Palladization

The Pd—C cr-bond can be prepared from simple, unoxidized alkenes and aromatic compounds by the reaction of Pd(II) compounds. The following are typical examples. The first step of the reaction of a simple alkene with Pd(ll) and a nucleophile X or Y to form 19 is called palladation. Depending on the nucleophile, it is called oxypalladation, aminopalladation, carbopalladation, etc. The subsequent elimination of b-hydrogen produces the nucleophilic substitution product 20. The displacement of Pd with another nucleophile (X) affords the nucleophilic addition product 21 (see Chapter 3, Section 2). As an example, the oxypalladation of 4-pentenol with PdXi to afford furan 22 or 23 is shown. 

Palladation of aromatic compounds with Pd(OAc)2 gives the arylpalladium acetate 25 as an unstable intermediate (see Chapter 3, Section 5). A similar complex 26 is formed by the transmetallation of PdX2 with arylmetal compounds of main group metals such as Hg Those intermediates which have the Pd—C cr-bonds react with nucleophiles or undergo alkene insertion to give oxidized products and Pd(0) as shown below. Hence, these reactions proceed by consuming stoichiometric amounts of Pd(II) compounds, which are reduced to the Pd(0) state. Sometimes, but not always, the reduced Pd(0) is reoxidized in situ to the Pd(II) state. In such a case, the whole oxidation process becomes a catalytic cycle with regard to the Pd(II) compounds. This catalytic reaction is different mechanistically, however, from the Pd(0)-catalyzed reactions described in the next section. These stoichiometric and catalytic reactions are treated in Chapter 3. 

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. 

In the prostaglandin synthesis shown, silyl enol ether 216, after transmetaJ-lation with Pd(II), undergoes tandem intramolecular and intermolecular alkene insertions to yield 217[205], It should be noted that a different mechanism (palladation of the alkene, rather than palladium enolate formation) has been proposed for this reaction, because the corresponding alkyl enol ethers, instead of the silyl ethers, undergo a similar cyclization[20I],... 

Similarly to mercuration reactions, Pd(OAc)2 undergoes facile palladation of aromatic compounds. On the other hand, no reaction of aromatic compounds takes place with PdClj. PdCl2 reacts only in the presence of bases. The aro-... 

Mechanistic studies show that the arylation of alkenes proceeds via the palladation of aromatic compounds to form a rr-aryl-Pd bond (261), into which insertion of alkene takes place to form 262. The final step is i3-elimina-tion to form the arylated alkenes 259 and Pd(0). 

Three oxidative reactions of benzene with Pd(OAc)2 via reactive rr-aryl-Pd complexes are known. The insertion of alkenes and elimination afford arylalk-enes. The oxidative functionalization of alkenes with aromatics is treated in Section 2.8. Two other reactions, oxidative homocoupling[324,325] and the acetoxylation[326], are treated in this section. The palladation of aromatic compounds is possible only with Pd(OAc)2. No reaction takes place with PdCl2. 

The transmetallation of various organometallic compounds (Hg, Tl, Sn, B, Si, etc.) with Pd(II) generates the reactive cr-aryl, alkenyl, and alkyl Pd compounds. These carbopalladation products can be used without isolation for further reactions. Pd(II) and Hg(II) salts have similar reactivity toward alkenes and aromatic compounds, but Hg(II) salts form stable mercuration products with alkenes and aromatic rings. The mercuration products are isolated and handled easily. On the other hand, the corresponding palladation products are too reactive to be isolated. The stable mercuration products can be used for various reactions based on facile transmetallation with Pd(II) salts to generate the very reactive palladation products 399 and 400 in rim[364,365]. 

Palladation products formed from arylmercurials, carboalkoxymercurials, and alkylmercurials, which have no /3-hydrogen, are used in situ for the reaction of alkenes[367]. Particularly, the arylation of alkenes is synthetically useful. Styrene derivatives 402 and 403 are formed by the reaction of a... 

An unactivated methyl group can be functionalized by the cyclopalladation of oximes. The equatorial methyl of geminal methyls in steroids or hexapyr-anosides is selectively aceto.xylated by the reaction of the palladation complex 523 of the 3-oxime with lead tetraacetate[467,468]. 

Stereochemical features in the oxidative addition and the elimination of /3-hydrogen of cyclic and acyclic alkenes are different. The insertion (palladation) is syn addition. The syn addition (carbopalladation) of R—Pd—X to an acyclic alkene is followed by the syn elimination of 3-hydrogen to give the trans-a ksne 6, because free rotation of 5 is possible with the acyclic alkene. On the other hand, no rotation of the intermediate 7 is possible with a cyclic alkene and the syn elimination of /3-hydrogen gives the allylic compound 8 rather than a substituted alkene. 

Butyrolactones are prepared by intramolecular reaction of haloallylic 2-alkynoates. The a-chloromethylenebutyrolactone 301 is prepared by the intramolecular reaction of300[150,151]. 4 -Hydroxy-2 -alkenyl 2-alkynoates can be used instead of haloallylic 2-alkynoates, and in this reaction, Pd(II) is regenerated by elimination of the hydroxy group[152]. As a related reaction, the q-(chloromethylene)-7-butyrolactone 304 is obtained from the cinnamyl 2-alkynoate 302 in the presence of LiCl and CuCbflSS]. Isohinokinin (305) has been synthesized by this reaction[l 54]. The reaction is explained by chloro-palladation of the triple bond, followed by intramolecular alkene insertion to generate the alkylpalladium chloride 303. Then PdCb is regenerated by attack of CuCb on the alkylpalladium bond as a key step in the catalytic reaction. 

Malononitrile (133) undergoes Pd(0)-catalyzed dimerization to give 134[125,126]. The trimerization of malononitrile in boiling benzene catalyzed by potassium tetrakis(pentalluorophenyl)palladate gives 4.6-diamino-3,5-dicyano-2-cyanomethylpyridine (135)[127]. 

The TV-protected pyrrole (212) can be palladated, but not lithiated, in the 3-position to give the stable complex (213) this is readily converted into the 3-methoxycarbonylpyrrole (214) (82JOM(234)l23). The use of palladium derivatives thus further increases the range of transformations made possible through the intermediacy of metallo groups. 

Paal-Knorr synthesis, 4, 118, 329 Pariser-Parr-Pople approach, 4, 157 PE spectroscopy, 4, 24, 188-189 photoaddition reactions with aliphatic aldehydes and ketones, 4, 232 photochemical reactions, 4, 67, 201-205 with aliphatic carbonyl compounds, 4, 268 with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate, 4, 268 Piloty synthesis, 4, 345 Piloty-Robinson synthesis, 4, 110-111 polymers, 273-274, 295, 301, 302 applications, 4, 376 polymethylation, 4, 224 N-protected, 4, 238 palladation, 4, 83 protonation, 4, 46, 47, 206 pyridazine synthesis from, 3, 52 pyridine complexes NMR, 4, 165... 

The catalyst is previously prepared in an apparatus for catalytic hydrogenation, in which are placed 0.5 g. of palladous chloride, 3.0 g. of Norite, and 20 ml. of distilled water. The bottle is swept out with hydrogen and then shaken with hydrogen for 2-3 hours at 2-3 atmospheres (40 lb.) pressure. The palladium on carbon is collected on a Biichner funnel, washed with five 50-ml. portions of distilled water, then with five 50-ml. portions of 95% ethanol, and finally twice with ether. Upon drying, about 3 g. of the catalyst is obtained. It is stored in a vacuum desiccator over solid sodium hydroxide. If the reduction of the chloro-lepidine does not proceed normally, the used catalyst should be removed by suction filtration and a fresh 3-g. portion of catalyst added. Failure of the reduction step is usually due to an inactive catalyst or to impurities in the acetic acid or chlorolepidine. The palladium catalysts, prepared as described elsewhere in this volume, are presumably also satisfactory for the reduction of 2-chlorolepidine (p. 77). 

In a 2-1. three-necked round-bottomed flask, equipped with a mechanical stirrer (Note 1), reflux condenser, and dropping funnel, are placed 30 g. of pure 2-nitrofluorene, m.p. 157° [Org. Syntheses, Coll. Vol. 2, 447 (1943)], and 250 ml. of 95% ethanol. After warming to 50° on a steam bath, 0.1 g. of palladized charcoal catalyst (previously moistened with alcohol) is added (Note 2) and the stirrer is started. About 15 ml. of hydrazine hydrate is added from the dropping funnel during 30 minutes (Note 3). At this point an additional 0.1 g. of catalyst (previously moistened with alcohol) is added and the mixture is heated until the alcohol refluxes gently. After 1 hour the nitrofluorene has dissolved completely and the supernatant liquor is almost colorless. 

Raney nickel may be used instead of palladized charcoal as the catalyst. ... 

Under certain conditions surface catalytic deuterations can lead to the exchange of benzylic hydrogens. An example in the steroid field is the exchange of the benzylic hydrogens in estrone methyl ether (42) with deuterium in the presence of palladized charcoal." " According to mass spectrometric analysis, the product (43) contains three deuteriums (83 %), which have been assigned to the 6- and 9a-positions on the basis of NMR evidence." " ... 

The most commonly used catalysts are palladized charcoal or calcium carbonate and platinum oxide. For better isotopic purity, the use of platinum oxide may be preferred for certain olefins since the substrate undergoes fewer side reactions while being chemisorbed on the platinum surface as compared to palladium.Suitable solvents are cyclohexane, ethyl acetate, tetrahydrofuran, dioxane or acetic acid-OD with platinum oxide. 

Oxidations of pyridopyrimidines are rare, but the covalent hydrates of the parent compounds undergo oxidation with hydrogen peroxide to yield the corresponding pyridopyrimidin-4(3 T)-ones. Dehydrogenation of dihydropyrido[2,3-(i]pyrimidines by means of palladized charcoal, rhodium on alumina, or 2,3-diehloro-5,6-dicyano-p-benzo-quinone (DDQ) to yield the aromatic derivatives have been reported. Thus, 7-amino-5,6-dihydro-1,3-diethylpyrido[2,3-d]-pyri-midine-2,4(lif,3f/)-dione (177) is aromatized (178) when treated with palladized charcoal in refluxing toluene for 24 hours. 

In boiling ethanol, under nitrogen and in the presence of palladized charcoal, 2-acetyl-l,4-dihydro-3-methylquinoxaline (30) undergoes dismutation to give a mixture of 2-acetyl-3-methylquinoxaline, 2-acetyl-l,2,3,4-tetrahydro-3-methylquinoxaline (33), and 2-l -hydroxy-ethyl-3-methylquinoxaline (34), The latter compound is the product of sodium borohydride or Meerwein-Ponndorf reduction of 2-acetyl-3-methylquinoxaline. 

A substitute may be prepared thus 0 05 gram palladous chloride is placed in a special shaking flask with 50 c.c, of 50 per cent, alcohol and 1 or 2 c c. of 1 per cent, aqueous solution of gum-arabic, the weight of gum being about one-fourth the weight of the palladous chloride. On shaking this mixture in an atmosphere of hydrogen the chloride is reduced with formation of a black solution of colloidal platinum, which is rendered stable by the small quantity of gum present. 

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