A Domino Process toward Functionally Dense Quaternary Carbons through Pd-Catalyzed Decarboxylative C(sp3)–C(sp3) Bond Formation
摘要:
An efficient protocol was developed to construct functionally dense quaternary carbons with concomitant formation of a new Csp(3)-Csp(3) bond via Pd-catalyzed decarboxylative transformation of vinyl cyclic carbonates. This redox-neutral catalytic system features stereocontrolled formation of multisubstituted allylic scaffolds with an aldehyde functionality generated in situ, and it typically can be performed at room temperature without any additives. DFT calculations provide a rationale toward the selective formation of these compounds and reveal a complex mechanism that with the help of microkinetic models is able to reproduce the nontrivial dependence of the identity of the product on the nature of the substituents in the substrate.
A new methodology for preparing alpha-arylated alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehydes is reported. The starting materials are all commercially available alkyn-1-ols (la-c) that have been easily isomerised to the corresponding allenes (2a-c). The key step is the Heck coupling of the 1,2-dien-1-ols with a series of iodo- and bromoarene. The products have been synthesised in good yields, and the reactions were carried out under very mild conditions. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.