CC BY-ND-NC 4.0 · Synthesis 2019; 51(01): 122-134
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1610379
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Palladium(0)-Catalyzed Difunctionalization of 1,3-Dienes: From Racemic to Enantioselective

Xiang Wu
a   Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Reaction Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, P. R. of China
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b   Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. of China
c   Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin 300072, P. R. of China   Email: gonglz@ustc.edu.cn
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We are grateful for financial support from NSFC (21672197, 21672049).
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Publication History

Received: 17 October 2018

Accepted after revision: 18 October 2018

Publication Date:
15 November 2018 (online)


Published as part of the 50 Years SYNTHESIS – Golden Anniversary Issue

Abstract

1,3-Dienes are easily accessible chemicals that participate in a series of reactions acting on the carbon–carbon double bonds. Catalytic difunctionalization of 1,3-dienes provides a wide scope of functionalized chemicals. Pd(0) catalysts provide a diverse set of principles for the creation of asymmetric catalytic reactions, which are initiated with the oxidative addition and then undergo insertion reaction with one of double bonds of the 1,3-diene to become a π-allyl palladium species that is reactive toward nucleophilic attack. This review summarizes typical advances on the Pd(0)-catalyzed difunctionalization of 1,3-dienes in recent decades, particularly emphasizing the concepts that enable the switch from a racemic reaction to an enantioselective version.

1 Introduction

2 Amination

3 Boration

4 Carbonation

5 Hydrogenation

6 Oxygenation

7 Silylation

8 Conclusion and Outlook