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Herein we report ketones as feedstock materials in radical cross-coupling reactions under Ni/photoredox dual catalysis. In this approach, simple condensation first converts ketones into prearomatic intermediates that then act as activated radical sources for cross-coupling with aryl halides. Our strategy enables the direct benzylation/benzoylation of (hetero)arenes under mild reaction conditions with high functional group tolerance.

Although cross-coupling reactions of amides by selective N?C cleavage are one of the most powerful and burgeoning areas in organic synthesis due to the ubiquity of amide bonds, the development of mechanochemical, solid-state methods remains a major challe

A selective electrochemical oxidation was developed under mild condition. Various mono-carbonyl and multi-carbonyl compounds can be prepared from different aromatic hydrocarbons with moderate to excellent yield and selectivity by virtue of this electrochemical oxidation. The produced carbonyl compounds can be further transformed into α-ketoamides, homoallylic alcohols and oximes in a one-pot reaction. In particular, a series of α-ketoamides were prepared in a one-pot continuous electrolysis. Mechanistic studies showed that 2,2,2-trifluoroethan-1-ol (TFE) can interact with catalyst species and generate the corresponding hydrogen-bonding complex to enhance the electrochemical oxidation performance. [Figure not available: see fulltext.]

The dual function and role of iron(0) pentacarbonyl [Fe(CO)5] has been identified in gaseous CO-free carbonylative Suzuki-Miyaura cross-couplings, in which Fe(CO)5supplied COin situ, leading to the propagation of catalytically active Pd-Fe nanoparticles. Compared with typical carbonylative reaction conditions, CO gas (at high pressures), specialised exogenous ligands and inert reaction conditions were avoided. Our developed reaction conditions are mild, do not require specialised CO high pressure equipment, and exhibit wide functional group tolerance, giving a library of biaryl ketones in good yields.

Recent methodological reports for synthesizing acyl-MIDA boronate esters compel an investigation of their potential use as substrates in a standard Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reaction. Here we report the production of benzophenones by C[sbnd]C cross coupling between a benzoyl-MIDA boronate ester and a multitude of aryl bromide substrates in adequate yields following optimization under ambient conditions outside of a glove box. Under these standard conditions, none of several acyl-MIDA boronate esters (in an alkyl series) serves as a competent coupling partner. The substrate scope is also limited by the finding that the corresponding trifluoroborates of both acyl- and aroyltrifluroborates are not suitable substrates. For reasons of availability and synthetic difficulty in procuring other aroyl-MIDA boronates, this preliminary study examines the reactivity of benzoyl-MIDA boronate with several aryl bromide substrates.

In this study, 2,3-dicyanopyrazino phenanthrene (DCPP), a commodity chemical that can be prepared at an industrial scale, was used as a photocatalyst in lieu of Ru or Ir complexes in C-X (X = C, N, and O) bond-forming reactions under visible-light irradiation. In these reactions, [DCPP]n aggregates were formed in situ through physical π-πstacking of DCPP monomers in organic solvents. These aggregates exhibited excellent photo- and electrochemical properties, including a visible light response (430 nm), long excited-state lifetime (19.3 μs), high excited-state reduction potential (Ered([DCPP]n*/[DCPP]n·-) = +2.10 V vs SCE), and good reduction stability. The applications of [DCPP]n aggregates as a versatile visible-light photocatalyst were demonstrated in decarboxylative C-C cross-coupling, amidation, and esterification reactions.

The development of efficient methods for facilitating N-C(O) bond activation in amides is an important objective in organic synthesis that permits the manipulation of the traditionally unreactive amide bonds. Herein, we report a comparative evaluation of a series of cyclic amides as activating groups in amide N-C(O) bond cross-coupling. Evaluation of N-acyl-imides, N-acyl-lactams, and N-acyl-oxazolidinones bearing five- and six-membered rings using Pd(II)-NHC and Pd-phosphine systems reveals the relative reactivity order of N-activating groups in Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling. The reactivity of activated phenolic esters and thioesters is evaluated for comparison in O-C(O) and S-C(O) cross-coupling under the same reaction conditions. Most notably, the study reveals N-acyl-δ-valerolactams as a highly effective class of mono-N-acyl-activated amide precursors in cross-coupling. The X-ray structure of the model N-acyl-δ-valerolactam is characterized by an additive Winkler-Dunitz distortion parameter ?(τ+χN) of 54.0°, placing this amide in a medium distortion range of twisted amides. Computational studies provide insight into the structural and energetic parameters of the amide bond, including amidic resonance, N/O-protonation aptitude, and the rotational barrier around the N-C(O) axis. This class of N-acyl-lactams will be a valuable addition to the growing portfolio of amide electrophiles for cross-coupling reactions by acyl-metal intermediates.

This disclosure relates to bridged bis(N-heterocyclic carbene)palladium(II) complexes, methods of preparing the complexes, and methods of using the complexes in Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reactions.

A green and efficient visible-light induced functionalization of anilines under mild conditions has been reported. Utilizing nontoxic, cost-effective, and water-soluble diacetyl as photosensitizer and acetylating reagent, and water as the solvent, a variety of anilines were converted into the corresponding aryl ketones, iodides, and bromides. With advantages of environmentally friendly conditions, simple operation, broad substrate scope, and functional group tolerance, this reaction represents a valuable method in organic synthesis.

N-Acylglutarimides and arylsiloxanes reacted in the presence of Pd(OAc)2/PCy3, Et3N·3HF, and LiOAc to provide the corresponding arylketones in good yields. Aryl-, vinyl-, and alkyl-substituted N-acylglutarimides showed good activity in the coupling reactions of arylsiloxanes. The reaction had a broad substrate scope and showed good functional group tolerance. N-Benzoylsuccinimide and N-protected N-phenylbenzamides showed good activities in coupling reactions with phenylsiloxane. The employment of CuF2 as an activor afforded the decarbonylative products at 160 °C.

Herein, we report that merging palladium catalysis with hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) photocatalysis enabled direct arylations and alkenylations of aldehyde C-H bonds, facilitating visible light-catalyzed construction of a variety of ketones. Tetrabutylammonium decatungstate and anthraquinone were found to act as synergistic HAT photocatalysts. Density functional theory calculations suggested a Pd0-PdII-PdIII-PdI-Pd0 pathway and revealed that regeneration of the Pd0 catalyst and the photocatalyst occurs simultaneously in the presence of KHCO3. This regeneration features a low energy barrier, promoting efficient coupling of the palladium catalytic cycle with the photocatalytic cycle. The work reported herein suggests great promise for further applications of HAT photocatalysis in palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling and C-H functionalization reactions to be successful.

A palladium-catalyzed external-CO-free carbonylative Hiyama-Denmark cross-coupling reaction is presented. The introduction of silylcarboxylic acids as bifunctional reagents (CO and nucleophile source) avoids the need for external gaseous CO and a silylarene coupling partner. The transformation features high functional group tolerance and it is successful with electron-rich, -neutral, and -poor aryl iodides. Stoichiometric studies and control experiments provide insight into the reaction mechanism and support the hypothesized dual role of silylcarboxylic acids. (Figure presented.).

The development of new amide precursors for selective, catalytic activation of carbon-nitrogen bonds in amides is a fundamental objective of this emerging reactivity manifold. We report the palladium-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling of N-acylcarbazoles and N-acylindoles with arylboronic acids by a highly selective N-C(O) cleavage. The key amide bond ground-state destabilization stems from Nlp to Ar conjugation and enables us for the first time to achieve reactivity similar to that for N-acylsulfonamide and N-acylcarbamate activation in simple anilides.

We report herein a green strategy for synthesis of aryl ketones from twisted amides by using Pd(OAc)2 as catalysts. This method shows high functional group tolerance to offer a variety of ketones in good yields under mild conditions (up to 94 %). Notably, this methodology demonstrates the first water phase, room temperature, ligand-free Suzuki–Miyaura coupling through C–N bond cleavage, which is environmentally friendly and might facilitate the development of amide based green chemistry.

A versatile method for the Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling of amides using highly active, well-defined, and air-stable Pd?phosphine precatalysts is reported. Most notably, the method represents the first example of using practical and operationally-simple Pd(II)?phosphine precatalysts in the emerging amide bond cross-coupling manifold. The reactions are efficient at 0.10 mol% loading, furnishing biaryl ketones with high chemoselectivity for N?C(O) bond cleavage. This versatile method enables for the first time to achieve Pd?phosphine-catalyzed cross-coupling of amides at ppm loading. This C?N cross-coupling can be used to efficiently furnish pharmaceutical intermediates by orthogonal Pd-catalyzed cross-couplings. We fully expect that operationally-simple [(PR3)2Pd(II)X2] precatalysts as effective triggers for N?C(O) cross-coupling will be of broad synthetic and catalytic interest. (Figure presented.).

Acyl radicals have been generated from α-keto acids using inexpensive and commercially available 2-chloro-thioxanthen-9-one as the photoredox catalyst under visible light illumination. These reactive species added to olefins or coupled with aryl halides via a bipyridylstabilized Ni(II) catalyst, enabling easy access to a diverse range of ketones. This reliable, atom-economical, and eco-friendly protocol is compatible with a wide range of functional groups.

Bridged N,N′-substituted bisbenzimidazolium bromide salts (L1, L2, and L3) were synthesized and fully characterized. Reactions of palladium acetate with L1, L2, and L3 afforded corresponding new bridged bis(N-heterocyclic carbene)palladium(II) complexes (C1, C2, and C3) in high yields. The X-ray structure of complex C1 showed that the Pd(II) ion is bonded to the two carbon atoms of the bis(N-heterocyclic carbene) and two bromido ligands are in the cis position, resulting in a distorted square planar geometry. The three Pd(NHC)2Br2 complexes C1, C2, and C3 were evaluated in carbonylative Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reactions of aryl boronic acids with aryl halides and displayed high catalytic activity with low catalyst loading. The coupling reactions of aryl bromides were selective towards the carbonylation product at higher carbon monoxide pressure.

A new method for the synthesis of diaryl and heterodiaryl ketones has been established based on the palladium-catalyzed carbonylative Suzuki coupling approach with sub-stoichiometric Mo(CO)6 as CO source. Using 0.5 mol% of Pd(TFA)2 as catalyst, 0.5 equivalent of Mo(CO)6 as solid carbonyl reagent and 3 equivalent of K3PO4 as base, a wide range of functionalized (hetero)aryl iodides and (hetero)aryl boronic acids could smoothly proceed the carbonylative cross-coupling reaction in aqueous CH3CN at 50 °C, affording the corresponding ketones in good to excellent yields. The newly developed method was easy to operate under mild conditions with high efficiency. (Figure presented.).

Under transition-metal-free conditions, carbonylative Suzuki couplings of aryl halides with arylboronic acid using stoichiometric CHCl3 as the carbonyl source has been developed. The simple, efficient, and environmentally benign method was successfully applied to the synthesis of Fenofibric acid, naphthyl phenstatin, and carbon-13 labeled biaryl ketone.

A practical heterogeneous palladium-catalyzed carbonylative Suzuki coupling of aryl iodides with arylboronic acids under carbon monoxide gas-free conditions has been developed using a bidentate phosphino-functionalized magnetic nanoparticle-immobilized palladium(II) complex as catalyst. Formic acid was utilized as the carbon monoxide source with dicyclohexylcarbodiimide as the activator, and a wide variety of biaryl ketones were generated in moderate to high yields. The new heterogeneous palladium catalyst can be prepared via a simple procedure and can easily be separated from a reaction mixture by simply applying an external magnet and recycled up to 10 times without any loss of activity.

Developing highly active catalysts with the combined advantages of molecular and solid catalysis is considered as the “Holy Grail” in the area of catalysis research. Herein, a phosphorus-doped porous polymer-immobilized palladium was successfully developed as an efficient, robust, and recyclable catalyst for the carbonylative Suzuki coupling and alkoxycarbonylation reactions of aryl halides. Rather than just as an immobilizing molecular catalyst, palladium supported on phosphorus-doped porous organic polymer exhibits even better catalytic performances than that of its analogue homogeneous catalysts in both carbonylation reactions. Moreover, the catalyst can be easily separated and reused for at least 5 times without significant loss in reactivity. Importantly, the catalyst was highly stable under carbonylation reaction conditions, and no palladium nanoparticle was observed even after the 5th reuse.

Although the palladium-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling of aryl esters has received significant attention, there is a lack of methods that utilize cheap and readily accessible Pd-phosphane catalysts, and can be routinely carried out with high cross-coupling selectivity. Herein, we report the first general method for the cross-coupling of pentafluorophenyl esters (pentafluorophenyl = pfp) by selective C–O acyl cleavage. The reaction proceeds efficiently using Pd(0)/phosphane catalyst systems. The unique characteristics of pentafluorophenyl esters are reflected in the fully selective cross-coupling vs. phenolic esters. Of broad synthetic interest, this report establishes pentafluorophenyl esters as new, highly reactive, bench-stable, economical, ester-based, electrophilic acylative reagents via acyl-metal intermediates. Mechanistic studies strongly support a unified reactivity scale of acyl electrophiles by C(O)–X (X = N, O) activation. The reactivity of pfp esters can be correlated with barriers to isomerization around the C(acyl)–O bond.

Palladium-catalyzed carbonylative coupling reactions of various N,N-bis(methanesulfonyl)amides with arylboronic acids through C–N bond cleavage were carried out. The reactions proceeded under mild conditions in a short period of time without any additives to afford a wide range of unsymmetrical aryl ketones in excellent yields. This is the first example of a carbonylative coupling reaction using N,N-bis(methanesulfonyl)amide as a coupling substrate.

The first example of the thiyl radical promoted ligand-free iron-catalyzed oxidative cleavage of alkenes using molecular oxygen (1 atm) has been developed. The reaction proceeds under mild reaction conditions with high efficiency and high chemo- and regioselectivity. It features a broad substrate scope and excellent functional group compatibility, enabling facile access to valuable molecules for application in medicinal chemistry. Preliminary mechanistic studies reveal that a vital intermediate dioxetane might be involved in the reaction and a thiyl radical plays a synergistic role in facilitating the selective oxidation of the CC bond.

The palladium-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling of N-acyl-5,5-dimethylhydantoins with arylboronic acids has been developed via selective amides C-N bond cleavage. The new reagent is commercially available and air-/moisture-stable, and it offers a variety of ketones in good yields through Suzuki coupling under mild conditions (up to 95%).

We report the Pd-catalyzed acyl and the Ni-catalyzed biaryl Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling of N-acetyl-amides with arylboronic acids by selective N-C(O) cleavage. Activation of the amide bond by N-acylation provides electronically destabilized, acyclic, nonplanar amide, which readily undergoes cross-coupling with a wide range of boronic acids to produce biaryl ketones or biaryls in a highly efficient manner. Most crucially, the presented results introduce N-acetyl-amides as reactive acyclic amides in the emerging manifold of transition-metal-catalyzed amide cross-coupling. The scope and origin of high selectivity are discussed. Mechanistic studies point to remodeling of amidic resonance and amide bond twist as selectivity determining features in a unified strategy for cross-coupling of acyclic amides. Structural studies, mechanistic investigations as well as beneficial effects of the N-acyl substitution on cross-coupling of amides are reported.

A direct and efficient synthesis of arylketones via arylboronic acid addition to nitriles in presence of inexpensive Mn/Cu catalytic system is reported. The use of non-precious Mn and Cu salts has been found to be highly advantageous both in terms of accessibility as well as cost effectiveness. A series of arylboronic acids as well as nitriles were used to synthesize a variety of symmetrical and unsymmetrical arylketones. Based on the literature studies, the reaction mechanism is anticipated to go through an aryl radical intermediate which reacted with the copper activated nitrile to give the desired arylketones after the hydrolysis of the imine intermediate.

New N, N′-substituted imidazolium salts (L1 and L2) and their corresponding diiodopyridinepalladium(II) complexes (C1 and C2) were successfully synthesized and characterized. Reactions of palladium iodide with the newly synthesized N, N′-substituted imidazolium iodides in pyridine afforded the corresponding new palladium-N-heterocyclic carbene pyridine complexes in high yields. The new palladium(II) complex C1 was characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. The Pd(II) ion is bonded to the nitrogen atom of the pyridine, the carbon atom of the NHC carbene ligand and two trans iodides resulting in distorted square planar geometry. The two Pd-NHC-Py complexes C1 and C2 displayed higher catalytic activity in the carbonylative Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reactions with much lower catalyst loading as compared to the catalytic systems reported in the literature.

Despite recent progress in catalytic cross-coupling technologies, the direct activation of N-alkyl-N-aryl amides has been a challenging transformation. Here, we report the first Suzuki cross-coupling of N-methylamino pyrimidyl amides (MAPA) enabled by the controlled nN → πAr conjugation and the resulting remodeling of the partial double bond character of the amide bond. The new mode of amide activation is suitable for generating acyl-metal intermediates from unactivated primary and secondary amides.

The invention discloses a method for directly oxidizing a benzyl-position C-H bond into ketone, wherein aryl ethyl compounds are catalyzed and oxidized by nitrite ester; a synergistic catalytic system of free radical initiator and nitrite ester is adopted, and a catalytic system of non-metallic catalyst and oxygen is adopted, the oxidization of the C-H bond of a free radical-activated aryl side chain is simple in operation; after completing the reaction, petroleum ether/ethyl acetate at a volume ratio of (50-1):1 is used as an eluent; column chromatography separation is performed to obtain a target product. The catalytic system in the invention uses oxygen as an oxygen source and has high atomic economy; the invention is a non-metallic catalytic system and provides a novel method for avoid metal residues in synthetic drugs; for diethyl aromatic hydrocarbon, the method provided by the invention can be adopted to selectively oxidize diethyl aromatic hydrocarbon into monoketone and diketone; the method of the invention can be adopted to efficiently synthesize tranquillizer lenperone, so that a novel method for synthesizing lenperone is provided.

In this work, an organopromoted metal-free pharmaceutical-oriented selectivity-switchable benzylic oxidation was developed, affording mono-, di-, and trioxygenation products, respectively, using oxygen as the oxidant under mild conditions. This process facilitates dioxygenation of 2,6-benzylic positions of heterocycles, which could be inhibited by heterocycle chelation to the metal cocatalysts. Enantiopure chiral ketones could also be prepared. The noninvolvement of transition metals and toxins avoids metal or hazardous residues, consequently ensuring a final-stage gram-scale synthesis of Lenperone.

We describe a modular, palladium catalyzed synthesis of aryl(hetero)aryl benzophenones and aryl benzoates from aryl(hetero)aryl halides using CHCl3 as the carbonyl source in the presence of KOH. The reaction occurs in tandem through an initial carbonylation to generate an aroyl halide, which undergoes coupling with arylboronic acids, bornonates, and phenols. Direct carbonylative coupling of indoles at the third position has also been accomplished under slightly modified reaction conditions by in situ activation of the C-H bond. Notably, CHCl3 is a convenient and safe alternation of CO gas, provides milder reaction conditions with high functional group tolerance, and gives the products in moderate to good yields.

The catalytic conversion of amides to ketones is highly desirable yet challenging in organic synthesis. We herein report the first Ni/bis-NHC-catalyzed cross-coupling of N-acylpyrrole-type amides with arylboronic esters to obtain diarylketones. This method is facilitated by a new chelating bis-NHC ligand. The reaction tolerates diverse functional groups on both arylamide and arylboronic ester partners including sensitive ester and ketone groups.

The use of transition-metal catalysis to enable the coupling of readily available organic molecules has greatly enhanced the ability of chemists to access complex chemical structures. In this work, an intermolecular coupling reaction that unites organotriflates and aldehydes is presented. A unique catalyst system is identified to enable this reaction, featuring a Ni0 precatalyst, a tridentate Triphos ligand, and a bulky amine base. This transformation provides access to a variety of ketone-containing products without the selectivity- and reactivity-related challenges associated with more traditional Friedel–Crafts reactions. A Heck-type mechanism is postulated, wherein the π bond of the aldehyde takes the role of the olefin in the insertion/elimination steps.

The first phosphine-free heterogeneous palladium-catalyzed carbonylative cross-coupling of aryl halides with triorganoindiums has been developed that proceeds smoothly under 1 or 2.5 atm of carbon monoxide in THF at 68 °C and provides a general and powerful tool for the synthesis of various valuable unsymmetrical ketones with high atom-economy, good yield, and recyclability of the catalyst. Our system not only avoids the use of phosphine ligands, but also solves the basic problem of palladium catalyst recovery and reuse.

The palladium-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling of N-acylsuccinimides as versatile acyl-transfer reagents via selective amide N-C bond cleavage is reported. The method is user-friendly since it employs commercially-available, air-stable reagents and catalysts. The cross-coupling is enabled by half-twist of the amide bond in N-acylsuccinimides. These highly effective, crystalline acyl-transfer reagents present major advantages over perpendicularly twisted N-acylglutarimides, including low price of the succinimide activating ring, selective metal insertion under redox neutral conditions and high stability of the amide bond towards reaction conditions. Mechanistic studies indicate that oxidative addition is the rate limiting step in this widely applicable protocol.

We report the synthesis of biaryl ketones via an unprecedented copper/silver catalyzed acylative cross-coupling of thiol esters with either an arylboronic acid or a potassium aryltrifluoroborate. This new method proceeds without a requisite Pd-catalyst and Cu(I)TC mediator, and is efficient, versatile, operationally simple, and accommodating functionally diverse thiol esters, arylboronic acids, and potassium aryltrifluoroborates.

The Suzuki-Miyaura coupling is among the most important C-C bond-forming reactions available due to its reliability, chemoselectivity, and diversity. Aryl halides and pseudohalides such as iodides, bromides, and triflates are traditionally used as the electrophilic coupling partner. The expansion of the reaction scope to nontraditional electrophiles is an ongoing challenge to enable an even greater number of useful products to be made from simple starting materials. Herein, we present how an NHC-based Pd catalyst can enable Suzuki-Miyaura coupling where the C(acyl)-0 bond of aryl esters takes on the role of electrophile, allowing the synthesis of various ketone-containing products. This contrasts known reactions of similar esters that provide biaryls via nickel catalysis. The underlying cause of this mechanistic divergence is investigated by DFT calculations, and the robustness of esters compared to more electrophilic acylative coupling partners is analyzed.

A general Pd-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling of N-mesylamides with arylboronic acids by selective N-C cleavage has been developed. The presented results represent the first example of a transition-metal-catalyzed cross-coupling of amides activated by an atom-economic, cheap, and benign mesyl group. The reaction delivers arylated products featuring a range of useful functional groups by chemoselective cleavage of the amide N-C bond with high efficiency. Both the scope and the origin of high selectivity are discussed. A beneficial effect of the N-mesyl substituent on the bond activation in acyclic amides is presented.

An efficient and simple palladium-catalyzed approach for the synthesis of aryl ketones from low-cost nitriles and arylhydrazines using molecular oxygen (O2) as sole oxidant via C-N bond cleavage is reported. Various aryl ketones were synthesized in moderate to good yields under mild conditions. A possible mechanism involving the PdII/Pd0 catalytic cycle process is depicted, and a cationic palladium intermediate was detected by ESI-MS.

We have developed a simple route for the synthesis of [4-(3-methyl-1H-indol-2-yl)phenyl](phenyl)methanone from easily available starting materials. The (4-propylphenyl) phenylmethanone was prepared by Friedel Craft's benzoylation of n-propyl benzene with benzoyl chloride in dichloromethane using aluminium chloride as the Lewis acid catalyst. Side chain bromination with N-bromo succinimide in tetra chloro methane furnished the bromo derivative which on oxidation with bis-tetra butyl ammonium dichromate gave 1, 4-diacyl benzene. The target molecule was obtained through Fischer indole cyclisation of the diacyl benzene namely 1-(4-benzoylphenyl)propan-1-one via the formation of the hydrazone, followed by cyclization in presence of boron trifluoride ethyl etherate in acetic acid. The structure of the target molecule was elucidated by IR, H1, C13 NMR, Mass spectroscopy and elemental analysis. This method proves to be an efficient route for the synthesis of [4-(3-methyl-1H-indol-2-yl)phenyl](phenyl)methanone in high yields, thereby facilitating the generation of potential biologically active compounds.

Phosphanylferrocene donors bearing polar guanidinium substituents, namely acylguanidinium chloride, [Ph2PfcCONHC(NH2)NH2]Cl (1), and amidoguanidinium chloride, [Ph2PfcCONHCH2CH2NHC(NH2)NH2]Cl (2; fc = ferrocene-1,1′-diyl), have been prepared and characterized. As functional phosphane donors, they were employed in the synthesis of PdIIcomplexes bearing 2-[(dimethylamino)methyl-κN]phenyl-κC1(LNC) and η3-allyl supporting ligands, [(LNC)PdCl(L-κP)] and [(η3-C3H5)PdCl(L-κP)] (L = 1 and 2), respectively. These defined complexes as well as their surrogates generated in situ from the respective palladium(II) precursor and the phosphanylferrocene ligand were evaluated as catalysts for the coupling of boronic acids with acyl chlorides to give ketones in an aqueous biphasic system. The coupling reaction proceeded best with a simple catalyst formed from Pd(OAc)2and ligand 2, which (at 0.2 mol-% Pd loading) produced substituted benzophenones from benzoyl chlorides and benzeneboronic acids in very good yields. These yields could then be further improved by a proper choice of the reaction partners. Analogous reactions involving aliphatic substrates generally afforded lower yields.

A Pd complex with the H-spirophosphorane ligand, PdCl2{P(OCMe2CMe2O)OC6H4NH2} (Cat. 1), was used as the catalyst in the carbonylative Suzuki coupling of substituted iodobenzenes with arylboronic acids and with sodium tetraphenylborate. Substituted diarylketones were obtained in good to excellent yields and a selectivity over 95 % under 1 atm of CO with 1.5 mol % of the catalyst. The promoting role of the H-spirophosphorane ligand in the catalytic process was evidenced. We used X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, TEM, and 31P NMR spectroscopy to reveal that during the reaction Cat. 1 undergoes transformation into Pd complexes that bear the spirophosphorane ligand or other P ligands formed by its dealkylation and to Pd nanoparticles. All these Pd species contribute to the high productivity of the system.

Palladium-catalyzed Suzuki?Miyaura cross-coupling of primary benzamides enabled by a merger of site-selective N,N-di-Boc-activation and cooperative catalysis via N?C bond cleavage for the synthesis of biaryl ketones is reported. We present the synergistic combination of Lewis base and palladium catalysis as a concept to activate inert amide N?C bonds. The mild reaction conditions provide a direct route to structurally diverse ketones. The reaction tolerates a wide range of electrophilic functional groups. Considering the fundamental importance of primary amides as pharmaceutical and synthetic intermediates, the strategy has a potential for developing a diverse array of valuable amide N?C bond functionalization reactions by the synergistic merger of Lewis base and organometallic catalysis.

A palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling of activated amides with arylboronic acids has been developed via C–N bond cleavage. This approach demonstrated high tolerance to a variety of alkyl, aryl, heterocyclic and vinyl substituents. Unsymmetrical ketones could be achieved in excellent yield under mild conditions with 1% catalyst loadings. (Figure presented.).

The first palladium-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling of amides with boronic acids for the synthesis of ketones by sterically-controlled N-C bond activation is reported. The transformation is characterized by operational simplicity using bench-stable, commercial reagents and catalysts, and a broad substrate scope, including substrates with electron-donating and withdrawing groups on both coupling partners, steric-hindrance, heterocycles, halides, esters and ketones. The scope and limitations are presented in the synthesis of >60 functionalized ketones. Mechanistic studies provide insight into the catalytic cycle of the cross-coupling, including the first experimental evidence for Pd insertion into the amide N-C bond. The synthetic utility is showcased by a gram-scale cross-coupling and cross-coupling at room temperature. Most importantly, this process provides a blueprint for the development of a plethora of metal catalyzed reactions of typically inert amide bonds via acyl-metal intermediates. A unified strategy for amide bond activation to enable metal insertion into N-C amide bond is outlined (Scheme 1).

Well-dispersed non-spherical PdNPs with a diameter of 39-45 nm supported on a TiO2-cellulose composite (PdNPs@TiO2-Cell) can be synthesized by a simple and clean route. The catalyst was well characterized by XRD, FE-SEM, EDS, and TEM techniques. The PdNPs have good dispersity on the TiO2-Cell support. This results in excellent catalytic activities for the synthesis of biphenyls, acrylates, acetylenes and prochiral ketones using low Pd loading (1 mol%) at comparatively low temperature. The effects of the nature and amount of bases, nature of solvents, amount of catalyst and the reaction temperature on the activity of PdNPs@TiO2-Cell were thoroughly investigated. The catalyst showed at least four times reusability without decrease in catalytic activity.

Carbonylative Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reactions of various aryl iodides with phenylboronic acids were catalyzed by palladium supported on amino-modified silica microspheres. Reactions performed with a very low concentration of Pd, under the atmospheric pressure of CO, led to high/moderate yields of multiple benzophenones.

In this study, the catalytic activity of decatungstate (W10O324-) supported on mesoporous TiO2 nanoparticle assemblies (DT-MTA) was compared with that of homogeneous [Bu4N]4W10O32 catalysts under mild conditions. Our experiments showed that both catalytic systems achieve exceptionally high activity and selectivity under UV-visible light oxidation of various para-substituted aryl alcohols, using molecular oxygen as a "green" oxidant. The chemoselective transformation of aryl alcohols into the corresponding ketones was investigated with gas chromatography (GC) and NMR spectroscopy. Product analysis and kinetic results also indicated that these photooxidation reactions proceed via both electron transfer (ET) and hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) mechanisms over the DT-MTA catalyst, with the former one as the predominant, whereas a HAT route was adopted to account for the decatungstate homogeneous catalyzed reactions. This journal is

Solvent-dispersible magnetite nanoparticles (Fe3O4) end-functionalized with amino groups were successfully prepared by a facile one-pot template-free method to immobilize PdII and Pd0 using a metal adsorption and reduction procedure. They were characterized by TEM, XRD, XPS, FT-IR and VSM. Interestingly, the PdII catalyst exhibited better catalytic activity for carbonylative cross-coupling reactions than the Pd0 catalyst. According to the catalytic activities of a variety of arylboronic acids and aryl iodides catalyzed by two kinds of Pd catalysts, the proposed reaction mechanism of Suzuki carbonylative cross-coupling reactions using the Pd catalyst was also inferred. More importantly, agglomeration of Pd0 nanoparticles was obviously observed in the TEM images of the catalysts after reactions. Therefore, agglomeration of Pd0 nanoparticles should be considered as a significant reason for different catalytic activities of the reactions catalyzed by immobilized PdII and Pd0 catalysts. Furthermore, the PdII catalyst revealed high efficiency and stability during recycling stages.