Rhodium-catalyzed Additions of Boronic Acids to N-Sulfonylimines

Rhodium-catalyzed Additions of Boronic Acids to N-Sulfonylimines 

Rhodium catalysts have been widely used for C-C bond formation processes [71], Particularly noteworthy are the Rh(I)-catalyzed additions of boronic acids and their derivatives to a.p-unsaturated carbonyl compounds [72-78] and aldehydes [75, 79] (Chapter 4). The groups of Miyaura and Hayashi have shown that Rh(I) catalyzes the addition of sodium tetraphenylborate and arylstannanes to N-sulfonylimines [80-82]. Miyaura and co-workers have also reported the first example of a Rh(I)-cat-alyzed addition of an arylboronic acid to an N-sulfonylimine (77), to give sulfonamide 78 (Equation 13) [83]. Reactions proceeded with 2 equivalents of arylboronic acids using either a cationic Rh(I) catalyst alone, or in combination with appropriate phosphine ligands such as bis(diphenylphosphino)propane or P(i-Pr)3. Boronic esters will also react, particularly in the presence of triethylamine. The reaction does not proceed with simple aldimines, such as PhCH NPh. 

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