Palladium-Catalyzed α-Arylation of Carbonyl Compounds and Nitriles

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Abstract

The palladium-catalyzed alpha-arylation of ketones has become a useful and general synthetic method. In this process, an enolate is generated from a ketone and base in the presence of an aryl halide, and a palladium catalyst couples this enolate with the aryl halide. With the advent of new catalysts composed of sterically hindered, electron-rich alkylphosphine and N-heterocyclic carbene ligands, this process now encompasses a broad range of enolates and related anions, including those derived from amides, esters, aldehydes, nitriles, malonates, cyanoesters, nitroalkanes, sulfones, and lactones. In the proposed mechanism for this reaction, the carbon-carbon bond of the product is formed by reductive elimination from an arylpalladium enolate intermediate. The structures and reactions of arylpalladium complexes of enolate, cyanoalkyl, and malonate ions have been studied to determine how the binding mode and electronic and steric parameters influence the rate and mechanism of reductive elimination.

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