Table 1 Pd-catalyzed carbene coupling between N-tosylhydrazone with benzyl bromide

From: Palladium-catalyzed asymmetric carbene coupling en route to inherently chiral heptagon-containing polyarenes

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Entry

Catalyst

L*

Solvent

Yield (%)a

ee (%)b

1

Pd(OAc)2

L1

dioxane

42

24

2

Pd2(dba)3

L1

dioxane

54

28

3

[Pd(Æž-C3H5)Cl]2

L1

dioxane

40

14

4

Pd(dba)2

L1

dioxane

50

24

5

Pd2(dba)3

L2

dioxane

66

67

6

Pd2(dba)3

L3

dioxane

57

5

7

Pd2(dba)3

L4

dioxane

55

62

8

Pd2(dba)3

L5

dioxane

78

77

9

Pd2(dba)3

L6

dioxane

55

7

10

Pd2(dba)3

L7

dioxane

85

89

11

Pd2(dba)3

L8

dioxane

52

21

12

Pd2(dba)3

L9

dioxane

78

89

13

Pd2(dba)3

L7

Et2O

41

87

14

Pd2(dba)3

L7

THF

65

89

15

Pd2(dba)3

L7

toluene

40

87

16c

Pd2(dba)3

L7

dioxane

80

91

17d

Pd2(dba)3

L7

dioxane

68

90

18e

Pd2(dba)3

L7

dioxane

42

50

  1. Reaction conditions: the reaction was carried out at 0.1 mmol scale with palladium (5.0 mol%), L* (10.0 mol%), LiOtBu (3.0 equiv.), and the solvent (1.0 mL) in a sealed vial at 60 °C for 20 h, and the molar ratio of 1a:2a was 1:1.2.
  2. aIsolated yield.
  3. bDetermined by chiral HPLC.
  4. cThe reaction was performed at 50 °C for 36 h.
  5. dPd2(dba)3 (2.5 mol%), L7 (5.0 mol%), reaction time: 48 h.
  6. eBenzyl chloride (0.12 mmol) was used instead of 2a (2.5 mol%), L7 (5.0 mol%), reaction time: 48 h.