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Ligand-Free Ru-Catalyzed Direct sp3 C-H Alkylation of Fluorene Using Alcohols
Shaikh, Moseen A.,Agalave, Sandip G.,Ubale, Akash S.,Gnanaprakasam, Boopathy
, p. 2277 - 2290 (2020/02/04)
The sp3 C-H alkylation of 9H-fluorene using alcohol and a Ru catalyst via the borrowing hydrogen concept has been described. This reaction was catalyzed by the [Ru(p-cymene)Cl2]2 complex (3 mol %) and exhibited a broad reaction scope with different alcohols, allowing primary and secondary alcohols to be employed as nonhazardous and greener alkylating agents with the formation of environmentally benign water as a byproduct. A variety of 9H-fluorene underwent selective and exclusive mono-C9-alkylation with primary alcohols in good to excellent isolated yield (26 examples, 50-92% yield), whereas this reaction with secondary alcohols in the absence of any external oxidants furnished the tetrasubstituted alkene as the major product. Furthermore, a base-mediated C-H hydroxylation of the synthesized 9H-fluorene derivatives afforded 9H-hydroxy-functionalized quaternary fluorene derivatives in excellent yield.
9-Fluorenylphosphines for the Pd-catalyzed Sonogashira, Suzuki, and Buchwald-Hartwig coupling reactions in organic solvents and water
Fleckenstein, Christoph A.,Plenio, Herbert
, p. 2701 - 2716 (2008/03/14)
The lithiation/alkylation of fluorene leads to various 9-alkyl-fluorenes (alkyl = Me. Et, /Pr, -Pr. -C18H25) in > 95% yields, for which lithiation and reaction with R2PCl (R = Cy, iPr, tBu) generates 9-alkyl, 9-PR2fluorenes which constitute electron-rich and bulky phosphine ligands. The in-situ-formed palladium-phosphinc complexes ([Na2PdCl4], phosphonium salt, base, substrates) were tested in the Sonogashira. Suzuki, and Buchwald-Hartwig reactions of aryl chlorides and aryl bromides in organic solvents. The Sonogashira coupling of aryl chlorides at 100-120°C leads to >90% yields with 1 mol % of Pd catalyst. The Suzuki coupling of aryl chlorides typically requires 0.05 mol % of Pd catalyst at 100°C in dioxane for quantitative product formation. To carry out "green" cross-coupling reactions in water, 9-ethylfluorenyldicyclohexylphosphine was reacted in sulphuric acid to generate the respective 2-sulfonated phosphonium salt. The Suzuki coupling of activated aryl chlorides by using this water-soluble catalyst requires only 0.01 mol% of Pd catalyst, while a wide range of aryl chlorides can be quantitatively converted into the respective coupling products by using 0.1-0.5 mol % of catalyst in pure water at 100°C. Difficult substrate combinations, such as naphthylboronic acid or 3-pyridylboronic acid and aryl chlorides are coupled at 100°C by using 0.1-0.5 mol % of catalyst in pure water to obtain the respective N-heterocycles in quantitative yields. The copper-free aqueous Sonogashira coupling of aryl bromides generates the respective tolane derivatives in > 95 % yield.
