Organic Letters
Letter
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anion derived from 1a shows strong interactions with both one of the
sulfone oxygens and the metallated carbon, which caused the
carbanion carbon to have a rather flat pyramidal structure. The
energy difference between two conformers A and B is only 0.1 kcal/
mol.
synthetic intermediates in organic synthesis. In order to fix the
conformation of the sulfone anion, we introduced an alkyloxy
group on the silicon atom of the Peterson reagents. The
reaction of the (t-BuO)Ph2Si reagent 1a with a variety of
aldehydes gave Z-α,β-unsaturated sulfones with 69−96%
selectivity in moderate to high yields. On the other hand, the
Ph3Si reagent 3 showed moderate E-selectivity. Further
improvement was obtained by the introduction of alkoxyalky-
loxy reagents 1d and 1e, which showed high Z-selectivity
(generally 93−99% Z-selectivity) for a variety of aldehydes.
This is the first Z-selective synthesis of α,β-unsaturated sulfones
from aldehydes and can be applied to a broad range of
substrates. Investigations into the detailed reaction mechanism
and the synthetic applications of this methodology are actively
being studied in this laboratory.
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(14) The reagent 1a was prepared in 91% yield from the reaction of
MeSO2Ph and (t-BuO)Ph2SiCl, which was prepared by following the
literature procedure: Gillard, J. W.; Fortin, R.; Morton, H. E.; Yoakim,
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(16) When 1.3 equiv of n-BuLi was used and the reaction with n-
octanal was performed at 0 °C, only a trace amount of 2a was
obtained. When isolated 2a (Z/E = 85:15) was treated with n-BuLi
(0.2 equiv) in THF at 0 °C for 3 h, 7% of 2a (Z/E = 82:18) was
recovered along with deconjugated sulfones and some Michael
addition products.
Experimental procedures, compound characterization
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data, H NMR spectra of compounds 1a−f, 3, 1a(p-
Me), 1a(p-MeO), 1a(p-Cl), and 2a−m, and 13C NMR
spectra of compounds 1a,b,d−f, 3, and 2a−m (PDF)
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Notes
The authors declare no competing financial interest.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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We thank Prof. Natsuhisa Oka (Gifu University) for his
assistance with the high-resolution mass spectra analysis. This
work was supported financially by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific
Research on Innovative Areas.
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