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Palladium-Catalyzed Allylic Alkylation of 2-Aryl-1,3-Dithianes, an Umpolung Synthesis of β,γ-Unsaturated Ketones
Trongsiriwat, Nisalak,Li, Minyan,Pascual-Escudero, Ana,Yucel, Baris,Walsh, Patrick J.
supporting information, p. 502 - 509 (2018/12/11)
Palladium-catalyzed allylic alkylation of 2-aryl-1,3-dithianes at room temperature is described. A variety of cyclic and acyclic electrophiles successfully coupled with in-situ generated 2-sodio-1,3-dithiane nucleophiles to afford the allylated products in good to excellent yields (25 examples). Deprotection of these products leads to valuable β,γ-unsaturated ketones. Direct synthesis of such β,γ-unsaturated ketones via a one-pot allylation-oxidation protocol is also presented. Investigation into the stereochemistry of the allylation reaction revealed that the 2-sodio-1,3-dithiane nucleophile behaves as a “soft” nucleophile, which underwent external attack on the π-allyl palladium complex to provide retention of stereochemistry (double inversion pathway). Additionally, the utility of this method was demonstrated through a sequential one-pot allylation-Heck cyclization to produce asterogynin derivatives, which are important bioactive compounds in medicinal chemistry. (Figure presented.).
Hypersensitive radical probe studies of chloroperoxidase-catalyzed hydroxylation reactions
Toy, Patrick H.,Newcomb, Martin,Hager, Lowell P.
, p. 816 - 823 (2007/10/03)
The oxidation of hypersensitive radical probes by chloroperoxidase from Caldariomyces fumago (CPO) was studied in an attempt to 'time' a putative radical intermediate. Oxidation of (trans-2-phenylcyclopropyl)methane, previously studied by Zaks and Dodds [Zaks, A., and Dodds, D. R. (1995) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 115, 10419-10424] was reinvestigated. Unrearranged oxidation products were found as previously reported, and control experiments demonstrated that the cyclic alcohol from oxidation at the cyclopropylcarbinyl position, while subject to further oxidation, survives CPO oxidation as detectable species. However, in contrast to the report by Zaks and Dodds, the rearranged alcohol product expected from ring opening of a cyclopropylcarbinyl radical intermediate was shown to be unstable toward the enzyme oxidation reaction. Because of this instability, two new hypersensitive radical probes, (trans-2-phenylcyclopropyl)ethane and 2- (trans-2-phenylcyclopropyl)propane, and their potential cyclic and acyclic products from oxidation at the cyclopropylcarbinyl position were synthesized and tested. Oxidation of both of these probes at the cyclopropylcarbinyl position by CPO gave unrearranged alcohol products only, but control experiments again demonstrated that the rearranged alcohol products were unstable toward CPO oxidation conditions. From the combination of the probe and control studies, the lifetime of a putative radical intermediate must be less than 3 ps. Whereas the results are consistent with an insertion mechanism for production of alcohol product, they do not exclude a very short-lived intermediate.
