Synthesis of isoquinolin-4-ols by palladium-catalysed intramolecular nucleophilic addition of aryl iodides to aldehydes

A palladium‐catalysed intramolecular nucleophilic addition of aryl iodides to aldehydes leading to tetrahydroisoquinolin‐4‐ols is reported. A variety of products were isolated in good to excellent yields. The joint experimental‐computational study shows that although two competitive reaction pathway...

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Autores: Solé Arjó, Daniel, Mariani, Francesco, Fernández Cadenas, Israel
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Recursos:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/127725
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/127725
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Catàlisi
Compostos cíclics
Teoria del funcional de densitat
Pal·ladi (Element químic)
Catalysis
Cyclic compounds
Density functionals
Palladium
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Resumo:A palladium‐catalysed intramolecular nucleophilic addition of aryl iodides to aldehydes leading to tetrahydroisoquinolin‐4‐ols is reported. A variety of products were isolated in good to excellent yields. The joint experimental‐computational study shows that although two competitive reaction pathways can be promoted by Pd(0) starting from α‐(2‐iodobenzylamino)‐aldehydes, the selectivity of the process can be controlled by the proper selection of the base. While the nucleophilic addition of the aryl‐Pd(II) intermediate to the carbonyl group is selectively promoted by using the base triethylamine (Et3N), the CH bond activation at the formyl group competes with the nucleophilic addition only when the base is replaced by cesium carbonate (Cs2CO3). Keywords: catalysis; cyclization; density functional theory (DFT) calculations; nucleophilic addition; palladium