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Table 2 (continued )
Entry
18
Ar-X
Pd loading (mol%)
0.1
Time (h)
10
Yieldb (%)
95c
19
20
21
22
1
1
1
1
5
20
5
14c
38d
23c
44d
20
a
Reaction conditions: n (QADIA)/n (Pd) ¼ 2, aryl halides (1 mmol), phenylboronic acid (1.25 mmol), K3PO3 (2.0 mmol), H2O (3.0 mL), EtOH (3.0 mL), 60 ꢀC.
b
c
Isolated yield.
80 ꢀC.
d
90 ꢀC, with addition of 0.25 mmol TBAB in the system.
PdCl2 system, the reaction was found to produce good to excellent
spectroscopy was performed on a Brucker advance II 400 spec-
trometer operating at 400 MHz (1H NMR) and 100 MHz (13C NMR)
with CDCl3 as the solvent and TMS as internal standard. Melting
points were determined on a Thomas-Hoover capillary melting
point apparatus. The isolation of pure products was carried out via
column (Silica gel 200e300 mesh).
yields for the desired product with 3-bromopyridine and 3-
bromoquinoline when we extended the reaction time to 10 h at
80 ꢀC in the presence of 0.1 mol % PdCl2 (Table 2, entries 17, 18).
Encouraged by the obvious efficiency of this optimized catalytic
system, we also investigated the coupling of phenylboronic acid
with activated aryl chloride, which included 4-chloronitrobenzene
and 4-chlorobenzotrifluoride. It is well known that the Suzuki
cross-coupling of aryl chlorides is not as easy as it is for aryl iodides
and aryl bromides. In order to obtain the desired coupling products,
harsh reaction conditions and higher dosages of catalyst are typi-
cally required in the Suzuki reaction [47,57]. When we raised the Pd
loading up to 1.0 mol% and prolonged the reaction time to 20 h by
setting the reaction temperature to 90 ꢀC (in the presence of 25 mol
3.1. Synthesis of QADIA
Into a 250 mL three-necked flask equipped with a magnetic
stirringbar, 1.73 g (0.01 mol) of quinaldic acid and 60 mL anhydrous
dichloromethane are added. The mixture was stirred at room
temperature for 10 min and then 10 mL oxalyl chloride (0.12 mol)
was added. After thermostatting at 50 ꢀC in an oil bath and stirring
for 4 h, the reaction flask was cooled. After removing all the solvent
under reduced pressure, the mid-product quinaldic acid chloride
was obtained. The whole of the mid-product was dissolved in
50 mL anhydrous dichloromethane in the same flask, then 1.21 g
(0.012 mol) diisopropylamine was added dropwise into the mixture
in 10 min under ice-water bath. After the end of addition, the
mixture was stirred at room temperature for 6 h. The solvent was
removed under reduced pressure and the residue was purified by
recrystallization (EtOAc/Cyclohexane ¼ 1:3). Finally, a pale yellow
crystal (2.18 g) was obtained, yield: 85%. mp: 135e137 ꢀC. 1H NMR
%
TBAB, simultaneously), moderate coupling yields of 4-
chlorobenzotrifluoride (38%) and 4-chloronitrobenzene (44%)
with phenylboronic acid were obtained (Table 2, entries 20, 22).
Conclusively, we successfully developed a novel and simple
amide ligand QADIA (N,N-diisopropyl quinoline-2-carboxamide).
This compound was proved to be highly effective in the
palladium-catalyzed Suzuki coupling reaction of phenylboronic
acid with different substituted bromobenzenes, substituted iodo-
benzenes, and heteroaryl bromides in EtOHeH2O (1:1, v/v). In the
QIDIA/PdCl2 catalysis system, the reaction can be carried out at low
Pd-loading (0.05 mol %) in mild conditions (at 60e90 ꢀC under
aerobic conditions), resulting target biphenyl derivatives in good to
excellent yields. The ease of preparation of this amide ligand, its
low catalyst loading and stability toward air and moisture make it
an ideal catalytic system for the Suzuki cross-coupling reaction. In
view of the good coordinating performance of this quionline-based
amide compound towards Pd center, this amide ligand may
demonstrate useful for other kinds of metal catalyzed trans-
formations. And further effort to develop more simple and efficient
amide ligands in the catalytic system and more application of this
system are currently under investigation.
(400 MHz, CDCl3):
d
8.23 (d, J ¼ 8.4 Hz, 1H), 8.13 (d, J ¼ 8.5 Hz, 1H),
7.83 (d, J ¼ 8.1 Hz, 1H), 7.74 (t, J ¼ 8.0, 1.4 Hz, 1H), 7.57 (m, 2H), 3.97
(m, 1H), 3.61 (m, 1H), 1.62 (d, J ¼ 6.8 Hz, 6H), 1.22 (d, J ¼ 6.7 Hz, 6H)
ppm; 13C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3):
d 168.81 (s, 1C), 155.99 (s, 1C),
146.88 (s, 1C), 136.92 (s, 1C), 129.77 (d, 2C), 127.63 (d, 2C), 127.02 (s,
1C), 119.66 (s, 1C), 50.69 (s, 1C), 46.18 (s, 1C), 20.65 (d, 4C) ppm;
HRMS calcd for C16H21N2O [QADIA þ H]þ: 257.1648, found:
257.1661 (Fig. S3). Elem anal. calcd for C16H20N2O: C, 74.97; H, 7.86;
N, 10.93%. Found: C, 74.81; H, 7.98; N, 10.74%.
Acknowledgments
3. Experimental
We thank the advice of Dr. Youwei Yao (Graduate School at
Shenzhen, Tsinghua University) and Dr. Kun Wang (Sichuan Uni-
versity). This work was supported by the National Natural Science
Foundation of China (No. 21302108), and Shenzhen Municipal
Government SZSITIC (No. JCYJ20130402145002379, ZDSY20120
619141412872, and CXB201104210013A).
All aryl halides and arylboronic acids were purchased from
Energy Chemical. Quinaldic acid and diisopropylamine were pur-
chased form Aladdin Industrial Corporation. Other chemicals were
purchased from commercial sources without any process. NMR