Compostos (E)-1,2-dibromo vinílicos 11a-f foram preparados estereosseletivamente via reação de bromação de alcinos empregando-se tribrometo de piridínio em MeOH/CCl 4 a baixa temperatura e utilizados na reação de duplo acoplamento com PhZnCl catalisada por Pd(0), segundo protocolo de Negishi, fornecendo as respectivas olefinas tri e tetrassubstituídas 14a-e. Tamoxifeno, um agente antiestrogênico de uso clínico na terapia do câncer de mama, foi preparado na forma de uma mistura Z:E de proporção 2.3:1, em 7 etapas em um rendimento global de 30% a partir do 4-iodofenol (3).(E)-1,2-vinylic dibromides 11a-f were stereoselectively prepared via bromination of acetylenic compounds with pyridinium tribromide in MeOH/CCl 4 at low temperature and double crosscoupled with PhZnCl under Pd(0) catalysis (Negishi protocol) to afford tri-and tetrasubstituted olefins 14a-e. Tamoxifen, a selective estrogen receptor modulator clinically prescribed in breast cancer therapy, was prepared in 7 steps and 30% overall yield from 4-iodophenol (3) as a 2.3:1 mixture of (Z)-and (E)-isomers.
Keywords: (E)-1,2-vinylic dibromides, double cross-coupling, palladium catalysis, tri-and tetrasubstituted olefins, tamoxifen
IntroductionThe stereoselective synthesis of tri-and tetrasubstituted olefins is of great interest in the domain of biologically active compounds where the E and Z isomers may have completely different biological properties as represented by tamoxifen, a tetrasubstituted stilbene which acts as a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM): while (Z)-tamoxifen (1) displays antiestrogenic activity and is prescribed as the corresponding citrate as an adjuvant for breast cancer therapy, (E)-isomer 2 has estrogenic activity and stimulates the proliferation of hormone-responsive breast cancer cells (Figure 1). 1 Methods are available for the separation of (E)-and (Z)-isomers as well as for isomerization of estrogenic (E)-tamoxifen (2) 2 to antiestrogenic (Z)-tamoxifen (1), [3][4][5] including large scale operations. Among the routes already described in the literature, the method by Knochel and coworkers 6 is by far the more efficient one: starting from 1-phenyl-1-butyne, (Z)-tamoxifen (1) is prepared in three steps and 71% yield via Ni(II)-catalyzed syn carbozincation, followed by Negishi coupling of the corresponding vinylic iodide with 4-triisopropylsililoxyphenylzinc bromide.Despite the different approaches already reported for the stereoselective synthesis of tamoxifen (dehydration, 4 McMurry 5 and metal-catalyzed coupling protocols 6-13 ), we were attracted by the possibility of preparing (Z)-tamoxifen (1) from the corresponding (E)-1,2-vinylic dibromide via an one-pot tandem coupling with a phenylorganometallic species with retention of configuration.1,2-Dihaloalkenes are potentially useful starting materials for the preparation of tri-and tetrasubstituted olefins via transition metal catalyzed cross-coupling with organometallic species. 14 Accordingly, Rossi and coworkers 15 described the utilization of tetrasubstituted (E)- ...