A Facile, Palladium-Catalyzed Synthesis of 1,1′-Bi(bicyclo[1.1.1]pentanes)
摘要:
Symmetrically 3,3'-disubstituted 1,1'-bi(bicyclo[1.1.1]pentanes) were synthesized in a four-step procedure, using commercially available starting materials, in fair overall yields (51-60%). In this synthesis the final step is an unexpected bridgehead-to-bridgehead homocoupling of bicyclo[1.1.1]pent-1-ylmagnesium halide catalyzed by palladium(II). Only 1.1 mol percent of bis(acetonitrile)palladium(II) chloride and two equivalents of bromomethane were necessary to accomplish this reaction. The bromomethane is essential to convert Pd-0 into Pd-II. The X-ray structure of the [2]staffane 1c has been determined and shows a nonbonded C1-C3 distance of 1.907 Angstrom in the bicyclo[1.1.1]pentyl subunit.
Symmetrically 3,3'-disubstituted 1,1'-bi(bicyclo[1.1.1]pentanes) were synthesized in a four-step procedure, using commercially available starting materials, in fair overall yields (51-60%). In this synthesis the final step is an unexpected bridgehead-to-bridgehead homocoupling of bicyclo[1.1.1]pent-1-ylmagnesium halide catalyzed by palladium(II). Only 1.1 mol percent of bis(acetonitrile)palladium(II) chloride and two equivalents of bromomethane were necessary to accomplish this reaction. The bromomethane is essential to convert Pd-0 into Pd-II. The X-ray structure of the [2]staffane 1c has been determined and shows a nonbonded C1-C3 distance of 1.907 Angstrom in the bicyclo[1.1.1]pentyl subunit.