Selective Monoarylation of Aromatic Ketones and Esters via Cleavage of Aromatic Carbon-Heteroatom Bonds by Trialkylphosphine Ruthenium Catalysts.
We report here the ruthenium-catalyzed selective monoarylation of aromatic ketones bearing two ortho carbon-heteroatom (O or N) bonds. Under the newly developed catalyst system consisting of RuHCl(CO)(PiPr3)2, CsF, and styrene, the C-O arylation of 2',6'-dimethoxyacetophenone with a phenylboronate gave the C-O monoarylation product selectively. The selective C-O monoarylation was applicable to a variety of arylboronates and aromatic ketones and proceeds with high regio- and chemoselectivities. A formal synthesis of altertenuol was also achieved using the C-O monoarylation of an aromatic ester as a key step.
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University , 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 223-8522, Japan.
Hikaru
H
Kondo
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University , 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 223-8522, Japan.
Takuya
T
Kochi
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University , 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 223-8522, Japan.|JST, ACT-C, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan.
Fumitoshi
0000-0003-2605-4675
F
Kakiuchi