Catalytic activity of Pd(II) and Pd(II)/DAB-R systems for the Heck arylation of olefins

Gabriela A. Grasa, Rohit Singh, Edwin D. Stevens, Steven P. Nolan

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Abstract

Palladium-catalyzed reactions of aryl bromides with various olefins involving Pd(II)/diazabutadiene (DAB-R) systems have been investigated. The scope of a coupling process using Pd(II) sources and an α-diimine as ligand in the presence of Cs2CO3 as base was tested using various substrates. The Pd(OAc)2/ DAB-Cy (1, DAB-Cy=1,4-dicyclohexyl-diazabutadiene) system presents the highest activity with respect to electron-neutral and electron-deficient aryl bromides in coupling with electron rich olefins. The synthesis and X-ray characterization of a Pd(II)-diazabutadiene ligand is reported. Extensive optimization experiments showed that another Pd(II) source, Pd(acac)2 (acac=acetylacetonate), proved to activate aryl bromides at high temperatures, low catalyst loadings when the appropriate concentration of nBu4NBr additive was employed. The effect of the DAB-Cy ligand is important at very low catalyst loadings and high temperatures. Pd(acac)2 and Pd(acac)2 /DAB-Cy precatalysts were very effective for the arylation of various olefins with aryl bromides with respect to reaction rate, catalyst loadings, and functional group tolerance.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)269-279
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Organometallic Chemistry
Volume687
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 7 2003
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We gratefully acknowledge financial support from the National Science Foundation, the Petroleum Research Fund administered by ACS and the Louisiana Board of Regents. We thank OMG for the generous gift of Pd(acac) 2 .

Keywords

  • Diazabutadienes
  • Heck coupling
  • Palladium

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