A Phosphane-Free, Atom-Efficient Cross-Coupling Reaction of Triarylbismuths with Acyl Chlorides Catalyzed by MCM-41-Immobilized Palladium Complex

A phosphine-free, atom-efficient cross-coupling reaction of triorganoindiums with acyl chlorides catalyzed by immobilization of palladium(0) in MCM-41

The phosphine-free, atom-efficient cross-coupling of triorganoindiums with acyl chlorides has been achieved using a recyclable MCM-41-immobilized palladium(0)–Schiff base complex.

Metal-Free Intermolecular Coupling of Arenes with Secondary Amides: Chemoselective Synthesis of Aromatic Ketimines and Ketones, and N-Deacylation of Secondary Amides

The direct transformation of common secondary amides into aromatic ketimines and aromatic ketones with C-C bond formation is described. The reaction can also be used for N-deacylation of secondary amides to release amines. This method consists of in situ amide activation with triflic anhydride and intermolecular capture of the resulting highly electrophilic nitrilium intermediate with an arene. The reaction is applicable to various kinds of secondary amides (electrophiles), but only electron-rich and moderately electron-rich arenes can be used as nucleophiles. Thanks to the use of bench stable arenes instead of reactive and basic organometallics as nucleophiles, the reaction proceeded with high chemoselectivity at the secondary amido group in the presence of a series of sensitive functional groups such as aldehyde, ketone, ester, cyano, nitro, and tertiary amido groups. The reaction can be viewed as a Friedel-Crafts-type reaction using secondary amides as acylating agents or as an intermolecular version of the Bischler-Napieralski reaction.