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

• diaminobenzene promoted by TiCl3 [209]. A number of additional syntheses can also be found in the literature [86][210]. Moreover, the BASF has patented routes using a traditional Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling in the presence of 0.5 mol % Pd catalyst to reach the same nitro-intermediate found in the Felpin route

Bi- and trinuclear copper(I) complexes of 1,2,3-triazole-tethered NHC ligands: synthesis, structure, and catalytic properties

• Shaojin Gu,
• Jiehao Du,
• Jingjing Huang,
• Huan Xia,
• Ling Yang,
• Weilin Xu and
• Chunxin Lu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 863–873, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.85

• and platinum complexes containing 1,2,3-triazole-tethered NHC ligands. The obtained palladium complexes displayed high activity in aqueous Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reactions. We are interested in the synthesis and use of functionalized NHC ligands [20][28][29][30][31]. Herein, the synthesis

A convenient route to symmetrically and unsymmetrically substituted 3,5-diaryl-2,4,6-trimethylpyridines via Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction

• Dariusz Błachut,
• Joanna Szawkało and
• Zbigniew Czarnocki

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 835–845, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.82

• convenient synthesis of symmetrically and unsymmetrically substituted 3,5-diaryl-2,4,6-trimethylpyridines via Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction. Several diarylpyridines with mixed aryl rings were produced by sequential two-step Suzuki cross-coupling reaction with separation of intermediary 3-aryl-5

Syntheses of dibenzo[d,d']benzo[2,1-b:3,4-b']difuran derivatives and their application to organic field-effect transistors

• Minh Anh Truong and
• Koji Nakano

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 805–812, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.79

• -isopropoxy-4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolane (iPrO-Bpin) gave boronate ester 7 in 57% yield. Then, terphenyl 9 was synthesized via palladium-catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura cross coupling of boronate ester 7 with 2,3-difluoro-1,4-diiodobenzene (96% yield) and subsequent demethylation (95% yield). Finally, the

Hydroquinone–pyrrole dyads with varied linkers

• Hao Huang,
• Christoffer Karlsson,
• Maria Strømme,
• Martin Sjödin and
• Adolf Gogoll

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 89–96, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.10

• considered satisfactory because of the ready availability of starting materials and the modest reaction time of 4 hours. Since the starting materials in the Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling tolerate a wide variety of functional groups, facile and versatile combination of different dihydroxybenzyl halide

• –Miyaura cross-coupling as shown in Scheme 1, with a total yield of nearly 50% (from 2,5-dimethoxybenzyl bromide (5)). Starting material 5 was prepared from 2,5-dimethoxybenzylalcohol by a reported procedure [18] in 95% yield. Using typical conditions, the yield of the coupling reaction was 56%, which was

• utilized for C–C cross coupling of benzyl halides with heteroarylboronic acids. However, in contrast to its use for the synthesis of thiophene and furane derivatives, it has rarely been employed for the coupling of pyrrolylboronic acids with benzyl halides [13][14][15][16][17]. We applied the Suzuki

N-Methylphthalimide-substituted benzimidazolium salts and PEPPSI Pd–NHC complexes: synthesis, characterization and catalytic activity in carbon–carbon bond-forming reactions

• Senem Akkoç,
• Yetkin Gök,
• İlhan Özer İlhan and
• Veysel Kayser

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 81–88, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.9

• -alkylbenzimidazolin-2-ylidene and Py = 3-chloropyridine, were synthesized and characterized by means of 1H and 13C{1H} NMR, UV–vis (for 5–8), ESI-FTICR-MS (for 2, 4, 6–8) and FTIR spectroscopic methods and elemental analysis. The synthesized compounds were tested in Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling (for 1–8) and

• with 4-chlorotoluene. Keywords: arylation; benzimidazolium salts; catalysis; N-heterocyclic carbene; PEPPSI complex; Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction; Introduction The use of N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) as ligands was started by Wanzlick [1] and Öfele [2] almost fifty years ago. There have

• complexes have been used in different coupling reactions such as Mizoroki–Heck cross-coupling [22][23], Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling [24][25], Sonogashira [26] and arylation reactions [27]. There are suitable precatalyst scaffolds, which were developed by Nolan [28], Organ [21] and Buchwald [29]. To find

Synthesis of Xenia diterpenoids and related metabolites isolated from marine organisms

• Tatjana Huber,
• Lara Weisheit and
• Thomas Magauer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2521–2539, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.273

• iodide 97. The following palladium-catalyzed B-alkyl Suzuki–Miyaura cross coupling between the borane derived from alkene 98 and vinyl iodide 97 furnished a Z-configured alkene. Deprotection of the trimethylsilyl ether then afforded alcohol 99. A rhodium(II)-catalyzed O–H insertion reaction of the

• -membered carbocycle was realized via a B-alkyl Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction. Optimization studies of this key ring closure with different protecting groups on the lactol functionality revealed methyl acetal 135 as the most efficient substrate for this transformation. The challenging key step was

Half-sandwich nickel(II) complexes bearing 1,3-di(cycloalkyl)imidazol-2-ylidene ligands

• Johnathon Yau,
• Kaarel E. Hunt,
• Laura McDougall,
• Alan R. Kennedy and
• David J. Nelson

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2171–2178, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.235

• . The new species were fully characterised using methods including NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography. When tested in model Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reactions, these complexes were found to be active for the cross-coupling of aryl bromides and aryl chlorides. Keywords: catalysis; cross

• NHC·HCl salt, rendering these species highly accessible (Scheme 1b) [10]. After the initial work by Cowley and Jones, various other researchers have disclosed complexes of this form and tested them in cross-coupling reactions such as Buchwald–Hartwig amination [11], Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling [12], and

• )] complexes in Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reactions of 4’-bromoacetophenone and 4’-chloroacetophenone with phenylboronic acid (Scheme 4) [12]. It was therefore decided to study these reactions as part of our preliminary evaluation of these new complexes as potential pre-catalysts for cross-coupling

The simple production of nonsymmetric quaterpyridines through Kröhnke pyridine synthesis

• Isabelle Sasaki,
• Jean-Claude Daran and
• Gérard Commenges

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1781–1785, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.193

• pathway [17][20], or a Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction [21]. The use of triazine derivatives (which under particular conditions undergo an inverse Diels–Alder reaction) can also produce oligopyridines [22]. On the other hand, there are a limited number of reports dealing with the preparation of

Pyridine-promoted dediazoniation of aryldiazonium tetrafluoroborates: Application to the synthesis of SF₅-substituted phenylboronic esters and iodobenzenes

• George Iakobson,
• Junyi Du,
• Alexandra M. Z. Slawin and
• Petr Beier

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1494–1502, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.162

• . Starting from aniline derivative 1b, a one pot diazotization–borylation sequence using different acids afforded the corresponding borylated product 2b in good yields (Table 3). Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reactions of boronates 2a and 2b with aryl iodides using a simple system without any optimization

Selected synthetic strategies to cyclophanes

• Sambasivarao Kotha,
• Mukesh E. Shirbhate and
• Gopalkrushna T. Waghule

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1274–1331, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.142

Weakly nucleophilic potassium aryltrifluoroborates in palladium-catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura reactions: relative reactivity of K[4-RC₆F₄BF₃] and the role of silver-assistance in acceleration of transmetallation

• Vadim V. Bardin,
• Anton Yu. Shabalin and
• Nicolay Yu. Adonin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 608–616, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.68

• continuation of systematic research of the Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction of weakly nucleophilic organotrifluoroborates we report here the study of the relative reactivity of K[4-RC6F4BF3] in the Pd-catalyzed reactions with some aryl bromides and iodides in the presence of Ag2O. The borates were chosen

• ability to transmetallation, to coordinate to the organoboronic acid with the three-coordinated boron atom to ArPdL2OH and subsequent transmetallation (Scheme 1). However, some experimental facts indicate the multilateral role of silver(I) compounds AgmY in the acceleration of the Suzuki–Miyaura cross

• -coupling. Beside generation of ArPdLnOH, AgmY may act as a Lewis acid producing complex [RPdLn][XAgmY] with a highly electrophilic cation. The reactions often are performed in polar aprotic solvents (MeCN, THF, acetone) and the complexes exist in solutions as solvates [RPdLn(solv.)][XAgmY]. Some complexes

A novel 4-aminoantipyrine-Pd(II) complex catalyzes Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reactions of aryl halides

• Claudia A. Contreras-Celedón,
• Darío Mendoza-Rayo,
• José A. Rincón-Medina and
• Luis Chacón-García

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2821–2826, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.299

• 58030, tel.: +52 443 326 5790; fax: +52 443 326 5788 10.3762/bjoc.10.299 Abstract A simple and efficient catalytic system based on a Pd complex of 4-aminoantipyrine, 4-AAP–Pd(II), was found to be highly active for Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling of aryl iodides and bromides with phenylboronic acids under

• ppm, with its integration indicating one proton. This result suggests to us that the palladium interacts with the carbonyl and amine groups of the pyrazole ring of 4-AAP. The synthesized 4-AAP–Pd(II) complex was used to carry out all palladium-catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reactions

Solution processable diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) cored small molecules with BODIPY end groups as novel donors for organic solar cells

• Diego Cortizo-Lacalle,
• Calvyn T. Howells,
• Upendra K. Pandey,
• Joseph Cameron,
• Neil J. Findlay,
• Anto Regis Inigo,
• Tell Tuttle,
• Peter J. Skabara and
• Ifor D. W. Samuel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2683–2695, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.283

• synthesise 6. Whereas the synthesis of 6 was achieved in 33% yield, the yield decreased to 12% when the derivative with two thiophenes was prepared [47]. The BODIPY-DPP-BODIPY triads (9 and 10) were synthesised via Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling by reaction of the functionalised DPP core 8 [48] with the

Aryl substitution of pentacenes

• Andreas R. Waterloo,
• Anna-Chiara Sale,
• Dan Lehnherr,
• Frank Hampel and
• Rik R. Tykwinski

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1692–1705, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.178

• nucleophilic addition (yields given are for the pentacene product 3, over the two steps from either 4a or 4b). Functionalization of iodoaryl pentacene 3g using the Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction. Optical properties of pentacenes 3a–k, unsubstituted pentacene (PEN), and TIPSPc. Thermal properties of a

Atherton–Todd reaction: mechanism, scope and applications

• Stéphanie S. Le Corre,
• Mathieu Berchel,
• Hélène Couthon-Gourvès,
• Jean-Pierre Haelters and
• Paul-Alain Jaffrès

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1166–1196, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.117

• reaction produced the arylstannane in 75 to 90% yield [88]. The Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction is another type of reaction with the phosphate group acting as a leaving group. As exemplified in Scheme 30, the aryl dialkyl phosphate was produced in good yield by an AT reaction [89]. Then, this

4-Hydroxy-6-alkyl-2-pyrones as nucleophilic coupling partners in Mitsunobu reactions and oxa-Michael additions

• Michael J. Burns,
• Thomas O. Ronson,
• Richard J. K. Taylor and
• Ian J. S. Fairlamb

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1159–1165, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.116

• could find only limited precedent for this procedure being used previously in this way [15][16][17]. In our case, we were able to further modify the resulting pyronyl ether forming a trisubstituted enol ether, which then underwent a Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling or direct arylation-type reaction. As

Palladium-catalysed cross-coupling reaction of ultra-stabilised 2-aryl-1,3-dihydro-1H-benzo[d]1,3,2-diazaborole compounds with aryl bromides: A direct protocol for the preparation of unsymmetrical biaryls

• Siphamandla Sithebe and
• Ross S. Robinson

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1107–1113, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.109

• absorption and fluorescence characteristics. Here we describe the first palladium-catalysed Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction of easily accessible and ultra-stabilised 2-aryl-1,3-dihydro-1H-benzo[d]1,3,2-diazaborole derivatives with various aryl bromides. Aryl bromides bearing electron-withdrawing

• [1][2][3][4][5]. Amongst them, the Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction of aryl halides/triflates and organoboron compounds is one of the most documented and versatile cross-coupling reaction in the literature [6]. The use of organoboron compounds 1, 2 and 3 (Figure 1) as nucleophilic coupling

• partners in the Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction is particularly attractive due to the non-toxicity of the byproducts, the ease with which they are transmetalated and their high stability towards air and moisture, which are the key features for coupling reactions [7]. On one hand, structural diverse

Clean and fast cross-coupling of aryl halides in one-pot

• Valerica Pandarus,
• Geneviève Gingras,
• François Béland,
• Rosaria Ciriminna and
• Mario Pagliaro

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 897–901, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.87

• and the method does not require the use of inert conditions. The use of non-toxic isopropanol or 2-butanol as reaction solvent further adds to the environmental benefits of this new green synthetic methodology. Keywords: borylation; SiliaCat; Suzuki–Miyaura; cross-coupling; one-pot; Findings

• Affording valued biaryls and heterobiaryls, namely ubiquitous chemical moieties in pharmaceuticals, natural products, photoactive species and many other functional molecules, the Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction is widely employed by the fine chemicals and pharmaceutical industries [1]. The reaction

Columnar/herringbone dual crystal packing of pyrenylsumanene and its photophysical properties

• Binod Babu Shrestha,
• Shuhei Higashibayashi and
• Hidehiro Sakurai

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 841–847, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.80

• Pyrenylsumanene (1) was prepared from iodosumanene [8] and pyreneboronic acid in 84% yield through a Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction (Scheme 1). The preparation of iodosumanene was improved by using a catalytic amount of scandium (III)triflate (Sc(OTf)3) with 6,6’-diiodo-2,2’-dimethoxy-1,1’-binaphthol (DIH

Imidazole as a parent π-conjugated backbone in charge-transfer chromophores

• Jiří Kulhánek and
• Filip Bureš

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 25–49, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.4

• –Miyaura cross-coupling reactions [107] on 2-bromoimidazole 2 (Scheme 2) as three series a, b, and c according to the type of the used donor D (H, OMe, and NMe2). The π-conjugated path was systematically varied and enlarged in order to study its influence on the chromophore polarizability. The chromophores

• on alkoxysilanes [105][106]. This new material is to be applied as an electro-optic modulator. Our synthetic efforts in the field of 4,5-dicyanoimidazole-derived chromophores began with the initial set of push–pull molecules 88–93 (Figure 16; [30]). Chromophores 88–93 were synthesized by Suzuki

Recent advances in direct C–H arylation: Methodology, selectivity and mechanism in oxazole series

• Cécile Verrier,
• Pierrik Lassalas,
• Laure Théveau,
• Guy Quéguiner,
• François Trécourt,
• Francis Marsais and
• Christophe Hoarau

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 1584–1601, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.187

• direct (hetero)arylation of (hetero)arenes is an attractive alternative to traditional Kumada, Stille, Negishi and Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reactions, notably as it avoids the prior preparation and isolation of (hetero)arylmetals. Developments of this methodology in the oxazole series are reviewed

Air-stable, recyclable, and time-efficient diphenylphosphinite cellulose-supported palladium nanoparticles as a catalyst for Suzuki–Miyaura reactions

• Qingwei Du and
• Yiqun Li

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 378–385, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.48

• (Figure 4a). The TEM image of the used catalyst indicates that the size and morphology of the nanopalladium has suffered slightly from agglomeration in the recovered catalyst after being reused six times (Figure 4b). Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reactions To explore the efficiency of the

• diphenylphosphinite cellulose-supported nanopalladium catalyst, it was initially used in the Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction, which is a versatile and a well studied method for the generation of Csp2–Csp2 bonds in organic synthesis. The influence of base, solvent and amount of catalyst on Suzuki–Miyaura cross

• –Pd0). General procedure for the Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction In a typical experiment, the Cell–OPPh2–Pd0 catalyst (0.005 mmol of Pd) was added to a mixture of aryl halide (1.0 mmol), arylboronic acid (1.2 mmol), and K2CO3 (2.0 mmol) in 95% ethanol (5 cm3), and the reaction mixture was

Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction of 1-aryltriazenes with arylboronic acids catalyzed by a recyclable polymer-supported N-heterocyclic carbene–palladium complex catalyst

• Guangming Nan,
• Fang Ren and
• Meiming Luo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 70, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.70

• Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction of 1-aryltriazenes with arylboronic acids catalyzed by a recyclable polymer-supported Pd–NHC complex catalyst has been realized for the first time. The polymer-supported catalyst can be re-used several times still retaining high activity for this transformation

• ; recyclable catalyst; Suzuki–Miyaura reaction; Introduction The unsymmetrical biaryls feature in a diverse range of organic compounds, such as natural products, advanced materials, liquid crystals, ligands and molecules of medicinal interest [1][2][3][4]. The palladium-catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling

• electrophilic component [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]. As an additional candidate for the electrophilic coupling partner, arenediazonium salts have also been used in place of aryl halides in the Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction, and show higher activity than the corresponding aryl

Solvent-free and time-efficient Suzuki–Miyaura reaction in a ball mill: the solid reagent system KF–Al₂O₃ under inspection

• Franziska Bernhardt,
• Ronald Trotzki,
• Tony Szuppa,
• Achim Stolle and
• Bernd Ondruschka

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 7, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.7

• applied in solvent-free Pd-catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reactions of aryl bromides with phenylboronic acid, and the performances of the individual SRS were compared [33][34][36][37][38][39][40][41][42]. Results and Discussion Incorporation of KF–Al2O3 as a basic component in organic synthesis

• beakers (V = 45 ml), 6 agate milling balls (d = 15 mm) per beaker, 800 rpm, 10 min; batch: 5 mmol aryl bromide, 124 mol % phenylboronic acid, 3.6 mol % Pd(OAc)2]. Dependence of the yield of Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling product (Scheme 1) from water content (Karl-Fischer titration) of KF-loaded aluminas