Palladium-Catalyzed Allylation of Polyfluoroarenes with Allylic Pivalates

Xinpeng Jiang; Yong Liu; Lei Zhang; Jinkang Chen; Kang Cheng; Chuanming Yu

doi:10.1055/s-0036-1590914

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Synlett 2018; 29(02): 251-255
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1590914

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Palladium-Catalyzed Allylation of Polyfluoroarenes with Allylic Pivalates

Xinpeng Jiang

^aCollege of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, P. R. of China

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Yong Liu

^aCollege of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, P. R. of China

,

Lei Zhang

^aCollege of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, P. R. of China

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Jinkang Chen

^aCollege of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, P. R. of China

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Kang Cheng

^aCollege of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, P. R. of China

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Chuanming Yu *

^aCollege of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, P. R. of China

^bCollaborative Innovation Center of Yangtze River Delta Region Green Pharmaceuticals, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, P. R. of China Email: ycm@zjut.edu.cn

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An efficient 1,5-cyclooctadiene–PdCl₂/dicyclohexyl(2′,4′,6′-triisopropylbiphenyl-2-yl)phosphine (XPhos) catalytic system was developed for C–H allylation of polyfluoroarenes with allylic pivalates. The reactions showed excellent functional-group tolerance, good yields, and high regioselectivities. Mechanistic investigations supported a (π-allyl)palladium complex pathway through a directed oxidative addition of the allylic pivalate to palladium, followed by sequential nucleophilic attack by the polyfluorobenzene and reductive elimination. In a gram-scale reaction, a palladium loading of 0.5 mol% was enough to afford the required product in good yield.

Key words

polyfluoroarenes - allylation - palladium catalysis - C–H functionalization - fluoro compounds

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