Thwartingβ-Hydride Elimination: Capture of the Alkylpalladium Intermediate of an Asymmetric Intramolecular Heck Reaction

Abstract
In spite of containing three conformationally accessible β -H atoms, palladacycle 1 a is an isolable intermediate in the asymmetric Heck cyclization of 2 a. Although 1 a is stable in the presence of the hydrotriflate salt of 1,2,2,6,6-pentamethylpiperidine, it is converted into the oxindole Heck product when exposed to the more acidic hydrotriflate salt of 2,6-di-tert-butylpyridine. Heck cyclization of 2 b is also believed to proceed by way of a palladacyclic intermediate 1 b, which in this case undergoes β-methoxide elimination. Bn=benzyl.

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