Dehydrative Cross-Coupling of Allylic Alcohols with Alkynes

Peizhong Xie, Zuolian Sun, Shuangshuang Li, Lei Zhang, Xinying Cai, Weishan Fu, Xiaobo Yang, Yanan Liu, Xiangyang Wo, Teck Peng Loh

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Abstract

A highly efficient Pd/Ca catalytic system for the directly dehydrative cross-coupling of allylic alcohols with terminal alkynes was developed. This calcium salt cocatalyst facilitates the oxidative addition of the palladium catalyst (1 mol %) to the C-OH bond. Then, the in situ-generated hydroxide ion deprotonates the terminal alkynes to promote the formation of the allylalkynylpalladium intermediate, liberating water as the only byproduct. This proposed mechanism is also supported by density functional theory calculations. An anticancer agent was prepared from inexpensive starting materials on a 10 g scale.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1599-1604
Number of pages6
JournalOrganic Letters
Volume22
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Feb 2020

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