Micelle-Enabled Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling of Heteroaryl Boronate Esters

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/acs.joc.8b00257

We report a micellar protocol for Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling of heteroaryl boronic esters with aryl or heteroaryl halides. The micellar catalysis enables this coupling reaction to run under mild conditions, which avoids the decomposition of heteroaryl boronate esters and allows for high chemoselectivity for cross-coupling reaction with 6-chloropridine-2-boronic ester. The micellar protocol expands the scope of the cross-coupling reaction with challenging heteroaryl boronic esters and complements the existing cross-coupling methods for construction of heterobiaryl building blocks.

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Micelle-Enabled Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-coupling of Heteroaryl Boronate Esters
Pengfei Guo, Hao Zhang, Jianguang Zhou, Fabrice Gallou, Michael Parmentier, and Hui Wang
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Pengfei Guo* , Hao Zhang , Jianguang Zhou , Fabrice Gallou , Michael Parmentier , and Hui
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Chemical & Analytical Development, Suzhou Novartis Pharma Technology Company Limited, Changshu, Jiangsu 215537,
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Chemical & Analytical Development, Novartis Pharma AG, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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ABSTRACT: Here we report a micellar protocol for Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling of heteroaryl boronic esters with aryl or het-
eroaryl halides. The micellar catalysis enables this coupling reaction to run under mild condition, which avoids the decomposition
of heteroaryl boronate esters and allows for high chemo-selectivity for cross coupling reaction with 6-chloropridine-2-boronic ester.
The micellar protocol expands the scope of cross-coupling reaction with challenging heteroaryl boronic esters and well comple-
ments the existing cross-coupling methods for construction of heterobiaryl building blocks.
Heterobiaryl rings are not only important structural motifs frequently found in physiologically active compounds, including com-
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plex natural products, drug candidates and clinically used drugs; but also versatile building blocks for construction of various lig-
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ands in a variety of transition-metal catalyzed processes such as cross coupling reactions, asymmetric conjugate addition, asym-
metric hydroboration and C-H activation. In connection with an ongoing synthesis of an early phase drug candidate, we have been
interested in the cross-coupling of heteroaryl boronate esters with aryl or heteroaryl halides. However, as reported, heteroaryl boro-
nate esters, especially 2-pyridyl boronate esters, are particularly challenging substrates for Suzuki-Miyaura cross coupling reactions
because the boronate esters placed next to basic nitrogen tend to undergo proto-deborylation under standard Suzuki coupling condi-
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tions and result in moderate yields.
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To address the proto-deborylation issue, besides the long-existing alternative methods such as use of 2-pyridylzinc bromides
(Negishi cross-coupling), 2-trimethylsilylpyridine (Hiyama cross-coupling) and 2-(tributylstannyl) pyridine as nucleophiles (Stille
cross-coupling), several methods focusing on boron-related nucleophiles have been well developed, including use of 2-pyridyl N,N-
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diethanolamine boronate esters, lithium triisopropyl 2-pyridinyl boronates, potassium 2-pyridyl trifluoroborates, tetrabutylammo-
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nium 2-pyridyltriolborate salts or N-methylimino diacetic acid (MIDA) boronates as nucleophiles, as we even tried ourselves using
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the micellar conditions . Despite all these advances, the Suzuki coupling of heteroaryl boronic esters remains a significant challenge
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because each of the existing methods has certain limitations, such as in-situ or tedious preparation of nucleophiles, use of toxic rea-
gents, limited reaction scopes or functional groups tolerance.
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During our stability assessment of 2-heteroaryl boronic esters, we observed that lower temperature could greatly minimize the
protodeborylation side reaction. In recent years, Professor Lipshutz’s group discovered that the non-ionic surfactant TPGS-750-M
in water could form micelles, which can partially “solubilize” organic substrates in an aqueous medium and allows a variety of
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chemical transformations under much milder conditions. We envisioned the Suzuki cross-coupling of 2-heteroaryl boronate ester
might be enabled under mild conditions thanks to the micellar environment. Such an environment indeed allows the reaction to
work at lower reaction temperature, thus minimizing the proto-deborylation and other side reactions, and leading to a high-yielding
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reaction. Following this thought and our previous experience with this technology, we developed a general micellar protocol for
Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reaction of heteroaryl boronic esters, which gives high yields and great chemo-selectivity.
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Table 1. Micellar Protocol Optimization for 6-Chloropyridine-2-boronic ester
First, we examined the coupling of commercially available 6-chloro-2-pyridyl boronate ester 2a with 2-bromopyridine 1a. Our
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systematic studies showed that PdCl (dtbpf)/Et N/THF/2%TPGS-750-M water system at 40 C could minimize the potential proto-
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deborylation side reaction to about 4%, although it gave desired product 3a in only 68% (relative HPLC ratio), bis-suzuki side
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product 3a-1 in 13% (relative HPLC ratio) and some des-bromo side product (Table 1, entry 1). Lower reaction temperature (20 C)
significantly minimized all side reactions and improved not only the yield of 3a (91% isolated yield after column separation) but
also the chemo-selectivity --- no bis-suzuki side product 3a-1 was observed (entry 2). It is noteworthy that both TPGS-750-M sur-
factant and THF co-solvent are required in this reaction because absence of either one slowed down the reaction rate and gave in-
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complete conversion (entry 3, 4 and 5). Presumably, this was ascribed to the micellar catalysis effect. Also, other readily available
palladium catalysts were not as efficient as PdCl (dtbpf) (entry 6 and 7).
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The scope of heteroaryl or aryl bromides was investigated by subjecting 6-chloro-2-pyridyl boronate ester 2a and a range of
commercially available heteroaryl or aryl bromides to the optimized reaction conditions (Table 2). Both electron-deficient pyridyl
bromides at 2, 3 or 4 positions (3a to 3g) and electron-rich phenyl bromides (3h to 3j) coupled with 6-chloro-2-pyridyl boronic
ester 2a to give good yields and good chemo-selectivity. Besides, this condition also worked well for imidazole bromide (3l) and
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thiazole bromide (3k). A variety of functional groups are well tolerated, such as chloride (3c, 3i), methoxy group (3e), cyano group
(3i) and amino group (3j). It is also notable that due to the good chemo-selectivity, the remaining chloride could be very useful for
further functionalization. The low yield of product 3d is likely due to the relatively electron-rich property and strong metal-
coordination property, which might result in a slow reaction rate and palladium catalyst deactivation.
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Table 2. Micellar Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling: Scope of Heteroaryl/Aryl bromides
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addition, this micellar protocol also worked smoothly for boronate esters of commonly used and practically useful heteroaryl rings,
such as pyrimidine, imidazole, thiazole and pyrazole (5d to 5g).
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Table 3. Micellar Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling: Scope of Heteroaryl boronate esters
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In conclusion, we have developed a general and practical micellar protocol for the Suzuki-Miyaura coupling of challenging het-
eroaryl boronic esters. This new protocol expands the scope of the well-known Suzuki-Miyaura coupling. Thus, newly developed
chemo-selective and high-yielding micellar condition for heteroaryl boronate esters well complements the existing cross-coupling
methods for construction of heterobiaryl building blocks. We expect this new protocol for rapid access to heterobiaryl rings will
have many applications in synthetic organic chemistry and medicinal chemistry, allowing for environmentally friendly reaction
conditions and reduction of organic wastes.
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Experimental Section
Unless otherwise noted, all reactions were carried out under nitrogen atmosphere. All reagents and solvents were obtained from commercial sup-
pliers and used without further purification. Standard column chromatography was performed on 300–400 mesh silica gel using flash column
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chromatography techniques. H NMR and C NMR spectra were recorded on Bruker 400 UltraShield spectrometer.
General Experimental procedure: To a 25 mL three necked flask was added bromide (1.0 mmol), boronate (1.25 mmol), TEA (2.0 mmol),
PdCl
nitrogen. Then the reaction mixture was stirred at reaction temperature (20 C to 50 C) until the TLC indicated all of the bromide was consumed,
and the resulting mixture was diluted with 50 mL of MTBE. The organic layer was collected, dried over Na SO and filtered. The filtrate was con-
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(dtbpf) (0.05 mmol), 8 mL of THF and 12 mL of 2% TPGS aqueous solution at room temperature. The reaction mixture was degassed with
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from the reaction mixture and direct filtration gave the desired product (for example 3i).
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-Chloro-2,2'-bipyridine (3a) . Purification by flash column chromatography (hexane/EtOAc=4:1) to provide 3a (0.44 g, 91% yield) as an
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off white solid: mp 62-64 C; H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO) δ7.51 (dd, J=8.0 8.0 Hz, 1 H ), 7.59 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 1 H), 8.06-7.95 (m, 2 H),
.30 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 1 H), 8.37 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 1 H), 8.72 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 1 H); C NMR (100 MHz, DMSO)δ156.6, 156.0, 150.4, 150.0, 141.4,
38.1, 125.3, 125.1, 121.2,120.0; HRMS (ESI, Quadrupole-TOF) m/z: (MH ) calcd for C H ClN 191.0371, 193.0341, Found 191.0392,
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6'-Chloro-3-(trifluoromethyl)-2,2'-bipyridine (3b). Purification by flash column chromatography (hexane/EtOAc=4:1) to provide 3b (0.4g,
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CCF ), 144.4, 138.8, 123.7, 123.0, 122.3 (q, J=275.7 Hz, CF ), 121.6, 117.1, 56.4; HRMS (ESI, Quadrupole-TOF) m/z: (MH ) calcd for
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.42 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 1 H), 8.68 (d, J=4.8 Hz, 1 H), 9.25 (s, 1 H);
24.4, 124.2, 120.3; HRMS (ESI, Quadrupole-TOF) m/z: (MH ) calcd for C H ClN 191.0371, 193.0341, Found 191.0392, 193.0348.
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C H ClN 190.0418, 192.0389, Found 190.0421, 192.0393.
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-Chloro-4-(6-chloropyridin-2-yl)benzonitrile (3i). Purification by crystallization from MTBE to provide 3i (0.32 g, 87% yield) as a brown
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solid: mp 148-150 C; H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO) δ7.59 (d, J=7.6 Hz, 1H), 7.94-8.24 (m, 4H), 8.25-8.55 (m, 1H), 8.34 (s, 1H);
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for C H ClN S 211.0091, 213.0032, Found 211.0097, 213.0068.
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50.3, 149.2, 136.5, 135.8, 135.3, 124.3 (q, J=30.3 Hz, CCF ), 122.6 (q, J=273.7 Hz, CF ), 123.7, 123.5; HRMS (ESI, Quadrupole-TOF)
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yield) as a brown solid: mp 80-83 C; H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO) δ 7.48 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 2H), 7.75 (dd, J=7.8, 4.4 Hz, 1 H), 8.38 (d,
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',3-Bis(trifluoromethyl)-2,4'-bipyridine (5c). Purification by flash column chromatography (hexane/EtOAc=6:1 to 3:1) to provide 5c (0.43
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CCF ), 136.0, 127.3, 124.6, 124.2 (q, J=32.3 Hz, CCF ), 123.8 (q, J=274.7 Hz, CF ), 122.0 (q, J=275.7 Hz, CF ), 120.8; HRMS (ESI,
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DMSO)δ166.7, 156.1, 154.2, 149.6, 146.1, 139.2, 146.1, 139.8, 123.8, 122.1, 119.6; HRMS (ESI, Quadrupole-TOF) m/z: (MH ) calcd for
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H), 8.37 (dd, J=8.1 Hz, 1 H), 8.99 (d, J=4.8 Hz, 1 H); C NMR (100 MHz, DMSO) δ153.3, 146.7, 136.1, 134.0, 130.6, 129.5, 125.4 (q,
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-(1-(Tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)-1H-pyrazol-5-yl)-3-(trifluoromethyl)pyridine (5g). Purification by flash column chromatography (hex-
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Corresponding author
Email: Pengfei.guo@novartis.com
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
We thank Mr. Huanqing Jia and Mr. Weiyong Kong for some preliminary work and Dr. Jianwei Bian for some fruitful discussion. We
thank analytical team in Novartis for instrumental support for collection of high resolution mass data and NMR data.
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