Recent advances in Cu-catalyzed C(sp3)–Si and C(sp3)–B bond formation
- Balaram S. Takale,
- Ruchita R. Thakore,
- Elham Etemadi-Davan and
- Bruce H. Lipshutz
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 691–737, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.67
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Pharmaceuticals possessing a silicon or boron atom.
Scheme 2: The first Cu-catalyzed C(sp3)–Si bond formation.
Scheme 3: Conversion of benzylic phosphate 6 to the corresponding silane.
Scheme 4: Conversion of alkyl triflates to alkylsilanes.
Scheme 5: Conversion of secondary alkyl triflates to alkylsilanes.
Scheme 6: Conversion of alkyl iodides to alkylsilanes.
Scheme 7: Trapping of intermediate radical through cascade reaction.
Scheme 8: Radical pathway for conversion of alkyl iodides to alkylsilanes.
Scheme 9: Conversion of alkyl ester of N-hydroxyphthalimide to alkylsilanes.
Scheme 10: Conversion of gem-dibromides to bis-silylalkanes.
Scheme 11: Conversion of imines to α-silylated amines (A) and the reaction pathway (B).
Scheme 12: Conversion of N-tosylimines to α-silylated amines.
Scheme 13: Screening of diamine ligands.
Scheme 14: Conversion of N-tert-butylsulfonylimines to α-silylated amines.
Scheme 15: Conversion of aldimines to nonracemic α-silylated amines.
Scheme 16: Conversion of N-tosylimines to α-silylated amines.
Scheme 17: Reaction pathway [A] and conversion of aldehydes to α-silylated alcohols [B].
Scheme 18: Conversion of aldehydes to benzhydryl silyl ethers.
Scheme 19: Conversion of ketones to 1,2-diols (A) and conversion of imines to 1,2-amino alcohols (B).
Scheme 20: Ligand screening (A) and conversion of aldehydes to α-silylated alcohols (B).
Scheme 21: Conversion of aldehydes to α-silylated alcohols.
Scheme 22: 1,4-Additions to α,β-unsaturated ketones.
Scheme 23: 1,4-Additions to unsaturated ketones to give β-silylated derivatives.
Scheme 24: Additions onto α,β-unsaturated lactones to give β-silylated lactones.
Scheme 25: Conversion of α,β-unsaturated to β-silylated lactams.
Scheme 26: Conversion of N-arylacrylamides to silylated oxindoles.
Scheme 27: Conversion of α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds to silylated tert-butylperoxides.
Scheme 28: Catalytic cycle for Cu(I) catalyzed α,β-unsaturated compounds.
Scheme 29: Conversion of p-quinone methides to benzylic silanes.
Scheme 30: Conversion of α,β-unsaturated ketimines to regio- and stereocontrolled allylic silanes.
Scheme 31: Conversion of α,β-unsaturated ketimines to enantioenriched allylic silanes.
Scheme 32: Regioselective conversion of dienedioates to allylic silanes.
Scheme 33: Conversion of alkenyl-substituted azaarenes to β-silylated adducts.
Scheme 34: Conversion of conjugated benzoxazoles to enantioenriched β-silylated adducts.
Scheme 35: Conversion of α,β-unsaturated carbonyl indoles to α-silylated N-alkylated indoles.
Scheme 36: Conversion of β-amidoacrylates to α-aminosilanes.
Scheme 37: Conversion of α,β-unsaturated ketones to enantioenriched β-silylated ketones, nitriles, and nitro d...
Scheme 38: Regio-divergent silacarboxylation of allenes.
Scheme 39: Silylation of diazocarbonyl compounds, (A) asymmetric and (B) racemic.
Scheme 40: Enantioselective hydrosilylation of alkenes.
Scheme 41: Conversion of 3-acylindoles to indolino-silanes.
Scheme 42: Proposed mechanism for the silylation of 3-acylindoles.
Scheme 43: Silyation of N-chlorosulfonamides.
Scheme 44: Conversion of acyl silanes to α-silyl alcohols.
Scheme 45: Conversion of N-tosylaziridines to β-silylated N-tosylamines.
Scheme 46: Conversion of N-tosylaziridines to silylated N-tosylamines.
Scheme 47: Conversion of 3,3-disubstituted cyclopropenes to silylated cyclopropanes.
Scheme 48: Conversion of conjugated enynes to 1,3-bis(silyl)propenes.
Scheme 49: Proposed sequence for the Cu-catalyzed borylation of substituted alkenes.
Scheme 50: Cu-catalyzed synthesis of nonracemic allylic boronates.
Scheme 51: Cu–NHC catalyzed synthesis of α-substituted allylboronates.
Scheme 52: Synthesis of α-chiral (γ-alkoxyallyl)boronates.
Scheme 53: Cu-mediated formation of nonracemic cis- or trans- 2-substituted cyclopropylboronates.
Scheme 54: Cu-catalyzed synthesis of γ,γ-gem-difluoroallylboronates.
Scheme 55: Cu-catalyzed hydrofunctionalization of internal alkenes and vinylarenes.
Scheme 56: Cu-catalyzed Markovnikov and anti-Markovnikov borylation of alkenes.
Scheme 57: Cu-catalyzed borylation/ortho-cyanation/Cope rearrangement.
Scheme 58: Borylfluoromethylation of alkenes.
Scheme 59: Cu-catalyzed synthesis of tertiary nonracemic alcohols.
Scheme 60: Synthesis of densely functionalized and synthetically versatile 1,2- or 4,3-borocyanated 1,3-butadi...
Scheme 61: Cu-catalyzed trifunctionalization of allenes.
Scheme 62: Cu-catalyzed selective arylborylation of arenes.
Scheme 63: Asymmetric borylative coupling between styrenes and imines.
Scheme 64: Regio-divergent aminoboration of unactivated terminal alkenes.
Scheme 65: Cu-catalyzed 1,4-borylation of α,β-unsaturated ketones.
Scheme 66: Cu-catalyzed protodeboronation of α,β-unsaturated ketones.
Scheme 67: Cu-catalyzed β-borylation of α,β-unsaturated imines.
Scheme 68: Cu-catalyzed synthesis of β-trifluoroborato carbonyl compounds.
Scheme 69: Asymmetric 1,4-borylation of α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds.
Scheme 70: Cu-catalyzed ACB and ACA reactions of α,β-unsaturated 2-acyl-N-methylimidazoles.
Scheme 71: Cu-catalyzed diborylation of aldehydes.
Scheme 72: Umpolung pathway for chiral, nonracemic tertiary alcohol synthesis (top) and proposed mechanism for...
Scheme 73: Cu-catalyzed synthesis of α-hydroxyboronates.
Scheme 74: Cu-catalyzed borylation of ketones.
Scheme 75: Cu-catalyzed borylation of unactivated alkyl halides.
Scheme 76: Cu-catalyzed borylation of allylic difluorides.
Scheme 77: Cu-catalyzed borylation of cyclic and acyclic alkyl halides.
Scheme 78: Cu-catalyzed borylation of unactivated alkyl chlorides and bromides.
Scheme 79: Cu-catalyzed decarboxylative borylation of carboxylic acids.
Scheme 80: Cu-catalyzed borylation of benzylic, allylic, and propargylic alcohols.
Cationic Pd(II)-catalyzed C–H activation/cross-coupling reactions at room temperature: synthetic and mechanistic studies
- Takashi Nishikata,
- Alexander R. Abela,
- Shenlin Huang and
- Bruce H. Lipshutz
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1040–1064, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.99
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Road map to enhanced C–H activation reactivity.
Scheme 1: Concerted metalation–deprotonation and elelectrophilic palladation pathways for C–H activation.
Scheme 2: Routes for generation of cationic palladium(II) species.
Scheme 3: Optimized conditions for C–H arylations at room temperature.
Scheme 4: Biaryl formation catalyzed by Pd(OAc)2.
Figure 2: C–H arylation results. Conditions A: Conducted at rt for 20 h in 2 wt % Brij 35/water (1 mL) with 1...
Figure 3: Monoarylations in water at rt. Conditions A: Conducted at rt for 20 h in 2 wt % Brij 35/water with ...
Scheme 5: Selective arylation of a 1-naphthylurea derivative.
Figure 4: Fujiwara–Moritani coupling rreactions in water. Conditions A: 10 mol % [Pd(MeCN)4](BF4)2, 1 equiv B...
Figure 5: Optimization. Conducted at rt for 8 h or as otherwise noted in EtOAc with 10 mol % Pd catalyst, AgO...
Figure 6: Representative results in EtOAc. Conducted at rt in EtOAc with 10 mol % Pd(OAc)2, HBF4 (1 equiv), a...
Scheme 6: Previous syntheses of boscalid®.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of boscalid®. aConducted at rt for 20 h in EtOAc with 10 mol % [Pd(MeCN)4](BF4)2, BQ (5 e...
Scheme 8: Hypothetical reaction sequence for cationic Pd(II)-catalyzed aromatic C–H activation reactions.
Scheme 9: Palladacycle formation.
Figure 7: X-ray structure of palladacycle 6 with thermal ellipsoids at the 50% probability level. BF4 and hyd...
Figure 8: NMR studies. A: The reaction of [Pd(MeCN)4](BF4)2 and 3-MeOC6H4NHCONMe2 in acetone-d6. B: The react...
Scheme 10: The generation of cationic Pd(II) from Pd(OAc)2.
Scheme 11: Electrophilic substitution of aromatic hydrogen by cationic palladium(II) species.
Scheme 12: Attempted reactions of palladacycle 6.
Scheme 13: The impact of MeCN on C-H activation/coupling reactions.
Scheme 14: Stoichiometric MeCN-free reactions. a2% Brij 35 was used instead of EtOAc.
Scheme 15: The reactions of divalent palladacycles.
Scheme 16: Role of BQ in stoichiometric Fujiwara–Moritani and Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reactions. aYields based...
Scheme 17: Proposed role of BQ in Fujiwara–Moritani reactions.
Scheme 18: Proposed role of BQ in Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reactions.
Scheme 19: Stoichiometric C–H arylation of iodobenzene. aYields based on Pd.
Scheme 20: Impact of acetate on the cationicity of Pd.
Scheme 21: Roles of additives in C–H arylation.
Scheme 22: Cross-coupling in the presence of AgBF4.
Scheme 23: A proposed catalytic cycle for Fujiwara–Moritani reactions.
Scheme 24: Proposed catalytic cycle of C–H activation/Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reactions.
Scheme 25: A proposed catalytic cycle for C–H arylation involving a Pd(IV) intermediate.
Scheme 26: Selected reactions of divalent palladacycles.
