COMMUNICATION
Table 1. Pd-catalyzed carbonylative synthesis of 1,5-diphenylpent-1-en-3-
one: The influence of acid co-catalysts.[a]
en), DPEphos (bis(2-diphenylphosphinophenyl)ether), PPh3,
PCy3, P(o-tolyl)3) gave even a trace of product, except in
AHCTUNGTRENNUNG
the presence of dppm where the product was obtained in
16% yield.
Moreover, the influence of solvents was examined
(Table 2). Using N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) or N-
methyl-2-pyrrolidinone (NMP) gave moderate yields, while
Entry
Additive
Yield [%][b]
1
–
0
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
B(OH)3 (1 mmol)
AcOH (1 mmol)
TFA (1 mmol)
16
<1
<1
<1
<1
80
99
65
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Table 2. Pd-catalyzed carbonylative synthesis of 1,5-diphenylpent-1-en-3-
one: Variation of solvents, temperature, and pressure.[a]
KH2PO4 (1 mmol)
K2HPO4 (1 mmol)
TsOH·H2O (1 mmol)
TsOH·H2O (0.5 mmol)
TsOH·H2O (0.2 mmol)
TsOH·H2O (0.1 mmol)
TsOH·H2O (1 mmol)
TsOH·H2O (1 mmol)
TsOH·H2O (0.5 mmol)
TsOH·H2O (0.5 mmol)
Entry
Solvent
Yield [%][b]
0[c]
0[d]
92[e]
89[f]
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
DMF
NMP
43
78
24
2
1,4-dioxane
Toluene
CH3CN
THF
DMSO
DMSO
8
[a] PdACHTUNGTRENNUNG(OAc)2 (0.02 mmol), dppp (0.02 mmol), DMSO (2 mL), styrene
(2 mmol), additive, CO (5 bar), air (5 bar), 608C, 16 h. [b] Yield was de-
termined by GC using hexadecane as an internal standard based on
1 mmol of styrene. [c] No PdACTHNUTRGNE(UGN OAc)2 was used. [d] No dppp was used.
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31[c]
33[d]
[e] An atmospheric pressure of air. [f] The reaction was performed under
argon. TFA=trifluoroacetic acid; TsOH·H2O=para-toluenesulfonic acid
monohydrate.
[a] PdACTHUNGRTENUNG(OAc)2 (0.02 mmol), dppp (0.02 mmol), solvent (2 mL), styrene
(2 mmol), TsOH·H2O (0.5 mmol), CO (5 bar), 608C, 16 h. [b] Yield was
determined by GC using hexadecane as an internal standard based on
1 mmol of styrene. [c] 258C. [d] CO (1 bar).
in toluene and CH3CN even lower reactivity is observed
(Table 2, entries 1–6). Notably, in the case of CH3CN a sig-
nificant amount of N-(1-phenylethyl)acetamide resulting
from a Ritter amidation reaction was formed.[10] The tem-
perature and the pressure of CO proved to be also crucial
for the selective carbonylative dimerization. Hence, at room
temperature or at 1 bar of carbon monoxide significantly
lower yields (31–33%) of the product were formed (Table 2,
entries 7–8).
Based on our experiments and the known mechanistic
studies of palladium-catalyzed olefin/CO copolymeriza-
tions,[3–5] a possible reaction mechanism is proposed in
Scheme 3. In the first step, formation of the active palladium
hydride complex should occur followed by coordination and
insertion of the alkene. Subsequent insertion of CO into the
palladium alkyl bond forms the corresponding palladium
acyl complex. Then, coordination and reaction with a
second alkene molecule takes place. Finally, the terminal
product is formed by b-hydride elimination to generate the
active palladium hydride complex for the next catalytic
cycle.
Next, the generality of this reaction was investigated. As
shown in Table 3, the carbonylative dimerization of 14 dif-
ferent styrenes proceeded with good to excellent yields (78–
97%). Para-, ortho-, and meta-alkyl-substituted styrenes
were smoothly transformed into the corresponding ketones
in good yields using 2 mol% of palladium catalyst (with re-
spect to olefin) (Table 3, entries 2–5). Both fluoride- and
chloride-substituted styrenes also dimerized well (Table 3,
entries 7–12). Styrenes with strong electron-withdrawing
Scheme 3. Proposed reaction mechanism.
are observed. As presumed, no conversion was obtained in
the absence of PdACHTUNGTRENNUNG(OAc)2 or the ligand dppp (Table 1, en-
tries 11 and 12). On the other hand, 89% of 1,5-diphenyl-
pent-1-en-3-one is produced in the absence of air (Table 1,
entry 14). As expected no oxidation reagents are necessary
in this reaction.
Next, ten different mono- and bidentate phosphines were
tested as ligands under the standard conditions (see Table 1,
entry 8). Interestingly, none of the other tested ligands such
as dppb (1,3-bis(diphenylphosphino)butane), dppm (bis(di-
phenylphosphino)metahne), dppe (1,2-bis(diphenylphosphi-
no)ethane), dpppe (1,5-bis(diphenylphosphino)pentane),
Xantphos (9,9-dimethyl-4,5-bis(diphenylphosphanyl)xanth-
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