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Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Effect of InCl3 on the addition of Grignard reagents to α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds

Control of 1,2- versus 1,4-addition of organometallic reagents to enones remains a long-standing problem. There is still no satisfactory 1,2-directing agent comparable to the 1,4-directing effect of copper salts. We report that the presence of just 5 mol% indium(III) chloride can significantly alter the amount of 1,2-product formed in these reactions.

Mechanism of the Grignard Adddition Reaction. XVI. Homolytic and Concerted Mechanisms in the Reaction of α,β-Unsatureted Carbonyl Compounds with Grignard Reagents

Kinetic measurements have shown that the addition of Grignard reagents to α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds takes place either by a concerted mechanism or by a homolytic mechanism.Phenylmagnesium bromide, which is incapable of homolysis, reacts rapidly in a 1,4-fashion if an s-cis conformation exists between the C=C and the C=O bonds, but only 1,2-addition takes place if the conformation is s-trans.tert-Butylmagnesium bromide is unsuited to the concerted reaction, but 1,4-addition takes place via homolysis.Primary and secondary Grignard reagents, like phenyl, react rapidly in a concerted manner with s-cis substrates, but unlike phenyl, these Grignard reagents may, with s-trans substrates, produce some 1,4-adduct via the homolytic mechanism.

Amphiphilic Reactions by Means of Exceptionally Bulky Organoaluminum Reagents. Rational Approach for Obtaining Unusual Equatorial, Anti-Cram, and 1,4 Selectivity in Carbonyl Alkylation

Exceptionally bulky, oxygenophilic organoaluminum reagents, methylaluminum bis(2,6-di-tert-4-alkylphenoxide) (MAD and MAT), have been successfully utilized for stereoselective activation of carbonyl moiety.Combination of MAD or MAT with carbon nucleophiles such as organolithiums or Grignard reagents generates a new amphiphilic reaction system in which the alkylation may be interpreted as the nucleophilic addition of a reactive organometallic compound to an electrophilically activated carbonyl substrate in order to account for the regio- and stereochemical consequences.In contrast to the ordinary alkylations, the amphilic alkylation disclosed herein would be categorized into the new, yet unexplored class of alkylation that exhibits high chemoselectivity to carbonyl compounds, and more significantly it allows excellent equatorial and anti-Cram selectivity in carbonyl alkylations, hitherto difficult by the existing methodologies.Further, unusual conjugate addition of organolithium reagents to α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds has been accomplished by using the amphiphilic reaction system.

UNUSUAL CONJUGATE ADDITION OF ORGANOLITHIUM REAGENT TO α,β-UNSATURATED KETONE

The conjugate addition of organolithium reagent to α,β-unsaturated ketone has been accomplished with methylaluminum bis(2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-alkylphenoxide) (MAD and MAT).Here combination of alkyllithium and MAD (or MAT) constitutes an amphiphilic system that allows to exhibit unusual selectivity in the alkylation of enones with alkyllithium.