PdII-catalyzed monoselective ortho halogenation of C-H bonds assisted by counter cations:: A complementary method to directed ortho lithiation
PdII-catalyzed monoselective ortho halogenation of C-H bonds assisted by counter cations:: A complementary method to directed ortho lithiation
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DOI:
10.1002/anie.200705613
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发表时间:
2008-01-01
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16.6
通讯作者:
Yu, Jin-Quan
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作者:
Mei, Tian-Sheng;Giri, Ramesh;Yu, Jin-Quan
The transition-metal-catalyzed transformation of inactivated CĀH bonds into CĀheteroatom and CĀC bonds has found synthetic utility in a number of total syntheses through the use of CĀH activation as a strategic reaction.[1, 2] Recently, progress has been made in Pd-catalyzed CĀH activation reactions in terms of substrate scope and practicality.[3, 4] However, two major obstacles prevent the broad synthetic application of CĀH-functionalization reactions. First, the need for a nitrogen-containing directing group in the substrate imposes a fundamental limitation from the viewpoint of synthetic utility and atom economy. Second, external reagents capable of modulating the reactivity, especially the regio-, stereo-, and chemoselectivity, are lacking. Such reagents are key to the success of the widely used Pd0-catalyzed coupling reactions. Herein, we report that tetraalkyl ammonium cations are effective in promoting CĀH activation and enhancing the monoselectivity of the ortho iodination of aryl carboxylic acids.A number of procedures for the ortho halogenation of CĀH bonds have been reported previously.[5–7] A very interesting metal-free electrophilic iodination of arenes with I (pyridine) 2BF4 was also developed recently.[8] As the selective ortho halogenation of aryl carboxylic acids is broadly useful in synthesis and medicinal chemistry, particularly for the preparation of a demanding class of 1, 2, 3-substituted arenes, we decided to test whether our previously reported PdII-catalyzed CĀH activation/iodination [6b] could be extended to arene carboxylic acids. In this iodination reaction, IOAc oxidizes the aryl palladium (II) intermediate to a PdIV species,[9] which undergoes reductive elimination to give the iodinated products. Another study by our research group showed that sodium and potassium carboxylates are reactive substrates for CĀH activation.[10] Thus, we carried out iodination reactions of o-toluic acid (1) and sodium o-toluate