Palladium-catalyzed alpha-arylation of ketones
Palladium-catalyzed alpha-arylation of ketones
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DOI:
10.1021/ja972593s
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发表时间:
1997-11-12
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15
通讯作者:
Buchwald, SL
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作者:
Palucki, M;Buchwald, SL
The synthesis of R-aryl ketones has received much attention over the past two decades. 1 A number of stoichiometric arylating reagents have been successfully developed for this purpose; however, their utility is decreased because each synthesis of an R-aryl ketone requires the synthesis of a different arylating reagent. 2, 3 In contrast, the direct coupling of aryl halides with ketones would provide a convenient method for the synthesis of R-aryl ketones. Semmelhack et al. have demonstrated that Ni (COD) 2 (COD) cyclooctadiene) catalyzes the intramolecular coupling of an aryl iodide with a ketone enolate. 4 While there are reports of Pd-or Ni-catalyzed intermolecular coupling reactions that afford R-aryl ketones, these methods require the use of stoichiometric amounts of tin reagents and/or the use of enol ether, enamine, or R-chloro ketone derivatives instead of the ketone. 5, 6 Thus, a general method which utilizes readily available starting materials and affords products in high regioselectivity has not been realized. Herein, we describe a novel Pd-catalyzed method for the direct cross coupling of aryl halides with ketones. We have previously shown that a mixture of Pd2 (dba) 3 (dba) dibenzylidene acetone) and Tol-BINAP catalyzes the coupling of sodium alkoxides (generated in situ by reaction of the alcohol with NaH) with electron-deficient aryl bromides to form aryl ethers. 7 In addition, we found that reaction of electron neutral or electron-rich aryl bromides with sodium alkoxides (generated from primary or secondary alcohols) provides the reduced arene as the major product with concomitant oxidation of the alcohol to the corresponding ketone. It was during this latter study that we unexpectedly observed small amounts of R-aryl ketone products. For example, GC analysis of the crude reaction mixture of the attempted Pd-catalyzed coupling of 1-bromo-4-tert-butylbenzene with cyclohexanol showed that tert-butylbenzene was the major product along with small amounts of 2-(4-tert-butylphenyl) cyclohexanone (2%), Scheme 1. 8 Realizing the need for a general method for the synthesis of