Seminar about the revolutionary impact given by the Pd catalysis to organic synthesis and, as consequence, to medicinal chemistry and drug discovery. A tribute to three amazing Nobel Prizes and a little bit of my personal experience....
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Palladium-catalyzed reactions in medicinal chemistry
1. “Palladium-catalyzed reactions: a
revolutionary impact in Medicinal
Chemistry”
Scuola di dottorato in scienze e
tecnologie della chimica e dei materiali
Corso di Scienze Farmaceutiche, alimentari e cosmetologiche
Andrea Desogus,
PhD
3. PALLADIUM
Isolation in 1803, by
dissolution of Platinum in
HNO3 and H2SO4
1805 - Recognition of the
discovery by the English
Royal Society of Chemistry
WILLIAM HYDE WOLLASTON
1766 - 1828
4. PALLADIUM
PROPERTIES
atomic number 46
atomic weight 106.42
phisical state at r.t. solid
melting point 1554.9 °C
Boiling point 2963 °C
density 12.023
Electronic configuration [Kr]4d10
Oxidation states 0, +1,+2,+3,+4,+5,+6
Common isotopes: Pd-102, Pd-104, Pd-105, Pd-106, Pd-108, Pd-110
6. Pd-catalyzed Hydrogenation of
alkenes
•Two hydrogen atoms added across the double bond
•Thermodynamically favorable reaction
•Pd catalyst cleaves H2 into 2H, attaching them on its surface
together with the alkene syn addiction
9. Pt group
Very reactive and very useful in catalysis
“18 rule” 3d10 4s2 4p6 e.c. of Kr and Xe
They strongly want to reach 18 external e-
Pd: 10 e-
10. Pd in coupling reactions
Wide interest in C-C,C-N, C-O bonds formation
Palladium complexes are catalysts: they can switch
oxydation state and lower the activation energy
Pd complexes are coupled with a ligand, usually a
phosphine
20. HECK CROSS-COUPLING
Arylation or alkylation of olefines
•Not cataylitic arylation of olefines (1968)
•Organopalladium generation through RHgX and Pd(II) salt.
•Cataylitic with CuCl2 as reoxidant of Pd(0) to the Pd salt.
21. HECK CROSS-COUPLING
Important modification (1972)
•Fitton’s discovery: aryl halides react with Pd(0) to give
arylpalladium halides
•The organopalladium complex RPdX is generated
from an organohalide, RX, and Pd(0)
Oxidative addition
Standard protocol
25. NEGISHI CROSS-
COUPLING
C-C coupling with organometallic species
•First studies: organozirconium and
organoalluminium compounds as coupling
partners good results
•Attempt with even less reactive species:
organozinc compounds
Superior yields Very mild Highly selective
29. SUZUKI CROSS-COUPLING
Coupling of aryl and alkyl compounds with organoboronates
•Organoboron compounds in the presence of a base can be
used as coupling partners in palladium-catalyzed cross coupling
with vinyl and aryl halides
•Organoboron compounds: stable, weak nucleophils,
chemoselective (wide range of functional groups), not toxic, not
reactive
•Study with Miyaura: also named Suzuki-Miyaura reaction (SMR)
30. SUZUKI CROSS-COUPLING
Boronic acids or esters
Base
NaOH, NaHCO3, K2CO3, Et3N, Cs2CO3, NaOEt, CsF
Base activation of organoboron reagents as boronate intermediates
facilitated the transfer of the organic group from boron to palladium
transmetalation
31. SUZUKI CROSS-COUPLING
Coupling of aryl and alkyl compounds
•Organohalide
•Boronic acid or ester
•Base
•Pd catalyst
•Ligand (usually PPh3)
33. Other Pd Cross-couplings
Sonogashira Reaction
•Ethinylation
•Double cycle:
oPalladium cycle
oCopper cycle with base Transmetalation
Inert atmosphere!
34. Other Pd Cross-couplings
Stille Reaction
•Base not needed
•Use of Stannanes, compounds with Sn 4+ and 3 alkyl groups
•Difficult to couple an alkyl no selectivity
•Not Green: organo-tin compounds are TOXIC
Tributyltin chloride Hexamethylditin
35. Other Pd Cross-couplings
Buchwald-Hartwig amination
•C-N bond between aromatic carbon and amine
•Very difficult with traditional methods: stressed conditions
36. Cross-Coupling Applications
in Medicinal Chemistry
Drug synthesis
Natural products synthesis
Industrial applications
Chemical transformation in living organisms
39. Negishi coupling in Pumiliotoxin A
synthesis
Pumiliotoxin A
(toxic alkaloid)
40. Other applications of Negishi
coupling
Hennoxazole A
antiviral
Negishi coupling
5-HT1A agonist
(Eli Lilly,1997)
Negishi coupling
41. Suzuki coupling in (+)-dynemicin A
synthesis
(+)-dynemicin A
(antitumor agent)
42. Other applications of Suzuki
coupling
Boscalid
(fungicide)
Dragamacidin F
antiviral
Suzuki coupling
Suzuki coupling
43. Suzuki nano-coupling in cells
•Pd-catalyzed reactions in living organisms: biocompatibility
•Palladium-meditated cell-surface labeling
•SMR with cell penetrating Pd[0]-nanocatalyst Pd(OAc)2(ADHP)2
•Coupling between a modified pore protein with a fluorescent boronic
acid on a surface of E. coli
Pore protein
Spicer et al. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 800
44. …Some personal experience…
Attempt of a Heck coupling
Possible reasons:
•Chlorine si the worst leaving atom (I>Br>Cl)
•Not a real alkene (N and X whitdraw e-)
45. …Some personal experience…
General procedure of a Suzuki coupling
R= H, CH3, F, Cl, acetyl, indolyl
Tintori et al. J. Med. Chem. 2015, 58, 347
46. CONCLUSIONS
Palladium is the most versatile and ubiquitous metal in modern
organic synthesis.
Its use as catalyst has allowed the discovery of new reaction, most
of them worthy the Nobel Prize.
Heck, Negishi and Suzuki cross-couplings, together with other Pd
catalyzed reactions, are frequently used in drug synthesis. Thanks
to them, new useful active compounds have been discovered.
The study of Pd complexes is still in progress, so new reaction,
impossible to perform so far, could appear in the future.