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Synlett 2009(12): 1937-1940  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1217531
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Platinum- and Palladium-Catalyzed Sequential Reactions: Regioselective Synthesis of 9-Fluorenylidenes from 9-Ethynylfluoren-9-yl Carboxylates and Furans

Koji Miki, Yoshinori Senda, Toshiyuki Kowada, Kouichi Ohe*
Department of Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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Received 14 March 2009
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01 July 2009 (online)

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Abstract

The transformation of 9-acyloxy-9-ethynylfluorene and furans with platinum and palladium co-catalysts gave 9-fluor­enylidenes in excellent yields with high regioselectivity in a one-pot manner.

Key words

carbene - ring opening - fluorene - platinum - palladium

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General Procedure of Ring-Opening Reaction of 2-Methylfuran In a flame-dried Schlenk tube, PtCl2 (6.5 mg, 0.025 mmol, 5 mol%) was dispersed in toluene (2.0 mL). To the solution were added 1a (124 mg, 0.50 mmol) and 2-methylfuran (90 µL, 1.0 mmol) at r.t. The mixture was stirred at 50 ˚C for 7 h. The yellow suspension was cooled and the solvent was removed under reduced pressure to give 2a. To remove the platinum catalyst, the crude 2a was dissolved in THF (30 mL) and the solution was passed through a short Florisil column. The THF solution was evaporated under reduced pressure to give 2a (99%, Z,Z/Z,E = 63:37). In the case of [RuCl2(CO)3]2, the THF solution obtained after a Florisil column was evaporated in vacuo, and the residue was purified by centrifuge with hexane and a small amount of THF to give a first crop of (E,E)-2a (ca. 65% yield). The hexane and THF solution containing a small amount of (E,E)-2a was evaporated in vacuo, and the residue was purified by column chromatography on SiO2 with hexane-EtOAc (v/v = 4:1) to give a second crop of (E,E)-2a (ca. 10% yield). The yield in Scheme  [²] was obtained by combining first and second crops of (E,E)-2a.

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Analytical Data of ( E , E )-2a, ( Z , Z )-2a and ( Z , E )-2a Compound (E,E)-2a: yield 74%; a yellow solid; mp 203.7-204.1 ˚C. IR (KBr): 3054, 1752 (C=O), 1654, 1198, 1176, 728 cm-¹. ¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 2.34 (s, 3 H), 2.51 (s, 3 H), 6.32 (d, J = 15.2 Hz, 1 H), 6.63 (dd, J = 11.2, 14.6 Hz, 1 H), 7.25-7.34 (m, 5 H), 7.63 (d, J = 14.6 Hz, 1 H), 7.68 (d, J = 8.0 Hz, 1 H), 7.70 (d, J = 8.0 Hz, 1 H), 7.77 (d, J = 8.0 Hz, 1 H), 7.79 (d, J = 8.0 Hz, 1 H). ¹³C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 21.1, 27.6, 119.9, 120.2, 125.2, 125.3, 127.3, 127.7, 128.8, 129.2, 130.8, 131.1, 132.3, 132.7, 135.6, 136.7, 140.3, 140.9, 141.6, 144.8, 168.2, 198.0. Anal. Calcd for C22H18O3: C, 79.98, H, 5.49. Found: C, 79.87; H, 5.66.
Compounds (Z,Z)-2a and (Z,E)-2a: yield 99%; a yellow solid. ¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ [(Z,Z)-2a] = 2.27 (s, 3 H), 2.38 (s, 3 H), 6.14 (d, J = 11.7 Hz, 1 H), 7.04 (dd, J = 11.2, 11.7 Hz, 1 H), 7.04 (d, J = 11.7 Hz, 1 H), 7.22-7.37 (m, 4 H), 7.64-7.70 (m, 4 H), 7.77-7.80 (m, 1 H); δ [(Z,E)-2a] = 2.27 (s, 3 H), 2.56 (s, 3 H), 6.17 (d, J = 11.2 Hz, 1 H), 6.68 (dd, J = 11.2, 11.2 Hz, 1 H), 7.22-7.37 (m, 4 H), 7.49 (d, J = 15.1 Hz, 1 H), 7.64-7.70 (m, 2 H), 7.81 (d, J = 8.0 Hz, 2 H), 7.97 (dd, J = 11.7, 15.1 Hz, 1 H). ¹³C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 21.1, 21.2, 31.9, 31.9, 119.8, 119.8, 120.0, 125.0, 125.1, 125.1, 125.4, 126.6, 127.1, 127.1, 127.4, 127.6, 127.7, 128.4, 128.5, 128.7, 128.9, 129.0, 130.2, 130.5, 130.8, 132.9, 135.7, 135.7, 136.4, 136.5, 136.8, 140.0, 140.1, 140.3, 140.7, 140.8, 144.0, 145.6, 167.7, 168.4, 198.5, 198.6 (two carbon peaks could not be distinguished with other aromatic carbons).

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We reported that the Ru-catalyzed reaction of 3-methylbut-1-yn-3-yl acetate with 2-methylfuran gave the corresponding Z,E-isomer regioselectively. [9b] Although we cannot explain the difference at present, we presume that the reaction of 1a using the ruthenium catalyst would proceed via a completely different pathway.

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General Procedure of Isomerization Reaction In a flame-dried Schlenk tube, a mixture of (Z,Z)-2a and (Z,E)-2a (66 mg, 0.20 mmol, Z,Z/Z,E = 79:21) and a transition-metal compound (0.010 mmol) were dispersed in toluene (2.0 mL). The mixture was stirred at 50 ˚C for 7 h. The yellow suspension was cooled, and the solvent was removed under reduced pressure. The purification step using column chromatography on SiO2 was necessary for Pd(PPh3)4-catalyzed reaction. PdCl2 was purchased from Wako Pure Chemicals Inc. (Japan) and used without further purification.

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Without PtCl2, no (E,E)-2a was detected, and 1a was recovered in 70% yield.

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Although THF is one of the suitable solvents for the isomerization reaction of 2a, the reaction of 1a and
2-methylfuran with PtCl2/PdCl2 in THF gave (E,E)-2a selectively but in a lower yield than that in toluene because of unidentified byproduct formation.

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Since the reaction using [RuCl2 (CO)3]2 gave (E,E)-2a regioselectively, as shown in Scheme  [²] , we also examined co-catalytic system using [RuCl2 (CO)3]2 and PtCl2. When the reaction of 1a with 2-methylfuran (2 equiv) in 5 mol% of PtCl2 and 5 mol% of [RuCl2(CO)3]2 was carried out at 50 ˚C, we obtained 2a with a mixture of three regioisomers (Z,Z/Z,E/E,E = 27:28:45) in 93% yield. This indicates that the ruthenium complex has comparatively lower catalytic activity for isomerization reaction than palladium compounds shown in Table  [¹] .

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General Procedure of Ring-Opening Reaction and Sequential Isomerization Reaction
In a flame-dried Schlenk tube, PtCl2 (1.3 mg, 0.0050 mmol) and PdCl2 (0.9 mg, 0.0050 mmol) were dispersed in toluene (4.0 mL). To this solution were added 1a (124 mg, 0.50 mmol) and 2-methylfuran (50 µL, 0.55 mmol) at r.t. The mixture was stirred at 50 ˚C for 7 h. The yellow suspension was cooled, and the solvent was removed under reduced pressure to give 2a. To remove the transition-metal catalysts, the crude 2a was dissolved in THF (30 mL), and the solution was passed through a short Florisil column. The THF solution was evaporated under reduced pressure to give (E,E)-2a in 99% yield. For reactions using other furans, the THF solution obtained after a Florisil column was evaporated in vacuo, and the residue was purified by centrifuge with hexane and a small amount of THF to give a first crop of (E,E)-2. The hexane and THF solution containing a small amount of (E,E)-2 was evaporated in vacuo, and the residue was purified by column chromatography on SiO2 with hexane-EtOAc (v/v = 4:1) to give a second crop of (E,E)-2. The yield in Table  [²] was obtained by combining first and second crops of (E,E)-2. The analytical data of (E,E)-2 are summarized in the Supporting Information.