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-position has little impact on the reaction efficiency (72%, 4d).
C−H arylation of the ketones with -aryl substitution proceeded
smoothly to afford useful 1,2-diarylated compounds15 in moderate
yields (4e−4h), and considerable amounts of the starting materials
(25-37%) were retrieved in these cases (see supporting
information). Functional groups such as ether, acetate and amide
were well tolerated under the reaction conditions and the desired
products were obtained in moderate to good yields (4j−4l).
Sterically encumbered ketones other than methyl ketones are less
effective presumably due to the sluggish formation of the
ketimines. The use of 60 mol% transient directing group restored
the reactivity of these ketones and gave synthetically useful yields
(4m and 4n). The use of symmetrical 4-heptanone bearing two
reactive C−H sites led to a mixture of mono- and di-arylated
products in 54% combined yield (4o). In the presence of two
methylene carbon centers, the less hindered methylene C–H bond
was arylated preferentially accompanied by a small amount of
di-arylation (4p). In all cases, no diastereoselectivity was
observed (4n, 4odi and 4pdi ). Lastly, -branched ketones,
especially those bearing primary -C−H bonds, led to mixtures of
multi-arylated products with low yields.
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AUTHOR INFORMATION
Corresponding Author
Notes
The authors declare no competing financial interest.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
We gratefully acknowledge The Scripps Research Institute and
the NIH (NIGMS, 2R01GM084019) for financial support. H.P.
thanks the Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies for a
predoctoral fellowship.
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Conditions: 0.2 mmol of 3, 2.0 equiv. of methyl 4-iodobenzoate, 10 mol% of
Pd(OAc)2, 30 mol% of TDG-11, 1.0 equiv. of AgTFA, 2.0 equiv. of AgOAc, 1.5 mL
of HFIP, 0.5 mL of acetic acid, 120 oC, under air, 72 h. Isolated yields. 60 mol%
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of TDG-11 was employed.
In summary, the methylene -C(sp3)–H arylation of aliphatic
ketones was developed using -benzyl -alanine as a transient
directing group. -Amino acid directing groups adopting
six-membered chelation with the palladium catalyst are found to
be advantageous in promoting the methylene C(sp3)–H bond
insertion. Further efforts to render this reaction enantioselective
using chiral -amino acids and their derivatives are currently
ongoing.
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Supporting Information
(11) For recent examples of C−H functionalization using a transient directing
group or an in situ-formed directing group, see: (a) Ma, F.; Lei, M.; Hu, L. Org.
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