TITLE:
Evaluation of TlOH Effect for Pd0-Mediated Cross-Coupling of Methyl Iodide and Excess Boronic Acid Ester toward Fabrication of [11C]CH3-Incorporated PET Tracer
AUTHORS:
Hiroko Koyama, Hisashi Doi, Masaaki Suzuki
KEYWORDS:
Synthesis of Short-Lived Positron Emission Tomography Probes; Suzuki-Miyaura-Type Rapid Cross-Coupling; Rapid C-Methylation; TlOH
JOURNAL NAME:
International Journal of Organic Chemistry,
Vol.3 No.3,
September
25,
2013
ABSTRACT: The use of thallium(I) hydroxide (TlOH) as a base is known to extremely accelerate the Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reaction using organoboronic acid or organoboronic acid ester as a substrate. Here, we investigated the effects of TlOH by comparing with other conventional bases such as KOH, K2CO3, and CsF for Pd0-mediated rapid cross-coupling reactions between CH3I and organoborane reagents, such as phenyl-, (Z)-4-benzyloxy-2-butenyl-, and benzylboronic acid pinacol esters under the conditions CH3I/borane/Pd0/base (1:40:1:3) in THF/H2O or DMF/H2O for 5 min with an aim to fabricate a PET tracer efficiently. Consequently, however, the use of TlOH was much less efficient than the other bases for the acceleration of cross-coupling reactions. Thus, it was reconfirmed that the milder and non-toxic conditions using K2CO3 or CsF so far developed by our group were most appropriate for the rapid C-methylations.