M. M. Dell’Anna, P. Mastrorilli, F. Muscio, C. F. Nobile, G. P. Suranna
FULL PAPER
tions the conversion of the substrate was quantitative after Experimental Section
2 h affording a 95% yield of trans-stilbene (entry 1). In the
1
absence of DMG the conversion was quantitative after 24 h All preparations, manipulations and reactions were carried out un-
der air. All chemicals were purchased from Aldrich and used as
and the yield of trans-stilbene was 91% (entry 2). After the
initial catalytic run, the resin used in the reaction of entry
received. The supported catalyst (Pd-pol) was prepared according
to the procedure reported in ref.[ The palladium content in the
17]
1
was recovered, washed and recycled five times with negli-
supported catalyst was determined by atomic absorption spectro-
metry using a PerkinϪElmer 3110 instrument. Chromatographic
analyses were carried out on Hewlett Packard 6890 instruments
using an HP-PLOT Molecular Sieve 5A (15.0m ϫ 0.53 mm ϫ 25.0
µm) column (injector temperature 280 °C, FID temperature 280
gible loss of activity (Figure 2).
Table 3. Heck coupling reactions of aryl bromides catalysed by Pd-
pol; typical reaction conditions: a molar ratio of 1:1.2:2.4 was used
for ArBr (5 mmol):alkene:base (NaOAc) in 6 mL DEG; T ϭ 160
°
C, carrier: nitrogen or helium). GCMS data (EI, 70 eV) were ac-
°
C; molar ratio Pd/ArBr ϭ 1:500
quired on an HP 6890 instrument (injector temperature 280 °C,
carrier: helium) using an HP-1 crosslinked methyl siloxane (60.0
m ϫ 0.25 mm ϫ 1.0 µm) capillary column coupled with a mass
spectrometer HP 5973. The products were identified by comparison
of their GC and GC-MS features with those of authentic samples.
Conversions and yields were calculated by gas chromatography us-
ing n-dodecane as an internal standard calibrated to the corres-
ponding pure compound. In the case of entry 1 of Table 1, the
isolated yield was also assessed as described below.
General Procedure for the Heck, Suzuki and Sonogashira Reactions:
A 50 mL pressure tube was charged with Pd-pol (1.98% Pd), pot-
w
assium or sodium acetate (12 mmol), aryl halide (5.0 mmol), olefin,
alkyne or arylboronic acid (6.0 mmol), n-dodecane as internal
standard, the additive (when present) and the solvent (DMF or
DEG, 6 mL). The aryl iodide/Pd molar ratio was 1000, whereas
the aryl bromide/Pd molar ratio was 500. The mixture was heated
whilst stirring at the desired temperature until reaction completion
as monitored by GLC and GCMS analyses. After reaction the
catalyst was recovered by filtration, washed with acetone, water,
acetone and diethyl ether, and dried under vacuum.
[
a]
GLC yields. [b] Molar ratio Pd:DMG ϭ 1:20.
Isolation of trans-Stilbene: After separation of Pd-pol, the reaction
mixture was diluted with CH
3 ϫ 15 mL). After separation of the organic phase and drying
over Na SO , the solution was concentrated under reduced pres-
2 2 2
Cl (20 mL) and washed with H O
(
2
4
sure. Separation of the cis/trans isomers was carried out by silica
gel chromatography with pentane/diethyl ether (1:1) solvent mix-
tures. The product was obtained in an analytically pure form after
recrystallization from diethyl ether at Ϫ18 °C (0.808 g, isolated
yield ϭ 89.8%).
Catalytic Test for the Determination of the Activity of the Mother
Liquor: The clear filtrate obtained from the catalyst was used as
solvent for these experiments. This solution was obtained by filtra-
tion at 90 °C over celite, in order to remove the fine particles. Fresh
reactants (5.0 mmol aryl halide, 6.0 mmol olefin, 12 mmol base)
were added to the filtrate and the resulting mixture was heated at
the desired temperature whilst stirring for 20 h. The reaction course
Figure 2. Recyclability of Pd-pol in Heck reactions between bromo-
benzene and styrene at 160 °C, in the presence of DMG; in each
reaction the conversion of bromobenzene was quantitative; TOF ϭ
[moles of coupling product (both isomers)]/[(moles of Pd) ϫ (reac-
tion time in hours)]
The reactions of 4-bromonitrobenzene and 4-bromo-
acetophenone with styrene took 10 h to reach completion
giving 90% (entry 3) and 92% yield (entry 4) of the trans-
coupling adduct, respectively.
(
if any) was monitored by GLC as described above.
Acknowledgments
Mr. E. Pannacciulli is gratefully acknowledged for technical assist-
ance. The Italian MIUR and CNR are gratefully acknowledged for
financial support.
The possibility to use aryl chlorides as substrates in the
Pd-pol catalytic system has also been examined. Unfortu-
nately, the reactions between chlorobenzene and methyl ac-
rylate or between p-chloronitrobenzene and styrene at 180
[19b]
°
C in the presence of DMG and Ph PCl
were not effect-
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[
1] [1a]
R. F. Heck, Palladium in Organic Synthesis, Academic Press,
ive, and only a small degree of dehalogenation occurred.
Finally, Pd-pol was used as catalyst for the coupling of
aryl iodides with phenylacetylene at 90 °C (Sonogashira re-
action), but the selectivities were poor (Table 2).
London, 1985. [ J. Tsuji, Palladium Reagents and Catalysts,
Wiley Chichester, 1995.
1b]
[1c]
S. Brase, A. de Meijere, in Metal-
Catalysed Cross-Coupling Reactions (Eds.: F. Diederich, P. J.
Stang), Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 1997.
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