A Fluorinated Ligand Enables Room-Temperature and Regioselective Pd-Catalyzed Fluorination of Aryl Triflates and Bromides

J Am Chem Soc. 2015 Oct 21;137(41):13433-8. doi: 10.1021/jacs.5b09308. Epub 2015 Oct 6.

Abstract

A new biaryl monophosphine ligand (AlPhos, L1) allows for the room-temperature Pd-catalyzed fluorination of a variety of activated (hetero)aryl triflates. Furthermore, aryl triflates and bromides that are prone to give mixtures of regioisomeric aryl fluorides with Pd-catalysis can now be converted to the desired aryl fluorides with high regioselectivity. Analysis of the solid-state structures of several Pd(II) complexes, as well as density functional theory (DFT) calculations, shed light on the origin of the enhanced reactivity observed with L1.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Bromides / chemistry*
  • Catalysis
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Fluorine / chemistry*
  • Ligands
  • Models, Molecular
  • Palladium / chemistry*
  • Temperature*

Substances

  • Bromides
  • Ligands
  • Fluorine
  • Palladium