- Rhodium-Catalyzed Oxidative C-H Allylation of Benzamides with 1,3-Dienes by Allyl-to-Allyl 1,4-Rh(III) Migration
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The Rh(III)-catalyzed oxidative C-H allylation of N-acetylbenzamides with 1,3-dienes is described. The presence of allylic hydrogens cis to the less substituted alkene of the 1,3-diene is important for the success of these reactions. With the assistance of reactions using deuterated 1,3-dienes, a proposed mechanism is provided. The key step is postulated to be the first reported examples of allyl-to-allyl 1,4-Rh(III) migration.
- Korkis, Stamatis E.,Burns, David J.,Lam, Hon Wai
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supporting information
p. 12252 - 12257
(2016/09/28)
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- Pentadienyl type lithium and potassium species: The regioselectivity of their reactions with electrophiles
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Seven structurally distinct pentadienyl type lithium and potassium compounds were screened against a variety of electrophiles in order to assess the regioselectivity of the trapping reactions. Organoborates and analogs thereof (fluorodimethoxyborane) proved to be perfectly regioreliable attacking only unsubstituted terminal positions and thus providing, after oxidation, exclusively primary allylic alcohols. 2,4-Pentadienyllithiums or -potassiums, that carry a methyl group at the 1- or 3-position, exhibit the same extreme regioselectivity towards halotrialkylsilanes or carbon dioxide. Although the unsubstituted parent compounds combine with such electrophiles still preferentially at the terminal position, considerable proportions of branched products are concomitantly formed as well (1/3-attack ratios ranging from 2:1 to >20:1). Hydroxyalkylating and alkylating reagents such as formaldehyde, oxirane or butyl iodide invariably afford regioisomeric mixtures generally varying in composition between 3:1 and 1:3. The condensation reaction with halotrialkylsilanes appears to follow a concerted (SN2-like) rather than an addition/elimination (ate complex-mediated) mechanism.
- Schlosser,Zellner,Leroux
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p. 1830 - 1836
(2007/10/03)
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- 1,2-ELIMINATION OF ALCOHOL FROM HOMOALLYL ETHERS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF MIXED METAL BASES
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Lithium diisopropylamide in the presence of catalytic amounts of potassium tert-butoxide smoothly converts homoallyl or homobenzyl type ethers to dienes (e.g., 1, 3, 5, 26) or styrenes (2). γ,δ-Unsaturated acetals give 1,3-dienyl ethers (e.g., 4) and 4-alkylidenetetrahydropyrans or dihydropyrans produce a variety of dienols (e.g., 6 - 17, 20 - 22). - If there is a choice, the new double bond is formed with high trans-selectivity while the configuration of existing double bonds is retained. - The elimination mode is syn-periplanar and concerted, though E1cb like.
- Margot, Christian,Rizzolio, Michele,Schlosser, Manfred
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p. 2411 - 2424
(2007/10/02)
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- A REGIO- AND STEREOCONTROLLED ACCESS TO 2,4-DIENOLS BY AMIDE/ALCOHOLATE-PROMOTED RING-OPENING OF DIHYDRO-PYRANS
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3,6-Dihydro-2H-pyrans and other, cyclic or acyclic, homoallyl ethers undergo smooth ring-opening through β-elimination when treated with lithium diisopropylamide in the presence of catalytic amounts of potassium tert-butoxide.
- Margot, Christian,Schlosser, Manfred
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p. 1035 - 1038
(2007/10/02)
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- Regioselective and Stereoselective Methods for the Synthesis of the Pentitols
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Several different approaches to the stereoselective synthesis of xylitol (1), as well as the other two pentitols, ribitol (2) and DL-arabinitol DL-(3), from the (Z)- and (E)-1-hydroxypentadienes (4) and (5) and the (Z)- and (E)-4,5-epoxypent-2-enals (6) and (7) are described.They rely upon either (a) epoxidations of allylic C=C double bonds followed by stereospecific (anti) and sometimes regioselective epoxide cleavages, or (b) syn-hydroxylations of allylic C=C double bonds.Employing approach (a), the (Z)-isomers (4) and (6) do not afford any ribitol (2) among the products and the (E)-isomers do not afford any xylitol (1).The consequences are reversed when approach (b) is adopted.The most convenient synthesis of xylitol (1) starts from the (Z)-isomer (6) of 4,5-epoxypent-2-enal.The formyl group in (6) is reduced, provided acidic work-up conditions are employed, to yield (Z)-(4RS)-4,5-epoxy-1-hydroxypent-2-ene (9), which is characterised as its acetate (10).Opening of the epoxide ring in (10) with acetate ion gives the triacetate (11), which is deacetylated to afford a key intermediate, (Z)-(4RS)-1,4,5-trihydroxypent-2-ene (12).Epoxidation of (12) with peracids (e.g. p-nitroperbenzoic acid) yields (t-butyl hydroperoxide with catalytically active Ti4+, V5+, and Mo6+ complexes fails) two epoxides (13) and (14), arbitrarily named isomers A (13) and B (14) subsequently shown to have the relative stereochemistries (2S,3R,4R) and (2R,3R,4R), respectively.Epoxide ring opening with acetate ion in acetic anhydride of the more abundant isomer B (14), obtained with 70percent diastereoselectivity, yields xylitol penta-acetate (16) as the major product (>80percent diastereoselectivity) along with small and trace amounts of the other two pentitol penta-acetates.Epoxide ring opening of isomer A with acetate ion in acetic anhydride is not a straightforward reaction for the most part and has been found to involve the intermediacy of an isolatable bicyclic orthoester (23) en route to some of the xylitol penta-acetate (16) formed as the principal stable product during this reaction.These variations of approach (a) constitute stereoselective syntheses of xylitol (1), which are claimed to be acceptable on a laboratory scale.They provide a slightly better route than an alternative one involving the transformations (4) -> (33) -> (34) -> (39) -> (16) -> (1), starting from (Z)-1-hydroxypenta-2,4-diene (4), principally because this particular precursor is less readily accessible than (Z)-4,5-epoxypent-2-enal (6).By contrast, the (E)-isomer (5) of 1-hydroxypenta-2,5-diene is obtainable in high yield from the reduction of vinyl acrylic acid and the analogous transformations (26) -> (27) -> (28) -> DL-(5) -> DL-(3)> provide a highly stereoselective (91percent) synthetic route to DL-arabinitol DL-(3).Osmium-catalysed syn-hydroxylation of (E)-(4RS)-triacetoxypent-2-ene (22), prepared from (E)-4,5-epoxypent-2-enal (7) in two steps (20) -> (22)>, provides yet another...
- Holland, David,Stoddart, J. Fraser
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p. 1553 - 1571
(2007/10/02)
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