Palladium production

The novel catalyst system based on palladium(O) /V-heterocyclic carbene complexes was developed by the group of Beller, in part prompted by the strong patent position of Dow on phosphine-based palladium catalysts [8]. The catalyst [37], either generated in situ from the corresponding imidazolium salt or the molecularly defined divinyldisiloxane complex [Pd(Imes)(dvds)] (Fig. 3), was used in the telomerization of 1,3-butadiene with methanol [38—40]. The /V-heterocyclic carbenes are in general better a-donor ligands and come with considerably different steric requirements than the phosphines. The [Pd(Imes)(dvds)] complex resembles the final telomer-palladium product complex and thus offers a facile and clean entry into the catalytic cycle. The metal carbene complex was shown to be... 

The reaction of Pd complexes (such as Pd(PhsP)4) with organic halides and related compounds has been used to prepare a number of stable Pd alkyl and vinyl compounds. This reaction with alkyl halides has the characteristics of an Sn2 reaction. Primary halides react faster than secondary halides. Also, when a chiral halide is used, such as (X)-(-F)-benzyl-o -D chloride, the benzyl palladium product is formed with inversion of configuration at the benzylic carbon (equation 8). With vinylic halides, retention of configuration at the double bond is observed... 

The formation of ortho palladium products from a-aryl nitrogen derivatives and palladium salts is well known. Complexes formed from azobenzene, Schiff bases, tertiary benzylamines and oximes readily undergo insertion of CO into the metal-carbon bond to give, after work-up, a variety of heterocyclic compounds. Unfortunately, such reactions use expensive palladium salts in stoichiometric quantities. However, a number of related reactions have been shown to proceed in the presence of only catalytic quantities of palladium. Isoindolinones, for example, can be synthesized in good yield by reaction of o-bromoaminoalkylbenzenes with CO (100 C, 1 bar) in the presence of catalytic amounts of Pd(OAc)2, PPha and Bu"3N (equation 56). °... 

Using this method, precursors of thiophene containing tricyclic prostaglandin endoperoxide analogs are available by addition of thienyl organomercurials to norbornadiene in the presence of palladium(II) chloride/lithium chloride and subsequent conversion of the nortricyclenyl palladium product 32 with carbanion reagents. ... 

Thompson and Heck (1975) also prepared ortho palladium products of azobenzene (C), Schiff bases (CI CII), benzaldazine, acetophenone di-methylhydrazone, 1-methyl-l-phenylhydrazones, and tertiary benzylamines. These complexes, treated with carbon monoxide under mild conditions, gave a variety of interesting five-membered ring heterocyclic as well as open-chain products. Some examples are given in the following scheme ... 

Wood and Balch s have duplicated the reactions shown in Scheme 3.12. The palladium product, cfs-[Pd(N02)2(H20)2l, has been identified by NMR spectroscopy and was found to be subject to cis-trans isomerization, which is consistent with general observations on the geometric isomerization of related platinum(II) and palladium(ll) oomplexes.. ... 

A highly diastereoselective alkcnylation of c/s-4-cyclopentene-l,3>diols has been achieved with 0-protected (Z)-l-iodo-l-octen-3-ols and palladium catalyst (S. Torii, 1989). The ( )-isomers yielded 1 1 mixtures of diastcrcomcric products. The (Z)-alkenylpalladium intermediate is thought to undergo sy/i-addition to the less crowded face of the prochiral cyclopentene followed by syn-elimination of a hydropalladium intermediate. 

Pd(II) compounds coordinate to alkenes to form rr-complexes. Roughly, a decrease in the electron density of alkenes by coordination to electrophilic Pd(II) permits attack by various nucleophiles on the coordinated alkenes. In contrast, electrophilic attack is commonly observed with uncomplexed alkenes. The attack of nucleophiles with concomitant formation of a carbon-palladium r-bond 1 is called the palladation of alkenes. This reaction is similar to the mercuration reaction. However, unlike the mercuration products, which are stable and isolable, the product 1 of the palladation is usually unstable and undergoes rapid decomposition. The palladation reaction is followed by two reactions. The elimination of H—Pd—Cl from 1 to form vinyl compounds 2 is one reaction path, resulting in nucleophilic substitution of the olefinic proton. When the displacement of the Pd in 1 with another nucleophile takes place, the nucleophilic addition of alkenes occurs to give 3. Depending on the reactants and conditions, either nucleophilic substitution of alkenes or nucleophilic addition to alkenes takes place. 

Addition of several organomercury compounds (methyl, aryl, and benzyl) to conjugated dienes in the presence of Pd(II) salts generates the ir-allylpalladium complex 422, which is subjected to further transformations. A secondary amine reacts to give the tertiary allylic amine 423 in a modest yield along with diene 424 and reduced product 425[382,383]. Even the unconjugated diene 426 is converted into the 7r-allyllic palladium complex 427 by the reaction of PhHgCI via the elimination and reverse readdition of H—Pd—Cl[383]. 

In the reaction of aryl and alkenyl halides with 1,3-pentadiene (248), amine and alcohol capture the 7r-allylpalladium intermediate to form 249. In the reactions of o-iodoaniline (250) and o-iodobenzyl alcohol (253) with 1,3-dienes, the amine and benzyl alcohol capture the Tr-allylpalladium intermediates 251 and 254 to give 252 and 255[173-175]. The reaction of o-iodoaniline (250) with 1,4-pen tadiene (256) affords the cyclized product 260 via arylpalladiuni formation, addition to the diene 256 to form 257. palladium migration (elimination of Pd—H and readdition to give 258) to form the Tr-allylpalladium 259, and intramolecular displacement of Tr-allylpalladium with the amine to form 260[176], o-Iodophenol reacts similarly. 

Allenes also react with aryl and alkenyl halides, or triflates, and the 7r-allyl-palladium intermediates are trapped with carbon nucleophiles. The formation of 283 with malonate is an example[186]. The steroid skeleton 287 has been constructed by two-step reactions of allene with the enol trillate 284, followed by trapping with 2-methyl-l,3-cyclopentanedione (285) to give 286[187]. The inter- and intramolecular reactions of dimethyl 2,3-butenylmalonate (288) with iodobenzene afford the 3-cyclopentenedicarboxylate 289 as a main product) 188]. 

Based on the above-mentioned stereochemistry of the allylation reactions, nucleophiles have been classified into Nu (overall retention group) and Nu (overall inversion group) by the following experiments with the cyclic exo- and ent/n-acetales 12 and 13[25], No Pd-catalyzed reaction takes place with the exo-allylic acetate 12, because attack of Pd(0) from the rear side to form Tr-allyl-palladium is sterically difficult. On the other hand, smooth 7r-allylpalladium complex formation should take place with the endo-sWyWc acetate 13. The Nu -type nucleophiles must attack the 7r-allylic ligand from the endo side 14, namely tram to the exo-oriented Pd, but this is difficult. On the other hand, the attack of the Nu -type nucleophiles is directed to the Pd. and subsequent reductive elimination affords the exo products 15. Thus the allylation reaction of 13 takes place with the Nu nucleophiles (PhZnCl, formate, indenide anion) and no reaction with Nu nucleophiles (malonate. secondary amines, LiP(S)Ph2, cyclopentadienide anion). 

Formic acid behaves differently. The expected octadienyl formate is not formed. The reaction of butadiene carried out in formic acid and triethylamine affords 1,7-octadiene (41) as the major product and 1,6-octadiene as a minor product[41-43], Formic acid is a hydride source. It is known that the Pd hydride formed from palladium formate attacks the substituted side of tt-allylpalladium to form the terminal alkene[44] (see Section 2.8). The reductive dimerization of isoprene in formic acid in the presence of Et3N using tri(i)-tolyl)phosphine at room temperature afforded a mixture of dimers in 87% yield, which contained 71% of the head-to-tail dimers 42a and 42b. The mixture was treated with concentrated HCl to give an easily separable chloro derivative 43. By this means, a- and d-citronellol (44 and 45) were pre-pared[45]. 

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. 

Indoles with carbocyclic halogen or triflate substituents are potential starting materials for vinylation, arylation and acylation via palladium-catalysed pro-cesses[l]. Indolylstannanes. indolylzinc halides and indolylboronic acids are also potential reactants. The principal type of substitution which is excluded from such coupling reactions is alkylation, since saturated alkyl groups tend to give elimination products in Pd-catalysed processes. 

The uncatalyzed addition of hydrogen to an alkene although exothermic is very slow The rate of hydrogenation increases dramatically however m the presence of cer tain finely divided metal catalysts Platinum is the hydrogenation catalyst most often used although palladium nickel and rhodium are also effective Metal catalyzed addi tion of hydrogen is normally rapid at room temperature and the alkane is produced m high yield usually as the only product... 

The alkane formed by hydrogenation of (S) 4 methyl 1 hexyne is optically active but the one formed by hydrogenation of (S) 3 methyl 1 pentyne is not Explain Would you expect the products of hydrogenation of these two compounds in the presence of Lindlar palladium to be optically active" ... 

The reaction is used for the chain extension of aldoses in the synthesis of new or unusual sugars In this case the starting material l arabinose is an abundant natural product and possesses the correct configurations at its three chirality centers for elaboration to the relatively rare l enantiomers of glucose and mannose After cyanohydrin formation the cyano groups are converted to aldehyde functions by hydrogenation m aqueous solution Under these conditions —C=N is reduced to —CH=NH and hydrolyzes rapidly to —CH=0 Use of a poisoned palladium on barium sulfate catalyst prevents further reduction to the alditols... 

In a related process, 1,4-dichlorobutene was produced by direct vapor-phase chlorination of butadiene at 160—250°C. The 1,4-dichlorobutenes reacted with aqueous sodium cyanide in the presence of copper catalysts to produce the isomeric 1,4-dicyanobutenes yields were as high as 95% (58). The by-product NaCl could be recovered for reconversion to Na and CI2 via electrolysis. Adiponitrile was produced by the hydrogenation of the dicyanobutenes over a palladium catalyst in either the vapor phase or the Hquid phase (59,60). The yield in either case was 95% or better. This process is no longer practiced by DuPont in favor of the more economically attractive process described below. 

The original German process used either carbonyl iron or electrolytic iron as hydrogenation catalyst (113). The fixed-bed reactor was maintained at 50—100°C and 20.26 MPa (200 atm) of hydrogen pressure, giving a product containing substantial amounts of both butynediol and butanediol. Newer, more selective processes use more active catalysts at lower pressures. In particular, supported palladium, alone (49) or with promoters (114,115), has been found useful. 

Oxidative Carbonylation of Ethylene—Elimination of Alcohol from p-Alkoxypropionates. Spectacular progress in the 1970s led to the rapid development of organotransition-metal chemistry, particularly to catalyze olefin reactions (93,94). A number of patents have been issued (28,95—97) for the oxidative carbonylation of ethylene to provide acryUc acid and esters. The procedure is based on the palladium catalyzed carbonylation of ethylene in the Hquid phase at temperatures of 50—200°C. Esters are formed when alcohols are included. Anhydrous conditions are desirable to minimize the formation of by-products including acetaldehyde and carbon dioxide (see Acetaldehyde). 

During the reaction, the palladium catalyst is reduced. It is reoxidized by a co-catalyst system such as cupric chloride and oxygen. The products are acryhc acid in a carboxyUc acid-anhydride mixture or acryUc esters in an alcohoHc solvent. Reaction products also include significant amounts of 3-acryloxypropionic acid [24615-84-7] and alkyl 3-alkoxypropionates, which can be converted thermally to the corresponding acrylates (23,98). The overall reaction may be represented by ... 

CO, and methanol react in the first step in the presence of cobalt carbonyl catalyst and pyridine [110-86-1] to produce methyl pentenoates. A similar second step, but at lower pressure and higher temperature with rhodium catalyst, produces dimethyl adipate [627-93-0]. This is then hydrolyzed to give adipic acid and methanol (135), which is recovered for recycle. Many variations to this basic process exist. Examples are ARCO s palladium/copper-catalyzed oxycarbonylation process (136—138), and Monsanto s palladium and quinone [106-51-4] process, which uses oxygen to reoxidize the by-product... 

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