Palladium ligand-free

Yamamoto and co-workers reported abase- and ligand-free palladium (II) catalysed method, in methanol at room temperature and under air [49], While the conversion of arylboronic acids bearing an electro-donating group was very efficient, the presence of an electro-withdrawing substituent led to lower conversions. To solve this problem and also prevent the fast formation of palladium black, Yamamoto and co-workers described a new approach where the reaction was catalysed by NHC-bearing complexes 21 and 22 in the presence of an oxidant (Fig. 7.4) [50]. The best results were obtained when complex 21b was used in methanol at room temperature, in the presence of a small excess of p-benzoquinone. 

Palladium-catalyzed carbon-carbon cross-coupling reactions are among the best studied reactions in recent decades since their discovery [102, 127-130], These processes involve molecular Pd complexes, and also palladium salts and ligand-free approaches, where palladium(O) species act as catalytically active species [131-135]. For example, the Heck reaction with aryl iodides or bromides is promoted by a plethora of Pd(II) and Pd(0) sources [128, 130], At least in the case of ligand-free palladium sources, the involvement of soluble Pd NPs as a reservoir for catalytically active species seems very plausible [136-138], Noteworthy, it is generally accepted that the true catalyst in the reactions catalyzed by Pd(0) NPs is probably molecular zerovalent species detached from the NP surface that enter the main catalytic cycle and subsequently agglomerate as N Ps or even as bulk metal. 

The Mizoroki-Heck reaction in liquid imidazolium salts as the solvent is a special case of an in situ system Under the reaction conditions NHC complexes of palladium are formed as the active catalyst from the solvent and the ligand-free palladium precursor. In general, ionic liquids are novel reaction media for homogeneous catalysis. They allow easy separation of product and catalyst after the reaction. ... 

Leadbeater, N.E. and Marco, M., Ligand-free palladium catalysis of the Suzuki reaction in water using microwave heating, Org. Lett., 2002,4, 2973-2976. 

Because aryl phosphines are not only costly but can also act as aryl sources themselves, giving rise to unwanted byproducts, there has been steady interest in extending ligand-free Heck reactions to aryl bromides and aryl chlorides. Reetz and de Vries recently found that these can be performed with high efficiency using stabilized colloidal Pd catalysts [21]. If the palladium is kept at a low concentration between 0.01 and 0.1 mol%, precipitation of the Pd(0) is avoided and the colloids serve as a reservoir for the catalytically active species (Scheme 5). This economically attractive method has been successfully applied on an industrial scale by DSM [22]. 

Another particularly attractive substrate class for industrial Heck reactions are the arenediazonium salts, because of to their ready availability from anilines. Matsuda et al. found that for these highly reactive compounds, ligand-free Pd(dba)2 suffices as catalyst [32], Even palladium catalysts on solid supports are highly effective [33], The diazotization of an aniline 25 and its olefination can be performed separately, or in one pot (Scheme 12). 

The scope of the Heck and related coupling reactions was substantially broadened by the development, in the last few years, of palladium/ligand combinations which are effective with the cheap and readily available but less reactive aryl chlorides [86, 87] rather than the corresponding bromides or iodides. The process still generates one equivalent of chloride, however. Of interest in this context, therefore, is the report of a halide-free Heck reaction which employs an aromatic carboxylic anhydride as the arylating agent and requires no base or phosphine ligands [89]. 

A practical ligand-free palladium-catalyzed intramolecular reductive Heck cyclization was developed by Liu et al. <07TL2307>. The authors found that water was an essential component of the reaction mixture. Using a series of aryl halide intermediates this cyclization resulted in the desired 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolines in high yields. Cook and co-workers found that InCU was an efficient catalyst for an intramolecular Friedel-Crafts cyclization of Ar-(4-bromobut-2-enyl)-A-(bcnzyl)-4-methylbcnzcncsulfonamidc to form the desired 3-substituted tetrahydroisoquinolines <07OL1311>. 

It is believed that the accelerated reaction rates that are observed in ammonium salts are due to their ability to stabilise nanoparticles, and especially when simple palladium salts are employed under ligand-free conditions, formation of colloidal palladium is highly likely.[7 9] As carbon-carbon coupling reactions are frequently conducted at elevated temperatures, typically between 120-150°C, a wide range of low-melting salts may be... 

Frequently, formation of palladium black is observed during C-C coupling reactions and it appears to be likely that palladium nanoparticles account at least for some of catalytic activity observed.18 15 311 This is especially true when ligand-free conditions are employed and the stability and activity of... 

QCdmJpFJ [QCpmJBr PdCl2 Pd(OAc)2 NaOAc 30 °C. Ligand-free, ultrasound promoted arylation of alkenes and alkynes with aryliodides palladium bis-carbenes and palladium nanoparticles ( 1 nm) are identified after catalysis product extracted with ethyl acetate/petrol ether. [66]... 

Palladium-catalyzed regioselective hydroamination of 2,3-dihydrofuran under ligand-free and neutral conditions was found to be general with secondary alkyl amines, as exemplified in Equation (119) <2001T5445>. 

With aryl halides oxidative addition is often the rate-determining step this is promoted by appropriate ligands such as triarylphosphines. Finely divided palladium metal or ligand-free palladium, prepared in situ by reduction of palladium(II) species, can also be used in weak donor media. Palladium(0) with a triarylphosphine as ligand reacts with aryl halides in the order Arl > ArBr> ArCl. Electron-withdrawing groups on the aryl halide increase the reactivity... 

Ionization of the diphenyldiarsine palladium complex, 194, yields a molecular ion, a ligand-free Pd" ion, the metal-free AsjPh, " ion and fragmentation products of the latter . 

The palladium-catalyzed acylation of siloxycyclopropane furnishes a 1,4-di-carbonyl compound. A C-C bond of the three-membered ring is cleaved by an electrophilic attack of a palladium(II) species [103]. An analogous electrophilic ring opening of siloxycyclopropane was induced by various so-called ligand free transition metals such as Ag+ and Cu2+ [104]. 

In 1984, Jeffery discovered that under ligand-free conditions, Pd-catalyzed vinylation of organic halides proceeds at or near room temperature, whereas normal Heck reactions require higher temperatuies [64]. Jeffery s hgand-free conditions have been broadly applied to a variety of Heck arylations that were not feasible using more standard reaction conditions. For example, efforts to use classical Heck-reaction conditions for the conversion of Al-allyl-Al-benzyl(3-bromoquinoxalin-2-yl)amine (64) to l-benzyl-3-methylpyrrolo[2,3-/ ]quinoxaline (65), resulted in slow reactions and low yields [65], which may be attributed to the poisoning of the palladium catalyst via complexation to the aminoquinoxalines. In contrast, the Jeffery conditions afforded the desired product in 83% yield. The enhanced reactivity and yield under Jeffery s ligand-free conditions may be due to the coordination/solvation of the palladium intermediates by bromide ions present in the reaction mixture, which presumably prevents the precipitation of Pd(0). 

However, efforts were also directed to the development of phosphine-free catalysts. For example, the ligand-free Pd(OAc)2 promoted Suzuki reaction in water was reported using microwave heating. In this way, a low palladium loading (0.4 mol.%) was required and the cross coupling proceeded quickly (5-10 min reaction time), using boronic acids and aryl iodides, bromides and chlorides. 

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