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Buchwald-Hartwig C-C Bond Formation

This document summarizes Buchwald-Hartwig C-C bond formation and transition metal-catalyzed !-arylation of carbonyls. It describes the initial reports of practical palladium-catalyzed !-arylation of ketones by Buchwald and Hartwig in 1997. Key details include the accepted reaction mechanism, Hartwig's elaboration of the reaction conditions to use aryl chlorides and room temperature coupling, and studies examining ligand effects. The document also reviews the development of enantioselective variants and head-to-head comparisons of different catalytic systems.
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Buchwald-Hartwig C-C Bond Formation

This document summarizes Buchwald-Hartwig C-C bond formation and transition metal-catalyzed !-arylation of carbonyls. It describes the initial reports of practical palladium-catalyzed !-arylation of ketones by Buchwald and Hartwig in 1997. Key details include the accepted reaction mechanism, Hartwig's elaboration of the reaction conditions to use aryl chlorides and room temperature coupling, and studies examining ligand effects. The document also reviews the development of enantioselective variants and head-to-head comparisons of different catalytic systems.
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Buchwald-Hartwig C-C Bond Formation

Ar-X O R1 Ar Ar LnPd X O O R1 PdLn R2 baseHX R1 + base R2 R2 LnPd(0)

Ar

Ln O R1 Pd R2 Ar

Group Meeting Presentation Andrew Dilger April 21st, 2010

Csp3-Csp2 C-C Bond Formation

X unactivated sp3 C-H aryl halide H aryl C-H alkyl metals R-M R-H

Pd cat.

Pd cat.

H aryl C-H alkyl halide R-X

Au or Pd

M unactivated C-H aryl metals H dehydrogenation aryl C-H/sp3 C-H R-H sp3 R-H

i. Pd ii. Pr, Ru, or Cu and O2 Cu, H-acceptor or Pd cat., base, air


W

aryl halide acidic sp3 C-H

X R

Z W

Pd, Ni, or Cu base

Z R

Z, W = electron withdrawing group

Bellina, F.; Rossi, R. Chem. Rev. 2010, 110, 1082.

Scope of This Presentation


Z W R

O R1 Ar R2(H) R1 Ar

O OR2(H)

!-arylated nitriles, amides lactams, dicarbonyls

ketone enolates silyl enol ethers aldehydes enol esters ketimines

ester enolates silyl ketene acetals

Bellina, F.; Rossi, R. Chem. Rev. 2010, 110, 1082.

Buchwald-Hartwig C-C Bond Formation


Presentation Outline

! Introduction ! !-Arylated ketones

Discovery and optimization studies Direct arylations of ketones and enones; including asymmetric variants Arylation of silyl enol ethers
! !-Arylated aldehydes, esters, and carboxylic acids

Intra- and intermolecular arylation of aldehydes


! Conclusions

Relevant review articles:


Bellina, F.; Rossi, R. Chem. Rev. 2010, 110, 1082. Burtoloso, A. C. B. Synlett 2009, 320. Culkin, D. A.; Hartwig, J. F. Acc. Chem. Res. 2003, 36, 234. Lloyd-Jones, G. C. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2002, 41, 953.

Synthetic Interest in !-Arylated Carbonyls


! Natural products and pharmaceuticals
O R1 HO O N O NH2 R2 O rocaglaols Ar Ph O R R = H = deoxychilenine R = OH = chilenine OMe O N OMe O

Trileptal

OMe CHO OH Me O O Me Me Me Me CO2H

N H

Me

nominine

NH CO2H Naproxen

HO Me

MeO polimastamide A

Bellina, F.; Rossi, R. Chem. Rev. 2010, 110, 1082.

Selected Methods for !-Arylation of Carbonyls


! Stoichiometric, pre-activated aryl and/or carbonyl substrates

O CO2Et

Ph3BiCO3

Ph

CO2Et

73%

TsHN

N Br +

Cu

THF-Et2O, -60 C then; BF3OEt2, wet acetone

O Ph

75%

OTMS +

NO2 I

CH2Cl2/DMSO -40 C 89%


NO2

Aryl bismuth:Abramovitch, R. A.; Barton, D. H. R.; Finet, J.-P. Tetrahedron, 1988, 44, 3039. Aryl copper: Sacks, C. E.; Fuchs, P. L. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1975, 97, 7372. Diaryl iodonium: Iwama, T.; Birma, V. B.; Kozmin, S. A.; Rawal, V.H; Org. Lett. 1999, 1, 673.

Selected Methods for !-Arylation of Carbonyls


! Photoinduced electron transfer
1,4-dicyanonapthalene CH3CN:H2O, h"
MeO OTBS MeO O

Pandey, G.; Krishna, A.; Girija, K.; Karthlkeyan, M. Tetrahedron Lett, 1993, 34, 6631.

74%

! Acyl anion addition to o-quinone methide


OTBS Br + Me S Me Cl Me I N OTES OH Cl
Mattson, A. E.; Scheidt, K. A. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 4508.

Me4N-F CH2Cl2

72%

! Ni-catalyzed coupling of enolate with aryl halide


O O O I O N

1. LiCPh3, THF, -78 C 2. Ni(COD)2, rt


OMe

N O H

28% O
OMe
Semmelhack, M. F.; Chong, B. P.; Stauffer, R. D.; Rogerson, T. D.; Chong, A.; Jones, L. D. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1975, 97, 2507

Transition Metal-Catalyzed !-Arylation of Carbonyls

"The observation of phenylacetone as a side product of an aryl halide amination in acetone solvent inspired the development of a practical synthetic method for the !-arylation of a variety of ketones and carboxylic acid derivatives."

Culkin, D. A.; Hartwig, J. F. Acc. Chem. Res. 2003, 36, 234.

Simultaneous Reports of Practical Pd-Catalyzed !-Arylations


! Buchwald's initial conditions

O Ar-Br + R R'

Pd2(dba)3 (1.5 mol%) ligand (3.6 mol%)


R

O R' Ar

NaOt-Bu, THF, 70 C

63-93% yield

ligand = BINAP or Tol-BINAP


Me Me O O Me Me O O Fe

Me

NC

76%

93%

75%
O

t-Bu
Ph Ph N O

n-Bu

Me O

O Me

83%

64%

84% (3% Pd)


Palucki, M.; Buchwald, S. L. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 11108.

Simultaneous Reports of Practical Pd-Catalyzed !-Arylations


! Hartwig's initial conditions

O Ar-Br + R R'

Pd2(dba)3 (7.5 mol%) DTPF (9.0 mol%)


R

O R' Ar

NaOt-Bu or LiHMDS THF, 70 C

51-94% yield

Me N

Me

Me

Me

55% (10% Pd)

94%

79%

MeO

P(Tol)2

DTPF =
CN

Fe P(Tol)2

73% (NaOt-Bu)

69% (LiHMDS)

Hamann, B. C.; Hartwig, J. F. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 12382.

Simultaneous Reports of Practical Pd-Catalyzed !-Arylations


! Miura's initial report
O I + O

PdCl2-4LiCl (5 mol%) CsCO3 (2 equiv)

2 equiv

This publications primary focus is the arylation of phenols

Satoh, T.; Kawamura, Y.; Miura, M.; Nomura, M. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1997, 36, 1740.

Accepted Mechanism for Ketone !-Arylation


Ar-X

O R1 Ar R2

LnPd(0)

Ar LnPd X
O O R1 PdLn R2 baseHX R1 + base R2

Ar

Ln O R1 Pd R2 Ar

Observations and Rationale From Initial Investigation


! Buchwald observed selective arylation at least hindered site

Deprotonation probably occurs prior to Pd coordination


! Both groups noted the lack of competing !-hydride elimination

Chelating bis(phosphine) ligand renders Pd square planar with no open coordination site
! Hartwig observed mono vs. bis arylation selectivity trend

Electron-rich or electron-neutral aryl substrates only selective with LiHMDS Electron-poor aryl substrates selective with NaOt-Bu
! Hartwig observed intermediate through 1H and 31P NMR with a metal-bound methylene

Enolate is C-bound, reductive elimination probably occurs via this coordination state

Hartwig's Elaboration of Initial Protocol


! New catalyst system enabled first use of aryl chlorides...
O Cl +

Pd(dba)2 (2 mol%) DTBPF (2.5 mol%) NaOt-Bu, THF, 70 C

86%

! ...and room temperature coupling of aryl bromides


O Br +

Pd(dba)2 (2 mol%) DTBPF (2.5 mol%) NaOt-Bu, THF, 25 C

99%

P(t-Bu)2

DTBPF =

Fe P(t-Bu)2

Kawatsura, M.; Hartwig, J. F. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 1473.

Hartwig's Elaboration of Initial Protocol


! Qualitative mechanistic study shed light on binding mode of DTBPF enolate complex
O Me Ar DBTPF Pd Br Me Ph Ar DBTPF Pd enolate O Me Me Ar Ph

25 C

base, -78 C

quantitative conversion

DPPF bound enolate reductively eliminated in ~10% NMR showed ligand is bound to metal by only 1 phosphorous
! Coordination number prompted the investigation of monodentate, bulky phosphine ligands
Pd(OAc)2 (2 mol%) P(Cy)3 (2.5 mol%)
Ph O Ph Ph

Cl +

93%

NaOt-Bu, THF, 50 C

Br +

O Ph

Pd(OAc)2 (0.5 mol%) P(tBu)3 (0.625 mol%) NaOt-Bu, THF, 25 C


Ph

O Ph

97%

Extremely high turnover numbers (~20,000) Efficient reaction does not require chelation

Kawatsura, M.; Hartwig, J. F. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 1473.

Buchwald's Elaboration Studies


! High turnover numbers with bulky phosphines may have nothing to do with ligands
Br + Ph O

Pd(OAc)2 (0.001 mol%) NaOt-Bu, PhCH3, 120 C


Ph

O Ph

74%

Turnover number = ~100,000


"These results exemplify the danger of drawing conclusions about the activity of a catalytic system when only one reaction is studied at low catalyst loadings."

! Also found success using bulky monodentate phosphine ligands


Me Br + Me Me Me

Pd(OAc)2 (0.5 mol%) ligand (1.0 mol%) NaOt-Bu, PhCH3, 70 C

O Me Me

Me

64%
Me PCy2 Me

Wide substrate scope, including electron-rich/poor chlorides Acidic methyl and methylene (2-pentanone) not selective Xantphos (bidentate) and Pd(dba)2 work well for those cases

ligand =

Fox, J. M.; Huang, X.; Chieffi, A.; Buchwald, S. L. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 1360.

Arylation of Ketones
! Nolan's use of NHC ligands on Pd
Catalyst (0.25 mol%) NaOtBu, THF, reflux
R Ar O R'

O R R' + Ar-Cl

15 examples 72-99%

Incredibly efficient catalyst Arene scope includes electron-poor, rich, and neutral

RN NR Pd Cl R=

NMe2

Catalyst

Navarro, O.; Marion, N.; Oonishi, Y.; Kelly III, R. A.; Nolan, S. P. J. Org. Chem. 2006, 71, 685.

Head-to-Head Comparison of Catalytic, Enantioselective Methods


! Buchwald's initial conditions
O Me + Br

Pd(OAc)2 (10-20 mol%) BINAP (12-24 mol%) NaOt-Bu, PhCH3, 100 C

Me

66%, 73% ee 2 equiv

Para-substituted arenes yielded racemic products


! "Enigmatic" results with phenylidene substituted substrates

O Me Me Ph
n

Pd(OAc)2 (20 mol%) BINAP, NaOt-Bu


Ph

O Me Me

n = 1 = 80%, 94% ee n = 2 = very low ee

hman, J.; Wolfe, J. P.; Troutman, M. V.; Palucki, M.; Buchwald, S. L. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 1918.

Head-to-Head Comparison of Catalytic, Enantioselective Methods


! Hartwig's result
O Me + Br

Pd(dba)2 (10 mol%) difluorphos (12 mol%) NaOt-Bu, PhCH3, 80 C

Me

80%, 85% ee

Para-substituted arenes well-tolerated


! Expanding the scope to incorporate triflates
O Me + Ar-OTf

Pd(dba)2 (10 mol%) difluorphos (12 mol%) NaOt-Bu, PhCH3, 80 C

Me Ar

79-85%, 90-95% ee (5 examples)

Analogous indanone reactions (4 examples) proceed in 77-84% yield, 70-89% ee


F F O O O O PPh2 PPh2

difluorphos =
F F

Liao, X.; Weng, Z.; Hartwig, J. F. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 195.

Head-to-Head Comparison of Catalytic, Enantioselective Methods


! Factors controlling enantioselectivity

Smaller dihedral angle in segphos and difluorphos than related ligands More active catalyst and triflate reactant allow for lower temp. P-C bond stability in ligand Pd for electron-rich/neutral, Ni for electron poor
O Me + CN O

5-10 mol% M(0) 6-12 mol % difluorphos NaOtBu, PhCH3, 80-100 C


OTf

Me

M = Pd = 65%, 55% ee M = Ni = 75%, 95%ee


CN

Liao, X.; Weng, Z.; Hartwig, J. F. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 195.

Head-to-Head Comparison of Catalytic, Enantioselective Methods


! Kwong and Chan's Ni-catalyzed process
O Me + Br

Ni(COD)2 (2.0 mol%) P-phos (2.4 mol%) NaOt-Bu, PhCH3, 100 C

Me

85%, 92% ee

O Me + Me

Br

Ni(COD)2 (2.0 mol%) P-phos (2.4 mol%) NaOt-Bu, PhCH3, 100 C

O Me

69%, 87% ee
Me

Compare above reaction to Pd/BINAP, which provided racemic products

OMe N

OMe N PPh2 OMe

P-phos = MeO
Ph2P

Chen, G.; Kwong, F. Y.; Chan, H. O.; Yu, W.-Y.; Chan, A. S. C. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 195.

!-Arylation of Enones
! First report by Miura
O + Me Br

Pd(OAc)2 (5 mol%) PPh3 (1.0 mol%) Cs2CO3, DMF, 120 C

O Me Ph Me

96%

2 equiv

! Also...
O O O Me Ph Ph Me Me Ph Me Ph O

Ph

56%

58%

71% (60 C)

79% (80 C)

Limited by inability to generate quaternary centers

Terao, Y.; Satoh, T.; Miura, M.; Nomura, M. Tetrahedron Lett. 1998, 39, 6203.

!-Arylation of Enones
! Buchwald's arylation of ",#- and #,!-unsaturated ketones; ligand selection
O Br +

Pd(OAc)2 (2 mol%) ligand (4 mol%) Cs2CO3, PhCH3, 100 C


Me

O Ph

O Ph

Me

Ph

Me

Me

Ph

Entry 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Ligand P(o-tol)3 Xantphos CyJohnPhos Xphos dppe dppp dppb BINAP dppf P(tBu)3

1 35% 11% 41% 0 84% 56% 50% 50% 28% 7%

2 0 12% 7% 4% 0 0 2% 7% 25% 0

3 23% 49% 17% 50% 0 0 7% 32% 53% 27%

4 26% 0 14% 0 0 5% 0 0 0 0

Hyde, A. M.; Buchwald, S. L. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 177.

!-Arylation of Enones
! Scope of reaction
O O O O O O Me Ph Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me

Me

70% from ",# 81% from #,!

80%

MeO

61%

66%

70%

! One-pot asymmetric domino reaction accesses ketoindoline skeleton


O O + Me Br NH2 Me O

Pd2(dba)3 DTBM-Segphos K3PO4, PhCH3, 100 C


Me

NH2 Me

conjugate addition
Me

NH Me

Me

Me

Me

50%, 90% ee

Hyde, A. M.; Buchwald, S. L. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 177.

Overview of Ketone Arylation


! General trends

Bulky phosphine or NHC ligands increase reaction rates by:


-raising ground-state energy of high coordinate Pd catalyst -stabilizing energy of low coordinate Pd(0) complex -promoting reductive elimination

Preferential arylation at least hindered site Mono- vs. disubstitution


-Monodentate ligands yield poor selectivity for ketones with two enolizable centers -Bidentate ligands yield better results in these cases

! Simple starting point for arylation chemistry

Pd(OAc)2 or Pd(dba)2 pre-catalysts t-butoxide or disilazide bases Commercially-available ligands (BINAP, PtBu3, DPPF) PhCH3 or THF

Limitations of Direct Arylation of Ketones


! Require strongly basic conditions
O OO R O R' OR R'

strong base
R O R'

Also, acidic tertiary centers not amenable to


enantioselective formation under these conditions

! Preferential, if not exclusive, arylation at least hindered site


methine arylation
O Me Me Me O Me Me Ar Me

methyl arylation

O Me Me Ar

Arylation of silyl enol ethers overcomes these limitations

Arylation of Silyl Enol Ethers


! Buchwald's one-pot conjugate reduction/arylation
O

CuCl (1 mol%) (S)-Tol-BINAP (1 mol%) NaOtBu (1%), Ph2SiH2 PhCH3, -78 C to 0 C

Ph O

Si

Ph O

Pd(OAc)2 (5 mol%) ligand (10 mol%) CsF, Ar-Br, THF, rt

O Ar
n

R R

Stoichiometry of BINAP and ligand crucial


O O OMe O CO2Et

Me

Me

Me

72%, 93% ee
O

71%, 94% ee
Me O Me

54%, 95% ee

ligand =

PtBu2

Ph

Me

75%, 96% ee

52%, 94% ee
Chae, J.; Yun, J.; Buchwald, S. L. Org. Lett. 2004, 6, 4809.

Arylation of Silyl Enol Ethers


! Hartwig's synergistic combination of metal fluorides
O

OTMS + Me Ph

Br

Pd(OAc)2 3 mol%) PtBu3 (5.4 mol%) additive, PhCH3, 85 C

Me

Ph

tBu

tBu

Entry 1 2 3 4 5 6

Additive none Bu3SnF CsF Bu3SnF, CsF ZnF2 Me4NF

Yield 0 34% 18% 98% 38% 0

Su, W.; Raders, S.; Verkade, J. G.; Liao, X.; Hartwig, J. F. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2006, 45, 5852.

Arylation of Silyl Enol Ethers


! Hartwig's synergistic combination of metal fluorides; tin free
Pd(dba)2 3 mol%) PtBu3 (5.4 mol%)
Me O Ph Ar

OTMS + Me Ph

Ar-Br

ZnF2 (1.4 equiv) CsF (0.4 equiv) DMF, 85 C

! Select examples

O Me Ph OMe Me

O Ph Me

O Ph Me

O Ph

OH

Me

NO2

87%

53%

71%

64%

Su, W.; Raders, S.; Verkade, J. G.; Liao, X.; Hartwig, J. F. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2006, 45, 5852.

Arylation of Silyl Enol Ethers


! Mechanism analogous to ketone arylation
Ar-X LnPd(0)
R2 Ar

O R1

Ar LnPd X
OM O R1 PdLn R2 MX R1 R2 M-F + R1 OSiR3 R2

Ar

Ln O R1 Pd R2 Ar

Arylation of Aldehydes
! Previous syntheses of arylated aldehydes

N R' R" Cl

AlCl3, Ar-H
H

N R' R" Ar

H3O+
H

O R' R" Ar H

7 examples, 26-82% yield

! Challenge associated with aldehyde arylation

Strongly basic conditions - aldol condensation


OR O 2 R H H Ar R H O R O R H O Ar-Br R H

base

-O

De Kimpe, N.; Verhe, R.; De Buyck, L. Schamp, N. Tetrahedron Lett. 1982, 23, 2853.

Arylation of Aldehydes
Intramolecular variants

! Initial reports by Muratake and Natsume


MeO CHO Br O O OMe OHC

PdCl2(PPh3)2 Cs2CO3, THF


O

H N O Me H nominine H

OH

65%, cis:trans = 4.2:1

! Asymmetric method developed by Buchwald


R CHO Br

Pd(OAc)2 (3 mol%) ligand (9 mol%) Cs2CO3, tBuOH, 80 C


R CHO

1. Pinnick 2. Curtius 3. NaOtBu


R NHBoc

10 examples 27-88%, 53-98% ee


O

ligand =

PR2

tBu
R =4-(MeO)-Ph
Muratake, H.; Natsume, M. Tetrahedron Lett. 2002, 43, 2913. Garcia-Fortanet, J.; Buchwald, S. L. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 8108.

Arylation of Aldehydes
Intermolecular variants

! Miura's approach
O R + H Ar-Br

Pd(OAc)2 (5 mol%) PtBu3 (10 mol%) Cs2CO3, dioxane, 110 C

O R Ar H

10 examples 50-82%

Somewhat limited reaction scope; only linear aldehydes Undesirably high temperatures
! Buchwald's first reported conditions; confirmation of reversible aldol hypothesis
Pd(OAc)2 (2 mol%) ligand (3 mol%)
+ H R' R = alkyl, R' = alkyl or H
X = Cl or Br

O R Ar-X

O R R' Ar H

Cs2CO3, dioxane, 80 C

12 examples (R' = H), 66-86% 8 examples (R' = alkyl), 57-89% (mostly electron-poor arenes)

Product of hexanal self-condensation thermodynamically


and kinetically competent in reaction (~same rate as hexanal)

ligand =

P(iPr)2 OMe

Terao, Y.; Fukuoka, Y.; Satoh, T.; Miura, T.; Nomura, M. Tetrahedron Lett. 2002, 43, 101. Martin, R.; Buchwald, S. L. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 7236.

Arylation of Aldehydes
Intermolecular variants

! Hartwig's conditions; easily reducible Pd precatalyst


[{Pd(!3-allyl)Cl}]2 (1 mol%) ligand (1.0-4.0 mol%) Cs2CO3, dioxane, 80 C
X = Cl or Br

O R R' R = alkyl, R' = alkyl or H + H Ar-X

O R R' Ar H

11 examples (R' = H), 61-93% 16 examples (R' = alkyl), 67-91%

Comprehensive scope with respect to arene electronics Enhanced reactivity compared to Buchwald's BINAP-derived ligand Getting pre-catalyst into cycle faster helps to outcompete aldol
PPh2 Fe PPh2 P(tBu)2

ligand for linear aldehydes

ligand for branched aldehydes

Ph Fe Ph Ph Ph Ph

Vo, G. D.; Hartwig, J. F. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 2127.

Arylation of Aldehydes
Intermolecular variants

! Buchwald's second report; harnessing the power of water-mediated preactivation

Pre-generate LnPd(0) by heating Pd(OAc)2 (1 mol%), H2O (4 mol%),


and ligand (3 mol%) for 1 minute at 80 C in dioxane

O R R' R = alkyl, R' = alkyl or H


X = Cl or Br

Pd(OAc)2 (1-2 mol%) ligand (3 mol%)


H + Ar-X

O R R' Ar H

12 examples (R' = H) X = Cl; 51-75%, X = Br; 56-84% 6 examples (R' = alkyl) X = Cl; 51-60%, X = Br; 54-68%

Cs2CO3, dioxane, 80 C

Me

Me

ligand for aryl bromides


PPh2

O PPh2

one-component precatalyst for aryl chlorides


Cl

Pd

NHR XPhos

Method stands up to more challenging electron-rich arenes (all arenes electron-rich)


"According to the known -I effect of a methoxy group in the meta position, 3-chloroanisole cannot be considered electron-neutral"

Catalyst pre-activation: Fors, B. P.; Krattiger, P.; Strieter, E.; Buchwald, S. L. Org. Lett. 2008, 10, 3505. Aldehyde arylation: Martin, R.; Buchwald, S. L. Org. Lett. 2008, 10, 4561.

!-Arylation of Esters
! Buchwald's system based on o-biphenyl phosphines
O R OtBu 2.3 equiv + Ar-Br

Pd(OAc)2 (3 mol%) ligand A (6.3 mol%) LiHMDS (2.5 equiv) PhCH3, 40-80 C

O R Ar OtBu

propionate esters: 48-92% acetate esters: 66-90% phenylacetate esters: 71-90%

LiHMDS essential for complete conversion t-Butyl esters necessary in most cases to minimize Claisen products
! Hartwig's system based on NHC ligand
O R OtBu 1.1 equiv R = Me or Et + Ar-Br

Pd(dba)2 (0.5-5 mol%) ligand B (0.5-2 mol%) LiHMDS (2.3 equiv) or NaHMDS (2.2 equiv) PhCH3

O R Ar OtBu

propionate esters: 66-88% acetate esters: 60-98%

ligand A

PCy2 NMe2

ligand B

N BF4

Moradi, W. A.; Buchwald, S. L. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 7996. Jorgensen, M.; Lee, S.; Liu, X.; Wolkowski, J. P.; Hartwig, J. F. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 12557.

!-Arylation of Esters
Goo"en's complementary method

! Coupling of arylboronic acids and bromoacetic acid derivatives


Pd(OAc)2 (3 mol%) P(Nap)3 (9 mol%) K3PO4, THF, rt

O Br + OEt Ar-B(OH)2

63-90%
OEt

! Probable mechanism
O X LnPd(0) oxidative addition R2 Ar Ln Pd O OR OR

X reductive elimination O R2 Ar PdLn

Ar-B(OR)2 transmetallation

!-Vinylation of Ketones
! Buchwald's catalytic, enantioselective method

O Ph N Me R + Br R'

Pd2(dba)3 (2.5 mol%) ligand (6.5 mol%) NaOtBu, PhCH3, rt

O Ph N Me R

76-95%, 71-92% ee

! Amgen's vinylation
O R
n

R" + Br R'" R'

[PtBu3PdBr]2 (2.5 mol%) LiHMDS, PhCH3

O R
n

R" R'

62-95%

R = H or Me n = 1 or 2

R'"

ligand =

NMe2 PCy2

Chieffi, A.; Kamikawa, K.; hman, J.; Fox, J. M.; Buchwald, S. L. Org. Lett. 2001, 3, 1897. Huang, J.; Bunel, E.; Faul, M. M. Org. Lett. 2007, 9, 4343.

Summary/Conclusions
! Competition or checks & balances extremely beneficial

Having two premier research groups working in the


same area promotes rapid advancement in that field

! Lessons learned (or re-learned for some...)

Highly active catalysts are those which:


-stabilize the Pd(0) intermediate -simultaneously promote oxidative addition and reductive elimination -contain bulky, electron-rich phosphines or NHCs

Ultimately, reaction efficiency is highly-dependent upon:


-carbonyl and halide (or pseudohalide) substrates -Pd source -ligand choice -solvent and base

Asymmetric reactions are possible, though mostly confined


to generation of quaternary centers

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