188404-92-4Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Stereoselective Desymmetrization of gem-Diborylalkanes by “Trifluorination”
Kumar, Nivesh,Reddy, Reddy Rajasekhar,Masarwa, Ahmad
, p. 8008 - 8012 (2019)
An efficient and general method for the chemoselective synthesis of unsymmetrical gem-diborylalkanes is reported. This method is based on a late-stage desymmetrization through nucleophilic “trifluorination”, providing chiral gem-diborylalkanes bearing a trifluoroborate group. The reaction offers a highly modular and diastereoselective approach towards the synthesis of gem-diborylcyclopropanes. The utility of the gem-diborylalkane building blocks was demonstrated by selective post-functionalization of the trifluoroborate group. These functionalizations include inter- and intra- Pd-catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reactions.
Fluoride-Promoted Rearrangement of Organo Silicon Compounds: A New Synthesis of 2-(Arylmethyl)aldehydes from 1-Alkynes
Aronica, Laura Antonella,Raffa, Patrizio,Caporusso, Anna Maria,Salvadori, Piero
, p. 9292 - 9298 (2007/10/03)
A new approach to 2-(arylmethyl)aldehydes 4 based upon a 1,2-anionotropic rearrangement of an aryl group is presented. The synthetic sequence begins with a silylformylation reaction of terminal acetylenes 5 with aryl and heteroaryl silanes 6, followed by treatment of the products (Z)-1 with TBAF. The optimization of the experimental conditions of the fluoride-promoted step is described, together with the synthetic potentialities of the process. A plausible mechanism of the rearrangement reaction is reported that suggests the addition of the fluoride ion to the arylsilicon moiety of β-silylalkenals (Z)-1 and the consequent migration of the aryl group to the adjacent carbon atom. Both aryl and heteroaryl substituents can rearrange without any loss of configuration. Bromofunctionalized substrates undergo an intramolecular reaction that affords exclusively carbacyclobenzyl aldehydes, further enhancing the high synthetic value of this method.
Kinetic Control in the Cleavage of Unsymmetrical Disilanes
Hevesi, Laszlo,Dehon, Michael,Crutzen, Raphael,Lazarescu-Grigore, Adriana
, p. 2011 - 2017 (2007/10/03)
A series of 12 phenyl-substituted arylpentamethyldisilanes 1a-1 have been synthesized in order to examine the regioselectivity of their nucleophilic Si,Si bond cleavage reactions under Still's conditions (MeLi/HMPA/0°C). It has been found that the sensitivity of these reactions to the electronic effects of the substituents in the phenyl ring could be described by the Hammett-type equation log(kA/kB) = 0.4334 + 2.421(Σσ); (correlation coefficient R = 0.983). The kA/kB ratio represents the relative rate of attack at silicon atom A (linked to the aryl ring) or at silicon atom B (away from the aryl ring) of the unsymmetrical disilanes. Thus, the present investigation shows that the earlier belief according to which the nucleophilic cleavage of unsymmetrical disilanes always produces the more stable silyl anionic species (thermodynamic control) should be abandoned, or at least seriously amended: kinetic factors appear to exert a primary influence on the regioselectivity of such reactions. Since the two major kinetic factors (i.e., electrophilic character of and steric hindrance at a given silicon atom) have opposite effects on the orientation of the reaction, it may happen that kinetic and thermodynamic control lead to the same result. For some of the unsymmetrical disilanes studied, the major reaction path was not the Si,Si bond cleavage; instead, Si-aryl bond breaking occurred, producing the corresponding aryl anions.
