HIGHLY DIASTEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF (E)-1-TRIMETHYLSILYL-1-EN-3-YNES, (1E,3Z)- and (1E,3E)-1-TRIMETHYLSILYL-1,3-DIENES

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)86721-0

In the stereospecific palladium-catalysed cross-coupling reaction of 1-alkynylzinc chlorides or (E)-1-alkenyl diisobutylalanes, (E)-2-bromovinyltrimethylsilane reacts preferentially, in the presence of the corresponding (Z)-stereoisomer to afford good yields of (E)-1-trimethylsilyl-1-en-3-ynes (4) or (1E,3E)-1-trimethylsilyl-1,3-dienes (6),respectively, having very high stereoisomeric purities.Compounds 4 are easily converted into (1E,3Z)-1-trimethylsilyl-1,3-dienes (5) by selective hydrometallation reactions, followed by protonolysis.