Intramolecular Pd-Mediated Processes of Amino-Tethered Aryl Halides and Ketones: Insight into the Ketone α-Arylation and Carbonyl-Addition Dichotomy. A New Class of Four-Membered Azapalladacycles
摘要:
An exploration of the scope and limitations of Pd(0)-catalyzed intramolecular coupling reactions of amino-tethered aryl halides and ketones has been conducted. Two different and competitive reaction pathways starting from omega-(2-haloanilino) alkanones, enolate arylation and addition to the carbonyl group, have been observed, while (omega-(2-halobenzylamino) alkanones exclusively underwent the enolate arylation process. The dichotomy between ketone alpha-arylation and carbonyl-addition in the reactions of omega-(2-haloanilino) alkanones has been rationalized by the intermediacy of unprecedented four-membered azapalladacycles, from which X-ray data and chemical behavior are reported.
A highly enantioselective palladium/l-proline-catalyzed α-arylative desymmetrization of cyclohexanones was developed. The new strategy for α-arylation reaction led to a series of optically active morphan derivatives bearing α-carbonyl tertiary stereocenters in good yields with excellent enantioselectivities (up to 99% ee).