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Jiang-Ling Shi1,2, Ding Wang1, Xi-Sha Zhang3, Xiao-Lei Li1, Yu-Qin Chen1, Yu-Xue Li2, Zhang-Jie Shi4,5,6.
Abstract
Metal-catalyzed cross-coup<span class="Species">lings provide powerful, concise, and accurate methods to construct carbon-carbon bonds from organohalides and organometallic reagents. Recent developments extended cross-couplings to reactions where one of the two partners connects with an aryl or alkyl carbon-hydrogen bond. From an economic and environmental point of view, oxidative couplings between two carbon-hydrogen bonds would be ideal. Oxidative coupling between phenyl and "inert" alkyl carbon-hydrogen bonds still awaits realization. It is very difficult to develop successful strategies for oxidative coupling of two carbon-hydrogen bonds owning different chemical properties. This article provides a solution to this challenge in a convenient preparation of dihydrobenzofurans from substituted phenyl alkyl ethers. For the phenyl carbon-hydrogen bond activation, our choice falls on the carboxylic acid fragment to form the palladacycle as a key intermediate. Through careful manipulation of an additional ligand, the second "inert" alkyl carbon-hydrogen bond activation takes place to facilitate the formation of structurally diversified dihydrobenzofurans.Cross-dehydrogenative coupling is finding increasing application in synthesis, but coupling two chemically distinct sites remains a challenge. Here, the authors report an oxidative coupling between sp 2 and sp 3 carbons by sequentially activating the more active aryl site followed by the alkyl position.Entities:
Year: 2017 PMID: 28798314 PMCID: PMC5552783 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00078-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Commun ISSN: 2041-1723 Impact factor: 14.919
Fig. 1Efficient method to construct benzo-fused rings by cross-coupling. a Conventional method of cross-coupling. b Recent coupling based on carbon–hydrogen activation. c Ideal approach through oxidative coupling. d Design on oxidative coupling by ligand-manipulated tandem C–H activations
Fig. 2Scope of phenyl alkyl ether substrates. Unless otherwise noted, the reaction conditions were as follows: 1 (0.3 mmol), Pd(OAc)2 (0.03 mmol), 1,4-BQ (0.06 mmol), Ag2CO3 (0.6 mmol), Acridine (0.06 mmol), KH2PO4 (0.3 mmol), NaOAc (0.45 mmol), and AmylOH (2.0 mL), 140 °C, 24 h. Then the solvent was removed, and MeI (1.5 mmol), K2CO3 (0.6 mmol), and DMF (3.0 mL) were added at 50 °C for 12 h. a15 mol% Pd(OAc)2; b20 mol% Pd(OAc)2; c4-Nitrobenzyl bromide (1.5 mmol) instead of MeI; dSelectivity was determined by crude 1H NMR spectroscopy
Fig. 3Diversified transformations to produce different substituted benzofurans and dihydrobenzofurans. a 2aa (the hydrolysis product of 2a, 0.2 mmol), PhB(OH)2 (0.4 mmol), Cu(OTf)2 (0.04 mmol), Ag2CO3 (2.0 equiv), DMSO (1.0 mL), 120 °C, 2 h, air, 3 was obtained as 67% yield. b 2ma (the hydrolysis product of 2m, 0.3 mmol), 3-Bromopropyne (1.5 mmol), K2CO3 (0.6 mmol), DMF (3.0 mL), 12 h, air, 4 was obtained as 98% yield. c 2b (0.3 mmol), DDQ (0.36 mmol), Toluene (3.0 mL), reflux, N2, 48 h, 5 was obtained as 74% yield. d 2aa (0.3 mmol), Cu2O (0.3 mmol), 1,10-Phen (0.6 mmol), NMP, 160 °C, 6 was obtained as 73% yield. e 2x (0.3 mmol), PhB(OH)2 (0.45 mmol), Pd(OAc)2 (0.2 mol%), dicyclohexyl(2’,6’-dimethoxy-[1,1’-biphenyl]-2-yl)phosphane (0.5 mol%), K3PO4 (0.6 mmol), Toluene (2.0 mL), 100 °C, 12 h, N2, 7 was obtained as 86% yield. f (1) 2aa (0.3 mmol), DPPA (0.315 mmol), Et3N (0.9 mmol), THF (2.0 mL), 25 °C, 3 h; (2) H2O, reflux, overnight, 8 was obtained as 81% yield. g 2aa (0.2 mmol), Pd(OAc)2 (5 mol%), Ac-Leu-OH (30 mol%), Ag2CO3 (0.6 mmol), K2HPO4 (0.5 mmol), 9 was obtained as 52% yield
Fig 4Applications of the oxidative coupling reaction protocol. a Path 1. Synthesis of (R)-1i: 10, (S)-11, PPh3, Et3N, DIAD, THF, N2, 25 °C, 16 h, 85% isolated yield; LiOH·H2O, THF/H2O, 80 °C, 12 h, 93% isolated yield. i) CDC conditions: Pd(OAc)2, 1,4-BQ, Ag2CO3, Acridine, KH2PO4, NaOAc, AmylOH, air, 140 °C, 24 h; MeI, K2CO3, DMF, 50 °C, 12 h. 60% isolated yield over two steps, 97% ee. Path 2. Synthesis of (S)-1i: Benzoic Acid, (S)-11, PPh3, Et3N, DIAD, THF, N2, 25 °C, 12 h, 90% isolated yield; NaOH, MeOH, reflux, 12 h, afford (R)-11, 95% isolated yield; 10, (R)-11, PPh3, Et3N, DIAD, THF, N2, 25 °C, 16 h, 85% isolated yield; LiOH·H2O, THF/H2O, 80 °C, 12 h, 95% isolated yield. i) CDC conditions: Pd(OAc)2, 1,4-BQ, Ag2CO3, Acridine, KH2PO4, NaOAc, AmylOH, air, 140 °C, 24 h; MeI, K2CO3, DMF, 50 °C, 12 h. 62% isolated yield over two steps, 98% ee. b ii) 10, 12, PPh3, Et3N, DIAD, THF, N2, 25 °C, 16 h, 60% isolated yield; LiOH·H2O, THF/H2O, 80 °C, 12 h, 73% isolated yield. iii) CDC conditions: Pd(OAc)2, 1,4-BQ, Ag2CO3, Acridine, KH2PO4, NaOAc, AmylOH, air, 140 °C, 24 h; 4-Nitrobenzyl bromide, K2CO3, DMF, 50 °C, 12 h. 44% NMR yield over two steps. c iv) 10, 14, PPh3, DIAD, THF, 25 °C, N2, 16 h, 74% isolated yield; TBAF, THF, rt, 80% isolated yield; 15, PPh3, DIAD, THF, 25 °C, N2, 16 h, 70% isolated yield; LiOH·H2O, THF/H2O, 80 °C, 12 h, 86% isolated yield. v) CDC conditions: Pd(OAc)2, 1,4-BQ, Ag2CO3, Acridine, KH2PO4, NaOAc, AmylOH, air, 140 °C, 24 h. c. MeI, K2CO3, DMF, 50 °C, 12 h. 52% NMR yield over two steps