Rhodium catalyzed hydroformylation of kaurane derivatives: A route to new diterpenes with potential bioactivity

Kaurenic and grandiflorenic acids are naturally occurring diterpenes whose biological activity has been described. Both acids contain an exocyclic methylenic double bond that allows further functionalization on their structure. In an attempt to expand the number of derivatives of these two natural products, we have undertaken a study on the hydroformylation of the methyl esters of the two acids and the trimethylsilyl ether of kaurenol. These substrates have been hydroformylated by using unmodified Rh catalysts, as well as Rh/PPh3 and Rh/tris-(o-t-butylphenyl)phosphite catalytic systems at 100 °C and 20 bar of CO/H2 (1:1). For the three substrates, the two Rh catalysts modified with P-donor ligands, produced high conversions and chemo- and regioselectivities in the diastereoisomeric pair of linear aldehydes. In all cases, the stereoselectivity observed is strongly dependent of the system used, being the most diastereoselective the least hindered unmodified Rh/CO catalyst. A correlation between the higher diastereoselectivity and the faster [beta]-elimination of the metal-alkyl intermediate observed in the unmodified system is discussed.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TF5-4RVMXFD-3/1/d27e671ad9e0b7fc325dfd0bdf413c7

Methoxycarbonylation of olefins catalyzed by palladium complexes bearing P,N-donor ligands

The methoxycarbonylation of alkenes catalyzed by palladium(ii) complexes with P,N-donor ligands, 2-(diphenylphosphinoamino)pyridine (Ph 2PNHpy), 2-[(diphenylphosphino)methyl]pyridine (Ph 2PCH2py), and 2-(diphenylphosphino)quinoline (Ph 2Pqn) has been investigated. The results show that the complex [PdCl(PPh3)(Ph2PNHpy)]Cl or an equimolar mixture of [PdCl2(Ph2PNHpy)] and PPh3, in the presence of p-toluensulfonic acid (TsOH), is an efficient catalyst for this reaction. This catalytic system promotes the conversion of styrene into methyl 2-phenylpropanoate and methyl 3-phenylpropanoate with nearly complete chemoselectivity, 98% regioselectivity in the branched isomer, and high turnover frequency, even at alkene/Pd molar ratios of 1000. Best results were obtained in toluene-MeOH (3: 1) solvent. The Pd/Ph2PNHpy catalyst is also efficient in the methoxycarbonylation of cyclohexene and 1-hexene, although with lower rates than with styrene. Related palladium complexes [PdCl(PPh 3)L]Cl (L = Ph

Rhodium catalyzed hydroformylation of kaurane derivatives: A route to new diterpenes with potential bioactivity

Kaurenic and grandiflorenic acids are naturally occurring diterpenes whose biological activity has been described. Both acids contain an exocyclic methylenic double bond that allows further functionalization on their structure. In an attempt to expand the number of derivatives of these two natural products, we have undertaken a study on the hydroformylation of the methyl esters of the two acids and the trimethylsilyl ether of kaurenol. These substrates have been hydroformylated by using unmodified Rh catalysts, as well as Rh/PPh3 and Rh/tris-(o-t-butylphenyl)phosphite catalytic systems at 100 °C and 20 bar of CO/H2 (1:1). For the three substrates, the two Rh catalysts modified with P-donor ligands, produced high conversions and chemo- and regioselectivities in the diastereoisomeric pair of linear aldehydes. In all cases, the stereoselectivity observed is strongly dependent of the system used, being the most diastereoselective the least hindered unmodified Rh/CO catalyst. A correlation between the higher diastereoselectivity and the faster [beta]-elimination of the metal-alkyl intermediate observed in the unmodified system is discussed.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TF5-4RVMXFD-3/1/d27e671ad9e0b7fc325dfd0bdf413c7

Palladium catalytic systems with hybrid pyrazole ligands in C–C coupling reactions. Nanoparticles versus molecular complexes

International audienceThis paper reports the comparison of the chemoselectivity of two different Pd catalytic systems, namely molecular and colloidal systems, in C–C coupling reactions. For this purpose, new hybrid pyrazole derived ligands containing alkylether, alkylthioether or alkylamino moieties have been synthesized and used to form Pd(II) complexes and to stabilize Pd nanoparticles (Pd NPs). With the aim of studying the coordination mode of the ligands and further to understand their role in catalysis, both types of Pd species were characterized by appropriate techniques. In C–C coupling reactions promoted by different Pd colloidal systems, several reports evidenced that active species are molecular catalysts leached from Pd NPs. The most important feature of this work relies on the differences observed in the output of C–C coupling reactions, depending on the colloidal or molecular nature of the catalyst employed. Thus, molecular systems carry out typical Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling, together with the dehalogenation of the substrate in different proportions. In contrast, Pd NPs catalyze either Suzuki–Miyaura or C–C homocoupling reactions depending on the haloderivative used. Interestingly, Pd NPs catalyze the quantitative dehalogenation of 4-iodotoluene. Differences observed in the chemoselectivity of these two catalytic systems support that reactions carried out with Pd NPs stabilized with the hybrid pyrazole ligands employed here take place on the surface of the colloids

Rhodium catalyzed hydroformylation of monoterpenes containing a sterically encumbered trisubstituted endocyclic double bond under mild conditions

Abstract The rhodium catalyzed hydroformylation of endocyclic monoterpenes, that is, 2-carene (1), 3-carene (2), and a-pinene (3), in the presence of PPh 3 or various diphosphines and phosphites has been studied. The unmodified Rh catalyst promotes an intense isomerization of both carenes whose hydroformylation occurs rather slowly, and results in a complex mixture of aldehydes and alcohols. The addition of PPh 3 , diphosphines or P(OPh) 3 in a P/Rh ratio as high as 20, efficiently prevents the isomerization, but the activity for hydroformylation is drastically reduced. On the other hand, the use of a bulky P(O-ot BuPh) 3 ligand both reduces the isomerization, and significantly increases the hydroformylation rate. All three sterically crowded olefins 1-3 have been efficiently hydroformylated under relatively mild reaction conditions (80-100 8C, 40-80 atm) to a main aldehyde (2-formylcarane, 4-formylcarane, and 3-formylpinene, respectively) with good chemo-and regioselectivity, and almost 100% stereoselectivity for the trans isomers.

Rhodium catalyzed hydroformylation of kaurane derivatives: a route to new diterpenes with potential bioactivity

Applied Catalysis A: General 340 (2008) 212–219Kaurenic and grandiflorenic acids are naturally occurring diterpenes whose biological activity has beedescribed. Both acids contain an exocyclic methylenic double bond that allows further functionalization on their structure. In an attempt to expand the number of derivatives of these two natural products, we have undertaken a study on the hydroformylation of the methyl esters of the two acids and the trimethylsilyl ether of kaurenol. These substrates have been hydroformylated by using unmodified Rh catalysts, as well as Rh/PPh3 and Rh/tris-(o-t-butylphenyl)phosphite catalytic systems at 100 8C and Keywords: 20 bar of CO/H2 (1:1). For the three substrates, the two Rh catalysts modified with P-donor ligands, Diterpenes produced high conversions and chemo- and regioselectivities in the diastereoisomeric pair of linear Kauranes aldehydes. In all cases, the stereoselectivity observed is strongly dependent of the system used, being the Hydroformylation most diastereoselective the least hindered unmodified Rh/CO catalyst. A correlation between the higher Rhodium diastereoselectivity and the faster b-elimination of the metal-alkyl intermediate observed in the Phosphite unmodified system is discussed. Phosphine212–[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@uab.e