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1 Palladium-catalyzed Coupling Reactions <strong>of</strong> Indoles 26<br />

Br<br />

82<br />

N<br />

CN<br />

1)Bis(pinacolatodiborane),<br />

PdCl 2(dppf), KOAc, DMF, 2 h<br />

2) 82, PdCl 2(dppf), 2M Na 2CO 3aq<br />

N<br />

CN<br />

N<br />

83<br />

(37 % within 2 steps) CN<br />

Scheme 19. Palladium-catalyzed homocoupling <strong>of</strong> (5-bromoindo-1-yl)acetonitrile.<br />

Different palladium sources in the absence <strong>of</strong> lig<strong>and</strong>s [84] to very elaborate<br />

catalyst/lig<strong>and</strong> systems [85] have been applied. The development <strong>of</strong> several airstable<br />

catalysts has been reported to improve the catalyst turnover, to achieve the<br />

coupling <strong>of</strong> less re<strong>active</strong> electrophiles or to permit coupling with hindered<br />

substrates. [86] The use <strong>of</strong> alternative organoborone coupling partners is an<br />

underdeveloped area. The boronic acids are subject to cyclic trimerization <strong>and</strong> the<br />

resulting uncertainties in stoichiometry require an excess <strong>of</strong> these compounds in<br />

coupling reactions. The use <strong>of</strong> boronic esters can solve that problem. Then again,<br />

there is a lack <strong>of</strong> atom economy <strong>and</strong> additional purification steps, especially when<br />

catechol <strong>and</strong> pinacol are used as the alcohol moiety. One alternative to boron<br />

reagents are potassium trifluoroborate derivatives. These are monomeric solids,<br />

easily prepared from organoboronic acids or esters by treatment with an aqueous<br />

solution <strong>of</strong> KHF2. [87] They are in general air stable <strong>and</strong> environmentally friendly. No<br />

protecting groups are necessary bearing ketones, alcohols, aldehyds, or<br />

carboxylic acids. Finally the trifluoroborate system appeared less subject to<br />

protodeboronation than other boron derivatives.<br />

Mol<strong>and</strong>er <strong>and</strong> Biolatto investigated palladium-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura coupling<br />

reactions <strong>of</strong> potassium aryl- <strong>and</strong> heteroaryltrifluoroborates. [88] The authors<br />

described that generally the trifluoroborate coupling system proved to be more<br />

re<strong>active</strong> than the corresponding boronic acids or esters under Suzuki st<strong>and</strong>ard<br />

reaction conditions. They demonstrated many successful lig<strong>and</strong>less couplings <strong>of</strong><br />

reagents bearing a variety <strong>of</strong> functional groups. All reactions were carried out in air<br />

with no lost in yield. In general a lower catalyst loading, lower temperatures <strong>and</strong><br />

shorter reaction times were utilized. Another advantage was the ability to use<br />

electron-deficient arylborons routinely. Following Scheme 20 shows the cross-

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