Synlett 2010(8): 1268-1272  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1219789
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Recyclable Gallium as Catalyst Precursor for a Convenient and Solvent-Free Method for the Intermolecular Addition of Sulfonamides to Alkenes

Daniel Jaspers, Raphael Kubiak, Sven Doye*
Institut für Reine und Angewandte Chemie, Universität Oldenburg, Carl-von-Ossietzky-Str. 9-11, 26111 Oldenburg, Germany
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Received 8 February 2010
Publikationsdatum:
23. März 2010 (online)

Abstract

Gallium(III) iodide, which is conveniently formed in situ from gallium and iodine, is a competent catalyst for the inter- and intramolecular addition of p-toluenesulfonamides to alkenes. After each reaction, the metallic gallium can easily be recycled and used for subsequent transformations.

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General Procedure Exemplified by the Reaction of Cyclohexene (1) with p -Toluenesulfonamide
An oven-dried Schlenk tube equipped with a Teflon stopcock and a magnetic stirring bar was charged with gallium (99.9999% from Acros Organics, 11 mg, 0.15 mmol, 5 mol%) and p-toluenesulfonamide (514 mg, 3.0 mmol). Then the tube was evacuated and flushed with argon, and cyclohexene (1, 493 mg, 6.0 mmol) and iodine (58 mg, 0.23 mmol, 7.5 mol%) were added. The tube was sealed, and the resulting mixture was heated to 105 ˚C for 2 h. After the tube had been cooled to r.t., the reaction mixture was diluted with CH2Cl2 (20 mL). The resulting solution was separated from the precipitated gallium by syringe and concentrated under vacuum. Finally, the crude product was purified by flash chromatography (light PE-EtOAc, 4:1) to give sulfon-amide 2 (730 mg, 2.9 mmol, 96%) as a colorless solid; mp 82 ˚C. ¹H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 0.97-1.21 (m, 5 H), 1.38-1.47 (m, 1 H), 1.50-1.59 (m, 2 H), 1.63-1.70 (m, 2 H), 2.35 (s, 3 H), 2.98-3.10 (m, 1 H), 4.67 (d, J H,H = 7.4 Hz, 1 H, NH), 7.22 (d, J H,H = 8.0 Hz, 2 H), 7.70 (d, J H,H = 8.2 Hz, 2 H) ppm. ¹³C NMR (125 MHz, DEPT, CDCl3): δ = 21.5 (CH3), 24.6 (CH2), 25.1 (CH2), 33.8 (CH2), 52.5 (CH), 126.9 (CH), 129.6 (CH), 138.4 (C), 143.0 (C) ppm. IR (neat): 1/λ = 3305, 2931, 2851, 1323, 1156, 662 cm. HRMS (70 eV): m/z calcd. (C13H19NO2S) 253.1136; found 253.1140. For the next catalytic reaction, the Schlenk tube which still contained the gallium was evacuated, flushed with argon, and charged with p-toluenesulfonamide (514 mg, 3.0 mmol), cyclohexene (1, 493 mg, 6.0 mmol) and iodine (58 mg, 0.23 mmol, 7.5 mol%), and the reaction was run as described above.