Efficient and convenient heterogeneous palladium-catalyzed regioselective deuteration at the benzylic position

Chemistry. 2008;14(2):664-73. doi: 10.1002/chem.200701147.

Abstract

The Pd/C-catalyzed efficient and regioselective hydrogen-deuterium (H-D) exchange reaction on the benzylic site proceeded in D2O in the presence of a small amount of H2 gas. The use of the Pd/C-ethylenediamine complex [Pd/C(en)] as a catalyst instead of Pd/C led to the efficient deuterium incorporation into the benzylic site of O-benzyl protective groups without hydrogenolysis. These H-D exchange reactions provide a post synthetic and D(2)-gas-free deuterium-labeling method on a wide variety of benzylic sites using D2O as the deuterium source and heterogeneous Pd/C or Pd/C(en) as a reusable heterogeneous palladium catalyst under mild and neutral conditions.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Benzene Derivatives / chemistry*
  • Carbon / chemistry
  • Catalysis
  • Deuterium / chemistry
  • Deuterium Oxide / chemistry*
  • Ethylenediamines / chemistry
  • Hydrogen / chemistry
  • Molecular Structure
  • Palladium / chemistry*
  • Solvents / chemistry
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Benzene Derivatives
  • Ethylenediamines
  • Solvents
  • Palladium
  • ethylenediamine
  • Carbon
  • Hydrogen
  • Deuterium
  • Deuterium Oxide