Development and Mechanistic Interrogation of Interrupted Chain-Walking in the Enantioselective Relay Heck Reaction

Overview

Journal J Am Chem Soc

Publisher American Chemical Society

Specialty Chemistry

Date 2020 May 16

PMID 32412759

Citations 11

Authors

Sean P Ross

Ajara A Rahman

Matthew S Sigman

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Abstract

The formation of alkyl-palladium complexes via the nucleopalladation of alkenes is the entry point for a wide range of diverse reactions. One possibility is that the intermediate alkyl-Pd complexes can undergo a "chain-walking" event, to allow for remote functionalization through various termination processes. However, there are few methods to selectively interrupt the chain-walking process at a prescribed location. Herein, we demonstrate that a variety of homoallylic protected amines undergo an interrupted enantioselective relay Heck reaction to give enantioenriched allylic amine products. The selectivity of this process can be diverted to exclusively yield the ene-amide products by virtue of changing the nature of the amine protecting group. To rationalize this observation, we combine experiment and computation to investigate the mechanism of the chain-walking process and termination events. Isotopic labeling experiments and the computed reaction pathways suggest that the system is likely under thermodynamic control, with the selectivity being driven by the relative stability of intermediates encountered during chain-walking. These results illustrate that the chain-walking of alkyl-palladium complexes can be controlled through the alteration of thermodynamic processes and provides a roadmap for exploiting these processes in future reaction development.

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