Detailed mechanistic studies on the palladium-catalyzed direct arylation of pyridine N-oxides are presented. The order of each reaction component is determined to provide a general mechanistic picture. The C-H bond cleaving step is examined in further detail through computational studies, and the calculated results are in support of an inner-sphere concerted metallation-deprotonation (CMD) pathway. Competition experiments were conducted using N-oxides of varying electronic characters, and results revealed an enhancement of rate when using a more electron-deficient species which is in support of a CMD transition state. The effect of base on reaction rate was also examined and it was found that a carboxylate base was required for the reaction to proceed. This led to the conclusion that Pd(OAc)2 plays a pivotal role in the reaction mechanism as more than merely a pre-catalyst, but as a source of acetate base required for the C-H bond cleavage step.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:OOU-OLD./19760 |
| Date | 08 February 2011 |
| Creators | Sun, Ho-Yan |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | thesis |
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