Patent Application: US-36487806-A

Abstract:
a method is provided to couple an aryl halide to an alkyne comprising reacting a compound of the formula arx , wherein ar is a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group and x is i or br , with a compound of the formula hc ≡ c — r 1 wherein r 1 is a substituted or unsubstituted organic group , in the presence of an effective amount of a phosphine - free , oxime - free palladium catalyst ; alkyl n + or an alkali metal carbonate , to yield a compound of the formula ar — c ≡ c — r 1 , wherein the reaction is carried out in the absence of an organic amine or copper .

Description:
specific and preferred values listed below for aryl moieties , organic moieties , radicals , substituents , and ranges , are for illustration only ; they do not exclude other defined values or other values within defined ranges for the radicals and substituents . aryl can be phenyl , indenyl , indanyl , naphthyl or anthracenyl ; and includes heteroaryl that can be furyl , imidazolyl , triazolyl , triazinyl , oxazolyl , isoxazolyl , thiazolyl , isothiazolyl , pyrazolyl , pyrrolyl , pyrazinyl , tetrazolyl , pyridyl , ( or its n - oxide ), thienyl , pyrimidinyl ( or its n - oxide ), 1h - indolyl , isoquinolyl ( or its n - oxide ) or quinolyl ( or its n - oxide ). specifically , organic moieties ( r 1 ) include the following moieties , and / or aryl ( ar ) can be substituted with 1 , 2 or 3 of ( c 1 - c 6 ) alkyl which can be methyl , ethyl , propyl , isopropyl , butyl , iso - butyl , sec - butyl , pentyl , 3 - pentyl , or hexyl ; ( c 3 - c 12 ) cycloalkyl which can be monocyclic , bicyclic or tricyclic and includes cyclopropyl , cyclobutyl , cyclopentyl , cyclohexyl , bicyclo [ 2 . 2 . 2 ] octanyl , norbornyl , adamantyl as well as various terpene and terpenoid structures ; ( c 3 - c 12 ) cycloalkyl ( c 1 - c 6 ) alkyl which includes the foregoing cycloalkyl and can be cyclopropylmethyl , cyclobutylmethyl , cyclopentylmethyl , cyclohexylmethyl , 2 - cyclopropylethyl , 2 - cyclobutylethyl , 2 - cyclopentylethyl , or 2 - cyclohexylethyl ; heterocycloalkyl and ( heterocycloalkyl )( c 1 - c 6 ) alkyl which include the forgoing cycloalkyl wherein the cycloalkyl ring system is monocyclic , bicyclic or tricyclic and optionally comprises 1 - 2 s , non - peroxide o or n ( r 3 ) as well as 2 - 12 ring carbon atoms ; such as morpholinyl , piperidinyl , piperazinyl , indanyl , 1 , 3 - dithian - 2 - yl , and the like ; ( the cycloalkyl or heterocycloalkyl ring system optionally includes 1 - 3 double bonds or epoxy moieties and optionally is substituted with 1 - 3 oh , ( c 1 - c 6 ) alkanoyloxy , ( co ), ( c 1 - c 6 ) alkyl ( c 1 - c 6 ) alkoxy or ( c 2 - c 6 ) alkynyl ); ( c 2 - c 6 ) alkenyl which can be vinyl , allyl , 1 - propenyl , 2 - propenyl , 1 - butenyl , 2 - butenyl , 3 - butenyl , 1 ,- pentenyl , 2 - pentenyl , 3 - pentenyl , 4 - pentenyl , 1 - hexenyl , 2 - hexenyl , 3 - hexenyl , 4 - hexenyl , or 5 - hexenyl ; halo ( c 1 - c 6 ) alkyl can be iodomethyl , bromomethyl , chloromethyl , fluoromethyl , trifluoromethyl , 2 - chloroethyl , 2 - fluoroethyl , 2 , 2 , 2 - trifluoroethyl , or pentafluoroethyl ; hydroxy ( c 1 - c 6 ) alkyl which can be alkyl substituted with 1 or 2 oh groups , such as hydroxymethyl , 1 - hydroxyethyl , 2 - hydroxyethyl , 1 - hydroxypropyl , 2 - hydroxypropyl , 3 - hydroxypropyl , 1 - hydroxybutyl , 4 - hydroxybutyl , 3 , 4 - dihydroxybutyl , 1 - hydroxypentyl , 5 - hydroxypentyl , 1 - hydroxyhexyl , or 6 - hyroxyhexyl . ar and / or r 1 can be substituted with 1 , 2 or 3 of ( c 1 - c 6 ) alkoxy which can be methoxy , ethoxy , propoxy , isopropoxy , butoxy , iso - butoxy , sec - butoxy , pentoxy , 3 - pentoxy methylene - dioxy , or hexyloxy ; ( c 1 - c 6 ) alkoxycarbonyl which can be methoxycarbonyl , ethoxycarbonyl , propoxylcarbonyl , isopropoxycarbonyl , butoxycarbonyl , pentoxycarbonyl , or hexyloxycarbonyl ; ( c 1 - c 6 ) alkylthio which can be methylthio , ethylthio , propylthio , isopropylthio , butylthio , isobutylthio , pentylthio , or hexylthio ; ( c 2 - c 6 ) alkanoyloxy can be acetoxy , propanoyloxy , butanoyloxy , isobutanoyloxy , pentanoyloxy , or hexanoyloxy . other substituents that can be present on ar or r 1 include 1 , 2 or 3 no 2 , cn , n ( r 3 )( r 4 ) wherein r 3 and r 4 are each ( c 1 - c 4 ) alkyl , phenyl , benzyl , — ch 2 — ch 2 —, —( ch 2 ) 3 —, or —( ch 2 ) 4 —, cl , f and the like . in synthesizing compounds of formula ( i ), e . g ., a product of the reaction described herein , the source of the pd catalyst is generally employed in an amount of about 0 . 001 - 20 mol %, preferably 0 . 1 - 10 mol %, based on the aryl halide or alkyne , which can be employed in an about 2 - 1 : 1 - 2 molar ratio . useful sources of pd catalyst include pd ( 0 ) catalysts , for example , tris ( dibenzylideneacetone ) dipalladium ( 0 ) ( pd 2 ( dba ) 3 ), bis ( isonitrile ) palladium ( 0 ), pdcl 2 ( ch 3 cn ) 2 , [( π - allyl ) pdcl ] 2 , bis -( cyclohexylisonitrile ) palladium ( 0 ), bis ( isopropylisonitrile ) palladium ( 0 ), bis ( tert .- butylisonitrile ) palladium ( 0 ), bis -( p - tolylisonitrile ) palladium ( 0 ), and bis -( p - methoxyphenyl isonitrile ) palladium ( 0 ). other pd - containing compounds , e . g ., pd ( ii ) compounds , can also be used in the present method . these include pdcl 2 , palladium ( ii ) carboxylate salts , such as pd ( oac ) 2 , and pdbr 2 , pd ( cn ) 2 , pd ( no 3 ) 2 , pdso 4 and the like . useful organic solvents including tetrahydrofuran ( thf ), ethers , glycol ethers , dimethylsulfoxide , dimethylformamide ( dmf ), acetonitrile , acetamide , toluene , dimethylacetamide and dioxane , and combinations of these solvents , optionally with minor amounts of water , as compatible . organoamines are not employed , e . g ., n ( et ) 3 , piperidine , pyrrolidine and the like . for preliminary optimization of the reaction conditions , the reaction of electron - rich 4 - iodoanisole and 5 - hexyn - 1 - ol in the presence of 2 mol % of pd ( oac ) 2 in dmf at room temperature was studied ( scheme 2 ). an important initial goal was to find a suitable base that would effect the desired reaction . surprisingly , commonly used secondary and tertiary amine bases such as triethylamine , dbu ( diazabicyclo [ 5 . 4 . 0 ] undec - 7 - ene ), n - ethyldiisopropylamine ( i - pr 2 net ), piperidine , diisopropylamine ( i - pr 2 nh ) as well as na 2 co 3 , nao - t - bu , and naoac gave inferior results , although the carbonates provided moderate yields . gratifyingly , as shown in table 1 , however , both cs 2 co 3 and bu 4 noac were effective as bases , with bu 4 noac being the more reactive . among the solvents screened ( thf , toluene , dioxane , ch 3 cn , and dmf ), dmf proved to be the most efficient . other palladium sources such as pdcl 2 , pd 2 ( dba ) 3 , and [( π - allyl ) pdcl ] 2 are also effective catalysts for the aforementioned reaction . using equimolar reactant concentrations , 2 mol % pd ( oac ) 2 , 1 . 5 equiv bu 4 noac , and dmf as the solvent at room temperature , reactions of a series of substituted aryl iodides were carried out via the palladium - catalyzed sonogashira reaction with phenylacetylene ( table 2 ). good to excellent yields were generally obtained under these phosphorus - free , oxime - free , copper ( i )- free , and amine - free conditions . functional groups such as , carboxyethyl , keto , and nitro were well tolerated ( table 2 , entries 1 - 3 ). aryl iodides with electron - withdrawing groups gave higher yields than those with electron - neutral or electron - rich groups , and the coupling proceeded with substantially lower palladium catalyst loading . the cross - coupling of sterically hindered aryl iodides ( 2 - iodotoluene and 2 - iododanisole ) also proceeded quite well ( table 2 , entries 4 and 6 ). as expected , no homo - coupling product was detected by gc under these conditions . it may be noted that while the reactions of aryl iodides possessing electron - withdrawing groups were completed in 3 hours the electron - neutral and electron - rich aryl iodides reacted in 6 hours . in an effort to further expand the scope of the present oxime - free , phosphorus - free , copper ( i )- free , and amine - free sonogashira reaction , the reaction of substituted aryl iodides with a series of aliphatic terminal alkynes was investigated as summarized in table 3 . the yields were generally higher than those obtained when phenylacetylene was used as the reaction partner . unfunctionalized alkynes , for example , 1 - octyne in table 3 ( entries 2 , 3 , 6 , and 13 ) as well as functionalized alkynes bearing a hydroxy group ( entries 4 , 8 , 10 , 12 , and 15 ), a chloride group ( entry 14 ), a cyano group ( entry 18 ), or a tips group ( entry 17 ) reacted efficiently with various aryl iodides to afford the corresponding aryl alkynes in excellent yields . even a terminal alkyne with an alkene functionality underwent sonogashira coupling in good yields ( entries 1 , 5 , 7 , 9 , 11 , and 16 ). although pd 2 ( dba ) 3 was employed as the catalyst in these reactions , pd ( oac ) 2 was also found to be a suitable palladium precursor . however , this method was effective only for electron - deficient aryl bromides and it required a slightly higher catalyst loading ( 4 mol % pd ) to provide good to excellent yields of the desired product . thus , aryl bromides with nitro ( entries 1 - 3 ), keto ( entry 4 ), and cyano ( entries 5 - 7 ) functional groups were smoothly coupled with a variety of terminal alkynes . presently , the beneficial effect of bu 4 noac in these reactions is not clear . undoubtedly , bu 4 noac acts as a mild base to deprotonate the most acidic hydrogen on the alkyne . in addition , it may facilitate the reduction of pd ( oac ) 2 to a catalytically active pd ( 0 ) species . the latter phenomenon has been observed previously by caló 15 and by reetz 16 and coworkers , who observed pd nanoparticle formation , albeit at elevated temperatures . however , the reaction in scheme 1 proceeds in the presence of mercury , thus supporting a homogeneous catalytic pathway . 17 a particular role for the tetrabutylammonium cation seems to be precluded because it was found that me 4 noac can be substituted for bu 4 noac . on the other hand as expected , the coupling of 4 - iodoanisole and 5 - hexyn - 1 - ol did not proceed in the presence of bu 4 nbr ( tbab ). these results indicate that the acetate anion in combination with a bulky cation plays an important role in promoting such coupling reactions . the oxidative addition of an aryl halide to pd ( 0 ) would give a 12 e − unstable arpd ( ii ) x intermediate which could be stabilized by tetrabutylammonium acetate to afford a 16 e − complex [ arpd ( ii ) x 3 ] 2 − bu 4 n + ( x ═ oac , and / or i or br ) in which the metal center could be expected to be more stable and more electrophilic thus facilitating its complexation with an alkyne . deprotonation ( by bu 4 noac ), isomerization , and product - forming reductive elimination would constitute the remaining steps of the catalytic cycle . in summary , the present invention provides a method wherein a pd catalyst such as pd ( oac ) 2 or pd 2 ( dba ) 3 catalyzes the sonogashira reaction of aryl iodides and bromides at room temperature ( 20 - 25 ° c .) in the absence of phosphorus ( e . g ., phosphine ) compounds , organoamines , and cu ( i ). the choice of tetrabutylammonium acetate as the base is important for obtaining high yields of aryl alkynes . the methodology encompasses a wide variety of functional groups and it is worthwhile noting that the present method employs a relatively low palladium catalyst loading . it is believed that this is the first phosphorus -, copper -, and amine - free method for the cross - coupling of aryl iodides and bromides with terminal alkynes . an oven - dried schlenk flask equipped with a magnetic stirring bar was charged with bu 4 noac ( 1 . 5 mmol ) and pd ( oac ) 2 ( 1 - 3 mol %) or pd 2 ( dba ) 3 ( 2 mol % for aryl bromides ) inside a nitrogen - filled glove box . the flask was capped with a rubber septum and then it was removed from the glove box . an aryl iodide or bromide ( 1 . 0 mmol ) and then dmf ( 3 ml ) were then added and after 5 minutes of stirring , the alkyne ( 1 . 0 mmol ) was added . stirring was continued at room temperature under argon for the corresponding reaction times indicated in the tables , after which the reaction mixture was diluted with water ( 10 ml ) and extracted with diethyl ether ( 4 × 10 ml ). the combined ether layers were dried over na 2 so 4 , filtered , concentrated , and purified by alumina gel flash chromatography using hexanes or hexanes / ether to elute the desired coupling product . the following publications are incorporated by reference herein , as though fully set forth . 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( 17 ) widegren , j . a . ; bennett , m . a . ; finke , r . g . j . am . chem . soc . 2003 , 125 , 10301 . all publications , patents and patent applications are incorporated herein by reference . while in the foregoing specification this invention has been described in relation to certain preferred embodiments thereof , and many details have been set forth for purposes of illustration , it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the invention is susceptible to additional embodiments and that certain of the details described herein may be varied considerably without departing from the basic principles of the invention .