Petasis carbonylation/amination

Grigg and co-workers have used a sequential, one-pot Petasis borono-Mannich reaction with either Pd(0)-catalyzed carbonylative amination cyclization or Pd(0)-cat-alyzed allenylation/amination cyclization (Scheme 7.7) [46]. The overall approach results in the formation of a-amino acid derivatives of isoindolone 25 and 4-methylene-3,4 -dihydroisoquinoline 26. While this is the only reported example of a combination of a Petasis borono-Mannich reaction with a Pd(0)using other Pd(0) or transition metal catalyzed reactions is a very attractive strategy for the synthesis of complex molecules or combinatorial libraries. 

Conceptually similar palladium-catalyzed cascade reactions have been developed, involving molecular-queuing cycloaddition, cyclocondensation and Diels-Alder reactions [71], cydization-anion-capture-olefin metathesis [72], carbonylation-allene insertion [73], carbonylation/amination/Michael addition [74], sequential Petasis reaction/palladium-catalyzed process [75], supported allenes as substrates [76], and palladium-ruthenium catalysts [77]. 

Allylic amine from the three-component reaction of a vinyl boronic acid, a carbonyl and an amine. Also known as boronic acid-Mannich or Petasis boronic acid-Mannich reaction. Cf. Mannich reaction. 

The mechanism of the Petasis boronic acid-Mannich reaction is not fully understood. In the first step of the reaction, upon mixing the carbonyl and the amine components, three possible products can form iminium salt A, diamine B, and a-hydroxy amine C. It was shown that preformed iminium salts do not react with boronic acids. This observation suggests that the reaction does not go through intermediate A. Both intermediate B and C can promote the formation of the product. Most likely, the reaction proceeds through intermediate C, where the hydroxyl group attacks the electrophilic boron leading to an ate -complex. Subsequent vinyl transfer provides the allylic amine along with the boronic acid sideproduct. 

The Petasis reaction is a mild multicomponent reaction that allows the conden sation of a boronic acid, an amine, and a carbonyl derivative to generate an allylic amine. Although several diastereoselective Petasis reactions have been reported [106], the first catalytic asymmetric reaction was described in 2008 (Scheme 1.29) [107]. It was shown that the condensation proceeds in high yields and enantiomeric excesses, affording the corresponding protected a vinylglycine derivatives. 

One may consider the Strecker reaction as the prototypical multicomponent reaction.15 Three reactants, an amine, a carbonyl compound, and a source of cyanide, come together in a single reaction vessel to afford a single product, an a-aminonitrile. Variations on this reaction process include the Bucherer-Bergs, Petasis, Ugi, and amidocarbonylation reactions. 

In its most general form, the boronic acid Mannich or Petasis reaction18 involves the reaction of boronic acid 22, a carbonyl compound 8, and an amine 23 to produce secondary amines 24. If one uses a-keto acid 25 for the carbonyl component then the corresponding product from the Petasis reaction was a-amino acid 26. The key mechanistic step was proposed to occur intramolecularly with alkyl migration from intermediate boronate ester 28 formed from aminol 27. 

In its most general form, the boronic acid Mannich or Petasis reaction involves the reaction of boronic acid 96, carbonyl compound 95, and amine 97 to produce secondary amine 98. 

As mentioned previously in this book, the quest for sustainable, atom-economical, and environmentally friendly chemical processes is a big current issue. Besides one-pot, sequential reaction processes (generally catalyzed by either metals or enzymes), multicomponent reactions have become very important [51]. The Petasis reaction, alternatively called Petasis horono Mannich reaction, is a mUd multicomponent reaction, which was reported first by Petasis and Akritopoulou in 1993 [52]. This reaction allows the one-pot three-component condensation of an aryl- or alkylboronic acid, an amine, and an aldehyde (or generally a carbonylic compound) to generate substituted amines at room temperature (Scheme 6.38). 

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