CL-141084
Received: November 25, 2014 | Accepted: December 10, 2014 | Web Released: December 19, 2014
Rhodium-catalyzed Borylation of Aryl and Alkenyl Pivalates
through the Cleavage of CarbonOxygen Bonds
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1,2,3
and Naoto Chatani*1
Hirotaka Kinuta, Junya Hasegawa, Mamoru Tobisu,*
Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871
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2
Center for Atomic and Molecular Technologies, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871
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ESICB, Kyoto University, Katsura, Kyoto 615-8510
(
E-mail: tobisu@chem.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp, chatani@chem.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp)
Rhodium-catalyzed borylation reactions of aryl and alkenyl
pivalates, using a diboron reagent, via the cleavage of carbon
oxygen bonds have been developed. The inert nature of the
pivalate moiety enables relatively complex aryl boronates to be
synthesized via the tandem cross-coupling of carbonhalogen
and carbonoxygen bonds.
polysubstituted arenes by combination with a directed ortho
carbonhydrogen bond functionalization process. Here, we
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report a rhodium-based catalytic system for aryl pivalate
borylation (Scheme 1c). Although activation of the aromatic
carbonoxygen bond of an aryl ester has been reported to
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proceed stoichiometrically at a rhodium center, this is the first
report of a rhodium-catalyzed reaction that involves such a bond
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activation process.
Arylboronic acids and their derivatives are versatile reagents
for the catalytic synthesis of carboncarbon and carbonhet-
eroatom bonds. Traditionally, they have been prepared by the
Previously, we developed rhodium-catalyzed reactions of
nitriles through cleavage of a carboncyano bond, in which the
use of organosilicon or organoboron reagents is crucial. Based
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reactions of organomagnesium or organolithium reagents with
trialkylborates; however, functional group compatibility is
limited because organometallic reagents are strong nucleophi-
on these results, we became interested in whether the postulated
silylrhodium or borylrhodium species can activate other un-
reactive bonds, including carbonoxygen bonds.
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c
les. Transition-metal-catalyzed methods have also been devel-
oped, and these enable the synthesis of structurally diverse
functionalized aryl boronates. Catalytic methods that can trans-
form a carbonhalogen bond to a carbonboron bond are among
First, we investigated the reaction of 2-naphthyl pivalate
(1a) with bis(neopentylglycolato)diboron [B (nep) ] in the
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presence of a rhodium(I) catalyst (Table 1). Although none of
the expected borylated product 2 was formed when the reaction
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the most powerful methods. The replacement of aryl halides
was performed using [RhCl(cod)] (cod: cyclooctadiene) alone,
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with phenol derivatives in these catalytic borylation processes
would be beneficial in terms of environmental benignity and
ready availability of the starting materials. Activated sulfonates
such as triflates can be used as alternatives to aryl halides
addition of PPh3 provided 2 in 41% yield (Entry 2). Further
investigation showed that the addition of an electron-rich
phosphine, i.e., P(4-MeOC H ) , slightly improved the yield
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4 3
of 2 (Entry 3), whereas an electron-deficient ligand did not
(Entry 8). Other ligands such as PCy3 and N-heterocyclic
(Scheme 1a); however, fluorinated reagents are expensive, and
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they generate harmful wastes, therefore greener processes need
carbenes were ineffective. This reaction was also significantly
affected by the nature of the leaving group. Aryl acetate 1b
(R = Me) was decomposed under the catalytic conditions to
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to be developed. Recent advances in the development of
palladium- or nickel-catalyzed borylations have enabled the use
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of less reactive sulfonates such as tosylates and mesylates.
Table 1. Optimization of reaction conditionsa
Moreover, Shi and co-workers reported a nickel-catalyzed
borylation of aryl carbamates that involves the cleavage of a
relatively inert C(aryl)O bond (Scheme 1b).5 This method
enables the use of inexpensive and easily handled phenol
derivatives, and can be used for the regioselective synthesis of
2
equiv
B2(nep)2
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[RhCl(cod)]2 5 mol%
O
R
ligand
O
B
30 mol%
OH
Ar
+
Ar
toluene
O
Ar
O
130 °C, 15 h
2
3
t
R = Bu (1a), Me (1b), NEt (1c)
Ar = 2-naphthyl
2
a) aryl sulfonates: many example
R1
NMR yields/%
O
B(OR)2
cat. Pd or Ni
B (OR)4 or HB(OR)2
Entry
Substrate
Ligand
S
2
3
1
O
O
2
1
2
3
4
5
1a
1a
1a
1b
1c
1a
1a
1a
none
PPh3
0
0
0
0
58
0
0
99
58
50
41
80
31
26
59
R2 = CF , p-tol, Me, etc.
3
41
50
0
10
66
78
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b) Shi
O
P(4-MeOC6H4)3
P(4-MeOC6H4)3
P(4-MeOC6H4)3
P(4-MeOC6H4)3
P(4-MeOC6H4)3
P(4-CF3C6H4)3
O
R2
B
cat. Ni
O
O
B (nep)2
2
b
6
7
R2 = NMe , Bu, O Bu, etc.
t
t
2
b,c
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0
c) this work
O
8
O
tBu
B
cat. Rh
aConditions:
O
1
(0.50 mmol), B2(nep)2 (1.0 mmol), [RhCl(cod)]2
O
B2(nep)2
(0.025 mmol), ligand (0.15 mmol), toluene (0.50 mL) for 15 h at
b
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30 °C. [RhCl(cod)]2 (0.050 mmol), ligand (0.30 mmol) were used.
c
B2(nep)2, the catalyst, and the ligand were added in two batches at
and 3 h.
Scheme 1. Aryl boronate synthesis via carbonoxygen bond
cleavage.
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