Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2024, Vol. 60: 171-177.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(23)64623-6

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A general palladium-catalyzed carbonylative synthesis of α-CF3-substituted ketones and carboxylic acid derivatives

Zhi-Peng Baoa,b, Nai-Xian Suna,c, Xiao-Feng Wua,b,*()   

  1. aDalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, Liaoning, China
    bLeibniz-Institut für Katalyse e.V., 18059 Rostock, Germany
    cCollege of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, Jiangsu, China
  • Received:2024-01-20 Accepted:2024-02-07 Online:2024-05-18 Published:2024-05-22
  • Contact: E-mail: xwu2020@dicp.ac.cn, xiao-feng.wu@catalysis.de (X.-F. Wu).
  • Supported by:
    National Key R&D Program of China(2023YFA1507500)

Abstract:

α-CF3-substituted carboxylic acid derivatives have drawn wide attention owing to their importance for both pharmaceutical and synthetic communities. However, methodologies for their construction are still very limited. Herein, we developed a general palladium-catalyzed carbonylative procedure for the synthesis of α-CF3-substituted ketones and carboxylic acid derivatives. With amines, phenols, alcohols, arylboronic acids, and even less-nucleophilic sulfonamides and amides as the reaction partners, the corresponding amides, esters, ketones and imides were obtained in good yields with excellent functional group tolerance. Furthermore, this protocol has also been applied to the late-stage modification of 25 densely functionalized pharmaceutical agents and natural products.

Key words: α-Trifluoromethyl substituted amide, Esters, Ketone, Imide, Carbonylation