HIGH TEMPERATURE HECK COUPLING

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High temperature Heck coupling of
(2-bromo-5-methoxy-3-methylphenyl)-acetonitrile with ethyl
acrylate.; 3-(2-cyanomethyl-4-methoxy-6-tolyl)-acrylic acid ethyl
ester

SyntheticPage 173 (2001)
Submitted 27th Nov 2001, published 27th Nov 2001

lisa frost (kafs4@sussex.ac.uk),
A contribution from the Caddick Group, Sussex

Chemicals Used
(2-bromo-5-methoxy-3-methylphenyl)-acetonitrile [SyntheticPage
172] Palladium dichloride-bis-triphenylphosphine (Aldrich)
Tri-o-tolylphosphine [SyntheticPage 170] Triethylamine (distilled
from CaH2) Ethyl acrylate (Lancaster) Toluene (distilled from sodium)

Procedure
In a high pressure vessel was placed
2-bromo-5-methoxy-3-methylphenyl)-acetonitrile (17.6 g, 73 mmol,
1 equiv), Pd(PPh3)2Cl2 (2.57 g, 3.67 mmol, 5 mol%), P(o-tolyl)3 (3.35
g, 11 mmol, 15 mol%), ethyl acrylate (8.8 g, 88 mmol, 1.2 equiv),
triethylamine (11.1 g, 110 mol, 1.5 equiv) and toluene (22 mL/g
nitrile). The vessel was purged with nitrogen, sealed and slowly
cooled to -78 oC. The vessel was evacuated at this temperature,
sealed and allowed to slowly warm to room temperature. The vessel
was then heated to 165 oC for 16 h, after which it was allowed to cool
to room temperature and was washed with water (200 mL). The
organics were extracted into ether (3 x 200 mL)and washed with a
further portion of water (100 mL). The combined organics were dried
over MgSO4, filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The resulting brown
oil was purified by column chromatography on silica gel with
petrol:ethyl acetate (5:1 v:v) as the eluent yielding the title
compound as a yellow solid (9.0 g, 48%)

Author's Comments
The glass vessel used in this reaction was basically a schlenk tube (or
ampule) fitted with a youngs tap. The tube was made from thick glass
able to withstand moderate pressures. This reaction seems low
yielding, but the yield can vary from 75% to 30% depending on i.
catalyst purity, ii. turnover iii. reaction environment. The catalyst is
easily poisoned in this reaction forming a palladium mirror on the
vessel. If the temperature of the reaction is lowered the reaction does
not take place. Further no SM is recovered. This reaction has been
carried out on various scales (20g-0.1g) all yeilding around 60% of
the required product.

Data
1H nmr (CDCl3, 300 MHz) 7.52 (1H, d, J = 16.0 Hz), 6.69 (1H, d, J =
2.5 Hz), 6.55 (1H, d, J = 2.5 Hz), 5.81 (1H, d, J = 16.0 Hz), 4.08 (2H,
q, J = 7.2 Hz), 3.63 (2H, s), 2.14 (3H, s), 1.15 (3H, t, J =7.2 Hz).

Lead Reference
Rucker, Mark; Brueckner, Reinhard; Syn.Lett.; 10; 1997; 1187-1189

Other References
Goerth, Felix Christian; Rucker, Mark; Eckhardt, Matthias; Brueckner,
Reinhard; Eur.J.Org.Chem.; 14; 2000; 2605 - 2612.