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Palladium-catalyzed cascade reaction of α,β-unsaturated sulfones with aryl iodides
Mauleon, Pablo,Nunez, Angel A.,Alonso, Ines,Carretero, Juan C.
, p. 1511 - 1520 (2007/10/03)
Unlike traditionally used acyclic 1,2-disubstituted alkenes, the reaction of α,β-unsaturated phenyl sulfones with aryl iodides under Heck reaction conditions (Pd(OAc)2 as catalyst, Ag2-CO3 as base in DMF at 120°C) takes place mainly by a cascade process, involving one unit of the alkene and three units of the aryl iodide, to afford a substituted 9-phenylsulfonyl-9,10-dihydrophenanthrene, The dominant formation of this 3:1 coupling product, instead of the Heck trisubstituted olefin, shows that aromatic C-H activation processes can compete with the usually fast syn β-hydrogen elimination step in the Heck arylation of an acyclic olefin. The structural scope of this palladium-catalyzed cascade arylation of α,β-unsaturated sulfones has proved to be wide with regard to substitution at the β-position (alkyl, aryl, or alkenyl substitution), substitution at the sulfone unit (alkyl or phenyl sulfones), and configuration at the C=C bond (trans or cis). Moreover, although less favored than in the case of the arylation of α,β-unsaturated sulfones, similarly substituted 9,10-dihydrophenanthrenes have also been obtained in the case of α,β-unsaturated phosphine oxides and α,β-unsaturated phosphonate esters. A Pd0-pdII-pdIV mechanistic pathway involving the successive formation of highly electrophilic σ-alkylpalladium intermediates and palladacycles is proposed for this multi-component arylation.
