DOI: 10.1002/chem.201501050
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Carbohydrates
Stereoretentive Palladium-Catalyzed Arylation, Alkenylation, and
Alkynylation of 1-Thiosugars and Thiols Using Aminobiphenyl
Palladacycle Precatalyst at Room Temperature
Alexandre Bruneau, Maxime Roche, Abdallah Hamze, Jean-Daniel Brion, Mouad Alami,* and
Samir Messaoudi*[a]
search. Most of them found in nature or used in therapeutics,
exist as glycoconjugates or heterosides in which the sugars are
attached to aglycons through NÀ, SÀ, OÀ, or CÀglycosidic
bonds. When considering the importance of glycosides, partic-
ularly thioglycosides[3] in numerous fields of science, the devel-
opment of new methods to functionalize them efficiently
under simple and ecofriendly conditions is highly desirable. In
this context, we are particularly interested in the direct palladi-
um-catalyzed coupling of unprotected glycosyl thiols under
mild and operationally simple conditions. Catalytic reactions of
this nature would be of great interest for the construction of
molecules that may be sensitive to the harsh conditions that
can often be required for thioglycosidic[4] bond-forming reac-
tions.[5] In 2013, our group reported the coupling of protected
glycosyl thiols with aryl halides in the presence of Pd(OAc)2/
XantPhos as the catalytic system, NEt3 as the base in dioxane
at 1008C (Scheme 1, path a).[6] While this method represents
a notable advance, a relatively high temperature (>758C) is
usually required. To overcome this issue, we reported recently
the first method for the arylation, alkenylation, and alkynyla-
tion of unprotected glycosyl thiols at room temperature under
nickel catalysis (Scheme 1, path b).[7] This reaction was func-
tional-group tolerant and proceeded stereoselectively in good
to excellent yields. Nevertheless, we are mindful that high
nickel loading (30 mol%) and excess of (heteroaryl)halide
(2 equiv) are required for efficient coupling. Moreover, the tox-
icity of nickel salts[8] may be an inherent drawback to their use
in large-scale industrial processes. Recently, Waser et al.[9] dis-
closed an elegant method for the alkynylation of glycosyl
thiols also at room temperature. Although the procedure is ef-
ficient, it is, however, limited only to the alkynylation process
and requires the preparation of ethynyl-1,2-benziodoxol-
3(1H)one (EBX) substrates through multistep reaction sequen-
ces (Scheme 1, path c). Despite all these advances, a general
and simple method for the functionalization of glycosyl thiols
as well as other functionalized thiols at room temperature is
still desired.
Abstract: A general and efficient protocol for the palladi-
um-catalyzed functionalization of mono- and polyglycosyl
thiols by using the palladacycle precatalyst G3-XantPhos
was developed. The CÀS bond-forming reaction was
achieved rapidly at room temperature with various func-
tionalized (hetero)aryl-, alkenyl-, and alkynyl halides. The
functional group tolerance on the electrophilic partner is
typically high and anomer selectivities of thioglycosides
are high in all cases studied. New sulfur nucleophiles such
as thiophenols, alkythiols, and thioaminoacids (cysteine)
were also successfully coupled to lead to the most general
and practical method yet reported for the functionaliza-
tion of thiols.
The palladium-catalyzed Buchwald–Hartwig–Migita cross-cou-
pling reaction has become a valuable tool in industrial and
academic research for the synthesis of natural products and
novel materials including a number of pharmaceuticals cur-
rently on the market.[1] Breakthroughs in this coupling have
typically been driven by the implementation of a new class of
ligands,[2] which are able to promote reactions with a diverse
array of substrates including nitrogen-, sulfur-, and oxygen-
containing nucleophiles. Unfortunately, this process is yet to
approach generality and the goal of being able to couple any
nucleophile with any aryl or heteroaryl halide is far from ac-
complished. One of the most important tasks in this area of or-
ganometallic chemistry is to discover mild and general meth-
ods for easy introduction of unprotected polyfunctionalized
compounds into molecules with high selectivity. Among all
polyfunctional compounds in organic chemistry, saccharides
play diverse pivotal roles in biological systems, which make
them attractive as subjects for chemical and biological re-
[a] A. Bruneau, Dr. M. Roche, Dr. A. Hamze, Dr. J.-D. Brion, Dr. M. Alami,
Dr. S. Messaoudi
In light of the recent success using aminobiphenyl pallada-
cycle precatalysts in CÀN and CÀO bond-forming reactions,[10]
combined with our success using Pd(OAc)2/XantPhos catalytic
system in the coupling of glycosyl thiols with (hetero)aryl hal-
ides at 1008C,[6] we decided to explore the ability of the G3-
XantPhos precatalyst[11] (Scheme 2) to promote the construc-
tion of a CÀS bond under mild conditions. Herein, we report
for the first time, a fast, efficient and stereoretentive coupling
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