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Stereoselective peterson olefinations from bench-stable reagents and N-phenyl imines
Das, Manas,Manvar, Atul,Jacolot, Ma?wenn,Blangetti, Marco,Jones, Roderick C.,O'Shea, Donal F.
, p. 8737 - 8740 (2015)
The synthesis of bench-stable α,α-bis(trimethylsilyl)toluenes and tris(trimethylsilyl)methane is described and their use in stereoselective Peterson olefinations has been achieved with a wide substrate scope. Product stereoselectivity was poor with carbonyl electrophiles (E/Z ～1:1 to 4:1) though this was significantly improved by employing the corresponding substituted N-benzylideneaniline (up to 99:1) as an alternative electrophile. The olefination byproduct was identified as N,N-bis(trimethylsilyl)aniline and could be easily separated from product by aqueous acid extraction. Evidence for an autocatalytic cycle has been obtained.
