The Mechanism of Carbohydroxypalladation of Enynes
(CH2), 52.85 (CH3), 64.26 (C), 120.27 (CH), 126.55 (CH), 128.33 (td, J ϭ 6.3, 1.3 Hz, 2 H), 4.53 (m, 1 H), 6.02 (dt, J ϭ 15.8, 6.3 Hz,
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(CH), 129.63 (CH), 137.34 (C), 144.06 (C), 145.60 (C), 171.11 (C)
ppm. CI-MS: m/z ϭ 287 [M ϩ Hϩ], 304 (M ϩ NH4ϩ). DCI/CH4-
HRMS calcd for C17H19O4: 287.1283; found 287.1284.
1 H), 6.45 (d, J ϭ 15.8 Hz, 1 H), 7.29 (m, 7 H), 7.79 (d, J ϭ 8.3 Hz,
2 H) ppm. 13C NMR (50 MHz, CDCl3, DEPT): δ ϭ 21.41 (CH3),
45.40 (CH2), 123.97 (CH), 126.31 (CH), 127.11 (CH), 127.84 (CH),
128.45 (CH), 129.65 (CH), 132.99 (CH), 135.99 (C), 137.00 (C),
143.45 (C) ppm. C16H17NO2S: calcd. C 66.87, H 5.96, N 4.87;
found C 66.53, H 6.11, N 4.71.
The structure of 12 was confirmed by COSY, NOESY and HMQC
experiments. The most significant NOE enhancements are shown
below.
Step 3: Sodium hydride (205 mg, 5.11 mmol) was added por-
tionwise at 0 °C to a THF solution (0.13 ) of the resulting depro-
tected sulfonamide (2.00 g, 5.11 mmol). The mixture was allowed
to warm to room temperature. Then propargyl bromide (629 µL,
5.63 mmol) was added. The resulting mixture was heated under
reflux overnight and then quenched with water and extracted three
times with CH2Cl2. The combined organic layers were washed with
saturated aqueous NaCl solution, dried over MgSO4 and concen-
trated. The crude product was purified by silica gel flash chromato-
graphy (cyclohexane/EtOAc, 90:10) to give a white solid (1.26 g,
(3R*)-1,1-Bis(phenylsulfonyl)-3-[(1R*)-1-hydroxyethyl]-4-methylene-
cyclopentane (15): This compound was obtained from enyne 14 as
a white solid (44%) following the general cyclization procedure:
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76%): m.p. 79Ϫ81 °C. H NMR (200 MHz, CDCl3): δ ϭ 2.07 (s, 1
H), 2.44 (s, 3 H), 4.00 (d, J ϭ 6.8 Hz, 2 H), 4.14 (m, 2 H), 6.09
(dt, J ϭ 15.8, 6.8 Hz, 1 H), 6.58 (d, J ϭ 15.8 Hz, 1 H), 7.32 (m, 7
H), 7.78 (d, J ϭ 8.3 Hz, 2 H) ppm. 13C NMR (50 MHz, CDCl3,
DEPT): δ ϭ 21.46 (CH3), 35.81 (CH2), 48.49 (CH2), 73.76 (CH),
76.53 (C), 122.81 (CH), 126.45 (CH), 127, 69 (CH), 127.98 (CH),
128.52 (CH), 129.43 (CH), 134.82 (CH), 135.98 (C), 143.53 (C)
ppm. C19H19NO2S: calcd. C 70.12, H 5.88, N 4.30; found C 70.00,
H 5.91, N 4.30.
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m.p. 125Ϫ127 °C. H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ ϭ 1.18 (d, J ϭ
6.5 Hz, 3 H), 2.63 (dd, J ϭ 18.2, 12.2 Hz, 1 H), 2.84 (dd, J ϭ 18.2,
8.9 Hz, 1 H), 2.85 (m, 1 H), 3.12 (d, J ϭ 18.2 Hz, 1 H), 3.38 (dq,
J ϭ 18.2, 2.0 Hz, 1 H), 4.15Ϫ4.05 (m, 1 H), 4.94 (dd, J ϭ 4.4,
2.4 Hz, 1 H), 5.04 (dd, J ϭ 4.4, 2.0 Hz, 1 H), 7.60Ϫ7.57 (m, 4 H),
7.76Ϫ7.64 (m, 2 H), 8.10Ϫ7.80 (m, 4 H) ppm. 13C NMR (75 MHz,
CDCl3): δ ϭ 20.72, 30.68, 39.36, 49.95, 66.96, 91.19, 108.15,
128.75, 131.22, 131.33, 134.65, 134.76, 135.40, 136.43, 147.48 ppm.
C20H22O5S2: calcd. C 59.09, H 5.45, S 15.78; found C 58.38, H
5.42, S 15.71.
(3R*)-3-[(1R*)(1-Hydroxy)phenylmethyl]-4-methylene-N-tosyl-
pyrrolidine (26): This compound was obtained from enyne 25 as a
pale yellow oil (50%) following the general procedure: 1H NMR
(200 MHz, CDCl3): δ ϭ 2.44 (s, 3 H), 2.98 (m, 1 H), 3.23 (dd, J ϭ
9.8, 7.2 Hz, 1 H), 3.55 (dd, J ϭ 9.8, 5.2 Hz, 1 H), 3.80 (m, 2 H),
4.55 (br. s, 1 H), 4.67 (d, J ϭ 6.5 Hz, 1 H), 4.93 (br. s, 1 H), 7.31
(m, 7 H), 7.71 (d, J ϭ 8.3 Hz, 2 H) ppm. 13C NMR (50 MHz,
CDCl3; DEPT): δ ϭ 21.45 (CH3), 49.42 (CH2), 50.40 (CH), 52.53
(CH2), 73.74 (CH), 109.33 (CH2), 126.19 (CH), 127.82 (CH),
128.33 (CH), 129.58 (CH), 132.41 (C), 141.73 (C), 143.63 (C),
144.11 (C) ppm. DCI/NH3-MS: m/z ϭ 344 [M ϩ H]ϩ, 361 [M ϩ
NH4]ϩ. DCI/CH4-HRMS calcd for C19H22NO3S: 344.1320; found
344.1319.
(N,N)-Propargylcinnamyl-p-tosylamine (25): This known com-
pound[31] was obtained by an improved procedure in three high
yielding steps.
Step 1. Synthesis of (N,N)-tert-Butoxycarbonyl-cinnamyl-p-tosylam-
ine: NaH (295 mg, 7.37 mmol) was added portionwise at 0 °C to a
THF/DMF (2:1) solution (0.16 ) of N-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)-p-
toluenesulfonamide (2.00 g, 7.37 mmol). The mixture was allowed
to warm to room temperature. Then, trans-cinnamyl bromide
(1.6 g, 8.11 mmol) was added. The resulting mixture was heated
under reflux 12 h. The suspension was quenched with water and
extracted three times with CH2Cl2. The combined organic layers
were washed with saturated aqueous NaCl solution, dried over
MgSO4, filtered and concentrated. The crude product was purified
by silica gel flash chromatography (cyclohexane/EtOAc, 95:5 to
90:10) to give a white solid (2.18 g, 79%): m.p. 118Ϫ120 °C. 1H
NMR (200 MHz, CDCl3): δ ϭ 1.35 (s, 9 H), 2.41 (s, 3 H), 4.59
(dd, J ϭ 6.4, 0.9 Hz, 2 H), 6.27 (dt, J ϭ 15.8, 6.4 Hz, 1 H), 6.65
(d, J ϭ 15.8 Hz, 1 H), 7.32 (m, 7 H), 7.79 (d, J ϭ 8.3 Hz, 2 H)
ppm. 13C NMR (50 MHz, CDCl3, DEPT): δ ϭ 21.47 (CH3), 27.82
(CH3), 48.42 (CH2), 84.22 (C), 124.21 (CH), 126.48 (CH), 127.77
(CH), 128.00 (CH), 129.11 (CH), 133.79 (CH), 136.38 (C), 137.19
(C), 144.02 (C), 150.72 (C) ppm. C20H25NO4S: calcd. C 63.98, H
6.71, N 3.73; found C 64.82, H 6.72, N 3.32.
(3R*)-3-[-[(1R*)(1-Methoxy)phenylmethyl]-4-methylene-N-tosyl-
pyrrolidine (27): This compound was obtained from enyne 25 fol-
lowing the general procedure (34% with PdCl2/TPPTS and 81%
with PtCl2/TPPTS) as a pale yellow oil: 1H NMR (200 MHz,
CDCl3): δ ϭ 2.44 (s, 3 H), 2.85 (m, 1 H), 3.10 (s, 3 H), 3.25 (dd,
J ϭ 8.9, 6.9 Hz, 1 H), 3.71(dd, J ϭ 8.9, 5.0 Hz, 1 H), 3.91 (m, 2
H), 4.20 (br. s, 1 H), 4.76 (br. s, 1 H), 7.31 (m, 7 H), 7.73 (d, J ϭ
8.3 Hz, 2 H) ppm. 13C NMR (50 MHz, CDCl3): δ ϭ 21.43 (CH3),
50.38 (CH3), 52.20 (CH2), 56.72 (CH), 83.65 (CH), 109.91 (CH2),
127.44 (CH), 127.77 (CH), 127.92 (CH), 128.14 (CH), 129.56 (CH),
132.74 (C), 139.30 (C), 143.33 (C), 143.52 (C) ppm. DCI/NH3-MS:
m/z ϭ 358 [M ϩ H]ϩ, 375 [M ϩ NH4]ϩ. DCI/CH4-HRMS calcd
for C20H24NO3S: 358.1477; found 358.1476.
Step 2. Synthesis of (N)-Cinnamyl-p-tosylamine: Trifluoroacetic
acid (2.4 mL and then 1 mL, 43.1 mmol) was added at 0 °C to a (1R*,2S*,5R*)-2-Isopropenyl-1-methoxy-1,5-dimethylcyclohexane
solution (0.3 ) of the resulting sulfonamide (2.16 g, 5.75 mmol)
in anhydrous CH2Cl2. The resulting mixture was stirred at room
temperature, until completion of the reaction. Solvents were then
evaporated in vacuo. The residue was partitioned between CH2Cl2
and water and NaOH pellets were added. The aqueous layer was
extracted three times with CH2Cl2 and the combined organic layers
were washed with saturated aqueous NaCl solution, dried over
(31): This compound was obtained from enyne 29 as a colorless
oil (22%) following the general cyclization procedure: 1H NMR
(500 MHz, CDCl3): δ ϭ 0.91 (m, 1 H), 0.94 (d, J ϭ 6.5 Hz, 3 H),
1.14 (s, 3 H), 1.16 (t, J ϭ 12.3 Hz, 1 H), 1.45 (m, 1 H), 1.55 (td,
J ϭ 12.9, 3.8 Hz, 1 H), 1.63 (bd, J ϭ 13.3 Hz, 1 H), 1.72 (d, J ϭ
13.3 Hz, 1 H), 1.82 (ddd, J ϭ 12.2, 3.4, 2.0 Hz, 1 H), 1.87 (t, J ϭ
1.0 Hz, 3 H), 2.15 (dd, J ϭ 12.8, 3.8 Hz, 1 H), 3.24 (s, 3 H), 4.66
MgSO4 and concentrated to give a white solid (1.52 g, 92%): m.p. (m, 1 H), 4.92 (m, 1 H) ppm. 13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3): δ ϭ
105Ϫ107 °C. 1H NMR (200 MHz, CDCl3): δ ϭ 2.43 (s, 3 H), 3.77
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