Palladium-catalyzed
aminocarbonylation of
iodobenzene and iodoalkenes (
1-iodocyclohexene,
4-tert-butyl-1-iodocyclohexene,
α-iodostyrene, 17-iodoandrost-16-ene) was carried out using a free
radical (4-amino-TEMPO) for the first time. Its reduced form (
4-amino-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine) was also used as
N-nucleophile. The free
radical was partially reduced under
aminocarbonylation conditions; however, the isolation of carbonylated products bearing a stable
radical moiety was successfully accomplished. It was proved that the reduction of the 1-oxyl functionality took place to higher extent when more severe conditions (40 bar CO pressure) were used. The mixture of carboxamide and 2-ketocarboxamide products was obtained using
iodobenzene because of single and double
carbon monoxide insertion, respectively. In turn, carboxamide derivatives were formed exclusively when iodoalkenes were used as substrates.