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Transition-Metal-Free Cross-Coupling of Aryl and N-Heteroaryl Cyanides with Benzylic Zinc Reagents
Quinio, Pauline,Roman, Daniela Sustac,León, Thierry,William, Sharankini,Karaghiosoff, Konstantin,Knochel, Paul
, p. 4396 - 4399 (2015/09/15)
Functionalized 4-benzylated pyridines can be efficiently prepared by a transition-metal-free cross-coupling between various benzylic zinc chlorides and substituted 4-cyanopyridines in THF/DMPU under microwave irradiation (40 °C, 0.5-1.5 h). Selective benzylations on polycyano-aromatics have also been achieved under these mild conditions. We also report a novel oxidative nucleophilic substitution of a hydrogen on 1,3-dicyanobenzene using benzylic zinc reagents.
Carbopalladation of nitriles: Synthesis of 2,3-diarylindenones and polycyclic aromatic ketones by the Pd-catalyzed annulation of alkynes and bicyclic alkenes by 2-iodoarenenitriles
Pletnev, Alexandre A.,Tian, Qingping,Larock, Richard C.
, p. 9276 - 9287 (2007/10/03)
2-Iodobenzonitrile, its derivatives, and various heterocyclic analogues undergo palladium(O)-catalyzed annulation onto diarylacetylenes or bicyclic alkenes to afford 2,3-diarylindenones and polycyclic aromatic ketones in very good to excellent yields. This reaction represents one of the first examples of the addition of an organopalladium moiety to the carbon-nitrogen triple bond of a nitrile. The reaction is compatible with a number of functional groups. A reaction mechanism, as well as a model accounting for the electronic effects of substituents on the aromatic ring of the nitrile, is proposed.
