Remote Chirality Transfer through Medium Cycle Formation/Intramolecular Hydride Transfer Cascade

Intramolecular hydride transfer has long been recognized as a powerful method to generate new stereogenic centers induced by the existing stereogenic center(s). Synthetically significant selectivities are usually obtained through 1,5‐hydride transfer within six‐ membered ring. This mini‐review focuses on a transannular hydride transfer generating up to three stereocenters simultaneously from a single stereogenic center through formation of medium rings, mostly eight‐membered rings, in mild reaction conditions. The corresponding linear products with multiple stereocenters are potentially useful building blocks for synthesis of complex molecules including polyketide natural products.     

Total Synthesis of (±)-α-Acoradiene via Intramolecular Photoaddition and Reductive Cyclobutane Cleavage

(±)-α-Acoradiene (4) has been synthesized from 3-methoxy-2-cyclohexenone by a sequence of 8 steps. The key steps (Scheme 6) are the regio- and stereoselective photo[2+2]addition 7→6 and the reductive fragmentation 6→5 .     

CH Bond Functionalization through Intramolecular Hydride Transfer

Known for over a century, reactions that involve intramolecular hydride‐transfer events have experienced a recent resurgence. Undoubtedly responsible for the increased interest in this research area is the realization that hydride shifts represent an attractive avenue for C? H bond functionalization. The redox‐neutral nature of these complexity‐enhancing transformations makes them ideal for sustainable reaction development. This Review summarizes recent progress in this field while highlighting key historical contributions.     

Reductive Catalytic Difluorocarbene Transfer via Palladium Catalysis

A palladium-catalyzed reductive difluorocarbene transfer reaction that tames difluorocarbene to couple with two electrophiles has been developed, representing a new mode of difluorocarbene transfer reaction. The approach uses low-cost and bulk industrial chemical chlorodifluoromethane (ClCF₂H) as the difluorocarbene precursor. It produces a variety of difluoromethylated (hetero)arenes from widely available aryl halides/triflates and proton sources, featuring high functional group tolerance and synthetic convenience without preparing organometallic reagents. Experimental mechanistic studies reveal that an unexpected Pd^0/II catalytic cycle is involved in this reductive reaction, wherein the oxidative addition of palladium(0) difluorocarbene ([Pd⁰(L_n)]=CF₂) with aryl electrophile to generate the key intermediate aryldifluoromethylpalladium [ArCF₂Pd(L_n)X], followed by reaction with hydroquinone, is responsible for the reductive difluorocarbene transfer.     

Reductions, Reductive Alkylations, and Intramolecular Cyclizations of Acyl Silanes with Samarium Diiodide or Tributyltin Hydride

A series of acyl silanes including aliphatic-, aromatic-, and bis-acyl silanes, as well as the acyl silanes bearing other substituents such as a bromine atom and alkenyl, succinimide, and carbonyl groups, were prepared, and their reactions with samarium diiodide or tributylstannane were studied. The reactions of acyl silanes occurred in various manners such as reductions, reductive alkylations, intramolecular radical cyclizations, pinacol couplings, aldol reactions, and Tishchenko reactions, depending on the nature of substrates and reaction conditions. Acyl silanes were generally reduced to give the corresponding alpha-silyl alcohols without transfer of silyl groups. Intramolecular radical cyclizations of 5-hexenoyl silanes and 1-silyl-1,5-pentanedione were realized to give alpha-silyl cyclopentanols and 1,2-cyclopentanediol derivatives, respectively. On treatment with samarium diiodide in tetrahydrofuran, 1-(trimethylsilyl)-1,6-hexanedione underwent a pinacol coupling reaction in the presence of t-BuOH, whereas it underwent a Tishchenko reaction in the presence of MeOH. The Tishchenko reaction of 1-silyl-1,5-pentanedione gave a delta-silyl-delta-lactone. On treating with samarium diiodide, 1-(trimethylsilyl)-1,5-hexanedione and 1,5-bis(trimethylsilyl)-1,6-hexanedione, underwent, respectively, intramolecular aldol reactions.     

Synthesis of a Tetracyclo [4.4.0.02,4.03,8]decanone via Intramolecular Reductive Coupling

The reduction of cis-4 a-methyl-1,2,4a,7,8,8 a-hexahydronaphthalene-2,7-dione ( 1 ) was studied by cyclic voltammetry and product analysis. On a preparative scale, 6-hydroxy-3-methyltetracyclo[4.4.0.0^2,4.0^3,8]decan-10-one ( 2 ) was obtained in 22% yield via an intramolecular hydrodimerization/aldol reaction sequence. The CV. results (Hg, DMF) suggest that the cyclopropane ring is formed after the first electron transfer by coupling of the anion radical with the second C. C-double bond.     

三甲硅基醚的断裂研究

Sommer等[1]首次应用（Me3SiO）2SO2向醇羟基引人三甲硅基（TMS）以保护羟基以来，已发展出很多方便有效的向醇羟基引人TMS保护基团的方法[2]．通常，立体阻碍越小的醇，其羟基越容易被硅基化，而且该TMS保护基团也就越容易在酸或碱性条件下被水解脱除[2]我们在天然产物PrehisPanolone的合成中[3]，羟基r-丁烯酸内酯2是一个关键的中间体．如何脱除前体三甲硅基醚的r-丁烯酸内酯1中的TMS保护基团是一个关键的问题．我们采用四了基氟化铵（TBAF）[4]（A）、酸性水解[5]（B）、碱性醇解[6]（C）和三氟化硼乙醚溶液（BF3-Et2O）[7]…     

Non-stereospecific Reductive Cleavage of 2-Isoxazolines

Under conditions of reductive cleavage 13,15-isoxazolinoprostanoids with a bicycloheptane unit in the -chain underwent epimerization at atom C₍₂₎ of this unit to give non-stereospecific products of hydrogenolysis of the heterocycle.     

Reductive Cleavage of Phthalides with Iodotrimethylsilane

A convenient reductive cleavage of 3-arylphthalides 1 into corresponding 2-benzylbenzoic acids and 2-(2-thienylmethyl)benzoic acid 2 by using iodotrimethyisilane is described.     

Reductive Hydroformylation of Isosorbide Diallyl Ether

Isosorbide and its functionalized derivatives have numerous applications as bio-sourced building blocks. In this context, the synthesis of diols from isosorbide diallyl ether by hydrohydroxymethylation reaction is of extreme interest. This hydrohydroxymethylation, which consists of carbon-carbon double bonds converting into primary alcohol functions, can be obtained by a hydroformylation reaction followed by a hydrogenation reaction. In this study, reductive hydroformylation was achieved using isosorbide diallyl ether as a substrate in a rhodium/amine catalytic system. The highest yield in bis-primary alcohols obtained was equal to 79%.     

Total Synthesis of Aspercyclides A and B via Intramolecular Oxidative Diaryl Ether Formation

A highly efficient total synthesis of the 11-membered cyclic aspercyclides A (1) and B (2) has been achieved by chemo- and regioselective intramolecular oxidative C-O bond formation from differently substituted diphenols.     

Selective Deprotection Of tert-Butyldimethylsilyl Ether With Lithium Bromide And 18-Crown-6

Lithium bromide, in the presence of a crown ether, has been found to selectively remove primary tert-butyldimethylsilyl ethers under controlled conditions. This selectivity has been utilized to synthesize 3′-TBDMS-2′-deoxyuridine in one step from the diprotected compound.     

Chemoselectivity for Alkene Cleavage by Palladium-Catalyzed Intramolecular Diazo Group Transfer from Azide to Alkene

Alkenes can be cleaved by means of the (3+2) cycloaddition and subsequent cycloreversion of 1,3-dipoles, classically ozone (O₃), but the azide (R−N₃) variant is rare. Chemoselectivity for these azide to alkene diazo group transfers (DGT) is typically disfavored, thus limiting their synthetic utility. Herein, this work discloses a palladium-catalyzed intramolecular azide to alkene DGT, which grants chemoselectivity over competing aziridination. The data support a catalytic cycloreversion mechanism distinct from other known metal-catalyzed azide/alkene reactions: nitrenoid/metalloradical and (3+2) cycloadditions. Kinetics experiments reveal an unusual mechanistic profile in which the catalyst is not operative during the rate-controlling step, rather, it is active during the product-determining step. Catalytic DGT was used to synthesize N-heterocyclic quinazolinones, a medicinally relevant structural core. We also report on the competing aziridination and subsequent ring expansion to another N-heterocyclic core structure of interest, benzodiazepinones.     

锰催化芳香碳-氧键的还原断裂

这里发现锰化合物能够催化芳香碳-氧键的还原断裂.就我们所知,目前还没有锰催化芳香碳-氧键断裂方面的报道.以二苯并呋喃为底物,对各种反应条件进行优化,得到的较佳反应条件为5％ Mn(OAc)2,3当量Li-A1H4,140 ℃温度,四氢呋喃溶剂.在这个反应条件下,多种芳香碳-氧键能够发生还原断裂.甲醇钠的添加能够有效地促进二苯醚等底物的反应.对反应机理进行了初步研究,结果表明反应可能经历自由基过程.     

Cobalt-Catalyzed Intramolecular Hydroacylation Involving Cyclopropane Cleavage

A simple cobalt-diphosphine catalyst has been found to efficiently promote intramolecular cyclization of ortho-cyclopropylvinyl- and cyclopropylidenemethyl-substituted benzaldehydes into benzocyclooctadienone and benzocycloheptadienone derivatives, respectively. This ring-opening hydroacylation likely involves aldehyde C−H oxidative addition, olefin insertion, cyclopropane cleavage by β-carbon elimination, and C−C bond-forming reductive elimination, as was supported by mechanistic experiments and DFT calculations.     

Synthesis of Highly Substituted N-Hydroxy Piperidine via Intramolecular Reductive Cyclization of 1-Keto-5-ketoxime

Abstract

Diasteroselective synthesis of highly substituted N-hydroxypiperidine was achieved by an intramolecular reductive cyclization of monoxime (2) of the 1,5-diketone (1), generated from 2-(cyclohexylthio)-1-phenylethanone and arylaldehyde, using NaBH₃CN. The major product N-hydroxypiperidine (3) has been found to be racemate of a single diastereomer.     

Reductive Cleavage of Carbon Monoxide by a Disilenide

The complete reductive cleavage of the triple bond in carbon monoxide was achieved using a lithium disilenide at room temperature. The C? C‐coupled product can be regarded as a silanone dimer with pending alkyne and silirene moieties and incorporates two equivalents of CO per disilenide unit. A formation mechanism via ketenyl intermediates is proposed on the basis of DFT calculations and elucidated experimentally by employing Group 6 metal carbonyls as both stabilizing entity and source of CO in the reaction with disilenide. The isolation of cyclic silylene complexes with weakly donating ketenyl donor groups further supports the mechanistic scenario.     

The Chemoselective Cleavage of Acylthioaryltioacetals with Tributyltin Hydride

Acylthioarylthioacetals are cleaved selectively by tributyltin hydride/AIBN affording thioacyls radicals, which can react with tethered carbon-carbon double or triple bond to form functionalized cyclopentanes.     

Intramolecular Cyclization of Furfuryl 2-Propynyl Ether

Intramolecular cyclization of furfuryl 2-propynyl ether in the presence of a catalytic amount ofpotassium tert-butoxide in tert-butyl alcohol gives 3a'6-epoxy-1'3-dihydro-6H-isobenzofuran. The cyclizationis presumed to be favored by preliminary isomerization of the 2-propynyl group into allenyl. Heating of thecyclization product with excess potassium tert-butoxide in tert-butyl alcohol results in cleavage of the epoxybridge with formation of 6-hydroxy-1'3-dihydroisobenzofuran.