2-pyridyl boronates

Pyridyl boronic acids (and pyrazines, pyridazines and pynimadines... 

One of the most reliable methods for the construction of an oligoheteroarene structure is the transition-metal-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction [26]. However, a problem to be overcome remains in the cross-coupling. The installation of a metal group into heteroaromatic compounds is often dififlcult because of problems with the stability of the resulting heteroaromatic metal reagent [27]. For example, 2-pyridyl boronic acid and its esters are easily decomposed by proton [28]. In addition to this problem with stability, the transmetallation of an electron-deficient heteroaromatic boron reagent to palladium is relatively slow [29]. 

The disclosure of a one-pot directed ortho metalation-boronation and Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling of derivatized pyridines 44 to give substituted azabiaryls 45 provided an excellent protocol for the in situ utilization of pyridyl boronic acids whose isolation is known to be difficult <07JOC1588>. The disclosed method relies on the in situ compatibility of LDA and B(Oz-Pr)3 and proceeds in good to excellent yields for the multi-step process. The report details a comprehensive survey of pyridyl boronates and is expected to be of considerable value in the synthesis of bioactive molecules. 

An improved synthesis of pyridyl boronic esters, valuable synthetic intermediates in crosscoupling reactions, has been reported. The critical element is the use of rr -trimethylsilylborate instead of the usual trialkylborates <03SC795>. 

Coupling of 2-bromo-5-aminopyrazine (64) with 2-methoxy-4-pyridyl boronic acid... 

Vinyl boronic acids were among the most reactive boronic acids used in the Petasis borono Man-nich reaction, but aryl boronic acids and heterocyclic derivatives (thienyl and pyridyl boronic acids, for instance) can also be used [54]. Mechanistically, this three-component reaction type is characterized by a complex equilibrium among all the three components involved, and several intermediates are formed, including a reactive imine (Scheme 6.39). 

FIGURE 8. Cobaloximes have been shown to form boronate esters with pyridyl boronic acids to produce (a) a dimeric molecular box, (b) a molecular parallelogram, and (c) trimeric assemblies... 

FIGURE 12. Coordinative linear polymers based on boronate ester formation result from (a) ditopic coordination of pyridyl boronic acids to bis-diol functionalized porphyrins and (b) through coordinative interactions between rhodoximes and 3-aminoboronic acid. 

Bromoquinolines behave in the Suzuki reaction similarly to simple carbocyclic aryl bromides and the reaction is straightforward. Examples include 3-(3-pyridyl)quinoline (72) from 3-bromoquinoline (70) and 3-pyridylboronic acid (71) (91JOC6787) and 3-phenyl-quinoline 75 from substituted 3,7-dibromoquinoline 73 and (2-pivaloylaminophenyl)boronic acid 74 (95SC4011). Notice that the combination of potassium carbonate and ethanol resulted in debromination at the C(7) position (but the... 

The cyclization of diethyl N-alkyl-jV-(6-alkyl-2-pyridyl)aminomethy-lenemalonates (265, Rand R1 = alkyl, R2 = Et) could be carried out easily in diphenyl ether or in Dowtherm A in the presence of a boron trifluoride... 

As in the synthesis of other bipyridines, several routes to 4,4 -bipyridine have been devised where one of the pyridine rings is built up from simpler components. For example, a dimer of acrolein reacts with ammonia and methanol in the presence of boron phosphate catalyst at 350°C to give a mixture of products including 4,4 -bipyridine (3.4% yield), and in a reaction akin to ones referred to with other bipyridines, 4-vinylpyridine reacts with substituted oxazoles in the presence of acid to give substituted 4,4 -bipyridines. ° ° Condensation of isonicotinaldehyde with acetaldehyde and ammonia at high temperatures in the presence of a catalyst also affords some 4,4 -bipyridine, and related processes give similar results,whereas pyran derivatives can be converted to 4,4 -bipyridine (56% conversion), for example, by reaction with ammonia and air at 350°C with a nickel-alumina catalyst. Likewise, 2,6-diphenyl-4-(4-pyridyl)pyrylium salts afford 2,6-... 

A similar approach was taken for the synthesis of 45 by Miyaura. " Shaughnessy and Booth synthesized the water-soluble alkylphosphine 46, and found it to provide very active palladium catalysts for the reaction of aryl bromides or chlorides with boronic acids. The more sterically demanding ligand 47 was shown to promote the reactions of aryl chlorides with better results than 46. Najera and co-workers recently reported on the synthesis of di(2-pyridyl)-methylamine-palladium dichloride complexes 48a and 48b, and their use in the coupling of a variety of electrophiles (aryl bromides or chlorides, allyl chlorides, acetates or carbonates) with alkyl- or arylboronic acids very low catalyst loadings at Palladium-oxime catalysts 8a and 8b) have also been developed. In conjunction with... 

Flow fluorination of the 4,4 -bipyridine —boron trifluoride complex gives only mono-fluorinated l-fluoro-4-(4-pyridyl)pyridinium boron trifluoride tetrafluoroborate (31), while fluorination of l-methyl-4-(4-pyridyl)pyridinium triflate in the presence of lithium triflate provides l-fluoro-l -methyl-4,4 -bipyridinium ditriflatc (32) 67... 

Table 5. Fluorination of Aromatic Compounds with l-Fluoro-4-(4-pyridyl)pyridinium Boron Trifluoride Tetrafluoroborate (31) and l-Fluoro-l -methyl-4,4 -bipyridinium Ditriflate (32)67...

Finally, compound (iv) is condensed with either trimethyl(6-methyl-3-pyridyl)tin or the boronate ester by means of Pd(PPh3)4 to afford etoricoxib. The metallated pyridine (vii) is obtained by esterification of 3-hydroxy-2-methylpyridine with triflic anhydride to give the corresponding triflate, which is treated with a tin reagent to yield the target tin intermediate. The boron lithium salt (viii) is prepared by treatment of 5-bromo-2-methylpyridine with butyllithium followed by addition of triisopropyl borate. 

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