Cyclization into perhydronaphthalenones using samarium diiodide

Samarium(II) diiodide has been employed to promote the intramolecular cyclization reactions of aldehydes or ketones onto α,β-unsaturated ketones. The cyclization reactions described herein provide a general approach to the syntheses of perhydronaphthalenones with a cis-relationship between the OH at C-5 and the proton or methyl group at C-4a with good diastereoselectivity under mild reaction conditions.     

Aza-Michael reactions catalyzed by samarium diiodide

Samarium diiodide catalyzes the Michael addition of aromatic amines onto α,β-unsaturated N-acyloxazolidinones to form β-aminoacid derivatives. Aza-Michael reactions can be followed by an amidation reaction with the aromatic amine, leading to β-aminoamides. β-Amino-N-acyloxazolidinones are selectively obtained with o-anisidine, while amidation reaction is observed with p-anisidine.     

Cyclization into hydrindanones using samarium diiodide

Samarium(II) iodide has been employed to promote vinylogous pinacol coupling reaction of aldehyde onto alpha,beta-unsaturated ketones. The diastereoselectivity of 6-endo products was changed by addition of a proton source and/or HMPA and by the reaction temperature. The cyclization reactions described herein provide a general approach to the syntheses of 3,3-dimethylhydrindanes with a cis-relationship between the OH at C-4 and the proton at C-3a with good diastereoselectivity and under mild reaction conditions.     

Reactions with samarium diiodide in polymer synthesis

Reactions induced by Sml₂, such as reduction, coupling and cyclization are occurring in high yield upon mild conditions. It is due to the high redox potential of divalent samarium. Now reactions with Sml₂ are used in the polymer synthesis as well. By the coupling reaction of various diacid chlorides poly-α-diketones having molecular weight up to 20000 have been obtained at room temperature in quantitative yield. Isomeric difluorobenzils prepared by the one-step reaction of Sml₂ and relevant fluorobenzoyl chlorides have been used in the nucleophylic substitution reaction with bisphenols. Film-forming high molecular weight copolyetherketone-α-diketones have been synthesized when such difluorobenzils have been used as the comonomers in the polycondensation of 4,4'-difluorobenzophenone and bisphenols. All these polymers bearing α-diketogroups have been transformed into linear and network polyquinoxalines by their reaction with aromatic (bis)o-diamines. Aromatic polypinacols have been synthesized by the reaction of dialdehydes and Sml₂ in THF under mild conditions. The availability of the reactive α-hydroxy groups made it possible to carry out polymer chain reactions. It was stated that the imide cycle is reduced by Sml₂ at room temperature. The treatment of polyimides by Sml₂ leads to the change of polymer properties, mainly heat resistance and solubility. The possibility of formation of Si-Si bonds by reductive coupling of organochlorosilanes with the use of Sml₂ instead of Na has been shown. It was found that the reaction of diorganodichlorosilanes with Sml₂ easily proceeds in THF solution at room temperature to yield α,ω-dichloro-oligosilanes.     

Some organic reactions promoted by samarium diiodide

Various homoallylic alcohols and homobenzylic alcohols were prepared by the reaction between aldehydes and allylic or benzylic halides in the presence of samarium diiodide. This iodide is also a very good reagent for formation of pinacols from aldehydes or ketones. The reactions are especially fast and selective in the case of substituted benzaldehydes. The reactivities of various nitrogen functional groups (imine, oxime, nitro, azo, cyano) towards SmI₂ were also examined.     

Selective reduction of isoxazoles with samarium diiodide

Samarium diiodide is an efficient reagent for the reductive cleavage of the ON bond of isoxazoles. Olefins, esters, and acetals are stable to the reaction conditions, benzylic halides and aldehydes are not.     

Phthalimides as exceptionally efficient single electron transfer acceptors in reductive coupling reactions promoted by samarium diiodide

Experimental and theoretical evidence shows that phthalimides are highly efficient single electron transfer acceptors in reactions promoted by samarium diiodide, affording ketyl radical anion intermediates, which participate in high-yielding inter- and intramolecular reductive coupling processes with different radicophiles including imides, oxime ethers, nitrones, and Michael acceptors.     

Stereocontrolled intramolecular ketone-olefin reductive coupling reactions promoted by samarium diiodide

The stereocontrolled intramolecular coupling of unsaturated β-ketoesters and β-ketoamides is reported. Good yields of highly substituted β-hydroxycyclopentanecarboxylates are generated in the process, with substantial and predictable stereochemical control at three contiguous stereocenters.     

Intramolecular, reductive cyclization of beta-ketoisothiocyanates promoted by using samarium diiodide

A novel samarium diiodide (SmI2) promoted intramolecular cyclization of beta-ketoisothiocyanate, derived from alpha,beta-unsaturated esters and ammonium thiocyanate led to alpha-hydroxythiolactams and/or thiolactams in high yields. Treatment of beta-ketoisothiocyanate with two equivalents of SmI2 gave a mixture of alpha-hydroxythiolactam and thiolactam. Four equivalents of SmI2 afforded only thiolactam in high yields. The intramolecular cyclization took place with high to complete stereoselectivity. A mechanism to explain this transformation is proposed.     

Polymerization of acrylonitrile initiated by samarium diiodide in the presence of hexamethylphosphoramide

The paper presents the polymerization of acrylonitrile (AN) initiated by samarium diiodide (SmI₂) combining with hexamethylphosphoramide (HMPA) for the first time. The effects of various parameters, such as reaction temperature, AN/Sm and HMPA/Sm molar ratios, reaction time on the polymer yield and its molecular weight were discussed. On the basis of both IR and NMR analysis of resulted polymers, a single-electron-transfer initiation mechanism of AN as radical anion was proposed for this polymerization, which was further sustained by the copolymerization of AN with ε-caprolactone and 2,2-dimethyltrimethylene carbonate, respectively.     

Mechanistic evidence for intermolecular radical carbonyl additions promoted by samarium diiodide

In this work, mechanistic studies were performed to understand the SmI2/H2O-mediated coupling of N-acyl oxazolidinones with acrylates and acrylamides, providing gamma-keto esters and amides, respectively. Our results provide experimental evidence that C-C bond formation via intermolecular radical addition reactions to carbonyl substrates can be promoted by samarium diiodide. Coupling reactions with N-cyclopropylcarbonyl-2-oxazolidinone suggest the alpha,beta-unsaturated esters/amides are reduced by the low-valent lanthanide reagent and not the N-acyl oxazolidinones, as originially proposed (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 6544). Rate measurements support the preferred reduction of an acrylate or acrylamide by SmI2/H2O in the presence of an N-acyl oxazolidinone. In the absence of the N-acyl oxazolidinone, SmI2/H2O promotes dimerization of the acrylates, whereas the C=C bond of the acrylamides is reduced. In addition, coupling of the Pfp ester of Cbz-protected phenylalanine with an acrylamide leads only to reduction of the acrylamide and recovered ester, whereas the same coupling with the N-acyl oxazolidinone derivative provides the gamma-keto amides. These results imply that a pathway involving nucleophilic acyl substitution cannot take place and that a radical mechanism must be invoked to explain the C-C bond formation. We propose that the acrylate/acrylamide is reduced to a conjugated ketyl radical that adds to the exocyclic carbonyl group of the N-acyl oxazolidinone, activated through bidentate coordination to a lanthanide ion.     

二碘化钐在脱氧、还原和碳-碳键形成反应中的应用

本文研究了二碘化钐对一些有机化合物的脱氧反应, 以及它在醇存在下对α-卤代酮、偶氮苯和苯醌的还原反应。首次报道了在二碘化钐作用下α-卤代酮与醛之间的碳-碳键形成瓜在, 高产率地制备了各种α,β-不饱和酮; 同时提出了涉及由α-卤代酮同时与Sm(II)和Sm(III)/I^-物种作用形成烯醇钐盐中间体的可能机理。     

Transformation of alpha,beta-epoxyesters into 2,3-dideuterioesters promoted by samarium diiodide

An easy and general sequenced elimination/reduction process by means of samarium diiodide, in the presence of D(2)O, provides an efficient method for synthesizing 2,3-dideuterioesters 2. The reaction can be also carried out in the presence of H(2)O instead of D(2)O, yielding the corresponding saturated esters 4. Other deuterated esters have been also obtained. A mechanism to explain this synthesis has been proposed.     

Reduction of acetals with samarium diiodide in acetonitrile in the presence of Lewis acids

Transformation of acetals into ethers by partial reduction using a samarium diiodide-Lewis acids-acetonitrile system is described. The reaction with aromatic acetals occurred in good yields in the presence of aluminum chloride (2 eq) whereas the corresponding aliphatic, vinylic, and alkynyl derivatives did not afford ethers under the same conditions. Beta-elimination to give an enol ether becomes predominant when aliphatic acetals that possess a hydrogen at the 2-position are treated with iodotrimethylsilane in the presence of SmI2 or SmI3.     

First direct evidence of radical intermediates in samarium diiodide induced cyclization by ESR spectra

The mechanism of samarium diiodide (SmI(2))-induced cyclization of α,β-unsaturated esters and ketones to bicyclic compounds was examined using ESR spectroscopy. This is the first report of direct evidence of the radical intermediates in the SmI(2) reaction. The preferential reduction of the α,β-unsaturated carbonyl part in some substrates should be recognized as a main route.     

Distant functionalization via incorporation of thiophene moieties in electrophilic reactions promoted by samarium diiodide

Methyl thiophene-2-carboxylate, methyl 3-(thien-2-yl)acrylate, and methyl 5,2'-bithiophene-2-carboxylate were utilized as the synthetic equivalents of pentanoate 5-anion, pentanoate 4,5-dianion, heptanoate 7-anion, and nonanoate-8,9-dianion. By the promotion of samarium diiodide, these thiophene-incorporating compounds reacted with aldehydes, ketones, and conjugated esters regioselectively at the thienyl rings. Long-chain esters with remote hydroxyl and carboxyl groups, including an antiarthritis agent, a shellac component, and an inhibitory agent of spore germination, were prepared after reductive desulfurization on Raney nickel.     

Synthesis of (Z)-vinylsilanes with high diastereoselectivity by using samarium diiodide

beta-Elimination of O-acetyl 1-chloro-1-trimethylsilylalkan-2-ols 1 was achieved by using samarium diiodide as a metaling reagent and afforded the corresponding (Z)-vinylsilanes with high stereoselectivity. The starting compounds 1 were easily prepared by treatment of different aldehydes with (chlorolithiomethyl)trimethylsilane and further acetylation.     

二碘化钐促进的β-羟基不对称硒(碲)醚的合成

二芳基二硒(碲)醚在SmI2作用下, Se-Se(Te-Te)键还原断裂生成的硒(碲)负离子与环氧化物反应, 得到β-羟基不对称硒(碲)醚。     

Effect of crown ethers on the ground and excited state reactivity of samarium diiodide in acetonitrile

Electron transfer from the ground and excited states of Sm[15-crown-5](2)I(2) complex to a series of electron acceptors (benzaldehyde, acetophenone, benzophenone, nitrobenzene, benzyl bromide, benzyl chloride, 1-iodohexane, and 1,4-dinitrobenzene) was investigated in acetonitrile. Electron transfer from the ground state of the Sm(II)-crown system to aldehydes and ketones has a significant inner sphere component indicating that the oxophilic nature of Sm(II) prevails in the system even in the presence of bulky ligands such as 15-crown-5 ether. Activation parameters for the ground state electron transfer were determined, and the values were consistent with the proposed mechanistic models. Since crown ethers stabilize the photoexcited states of Sm(II), the photochemistry of Sm[15-crown-5](2)I(2) system in solution state has been investigated in detail. The results suggest that photoinduced electron transfer from Sm(II)-crown systems to a wide variety of substrates is feasible with rate constant values as high as 10(7) M(-1) s(-1). The results described herein imply that the present difficulty of manipulating the extremely reactive excited state of Sm(II) in solution phase can be overcome through stabilizing the excited state of the divalent metal ion by careful design of the ligand systems.