NiXantphos: A Deprotonatable Ligand for Room-Temperature Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Couplings of Aryl Chlorides

Although the past 15 years have witnessed the development of sterically bulky and electron-rich alkylphosphine ligands for palladium-catalyzed cross-couplings with aryl chlorides, examples of palladium catalysts based on either triarylphosphine or bidentate phosphine ligands for efficient room tempe...

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Published in:Journal of the American Chemical Society 2014-04, Vol.136 (17), p.6276-6287
Main Authors: Zhang, Jiadi, Bellomo, Ana, Trongsiriwat, Nisalak, Jia, Tiezheng, Carroll, Patrick J, Dreher, Spencer D, Tudge, Matthew T, Yin, Haolin, Robinson, Jerome R, Schelter, Eric J, Walsh, Patrick J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aromatic compounds
Catalysis
Catalysts
Chlorides
Chlorides - chemistry
Cross coupling
Hydrocarbons, Aromatic - chemistry
Ligands
Models, Molecular
Oxidation-Reduction
Palladium
Palladium - chemistry
Phosphines
Phosphines - chemistry
Protons
Temperature
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Summary:Although the past 15 years have witnessed the development of sterically bulky and electron-rich alkylphosphine ligands for palladium-catalyzed cross-couplings with aryl chlorides, examples of palladium catalysts based on either triarylphosphine or bidentate phosphine ligands for efficient room temperature cross-coupling reactions with unactivated aryl chlorides are rare. Herein we report a palladium catalyst based on NiXantphos, a deprotonatable chelating aryldiphosphine ligand, to oxidatively add unactivated aryl chlorides at room temperature. Surprisingly, comparison of an extensive array of ligands revealed that under the basic reaction conditions the resultant heterobimetallic Pd–NiXantphos catalyst system outperformed all the other mono- and bidentate ligands in a deprotonative cross-coupling process (DCCP) with aryl chlorides. The DCCP with aryl chlorides affords a variety of triarylmethane products, a class of compounds with various applications and interesting biological activity. Additionally, the DCCP exhibits remarkable chemoselectivity in the presence of aryl chloride substrates bearing heteroaryl groups and sensitive functional groups that are known to undergo 1,2-addition, aldol reaction, and O-, N-, enolate-α-, and C­(sp2)–H arylations. The advantages and importance of the Pd–NiXantphos catalyst system outlined herein make it a valuable contribution for applications in Pd-catalyzed arylation reactions with aryl chlorides.
ISSN:0002-7863
1520-5126
DOI:10.1021/ja411855d