from one carbon to another within the molecule providing a unique way to form carbon-carbon bonds in remote locations within the same molecule. 

A wide variety of heterocycles can be readily prepared by the heteroannulation of alkynes. For example, the palladium-catalyzed annulation of internal alkynes by 2-iodoanilines provides easy access to 2,3-disubstituted indoles by a process that involves initial reduction of Pd(OAc)2 to Pd(0), oxidative addition of the aryl halide to Pd(0), c/s-addition of the arylpalladium... 

The double-Heck-approach can also be employed for the preparation of novel heterocyclic compounds as 6/1-25 and 6/1-26 (Scheme 6/1.4) [24]. Thus, the palladium-catalyzed reaction of 6/1-21 and the cyclic enamide 6/1-22 gave a Oil-mixture of 6/1-23 and 6/1-24, which in a second Heck reaction using the palladacene 6/1-15 led to 6/1-25 and 6/1-26 in an overall yield of 44—49%. The synthesis can also be performed as a domino process using a mixture of Pd(OAc)2 and the palladacene 6/1-15. 

Another compound 9 with three heterocyclic rings linearly fused (5 5 5) with two heteroatoms has been prepared from 1,1 -carbonyl diindole 297 <2001T5199>. Palladium-mediated coupling of the 2- and 2 -positions of 297 afforded the 1,1 -carbonyl-2,2 -biindolyl 9. 1,1 -Carbonyl diindole 297 was in turn obtained in 41% yield from 1,1 -carbonyldiimidazole 296 by reaction with indole in DMSO at 125 °C. The palladium-catalyzed coupling step afforded the desired product 9 in low yield and required a stoichiometric amount of palladium acetate. Therefore, it was felt prohibitively expensive. Addition of various co-oxidants (Ac20, Mn02, and Cu(OAc)2, etc) to make the reaction catalytic in palladium did not result in any improvement of the yield of 18 (Scheme 53). 

Reactions of heterocyclic amines 208 with 2-chloro-3-iodopyridine 209 in the presence of a palladium catalyst provide dipyridoimidazole and its benzo- and aza-analogues 210. The synthesis represents the first tandem double palladium-catalyzed amination reaction (Equation 23) <2004CC2466>. 

A palladium-catalyzed one-step synthesis of dihydrobenzo[fc]furan-based fused aromatic heterocycles from bifunctional bromoenoates or bromoalkyl indoles and iodoarenes was reported, and an example is provided in the scheme below <060L3601>. 2-Alkyl- or 2-aryl-substituted benzo[ >]furans were synthesized by a copper-TMEDA catalyzed intramolecular annulation from the corresponding ketones <06OL1467>. 

The palladium-catalyzed Heck [1], Suzuki [2] and Stille [3] reactions are robust and general methods for C-C bond-formation and have therefore emerged as important reactions in the synthesis of natural heterocyclic compounds. 

Palladium-catalyzed directed intramolecular activations of aryl C-H bonds have been reported, as in the phenyla-tion of heterocycle analogs. Palladacycles are proposed intermediates, acting as effective catalysts, and the mechanism is likely to proceed via oxidation of Pd(ll) to Pd(iv) by the iodonium salt, as for the Equation (57), which described the activation of benzylic i/-CH bonds (Equations (121)—(123).109... 

Intramolecular arylation of G-H bonds gives cyclic aromatic compounds. In this intramolecular arylation, the carbon-palladium cr-bond is first formed by the oxidative addition of Pd(0) species and then the resulting electrophilic Pd(n) species undergoes the intramolecular G-H bond activation leading to the formation of the palladacycle, which finally affords the cyclic aromatic compounds via reductive elimination.87 For example, the fluoroanthene derivative is formed by the palladium-catalyzed reaction of the binaphthyl triflate, as shown in Scheme 8.88 This type of intramolecular arylation is applied to the construction of five- and six-membered carbocyclic and heterocyclic systems.89 89 89 ... 

The first rhodium-catalyzed reductive cyclization of enynes was reported in I992.61,61a As demonstrated by the cyclization of 1,6-enyne 37a to vinylsilane 37b, the rhodium-catalyzed reaction is a hydrosilylative transformation and, hence, complements its palladium-catalyzed counterpart, which is a formal hydrogenative process mediated by silane. Following this seminal report, improved catalyst systems were developed enabling cyclization at progressively lower temperatures and shorter reaction times. For example, it was found that A-heterocyclic carbene complexes of rhodium catalyze the reaction at 40°C,62 and through the use of immobilized cobalt-rhodium bimetallic nanoparticle catalysts, the hydrosilylative cyclization proceeds at ambient temperature.6... 

Enantio- and diastereoselective syntheses of a variety of heterocycles were accomplished by combining the ruthenium-catalyzed Alder-ene reaction with a palladium-catalyzed asymmetric allylic alkylation (AAA) (Scheme 7). For the AAA, y>-nitrophenol was found to function as a suitable leaving group and yet was stable to the Alder-ene conditions. Extensive solvent studies were performed to determine the best conditions for the one-pot procedure. 

The palladium-catalyzed hetero-[4 + 3]-cycloadditions reported by Trost and Marrs utilize a metal-complexed trimethylenemethane as the three-carbon component. These complexes react with a,/3-unsaturated imines to produce seven-membered heterocycles in moderate to good yields.84 Two examples of this reaction were reported and are shown in Equations (13) and (14). Only the [4 + 3]-reaction was observed with a,/3-unsaturated imine 76 however, both the [4 + 3]- and the [3 + 2]-modes of reactivity are observed with a,/3-unsaturated imine 79. 

For the synthesis of heterocycles, an efficient strategy has been introduced utilizing the dual transition metal sequences (Scheme 6).11,lla The key issue is the compatibility of the two catalyst systems. Jeong et al. studied the one-pot preparation of bicyclopentenone 35 from propargylsulfonamide 33 and allylic acetate.11 This transformation includes two reactions the first palladium-catalyzed allylation of 33 generates an enyne 34 and the following Pauson-Khand type reaction (PKR) of 34 yields a bicyclopentenone 35. The success of this transformation reflects the right combination of catalysts which are compatible with each other because the allylic amination can be facilitated by the electron-rich palladium(O) catalyst and the PKR needs a Lewis-acidic catalyst. Trost et al. reported the one-pot enantioselective... 

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