20292-15-3Relevant articles and documents
Isotope effects for lewis acid catalyzed Diels-Alder reactions. The experimental transition state
Singleton, Daniel A.,Merrigan, Steven R.,Beno, Brett R.,Houk
, p. 5817 - 5821 (1999)
2H and 13C kinetic isotope effects were determined for all positions on isoprene in its reactions with methyl vinyl ketone, ethyl acrylate, and acrolein catalyzed by Et2AlCl. The results are taken as supporting a highly asynchronous concerted [4+2] cycloaddition. Comparison of the experimental isotope effects with calculated values supports this conclusion and the accuracy of the calculated transition structure.
Cobalt-Catalyzed Regioselective Olefin Isomerization under Kinetic Control
Liu, Xufang,Zhang, Wei,Wang, Yujie,Zhang, Ze-Xin,Jiao, Lei,Liu, Qiang
supporting information, p. 6873 - 6882 (2018/05/30)
Olefin isomerization is a significant transformation in organic synthesis, which provides a convenient synthetic route for internal olefins and remote functionalization processes. The selectivity of an olefin isomerization process is often thermodynamically controlled. Thus, to achieve selectivity under kinetic control is very challenging. Herein, we report a novel cobalt-catalyzed regioselective olefin isomerization reaction. By taking the advantage of fine-tunable NNP-pincer ligand structures, this catalytic system features high kinetic control of regioselectivity. This mild catalytic system enables the isomerization of 1,1-disubstituted olefins bearing a wide range of functional groups in excellent yields and regioselectivity. The synthetic utility of this transformation was highlighted by the highly selective preparation of a key intermediate for the total synthesis of minfiensine. Moreover, a new strategy was developed to realize the selective monoisomerization of 1-alkenes to 2-alkenes dictated by installing substituents on the γ-position of the double bonds. Mechanistic studies supported that the in situ generated Co-H species underwent migratory insertion of double bond/β-H elimination sequence to afford the isomerization product. The less hindered olefin products were always preferred in this cobalt-catalyzed olefin isomerization due to an effective ligand control of the regioselectivity for the β-H elimination step.
Lewis Acids as Activators in CBS-Catalysed Diels–Alder Reactions: Distortion Induced Lewis Acidity Enhancement of SnCl4
N?dling, Alexander R.,M?ckel, Robert,Tonner, Ralf,Hilt, Gerhard
, p. 13171 - 13180 (2016/09/09)
The effect of several Lewis acids on the CBS catalyst (named after Corey, Bakshi and Shibata) was investigated in this study. While2H NMR spectroscopic measurements served as gauge for the activation capability of the Lewis acids, in situ FT-IR spectroscopy was employed to assess the catalytic activity of the Lewis acid oxazaborolidine complexes. A correlation was found between the Δδ(2H) values and rate constants kDA, which indicates a direct translation of Lewis acidity into reactivity of the Lewis acid–CBS complexes. Unexpectedly, a significant deviation was found for SnCl4as Lewis acid. The SnCl4–CBS adduct was much more reactive than the Δδ(2H) values predicted and gave similar reaction rates to those observed for the prominent AlBr3–CBS adduct. To rationalize these results, quantum mechanical calculations were performed. The frontier molecular orbital approach was applied and a good correlation between the LUMO energies of the Lewis acid–CBS–naphthoquinone adducts and kDAcould be found. For the SnCl4–CBS–naphthoquinone adduct an unusual distortion was observed leading to an enhanced Lewis acidity. Energy decomposition analysis with natural orbitals for chemical valence (EDA-NOCV) calculations revealed the relevant interactions and activation mode of SnCl4as Lewis acid in Diels–Alder reactions.
