Issue 45, 2015

Highly electron-poor Buchwald-type ligand: application for Pd-catalysed direct arylation of thiophene derivatives and theoretical consideration of the secondary Pd0–arene interaction

Abstract

Highly electron-poor SPhos ligands bearing either 2,6-bis(trifluoromethyl)-4-pyridyl (BFPy) or 3,5-(CF3)2C6H3 groups were synthesised. The former ligand highly accelerated the Pd-catalysed direct arylation of 2-propylthiophene, 2-methylthiophene or benzo[b]thiophene with only 1 mol% of the catalyst. This high catalytic activity can be attributed to a combination of electronic properties and the secondary Pd–arene interaction of BFPySPhos. The secondary interactions of SPhos, PhSPhos and BFPySPhos were optimised at the oniom(mp2/lanl2dz : b3lyp/lanl2dz) level and were further evaluated using the NBO method by DFT at the M06-2X/6-31G(d) level with LanL2DZ + ECP. The deletion energy analysis showed that the transfer of electrons from Pd to aromatic ring is the dominating factor for the secondary Pd–arene interaction of SPhos–Pd0 complexes. Although an electron-poor BFPySPhos does not particularly favour this type of interaction, this interaction is still substantial enough to sufficiently stabilise the BFPySPhos–Pd complex.

Graphical abstract: Highly electron-poor Buchwald-type ligand: application for Pd-catalysed direct arylation of thiophene derivatives and theoretical consideration of the secondary Pd0–arene interaction

  • This article is part of the themed collection: Fluorine

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
27 mai 2015
Accepted
31 jul 2015
First published
31 jul 2015

Dalton Trans., 2015,44, 19642-19650

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Highly electron-poor Buchwald-type ligand: application for Pd-catalysed direct arylation of thiophene derivatives and theoretical consideration of the secondary Pd0–arene interaction

T. Korenaga, R. Sasaki and K. Shimada, Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 19642 DOI: 10.1039/C5DT01991E

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