Checked by Andreas Pfaltz and David H. Woodmansee.
1. Procedure
2. Notes
1.
Schlenk flask (250 mL with 29/32 female joint) can be purchased from Aldrich, part number Z515760-1ea. The submitters used a 250-mL single-necked, round-bottomed flask equipped with a T-shaped side-arm adapter.
2.
The Checkers used GLINDEMANN
®-sealing rings (PTFE) purchased from AMSI-Glas AG.
3.
Checkers and submitters purchased
palladium(II) bromide (99%) from Strem Chemicals and used the chemical as received.
4.
Checkers purchased
2-(di-tert-butylphosphino)biphenyl (99%) from Strem Chemicals and used the chemical as received. Submitters purchased
2-(di-tert-butylphosphino)biphenyl (97%) from Aldrich Chemical Company and used the chemical as received.
5.
Checkers purchased 1,3,5,7-Tetramethyl-1,3,5,7-tetravinyl-cyclotetrasiloxane (D
4V) from Aldrich Chemical Company and used the chemical as received. Submitters purchased 1,3,5,7-tetramethyl-1,3,5,7-tetravinylcyclotetrasiloxane from Gelest and used the chemical as received.
6.
Checkers and submitters purchased tetrabutylammonium fluoride trihydrate (97%) from Fluka Chemical Corporation as a solid. A 1M solution of tetrabutylammonium fluoride was prepared in a glove box with absolute THF
(Note 7) and used immediately to avoid contamination with moisture and air.
7.
The Checkers purchased HPLC-grade THF from VWR and dried the solvent using a Pure-Solv
TM system in accordance with Pangborn, A. B.; Giardello, M. A.; Grubbs, R. H.; Rosen, R. K.; Timmers, F. J.
Organometallics 1996,
15, 1518-1520. The submitters purchased HPLC grade THF from Fisher which was dried by percolation through a column packed with neutral alumina and a column packed with Q5 reactant, a supported copper catalyst for scavenging oxygen, under a positive pressure of argon.
8.
Checkers purchased 3-bromoquinoline (≥97%) from Fluka Chemical Corporation and used the chemical as received. Submitters purchased 3-bromoquinoline 98% from Alfa-Aesar and used the chemical as received.
9.
A thermometer adapter complete with PTFE faced silicone washer can be purchased from Aldrich Chemical Company, part number Z551805-1EA for 29/42 ground glass joint. The submitters used a Teflon-coated digital thermometer inserted through a septum in place of the thermometer adapter, available from Omega Instruments, Digicator Model 400a with K-type thermocouple leads.
10.
Checkers followed the progress of the reaction by quickly removing the thermometer adapter assembly under a very gentle purge of argon and removing a drop of reaction solution with the tip of a pipette. The reaction solution was transferred to a micropipette by simple capillary action and the solution was spotted on a TLC plate along with starting material and a cospot. The TLC plate was run in pentane/ ethyl acetate 9/1 and the R
f for 3-bromoquinoline is 0.7, R
f for 3-vinylquinoline is 0.3. When no discernable starting material remained a small aliquot of 100 μL was removed and the sample was concentrated under a stream of nitrogen, the remaining amorphous material was taken up in 1 mL of ether and passed through a plug of silica (150 mg of silica loaded into a Pasteur pipette plugged with glass wool). The filtrate was analyzed by GC/MS on an HP6890 gas chromatograph with a HP5970A detector equipped with a Machery and Nagel Optima5 5% polyphenylmethylsiloxane column, 25 m × 0.2 mm id and 35 μM film thickness, flow set to 20 psi of hydrogen carrier gas, a 20/1 split ratio. The oven was programmed for a starting temperature of 100 °C, a 2 minute holding time at that temperature, a 10 °C/minute ramp with a final temperature of 270 °C and a holding time of 10 minutes at that temperature. Starting material elutes at 10.8 minutes and product elutes at 10.6 minutes. Submitters monitored the reaction as follows: A 50-μL aliquot was removed
via syringe and quenched into 4 drops of an aqueous
N,N-dimethyl-2-aminoethanethiol solution (10% w/w). The aliquot was extracted with 1 mL of ethyl acetate and the organic layer was passed through a pipette plug of silica gel. GC analysis: product,
tR 4.69 min; 3-bromoquinoline, 4.91 min (HP-1, 100 ° to 250 °C, 15 psi H
2, 20 °C /min).
11.
Checkers purchased silica gel from Fluka with a 0.040 - 0.063 mm particle size and 0.1% Ca stabilizer. Checkers used for a rough purification 50 g of silica gel loaded as a pentane slurry into a 60 mm diameter column. Submitters silica gel was purchased from Aldrich Chemical Company, (Merck, grade 9385, 230-400 mesh). For the purification submitters used 50 g of silica gel loaded as a diethyl ether slurry into a 65 mm diameter glass column.
12.
A byproduct was found to make up a significant amount of the initial isolated weight. The byproduct distilled with the product and was not detectable on TLC plates under UV light. The byproduct stained poorly with standard stains but a very faint iodine stain was observed to streak just before the product on TLC. Upon isolation the byproduct showed the following physical properties:
1H-NMR (400.1 MHz, CDCl
3, 298 K) δ: 0.47-0.45 (broad m, 2H), 0.93-0.89 (m, 10 H), 1.01-0.98 (m, 3 H), 1.31-1.25 (m, 10 H), 1.42-1.37 (m, 6 H), 1.78-1.71 (m, 13 H), 2.4-2.36 (m, 6 H), 2.78 (t,
J = 7.4 Hz, 2 H), 3.6-3.49 (m, 1 H); GC/MS elution time of 6.2 min
(Note 10); MS (EI)
m/z 143 (4), 142 (46), 101 (2), 100 (30), 84 (3), 58 (10), 44 (14).
13.
Checkers dissolved 10.4 g of crude material in
100 mL of dichloromethane in a 500-mL round-bottomed flask with 35 g of silica gel and removed the solvent at the rotovap (35 °C, distillation is carried out from 375 mmHg to distill bulk solvent to 10 mmHg to remove final traces of low boiling volatiles) resulting in a free flowing powder suitable for dry loading (if the resulting powder is not free flowing after sonication 5 g of silica gel and 100 mL of DCM are added and the process repeated). Silica gel (230 g) is loaded as a pentane slurry into a 60-mm glass column and packed under nitrogen pressure (150 mmHg) until the stationary phase forms a solid column and 10 cm of pentane is left on top of the packed silica gel to cushion the packing of the crude absorbed silica gel. The product on silica gel is gently added to the column with the help of a glass funnel and packed under pressure. Samples are collected in 50 mL test tubes, the first fractions of product are found to contain a byproduct
(Note 12) which is not observable by TLC but clear in the
1H NMR and GC/MS. Mixed fractions are combined and chromatographed under proportional conditions and the purified fractions are combined with the rest of the pure material. All attempts to purify the product from the byproduct by Kugelrohr resulted in codistillation.
14.
Boiling points (bp) correspond to uncorrected air-bath temperatures in the Buchi GKR-50 Kugelrohr. Submitters used a slightly higher pressure (1.2 mmHg) and found a slightly higher boiling point range (100-120 °C). Checkers recommend using the best vacuum available to avoid excessive heat and the resulting polymerization.
15.
The product displayed the following physical properties
1H-NMR
pdf (400.1 MHz, CDCl
3, 298 K) δ: 5.47 (d,
J = 11.0 Hz, 1 H), 6.00 (d,
J = 17.7 Hz, 1 H), 6.87 (dd,
J = 17.7, 11.0 Hz, 1 H), 7.54 (t,
J = 7.9 Hz, 1 H), 7.68 (t,
J = 8.3 Hz, 1 H), 7.80 (d,
J = 8.1 Hz, 1 H), 8.04-8.13 (m, 2 H), 9.02 (d,
J = 2.2 Hz, 1 H).
13C-NMR
pdf (100.6 MHz, CDCl
3, 298 K) δ: 116.4, 127.0, 127.9, 128.0, 129.1, 129.3, 130.3, 132.6, 133.7, 147.5, 149.0. IR (NaCl) 3063, 3007, 1632, 1618, 1568, 1492, 1461, 1429, 1413, 1369, 1327, 1124, 987, 974, 908, 860, 786, 752, 699, 609 cm
-1. MS (EI)
m/z: 156.00 (
m+1)/
z (12.29 %), 155.00 (
m)/
z (100.0 %), 154.00 (6.59 %), 127.95 (12.45 %), 126.95 (20.20 %), 102.00 (0.90 %), 77.00 (0.96 %), 75.00 (1.07 %), 64.00 (1.17 %), 63.05 (1.20 %), 50.95 (1.58 %), 49.95 (1.21 %). TLC: R
f = 0.30 (SiO
2, pentane/EtOAc, 9:1); Anal. Calcd. for C
11H
9N: C, 85.13; H, 5.85; N, 9.03. Found C, 84.64; H, 6.10; N, 9.26. The submitters elemental analysis found C, 84.83; H, 5.93; N, 9.07.
16.
A second run made on a half scale yielded 2.04 g (88% yield) of product matching the previously synthesized material perfectly. The product is fairly prone to polymerization with light and heat, so great care should be exercised if absolutely pure sample is required. The product's freezing point is below -20 °C and it remains a liquid at most regular freezer temperatures. A 50 mg sample left in a 4 °C refrigerator over a period of two days was found to leave 10 mg of residue after distillation. The samples also turn a light brown fairly quickly, presumably from CO
2 absorption.
17.
The checkers purchased potassium trimethylsilanolate, tech. ~90% from Fluka and used the chemical as received. The submitters purchased potassium trimethylsilanolate, tech. ~90% from Aldrich Chemical Company and used the chemical as received. The source of the potassium trimethylsilanolate is critical to the successful outcome of this reaction. Different product distributions were obtained depending upon the supplier. In reactions using potassium trimethylsilanolate purchased from Gelest, Inc. (two distinct lots), the reduction of the aryl bromide to the corresponding arene was observed, whereas reactions using potassium trimethylsilanolate purchased from Aldrich (three distinct lots) provided the desired vinylation product. Therefore, it is highly recommended to purchase the KOSiMe
3 from Aldrich Chemical Company for the vinylation of aryl bromides.
18.
The checkers purchased tris(benzylideneacetone)dipalladium (0) from Strem Chemicals and used the chemical as received. The submitters purchased tris(benzylideneacetone)dipalladium (0), minimum 21.5 % Pd, from Alfa-Aesar and used the chemical as received.
19.
The checkers purchased triphenylphosphine oxide (≥ 98%) from Fluka and used the chemical as received. The submitters purchased
triphenylphosphine oxide (98%) from Aldrich Chemical Company and used the chemical as received.
20.
The checkers purchased
4-bromobenzophenone (98%) from Aldrich Chemical Company and used the chemical as received. The submitters purchased
4-bromobenzophenone (98%) from Alfa-Aesar and used the chemical as received.
21.
The checkers purchased 1,3-divinyltetramethyldisiloxane (97%) from Aldrich Chemical company and used the chemical as received. Submitters purchased 1,3-divinyltetramethyldisiloxane from Gelest and used the chemical as received
22.
The checkers monitored the progress of the reaction by the disappearance of starting material on TLC
(Note 10). The checkers used a mobile phase of dichloromethane/pentane in 50:50 ratio and noted a very tight separation, with the 4-vinylbenzophenone exhibiting R
f = 0.32 and the 4-bromobenzophenone exhibiting R
f = 0.44. After 4 hours a faint spot of the 4-bromobenzophenone remained and an aliquot was removed and treated as in note 10 under identical GC/MS parameters. A trace of 4-bromobenzophenone (t
r 15.6 min) remained with a smaller amount of benzophenone (t
r 12.6 min) and mostly product so the reaction was allowed to proceed for an additional 30 min and a second aliquot was worked up. No visible change in the ratios of 4-bromobenzophenone, benzophenone, or product was observed for the second aliquot so the reaction was stopped to prevent loss from thermal polymerization. The submitters monitored the reaction as follows: A 50-μL aliquot was removed
via syringe and quenched into 4 drops of an aqueous
N,N-dimethyl-2-aminoethanethiol solution (10% w/w). The aliquot was extracted with 1 mL of ethyl acetate and the organic layer was passed through a pipette plug of silica gel. GC analysis: 4-vinylbenzophenone,
tR 7.16 min; 4-bromobenzophenone, 7.41 min.
23.
The checkers used 100 g of silica gel loaded into a 60-mm diameter column as a pentane slurry. For the purification the submitters used 75 g of silica gel loaded as a diethyl ether slurry into a 65 mm diameter glass column.
24.
The checkers dry loaded the 4-vinylbenzophenone crude as in Note 13 except using 40 g of silica gel for absorption which was loaded as in Note 13 onto a 240 gram silica column packed and prepared in a 50-mm diameter glass column. The submitters used for the purification 200 g of silica gel loaded as a hexane slurry into a 50-mm diameter glass column.
25.
The 0.5 g of mixed fractions are absorbed onto 3 g of silica gel and loaded onto a 20 gram column packed as a pentane slurry on a 15 mm diameter column.
26.
The product exhibited the following physical properties: mp: 47.8-48.5 °C.
1H-NMR
pdf (400.1 MHz, CDCl
3, 298 K) δ: 5.41 (d,
J = 10.8 Hz, 1 H), 5.90 (d,
J = 17.6 Hz, 1 H), 6.78 (dd,
J = 17.6, 10.8 Hz, 1 H), 7.47-7.52 (m, 4 H), 7.59 (tt,
J = 7.5, 1.3 Hz, 1 H), 7.78-7.81 (m, 4 H).
13C-NMR
pdf (100.6 MHz, CDCl
3, 298 K) δ: 116.6, 126.0, 128.3, 129.9, 130.5, 132.3, 136.0, 136.6, 137.7, 141.5, 196.2. IR (NaCl) 3082, 3060, 3007, 1650, 1603, 1554, 1446, 1402, 1316, 1277, 1176, 1148, 1115.7, 1073, 1027, 1000, 991, 937, 923, 857, 797, 755, 702, 597 cm
-1. MS (EI)
m/z: 209.05 (
m+1)/
z (1.18%), 208.05 (
m)/
z (6.85%), 131.95 (10.22%), 130.95 (100.00%), 105.05 (3.38%), 103.00 (2.35%), 78.00 (0.65%), 77.00 (7.95%), 76.10 (0.59%), 50.95 (3.40%), 49.95 (1.21%). TLC: R
f 0.32 (SiO
2, pentane/DCM, 1:1). Anal. Calcd. for C
15H
12O: C, 86.51; H, 5.81; Found C, 85.93; H, 5.96. The submitters elemental analysis found C, 86.22; H, 5.85. A second run on half scale provided 2.72 g (87%) matching in excellent agreement to the material made previously.
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3. Discussion
The vinylations using aryl bromides are performed using either of two protocols. The first employs potassium triethylsilanolate and DVDS, and requires a bulky phosphine ligand, 2-(di-tert-butylphosphino)biphenyl, and allylpalladium chloride dimer as the catalyst in DMF. These reactions occur at lower temperatures (ambient to 40 °C ) and have a broad substrate scope (Scheme 3).
These complementary protocols (fluoride and non-fluoride activation) provide a set of practical, mild, cost-efficient, and high-yielding alternatives to current vinylation methods.
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