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DOI: 10.1021/jo101554r Published on Web 11/03/2010 J. Org. Chem. 2010, 75, 8279–8282 8279
r 2010 American Chemical Society
JOC Note Zhou et al.
SCHEME 1. (a) Direct Chloropalladation of Alkyne and Heck TABLE 1. Pd-Catalyzed Linear Cross-Trimerization between Alkynes
Cross-Coupling with One Alkene with Pd/Cu(II) and (b) Cross- and Alkenes to 1,3,5-Trienes with Oxygena
Trimerization of One Alkyne with Two Alkenes to 1,3,5-Triene or
1,2,4,5-Tetrasubstituted Benzene by One Pot with Pd/O2
By analyzing the results from GC-MS, we found as a trace (12) For selected examples on σ-vinylhalorine activation catalyzed by
byproduct chloro-substituted 1,3-diene (A), which may be a palladium, see: (a) Hua, R.; Tanaka, M. New J. Chem. 2001, 25, 179–184.
intermediate. Prompted by this detection, we carried out a (b) Larock, R. C.; Doty, M. J.; Han, X. J. Org. Chem. 1999, 64, 8770–8779.
(c) Larock, R. C.; Yum, E. K.; Doty, M. J.; Sham, K. K. C. J. Org. Chem.
chloropalladation/Heck cross-coupling using 1a and 2a with 1995, 60, 3270–3271.
the system of PdCl2 (10 mol %), LiCl (1.2 equiv), CH3CN (13) For some examples on the Z/E isomerization of alkene, see: (a) Yu,
J.; Gaunt, M. J.; Spencer, J. B. J. Org. Chem. 2002, 67, 4627–4629.
(2 mL), and oxygen (8 atm). And chloro-substituted 1,3-diene (b) Umeda, N.; Hirano, K.; Satoh, T.; Miura, M. J. Org. Chem. 2009, 74,
(A) was obtained in the yield of 83% after 12 h. Then, A was 7094–7099.
Experimental Section purged with O2 three times, followed by the addition of methyl
acrylate (107 mg, 1.25 mmol), CH3CN (3 mL), and CH3COOH
Typical Procedure for the Synthesis of (1E,3E,5E)-3-Ethyl- (0.3 mL). The formed mixture was gradually heated from rt to
1,6-dimethyl 4-Phenylhexa-1,3,5-triene-1,3,6-tricarboxylate (3aa). the corresponding temperature under O2 (1 atm kept with a
To a 25 mL round-bottomed flask with condensator were balloon) and stirred for 18 h as monitored by TLC. The solu-
added PdCl2 (8.8 mg, 10 mol %), LiCl (25 mg, 1.2 equiv), K2CO3 tion was then cooled to rt, diluted with ethyl acetate (30 mL),
(105 mg, 1.5 equiv), and ethyl phenylpropiolate (1a) (87 mg, washed with H2O (3 10 mL), dried over MgSO4, filtered, and
0.5 mmol). Then, the flask was purged with O2 three times, followed evaporated under vacuum. The crude product was purified by
by addition of methyl acrylate (2a) (107 mg, 1.25 mmol) and TLC on silica gel to afford colorless oil 4aa. 1H NMR (CDCl3,
CH3CN (3 mL). The formed mixture was gradually heated from 400 MHz) δ 8.23 (s, 1H), 7.69 (s, 1H), 7.39-7.42 (m, 3H),
rt to 75 °C under O2 (1 atm kept with a balloon) and stirred for 7.30-7.33 (m, 2H), 4.13 (q, J = 6.6 Hz, 2H), 3.93 (s, 3H), 3.95 (s,
18 h as monitored by TLC. The solution was then cooled to rt, 3H), 1.02 (t, J = 5.3 Hz, 3H); 13C NMR (CDCl3, 100 MHz) δ
diluted with ethyl acetate (30 mL), washed with H2O (3 10 mL), 167.6, 167.1, 166.6, 145.4, 133.3, 130.9, 130.7, 129.7, 128.2,
dried over MgSO4, filtered, and evaporated under vacuum. The 128.2, 128.2, 128.1, 61.5, 52.9, 52.8, 13.6; MS (EI, 70 eV) m/z
crude product was purified by TLC on silica gel to afford (%) 342 (Mþ, 20), 311(30), 297 (35), 283 (20), 152 (35), 77 (5), 28
colorless oil 3aa, whose structure was determined by 1H (100). Anal. Calcd for C19H18O6: C, 66.66; H, 5.30. Found: C,
NMR, 13C NMR, MS, and NOE and compared with literature 66.71; H, 5.29.
data. 1H NMR (CDCl3, 400 MHz) δ 7.64 (d, J = 12 Hz, 1H),
7.40-7.42 (m, 3H), 7.12-7.14 (m, 2H), 7.06 (d, J = 16 Hz, 1H),
5.98 (d, J = 16 Hz, 1H), 5.61 (d, J = 16 Hz, 1H), 4.44 (q, J = Acknowledgment. The authors are grateful to the National
8 Hz, 2H), 3.67 (d, J = 16 Hz, 6H), 1.42 (t, J = 8 Hz, 3H); 13C Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 20625205,
NMR (CDCl3, 100 MHz) δ 166.4, 166, 144.6, 141.6, 137.8, 20772034, and 20932002), National Basic Research Program
135.9, 133.8, 129.1, 128.5, 128.3, 126.4, 122.6, 61.6, 51.3, 51.2, of China (973 Program) (No. 2011CB808603), Doctoral
13.8; MS (EI, 70 eV) m/z (%) 344 (Mþ, 1), 285 (30), 253 (19), 239 Fund of Ministry of Education of China (20090172110014),
(50), 180 (30), 151, (44), 77 (8), 58 (18), 27 (100). Anal. Calcd for and Guangdong Natural Science Foundation (1035106410-
C19H20O6: C, 66.27; H, 5.85. Found: C, 66.23; H, 5.88.
1000000) for financial support.
Typical Procedure for the Synthesis of [1,10 -Biphenyl]-2,4,5-
tricarboxylic Acid, 2-Ethyl-4,5-dimethyl Ester (4aa). To a 25 mL
round-bottomed flask with condensator were added PdCl2 Supporting Information Available: Full experimental details
(8.8 mg, 10 mol %), K2CO3 (28 mg, 40 mol %), and ethyl and copies of NMR spectral data. This material is available free
phenylpropiolate (1a) (87 mg, 0.5 mmol). Then, the flask was of charge via the Internet at http://pubs.acs.org.