Palladium-PEPPSI-NHC Complexes Bearing Imidazolidin-2-Ylidene Ligand: Efficient Precatalysts for the Direct C5-Arylation of N-Methylpyrrole-2-Carboxaldehyde
CATALYSIS LETTERS, vol.151, no.11, pp.3197-3212, 2021 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 151 Issue: 11
- Publication Date: 2021
- Doi Number: 10.1007/s10562-021-03561-4
- Journal Name: CATALYSIS LETTERS
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, PASCAL, Chemical Abstracts Core, Chimica, Compendex
- Page Numbers: pp.3197-3212
- Keywords: N-heterocyclic carbene, Imidazolidin-2-ylidene, Palladium, PEPPSI-type complex, Direct arylation, Pyrrole, CATALYZED DIRECT ARYLATION, CROSS-COUPLING REACTIONS, HETEROCYCLIC CARBENE COMPLEXES, H BOND ARYLATION, SUZUKI-MIYAURA, ARYL BROMIDES, PYRROLE DERIVATIVES, REGIOSELECTIVE C-2, POTENT, CHLOROPYRAZINES
- Inonu University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
The Pd-catalyzed direct arylation of pyrroles is an important research field for organic synthesis and catalysis chemistry. However, imidazolidin-2-ylidene based Pd-NHC complexes (NHC=N-heterocyclic carbene) have not yet been employed as catalysts for the direct C5 mono-arylation of C2-substituted N-methylpyrrole derivatives with aryl halides. Therefore, we now report the synthesis and characterization of new 1,3-bis(substituted benzyl) imidazolinium salts as carbene precursors, and their corresponding Pd-PEPPSI-NHC type complexes (PEPPSI=Pyridine Enhanced Precatalyst Preparation Stabilization and Initiation). The catalytic properties of these complexes have been evaluated in the direct C5 mono-arylation of N-methylpyrrole-2-carboxaldehyde with a wide variety of (hetero)aryl halides. This environmentally attractive procedure has also been found to be tolerant to a wide variety of functional groups on the aryl halides such as formyl, acetyl, nitrile, fluoro or trifluoromethyl, and good yields have been obtained in presence of 1 mol% catalyst loading at 120 degrees C.