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The Discovery of a Palladium(II)‐Initiated Borono‐Catellani Reaction
Author(s) -
Chen Shuqing,
Liu ZeShui,
Yang Tao,
Hua Yu,
Zhou Zhiyu,
Cheng HongGang,
Zhou Qianghui
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201803865
Subject(s) - palladium , aryl , combinatorial chemistry , chemistry , phosphine , norbornene , catalysis , ligand (biochemistry) , reactivity (psychology) , halide , organic chemistry , polymerization , medicine , biochemistry , alkyl , polymer , receptor , alternative medicine , pathology
Abstract Reported is a novel palladium(II)‐initiated Catellani‐type reaction that utilizes widely accessible aryl boronic acids as the substrates instead of aryl halides, thereby greatly expanding the existing scope of this powerful transformation. This borono‐Catellani reaction was promoted by cooperative catalysis between Pd(OAc) 2 and the inexpensive 5‐norbornene‐2‐carbonitrile. Practicality is the striking feature of the reaction: it is run open to air at ambient temperature and no phosphine ligand is needed. This mild, chemoselective, and scalable protocol is compatible with a large range of readily available functionalized aryl boronic acids and bromides, as well as terminating olefins (50 examples, 39–97 % yields). Moreover, the orthogonal reactivity between the borono‐Catellani and classical Catellani reaction was demonstrated. This work is expected to open new avenues for developing novel Catellani‐type reactions.