From Pyrroles to Isoindolines: Synthesis of a γ-Diimine Ligand for Applications in Palladium Coordination Chemistry and Catalysis
摘要:
The gamma-diimine 1,2-(2,6-Pr-i(2)-C6H3NC)(2)-C6H4 (2) was synthesized by the reaction of phthalaldehyde with 2,6-diisopropylaniline. Depending on reaction conditions, 2 can cyclize to form the corresponding iminoisoindoline or isoindolinone. Unlike analogous alpha- and beta-diimine complexes, reaction of the gamma-diimine 2 with (MeCN)(2)PdCl2 results in a dinuclear complex, [(gamma-diimine)PdCl(mu-Cl)](2) (5), where the ligand does not coordinate to the Pd(II) center in a chelating fashion but instead adopts a monodentate coordination mode. On the other band, reaction of 2 with Pd(OAC)(2) results in C-H activation and formation of the trinuclear Pd-3(OAc)(4)-based palladacycle {1,2-(2,6-Pr-i(2)-C6H3NC)(2)-C6H3]Pd(mu-OAc)(2)}(2)Pd (6). The resulting palladium complexes were tested as precatalysts in Heck and Suzuki coupling reactions.