CC BY-ND-NC 4.0 · Synthesis 2019; 51(05): 985-1005
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1611659
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Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Alkyl Heck-Type Reactions

Daria Kurandina ‡
,
Padon Chuentragool ‡
,
Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 West Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60607-7061, USA   Email: vlad@uic.edu
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We thank the National Institutes of Health (GM120281) and National Science Foundation (CHE-1663779) for the financial support of this work.
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Publication History

Received: 28 December 2018

Accepted: 30 December 2018

Publication Date:
07 February 2019 (online)


Published as part of the 50 Years SYNTHESIS – Golden Anniversary Issue

‡ These authors contributed equally.

Abstract

The Heck reaction is one of the most reliable and useful strategies for the construction of C–C bonds in organic synthesis. However, in contrast to the well-established aryl Heck reaction, the analogous reaction employing alkyl electrophiles is much less developed. Significant progress in this area was recently achieved by merging radical-mediated and transition-metal-catalyzed approaches. This review summarizes the advances in alkyl Heck-type reactions from its discovery early in the 1970s up until the end of 2018.

1 Introduction

2 Pd-Catalyzed Heck-Type Reactions

2.1 Benzylic Electrophiles

2.2 α-Carbonyl Alkyl Halides

2.3 Fluoroalkyl Halides

2.4 α-Functionalized Alkyl Halides

2.5 Unactivated Alkyl Electrophiles

3 Ni-Catalyzed Heck-Type Reactions

3.1 Benzylic Electrophiles

3.2 α-Carbonyl Alkyl Halides

3.3 Unactivated Alkyl Halides

4 Co-Catalyzed Heck-Type Reactions

5 Cu-Catalyzed Heck-Type Reactions

6 Other Metals in Heck-Type Reactions

7 Conclusion