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Chapter Three<br />

These results demonstrate that <strong>the</strong> stereochemistry <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> oxidative addition <strong>of</strong> allylic<br />

chlorides to Pd(0) is sensitive to both <strong>the</strong> reaction solvent <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> metal bound lig<strong>and</strong> group.<br />

Pd(0) Additive (equiv.) Syn (%) Anti (%)<br />

Pd(COD)(MA) None 91 9<br />

Styrene (10) 62 38<br />

COD (10) 58 42<br />

NBE (10) 58 42<br />

NBE (100) 38 62<br />

Pd(NBE)2(MA) None 92 8<br />

NBE (10) 34 66<br />

Pd(NBE)3 None 7 93<br />

AN (5) 20 80<br />

DMF (5) 87 13<br />

FMN(5) 93 7<br />

Table 3.2 Stereoselectivity in oxidative addition <strong>of</strong> (115) with olefin-Pd(0)<br />

complexes in DCM<br />

* COD = 1,5-cyclooctadiene, NBE = norbornene, AN = acrylonitrile, DMF = dimethyl fumarate, FMN =<br />

fumaronitrile<br />

3.1.2 Reactions <strong>of</strong> <strong>Allyl</strong> <strong>Fluorides</strong> with Palladium<br />

Togni examined whe<strong>the</strong>r fluoride could attack cationic �-allyl palladium(II) complexes as a<br />

nucleophile, thus leading to allylic fluorination (Scheme 3.4). [21] The catalyst was generated<br />

in situ from Pd(dba)2 <strong>and</strong> phosphanyl-ferrocenyl pyrazole. The sources <strong>of</strong> nucleophilic<br />

fluoride tested were TBAT (NBu4[SiF2Ph3]) [22] <strong>and</strong> Me4NF. [23] Both are soluble in aprotic<br />

organic solvents, thus preventing <strong>the</strong> reduction <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> nucleophilicity <strong>of</strong> fluoride, which is<br />

reduced by solvation in protic media or in <strong>the</strong> presence <strong>of</strong> trace amounts <strong>of</strong> water [24]<br />

However, nucleophilic attack <strong>of</strong> fluoride on <strong>the</strong> allyl component <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> liberation <strong>of</strong> an<br />

allyl fluoride was never observed. Indeed, it was instead demonstrated that <strong>the</strong> allyl fluoride<br />

(116) could oxidatively add to palladium(0) precursors (Scheme 3.4). It was, <strong>the</strong>refore,<br />

inferred that catalytic allylic substitution with fluoride is a kinetically strongly disfavoured<br />

process, if at all possible. [25]

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