Terminal acetylenes, cross-coupling

C. Cross-Coupling of Halogenopyrazoles with Terminal Acetylenes and Their Copper(I) Salts (Tables X to XV)... 

Similarly, the limitations and peculiarities of the cross-coupling of pyrazolyl-halides with terminal acetylenes have been fully and systematically studied by Russian chemists (86TH1 97TH1). 

A similar phenomenon was observed for 3-amino- and5-amino-4-iodopyrazoles. The anomalous reaction in which the products of oxidative coupling of terminal acetylenes (up to 90%) are present along with the products of deiodination (up to 90%) has been described for the first time [99JCS(P1 )3713] and will be considered below in the part related to cross-coupling of 4-iodopyrazoles. 

Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling of aryl iodide 38 and terminal phenylacetylene 39 gave a dimer (e. g. 40) containing both trimethylsilyl-protected acetylene and aryltriazene moieties. 

Cross-coupling reactions with Zn acetylenides are the most convenient and selective routes to terminal acetylenes. In this reaction Zn is markedy superior to other metals, including Sn (24).116 The higher reactivity of Zn acetylides allowed assembly of hexaethynylbenezenes in two steps, with the last three groups introduced at the second stage by the Negishi reaction (25).117... 

Cross-coupling of terminal acetylenes used as nucleophiles with aryl or alkenyl halides (referred to as the Sonogashira-Hagihara, or SH, reaction) is a versatile method of synthesis for acetylenic compounds, which are rapidly gaining importance as advanced new materials and building blocks for implementing unusual molecular architectures. 

In spite of the common conception that Ni catalysts are useless in the Sonogashira reaction, NiCl2(PPh3) has been disclosed as being able to catalyze the cross-coupling of aryl iodides with terminal acetylenes in aqueous dioxane, in the presence of Cul.147... 

Simple bidentate ligands involving dipyridyl- or dipyrimidylamino fragment (L23) form Pd catalysts of moderate activity for the cross-coupling of terminal acetylenes (copper-free reaction) or arylboronic acids. Supported versions of such ligands were also reported (see Chapter 9.9 for more details about supported catalysts).449,450... 

So far, no systematic work has been done on the use of recyclable, solid-phase catalysts in cross-coupling reactions. Most of the examples have been obtained for cross-couplings with either arylboronic acids or terminal acetylenes. It should be noted, however, that due care should be exercised when interpreting results on the cross-coupling of arylboronic acids with aryl iodides, as this extremely facile reaction can be catalyzed by practically any palladium-containing material, including trivial Pd black,481 e.g., as a sediment on the reaction vessel. Therefore, this reaction cannot serve as a reliable test for comparison between different catalytic systems. 

Besides the above electrophiles, the acetylene—titanium complexes react regioselectively with other acetylenes providing the corresponding titanacyclopentadienes. An example of a homo-coupling reaction is shown in Eq. 9.11 [30], which also displays some synthetic applications [30,31]. Especially noteworthy is the highly regioselective cross-coupling reaction of unsymmetrical internal and terminal acetylenes, which is illustrated in Eq. 9.12... 

Substituted propargylic carbonates react with terminal acetylenes in the presence of a catalytic amount of Pd(PPh3)4 and Cul to produce Sonogashira-type cross-coupling products (Eq. 9.114) [84]. Presumably, the reaction proceeds through an allenylpalladium complex. Addition of a salt, such as KBr, increased the yield of the coupling product. Only tetrasubstituted allenes could be obtained by this procedure. 

Methyl 2,3-alkadienoates undergoes cross-coupling reactions with terminal acetylenes to give enynes in a highly regioselective manner (Scheme 16.94) [100],... 

The cross-coupling reaction between an allene and an acetylene takes place at the terminal double bond of an allene to generate a titanacyde, which, on treatment with electrophiles, gives diverse 1,4-dienes in a highly stereoselective manner (Scheme 16.100) [105],... 

The Sonogashira cross-coupling of bromoalkenes is a useful method for making C—C bonds to terminal acetylenes [161]. It tolerates a variety of functional groups, and is catalyzed by a combination of Pd and Cu, through a cuprous acetylide intermediate. 

Scheme 2. Mechanism of the Sonogashira reaction for Pd/ Cu-catalyzed cross-coupling of sp2-C halides with terminal acetylenes.

The Sonogashira cross-coupling reaction of terminal acetylenes with aryl or vinyl halides is a powerful tool for generation of carbon-carbon bonds between sp2- and sp-carbon. Numerous molecules of interest can be generated from a wide variety of aryl or vinyl halides (Scheme 3) [18-23],... 

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