Pd-Catalyzed, Ligand-Enabled Stereoselective 1,2-Iodine(III) Shift/1,1-Carboxyalkynylation of Alkynylbenziodoxoles

Abstract

A PdII-catalyzed 2:1 coupling reaction of alkynyl- benziodoxole with carboxylic acid to afford (alk-1-en-3- ynyl)benziodoxole, which is efficiently promoted by an octahydrophenazine ligand, is reported. The reaction involves a Pd-assisted 1,2-iodine(III) shift of the alkynylbenziodoxole followed by stereoselective introduction of carboxy and alkynyl groups (the latter originating from another molecule of the alkynylbenziodoxole) into the 1-position of the transient Pd-vinylidene species. The product of this 1,1-carboxyalkynylation reaction serves as a new functionalized enyne-type building block for further synthetic transformations.

Publication
Wu, J.; Xu, K.; Hirao, H.; Yoshikai, N. Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 1521-1525.