Suzuki-Miyaura coupling synthesis

The Stille reaction has developed as a popular protocol for the formation of C-C bonds due to the air- and moisture-stability as well as functional group compatibility of organotin compounds. Together with the Suzuki-Miyaura coupling it is one of the most powerful methods for the synthesis of molecules containing unsymmetrical biaryl moieties. However, despite its efficiency, this versatile reaction has slowly been displaced by other procedures that avoid the use of highly toxic organostannanes. 

In this study we show that the Pd/C catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reaction can be performed in a microwave oven. Overall the microwave synthesis is faster than comparable thermal methods and the combination of the ease of use of the microwave oven and the facile work-up with Pd/C makes this a very efficient method for performing coupling reactions. 

The regiospecific functionalization of the terminal alkyl group of simple amines or ethers with bis(pinacolato)-diborane leads to organoboranes. The latter have manifold applications in organic synthesis since the catalytic borylation process can be combined with a functional group transformation step, including Suzuki-Miyaura couplings, for the synthesis of elaborated molecules. Curiously, functionalization of the C-H atoms a to the heteroatom was not observed (Equation (22)). a... 

Scheme 17 Synthesis of C-glycals based on Suzuki-Miyaura coupling/RCM sequence.

An interesting polymer-assisted variant of the Suzuki-reaction was recently disclosed by Vaultier and coworkers (Scheme 17) [43]. Aryl boronic acids can be immobilized on an ion exchange resin. Under Suzuki-Miyaura coupling conditions bisaryl species are released into solution and isolated with minimum purification. The authors also demonstrated that this strategy can be employed for the synthesis of macroheterocycles. 

The same group reported on a library synthesis of 3-aminoimidazo[l,2-a]-pyridines/pyrazines by fluorous multicomponent reactions. Here the overall yields, as well as the yields for the separate Suzuki-Miyaura reactions that were a part of the synthesis, were relatively low due to competing reactions and the poor reactivities of the substrates, but the speed of the microwave-mediated syntheses and ease of separation underlined the usefulness of fluorous reagents [140]. A recent paper further illustrated the use of Suzuki-Miyaura couplings of aryl perfluorooctylsulfonates in the decoration of products derived from 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions [141]. 

This chemistry features in a synthesis of the left hand fragment of yessotoxin and adriatoxin <02OL3943>. Assembly of the F-N ring component of gymnomycin A, involves a b-alkyl Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reaction <02OL1747>. 

An efficient, diverse synthesis of oxazolo[4,5-c]quinoline-4-ones and thiazolo[4,5-c]quinolines-4-ones is carried out in two steps from readily available starting materials <03OL2911>. The Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reaction was employed. 

A highly regioselective microwave promoted synthesis of 2-aryl-6-chloro-benzothiazoles (xxxviii) by the Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reaction of 2,6-dic-hlorobenzothiazole with arylboronic acids is given by Heo et al. [58]. 

Heo Y, Song YS, Kim BT et al (2006) A highly regioselective synthesis of 2-atyl-6-chlorobenzothiazoles employing microwave-promoted Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reaction. Tetrahedron Lett 47 3091-3094... 

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