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Palladium-catalyzed 2,5-diheteroarylation of 2,5-dibromothiophene derivatives

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1Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, UMR 6226 CNRS-Université de Rennes, "Organométalliques: Matériaux et Catalyse", Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes, France, Tel.: 00-33-2-23-23-63-84, Fax 00-33-2-23-23-69-39
2Département de chimie, Tizi Ouzou University, BP 17 RP 15000 Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria
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Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2912–2919. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.10.309
Received 13 Oct 2014, Accepted 27 Nov 2014, Published 09 Dec 2014
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Abstract

Conditions allowing the one pot 2,5-diheteroarylation of 2,5-dibromothiophene derivatives in the presence of palladium catalysts are reported. Using KOAc as the base, DMA as the solvent and only 0.5–2 mol % palladium catalysts, the target 2,5-diheteroarylated thiophenes were obtained in moderate to good yields and with a wide variety of heteroarenes such as thiazoles, thiophenes, furans, pyrroles, pyrazoles or isoxazoles. Moreover, sequential heteroarylation reactions allow the access to 2,5-diheteroarylated thiophenes bearing two different heteroaryl units.

Keywords: aryl halides; catalysis; C–H bond activation; direct arylation; heteroarenes; palladium

Introduction

2,2':5',2"-Terthiophene (or 2,5-di(2-thienyl)thiophene) (Figure 1) and many of its derivatives are important structures due to their biological and/or physical properties. For example, 2,2':5',2"-terthiophene itself is a pigment of Tagetes minuta. Some 2,2':5',2"-terthiophene derivatives such as 5,5''-dichloro-α-terthiophene also occur naturally [1]. Moreover, terthiophenes are widely used as building blocks for the synthesis of semiconductors [2]. Due to these multiple uses, the discovery of a simpler access to terthiophene derivatives would be very useful.

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Figure 1: 2,2':5',2"-Terthiophene.

Suzuki, Stille or Negishi Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions represent some of the most efficient methods for the preparation of 2,5-diheteroarylated thiophenes [3-16]. However, an organometallic derivative must be prepared to perform such reactions. In 1990, Ohta and co-workers reported the Pd-catalyzed direct arylation of heteroaromatics using aryl halides as coupling partners via a C–H bond activation [17,18]. Since then Pd-catalyzed direct arylation of heteroaryls, especially with aryl halides as coupling partners, has been shown to be a very powerful method for an easier and greener access to a very broad range of arylated heterocycles [19-32]. This method is more attractive than other Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions as it avoids the preparation of an organometallic derivative and also as the major byproducts of the reaction are not metallic salts but a base associated to HX.

The metal-catalyzed direct arylation of a wide variety of heteroarenes using aryl halides as coupling partners has been reported in recent years [19-36]. However, to our knowledge, only a few examples of Pd-catalyzed direct arylations at both C2 and C5 carbons of 2,5-dihalothiophene derivatives have been described. In 2006, Borgese et al. reported the Pd-catalyzed coupling of 2,5-dibromothiophene with 3-methoxythiophene to afford the corresponding terthiophene in 29% yield [37]. From 2,5-diiodothiophene and benzoxazole, using 5 mol % Pd(phen)2(PF6)2 catalyst, the 2,5-diheteroarylated thiophene was obtained in 89% yield by Murai et al. [38]. A fluorescent π-conjugate thiophene derivative bearing spiro[fluorene-9,4’-[4H]indeno[1,2-b]furan] substituents at C2 and C5 has been prepared in 46% yield by this reaction using Pd(OAc)2 (5 mol %) associated to PPh3 (10 mol %) as catalytic system [39]. A pyrrole derivative was coupled with 2,5-dibromothiophene in the presence of Pd(OAc)2 (5 mol %) and PCy3 (10 mol %) catalyst to afford the 2,5-di(pyrrolyl)thiophene in 59% yield [40]. Finally, an indolizine was also successfully coupled with 2,5-dibromothiophene in 47% yield in the presence of Pd(OAc)2 as catalyst [41]. To our knowledge, so far sequential Pd-catalyzed direct couplings using 2,5-dihalothiophene derivatives have not been described. Therefore, the discovery of effective general conditions, for the direct coupling of heteroarenes at both C2 and C5 positions of 2,5-dihalothiophene derivatives, would constitute a considerable advantage allowing a simpler access to terthiophene derivatives.

Here, we wish to report (i) that only 0.5–2 mol % of air-stable palladium catalysts associated to KOAc promote the direct access to 2,5-diheteroarylated thiophenes in one pot, (ii) on the reaction scope using a large set of heteroarenes, and (iii) conditions allowing the sequential diheteroarylation of 2,5-dibromothiophene.

Results and Discussion

Based on our previous results, DMA was initially chosen as the solvent and KOAc as the base for this study [42,43]. The reactions were conducted at 140 °C under inert conditions using PdCl(C3H5)(dppb) or Pd(OAc)2 catalysts. Using only 0.5 mol % Pd(OAc)2, the reaction of 1 equiv of 2,5-dibromothiophene with 2 equiv 2-ethyl-4-methylthiazole as coupling partners affords the mono- and diarylation products 1a and 1b in a 2:98 ratio and the desired product 1b was isolated in 79% yield (Scheme 1, Table 1, entry 1). The use of 3 equiv of 2-ethyl-4-methylthiazole afforded 1b in similar yield (Table 1, entry 2). Then, we examined the influence of the amount of catalyst and other parameters on the reaction. The use of 1 or 2 mol % PdCl(C3H5)(dppb) catalyst, which had been previously found to be very effective to promote the direct arylation of several hereroaromatics [42-44], also afforded 1b in high yields (Table 1, entries 3–5). Even at 100 °C, the desired product 1b was obtained in 78% yield (Table 1, entry 6). When CsOAc was employed as the base instead of KOAc, in the presence of 2 mol % PdCl(C3H5)(dppb) catalyst, 1b was isolated in 80% yield, whereas NaOAc led to target product 1b in only 68% yield and Cs2CO3 was ineffective (Table 1, entries 7–9). It should be noted that in the presence of an excess of 2,5-dibromothiophene (4 equiv) with 1 equiv of 2-ethyl-4-methylthiazole the products 1a and 1b were produced in a 72:28 ratio and 1a was isolated in 52% yield, without cleavage of the second C–Br bond on the thiophene ring allowing sequential arylations (Table 1, entry 10).

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Scheme 1: Palladium-catalyzed direct arylation using 2,5-dibromothiophene and 2-ethyl-4-methylthiazole as coupling partners.

Table 1: Influence of the reaction conditions for palladium-catalyzed direct arylation using 2,5-dibromothiophene and 2-ethyl-4-methylthiazole as coupling partners (Scheme 1).a

Entry Catalyst (mol %) Base 2-Ethyl-4-methylthiazole (equiv) Temperature (°C) Ratio 1a:1b Yield in 1b (%)
1 Pd(OAc)2 (0.5) KOAc 2 140 2:98 79
2 Pd(OAc)2 (0.5) KOAc 3 140 1:99 80
3 PdCl(C3H5)(dppb) (2) KOAc 3 140 0:100 81
4 PdCl(C3H5)(dppb) (1) KOAc 3 140 0:100 80
5 PdCl(C3H5)(dppb) (2) KOAc 2.2 140 1:99 78
6 PdCl(C3H5)(dppb) (2) KOAc 3 100 0:100 78
7 PdCl(C3H5)(dppb) (2) NaOAc 3 140 7:93 68
8 PdCl(C3H5)(dppb) (2) CsOAc 3 140 0:100 80
9 PdCl(C3H5)(dppb) (2) Cs2CO3 3 140 nd <5
10 PdCl(C3H5)(dppb) (2) KOAc 3 140 72:28 52b

aConditions: 2,5-dibromothiophene (1 equiv), base (3 equiv), DMA, 20 h, isolated yields. b2,5-Dibromothiophene (4 equiv), 2-ethyl-4-methylthiazole (1 equiv), yield in 1a.

Then, with the most effective reaction conditions in hand for diheteroarylation (DMA, KOAc, Pd(OAc)2 or PdCl(C3H5)(dppb), 100 or 140 °C, 20 h), we explored the scope of this reaction using a variety of heteroarenes as the coupling partner (Scheme 2).

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Scheme 2: Reactivity of 2,5-dibromothiophene with different heteroarenes.

First, we investigated the reaction of 2,5-dibromothiophene with 4-methylthiazole (Scheme 2). The reaction proceeded very smoothly to afford the product 2 in 82% yield. It should be noted that no arylation at C2 of this thiazole derivative was observed. Then, a set of thiophene derivatives was employed. Both, 2-methyl- and 2-chlorothiophenes afforded the desired products 3 and 4 in good yields in the presence of PdCl(C3H5)(dppb) as the catalyst. Yields of 62% and 73% of these two products were obtained using 0.5 mol % Pd(OAc)2 catalyst at 140 °C, whereas a reaction performed at 100 °C led to only a partial conversion of 2,5-dibromothiophene to afford 3 in 45% yield. This slightly lower reactivity of thiophene derivatives under these conditions was expected, as they are known to be less reactive than thiazole derivatives [44]. Moderate yields for 5 and 6 were obtained starting form thiophene-2-carbonitrile and ethyl thiophene-2-carboxylate, respectively in the presence of 2 mol % PdCl(C3H5)(dppb) catalyst due to the formation of unidentified degradation products. The use of 6 equiv of thiophene allowed the formation of 2,2':5',2"-terthiophene (7) in 85% yield. The reactivity of three furan derivatives was also studied using PdCl(C3H5)(dppb) as the catalyst. From 2-n-butylfuran, 8 was obtained in 79% yield, whereas 2-acetylfuran and methyl 2-methylfuran-3-carboxylate afforded 9 and 10 in 60% and 63% yield, respectively. The reaction of 1 equiv of 2,5-dibromothiophene with 5 equiv of 1-methylpyrrole gave 11 in 78% yield. No significant formation of other polyheterocycles was observed by GC–MS analysis of the crude mixture. Arylation at C4 of 3,5-dimethylisoxazole and 5-chloro-1,3-dimethylpyrazole afforded 12 and 13 in 80% and 83% yields, respectively. With 3,5-dimethylisoxazole, a reaction performed using only 0.5 mol% Pd(OAc)2 catalyst at 100 °C led to a partial conversion of 2,5-dibromothiophene.

As several terthiophene derivatives bearing alkyl substituents at C3 in their central unit have been employed in material chemistry [2], the reactivity of 2,5-dibromo-3-methylthiophene was also examined (Scheme 3). Similar results to those of 2,5-dibromothiophene were obtained. Both, 2-ethyl-4-methylthiazole and 4-methylthiazole reacted nicely to afford 14 and 15 in 83% and 80% yields, respectively. The four terthiophenes 16–19 were also obtained in satisfactory yields. Again a moderate yield in 20 was obtained in the presence of methyl 2-methylfuran-3-carboxylate due to the formation of degradation products, whereas the reaction with 1-methylpyrrole and 3,5-dimethylisoxazole resulted in good yields of 21 and 22, respectively.

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Scheme 3: Reactivity of 2,5-dibromo-3-methylthiophene with different heteroarenes.

To our knowledge, the sequential Pd-catalyzed direct diheteroarylation of 2,5-dibromothiophene has not yet been reported. A sequential heteroarylation would allow the synthesis of non-symmetrically 2,5-disubstituted thiophene derivatives. Our attempts to prepare these compounds are shown in Scheme 4. Eight heteroarenes were reacted with 1a to afford the 2,5-diheteroarylated thiophenes 23–30 in 41–89% yield. A high yield of 89% for 23 was obtained from 1a and 2-isobutylthiazole as the coupling partners. The reactions with 2-methylthiophene and thiophene-2-carbonitrile also afforded the desired products 24 and 25 in good yields. A decreased yield of 41% for 26 was obtained with thiophene as coupling partner, whereas, 1-methylpyrrole gave 27 in 74%. Coupling of 1a with methyl 2-methylfuran-3-carboxylate afforded 28 in 62% yield. The arylation at C4 of 3,5-dimethylisoxazole and 5-chloro-1,3-dimethylpyrazole also proceeded nicely to give 29 and 30 in 66% and 72% yield, respectively.

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Scheme 4: Sequential diheteroarylation of 2,5-dibromothiophene.

It should be noted that, for the synthesis of 24, the introduction of the thiazole unit in the first step (Scheme 1 and Scheme 4, 36% over 2 steps) led to a slightly higher yield than the introduction of 2-methylthiophene followed by the coupling with 2-ethyl-4-methylthiazole (Scheme 5, 32% yield over 2 steps).

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Scheme 5: Sequential diheteroarylation of 2,5-dibromothiophene.

We also compared the preparation of 2,2':5',2"-terthiophene (7) starting from either 2,5-dibromothiophene (Scheme 2) or from 2-bromothiophene (Scheme 6). The reaction of 1 equiv thiophene with 2 equiv of 2-bromothiophene resulted in a poor yield for 7 due to the formation of a mixture of bithiophene 32, terthiophene 7 and also a quaterthiophene (as was observed by GC–MS analysis of the crude mixture). On the other hand, the use of 6 equiv of thiophene in the presence of 1 equiv of 2-bromothiophene afforded 7 and 32 in a 30:70 ratio and only low amounts of a quaterthiophene were observed; compound 32 was isolated in 58% yield (Scheme 6, middle). The same reaction conditions allowed to prepare 1-methyl-2-(thiophen-2-yl)pyrrole (33) in 61% yield (Scheme 6, bottom).

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Scheme 6: Heteroarylation of 2-bromothiophene.

Finally, as 4,7-diarylbenzothiadiazoles also display important physical properties [45], we applied our procedure to 4,7-dibromobenzothiadiazole which is commercially available (Scheme 7). In all cases, the desired 4,7-diarylbenzothiadiazoles 34–38 were obtained in high yields.

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Scheme 7: Reactivity of 4,7-dibromobenzothiadiazole.

Conclusion

In summary we report here a simple one-pot catalytic method leading to 2,5-diheteroarylated thiophenes in good yields. We established that 2 mol % of air-stable PdCl(C3H5)(dppb) catalyst (and in some cases 0.5 mol % Pd(OAc)2 catalyst) in the presence of KOAc as the base promotes the 2,5-diheteroarylation of 2,5-dibromothiophene in the presence of a variety of heteroarenes such as thiophenes, furans, pyrroles, pyrazoles or isoxazoles as the coupling partners. The sequential diheteroarylation of 2,5-dibromothiophene was also found to be possible to afford 2,5-diheteroarylated thiophenes bearing two different heteroarene units. As both, 2,5-dibromothiophene and a wide variety of heteroarenes are commercially available, this method gives a convenient access to a large number of terthiophene derivatives.

Supporting Information

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Acknowledgements

We thank the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, “Rennes Metropole” for providing financial support.

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