Issue 46, 2022

Palladium hydrazonato complexes and their role in the Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions of hydrazones as carbene precursors

Abstract

Hydrazones are common carbene precursors in many palladium-catalyzed cross coupling reactions of carbenes as a coupling partner, but their interaction with palladium has been overlooked. We have found that hydrazonato ligands readily coordinate to Pd aryl complexes leading to [PdAr(L–L){(TolSO2)N–N[double bond, length as m-dash]CHR}] (Ar = Ph, C6F5; L–L = dppe, dppf; R = CH[double bond, length as m-dash]CHPh, Ph). Ligand substitution reactions on [PdAr(dppe)X] (X = Br, TolSO2) show that the hydrazonato ligand coordinates preferentially so the hydrazonato complexes are likely resting states in catalytic carbene coupling reactions using hydrazones as reactants. The decomposition of the hydrazonato moiety to a diazoalkane is needed during the catalysis and the analysis of the evolution of the hydrazonato complexes shows that it is not promoted by coordination to the metal and it does not occur in the coordination sphere of palladium. The substitution of diazoalkane for the metal-bound hydrazonato is possible and the steps that follow to form a new C–C bond, including the carbene migratory insertion, are fast.

Graphical abstract: Palladium hydrazonato complexes and their role in the Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions of hydrazones as carbene precursors

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
07 Oct 2022
Accepted
04 Nov 2022
First published
04 Nov 2022

Dalton Trans., 2022,51, 17733-17742

Palladium hydrazonato complexes and their role in the Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions of hydrazones as carbene precursors

F. Villalba and A. C. Albéniz, Dalton Trans., 2022, 51, 17733 DOI: 10.1039/D2DT03251A

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