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. 2008 Oct 8;130(40):13285-93.
doi: 10.1021/ja8045519. Epub 2008 Sep 10.

Insights into directing group ability in palladium-catalyzed C-H bond functionalization

Lopa V Desai  1 , Kara J Stowers, Melanie S Sanford
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Insights into directing group ability in palladium-catalyzed C-H bond functionalization

Lopa V Desai et al. J Am Chem Soc. .

Abstract

This paper describes a detailed investigation of factors controlling the dominance of a directing group in Pd-catalyzed ligand-directed arene acetoxylation. Mechanistic studies, involving reaction kinetics, Hammett analysis, kinetic isotope effect experiments, and the kinetic order in oxidant, have been conducted for a series of different substrates. Initial rates studies of substrates bearing different directing groups showed that these transformations are accelerated by the use of electron-withdrawing directing groups. However, in contrast, under conditions where two directing groups are in competition with one another in the same reaction flask, substrates with electron-donating directing groups react preferentially. These results are discussed in the context of the proposed mechanism for Pd-catalyzed arene acetoxylation.

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Examples of Biologically Active Molecules Containing Multiple Potential Directing Groups
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Hammett Plot for Competition Experiments in AcOH/Ac2O
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Hammett Plot for Competition Experiments in AcOH/Ac2O Corrected for Concentration of Unprotonated Benzylpyridine
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Hammett Plot for Competition Experiments in Benzene
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Hammett Plot for Individual Kinetics in AcOH/Ac2O
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Hammett Plot for Individual Kinetics in AcOH/Ac2O Corrected for Concentration of Protonated Benzylpyridine
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Hammett Plot for Individual Kinetics in Benzene
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Relative Reactivity of Directing Groups from Competition Studies in AcOH/Ac2O and C6H6
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Proposed Catalytic Cycle for Pd-Catalyzed C–H Bond Acetoxylation
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Kinetic Isotope Effect Experiment
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Hammett Plot for Stoichiometric Cyclopalladation of Benzylpyridines 1a–7a
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Palladium-Catalyzed Chelate-Directed C–H Bond Functionalization
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Competition Studies Between Two Different Directing Groups (L and L’)
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Competition Between Benzylpyridines 2a and 6a
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Individual Kinetic Studies
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Competition Between Benzylpyridine 6a and Benzylpyrazole 10a
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Highly Selective Oxime Ether-Directed C–H Acetoxylation of Substrate 15a
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Scheme 7
Amide Directed C–H Functionalization of Product 15b
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Equilibrium for Substrate Binding Under Competition Conditions
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