Stoichiometric copper

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The successes described above notwithstanding, synthetic chemistry in the 1990s was in large measure characterized by catalysis , which encouraged development of organocopper processes that were in line with the times. The cost associated with the metal was far from the driving force that was more (and continues to be) a question of transition metal waste. In other words, proper disposal of copper salt by-products is costly, and so precludes industrial applications based on stoichiometric copper hydrides. 

Aryl-acetylene synthesis, Cf. Cadiot-Chodkiewicz coupling and Sonogashira coupling. The Castro-Stephens coupling uses stoichiometric copper, whereas the Sonogashira variant uses catalytic palladium and copper. 

After ARCO patents issued, Stille and coworkers published on butadiene oxycarbonylation(14-16). Palladium was utilized as the oxidative carbonylation catalyst and copper(II) chloride was employed as a stoichiometric reoxidation agent for palladium. Although the desired hex-3 -enedioate is the exclusive product, commercial technology which uses stoichiometric copper is not practical. Once the copper(Il) is consumed, the monoatomic palladium spent catalyst agglomerates affording polymeric palladium which is not easily reoxidized to an active form. 

Widenhoefer has developed methods for Pd-catalyzed addition of 1,3-dicarbonyl nucleophiles to alkenes [ 171-173]. Most of these reactions employ stoichiometric copper as the oxidant however, Yang and coworkers recently reported a modified procedure that employs cocatalytic lanthanide Lewis acids to achieve direct dioxygen-coupled turnover (Eq. 39) [174], The Lewis acid is thought to activate the carbon nucleophile, P-keto amide, toward attack on the tethered alkene. 

Another closely related family of superconductors is represented by the formula TlBa2Can 1Cun02n+3 (n = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5). They contain single layers of T1 and O atoms that separate the perovskite-like Ba-Cu-Ca-O slabs (24)(25)(26)(27) (Figure 6). Distortions in the Tl-O sheets are also found in these compounds (26)(27). Note that if these phases were stoichiometric, copper would always have a formal oxidation state of greater than two. Therefore, the chemical composition of this homologous series allows the existence of holes in the copper-oxygen sheet. 

Dicarboxylation reactions of alkenes can be carried out such that predominately 1,2-addition of the two ester functions occurs (equation 61). The reaction takes place under mild conditions (1-3 bar, 25 C) in alcohol. It is stoichiometric in palladium, since the palladium(II) catalyst is reduced to palladium(O) in the process, but by use of an oxidant (stoichiometric copper chloride or catalytic copper chloride plus oxygen equation 62 and 63) the reaction becomes catalytic in palladium. In the reoxidation process, water is generated and the build-up of water increases the water gas shift reaction at the expense of the carboxylation. Thus a water scavenger such as triethyl orthoformate is necessary for a smooth reaction. 

Ullmann reactions using stoichiometric copper, as well as for the catalytic alternative using 5 wt.% Pd/C and hydrogen gas. 

Heteroaromatics have high reactivity toward electrophilic palladation and show good regioselectivity. Reactions with pyrrole,thiophene, furan, and indole have been reported (equation 3). The use of stoichiometric copper(II) ion gives a process catalytic in Pd. 

These copper-catalyzed substitutions of organic halides and related substrates with Grignard reagents are nowadays quite standard synthetic transformations in organic synthesis and have been reviewed extensively [5-16]. Pertinent review articles on stoichiometric copper reactions are also informative to survey this area [5-7,15,17- 21]. 

Palladium chemistry dominates this area and the main problems are related to the way of reoxidizing Pd° efficiently. In general the reaction could be made catalytic in palladium by the use of an additional oxidant capable of reoxidizing the Pd to Pd . Typically, stoichiometric copper chloride, or catalytic amounts of copper chloride in the presence of air, have been used [28]. Other catalyst systems which have been described for bisalkoxycarbonylation of olefins to succinate derivatives are PdCl2 and butyl nitrite [29], Pd(OAc>2, O2 and benzoqui-none [30], and Pd(acac)2 and di-t-butyl peroxide [31]. So far, low TONs have delayed industrial applications. Because the reoxidation process is generating water, which causes side reactions, it is also necessary to add a water scavenger such as triethyl orthoformate in order to obtain good conversions and selectivities. 

Additionally, it was found that regioselectivity could be achieved with copper salts by varying the solvent and the stoichiometry [87]. For the cross-coupling of 235 with 236, catalytic copper iodide favored formation of 237, while stoichiometric copper iodide afforded 234. It was suggested that in DMF, copper favored the palladium species leading to 234. 

The 0-arylation of hydroxyl groups is obtained by reaction either with pentavalent organobismuth and catalytic copper or by reaction with trivalent organobismuth and stoichiometric copper diacetate, acting as an oxidant. 

Miura has recently shown that benzoazoles can be arylated by aryl iodides in the presence of catalytic or stoichiometric copper iodide [100], Sodium carbonate base was found to be optimal, and triphenylphosphine additive was found to increase yields. Benzoxazole, benzothiazole, and IV-methylbenzimidazole were shown to be reactive (Scheme 26). 

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