Palladium-catalyzed regio- and stereoselective synthesis of aryl and 3-indolyl-substituted 4-methylene-3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-1(2H)-ones.

Valeria Nori,Marco Chiarini,Fabio Marinelli,Antonio Arcadi,Armando Carlone

doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.95

Abstract

Cascade cyclocarbopalladation of the readily available aryl/alkyl-substituted propargylic amides containing an aryl iodide moiety, followed by Suzuki–Miyaura coupling with arylboronic acids, allowed an efficient regio- and stereoselective synthesis of tetrasubstituted 4-methylene-3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-1(2H)-ones. Moreover, cascade cyclocarbopalladation, followed by the reaction with 2-alkynyltrifluoroacetanilides, accomplished a double cyclization to afford challenging 4-methylene-3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-1(2H)-ones bearing a 3-indolyl substituent through aminopalladation/reductive elimination.

Highlights

The isoquinolinone nucleus is a key constituent of many natural products [1,2,3] and pharmaceuticals [4,5,6]
Cascade cyclocarbopalladation of the readily available aryl/alkyl-substituted propargylic amides containing an aryl iodide moiety, followed by Suzuki–Miyaura coupling with arylboronic acids, allowed an efficient regio- and stereoselective synthesis of tetrasubstituted 4-methylene-3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-1(2H)-ones
We have demonstrated that cascade cyclocarbopalladations of the readily available aryl/alkyl-substituted N-propargyl-2-iodobenzamides 2 followed by Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reactions with arylboronic acids, in the presence of a catalytic amount of the ligand-free PdCl2 in environmentally friendly ethanol, achieve an efficient regio- and stereoselective synthesis of 4-methylene-3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-1(2H)-ones 4

Summary

Introduction

The isoquinolinone nucleus is a key constituent of many natural products [1,2,3] and pharmaceuticals [4,5,6]. The activation of the triple bond was achieved by means of a σ-organyl palladium complex, in turn generated in situ by oxidative addition of a Pd(0) species to suitable organic electrophiles (aryl and vinyl halides or triflates [35,36], alkyl halides [37], alkynyl halides [38], α-iodoenones [39], or by transmetalation of a Pd(II) species with boronic acids [33] In this context, we decided to explore the use of substrates 2 in the reaction with 2-alkynyltrifluoroacetanilides 5 through a sequential cyclocarbopalladation/aminopalladation/reductive elimination process, widening in such a way the scope of the methodology and allowing challenging synthesis of indoles 6 bearing a 4-alkylidene-3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-1(2H)-one substituent (Scheme 1b). It is worth noting that an aerobic Pd/Cu-catalyzed cyclizative cross-coupling between 2-alkynylanilines and 2-alkynylbenzamides, affording indoles bearing an alkylideneiminoisobenzofurane moiety, has been reported [40]

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Procedures