Carboxylate-assisted oxidative addition to aminoalkyl-Pd(II) complexes enables catalyzed C(sp3)-H arylation of alkylamines via distinct Pd(II)/Pd(IV) pathway


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Article
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Gaunt, Matthew James 
Whitehurst, William 
Blackwell, John Henry 
Hermann, Gary 
Abstract

We report the discovery of an approach to functionalize secondary alkylamines using 2‐halobenzoic acids as aryl transfer reagents. These reagents promote an unusually mild carboxylate‐assisted oxidative addition to alkylamine‐derived palladacycles. In the presence of Ag(I) salts, a decarboxylative C(sp3)–C(sp2) bond reductive elimination leads to γ‐aryl secondary alkylamines and renders the carboxylate motif a traceless directing group. Stoichiometric mechanistic studies were effectively translated to a Pd‐catalyzed γ‐C(sp3)–H arylation process for secondary alkylamines.

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C−H activation, amines, decarboxylation, palladium, reaction mechanisms
Journal Title
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
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Journal ISSN
1433-7851
1521-3773
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Publisher
Wiley
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Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (1800879)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/N031792/1)
We are grateful to EPSRC (EP/N031792/1) and for a studentship (W.G.W.), AstraZeneca for a studentship (J.H.B.), the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for a scholarship (G.N.H.), and the Royal Society for a Wolfson Merit Award (M.J.G.) for funding.