Palladium N-heterocyclic carbene catalyzed expected and unexpected C–C and C–N functionalization reactions of 1-aryl-3-methyl-1H-pyrazol-5(4H)-ones

Vishal B. Purohit*, Sharad C. Karad, Kirit H. Patel and Dipak K. Raval
Department of Chemistry, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar-388 120, Gujarat, India. E-mail: vishalpurohit113@gmail.com; dipanalka@yahoo.com; Fax: +91-02692 236475; Tel: +91-02692-226856 extn 211

Received 12th September 2016 , Accepted 16th November 2016

First published on 17th November 2016


Abstract

A palladium N-heterocyclic carbene [Pd(NHC)Cl2] complex of vitamin B1 developed earlier in our laboratory was successfully employed as an efficient catalyst for the regioselective C–C and C–N functionalization reactions of 1-aryl-3-methyl-1H-pyrazol-5(4H)-ones 1a–b. The catalyst was attempted for the C–H arylation, acylation and alkoxylation of 1a–b using the respective coupling substrates such as aryl iodides 2a–c, benzylic alcohols 3a–d and methanol/ethanol 4. It was surprisingly noted that the acylation and alkoxylation reactions underwent a diverse pathway to yield some unexpected products rather than the targeted ones. In the case of the arylation reactions only the targeted products have been observed. This has made the protocol very interesting compared to the conventional coupling reactions.


1. Introduction

Over the past decade, transition-metal-catalyzed functionalization of C–H bonds has emerged as one of the most sustainable and intriguing protocols to construct C–C and C-heteroatom (O, S, N, Cl, Br, I) bonds with high chemo-, stereo- and regioselectivity.1 Complexes and salts of iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, ruthenium, rhodium and palladium have been identified as efficient catalysts for regioselective C–H functionalization reactions.1,2 Amongst them, Pd-catalyzed regioselective C–C and C–N functionalization reactions are of greater interest due to their better efficacy and high turnover numbers.1c,2c,3

The pyrazolone derivatives represent a class of important privileged five-membered-ring lactams embedded in various natural and pharmaceutical products possessing a broad spectrum of biological activities. Many of them exhibited significant anti-inflammatory, antiviral, antitumor and antibacterial properties.4 Among the pyrazolone derivatives, 3-methyl-1-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-5(4H)-one 1a itself is a neuroprotective drug known as edaravone5 which acts as a radical scavenger to interrupt the preoxidative chain reactions and membrane disintegrations associated with brain ischemia.6 A few examples of transition-metal-catalyzed C–H functionalization of 1a have appeared in the literature.7 In this regard, our present study to develop a multiple and divergent C–H functionalizations approach to readily access analogues of 1a would be valuable for diversity-oriented synthesis (DOS) of drug candidates and their biological screening.

Most of the reported complexes of Pd(II) with NHC ligands were derived from imidazolium ionic liquids.8 They are complicated to synthesize,9 toxic and poorly biodegradable.10 Our attempt is to look for new biodegradable and nontoxic NHC ligand from a natural source, vitamin B1, to incorporate one of the main principles of green chemistry.11

Recently, we have developed a well-defined palladium N-heterocyclic carbene [Pd(NHC)Cl2] complex of vitamin B1 and have shown its performance as a good catalyst for the regioselective halogenation12 and thiolation13 of 1-aryl-3-methyl-1H-pyrazol-5(4H)-ones via C–H bond activation. These results inspired us further to investigate its application toward the C–H arylation, acylation and alkoxylation of 1-aryl-3-methyl-1H-pyrazol-5(4H)-ones using various coupling substrates such as aryl iodides, benzylic alcohols and methanol/ethanol respectively.

In continuation of our previous research,14 herein we have attempted the catalytic application of Pd(NHC)Cl2 complex toward the regioselective C–H arylation, acylation and alkoxylation of 1-aryl-3-methyl-1H-pyrazol-5(4H)-ones. It was surprisingly noted that the acylation and alkoxylation reactions underwent a diverse pathway to yield some unexpected products rather than the targeted products. In case of the arylation reactions only targeted products have been observed with excellent regioselectivity. This is the first ever report for the regioselective cum unexpected C–C and C–N functionalization reactions of 1a and its analogues using Pd(NHC)Cl2 as a catalyst.

2. Results and discussion

Initially, the screening reactions for C–H arylation were performed with respect to the Pd-sources, oxidants and the solvents by using 3-methyl-1-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-5(4H)-one 1a (1 mmol) as the model substrate and 4-iodotoluene 2a (1 mmol) as the arylating reagent in accordance with the Wang's arylation procedure.15 The reactions proceeded smoothly to give the arylation product 5aa in moderate to good yields with exclusive regioselectivity. Among the Pd-sources used, Pd(NHC)Cl2 was found to be the most efficient (Table 1, entries 4–7) over the other palladium species such as Pd(OAc)2, PdCl2 and Pd(PPh3)4 (Table 1, entries 9–11). Meanwhile, the effect of various oxidants, and solvents on the model reaction was also investigated. Best results were obtained by using Ag2O as the oxidant in AcOH (Table 1, entries 5–11). Thus, the optimal arylation conditions were set as 5 mol% of Pd(NHC)Cl2 as the catalyst with Ag2O (0.5 mmol) as an oxidant in AcOH at 100 °C using 1 mmol of 1a and 1 mmol 2a forming the product 5aa with 80% yield in 5 h (Table 1, entry 5).
Table 1 Optimization of the reaction conditions for the synthesisa of 5aa
Entry Catalyst Oxidant Solvent Yieldb (%)
a Reaction conditions: 3-methyl-1-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-5(4H)-one 1a (1 mmol), 4-iodotoluene 2a (1 mmol), Pd-source (5 mol%), oxidant (0.5 mmol) and solvent (2 mL) at 100 °C for 5 h.b Isolated yield.
1 Pd(NHC)Cl2 Oxone AcOH 32
2 Pd(NHC)Cl2 PhI(OAc)2 AcOH 61
3 Pd(NHC)Cl2 K2S2O8 AcOH 28
4 Pd(NHC)Cl2 Ag2SO4 AcOH 72
5 Pd(NHC)Cl2 Ag2O AcOH 80
6 Pd(NHC)Cl2 Ag2O DMSO 73
7 Pd(NHC)Cl2 Ag2O DMF 71
8 Pd(NHC)Cl2 Ag2O Toluene 37
9 Pd(OAc)2 Ag2O AcOH 68
10 PdCl2 Ag2O AcOH 59
11 Pd(PPh3)4 Ag2O AcOH 62


With the established optimized reaction conditions in hand, scope and limitations for C–H arylation of various pyrazol-5(4H)-ones with substituted aryl iodides was investigated. As summarized in Scheme 1, the reaction of aryl iodides 2a–c bearing both electron-donating as well as withdrawing substituents in the para-position of the iodo group proceeded smoothly to afford the corresponding arylation products 5aa–ac/5ba–bc in good to excellent yields.


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Scheme 1 Pd(NHC)Cl2 catalyzed regioselective C–H arylation of 1-aryl-3-methyl-1H-pyrazol-5(4H)-onesa 1a–b. aReaction conditions: 1-aryl-3-methyl-1H-pyrazol-5(4H)-one 1 (1 mmol), aryl iodide 2 (1 mmol), Pd(NHC)Cl2 (5 mol%), Ag2O (0.5 mmol) and AcOH (2 mL) at 100 °C for 5 h. bIsolated yield.

Based on previous investigations and our results, the mechanistic pathway of Pd(NHC)Cl2 catalyzed regioselective C–H arylation of 1 has been assumed to involve a Pd(II)–Pd(IV) catalytic cycle2c,15,16 (Scheme 2). First, Ag2O may oxidize the ortho-C–H bond of 1 to form the intermediate A. A may then undergo transmetallation with Pd(NHC)Cl2 to generate Pd(II) intermediate B, which upon oxidative addition with aryl iodide 2 forms a Pd(IV) intermediate C. Finally, arylation product 5 is obtained via reductive elimination from C leading to the regeneration of the Pd(II) catalyst.


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Scheme 2 Plausible catalytic cycle for Pd(NHC)Cl2 catalyzed C–H arylation of 1.

To further explore the utility of Pd(NHC)Cl2 complex in C–H activation, more catalytic reactions were performed. As shown in Scheme 3, we first chose benzyl alcohol 3a (1.0 mmol) as an acylating reagent to react with 1a (1.0 mmol) in presence of 1.5 mmol tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) and 5 mol% Pd(NHC)Cl2 in AcOH at 90 °C for 6 h by following some widely used conditions17 for C–H acylation in Pd/TBHP catalytic systems. However, when the reaction was performed as the standard reaction conditions above, it was surprisingly noted that the unexpected products 6aa and 7aa were obtained instead of expected C–H acylation product 10a. This might be due to the oxidation of 3a to benzaldehyde in Pd/TBHP which undergo Knoevenagel condensation with 1a to give 6aa and 6aa further undergo Michael addition by 1a to form 7aa. The possible mechanism is shown in Scheme 4. The structures of unexpected products 6aa and 7aa were confirmed well by NMR spectroscopy.


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Scheme 3 Scope of benzyl alcohols for the synthesisa of 6/7. aReaction conditions: 3-methyl-1-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-5(4H)-one 1a (1 mmol), benzylic alcohol 3 (1.0 mmol), Pd(NHC)Cl2 (5 mol%), TBHP (1.5 mmol) and AcOH (2 mL) at 90 °C for 6 h. bIsolated yield.

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Scheme 4 Plausible reaction mechanism for the synthesis of 6 and 7.

The effectiveness of the model reaction was tested against various oxidants in AcOH. Among them, TBHP was found to be the most effective (Table 2, entry 3) over other oxidants such as PhI(OAc)2, K2S2O8 and oxone (Table 2, entries 5–7). The efficiency of the model reaction was also considerably affected by the choice of solvents (Table 2, entries 1–4). In AcOH 6aa was formed to be the major product (Table 2, entry 3) while in EtOH 7aa was the major one (Table 2, entry 4).

Table 2 Optimization of the reaction conditions for the synthesisa of 6aa and 7aa
Entry Catalyst Oxidant Solvent Yieldb (%)
6aa 7aa
a Reaction conditions: 3-methyl-1-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-5(4H)-one 1a (1 mmol), benzyl alcohol 3a (1.0 mmol), Pd(NHC)Cl2 (5 mol%), oxidant (1.5 mmol) and solvent (2 mL) at 90 °C for 6 h.b Isolated yield, n.d., not detected.
1 Pd(NHC)Cl2 TBHP DMF 37 40
2 Pd(NHC)Cl2 TBHP Dioxane n.d. n.d.
3 Pd(NHC)Cl2 TBHP AcOH 75 13
4 Pd(NHC)Cl2 TBHP EtOH 10 72
5 Pd(NHC)Cl2 PhI(OAc)2 AcOH Trace Trace
6 Pd(NHC)Cl2 K2S2O8 AcOH Trace Trace
7 Pd(NHC)Cl2 Oxone AcOH n.d. n.d.


Under these optimized conditions, a scope of substituted benzyl alcohols was investigated (Scheme 3). The reaction of substituted benzyl alcohols 3b–d bearing both electron-donating as well as withdrawing functions in the para-position proceeded smoothly to afford the corresponding products 6ab–ad/7ab–ad in moderate to good yields. From the NMR spectra of 7aa–ad it was observed that both the enol and imine tautomers of 4-substituted pyrazol-5-one co-existed in the same molecule.

Next, in our effort on Pd(NHC)Cl2 catalyzed C–H alkoxylation of 1a with methanol (Scheme 5) under the Wang's alkoxylation conditions,18 an oily product was obtained in 78% yield (Table 3, entry 4) with spectral data and elemental analysis inconsistent with the expected structure 9a, (R = H, R1 = Me). Indeed, the data were in good agreement with the structure of an unprecedented product 8a (R = H). This might be due to the coupling reaction of solvent DCE with 1a instead of MeOH in presence of Pd-catalyst and K2S2O8. It was also noted that the same product 8a was observed by employing EtOH as the alkoxylating agent (Table 3, entry 5). When 1,2-dichloroethane (DCE) was replaced with dichloromethane (DCM)/dioxane under the same reaction condition, none of the products 8a or 9a were detected (Table 3, entries 6–7). Other oxidants such as oxone, PhI(OAc)2 and TBHP gave only a trace amount of product 8a (Table 3, entries 1–3). With these optimized conditions, the feasibility of the reaction was also checked by using substituted pyrazol-5(4H)-one 1b and the results are shown in Scheme 5.


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Scheme 5 Reaction Scope for the synthesisa,b of 8a–b. aReaction conditions: 1-aryl-3-methyl-1H-pyrazol-5(4H)-one 1 (1 mmol), MeOH (2 mL), Pd(NHC)Cl2 (5 mol%), K2S2O8 (0.5 mmol) and DCE (2 mL) at 55 °C for 5 h. bIsolated yield.
Table 3 Optimization of the reaction conditions for the synthesisa of 8a
Entry Catalyst Oxidant R1OH Solvent Yieldb(%)
a Reaction conditions: 3-methyl-1-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-5(4H)-one 1a (1 mmol), MeOH or EtOH (2 mL), Pd(NHC)Cl2 (5 mol%), oxidant (0.5 mmol) and solvent (2 mL) at 55 °C for 5 h.b Isolated yield, n.d., not detected.
1 Pd(NHC)Cl2 Oxone MeOH DCE 28
2 Pd(NHC)Cl2 PhI(OAc)2 MeOH DCE 36
3 Pd(NHC)Cl2 TBHP MeOH DCE 20
4 Pd(NHC)Cl2 K2S2O8 MeOH DCE 78
5 Pd(NHC)Cl2 K2S2O8 EtOH DCE 73
6 Pd(NHC)Cl2 K2S2O8 MeOH DCM n.d.
7 Pd(NHC)Cl2 K2S2O8 MeOH Dioxane n.d.


Based on these experimental outcomes and by referring to the leading references,2c,16d,16e,19 a tentative mechanism have been proposed for the Pd(NHC)Cl2 catalyzed synthesis of 8a (Scheme 6). First, substrate 1a tautomerized to 1a′ which may undergo the C–H activation to generate a palladacycle intermediate A. Oxidative addition of DCE to the palladacycle A may form Pd(IV) species B. B may then undergo insertion reaction to yield intermediate C. Finally, product 8a is obtained via reductive elimination from C leading to the regeneration of the Pd(II) catalyst.


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Scheme 6 Plausible catalytic cycle for Pd(NHC)Cl2 catalyzed synthesis of 8a.

To our surprise, a homo-coupling product 11a (Scheme 7) was also observed when a mixture of 1a (1 mmol), Pd(NHC)Cl2 (5 mol%) and Ag2O (0.5 mmol) was stirred in AcOH (2 mL) at 100 °C for 9 h (Scheme 7). This might be due to the tautomerization of 1a to its enol form in polar solvent.13 The C4–H of the enol form of pyrazole ring might be activated in presence of Pd-catalyst resulting the homo-coupling product 11a. The formation of 11a was confirmed well by 1H NMR and mass spectrometry.


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Scheme 7 Pd(NHC)Cl2 catalyzed homo-coupling of 1a.

3. Conclusion

A novel strategy for the catalytic application of Pd(NHC)Cl2 complex for the regioselective C–C and C–N functionalization reactions of 1-aryl-3-methyl-1H-pyrazol-5(4H)-ones has been successfully developed. The protocol was found to be simple, efficient and unique to demonstrate some unexpected C–H functionalization reactions of 1-aryl-3-methyl-1H-pyrazol-5(4H)-ones. Moreover, the present study has not only led some unexpected products with regioselectivity, but also provided the analogues of valuable drug candidates for the pharmacological screening.

Acknowledgements

The authors thank Head, Department of Chemistry, Sardar Patel University for providing necessary research and analysis facilities. VBP and SCK acknowledge University Grants Commission-New Delhi, India for Basic Scientific Research (UGC-BSR) Fellowship awarded to them during 2015–2018. The authors also acknowledge DST, New Delhi for the assistance in the form of mass analysis at PURSE central facility at Sardar Patel University sponsored under PURSE program grant vide sanction letter DO. No. SR/59/Z-23/2010/43 dated 16th March 2011.

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Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: The spectral data of synthesized compound are shown in ESI. See DOI: 10.1039/c6ra22779a

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