Copper-Catalyzed C-P Coupling through Decarboxylation
Copper-Catalyzed C-P Coupling through Decarboxylation
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铜催化脱羧 C-P 偶联
DOI:
10.1002/chem.201003561
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发表时间:
2011-05-01
影响因子:
4.3
通讯作者:
Yang, Shang-Dong
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作者:
Hu, Jie;Zhao, Ning;Yang, Shang-Dong
CÀP bond construction is highly important in the synthesis of modified nucleosides, nucleotides, and other phosphine-containing ligands.[1] General methods involve transition-metal-catalyzed cross-coupling of aryl halides or triflates with secondary phosphines, or addition of olefin/alkyne by R2P (O) M (M= Li, Na, K, etc.) reagents [Scheme 1, Eq.(1)].[2] However, in general, only highly reactive aryl iodides can be used as coupling partners or specific and expensive ligands are required to facilitate the high reactivities. In addition, preparation of sensitive and costly phosphine metals is often complicated. As a practical alternative, transition-metal-catalyzed decarboxylative coupling reactions are attractive because: 1) carboxylic acids are cheap, stable, and readily available in various structures; 2) the carboxylic-acid function ensures regioselectivity of the reaction; and 3) only carbon dioxide is produced, instead of metal halides. Pioneering work was reported by Nilsson and Cohen and co-workers, they discovered that copper effectively promotes decarboxylation of aromatic acids.[3] Recently, Gooßen, Myers, and Liu et al. developed a novel protocol for the decarboxylative coupling and widely applied it to CÀC bond formation;[4] however, examples of metalmediated CÀP bond formation has yet to be reported. Herein, we describe a versatile method to construct CÀP bonds by copper-catalyzed decarboxylative coupling of alkenyl acid, alkyne acid, and N-benzylproline, respectively, with R2P (O) H compounds [Scheme 1, Eq.(2)]. To the best of our knowledge, this report is the first example of coppercatalyzed decarboxylative coupling to construct CÀP bonds. In an initial study, we choose cinnamic acid (1a) and Ph2P (O) H as the model substrates to begin our investigations, because alkenyl diACHTUNGTRENNUNG (phenyl) phosphine oxides are key intermediates for the syntheses of various phosphine ligands and present in numerous biologically active products.[5] A general method to build such structure units is the transition-metal-catalyzed addition of Ph2P (O) H to alkynes, but this transformation always results in a mixture of E/Z configurations, and it is difficult to obtain one single product.[6] Another approach is through coupling of alkenyl phosphonates with aryl iodides by Heck-type reactions.[7] However, the preparation of alkenyl phosphonates and the availability of aryl iodides limits the applications. In view of the best regioselectivity and price, alkenyl-acid decarboxylative coupling with Ph2P (O) H provides a direct and effective method for the synthesis of alkenylphosphine oxides. We did initial tests with CuCl (10 mol%) and 1, 10-phenanthroline (10 mol%) as the ligand in N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP) at 1208C (Table 1, entry 1), but did not observe the desired product. When AgOAc (2.0 equiv) was added, the reaction [a] J. Hu, N. Zhao, B. Yang, G. Wang, L.-N. Guo, Prof. Y.-M. Liang, S.-D. Yang