Catalytic Pauson-Khand reaction

Later, Chung et al. successfully developed an intramolecular Pauson-Khand reaction in water without any cosolvent by using aqueous colloidal cobalt nanoparticles as catalysts. The catalyst was prepared by reducing an aqueous solution of cobalt acetate containing sodium dode-cyl sulfate (SDS) surfactant. The cobalt nanoparticle could be reused eight times without any loss of catalytic activity (Eq. 4.57).107... 

Rh(III)-metallocydes derived from 1,6-enynes are postulated as reactive intermediates in catalytic [4+2] and [5+2] cycloadditions, Pauson-Khand reactions and cycloisomerizations P. Cao, B. Wang, X. Zhang, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 64901 and references cited therein. 

Alkynylallenes have proved to be viable substrates for Pauson-Khand reactions (PKR), providing a-methylenecyclopentenones (Scheme 16.44) [44, 45]. It has been found that a combination of Mo(CO)6 and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) is an effective catalytic system. The most commonly used Co2(CO)g catalyst for PKR is not effective since it causes polymerization. 

Abstract The transition metal mediated conversion of alkynes, alkenes, and carbon monoxide in a formal [2 + 2+1] cycloaddition process, commonly known as the Pauson-Khand reaction (PKR), is an elegant method for the construction of cyclopentenone scaffolds. During the last decade, significant improvements have been achieved in this area. For instance, catalytic PKR variants are nowadays possible with different metal sources. In addition, new asymmetric approaches were established and the reaction has been applied as a key step in various total syntheses. Recent work has also focused on the development of CO-free conditions, incorporating transfer carbonylation reactions. This review attempts to cover the most important developments in this area. 

Recent developments have impressively enlarged the scope of Pauson-Khand reactions. Besides the elaboration of strategies for the enantioselective synthesis of cyclopentenones, it is often possible to perform PKR efficiently with a catalytic amount of a late transition metal complex. In general, different transition metal sources, e.g., Co, Rh, Ir, and Ti, can be applied in these reactions. Actual achievements demonstrate the possibility of replacing external carbon monoxide by transfer carbonylations. This procedure will surely encourage synthetic chemists to use the potential of the PKR more often in organic synthesis. However, apart from academic research, industrial applications of this methodology are still awaited. 

The asymmetric catalytic Pauson-Khand reaction met success in the late 1990s. Not only the conventional Co catalyst but also other metal complexes, such as Ti, Rh, and Ir, are applicable to the reaction. Asymmetric hydrocyanation of vinylar-enes is accomplished using Ni complex of chiral diphosphite. Further studies on the scope and limitation are expected. 

Based on previous success in the Pauson-Khand reaction [43], Evans demonstrated a sequential approach to the synthesis of eight-membered rings, which involved a rhodium-catalyzed aUyhc amination reaction followed by carbocyclization, to effect a three-component couphng (Scheme 12.11). To date, this transformation is only the second example of a sequential rhodium-catalyzed reaction in which only temperature is used to modulate catalytic activity. 

Table 4 The catalytic Pauson-Khand reaction using aldehydes as CO source...

Table 5 The catalytic enantioselective Pauson-Khand reaction...

One of the most powerful methods for bicyclic ketone construction is the intramolecular Pauson-Khand reaction (14 ->15). Although catalytic methods for this transformation have been put forward, they are not always successful. Jihua Chen and Zhen Yang of Peking University have now found (Organic Lett. 2005, 7, 593) that the cyclization proceeds quickly and efficiently with 5 mol % of the commercial grade of Co,(CO), if it is run in the presence of the inexpensive tetramethylthiourea. The authors have also reported (Organic Lett. 2005, 7, 1657) that TMTU is beneficial to the Pd-catalyzed version of the reaction. These advances will make the Pauson-Khand cyclization a more generally practical procedure. 

The [2+2+1] cycloaddition of an alkene, an alkyne and carbon monoxide is commonly known as the Pauson-Khand reaction. This transformation has been adopted many times in the synthesis of complex natural products and related compounds, which contain a cyclopentenone moiety, for example, prostaglandins. Two independent reports of this reaction appeared almost simultaneously in late 2002 by Iqbal and co-workers25 and Fisher and co-workers26, respectively. They not only used very similar substrate systems in their studies, but they also reached very similar conclusions Toluene was found to be the preferred solvent in this reaction, even though it is a very poor microwave absorber. A reaction time between 5 and 10 min, using dicob alto ctacar-bonyl or dicobalthexacarbonyl as the carbon monoxide source, and a temperature of 100-120°C resulted in high yields of the products. Fisher and co-workers used 20 mol% Co2(CO)8 and cyclohexylamine as an additive (Scheme 5.12), since this system had been used previously in order to allow a catalytic reaction. Iqbal and co-workers did not use cyclohexylamine, but instead used 1 equiv. of the carbon monoxide (Co2(CO)6) source. In both reports, the products were formed in 40-70% yield. 

Parasites, antimicrobials for, 12, 458 Pauson-Khand reaction allenic substrates, 11, 352 and allenynes, 10, 356-357 with aminocarbonylation, 11, 531 asymmetric catalysts, in desymmetrizations, 11, 357 catalytic... 

When enyne cycloisomerization takes place in the presence of an unsaturated molecule an insertion reaction can occur. Thus, Ru3(CO)12 catalyzes the cycloisomerization of 1,6-enynes under a CO atmosphere to give an insertion of carbon monoxide and the formation of bicyclic cyclopentenones as a catalytic Pauson-Khand reaction [78] (Eq. 57). 

Some of the most exciting reactions in organic chemistry are based on transition metals. How about these two for example The first is the Heck reaction, which allows nucleophilic addition to an unactivated alkene. Catalytic palladium (Pd) is needed to make the reaction go. The second, the Pauson-Khand reaction, is a special method of making five-membered rings from three components an alkene, an alkyne, and carbon monoxide (CO). It requires cobalt (Co). Neither of these reactions is possible without the metal. 

Development of the catalytic Pauson-Khand reaction. One disadvantage of the PK reaction, as first reported, was its need for stoichiometric amounts of dicobalt octacarbonyl. In order to make the reaction more attractive, both synthetically and environmentally, efforts were made to reduce the quantities of the transition metal species, although this often led to the requirement for high pressures of CO in order to obtain respectable yields. 

Few organic transformations add as much molecular complexity in one step as the Pauson-Khand reaction. This reaction is one of the best examples of how organometallic chemistry is useful in modern organic synthesis, and can serve as a key tool for the synthesis of natural products, in this case those possessing cyclopentane units. The limited scope, low yields and lack of efficient catalytic procedures were serious drawbacks in the past that have been... 

There is only one example of a catalytic Pauson-Khand reaction in an ionic liquid1471 although the reaction has also been conducted in ionic liquids using stoichiometric amounts of Co2(CO)8/481 In the catalysed reaction 10 mol% of Co2(CO)8 was used in [C4Ciim][PF6] under 10 bar of CO. Under these conditions, diethylallyl malonates could be obtained in 90-99% yield within 90 minutes at 80°C, as shown in Scheme 9.14. However, with hetero-bridged enynes, as well as in the reaction between norbomene and phenylacetylene, only poor to moderate yields were achieved. A slight increase in activity was observed with the analogous tetrafluoroborate ionic liquid. 

Recently, colloidal cobalt has been used for catalytic Pauson-Khand reactions.149 531 Bearing in mind the encouraging results from other nanoparticle-catalysed reactions in ionic liquids, such catalysts may prove to be highly promising. 

Only catalytic Pauson-Khand reactions fulfill the criterion of atom economy [6], and the use of stoichiometrical amounts of the transition metal is not acceptable commercially. It is not surprising, therefore, that several research groups have focused more recently on the development of catalytic variants. 

Scheme 3. Catalytic Pauson-Khand reactions according to Rauten.strauch.

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