A palladium-catalyzed fluorosulfonylvinylation reaction of organic iodides is described. Catalytic Pd(OAc) 2 with stoichiometric silver(I) trifluoroacetate enables the coupling process between an (hetero)aryl or alkenyl iodide and ethenesulfonyl fluoride (ESF, 1). The method is demonstrated in the successful syntheses of eighty-eight otherwise difficult to access compounds in up to 99% yields, including the unprecedented 2-heteroarylethenesulfonyl fluorides, and 1,3-dienylsulfonyl fluorides.
FluorosulfonylvinylationCatalytic Pd(OAc) 2 with stoichiometric silver(I) trifluoroacetate enables the coupling process between an (hetero)aryl or alkenyl iodide and ethenesulfonyl fluoride. The method is demonstrated in the successful syntheses of eighty-eight otherwise difficult to access compounds in up to 99% yields, including the unprecedented 2-heteroarylethenesulfonyl fluorides, and 1,3-dienylsulfonyl fluorides.[+] These authors contributed equally.Supporting information for this article is given via a link at the end of the document. By employing three highly connective molecules, sulfuryl fluoride (SO 2 F 2 ), [1] thionyl tetrafluoride (O=SF 4 ), [2] and ethenesulfonyl fluoride (CH 2 =CH-SO 2 F, ESF, 1), [1], [3], [4] we are able to readily gain SuFEx-abilities for the compounds from nature's nucleophile pool or from the petrochemicals, and finally achieve functions in service of multiple disciplines [5], [6] via catalytic SuFEx protocols ( Figure 1a). Searching for new S VI -F functional groups and developing reliable methods for their installations are considered the major challenge for evolving the current SuFEx chemistry.
HHS Public AccessESF, among the three irreplaceable scaffolds of SuFEx chemistry, is unique for its versatile reactivity. We have demonstrated ESF as an essential building block to prepare the otherwise difficult to access compounds, 2-arylethenesulfonyl fluorides, through a Heck-Matsuda process [ Figure 1b(1)]. [7] 2-Arylethenesulfonyl fluorides represent a rare family of selectively addressable bifunctional electrophiles. Sulfonyl fluorides and vinyl sulfonates (or sulfone) can be readily prepared from 2-arylethenesulfonyl fluorides, via Michael addition and SuFEx, respectively, which are both important classes of electrophiles and potential covalent pharmacophores ( Figure 1c). [8]-[10] The latter provide permanent inhibition of target proteins, which is of special interest for us. [11] Among the 152 approved S VIcontaining drugs, [12] 96 (63%) of them are (hetero)aryl sulfonyl molecules [(Het)Ar-SO 2 -Q, including aryl sulfones, sulfonamides, sulfonic acids and sulfonate esters]. The vinylogous analogs [(Het)Ar-CH=CH-SO 2 -Q] are much less explored, but could be interesting. Rigosertib (Figure 1d), a Phase III drug candidate treating myelodisplastic syndrome, is first of this kind to show promising bioactivity. [13] It is reasonable to conclude from the above that general methods for the synthesis of 2-substituted ethenesulfonyl fluorides would open up access to a new and likely v...