Palladium-catalysed cascade ring expansion reaction of cyclobutanols that have a propargylic moiety with nucleophiles

Cascade ring rearrangement of four-membered ring systems containing various propargylic components by a palladium catalyst is described. The reactions of cyclobutanols that have a propargylic carbonate moiety with phenols as nucleophiles produce phenoxy-induced cyclopentanones in high yields. The reactions proceed in a regio- and diastereoselective manner to afford the substituted cyclopentanones with high selectivities. Imides also act as nucleophiles to produce the imidyl-induced products. Propargylic bromide successfully reacts with sodium alkoxides to produce the corresponding products in good yields.     

绿色催化二氧化碳、炔丙醇和亲核试剂的三组分反应

近些年来,将CO₂转化为高附加值化学品受到广泛关注。其中,CO₂、炔丙醇和亲核试剂的三组分反应可用于制备用途广泛的羰基化合物,该方法具有步骤经济性、原子经济性等优点。由于CO₂分子具有热力学稳定性和动力学惰性,多数CO₂参与的化学反应在热力学上不支持。然而,CO₂、炔丙醇和双亲核试剂三组分反应是热力学有利的CO₂转化反应,实现了邻二醇或氨基醇和CO₂到环状碳酸酯以及2-噁唑啉酮的高效转化。本综述旨在于总结并讨论近年来CO₂、炔丙醇和亲核试剂三组分反应制备多种羰基化学物的主要进展。     

Cooperative Catalysis: Enantioselective Propargylic Alkylation of Propargylic Alcohols with Enecarbamates Using Ruthenium/Phosphoramide Hybrid Catalysts

The diastereo‐ and enantioselective propargylic alkylation of propargylic alcohols with E‐enecarbamates in the presence of a catalytic amount of thiolate‐bridged diruthenium complexes bearing an optically active phosphoramide moiety gives the corresponding propargylic alkylated products (up to 97 % ee).     

Gold‐ and Silver‐Catalyzed Reactions of Propargylic Alcohols in the Presence of Protic Additives

A wide range of primary, secondary and tertiary propargylic alcohols undergo a Meyer–Schuster rearrangement to give enones at room temperature in the presence of a gold(I) catalyst and small quantities of MeOH or 4‐methoxyphenylboronic acid. The syntheses of the enone natural products isoegomaketone and daphenone were achieved using this reaction as the key step. The rearrangement of primary propargylic alcohols can readily be combined in a one‐pot procedure with the addition of a nucleophile to the resulting terminal enone, to give β‐aryl, β‐alkoxy, β‐amino or β‐sulfido ketones. Propargylic alcohols bearing an adjacent electron‐rich aryl group can also undergo silver‐catalyzed substitution of the alcohol with oxygen, nitrogen and carbon nucleophiles. This latter reaction was initially observed with a batch of gold catalyst that was probably contaminated with small quantities of silver salt.     

Highly Chemoselective Calcium‐Catalyzed Propargylic Deoxygenation

A calcium‐catalyzed direct reduction of propargylic alcohols and ethers has been accomplished by using triethylsilane as a nucleophilic hydride source. At room temperature a variety of secondary propargylic alcohols was deoxygenated to the corresponding hydrocarbons in excellent yields. Furthermore, for the first time, a catalytic deoxygenation of tertiary propargylic alcohols was generally applicable. The same protocol was suitable for an efficient reduction of secondary as well as tertiary propargylic methyl, benzyl and allyl ethers. Substrates containing an additional keto‐, ester or secondary hydroxyl function were reduced with exceptional chemoselectivity at the propargylic position.     

Facile syntheses of substituted 2,3-dihydrofurans and benzofurans by palladium-catalyzed reactions of propargylic carbonates with nucleophiles

Substituted 2,3-dihydrofurans and benzofurans are synthesized by the palladium-catalyzed reaction of 5-methoxycarbonyloxy-3-pentyn-1-ols and 1-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-3-methoxycarbonyloxy-1-propyne with nucleophiles, respectively. Various substituted propargylic carbonates and nucleophiles are efficiently transformed to their corresponding products. Additionally, a reaction using substrates containing a nucleophilic phenoxy group within the same molecule also produces the corresponding dihydrofuran.     

Computational Study of the Mechanism and Selectivity of Palladium‐Catalyzed Propargylic Substitution with Phosphorus Nucleophiles

The mechanism and sources of selectivity in the palladium‐catalyzed propargylic substitution reaction that involves phosphorus nucleophiles, and which yields predominantly allenylphosphonates and related compounds, have been studied computationally by means of density functional theory. Full free‐energy profiles are computed for both H‐phosphonate and H‐phosphonothioate substrates. The calculations show that the special behavior of H‐phosphonates among other heteroatom nucleophiles is indeed reflected in higher energy barriers for the attack on the central carbon atom of the allenyl/propargyl ligand relative to the ligand‐exchange pathway, which leads to the experimentally observed products. It is argued that, to explain the preference of allenyl‐ versus propargyl‐phosphonate/phosphonothioate formation in reactions that involve H‐phosphonates and H‐phosphonothioates, analysis of the complete free‐energy surfaces is necessary, because the product ratio is determined by different transition states in the respective branches of the catalytic cycle. In addition, these transition states change in going from a H‐phosphonate to a H‐phosphonothioate nucleophile.     

Ligand Bite Angle‐Dependent Palladium‐Catalyzed Cyclization of Propargylic Carbonates to 2‐Alkynyl Azacycles or Cyclic Dienamides

The regioselectivity of the palladium‐catalyzed cyclization of propargylic carbonates with sulfonamide nucleophiles is critically dependent on the bite angle of the bidentate phosphine ligand. Ligands with small bite angles favor attack on the central carbon atom of an allenylpalladium intermediate to afford cyclic dienamide products, whereas the use of those with large bite angles leads to alkynyl azacycles, with high stereoselectivity. A computational analysis of the reaction pathway is also presented.     

Cooperative Catalytic Reactions Using Distinct Transition‐Metal Catalysts: Ruthenium‐ and Copper‐Catalyzed Enantioselective Propargylic Alkylation

The enantioselective propargylic alkylation of propargylic alcohols with β‐ketoesters in the presence of a thiolate‐bridged diruthenium complex and a copper complex as co‐catalyst affords the corresponding propargylic alkylated products in excellent yields as a mixture of two diastereoisomers with high enantioselectivity (up to 95 % enantiomeric excess (ee)). The findings reported herein not only open up a new type of enantioselective propargylic substitution reaction, but also a new aspect of cooperative catalytic reactions using distinct transition metals to realize a useful transformation that cannot be achieved by a single catalyst.     

Cooperative Ni/Cu-Catalyzed Asymmetric Propargylic Alkylation of Aldimine Esters

A novel Ni/Cu dual catalysis gives rise to fundamentally new cooperative reactivity and enables the regio- and enantioselective propargylic alkylation reaction. A diverse set of α-quaternary propargylated amino ester derivatives were synthesized in good yields with excellent enantioselectivity (up to 99 % ee). This work highlights the power of cooperative catalysis, which can be expected to have broad implications in homogeneous catalysis beyond the highly valuable synthetic intermediates.     

Cooperative Ni/Cu‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Propargylic Alkylation of Aldimine Esters

A novel Ni/Cu dual catalysis gives rise to fundamentally new cooperative reactivity and enables the regio‐ and enantioselective propargylic alkylation reaction. A diverse set of α‐quaternary propargylated amino ester derivatives were synthesized in good yields with excellent enantioselectivity (up to 99 % ee). This work highlights the power of cooperative catalysis, which can be expected to have broad implications in homogeneous catalysis beyond the highly valuable synthetic intermediates.     

Enantioselective Synthesis of Chiral Propargylic Alcohols Catalyzed by Bifunctional Zinc-Based Complexes

This work demonstrates an efficient way to prepare chiral propargylic alcohols by asymmetric addition of terminal Zn-acetylide to aldehydes catalyzed by bifunctional zinc-based complexes. The corresponding products with moderate to good yields and enantioselectivities were obtained in the absence of moisture-sensitive Ti(O ⁱ Pr)₄.     

Chiral Brønsted Acid Catalyzed Enantioconvergent Propargylic Substitution Reaction of Racemic Secondary Propargylic Alcohols with Thiols

Despite the significant progress of the enantioselective reaction using chiral catalysts, the enantioselective nucleophilic substitution reaction at the chiral sp³-hybridized carbon atom of a racemic electrophile has not been largely explored. Herein, we report the enantioconvergent propargylic substitution reaction of racemic propargylic alcohols with thiols using chiral bis-phosphoric acid as the chiral Brønsted acid catalyst. The substitution products were formed in high yields with high enantioselectivities in most cases. The cation-stabilizing effect of the sulfur functional group introduced at the alkynyl terminus is the key to achieving the efficient enantioconvergent process, in which chiral information originating from not only the racemic stereogenic center but also the formed contact ion pair is completely eliminated from the present system.     

Copper‐Catalyzed Propargylic Substitution of Dichloro Substrates: Enantioselective Synthesis of Trisubstituted Allenes and Formation of Propargylic Quaternary Stereogenic Centers

An easy and versatile Cu‐catalyzed propargylic substitution process is presented. Using easily prepared prochiral dichloro substrates, readily available Grignard reagents together with catalytic amount of copper salt and chiral ligand, we accessed a range of synthetically interesting trisubstituted chloroallenes. Substrate scope and nucleophile scope are broad, providing generally high enantioselectivity for the desired 1,3‐substitution products. The enantioenriched chloroallenes could be further transformed into the corresponding trisubstituted allenes or terminal alkynes bearing all‐carbon quaternary stereogenic centers, through the copper‐catalyzed enantiospecific 1,1/1,3‐substitutions. The two successive copper‐catalyzed reactions could be eventually combined into a one‐pot procedure and different desired allenes or alkynes were obtained respectively with high enantiomeric excesses.     

Synthesis of Sulfonylated Heterocycles via Copper-Catalyzed Heteroaromatization/Sulfonyl Transfer of Propargylic Alcohols

An unprecedented copper-catalyzed heteroaromatization/sulfonyl transfer of propargylic alcohols with isocyanide has been developed. 3-Sulfonyl benzofurans and indoles were produced under Cu(I) catalysis in good to high yields. The developed catalytic methodology provides controlled, modular, and facile access to sulfonyl benzoheterocycle scaffolds.     

Transition‐Metal‐Free Decarboxylative Propargylic Substitution/Cyclization with either Azolium Enolates or Acyl Anions

Presented herein is an unprecedented transition‐metal‐free propargylic substitution reaction with either azolium enolates or acyl anions, which are generated from aldehydes under N‐heterocyclic carbene catalysis. This new catalytic activation operates on readily available cyclic propargylic carbamates through decarboxylation, and generates reactive allene intermediates that can undergo divergent cyclization pathways to deliver skeletally diverse polycyclic compounds with high levels of efficiency and excellent enantioselectivities.     

A Convenient One-Pot Synthsis of Substituted Furans from Propargylic Dithioacetal

The reactions of propargylic dithioactals with organocuprate reagent have recently been explored from our laboratory.¹ In this paper, we report the reactions of propargylic dithioactals 1 with organocuprate reagents followed by treatment with an aldehyde to afford the corresponding substituted furans 2.     

A Versatile Iron‐Catalyzed Protocol for the One‐Pot Synthesis of Isoxazoles or Isoxazolines from the Same Propargylic Alcohols

The use N‐sulfonyl‐protected hydroxylamines as bi‐nucleophiles in iron‐catalyzed propargylic substitutions allows the selective one‐pot synthesis of four classes of substituted isoxazoles or isoxazolines from the same propargylic alcohols (21 examples) by simply tuning the nature of the base. By using an iron(III) catalyst and a base such as triethylamine (3 equiv), isoxazoles 3 are obtained in good isolated yields (56–95%), whereas N‐sulfonyl‐protected isoxazolines 6 are selectively obtained (77–93% yield) by using iron and gold catalysts in the presence of a catalytic amount of pyridine (10 mol%).     

Bifunctional Ligand Enables Efficient Gold‐Catalyzed Hydroalkenylation of Propargylic Alcohol

Using the previously designed biphenyl‐2‐ylphosphine ligand, featuring a remote tertiary amino group, the first gold‐catalyzed intermolecular hydroalkenylation of alkynes has been developed. Synthetically valuable conjugated dienyl alcohols are formed in moderate to good yields. A range of alkenyltrifluoroborates are allowed as the alkenyl donor, and no erosion of alkene geometry and/or the propargylic configuration are detected. DFT calculations confirm the critical role of the remote basic group in the ligand as a general‐base catalyst for promoting this novel gold catalysis with good efficiency.     

Palladium‐Catalyzed Regiodivergent Substitution of Propargylic Carbonates

The palladium(0)‐catalyzed, ligand‐controlled, regioselective addition of diaryl acetonitrile pronucleophiles to propargylic carbonates is reported. Selective formation of either terminal 1,3‐dienyl or propargylated products is proposed to arise from a change in reaction mechanism controlled by the denticity of the coordinating ligand.