title: Palladium-catalyzed Stille cross-couplings of sulfonyl chlorides and organostannanes.
abstract: Arene and phenylmethanesulfonyl chlorides can be cross-coupled with aryl, heteroaryl, and alkenylstannanes with desulfitation in the presence of 10 mol % CuBr.Me2S, 1.5 mol % Pd2dba3, and 5 mol % tri-2-furylphosphine in tetrahydrofuran or toluene under reflux. This extension of the Stille cross-coupling reaction realizes a new and economical method for the generation of C-C bonds. The palladium-catalyzed carbonylative Stille cross-coupling reactions of arenesulfonyl chlorides and organostannanes in the presence of CO (60 bar) at 110 degrees C in toluene generate the corresponding ketones. Arenesulfonyl chlorides are more reactive than aryl chlorides and aryl bromides in their Stille cross-coupling with organostannanes but less reactive than aryl iodides. The new methods disclosed for the generation of C-C bonds open new possibilities for medicinal chemistry and material sciences.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular and Biological Chemistry, Swiss Institute of Technology, BCH CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Srinivas Reddy
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Dubbaka
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vogel