Metal Complexes As Catalysts for the Synthesis of Heterocycles
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METAL COMPLEXES AS CATALYSTS FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF HETEROCYCLES Steven Lal Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Imperial College London May 2013 1 Declaration I certify that all the work in this thesis is solely my own, except where explicitly stated and appropriately referenced. No part of the thesis has been submitted previously for a degree at this, or any other, university. 2 Copyright Notice Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Department Of Chemistry Metal Complexes as Catalysts for the Synthesis of Heterocycles © 2013 Steven Lal [email protected] The copyright of this thesis rests with the author and is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License. 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Steven Lal Department of Chemistry Imperial College London Exhibition Road London SW7 2AZ UK www.imperial.ac.uk 3 Contents Abstract ...................................................................................................................................... 8 Acknowledgements .................................................................................................................. 10 List of abbreviations and acronyms ......................................................................................... 11 List of tables ............................................................................................................................. 16 List of figures ........................................................................................................................... 19 1. Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 21 1.1. History and reactivity of azides .................................................................................... 22 1.2. Click Chemistry ............................................................................................................ 26 1.3. The copper-catalysed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) reaction ......................... 27 1.3.1. Catalytic systems used for CuAAC reactions ........................................................ 30 1.3.1.1. Nitrogen-based ligands ................................................................................... 32 1.3.1.1.1. Amines ..................................................................................................... 32 1.3.1.1.2. Imine ligands ............................................................................................ 33 1.3.1.1.3. Pyridine ligands ....................................................................................... 34 1.3.1.1.4. Triazole ligands ........................................................................................ 35 1.3.1.1.5. Benzimidazole ligands ............................................................................. 38 1.3.1.2. Carbon-based ligands ...................................................................................... 38 1.3.1.2.1. NHC ligands............................................................................................. 38 1.3.1.2.2. Isocyanate ligands .................................................................................... 44 1.3.1.3. Phosphorus-based ligands ............................................................................... 45 1.3.1.4. Sulfur-containing ligands ................................................................................ 47 1.3.2. Reactions of electron-deficient azides ................................................................... 49 1.3.3. CuAAC reactions with silver, aluminium and gold acetylides .............................. 53 1.4. Other metal-catalysed azide-alkyne cycloaddition reactions ........................................ 54 1.5. Project aims ................................................................................................................... 56 2. Copper(I) Complexes Bearing Phosphorous Ligands for Click Azide-Alkyne Cycloaddition Reactions .......................................................................................................... 58 4 2.1. Introduction ................................................................................................................... 59 2.2. Preparation of phosphorous ligands .............................................................................. 59 2.3. Preparation of copper(I) complexes .............................................................................. 63 2.3.1. Phosphine complexes ............................................................................................. 64 2.3.2. Phosphinite and phosphonite complexes ............................................................... 65 2.3.2.1. Literature precedents ....................................................................................... 65 2.3.2.2. Preparation of phosphinite and phosphonite complexes ................................. 66 2.3.3. Phosphite complexes .............................................................................................. 69 2.4. Characterisation of novel copper(I) complexes ............................................................ 70 2.5. Synthesis of azides ........................................................................................................ 74 2.6. Preparation of a glyco-alkyne ....................................................................................... 76 2.7. Catalytic studies – CuAAC reaction ............................................................................. 76 2.7.1. CuAAC with 1:1 metal/ligand complexes ............................................................. 79 2.7.1.1. {CuBr[PPh2(OPh-2-OMe)]}-catalysed three component reaction ................. 83 2.7.2. CuAAC with 3:1 ligand/copper complex [CuBr(PPh3)3] 2.17 .............................. 85 2.7.2.1. [CuBr(PPh3)3]-catalysed synthesis of triazoles at low catalyst loadings ........ 89 2.7.2.2. [CuBr(PPh3)3]-catalysed three-component reaction ....................................... 92 2.8. Comparison of catalytic systems for the CuAAC reaction ........................................... 94 2.9. Conclusions ................................................................................................................... 95 3. Ruthenium-Catalysed Azide-Alkyne Cycloaddition Reactions........................................... 97 3.1. Introduction ................................................................................................................... 98 3.2. Ruthenium(II)-catalysed cycloaddition reaction of azides and terminal alkynes ......... 98 3.2.1. Mechanism of the ruthenium(II)-catalysed formation of 1,5-disubstituted triazoles ........................................................................................................................................ 102 3.2. Project aims ................................................................................................................. 105 3.3. Preparation of water-soluble ruthenium(II) complexes .............................................. 105 3.4. Preparation of water-soluble azides ............................................................................ 106 3.5. Catalytic studies .......................................................................................................... 107 3.6. Conclusions ................................................................................................................. 111 4. Cycloaddition Reactions of Organic Azides and Internal Alkynes ................................... 113 5 4.1. Introduction ................................................................................................................. 114 4.2. Copper(I)- and ruthenium(II)-catalysed azide-internal alkyne cycloaddition reactions ............................................................................................................................................ 114 4.3. [3+2] Cycloadditions of organic azides and haloalkynes ........................................... 117 4.3.1. Halotriazoles as attractive synthetic intermediates .............................................. 123 4.4. Project aims ................................................................................................................. 126 4.5. Results and Discussion ............................................................................................... 127 4.5.1. Metal-catalysed cycloaddition of benzyl azide and 3-hexyne/4-octyne .............. 127 4.5.2. Preparation of iodoalkynes .................................................................................. 137 4.5.3. Catalytic studies - Azide-iodoalkyne cycloaddition reactions ............................. 141 4.5.3.1. Copper(I) complexes bearing phosphorous ligands ...................................... 141 4.5.3.2. Copper(I) complexes bearing N-heterocyclic carbene ligands ..................... 147 4.5.3.2.1. Synthesis of NHC complexes ................................................................ 147 4.5.3.2.2. [CuX(NHC)]-catalysed azide-iodoalkyne cycloaddition