Synthesis of new tropinone derivatives by palladium-catalyzed couplings of 8-azabicyclo[3.2.1]oct-2-enyl nonaflates

Whereas tropinone derived nonaflate 3 was no suitable precursor for Heck-reactions, the related carbamate 7 was an excellent substrate for palladium-catalyzed processes. Nonaflate 7 was either isolated in excellent yield by LDA treatment of ketone 5 followed by trapping with NfF (nonafluorobutanesulfonyl fluoride) or generated in situ by fluoride-catalyzed reaction of silyl enol ether 6 with NfF. The desired 1,3-diene 8 was prepared by conventional Heck-reaction of nonaflate 7 with methyl acrylate in almost quantitative yield. Alternatively, the one-pot nonaflation-Heck protocol starting from silyl enol ether 6 provided 8 in good yield. The couplings of acrylonitrile or phenyl vinyl sulfone were also performed with in situ generated 7 and they afforded the expected 1,3-dienes 9 and 10 in good yields. The Sonogashira-reaction with phenylacetylene also started from silyl enol ether 6 and provided enyne 11 via 7 in good yield. A Diels-Alder reaction of 1,3-diene 8 with N-phenyl maleimide at 100 °C furnished tetracyclic adduct 12 in good yield, with excellent diastereofacial selectivity, but with low endo-exo-selectivity. Nonaflate 14 was easily obtained from the corresponding unsaturated bicyclic ketone 13. It behaved differently in an attempted Heck-reaction and mainly led to fragmentation products 15 and 16, whereas the expected 1,3-diene 17 was formed only as minor component. However, 14 could successfully be used in a Sonogashira-reaction with phenylacetylene to afford compound 18. These transformations demonstrate the great potential of tropinone derived alkenyl nonaflates for diversity oriented syntheses of interesting compounds containing an 8-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octane scaffold.     

Unusual transformation of 2-nitropropane under the conditions of trimethylsilylation

Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1182–1183, June, 1995.     

Convenient synthesis of non-conjugated alkynyl ketones from keto aldehydes by a chemoselective one-pot nonaflation—base catalyzed elimination sequence

Keto aldehydes were selectively converted to non-conjugated alkynyl ketones possessing an unsubstituted alkyne terminus using one-pot nonaflation—base catalyzed elimination reaction sequences. Consecutive one-pot nonaflation of keto aldehydes with perfluorobutane-1-sulfonyl fluoride and elimination of the nonaflyl group using the P₁ phosphazene base resulted in the formation of a terminal CC triple bond with the keto group remaining intact. Careful optimization of the reaction conditions enabled a highly chemoselective conversion of the aldehyde function in the presence of unprotected keto groups exploiting a minor difference in acidity of their α-hydrogen atoms. Scope and limitations of the protocol as well as possible implementation of these substrates in Sonogashira coupling were explored.     

Dichloro[TADDOLato(2−)-O,O′]titanium/Dichlorobis[1-methylethoxy]titanium-Mediated,Highly Diastereo- and Enantioselective Additions of Silyl Enol Ethers to Nitro Olefins and [3+2] Cycloadditions of Primary Adducts to Acetylenes

The diastereoselective, Ti-Lewis-acid-mediated, low-temperature addition of silyl enol ethers to 1-aryl-2-nitroethenes (Scheme 1) occurs enantioselectively with dichloro[TADDOLato(2−)-O,O′]titanium 3 (TADDOL=α,α,α′,α′-tetraaryl-1,3-dioxolane-4,5-dimethanol) (Scheme 2). At least 3 equiv. of Lewis acid are required for high conversions (yields). However, the chiral Lewis acid 3 can be `diluted' with the achiral Cl₂Ti(OCHMe₂)₂ analog (ratio 1 : 2.5), with hardly any loss of enantioselectivity! Both, the primary (4+2) cycloadducts ( B , 9 ) and the γ-nitro ketones ( A , 1a – h , 5 , 7 ), formed by hydrolysis, can be isolated in good yields and with high configurational purities (Schemes 3 and 4, and Table 1). The relative and absolute configurations (2S,1′R) of the products 1 from cyclohexanone silyl enol ether and 1-aryl(including 1-heteroaryl)-2-nitroethenes (obtained with (R,R)-TADDOLate) are assigned by NMR spectroscopy, and optical comparison and correlation with literature data, as well as by anomalous-dispersion X-ray crystal-structure determination (nitro ketone 1c ; Fig.). The nitro ketone 7 from cyclohex-2-enone and 4-methoxy-β-nitrostyrene was cyclized (via a silyl nitronate C ; Scheme 5) to the nitroso acetal 8 , and one of the bicyclic nitronate primary adducts 9 underwent a [3+2] cycloaddition to phenylacetylene and to ethyl 2-butynoate to give, after a ring-contracting rearrangement, tricyclic aziridine derivatives with five consecutive stereocenters ( 10 , 11 ; Scheme 5 and Table 2), in enantiomerically pure form. With an aliphatic nitro olefin, the Ti-TADDOLate-mediated reaction with (silyloxy)cyclohexene led to a moderate yield, but the product 4 was isolated in a high configurational purity.