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Highly Selective and Catalytic Generation of Acyclic Quaternary Carbon Stereocenters via Functionalization of 1,3-Dienes with CO2
Chen, Xiao-Wang,Zhu, Lei,Gui, Yong-Yuan,Jing, Ke,Jiang, Yuan-Xu,Bo, Zhi-Yu,Lan, Yu,Li, Jing,Yu, Da-Gang
, p. 18825 - 18835 (2019/11/28)
The catalytic asymmetric functionalization of readily available 1,3-dienes is highly important, but current examples are mostly limited to the construction of tertiary chiral centers. The asymmetric generation of acyclic products containing all-carbon quaternary stereocenters from substituted 1,3-dienes represents a more challenging, but highly desirable, synthetic process for which there are very few examples. Herein, we report the highly selective copper-catalyzed generation of chiral all-carbon acyclic quaternary stereocenters via functionalization of 1,3-dienes with CO2. A variety of readily available 1,1-disubstituted 1,3-dienes, as well as a 1,3,5-triene, undergo reductive hydroxymethylation with high chemo-, regio-, E/Z-, and enantioselectivities. The reported method features good functional group tolerance, is readily scaled up to at least 5 mmol of starting diene, and generates chiral products that are useful building blocks for further derivatization. Systemic mechanistic investigations using density functional theory calculations were performed and provided the first theoretical investigation for an asymmetric transformation involving CO2. These computational results indicate that the 1,2-hydrocupration of 1,3-diene proceeds with high π-facial selectivity to generate an (S)-allylcopper intermediate, which further induces the chirality of the quaternary carbon center in the final product. The 1,4-addition of an internal allylcopper complex, which differs from previous reports involving terminal allylmetallic intermediates, to CO2 kinetically determines the E/Z- and regioselectivity. The rapid reduction of a copper carboxylate intermediate to the corresponding silyl-ether in the presence of Me(MeO)2SiH provides the exergonic impetus and leads to chemoselective hydroxymethylation rather than carboxylation. These results provide new insights for guiding further development of asymmetric C-C bond formations with CO2
Synthesis and Conversions of Substituted o-[(Trimethylsilyl)methyl]benzyl p-Tolyl Sulfones to o-Quinodimethanes and Products Thereof
Lenihan, Brian D.,Shechter, Harold
, p. 2072 - 2085 (2007/10/03)
Use of o-[(trimethylsilyl)methyl]benzyl p-tolyl sulfone (3) for synthesis and cycloaddition of substituted o-quinodimethanes has been investigated. Sulfone 3 is prepared from 2-methylbenzyl alcohol (4) by reactions with n-BuLi and chlorotrimethylsilane to form o-[(trimethylsilyl)methyl]-benzyl alcohol (7) which phosphorus tribromide converts to o-[(trimethylsilyl)methyl]benzyl bromide (8). Displacement of 8 with sodium p-toluenesulfinate yields 3. Sulfone 3 is alkylated at its α-sulfonyl position upon deprotonation with n-BuLi followed by methyl iodide, ethyl, butyl, allyl, and benzyl bromides, and 5-bromo-1-pentene, respectively. Acylations occur using acid chlorides. Dialkylation occurs upon further reaction with n-BuLi and an alkyl halide. 1,4-Eliminations of α,α-dialkyl sulfones 11 with tetrabutylammonium fluoride (TBAF) give α,α-dialkyl-o-quinodimethanes (29); 3 is therefore a synthon for the o-quinodimethane-α,α-dianion (34). o-Quinodimethanes 29 undergo (1) cycloaddition with acrylonitrile, acrylate esters, and alkyl fumarates to yield 1,1-disubstituted-tetrahydronaphthalenes (30) and (2) 1,5-sigmatropic rear-rangements of hydrogen to give styrenes (32). The stereochemistries of the various cycloadditions reveal significant mechanism information.
Nickel-Catalyzed Olefination of Cyclic Benzylic Dithioacetals by Grignard Reagents. Scope and Mechanism
Ni, Zhi-Jie,Mei, Nai-Wen,Shi, Xian,Tzeng, Yih-Ling,Wang, Maw Cherng,Luh, Tien-Yau
, p. 4035 - 4042 (2007/10/02)
The details of the first nickel-catalyzed olefination of cyclic dithioacetals to form substituted styrenes and aryl-substituted 1,4-pentadienes are described.The reaction represents a new synthetic use of the dithioacetal functionality.Only nickel complexes catalyzes these cross-coupling reactions; palladium complexes displayed no catalytic activity under the reaction conditions employed.Selective coupling occurred.A mechanism for the reaction is proposed.The experimental evidence indicates that, in these nickel-catalyzed couplings, cyclic dithioacetals are more reactive than their acyclic analogues.This increased reactivity appears to be the result of maintaining the two sulfur atoms in close proximity to each other by the use of a short chain of methylene groups.
