Tsuji-Trost reaction, palladium catalysed

The carbon skeleton of natural product galanthamine was prepared by the ring closure of an enantiopure aryl-cyclohexenyl ether. The transformation, run in the presence of a palladium-dppp catalyst and silver carbonate, led to the diastereoselective formation of the tricyclic product (3.25.). It is worth mentioning, that the chiral information in the ether intermediate was introduced in the palladium catalysed Tsuji-Trost reaction (N.B. the synthetic approach depicted in 3.13. and 3.25. are much alike).31... 

One distinguishes palladium(0)- and palladium(ll)-catalysed reactions. The most common palladium(O) transformations are the Mizoroki-Heck and the cross-coupling transformations such as the Suzuki-Miyaura, the Stille and the Sonogashira reactions, which allow the arylation or alkenylation of C=C double bonds, boronic acid derivates, stan-nanes and alkynes respectively [2]. Another important palladium(O) transformation is the nucleophilic substitution of usually allylic acetates or carbonates known as the Tsuji-Trost reaction [3]. The most versatile palladium(ll)-catalysed transformation is the Wacker oxidation, which is industrially used for the synthesis of acetaldehyde from ethylene [4]. It should be noted that many of these palladium-catalysed transformations can also be performed in an enantioselective way [5]. 

In most of the palladium-catalysed domino processes known so far, the Mizoroki-Heck reaction - the palladium(0)-catalysed reaction of aryl halides or triflates as well as of alkenyl halides or triflates with alkenes or alkynes - has been apphed as the starting transformation accordingly to our classification (Table 8.1). It has been combined with another Mizoroki-Heck reaction [6] or a cross-coupling reaction [7], such as Suzuki, Stille or Sonogashira reactions. In other examples, a Tsuji-Trost reaction [8], a carbonylation, a pericyclic or an aldol reaction has been employed as the second step. On the other hand, cross-couphng reactions have also been used as the first step followed by, for example, a Mizoroki-Heck reaction or Tsuji-Trost reactions, palladation of alkynes or allenes [9], carbonylations [10], aminations [11] or palladium(II)-catalysedWacker-type reactions [12] were employed as the first step. A novel illustrative example of the latter procedure is the efficient enantioselective synthesis of vitamin E [13]. 

The palladium(0)-catalysed nucleophilic substitution of allylic acetates, carbonates or halides, also known as the Tsuji-Trost reaction, is a powerful procedure for the formation of C—C, C—O and C—N bonds. One of the early impressive examples, where this transformation had been combined with a pallada-ene reaction, was developed by Oppolzer and Gaudin [126], Although, in general, the Tsuji-Trost reaction can be combined with other palladium-catalysed transformations, there are only a few examples where it is combined with a Mizoroki-Heck transformation. 

The inclusion of the allyl moiety in an appropriate ring system led to the formation of a new, chiral quaternary carbon center (3.13.), By the use of optically active starting material, Mori and co-workers were able to control the stereochemistry of the new chiral centre (N.B. the chirality of the first centre was also set by a palladium catalysed reaction, the Tsuji-Trost allylation).17... 

In their enantioselective total synthesis of the alkaloid cephalotaxine (246), Tietze and Schirok [127] used a combination of a Tsuji-Trost and a Mizoroki-Heck reaction (Scheme 8.62). It was necessary to adjust the reactivity of the two palladium-catalysed transformations to allow a controlled process. Reaction of 243a using Pd(PPh3)4 as catalyst led to 244, which furnished 245 in a second palladium-catalysed reaction. In this process, the nucleophilic substitution of the allylic acetate is faster than the oxidative addition of the arylbromide moiety in 243a however, if one uses the iodide 243b, then the yield drops dramatically due to an increased rate of the oxidative addition. 

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