Silylmetalation of alkenes

Silylmetalation of alkenes is challenging due to the low reactivity of the substrates. In contrast, carbometalation of alkenes has been realized through several innovative methods, including activation of the reagent and the substrate. A similar approach could be applicable to silylmetalation of alkenes, and we have recently developed a bimetal activation method using zincate complexes for this purpose. Here, we describe how the silylzincation of alkenes was achieved. First, the strategies for carbometalation of alkenes will be summarized. Secondly, the history and development of silylzincation chemistry are briefly described. Then the details of our findings related to two types of silylzincation of alkenes, as well as recent progress in mechanistic studies, are discussed. The key point in the silylzincation of alkenes proved to be the bimetal activation of the substrate. One metal (copper or titanium) strongly coordinates and activates the alkene moiety, and the other metal (zinc) acts as the electron acceptor from the silyl group by way of the alkene moiety. This dual activation concept is expected to be applicable to other combinations of metals, as well as to new types of reactions.     

Anodic acetamidoselenation of alkenes

Anodic oxidation of diphenyldiselenide in acetonitrile in the presence of an alkene gives acetamidoselenides.     

Enthalpimetry of non-aromatic alkenes

A method of increased sensitivity for hydrogen enthalpimetry of olefins in mumole quantities is reported. The method depends on a linear relationship between the amount of alkene present and the heat given off on hydrogenation at slightly more than 2 atm pressure over palladium catalyst on charcoal. Least-squares analysis of the results shows that the measured heat effect is a linear function of amount of alkene taken, with a relative standard deviation of 1-3% for samples ranging in size from 1.4 to 37.5 mumole. Extension of the method to samples in submicromolar quantities was only partially successful; in a series of measurements extending to a minimum amount of 0.64 mumole, the relative standard deviation rose to 9.6%.     

Iodine-catalyzed disulfidation of alkenes

The disulfidation reactions of alkenes with disulfides were thoroughly investigated in this paper. Using H₂O or DCE as the solvent, most reactions occurred smoothly to give the corresponding disulfidated products in good to high yields at room temperature within 12 h.     

Transition-metal-free trifluoromethylaminoxylation of alkenes

No transition metal! Fluorinated hypervalent-iodine reagents react with TEMPONa in the presence of an alkene under mild conditions to give the corresponding perfluoroalkylaminoxylation products. These radical addition/trapping reactions occur with high stereoselectivity using commercially available reagents, and the product alkoxyamines are readily transformed into the corresponding alcohols.     

Cobalt-catalyzed dimerization of alkenes

In the presence of CoX₂(PPh₃)₂/3 PPh₃ and zinc metal conjugated alkenes (CH₂CHCOOR, CH₂CHCN, CH₂CHSO₂Ph and CH₂CHCONEt₂) undergo reductive tail-to-tail dimerization to yield the corresponding saturated linear products. Under similar reaction conditions, vinylarenes (ArCHCH₂) give stereoselective head-to-tail dimerization products, trans-1,3-diarylbut-1-ene, in good to excellent yields.     

Iodine-mediated acyloxyselenenylation of alkenes

In the presence of I₂, an acyloxyselenenylation of alkenes with diselenides and carboxylic acids is developed. This metal-free iodine-mediated acyloxyselenenylation proceeds efficiently under mild reaction conditions, affording a series of 2-acyloxy-1-selenides with high regioselectivity and in moderate to good yields.     

过渡金属催化下的烯烃硼氢化反应

本文综述了在过渡金属尤其是铑络合物催化下烯烃与CB ( 邻苯二酚硼烷 ) 的硼氢化反应在化学、位置和立体选择性的进展, 对它们的机理也进行了讨论。     

Intrazeolite photooxidations of electron-poor alkenes

The inability of the intrazeolite environment to influence the regiochemistry of addition of singlet oxygen to electron-poor olefins is reported. This divergent behavior with respect to electron-rich alkenes is rationalized with a multicomplexation model that emphasizes the importance of intrazeolite substrate-cation binding.     

Copper-catalyzed oxytrifluoromethylation of unactivated alkenes

A mild, versatile, and convenient method for the efficient oxytrifluoromethylation of unactivated alkenes based on a copper-catalyzed oxidative difunctionalization strategy has been developed. This methodology provides access to a variety of classes of synthetically useful CF(3)-containing building blocks from simple starting materials.     

氧杂双环烯烃开环反应的研究及其应用

有机金属试剂(其中包括镍、钯、铑、铁、铜)以及路易斯酸能选择性地催化氧杂双环烯烃的亲核开环反应,并建立多个手性中心。这种方法已经被用在一些生物活性分子的全合成过程当中,如甾体酮类似物等。     

Osmium-free direct syn-dihydroxylation of alkenes

Numerous synthetic protocols for producing syn-diols from the corresponding alkenes have been developed and published over recent years. It is the intent of the following tutorial review to present a concise summary of the main methods used to prepare syn-diol fragments directly from alkene precursors, and that do not make use of osmium oxo complexes as catalysts.     

Copper-catalyzed intermolecular aminochlorination of alkenes

A copper-catalyzed radical and regioselective aminochlorination of alkenes using N-fluoro-benzenesulfonimide (NFSI) and TMSCl as nitrogen and chlorine sources respectively is reported.     

Halogenation of 1,1-diaryl alkenes

A variety of vinyl halides were prepared from reaction of 1,1-diarylalkenes with different halogenating agents (e.g., Selectfluor and N-halosuccinimide) with good yields under mild and base-free conditions. Synthesis of these molecules has been reported in the literature for being not easy to conduct. Among all the existing preparations of vinyl halide procedures, this protocol has the most facile and practical process.     

Cobalt-catalyzed efficient aziridination of alkenes

[reaction: see text]. Cobalt porphyrins are capable of catalyzing the aziridination of alkenes with bromamine-T as the nitrene source. Among cobalt complexes of different porphyrins, Co(TDClPP) is an effective catalyst that can aziridinate a wide variety of alkenes. The catalytic system can operate at room temperature in a one-pot fashion with alkenes as limiting reagents, forming the desired N-sulfonylated aziridine derivatives in high to excellent yields with NaBr as the byproduct.     

Microwave assisted hydroaminomethylation of alkenes

Hydroaminomethylation of terminal alkenes can be regioselectively carried out in less than 30 min with secondary amines in EtOH under MW irradiation using (PPh₃)₃RhCO(H) and Xantphos or Biphephos as ligands. When primary amines were employed, the corresponding enamines were obtained in good yields. Tris-benzyl allylglycine was transformed into different (basic) benzylated α-amino acids. Moreover, the benzyl protection was removed in few minutes under MW irradiation with Pd(OH)₂ under H₂ atmosphere.     

Palladium-catalyzed ring-forming aminoacetoxylation of alkenes

A mild, palladium(II)-catalyzed ring-forming aminoacetoxylation of alkenes is described. Treatment of a range of nitrogen nucleophiles with catalytic palladium(II) in the presence of PhI(OAc)2 as oxidant resulted in alkene aminoacetoxylation, affording a variety of nitrogen-containing heterocycles. Our studies indicate the possibility for high levels of reaction regio- and stereocontrol. It appears that this is a stereoselective trans alkene difunctionalization and thus a useful alternative to related cis-selective, metal-catalyzed alkene aminohydroxylation processes.