Sonogashira reaction heterocycle synthesis

The Sonogashira reaction is of considerable value in heterocyclic synthesis. It has been conducted on the pyrazine ring of quinoxaline and the resulting alkynyl- and dialkynyl-quinoxalines were subsequently utilized to synthesize condensed quinoxalines [52-55], Ames et al. prepared unsymmetrical diynes from 2,3-dichloroquinoxalines. Thus, condensation of 2-chloroquinoxaline (93) with an excess of phenylacetylene furnished 2-phenylethynylquinoxaline (94). Displacement of the chloride with the amine also occurred when the condensation was carried out in the presence of diethylamine. Treatment of 94 with a large excess of aqueous dimethylamine led to ketone 95 that exists predominantly in the intramolecularly hydrogen-bonded enol form 96. 

The Sonogashira reaction is of considerable value in heterocyclic synthesis. Heteroaryl halides like bromooxazoles are viable substrates for the Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions with terminal acetylene in the presence of Pd/Cu catalyst. In 1987, Yamanaka s group described the Pd-catalyzed reactions of halothiazoles with terminal acetylenes [50]. Submission of 4-bromo- (72) and 5-bromo-4-methyloxazoles (73) to the Sonogashira reaction conditions with phenylacetylene led to the expected acetylenes (74 and 75). 

A typical Sonogashira reaction involves heating an aryl halide, catalyst and a terminal alkyne with cuprous iodide and triethylamine. This reaction does not require the preparation of an organometallic reagent, because transmetaUation occurs via an alkynylcopper, formed in situ. The main use of the Sonogashira reaction in heterocyclic chemistry is probably for the synthesis of intermediates for ring synthesis. ... 

This process is commonly known as the Sonogashira reaction and has proven extraordinarily useful for the synthesis of a wide variety of aryl alkynes or enynes. When neighboring functionality exists, Pd and Cu salts are well known to effect cyclization to the corresponding hetero- or carbocycle. Thus, the reaction of terminal alkynes and aryl or vinylic halides bearing neighboring functionality often leads directly to heterocycles or carbocycles, providing a particularly useful synthesis of benzofurans and indoles. 

Many cascade reactions, including the reaction between X—H and alkyne, have been reported. A Sonogashira coupling-cyclization cascade (e.g.. Scheme 19.66) is an especially good combination for heterocycle synthesis from haloarenes bearing a nucleophilic functionality at the 2-position. In this section, a quite limited number of useful cascade reactions, especially those including the latest frontiers of modern organic chemistry, are presented. 

Also exploiting an intramolecular C—S bond formation, Bryan et al. extended their investigation of gem-dihalovinylarene substrates in the synthesis of heterocycles to encompass a thiol analogue (Scheme 34.38, disconnection D-2). The combination of an unusual palladium-catalyzed S-alkenylation with a second cross-coupling process, such as a Suzuki, Heck, or Sonogashira reaction led to diversely functionalized benzothiophenes such as 67, produced in excellent yield (Scheme 24.40) [132], Routes incorporating a tandem carbonylation step [133] and a direct arylation [117] process have subsequently been reported. 

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