Lewis Acid-Promoted Oxidative Addition of Thioimidates to Pd(0)
Indranath Ghosh
Peter A. Jacobi
10.1021/jo026510o.s001
https://acs.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Lewis_Acid-Promoted_Oxidative_Addition_of_Thioimidates_to_Pd_0_/3696957
The isomeric <i>S</i>-methyldihydropyrrins <b>9</b>-<i>Z</i> and <b>9</b>-<i>E</i> exhibit markedly different behavior in Pd(0)-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions. Thioimidates <b>9</b>-<i>Z</i> are readily converted to imines <b>10</b>-<i>Z</i> employing
Pd(0)/AlkZnI. Under identical conditions <b>9</b>-<i>E</i> are inert. Oxidative addition to Pd(0) requires
activation by Zn or other Lewis acids, which is sterically unfavorable with <b>9</b>-<i>E</i>. Analogous results
were obtained with the related thioimidates <b>11</b>-<i>E,Z</i> as well as with methylthiopyridines <b>19</b>α−γ. In
the case of both <b>11</b> and <b>19</b> oxidative addition to Pd(0) was greatly facilitated in the presence of
BF<sub>3</sub>·Et<sub>2</sub>O. The importance of Lewis acid activation to Pd(0) oxidative addition in such substrates
appears to be a general phenomenon not previously recognized.
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Analogous results
BF
thioimidates 11
Lewis acid activation
Pd
Lewis acids
methyldihydropyrrins 9
imines 10
conditions 9
19 oxidative addition
Oxidative addition
Thioimidates 9
isomeric S
E exhibit