Palladium transfer hydrogenation

Yu J-Q, Wu H-C, Ramarao C, Spencer JB, Ley SV 2003) Transfer hydrogenation using recyclable polyurea-encapsulated palladium efficient and chemoselective reduction of aryl ketones. J Chem Soc Chem Commun 678-679... 

While this manuscript was under preparation, a considerable number of examples of sohd-phase-attached catalysts appeared in the literature which is a clear indication for the dynamic character of this field. These include catalysts based on palladium [131, 132], nickel [133] and rhodium [134] as well applications in hydrogenations including transfer hydrogenations [135, 136] and oxidations [137]. In addition various articles have appeared that are dedicated to immobilized chiral h-gands for asymmetric synthesis such as chiral binol [138], salen [139], and bisoxa-zoline [140] cinchona alkaloid derived [141] complexes. 

The structure, and the trans-relative stereochemistry, of dihydroarcyriarubin B (352) was confirmed by comparison of the product obtained from arcyriarubin B (350) by palladium-catalyzed hydrogen transfer from cyclohexene in boiling xylene. Under these conditions, only the thermodynamically more stable trans-diastereomer was formed. Based on these data, and the spectroscopic comparison with the hydrogenation product of arcyriarubin B (350), the structure 352 was assigned to dihydroarcyriarubin B (252) (Scheme 2.90). 

Benzyl -o-xylopyranoside was converted into the alcohol 54 (a somewhat capricious isopropylidenation) [39] and a Mitsunobu inversion with N-hydroxyphthalimide, followed by protecting group removal, gave the hydro-xylamine 55. Transfer-hydrogenation (ammonium formate and palladium-on-charcoal in refluxing methanol) [40] then gave, on a small scale and in almost a quantitative yield, the enantiomer of the desired tetrahydro-l,2-oxazine 52. We have never been able to repeat this result since Figure 4 shows the NMR spectra acquired at the time [41]. 

Cleavage of benzyl ethers Benzyl ethers are cleaved in high yield by catalytic transfer hydrogenation with 20% palladium on carbon (1, 782)4 as catalyst and cyclohexcne as hydrogen donor. 

Palladium is the most active and most frequently used catalyst in transfer hydrogenations.77 78 Cyclohexene, a cheap, readily available, highly reactive molecule, is the preferred donor compound. Alternatively, tetralin and monoterpenes and, in general, any hydroaromatic compound, may be used. Mainly alcohols are employed as the donor with Raney Ni. 

According to a possible mechanism, transfer hydrogenation requires a catalyst-mediated formation of a donor-acceptor complex, followed by a direct hydrogen transfer. An alternative possibility is a simple consecutive dehydrogenation-hydrogenation process. While the former mechanism on palladium is supported by numerous experimental evidence,78 direct hydrogen transfer on nickel was disproved.79... 

Aromatic hydrocarbons with two or more rings are hydrogenated in a stepwise manner permitting regioselective saturation of one of the rings. Individual metals have a marked influence on selectivity. Biphenyl, for example, is transformed to cyclohexylbenzene with 97% selectivity on palladium, which is the least active to catalyze saturation of benzene under mild conditions.11 12 Even better selectiv-ities are achieved in transfer hydrogenation.105... 

Abramovitch, R.A., Abramovitch, D.A., Iyanar, K. and Tamareselvy, K., Transfer hydrogenation, atom economy activation, palladium, chemistry Application of microwave-energy to organic-synthesis - improved technology Tetrahedron Lett., 1991, 32, 5251-5254. 

The rapid microwave-assisted deprotection of N-benzyl carbamate (Cbz) and AT-benzyl (Bn) derivatives in solution as well as on solid support was reported by Daga et al.26 Within this report, amino groups protected as benzyl carbamates or with simple benzyl groups could be deprotected in a few minutes by microwave-assisted catalytic transfer hydrogenation with palladium charcoal in isopropanol, employing ammonium formate as the hydrogen donor (Scheme 7.6). Both MeO-PEG and PS Wang-resin were used as soluble and solid supports, respectively, in these reactions. 

Chemical reduction [with aqueous titanium(III) chloride in dilute acetic acid] or catalytic reduction (in the presence of 10% palladium-on-charcoal by transfer hydrogenation from cyclohexene or with hydrogen) of 3-nitro-4//-pyrido[l,2-a]pyrimidin-4-ones 176 (R = H, 8-Me, 8-OMe, 7-C1) gave 3-amino-4//-pyrido[l,2-a]pyrimidin-4-ones [90JCR(S)308]. Chemical and catalytic reduction of 3,8-dinitro-9-hydroxy-4//-pyrido[l,2-a]pyrimidin-4-one yielded an unstable product. 

Scheme 3.11 Microwave-assisted transfer-hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde with palladium on activated charcoal...

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