Alkyne hydroacylation: Switching regioselectivity by tandem ruthenium catalysis

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By using tandem Ru-catalysis, internal alkynes can be coupled with aldehydes for the synthesis of β,γ-unsaturated ketones. The catalyst promotes alkyne transformations with high regioselectivity, with examples that include the differentiation of a methyl vs ethyl substituent on the alkyne. Mechanistic studies suggest that the regioselectivity results from a selective allene formation that is governed by allylic strain.

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Alkyne Hydroacylation: Switching Regioselectivity by Tandem
Ruthenium Catalysis
Qing-An Chen, Faben A. Cruz, and Vy M. Dong*
Department of Chemistry, University of CaliforniaIrvine, 4403 Natural Sciences 1, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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* Supporting Information
ABSTRACT: By using tandem Ru-catalysis, internal
alkynes can be coupled with aldehydes for the synthesis
of β,γ-unsaturated ketones. The catalyst promotes alkyne
transformations with high regioselectivity, with examples
that include the differentiation of a methyl vs ethyl
substituent on the alkyne. Mechanistic studies suggest that
the regioselectivity results from a selective allene formation
that is governed by allylic strain.
n contrast to an enzyme, which is typically specific, a single
Itransition-metal complex can catalyze diverse transformations.
This generality can be exploited in tandem catalysis, a strategy
where one catalyst promotes two or more transformations in a
cascade.1a−c Ru-complexes are especially versatile in developing
efficient tandem reactions,1d−f including examples that feature
olefin metathesis,2 reductive C−C bond coupling,3 and amide
Figure 1. Intermolecular hydroacylation of alkynes.
synthesis.4 It occurred to us that tandem catalysis5 could be used
to overcome challenges in hydroacylation, the addition of an
aldehyde C−H bond across an unsaturated π-bond.6 Toward
expanding ketone hydroacylation, we reported a method
involving alcohol oxidation, enantioselective ketone reduction,
and lactol oxidation to generate lactones, a process in which all
three transformations were promoted by Noyori’s Ru-catalyst.5a
Herein, we apply tandem Ru-catalysis to achieve the hydro-
acylation of alkynes with unprecedented regiocontrol to afford
β,γ-unsaturated ketones.
The coupling of an aldehyde to an alkyne is a promising route
to ketones, which has been studied using both transition metal
catalysts (e.g., Ni,7 Rh,8,9 Ru,10 Ir,11 Au,12 Cu13) and organo-
catalysts14 (e.g., N-heterocyclic carbenes) (Figure 1a). In alkyne
hydroacylation, α,β-unsaturated ketones are afforded as the
major constitutional isomer for both intra- and intermolecular
variants. Most of these methods require terminal or symmetric
alkynes to achieve high regioselectivity. Others require aldehydes
bearing directing groups to promote C−H bond functionaliza-
tion in preference to decarbonylation.
In light of these challenges, we proposed using a metal-
hydride catalyst to perform a tandem reaction involving (1)
alkyne−allene isomerization and (2) allene−aldehyde coupling
(Figure 1b). This protocol would tolerate a wider scope of
coupling partners and provide access to an alternative ketone
isomer. We judged this cascade to be feasible on the basis of
literature precedence for metal-hydride catalysis of the
independent transformations. Yamamoto demonstrated alkynes
as convenient surrogates for allenes in Pd-catalyzed hydro-
amination.15 Ishii16 and Breit17 achieved alkyne isomerizations
by Ir and Rh metal-hydride pathways, respectively. Krische
proposed that Ru(0) isomerizes alkynes to allenes, albeit by a
C−H propargyl activation mechanism.18 While Willis has
reported allene hydroacylations with chelating aldehydes,19 we
envisioned the resulting allene would undergo metal-hydride
addition to generate a metal-allyl species that could couple to
nonchelating aldehydes (Figure 1b). This mechanistic step has
been shown in the coupling of allenes and aldehydes to generate
homoallylic alcohols.20 In our proposal, subsequent β-hydride
elimination would generate the desired β,γ-unsaturated ketone and
regenerate the metal-hydride catalyst. Thus, we set out to identify
a single metal catalyst that could promote both transformations in
sequence to afford a novel alkyne hydroacylation.
To test our hypothesis, we chose the coupling of benzalde-
hyde 1a and 2-pentyne 2a as the model. The unsymmetrical
alkyne 2a is a challenging substrate for regioselective trans-
formations due to the similar steric bulk of methyl and ethyl
substituents (A-values of 1.74 vs 1.79 kcal/mol, respectively).21
An initial survey of commercially available metal hydride
complexes (Rh, Ru, Ir) revealed that RuHCl(CO)(PPh3)3 was
a promising catalyst precursor (Table 1).22 The regioselectivity
for β,γ-unsaturated ketone 3aa over 4aa and 5aa depended on
the structure of the ligand chosen (entries 1−7).23 Only
traditional hydroacylation products (α,β-unsaturated ketones)
were obtained (4aa and 5aa) using non-ferrocene-based
ligands, such as BINAP and Tangphos (entries 1−2). Switching
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a
a
Table 1. Ligand Effects on Hydroacylation of 2-Pentyne
Table 2. Hydroacylation with Various Aldehydes
b
entry
R in 1
Ph (1a)
yield (%)
1
81 (3aa)
69 (3ba)
85 (3ca)
79 (3da)
74 (3ea)
66 (3fa)
78 (3ga)
72 (3ha)
71 (3ia)
76 (3ja)
87 (3ka)
83 (3la)
2
4-MeOC6H4 (1b)
4-MeC6H4 (1c)
4-FC6H4 (1d)
4-ClC6H4 (1e)
4-BrC6H4 (1f)
3-MeOC6H4 (1g)
2-MeOC6H4 (1h)
2-furyl (1i)
b
yield (%)
3
entry
ligand
3aa
4aa
5aa
4
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
BINAP
Tangphos
dppf
dcypf
L1
0
1
3
5
0
5
18
40
25
2
6
11
30
54
32
41
81
43
0
7
8
0
9
L2
3
58
8
10
11
12
3-furyl (1j)
L3
0
2-thienyl (1k)
3-N-Ts-indolyl (1l)
c
8
L1
1
2
a
a
1a (0.20 mmol), 2a (0.60 mmol), RuHCl(CO)(PPh3)3 (2 mol %),
1 (0.20 mmol), 2a (0.60 mmol), RuHCl(CO)(PPh3)3 (4 mol %), L1
b
b
Ligand (2 mol %), toluene (0.5 mL), 80 °C, 18 h. Determined
(4 mol %), toluene (0.5 mL), 80 °C, 15−18 h. Isolated yields of
3, >20:1 regioselectivity based on 1H NMR or GC-FID analysis of the
reaction mixtures.
by 1H NMR or GC-FID with 1,3,5-trimethoxybenzene (0.05 mmol) as
c
the internal standard. RuHCl(CO)(PPh3)3 (4 mol %), L1 (4 mol %),
15 h.
a
Table 3. Hydroacylation with Various Alkynes
to ferrocene-based ligands gave the desired β,γ-unsaturated
product 3aa (entries 3−6).24 Josiphos L1 provided the highest
reactivity and regioselectivity (entry 5). Removing the back-
bone methyl group in Josiphos L1 resulted in a decrease in
regioselectivity (entry 7 vs 5). Increasing the catalyst loading to
4 mol % improved the yield (entry 8). We used racemic L1 in
these initial studies. The stereocenter of Josiphos L1 has little
impact on enantioselectivity25 but appears essential for both
regioselectivity and reactivity.26
With this protocol, we explored the hydroacylation of
2-pentyne 2a with various aldehydes 1 (Table 2). Moderate to
good yields (66−85%) and high regioselectivities (>20:1) were
obtained with aldehydes 1 possessing varying electronic
properties (entries 1−6). The coupling of 2a tolerated
aldehydes 1g−h with increased steric bulk (78% and 72%
yield, entries 7 and 8, respectively). Heteroaromatic β,γ-
unsaturated ketones were obtained through the hydroacylation
of 2-pentyne 2a with aldehydes bearing furan (1i−j), thiophene
(1k), and indole (1l) rings (entries 9−12). In contrast, under
these conditions, aliphatic aldehydes (e.g., cyclohexane
carboxyaldehyde, hydrocinnamaldehyde) showed no reactivity.
We next examined the scope of alkynes (Table 3) and found
that secondary (Cy) and tertiary (tBu) alkyl substituted alkynes
were suitable coupling partners (entries 1−2). High isolated
yields (83−95%) and regioselectivities (>20:1) were observed
in the hydroacylation of 1-phenyl-1-propyne with various
aldehydes (entries 3−9). Alkynes bearing aryl groups of varying
electronic and steric properties could be coupled with aldehyde
1b with 61−83% yields (entries 10−15). Switching the methyl
group to an ethyl group by using 1-phenyl-1-butyne resulted
in no desired β,γ-unsaturated ketone product (entry 16). This
lack of reactivity may be ascribed to increased allylic strain dis-
favoring β-hydride elimination to form the allene (Scheme 1).27
To support the proposed allene intermediate, we prepared
phenylallene 6 independently and then subjected this allene to
a
1 (0.20 mmol), 2a (0.24−0.40 mmol), RuHCl(CO)(PPh3)3 (4 mol %),
b
L1 (4 mol %), toluene (0.5−1.0 mL), 80−90 °C, 15−18 h. Isolated
yields of 3, >20:1 regioselectivity based on 1H NMR or GC-FID
analysis of the reaction mixtures.
benzaldehyde 1a under otherwise standard conditions (eq 1).
This control experiment provides the same product 3ad as that
obtained in the hydroacylation of 1-phenyl-1-propyne. While
allene 6 was completely consumed, multiple unidentified side
products were observed. We propose that tandem catalysis over-
comes possible decomposition pathways by forming allenes in
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Scheme 1. Tandem Ru-Catalysis: Mechanism for Hydroacylation of Alkynes
Scheme 2. Silyl Dienol Ether Prepared by Tandem Catalysis
low concentration. A similar phenomenon was observed by Krische
in his recent study on the synthesis of homoallylic alcohols.18
On the basis of literature and our own observations,
we propose the mechanism featuring tandem Ru-catalysis
(Scheme 1). The reversible insertion of 2-pentyne 2a into
ruthenium hydride (Ru−H) can yield Ru-vinyl intermediate
A or B. The interception of intermediate A with aldehyde
1 generates isomer 5, whereas interception with B generates
isomer 4. Indeed, we observed formation of both 5aa and
4aa (∼3:1 ratio) when using BINAP or TangPhos (Table 1,
entries 1−2). While formation of both A and B are feasible,
we propose that β-hydride elimination from B to generate the
1,3-disubstituted allene D will be disfavored due to higher
allylic strain.28 In contrast, the β-hydride elimination of metal−
vinyl complex A will form 1-substituted allene C in situ and
regenerate a Ru−H species.29 This mechanistic proposal
suggests that the optimal ligand promotes allene formation in
preference to conventional hydroacylation (see Table 1). The
reinsertion of Ru−H into the terminal allene C will occur
regioselectively to yield Ru-allyl E. Trapping of aldehyde 1
through a six-membered intermediate F yields ruthenium
alkoxide G.20 A second β-hydride elimination from G delivers
the observed ketone 3 and regenerates the Ru−H.
This tandem strategy can be used to access other useful
motifs. For example, we investigated the coupling of aldehyde
1b with 1-(trimethylsilyl)propyne 7 for the formation of silyl
dienol ether 8 (Scheme 2). A 1,3-silyl migration30 of inter-
mediate 9 generates a nucleophile that can be used in asymmetric
vinylogous aldol reactions.31
In addition, through a procedure involving tandem Ru-
catalysis followed by base-catalyzed isomerization, we can
generate α,β-unsaturated ketones 4 with 70−87% yields
(Scheme 3). This one-pot protocol allows us to differentiate
Scheme 3. Regioselective Hydroacylation of 2-Pentyne
When the hydroacylation was performed with deutero-alkyne
2d-d3, the deuterium label was scrambled into the α-, β-, and
γ-positions of ketone 3ad-d3 (eq 2). The incorporation of
deuterium into both α- and β- positions of ketone 3ad-d3
suggests that the Ru−H species generated from both β-H
elimination steps (A to C and G to 3) are indistinguishable
(Scheme 1). The observed incorporation of hydrogen at the
γ-position of product 3ad-d3 indicates the reversibility of
β-hydride elimination in allene formation (Scheme 1). This
hypothesis is supported by deuterium scrambling in the
isotope-labeling study with aldehyde 1a-d1 (eq 3).
between the methyl and ethyl groups on 2-pentyne 2a with high
regiocontrol and generate α,β-unsaturated ketones that would be
difficult to access using traditional hydroacylation methods.
We have expanded the power of aldehyde−alkyne cross-
couplings by using tandem Ru-catalysis. Due to the formation
of a 1-substituted allene intermediate, our protocol differ-
entiates a methyl from an ethyl substituent on 2-pentyne with
high regioselectivity. Future studies will focus on stereoselective
variants. More importantly, insights from these studies will
contribute to the emerging use of alkynes as allene surrogates
and guide future developments in tandem catalysis.
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Experimental procedures and spectral data for all new
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The authors declare no competing financial interest.
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Funding provided by UC Irvine and the National Institutes of
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