The or
tho-me
tala
ted complex (
S,S)-[Pd
2{
2(
C,N)-C
6H
4CH
2CH(CO
2Me)NH
2-2}
2(
ti
ties/mgr.gif">-Br)
2] (
1b) can beprepared by refluxing in ace
toni
trile equimolecular amoun
ts of Pd(OAc)
2 and
L-phenylalanine me
thyles
ter hydrochloride, followed by addi
tion of an excess of NaBr. Complex
1b reac
ts wi
th 4-picoline
togive
the mononuclear deriva
tive (
S)-[Pd{
2(
C,N)
-C
6H
4CH
2CH(CO
2Me)NH
2-2}
2Br(NC
5H
4Me-4)] (
2),whose crys
tal s
truc
ture has been de
termined by X-ray diffrac
tion. The precursor of
1b, (
S,S)-[Pd
2{
2(
C,N)-C
6H
4CH
2CH(CO
2Me)NH
2-2}
2(
ti
ties/mgr.gif">-Cl)
2] (
1a), could no
t be isola
ted in a pure form, bu
t i
t can beused as
the s
tar
ting ma
terial for
the syn
thesis of func
tionalized deriva
tives of
the phenylalanine me
thyles
ter. Thus, CO and RNC (R = Xy,
tBu) inser
t in
to
the Pd-C bond of
1a to afford, af
ter depallada
tion,(
S)-1-oxo-3-(me
thoxycarbonyl)-1,2,3,4-
te
trahydroisoquinoline (
3) and (
S)-1-R-3-(me
thoxycarbonyl)-3,4-dihydroisoquinolinium
trifla
te (R =
tBu (
4), Xy (
5)), respec
tively. Reac
tion of complex
1b wi
th bromineor iodine affords
trans-(
S,S)-[PdBr
2{NH
2CH(CO
2Me)CH
2C
6H
4-X-2}
2] (X = Br (
6), I (
7)), which fur
therreac
ts wi
th 1,10-phenan
throline (phen)
to give [PdBr
2(phen)] and (
S)-2-X-phenylalanine me
thyl es
ter (X= Br (
8), I (
9)).