Palladium-Catalyzed Direct Arylation of 2-Pyridylmethyl Silanes with Aryl Bromides

Org Lett. 2021 Apr 16;23(8):3000-3003. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c00677. Epub 2021 Mar 29.

Abstract

The first palladium-catalyzed direct arylation of 2-pyridylmethyl silanes with aryl bromides to generate a diverse array of aryl(2-pyridyl)-methyl silane derivatives has been developed. This protocol facilitates access to various kinds of heterocycle-containing silanes in good to excellent yields (40 examples, 66-97% yield) with good functional group tolerance. The scalability of this transformation is demonstrated.