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Table 3 Catalytic Efficiency of the Palladium-Catalyzed Sonogashira Coupling Reaction of 1 with 2aa
Entry
ArX
1c
1c
1e
1e
1f
Pd(OAc)2 (mol%) Time (h)
Product
Yield (%)b
TON
870
1
2
3
4
5
6
0.1
17
48
14
48
24
48
6
6
9
9
9
9
87
65
92
72
87
47
0.0001
0.1
650 000
920
0.0001
1
720 000
87
1f
0.1
470
a Unless otherwise indicated, the reaction conditions were as follows: 1 (1 mmol), 2a (1.2 mmol), Pd(OAc)2/DABCO (1: 2), Cs2CO3 (3 equiv),
and MeCN (5 mL) at r.t. under N2.
b Isolated yield.
(4-Methoxyphenylethynyl)trimethylsilane (7)
first. Then portions of the solutions of Pd(OAc)2 in MeCN (10 mL)
and DABCO in MeCN (10 mL) were added to a mixture of 1-iodo-
4-nitrobenzene (1e; 1.0 mmol), phenylacetylene (2a; 1.2 mmol),
Cs2CO3 (3 equiv), and MeCN (5 mL) in a tube by syringe and sealed
under N2. The mixture was stirred at r.t. for 48 h until complete con-
sumption of starting material as judged by TLC analysis. After fil-
tering the mixture and evaporation of the solvent, the residue was
purified by flash column chromatography (hexane–EtOAc) to af-
ford 160 mg (72%) of 9 (TONs: 720 000).
1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): d = 7.20 (d, J = 8.4 Hz, 2 H), 6.61 (d,
J = 8.8 Hz, 2 H), 3.60 (s, 3 H), 0.03 (s, 9 H).
13C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3): d = 161.0, 133.1, 115.2, 113.8, 85.6,
78.4, 56.0, –1.1.
1,2-Diphenylethyne (8)
1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): d = 7.60–7.51 (m, 4 H), 7.39–7.26 (m,
6 H).
13C NMR (75 MHz, CDCl3): d = 132.0, 128.7, 128.6, 123.7, 89.7.
Acknowledgment
1-[2-(4-Nitrophenyl)ethynyl]benzene (9)
We thank the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.
20202002), Education Department of Hunan Province (No.
02C211) and Hunan Normal University for financial support
(2001).
1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): d = 8.21 (d, J = 8.8 Hz, 2 H), 7.65 (d,
J = 8.8 Hz, 2 H), 7.58–7.54 (m, 2 H), 7.40–7.38 (m, 3 H).
13C NMR (75 MHz, CDCl3): d = 141.3, 132.6, 132.2, 130.6, 129.6,
128.8, 124.0, 122.5, 95.0, 87.9.
1-(Dec-1-ynyl)-4-nitrobenzene (10)
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1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): d = 8.15 (d, J = 8.8 Hz, 2 H), 7.51 (d,
J = 8.8 Hz, 2 H), 2.44 (t, J = 7.2 Hz, 2 H), 1.74–1.59 (m, 2 H), 1.47–
1.43 (m, 2 H), 1.31–1.26 (m, 8 H), 0.89 (t, J = 7.2 Hz, 3 H).
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79.6, 32.2, 29.5, 29.4, 29.3, 28.7, 23.0, 19.9, 14.4.
1-Ethynyl-4-nitrobenzene (11)
1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): d = 8.21 (d, J = 8.8 Hz, 2 H), 7.65 (d,
J = 8.8 Hz, 2 H), 3.37 (s, 1 H).
13C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3): d = 148.6, 133.0, 128.9, 123.6, 82.3,
81.6.
3-(4-Nitrophenyl)prop-2-yn-1-ol (12)
1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): d = 8.19 (d, J = 9.2 Hz, 2 H), 7.58 (d,
J = 8.8 Hz, 2 H), 4.54 (s, 2 H).
13C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3): d = 147.3, 132.4, 129.4, 123.6, 92.5,
83.8, 51.5.
Palladium (0.0001 mol%)- and DABCO (0.0002 mol%)-Cata-
lyzed Sonogashira Cross-Coupling Reaction of 1-Iodo-4-nitro-
benzene (1e) with Phenylacetylene (2a); 1-[2-(4-Nitro-
phenyl)ethynyl]benzene (9); Typical Procedure (Entry 4,
Table 3)
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Solutions of Pd(OAc)2 (4.5 mg, 0.02 mmol) in MeCN (200 mL) and
DABCO (4.5 mg, 0.04 mmol) in MeCN (200 mL) were prepared at
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