The first Suzuki cross-couplings of unactivated tertiary alkyl electrophiles are described. The method employs a readily accessible catalyst (NiBr2 center dot diglyme/4,4'-di-tert-butyl-2,2'-bipyridine, both commercially available) and represents the initial example of the use of a group 10 catalyst to cross-couple unactivated tertiary electrophiles to form C-C bonds. This approach to the synthesis of all-carbon quaternary carbon centers does not suffer from isomerization of the, alkyl group, in contrast with the umpolung strategy for this bond construction (cross-coupling of a tertiary alkylmetal with an aryl electrophile). Preliminary mechanistic studies are consistent with the generation of a radical intermediate along the reaction pathway.
Indium-Catalyzed Friedel-Crafts Alkylation of Monosubstituted Benzenes by 1-Bromoadamantane
作者:Paul Mosset、René Grée
DOI:10.1055/s-0032-1316909
日期:——
Indium salts such as InCl3 and InBr3 (ca. 1-5 mol%) efficiently catalyzed the Friedel-Crafts reaction of 1-bromoadamantane with benzene and monosubstituted benzenes to give 1-adamantyl benzenes. Indium bromide enabled faster reactions than indium chloride but the latter was more suitable in the case of halobenzenes.