‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.
Published as part of the Special Topic Amination Reactions in Organic Synthesis
Abstract
A family of 2-(9H-carbazol-9-yl)phenyl-based phosphine ligands were synthesized and their efficacy
in promoting the steric hindered Buchwald–Hartwig amination was evaluated. In the
presence of Pd(OAc)2 (0.03–1.0 mol%) associated with the newly developed a carbazolyl-derived phosphine
ligand, the synthesis of tetra-ortho-substituted diarylamines proceeded smoothly with excellent product yields (up to
99%). A remarkable result was obtained even for the coupling of highly sterically
congested 2,6-diisopropylaniline and hindered 2-chloro-1,3,5-triisopropylbenzene (96%
isolated yield). A possible decomposition pathway for the anthracenyl C–N coupling
product is also reported.
Key words
palladium - amination - aryl chlorides - phosphine - sterically congested