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Allylic Compounds
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Copper-Catalyzed Borylcupration of Allenylsilanes
Weiming Yuan, Liu Song, and Shengming Ma*
Abstract: A highly regio- and stereoselective copper-catalyzed
borylcupration of 1,2-allenylsilanes affords an unexpected
regioreversed allylic boronate bearing an extra CÀSi bond at
the 3-position, with a thermodynamically disfavored Z geom-
etry. Such stereodefined allylic boronates containing an extra
alkenyl silane moiety are very useful organodimetallic reagents
for organic synthesis.
R
ecently, the highly regio- and stereoselective copper-
catalyzed borylcupration of allenes with bis(pinacolato)di-
boron [B (pin) ], thus providing 1-alkenyl boronates, was
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established to proceed via favored allylic copper intermedi-
[1–4]
ates (Scheme 1a).
On the other hand, allylic metallic
compounds with an extra carbon–metallic bond, such as
allylic boronates with a CÀSi bond (2; Scheme 1b), are
important synthetic reagents because of the stability, low
[
5,6]
toxicity, versatile reactivity as a result of the allylic nature,
and broad functionality compatibility, thus leading to poly-
functional compounds efficiently by the reactions of both
[7]
CÀM bonds. The preparation of compounds of type 2, which
are thermodynamically stable E isomers, has been estab-
[
8]
Scheme 1. Background information and new observation for allene
borylcuprations.
lished. However, the thermodynamically disfavored stereo-
[
9]
isomers (Z)-2 are still difficult to access. Thus, the develop-
ment of an efficient approach towards the stereodefined 3-
silylalk-2(Z)-enyl boronates is of high interest. Herein, we
report an unexpected observation that the borylcupration of
the allenylsilanes 1 exclusively afforded the 3-silylalk-2(Z)-
enyl boronates (Z)-2, via the 1-alkenyl copper intermediate
as the only product with a very low yield; most of the starting
material was recovered (entries 1–6). No allylboronate prod-
uct was detected. Subsequently, bidentate ligands were
investigated and when DPEphos was used we observed the
formation of the 3-silylallylboronate 2m, having exclusively
a Z geometry, albeit together with the regioisomer 4m
(entry 7). Xantphos demonstrated the best result with the
exclusive formation of (Z)-2m in 88% yield within 1 hour
(entry 8). Screening of other solvents led to the observation
(
E)-2M, with the opposite regioselectivity and thermodynam-
ically disfavored stereoselectivity as compared to the reaction
shown in Scheme1a. In addition, the usually expected
products, the 1-alkenyl boronates (Z)-3, (E)-3, and 4, via
the most favored allylic copper intermediates, were not
formed.
[11]
that the reaction in Et O yielded (Z)-2m in a higher yield of
2
We initially studied the borylcupration of the allenylsilane
with B (pin) (Table 1). Firstly, a series of monodentate
2 2
phosphine ligands was screened: the expected 1-alkenyl
95% with the same excellent selectivity (entry 9). Thus, we
successfully established the standard reaction conditions:
CuCl (5 mol%), Xantphos (5 mol%), NaOtBu (20 mol%),
B (pin) (1.2 equiv), iPrOH (2.0 equiv), Et O at RT, for the
[
10]
1
m
boronate 4m, via an allylic copper intermediate, was formed
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2
2
exclusive formation of the (Z)-2. The formation of the
thermodynamically more stable (E)-2m, the related 3-type
of product (see Scheme 1), and 4m was not observed.
With the optimized reaction conditions in hand, we next
explored the scope of the reaction (Table 2). Firstly, when
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*] W. Yuan
Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Process,
Department of Chemistry, East China Normal University
663 North Zhongshan Lu, Shanghai 200062 (P. R. China)
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L. Song, Prof. Dr. S. Ma
Department of Chemistry, Fudan University
[
Si] = TMS, substrates with various primary alkyl groups led
to good results (entries 1–3). With secondary alkyl substitu-
ents, such as iPr or Cy, the reaction afforded a mixture of (Z)-
2
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E-mail: masm@sioc.ac.cn
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d and 4d and (Z)-2e and 4e, respectively, with a slightly
Prof. Dr. S. Ma
lower regioselectivity. These regioisomers could be easily
separated by chromatography on silica gel (entries 4 and 5).
Moreover, when R = iBu, Bn, or CH CH Ph, the reactions
State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai,
Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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proceeded with excellent regio- and stereoselectivities
(entries 6–8). To our delight, unsaturated functional groups
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