Ru<sub>3</sub>(CO)<sub>12</sub>- and Rh<sub>4</sub>(CO)<sub>12</sub>-Catalyzed Reactions of Pyridylolefins or <i>N</i>-(2-Pyridyl)enamines with CO and Olefins. Carbonylation at Olefinic C−H Bonds
作者:Naoto Chatani、Yutaka Ishii、Yutaka Ie、Fumitoshi Kakiuchi、Shinji Murai
DOI:10.1021/jo980335n
日期:1998.7.1
This paper describes a study of the Ru-3(CO)(12)-catalyzed carbonylation at an olefinic C-K bond. The reaction of pyridylolefins with CO and ethylene in the presence of a catalytic amount of Ru-3(CO)(12) in toluene results in propionylation at an olefinic C-H bond in pyridylolefins. The carbonylation occurs regioselectively ata position gamma to the pyridine nitrogen. Transition-metal complexes other than Ru3(CO)12 that have thus far been examined exhibit no catalytic activity, and ethylene serves as the only olefin. A similar tendency has been noted in the previously reported carbonylation at a C-H bond in the benzene ring of pyridylbenzenes. This reaction can be also applied to N-(2-pyridyl)enamines, in which an olefin unit is separated from the pyridine ring by an sp(3)-nitrogen atom. The reaction of N-(2-pyridyl)enamines with CO and ethylene gives the corresponding ethyl ketones as the coupling products. Interestingly, Rh-4(CO)(12) also shows high catalytic activity in the case of N-(2-pyridyl)enamines. In addition, olefins such as propene, 1-hexene, 3,3-dimethyl-1-butene, styrene, cyclopentene, acryl acid methyl ester, ethyl vinyl ether, and trimethylvinylsilane can also be used. This is in sharp contrast to the case of the carbonylation at a C-H bond in pyridylbenzenes reported previously and to the results of pyridylolefins as mentioned above, where Ru-3(CO)(12) is the only active catalyst and hexene-cannot substitute for ethylene.