Nickel-catalyzed intermolecular oxidative Heck arylation driven by transfer hydrogenation

Honggui Lv, Huiying Kang, Biying Zhou, Xiaosong Xue (), Keary M. Engle () and Dongbing Zhao ()
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Honggui Lv: College of Chemistry, Nankai University
Huiying Kang: College of Chemistry, Nankai University
Biying Zhou: College of Chemistry, Nankai University
Xiaosong Xue: College of Chemistry, Nankai University
Keary M. Engle: The Scripps Research Institute
Dongbing Zhao: College of Chemistry, Nankai University

Nature Communications, 2019, vol. 10, issue 1, 1-10

Abstract: Abstract The conventional oxidative Heck reaction between aryl boronic acids and alkenes typically involved the PdII/Pd0/PdII catalytic cycle incorporating an external oxidant and often suffered C=C bond isomerization for internal alkyl-substituted alkenes via chain-walking. Herein, we demonstrate that the regioselectivity (γ-selectivity vs. δ-selectivity) and pathway selectivity (hydroarylation vs. oxidative Heck coupling) of a directed Ni-catalyzed alkene arylation can be controlled by judicious tuning of the coordination environment around the nickel catalyst via optimization of an appropriate phosphine ligand and directing group. In this way, the Ni(0)-catalyzed oxidative Heck arylation that relies on transfer hydrogenation of an acceptor olefin is developed with excellent E/Z selectivity and regioselectivity. Mechanistic investigations suggest that the addition of the acceptor is crucial for lowering the energy for carbometalation and for enabling catalytic turnover.

Date: 2019
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