1-(2-Iodophenyl)-3-
p-tolylurea (
1) reacts with Pd(dba)
2 ([Pd
2(dba)
3]·dba; dba = dibenzylideneacetone) in the presence of the appropriate ligands to give the ortho-palladated arylureas[Pd{C
6H
4NHC(O)NHTo-2}IL
2] (To = C
6H
4Me-4; L
2 = tbubpy (4,4'-di-
tert-butyl-2,2'-bipyridine)(
2a), tmeda (
N,
N,
N',
N'-tetramethylethylenediamine) (
2b); L = PPh
3 (
2c)). Reaction of
2bwith Tl(TfO) (TfO = triflate, CF
3SO
3) results in the formation of cyclopalladated [Pd{
2C,
O-C
6H
4NHC(O)NHTo-2}(tmeda)]OTf (
3b). The latter reacts with PPh
3 to yield [Pd{C
6H
4NHC(O)NHTo-2}(tmeda)(PPh
3)]OTf (
4b). Treatment of
2b with CO gives the corresponding acylderivative [Pd{C(O)C
6H
4NHC(O)NHTo-2}I(tmeda)] (
5b). If Tl(TfO) is added after thebubbling of CO, the C,N coupling product 3-
p-tolyl-1
H-quinazoline-2,4-dione (
6) is formed.Complex
5b reacts with XyNC (Xy = 2,6-dimethylphenyl) to yield
trans-[Pd{C(O)C
6H
4NHC(O)NHTo-2}I(CNXy)
2] (
7). Both
5b and
7 decompose in solution to give
6. Complex
2b reactswith isocyanides to give the iminoacyl derivatives
trans-[Pd{C(=NR)C
6H
4NHC(O)NHTo-2}I(CNR)
2] (R = Xy (
8x),
tBu (
8t)). The complex
8x gives the C,N coupling product4-(xylylimino)-3-
p-tolyl-3,4-dihydro-1
H-quinazolin-2-one (
9) after treatment with TlOTf.
8xalso reacts with bases (K
2CO
3 and Tl
2CO
3) to yield the iminoacyl amido carbene C,N,C pincerpalladium complex [Pd{
3C,
N,C-C(=NXy)C
6H
4NC(O)NToC(NHXy)-2}(CNXy)] (
10); thiscomplex is an active precatalyst in Heck and Suzuki reactions. The reaction of
2b with R'C
CR' ' and TlOTf gives [Pd{
2C,
N-CR'=CR' 'C
6H
4NHC(O)NHTo-2}(tmeda)]OTf (R' = R' ' = Et(
11be), CO
2Me (
11bm), Ph (
11bp); R' = Ph, R' ' = CO
2Me (
11bq)). These complexesdecompose in solution, and in the case of
11bp, 2,3-diphenylindole-1-carboxylic acid
p-tolylamide (
12p) was isolated.
11bq reacts with PPh
3 to give 3-phenyl-1
H-indole-2-carboxylic acid methyl ester (
13q).
11bp and
11bq decompose in the presence of CO to yield3,4-diphenyl-2-quinolone (
14po) and 2-oxo-4-phenyl-1,2-dihydroquinoline-3-carboxylic acidmethyl ester (
14qo), respectively. Similarly, when
11bq is reacted with XyNC, the C,Ncoupling compound 2-xylyl-4-phenyl-1,2-dihydroquinoline-3-carboxylic acid methyl ester(
14qnx) is formed. The crystal and molecular structures of
3b,
10·0.5CDCl
3,
11bp·OEt
2,
11bq, and
14po have been determined.