Palladium in Heterocyclic Chemistry

Palladium chemistry, despite its immaturity, has become an indispensable tool for synthetic organic chemists. Heterocycles are of paramount importance in the pharmaceutical and palladium chemistry. Today, palladium-catalyzed coupling is a method of choice for heterobiaryls. The number of applications of palladium chemistry to the syntheses of heterocycles has grown exponentially.

These developments highlight the need for a comprehensive explanation of the subject. The principal aim of the book is to highlight the important characteristics of individual heterocycles.

1. Palladium chemistry of heterocycles has its "idiosyncrasies". Even activated chloroheterocycles are sufficiently reactive to undergo Pd-catalyzed reactions. As a consequence of & agr and & amp; bgr activation of heteroaryl halides, Pd-catalyzed chemistry may take place in the carbocyclic aryl halides. In addition, another salient peculiarity in palladium chemistry of heterocycles is the so-called "heteroaryl Heck reaction". For instance, intermolecular palladium-catalyzed arylations of carbocyclic arenes are rare, palladium-catalyzed arylation of azoles and many other heterocycles readily take place. Therefore, the principal aim of this book is to highlight the important characteristics of individual heterocycles.

2. A myriad of heterocycles are biologically active and therefore of paramount importance to medicinal and agricultural chemists. Many heterocycle-containing natural products (they are highlighted in boxes throughout the text) have elicited great interest from both academic and industrial research groups. Recognizing the connections between the palladium chemistry of arenes and heteroarenes, a critical survey of heterocyclic chemistry will keep readers abreast of such a fast-growing field. We are hope that this book will be more interesting and inspiring.

This book contains important preparations of heteroaryl halides, boranes and stannanes for each heterocycle. The large body of data regarding the palladium-mediated polymerization of heterocycles in the material chemistry is not focused here; neither is coordination chemistry involving palladium and heterocycles.

Many heterocycle-containing natural products (highlighted throughout the text) have elicited great interest from both academic and industrial research groups. Recognizing the connections between the palladium chemistry of arenes and heteroarenes, a critical survey of the accomplishments in heterocyclic chemistry keeps readers abreast of this fast-growing field. It is also hoped that this is an interesting book.

- Contains the most up-to-date developments in this fast-moving field
- Includes 3 new chapters
- Contains material from selected well-respected authors on heterocyclic chemistry

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Pyrroles
Chapter 3: Indoles
Chapter 4: Pyridines
Chapter 5: Thiophenes and Benzo [b] thiophenes
Chapter 6: Furans and Benzo [b] furans
Chapter 7: Thiazoles and Benzothiazoles
Chapter 8: Oxazoles and Benzoxazoles
Chapter 9: Imidazoles
Chapter 10: Pyrazines and Quinoxalines
Chapter 11: Pyrimidines
Chapter 12: Quinolines
Chapter 13: Pyridazines
Chapter 14: Industrial Scale Palladium Chemistry