2-(4-(Ethoxycarbonyl)phenyl)pyridine N-Oxide

A green and selective method for the generation of biaryl compounds through C–H arylation of heterocyclic N-oxides, in which the addition of ascorbic acid as a promoter is not required for either the generation of an aryldiazonium species or the subsequent arylation, is presented. Reaction conditions were optimized through multivariate data analysis, including orthogonal projections to latent structures (OPLS) and design of experiments (DoE) methodologies, resulting in further sustainability improvements, and were then applied to a range of substrates to establish the scope and limitations of the process. The reaction was studied using in situ infrared spectroscopy and a mechanism is presented that accounts for the available data from this and previous studies. The reaction was also performed on a multigram scale, with calorimetry studies to support further scale-up of this promoter-free transformation.

C–H Arylation of Heterocyclic N-Oxides Through in Situ Diazotisation Of Anilines without Added Promoters: A Green And Selective Coupling Process

Aymeric P. Colleville^†‡, Richard A. J. Horan^*†, Sandrine Olazabal^†, and Nicholas C. O. Tomkinson^‡

^† API Chemistry, GlaxoSmithKline Research and Development Ltd., Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG1 2NY, U.K.

^‡ WestCHEM, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Thomas Graham Building, University of Strathclyde, 295 Cathedral Street, Glasgow G1 1XL, U.K.

Org. Process Res. Dev., Article ASAP

DOI: 10.1021/acs.oprd.6b00117

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.oprd.6b00117

2-(4-(Ethoxycarbonyl)phenyl)pyridine N-Oxide

Orange solid (81 mg, 22% yield), mp 119–120 °C.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆, 400 MHz): δ 8.39–8.38 (m, 1H), 8.07 (d, 2H, J = 8.6 Hz), 8.00 (d, 2H, J = 8.6 Hz), 7.72–7.67 (m, 1H), 7.45–7.48 (m, 2H), 4.37 (q, 2H, J = 7.1 Hz), 1.36 (t, 3H, J = 7.1 Hz) ppm.

¹³C NMR (DMSO-d₆, 100 MHz): δ 165.3 (C_IV), 146.6 (C_IV), 140.2, 137.2 (C_IV), 130.2 (C_IV), 129.6, 128.7, 127.7, 126.1, 125.5, 60.9, 14.1 ppm.

HRMS (ESI⁺): calculated for C₁₄H₁₄NO₃ [M+H]⁺ 244.0960, found 244.0968.

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