Sonogashira–Hagihara reactions of halogenated glycals

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Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 675–682. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.8.75
Received 01 Mar 2012, Accepted 04 Apr 2012, Published 02 May 2012
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Abstract

Herein, we report on our findings of the Sonogashira–Hagihara reaction with 1-iodinated and 2-brominated glycals using several aromatic and aliphatic alkynes. This Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction presents a facile access to alkynyl C-glycosides and sets the stage for a reductive/oxidative refunctionalization of the enyne moiety to regenerate either C-glycosidic structures or pyran derivatives with a substituent in position 2.

Introduction

Carbohydrates are key players in a plethora of biological processes, such as cell-development, metastasis, cell–cell aggregation and viral infection [1-4]. Many different monosaccharide units and the large variety of possibilities to link two subunits result in an immense variety of highly complex biomolecules [5-7]. In order to mimic certain subunits of oligosaccharides, e.g., for the inhibition of glycosidases or glycosyltransferases, modified mono- or disaccharides have come into the focus of medicinal chemists [8,9]. An important class of carbohydrate mimetics are the C-glycosides [10-13]. In such compounds the oxygen of the O-glycosidic bond is substituted by a methylene unit rendering them stable to enzymatic degradation or hydrolysis. During the past decades C-glycosides have emerged as valuable synthetic targets, not only for medicinal chemists, but also for methodologists [8]. In particular, glycals have transpired as versatile building blocks in the synthesis of various C-glycosides. Most of the reported preparations of alkyl- and aryl-C-glycosides rely on glycals as starting materials. Transition-metal-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions play a key role in the assembly of these structures; thus, many metalated glycals have been employed in their synthesis. Scheme 1 provides a brief overview.

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Scheme 1: Different strategies to access C-glycosides starting from 1-substituted glycals.

In 1990 Beau and co-workers utilized 1-stannylated glycals of type 1 in a Stille cross-coupling for the synthesis of aryl-C-glycosides such as 2 (R = Ar) [14,15]. To generate these 1-substituted glycals a prefunctionalization of the pseudoanomeric carbon is mandatory. Recent advances in the field of C–H functionalization allowed for the mild and selective borylation of unfunctionalized glycals. Starting from persilylated glycals Ishikawa and Miyaura applied an Ir-catalyzed C–H-functionalization with B2pin2 to obtain 1-borylated glycals, such as 3, in excellent yields and selectivity. They elegantly demonstrated the use of these compounds in the synthesis of aryl-, allyl- and benzyl-C-glycosides [16]. The group of Minehan described another fascinating approach to aryl-C-glycosides in 2003 [17]. They showed that aryl-C-glycosides can be prepared from glycalyl indium(III) compounds (e.g., 4) in a Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction with iodoarenes.

However, it is not only metalated sugar derivatives that have prevailed in the synthesis of C-glycosides, but also some electrophilic coupling reagents, such as glycalyl phosphates, and bromo- and iodoglycals. Glycal phosphates of type 5 were employed as electrophiles in a Stille cross-coupling reaction [18]. These building blocks exhibit a high stability and efficiency in their formation and are therefore particularly interesting. In a careful optimization study, Tan and co-workers found that several alkenes hydroborated in situ with 9-BBN can be utilized in a Suzuki–Miyaura coupling with iodoglucals 6 to yield aliphatic C-glycosides [19]. This method impressively demonstrates the power of the Suzuki–Miyaura coupling in the formation of C(sp2)–C(sp3) bonds for the preparation of carbohydrate mimetics. Friesen and co-workers reported on a synthesis of aryl-C-glycosides employing different metalated arenes with persilylated 1-iodoglucals [20]. These proved to be particularly reactive to organozinc and organoboron compounds, whereas Hayashi successfully disclosed an approach to react simple stannylated or even electron-poor olefins with 2-bromoglucals in Stille and Heck reactions, respectively [21]. The dienes obtained during these transformations were successfully converted in Diels–Alder reactions to afford carbocyclic chiral compounds with a sugar backbone.

In 2008, Gagné introduced a Ni-mediated Negishi coupling to synthesize alkyl- and aryl-C-glycosides from glycosyl halides [22]. Worthy of note is that this transformation displays a C(sp3)–C(sp3) coupling in the case of alkyl-C-glycosides and a C(sp2)–C(sp3) coupling in the preparation of aryl-C-glycosides. Although the diasteroselectivity of the reaction is highly dependent on the type of monosaccharide, this approach is unique due to its use of fully functionalized sugars, thus avoiding further refunctionalization steps to obtain the native C-glycoside.

Results and Discussion

Despite the numerous organometallic reactions performed with substituted glycals, to the best of our knowledge there has been no in-depth study of the synthesis of 1- and 2-alkynylated glycals by means of the Sonogashira–Hagihara reaction to date. Herein, we wish to report on our findings with respect to the reaction of persilylated 1-iodoglucal 7 and peracetylated 2-bromogalactal 10 with readily available alkynes 8a8h. We became interested in this chemistry whilst searching for a method to synthesize (1→6)-linked C-glycosidic disaccharide mimetics [23]. The simplicity of the transformation, the mild reaction conditions, and the commercial availability of the catalyst render this method highly useful for the preparation of internal alkynes [24].

We started our investigations with the persilylated 1-iodoglucal 7, which is easily available by a sequence of lithiation and iodination from the parent, fully TIPS-protected congener [25]. The Sonogashira reaction was carried out under standard conditions. Pd(PPh3)2Cl2 was used as catalyst, and CuI served as cocatalyst. The reaction was performed at room temperature for 12 h in neat triethylamine acting as the solvent as well as base. As coupling partners, a variety of commercially available alkynes as depicted in Table 1 were investigated. The yields proved to be good to excellent (72% to 92%). Aromatic as well as aliphatic alkynes could be employed for this reaction leading to excellent results. Fluorinated alkynyl-C-glycosides (Table 1, entry 4) may be readily functionalized at the aromatic core, whereas TMS-protected enynes (Table 1, entry 6) allow for further manipulations on the alkynyl residue. Our previous studies also revealed that even carbohydrate-derived alkynes can be utilized under these reaction conditions in an efficient manner [23].

Table 1: Sonogashira–Hagihara reactions of 1-iodoglucal 7 with different alkynes 8a8h.

[Graphic 1]
entry alkyne product yield [%]a
1 [Graphic 2]
8a
[Graphic 3]
9a
92
2 [Graphic 4]
8b
[Graphic 5]
9b
72
3 [Graphic 6]
8c
[Graphic 7]
9c
86
4 [Graphic 8]
8d
[Graphic 9]
9d
82
5 [Graphic 10]
8e
[Graphic 11]
9e
90
6 [Graphic 12]
8f
[Graphic 13]
9f
79
7 [Graphic 14]
8g
[Graphic 15]
9g
83
8 [Graphic 16]
8h
[Graphic 17]
9h
90

aIsolated yields.

Our recent interest in domino reactions starting with 2-brominated glycals [26-28] motivated us to investigate also the behaviour of peracetylated 2-bromogalactal 10 in Sonogashira–Hagihara reactions (Table 2). We found that 10 is much less reactive than 7. This may be due to a more facile oxidative addition to the C–I bond compared to the C–Br bond. Furthermore, we assume that the electron density at C-2 of the sugar core is particularly high, rendering the 2-palladated glycal a bad electrophile towards electron-poor or electron-neutral alkynes. To push the reaction an elevated temperature was necessary, and only moderate yields were obtained.

Table 2: Sonogashira–Hagihara reactions of 2-bromogalactal 10 with different alkynes.

[Graphic 18]
entry alkyne product yield [%]a
1 [Graphic 19]
8a
[Graphic 20]
11a
66
2 [Graphic 21]
8f
[Graphic 22]
11b
45
3 [Graphic 23]
8g
[Graphic 24]
11c
traces

aIsolated yields.

Efforts to react perbenzylated 2-chloro-1-iodoglucal 12 in a twofold Sonogashira reaction with an excess of phenylacetylene resulted in a chemoselective monoalkynylation of the pseudoanomeric position in quantitative yield (Scheme 2). Even the use of an elevated temperature did not lead to the formation of an enediyne. Further refunctionalization of the enynes was achieved by selective reduction of the triple bond by making use of Raney nickel (Table 3). We found that the electron-rich enol ether moiety remains untouched, when reaction times of less than four hours were chosen in the case of the enynes 9e9h. It should be noted that methanol was a crucial part of the solvent mixture, otherwise no reaction was observed. Interestingly, when we employed the perbenzylated enyne 9ea the yield of the alkyne-reduced product decreased tremendously. A mixture of completely reduced products was obtained. Thus, we assume that not only electronic effects, but also the sterically encumbered TIPS groups render the reduction of the olefinic moiety much more difficult.

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Scheme 2: Sonogashira–Hagihara reaction of 1-iodo-2-chloroglucal 12 with phenylacetylene (8a) to afford 13.

Table 3: Reduction of carbohydrate-derived enynes 9e9h and 11a11b.

[Graphic 25]
entry substrate time [h] solvent product yield [%]a
1 [Graphic 26]
9e
3 MeOH:THF
(1:1)
[Graphic 27]
14a
88
2 [Graphic 28]
9ea
12 MeOH:THF
(1:1)
[Graphic 29]
14b
11
3 [Graphic 30]
9h
4 MeOH:THF
(1:1)
[Graphic 31]
14c
63
4 [Graphic 32]
9e
4 THF [Graphic 33]
14c
0
5 [Graphic 34]
9e
7 MeOH:THF
(1:1)
[Graphic 35]
14c
58
6b,c [Graphic 36]
11a
12 MeOH:DCM:EtOAc
(3:1:1)
[Graphic 37]
14d
97
7b [Graphic 38]
11b
12 MeOH:DCM:EtOAc
(3:1:1)
[Graphic 39]
14e
86

aIsolated yields; bPearlman’s catalyst (Pd(OH)2/C) was used instead of Raney-Ni; cFully reduced carbohydrate mimetic was observed; a final proof of the stereochemistry by NOESY effects was not possible due to strongly overlapping signals. However, the stereochemistry given is highly reasonable because of the shielding of the top face by three substituents [29].

In contrast to the other enynes the carbohydrate derivative 11a was fully reduced in a diastereoselective manner and in excellent yield to the pyran 14d by employing Pearlman’s catalyst (rt, overnight), whereas in the case of enyne 11b, under the same reaction conditions, only the triple bond was reduced to furnish enol ether 14e selectively.

In three cases we further functionalized the 1-alkylated glycals by an epoxidation/epoxide-opening sequence [30-33]. Dimethyldioxirane (DMDO) was used as a neutral epoxidation reagent leading to a facial-selective epoxide formation [34-36]. The so-obtained highly reactive acetal epoxide was either attacked by a superhydride, such as LiBHEt3 [31], or by a Lewis acidic hydrogen transfer agent, such as DIBAL-H [32,33]. In the former case, an SN2-type reaction takes place leading to the α-gluco-configured C-glycoside 15a in a moderate yield of 30% (Table 4). The aluminium centre coordinates the epoxide oxygen allowing the hydride to attack from the same side, leading to β-configured alkyl-C-glycosides. The epoxidation/ring-opening sequence of TIPS-protected glucals proved to be challenging; for the respective product 15c only a yield of 13% was observed.

Table 4: Diastereoselective epoxidation/epoxide opening sequence employing different hydride sources to afford 15a15c.

[Graphic 40]
entry substrate product yield [%]a
1b [Graphic 41]
14b
[Graphic 42]
15a
30
2c [Graphic 43]
14b
[Graphic 44]
15b
40
3c [Graphic 45]
14c
[Graphic 46]
15c
13

*Stereochemistry depending on the hydride source; aIsolated yields; bLiBHEt3 was employed as a hydride source; cDIBAL-H was employed as a hydride source.

Conclusion

We investigated the behaviour of 1-iodinated and 2-brominated glycals in Sonogashira–Hagihara cross-coupling reactions with various alkylated and arylated alkynes. 1-Alkynylated glycals were obtained in very good yields whereas the alkynylation in position 2 gave poorer results. Chemoselective reduction of the triple bond in the resulting enyne system by the action of Raney-Ni furnished enol ethers, which could be readily refunctionalized. Methanol proved to be an essential co-solvent in order to execute the Ni-catalyzed reduction. The enol ether double bond could be further hydroxylated by an epoxidation/epoxide opening sequence. Depending on the hydride source α- and β-configured alkyl-C-glycosides were obtained diastereoselectively in moderate yield. These investigations with respect to the Sonogashira–Hagihara coupling complement the rich organometallic chemistry that has already been performed with borylated, stannylated and phosphorylated glycals.

Supporting Information

Supporting Information containing all experimental details and analytical data of all new compounds given in this article as well as their 1H and 13C NMR spectra is provided.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie (Emmy Noether Fellowship to D.B.W. and Dozentenstipendium to D.B.W.). D.C.K. is grateful to the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie for a Ph.D. fellowship. The authors acknowlegde Reinhard Machinek (University of Göttingen) for giving every possible support during NMR spectroscopy measurements. Martin Pawliczek is acknowledged for a donation of 2-bromogalactal. The authors also thank Professor Dr. Lutz F. Tietze (University of Göttingen) for helpful discussions and generous support of our work.

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