- Contra-Thermodynamic, Photocatalytic E→Z Isomerization of Styrenyl Boron Species: Vectors to Facilitate Exploration of Two-Dimensional Chemical Space
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Designing strategies to access stereodefined olefinic organoboron species is an important synthetic challenge. Despite significant advances, there is a striking paucity of routes to Z-α-substituted styrenyl organoborons. Herein, this strategic imbalance is redressed by exploiting the polarity of the C(sp2)?B bond to activate the neighboring π system, thus enabling a mild, traceless photocatalytic isomerization of readily accessible E-α-substituted styrenyl BPins to generate the corresponding Z-isomers with high fidelity. Preliminary validation of this contra-thermodynamic E→Z isomerization is demonstrated in a series of stereoretentive transformations to generate Z-configured trisubstituted alkenes, as well as in a concise synthesis of the anti-tumor agent Combretastatin A4.
- Molloy, John J.,Metternich, Jan B.,Daniliuc, Constantin G.,Watson, Allan J. B.,Gilmour, Ryan
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- Synthesis of α-Chiral Ketones and Chiral Alkanes Using Radical Polar Crossover Reactions of Vinyl Boron Ate Complexes
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Vinyl boron ate complexes of enantioenriched secondary alkyl pinacolboronic esters undergo stereospecific radical-induced 1,2-migration in radical polar crossover reactions. In this three-component process various commercially available alkyl iodides act as radical precursors and light is used for chain initiation. Subsequent oxidation and protodeborylation leads to valuable α-chiral ketones and chiral alkanes, respectively, with excellent enantiopurity.
- Gerleve, Carolin,Kischkewitz, Marvin,Studer, Armido
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p. 2441 - 2444
(2018/01/27)
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- Investigation of the Deprotonative Generation and Borylation of Diamine-Ligated α-Lithiated Carbamates and Benzoates by in Situ IR spectroscopy
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Diamine-mediated α-deprotonation of O-alkyl carbamates or benzoates with alkyllithium reagents, trapping of the carbanion with organoboron compounds, and 1,2-metalate rearrangement of the resulting boronate complex are the primary steps by which organoboron compounds can be stereoselectively homologated. Although the final step can be easily monitored by 11B NMR spectroscopy, the first two steps, which are typically carried out at cryogenic temperatures, are less well understood owing to the requirement for specialized analytical techniques. Investigation of these steps by in situ IR spectroscopy has provided invaluable data for optimizing the homologation reactions of organoboron compounds. Although the deprotonation of benzoates in noncoordinating solvents is faster than that in ethereal solvents, the deprotonation of carbamates shows the opposite trend, a difference that has its origin in the propensity of carbamates to form inactive parasitic complexes with the diamine-ligated alkyllithium reagent. Borylation of bulky diamine-ligated lithiated species in toluene is extremely slow, owing to the requirement for initial complexation of the oxygen atoms of the diol ligand on boron with the lithium ion prior to boron-lithium exchange. However, ethereal solvent, or very small amounts of THF, facilitate precomplexation through initial displacement of the bulky diamines coordinated to the lithium ion. Comparison of the carbonyl stretching frequencies of boronates derived from pinacol boronic esters with those derived from trialkylboranes suggests that the displaced lithium ion is residing on the pinacol oxygen atoms and the benzoate/carbamate carbonyl group, respectively, explaining, at least in part, the faster 1,2-metalate rearrangements of boronates derived from the trialkylboranes.
- Mykura, Rory C.,Veth, Simon,Varela, Ana,Dewis, Lydia,Farndon, Joshua J.,Myers, Eddie L.,Aggarwal, Varinder K.
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p. 14677 - 14686
(2018/11/20)
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- Stereospecific Synthesis of Alkenes by Eliminative Cross-Coupling of Enantioenriched sp3-Hybridized Carbenoids
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1-Aryl-1,2-dialkylethenes were generated by a sequence of electrophilic substitution, 1,2-metalate rearrangement, and β-elimination initiated by the addition of enantioenriched α-(carbamoyloxy)alkylboronates to enantioenriched lithiated carbamates. The carbenoid stereochemical pairing [i.e., “like”=(S)+(S) or “unlike”=(S)+(R)] and the elimination mechanism (syn or anti), not substituent effects, determined the configuration of the trisubstituted alkene target. For example, (Z)-2,5-diphenyl-2-pentene was produced in 70 % yield with E/Z=5:95 by a like combination of Li and B carbenoids and syn (thermal) elimination whereas the E isomer was obtained in the same yield with E/Z>98:2 by an otherwise identical process involving an unlike stereochemical pairing. The concept elaborated overcomes an intrinsic limitation of traditional strategies for direct connective alkene synthesis, which cannot realize meaningful stereochemical bias unless the alkene substituents are strongly differentiated.
- Wu, Zhenhua,Sun, Xun,Potter, Kristin,Cao, Yang,Zakharov, Lev N.,Blakemore, Paul R.
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p. 12285 - 12289
(2016/10/13)
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- Enantiospecific, regioselective cross-coupling reactions of secondary allylic boronic esters
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An original syn: The first enantioselective Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling of chiral, enantioenriched secondary allylic boronic esters is described (see scheme; DME=dimethoxyethane, Bpin = pinacolboryl, dba = dibenzylideneacetone). Mechanistic studies show that the reactions proceed via γ-selective transmetalation followed by reductive elimination. The reaction provides the first independent confirmation that the transmetalation of boronic esters proceeds via a syn pathway. Copyright
- Chausset-Boissarie, Laetitia,Ghozati, Kazem,Labine, Emily,Chen, Jack L.-Y.,Aggarwal, Varinder K.,Crudden, Cathleen M.
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p. 17698 - 17701
(2014/01/17)
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- Asymmetric deprotonation using s -BuLi or i -PrLi and chiral diamines in THF: The diamine matters
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The solution structures of [6Li]-i-PrLi complexed to (-)-sparteine and the (+)-sparteine surrogate in Et2O-d10 and THF-d8 at -80 °C have been determined using 6Li and 13C NMR spectroscopy. In Et2O, i-PrLi/(-)-sparteine is a solvent-complexed heterodimer, whereas i-PrLi/(+)-sparteine surrogate is a head-to-tail homodimer. In THF, there was no complexation of (-)-sparteine to i-PrLi until ≥3.0 equiv (-)-sparteine and with 6.0 equiv (-)-sparteine, a monomer was characterized. In contrast, the (+)-sparteine surrogate readily complexed to i-PrLi in THF, and with 1.0 equiv (+)-sparteine surrogate, complete formation of a monomer was observed. The NMR spectroscopic study suggested that it should be possible to carry out highly enantioselective asymmetric deprotonation reactions using i-PrLi or s-BuLi/(+)-sparteine surrogate in THF. Hence, three different asymmetric deprotonation reactions (lithiation-trapping of N-Boc pyrrolidine, an O-alkyl carbamate, and a phosphine borane) were investigated; it was shown that reactions with (-)-sparteine in THF proceeded with low enantioselectivity, whereas the corresponding reactions with the (+)-sparteine surrogate occurred with high enantioselectivity. These are the first examples of highly enantioselective asymmetric deprotonation reactions using organolithium/diamine complexes in THF.
- Carbone, Giorgio,O'Brien, Peter,Hilmersson, Goeran
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p. 15445 - 15450
(2011/01/06)
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- A new sparteine surrogate for asymmetric deprotonation of N-Boc pyrrolidine
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(Chemical Equation Presented) The s-BuLi complex of a cyclohexane-derived diamine is as efficient as s-BuLi/(-)-sparteine for the asymmetric deprotonation of N-Boc pyrrolidine. This is the first example of high enantioselectivity using a non-sparteine-like diamine in such reactions. The ( S, S)-diamine is a useful (+)-sparteine surrogate and was utilized in short syntheses of (-)-indolizidine 167B and an intermediate for the synthesis of the CCK antagonist (+)-RP 66803.
- Stead, Darren,O'Brien, Peter,Sanderson, Adam
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p. 1409 - 1412
(2009/04/12)
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- Lithiated carbamates: Chiral carbenoids for iterative homologation of boranes and boronic esters
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(Chemical Equation Presented) Take your pick: Either enantiomer of either diastereomer of substrates bearing adjacent stereogenic centers is accessible through reaction of an (R)- or (S)-lithiated carbamate with an (R)- or (S)-boronic ester (see scheme; pin = pinacolate, OCb = substituted carbamate).
- Stymiest, Jake L.,Dutheuil, Guillaume,Mahmood, Adeem,Aggarwal, Varinder K.
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p. 7491 - 7494
(2008/09/17)
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