Escape from Hydrofunctionalization: Palladium Hydride-Enabled Difunctionalization of Conjugated Dienes and Enynes

Palladium hydrides are traditionally employed in hydrofunctionalization (i.e. monofunctionalization) of conjugated dienes and enynes, owning to its facile protic hydropalladation of electron-rich (or neutral) unsaturated bonds. Herein, we report a mild PdH-catalyzed difunctionalization of conjugated dienes and enynes. This protocol is enabled by the chemoselectivity switch of the initial hydropalladation step achieved by visible light enhancement of hydricity of PdH species. This method allows for cascade annulation of dienes and enynes with various easily available and abundant substrates, such as acrylic acids, acrylic amides, and Baylis–Hillman adducts, toward a wide range of alkenyl or alkynyl lactones, lactams, and tetrahydrofurans. This protocol also provides an easy access to complex spiro-fused tricyclic frameworks.     

Synthesis and cycloaddition reactions of sulfur-substituted quinolizidine dienes

Synthesis of sulfur-substituted quinolizidine dienes via ring-closing enyne metathesis (RCEYM) of the corresponding enynes has been achieved. The cycloaddition reactions of these dienes with electron-deficient dienophiles give tricyclic and tetracyclic nitrogen-containing products.     

Cu-catalyzed regioselective carbomagnesiation of dienes and enynes with sec- and tert-alkyl Grignard reagents

The carbomagnesiation of dienes and enynes with sec- and tert-alkyl Grignard reagents has been achieved by using copper salts as catalysts.     

Synthesis of cyclic hydrazines by ring-closing metathesis of dienes and enynes tethered by an N-N bond

Ring-closing metathesis of dienes and enynes tethered by an N-N bond produced 6- to 10-membered cyclic 1,2-diaza compounds. The enyne RCM adducts were further transformed by Diels-Alder reaction into aromatic compounds.     

Cycloisomerization of dienes and enynes catalysed by a modified ruthenium carbene species

Cycloisomerization is a totally atom economic procedure which converts dienes and enynes into cyclic molecules. Modification of Grubbs' 2nd generation catalysts by reaction with dimethylformamide provides a new species able to catalyse this transformation. Selection of suitable conditions allowed high yields and selectivity. Studies performed in order to identify the catalytic species point to a non-carbenic ruthenium complex that has lost the phosphine. No hydride signals appeared. In addition, the reaction works with enynes and the new species catalyses efficiently crossed cyclotrimerizations of alkynes with diynes.     

A facile photoinduced iodoperfluoroalkylation of dienes, diynes, and enynes with perfluoroalkyl iodides via selective radical cyclization

Perfluoroalkyl iodides serve as excellent mediators for the radical cyclization of dienes, diynes, and enynes upon irradiation with near-UV light, providing the corresponding iodoperfluoroalkylated cyclic compounds in moderate to good yields.     

Cobalt-catalyzed hydrohydrazination of dienes and enynes: access to allylic and propargylic hydrazides

[reaction: see text] The cobalt-catalyzed hydrohydrazination reaction of dienes and enynes is presented. Allylic and propargylic hydrazines were obtained in synthetically useful yields (allylic amines, 60-90%; propargylic amines, 47-83%) and good chemo- and regioselectivity.     

Regio- and stereoselective hydrohalogenation of ynamide components in 1,3-butadiynes with in situ generated HX

A simple protocol for regio-, and stereoselective hydrohalogenation of ynamide moieties in 1,3-butadiyne structures is described. The facile approach enables exact syn-addition of HX to the diyne components, giving just single isomer of the corresponding dienes and enynes.     

Substitution des halogéno-1 alcynes-1 par les dérivés organométalliques du cuivre. accès à une nouvelle classe de synthons: application à

1-Bromo- and 1-iodo-1-alkynes are alkylated by organocopper(I) compounds. Alkenylcopper(I) derivatives undergo substitution with retention of configuration leading to conjugated and functional enynes, from which conjugated dienes can be obtained.     

Intramolecular [4 + 2] cycloadditions of benzynes with conjugated enynes, arenynes, and dienes

Benzynes generated by the reaction of o-(trimethylsilyl)aryl triflates with TBAT participate in intramolecular [4 + 2] cycloadditions with conjugated enynes, arenynes, and dienes to furnish highly condensed polycyclic aromatic compounds. [reaction: see text]     

Acyclic ketene aminal phosphates derived from N,N-diprotected acetamides: stability and cross-couplings

The synthesis of a stable ketene aminal phosphate (α-phosphoryloxy enecarbamate) derived from N,N-diprotected acetamide, bearing two different removable protecting groups, is disclosed. This synthetic intermediate underwent successful palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions to afford functionalized enynes and dienes.     

Ring-Closing Metathesis in the Synthesis of Cyclic α-Amino Acids

The review summarizes recent advances in the synthesis of cyclic -amino acids via intramolecular ring-closing metathesis of dienes and enynes.     

Use of N-N bond stereodynamics in ring-closing metathesis to form medium-sized rings and macrocycles

A unique strategy based on double ring-closing metathesis for the formation of a 14-membered macrocyclic enamide has been developed. This strategy hinges upon the well-known stereodynamic and conformational behavior of N-substituted diacylhydrazines, which promotes an effective ring-closing metathesis of hydrazine-derived dienes and enynes to form 8- to 14-membered rings.     

Reactions of Sulfenyl,Sulfinyl, and Sulfonyl Halides with Conjugated Dienes and Enynes. Synthesis of Unsaturated Sulfides,Sulfoxides, and Sulfones

The reactivities of sulfenyl, sulfinyl, sulfonyl halides in additions to conjugated dienes'enynes, and their derivatives are compared. Despite the fact that all these reactions involve cleavage offormally similar S-Cl bonds, the addition direction and rate depend on the structure of the reactants (dienes and enynes; organosulfur acid chlorides).     

An iron-catalysed chemo- and regioselective tetrahydrofuran synthesis

An intermolecular ring expansion reaction of an aryl epoxide with several dienes, acrylates, enynes or styrenes under iron catalysis, generated tetrahydrofuran derivatives in a highly chemo- and regioselective fashion. The process could be used in an unprecedented way for the one step synthesis of racemic calyxolane A and calyxolane B with acceptable diastereoselectivity.     

A one‐pot,stereoselective synthesis of 2‐ethoxycarbonyl‐substituted 1,3‐dienes and 1,3‐enynes by hydrostannylation–Stille tandem reaction of tributyltin hydride with alkynyl esters and alkenyl or alkynyl halides

2‐Ethoxycarbonyl‐substituted 1,3‐dienes and 1,3‐enynes can be stereoselectively synthesized in one pot under mild conditions, in good yields, by the palladium‐catalyzed hydrostannylation of alkynyl esters, followed by Stille coupling with alkenyl or alkynyl halides, respectively. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Ruthenium‐Catalyzed [2+2+2] Cycloaddition of 1,6‐Enynes and Unactivated Alkynes: Access to Ring‐Fused Cyclohexadienes

The [2+2+2] intermolecular carbocyclization reactions between 1,6‐enynes and alkynes catalyzed by [RuCl(cod)(Cp*)] (cod=1,5‐cyclooctadiene, Cp*=pentamethylcyclopentadienyl) are reported to provide bicyclohexa‐1,3‐dienes. The presented reaction conditions are compatible with internal and terminal alkynes and the chemo‐ and regioselectivity issues are controlled by the presence of substituents at the propargyl carbon center of the alkyne(s) partner(s).     

Intramolecular Ene Reactions in Organic Synthesis

Thermal cyclizations of appropriate dienes, enynes and related unsaturated systems, some of them carried out on an industrial scale, demonstrate increasingly the preparative power of the intramolecular ene reaction. A variety of substituted, fused and bridged ring systems, including natural products, are thus easily accessible in a regio- and stereo-selective manner. Numerous examples are discussed systematically illustrating the possibilities, limitations, and common features of this cyclization reaction and its reverse ring-opening process.     

Versatile palladium(II)-catalyzed Negishi coupling reactions with functionalized conjugated alkenyl chlorides

Under palladium catalysis, we found that organozincate reagents, generated in situ, by reaction of Grignard compounds with less than molar amounts of zinc chloride, in the presence of conjugated alkenyl chlorides, give rapidly and cleanly the corresponding coupling product in high yields. In this way, aryl as well as primary and secondary alkyl substituents have been introduced successfully. The selectivity of the reaction allows to prepare various functionalized conjugated enynes and dienes from chloroenyne and chlorodiene derivatives bearing a functional group.     

Selective Homogeneous Palladium(0)-Catalyzed Hydrogenation of Alkynes to (Z)-Alkenes

Zero-valent palladium precatalysts containing rigid bidentate bis(arylimino)acenaphthene ligands (shown schematically) facilitate the highly stereoselective homogeneous catalytic hydrogenation of alkynes to (Z)-alkenes. Internal, terminal, aryl-substituted, and cyclic alkynes are suitable substrates, as are some enynes, which are chemoselectively hydrogenated to dienes. E=CO(2)Me; R(1), R(2)=4-OCH(3), 4-CH(3), 2,6-(CH(3))(2).