Transmetalation direct

Direct transmetalation of organoboranes to organocopper reagents is not a general reaction. Because of dieir similar bond energies and electronegativities, diis trans-nietalation is linided to die preparation of alkenylcopper and unfiinctionalized... 

In the direct coupling reaction (Scheme 30), it is presumed that a coordinatively unsaturated 14-electron palladium(o) complex such as bis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(o) serves as the catalytically active species. An oxidative addition of the organic electrophile, RX, to the palladium catalyst generates a 16-electron palladium(n) complex A, which then participates in a transmetalation with the organotin reagent (see A—>B). After facile trans- cis isomerization (see B— C), a reductive elimination releases the primary organic product D and regenerates the catalytically active palladium ) complex. 

Although analogous to the direct coupling reaction, the catalytic cycle for the carbonylative coupling reaction is distinguished by an insertion of carbon monoxide into the C-Pd bond of complex A (see A—>B, Scheme 31). The transmetalation step-then gives trans complex C which isomerizes to the cis complex D. The ketone product E is revealed after reductive elimination. 

Yields in the above reactions can often be improved by the addition of 1 mole of triphenylphosphine directly to the trifluoroacetic acid solution of the reactants immediately before final work-up. It would appear that the triphenylphosphine functions as a scavenger for TTFA released in the metal-metal exchange reaction, thus protecting the final phenol from further electrophilic thallation and/or oxidation. Validation of the metal-metal exchange mechanism was obtained indirectly by isolation and characterization of an ArTlX2/LTTFA complex directly from the reaction mixture. NMR analysis revealed that this complex still possessed an intact aryl-thallium bond, indicating that it was probably the precursor to the transmetallation products, an aryllead tristrifluoroacetate and TTFA. 

Yasuda S, Yorimitsu H, Oshima K (2008) Synthesis of aryliron complexes by palladium-catalyzed transmetalation between [CpFe(CO)2l] and aryl Grignard reagents and their chemistry directed toward organic synthesis. Organometallics 27 4025 027 Jonas K, Schieferstein L (1979) Simple route to Li- or Zn-metalated r -cyclopentadien-yliron-olefin complexes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 18 549-550... 

In terms of scope and chemoselectivity, hydrozirconation takes its place between hydroboration and hydroaiumination. However, the synthetic applications of organozirconocene complexes have been considerably expanded over these last few decades, and it can be expected that they will become more and more attractive in the future. Beside the direct substitution sequences, indirect reaction pathways involving transmetalation or activation by ligand abstraction have been successfully applied in a number of cross-coupling and C-C bond-forming reactions. 

Waymouth and coworkers used chiral zirconocene complexes such as 56 with Et3Al as the stoichiometric reductant to enantioselectively desymmeter-ize oxabicyclic compounds (Scheme 9) [29]. A reductive coupling mechanism to give 57 followed by (i-alkoxidc ring opening and transmetallation is consistent with the experimental results. Neither direct insertion of the alkene into the M - C bond nor nucleophilic attack mechanisms can be ruled out, however [12]. 

However, cycloauration is, sometimes, difficult to achieve with direct activation of a C—H bond and transmetallation reaction of organomercury or organotin compounds with the appropriate gold compounds is, hence, frequently used. This procedure has been used with azobenzene, 36 A, A -dimethylbenzilamine,1937,1938 4,4 -dimethyl-2-phenyl-l, 3-oxaazoline,1938 1 - (dii zene,... 

In recent years, a variety of aryl boronic acids are commercially available, albeit in some cases they may be expensive for large scale purposes. During our work in the mid-1990 s boronic acid (II) was not commercially available and so two different protocols were used to prepare this acid. The first approach involved the transmetallation with n-butyl lithium of aryl bromide (I) and trapping the lithio species generated with trialkyl borate followed by an acid quench. Aryl bromide (I) is easily prepared by reaction of o-bromobenzenesulfonyl chloride with 2-propanol in the presence of pyridine as a base. The second approach was a directed metallation of isopropyl ester of benzene sulfonic acid (VII), to generate the same lithio species and reaction with trialkyl borate. The sulfonyl ester is prepared by reaction of 2-propanol with benzenesulfonyl chloride. From a long-term strategy the latter approach is... 

Interestingly, when the chloro analog was transmetallated and treated with 3-ethoxy cyclohexen-l-one, the expected enone (XI) was not observed, but an enone with a mass of 34 units greater than (XI) was noticed. It also indicated the enone carried the chloro analog. It was presumed that the hetero atoms in the heterocycle present in the starting material (VIII) had performed a directed metallated lithiation providing a different enone bearing the chloro moiety. 

Additional publications from Sanford et al. describe the full exploration of palladium-catalyzed chelate-directed chlorination, bromination, and iodination of arenes using N-halosuccinimides as the terminal oxidant <06T11483>. Moreover, an electrophilic fluorination of dihalopyridine-4-carboxaldehydes was reported by Shin et al. <06JFC755>. This was accomplished via transmetalation of the bromo derivative, followed by treatment with A-fluorobenzenesulfinimide as the source of electrophilic fluorine. 

A few measurements are available that relate to the ion pair acidity of ethylene and some other alkenes. Ethylene is difficult to metallate directly, but vinyl bromides and iodides undergo facile transmetallation with alkyllithium reagents. Applequist and O Brien determined the equilibrium constants of transmetallation exchange reactions as a measure of relative acidity (equations 6 and 7)25. 

The transmetalation step, often rate-limiting, is the step to which attention should be directed if the reaction goes awry, (c) finally, with appropriate syn geometry, intermediate 14 undergoes a facile reductive elimination step to produce the coupling adduct R2—Ri (15), regenerating palladium(O) catalyst 10 to close the catalytic cycle. 

Several different approaches have been employed to prepare pyridylstannanes, one of which involves direct metalation followed by transmetalation with RjSnCl. A regioselective metalation of 2-methoxypyridine was achieved using a mixture of bases comprised of BuLi-LiO(CH2)2NMe2 [53], Subsequent transmetalation with BujSnCl led to 2-methoxy-6-(tributylstannyl)pyridine (68), which was then coupled with pyridyl-, pyrimidyl-, and quinolinyl bromides in 31-56% yield. 

Many pyridine-indole compounds are biologically active. A growing number of methods for the preparation of indolylstannanes have been developed. 2-Trialkylstannylindoles, for example, have been synthesized via directed metalation followed by reaction with tin chloride [91-93]. The latest indolylstannane syntheses include Fukuyama s free radical approach to 2-trialkylstannylindoles from novel isonitrile-alkenes [94], and its extension to an isonitrile-alkyne cascade [95]. Assisted by the chelating effect of the SEM group oxygen atom, direct metalation of 1-SEM-indole and transmetalation with BujSnCl afforded 2-(tributylstannyl)-l//-indole 108, which was then coupled with 2,6-dibromopyridine to give adduct 109. 

Propargylic ethers undergo directed lithiation and subsequent transmetallation to afford oxygenated allenyl titanium reagents. Subsequent addition of aldehydes gives rise to various homopropargylic alcohol adducts as mixtures favoring the anti dia-stereomers (Tables 9.18 and 9.19) [29, 30]... 

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