NICKEL-PHOSPHINE COMPLEX-CATALYZED GRIGNARD COUPLING-II; GRIGNARD COUPLING OF HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4020(82)80117-8

A general, versatile method for alkylation and arylation of haloheterocyclic compounds is reported.In the presence of a catalytic quantity of , where dppp stands for Ph2P(CH2)3PPh2, bromothiophenes, halopyridines, haloquinoline, and haloisoquinolines reacted with alkyl and aryl Grignard reagents at room temperature or at ether refluxing temperature to give the cross-coupling products.The coupling reactions has been applied to the synthesis of isoquinoline alkaloids.Reactivities of 2-thienyl and 2-pyridyl Grignard reagents have also been examined.