Palladium/PC-Phos-Catalyzed Asymmetric Heck/Tsuji-Trost Reactions of Amino-Tethered 1,3-Cyclohexadiene with Aryl and Alkenyl Halides

Chiral perhydroindoles are found in a number of natural products and biologically active compounds. Therefore, the development of new asymmetric methodology for rapid access to this core is of high importance. Herein, we reported a highly regio- and diastereo-selective palladium/PC-Phos-catalyzed asymmetric Heck/Tsuji-Trost reactions of readily available amino tethered 1,3-cyclohexadienes with aryl and alkenyl halides, delivering various functionalized chiral hexahydroindoles in good yields with high enantioselectivity. The application of this reaction to the concise synthesis of (-)-α-Lycorane was demonstrated. DFT computation results indicate that the difference in ΔE_dis of two migration insertion transition states determines the enantioselectivity of the reaction.

Picolinamides and Iodoalkynes Enable Palladium-Catalyzed syn-Aminoalkynylation of Di- and Trisubstituted Alkenes to Give Pyrrolidines

Palladium-catalyzed aminoalkynylation of electronically unbiased olefins with iodoalkynes is reported. The picolinamide auxiliary enables for the first time the syn-selective aminoalkynylation of mono-, di- and trisubstituted alkenes to afford the corresponding pyrrolidines in up to 97 % yield and as single diastereomers. Furthermore, through a C-H activation approach, the picolinamide allows the rapid synthesis of functionalized olefins, which are suitable cyclization precursors. Facile and orthogonal deprotection of the amides and Siⁱ Pr₃ -acetylenes in the products, and a subsequent Pictet-Spengler reaction is demonstrated.

Palladium-Catalyzed Carbo-Oxygenation of Propargylic Amines using in Situ Tether Formation

1,2-Amino alcohols and α-aminocarbonyls are frequently found in natural products, drugs, chiral auxiliaries, and catalysts. This work reports a new method for the palladium-catalyzed oxyalkynylation and oxyarylation of propargylic amines. The reaction is perfectly regioselective based on the in situ introduction of a hemiacetal tether derived from trifluoroacetaldehyde. cis-Selective carbo-oxygenation was achieved for terminal alkynes, whereas internal alkynes gave trans-carbo-oxygenation products. The obtained enol ethers could be easily transformed into 1,2-amino alcohols or α-amino ketones using hydrogenation or hydrolysis, respectively.

Recent Developments in Pd(0)-Catalyzed Alkene Carboheterofunctionalization Reactions

This review summarizes recent developments in palladium-catalyzed alkene carboalkoxylation and carboamination reactions. New synthetic methods that have been reported in the past four years are described, along with mechanistic issues and the influence of mechanism on product stereochemistry. The applications of these transformations to the synthesis of natural products and other biologically relevant compounds are also discussed.