Selective Propargylation of Carbonyl Compounds and Imines with Barium Reagents

A Barbier‐type regioselective propargylation of aldehydes and ketones with (3‐bromobut‐1‐ynyl)trimethylsilane has been achieved using reactive barium as a low‐valent metal in THF. Especially in the case of ketones, the corresponding homopropargylic alcohols form almost exclusively. In the reaction of α,β‐unsaturated carbonyl compounds, only 1,2‐adducts have been observed. This method is also applicable to propargylation of imines, and the corresponding homopropargylic amines are obtained regiospecifically in good yields with diastereomeric ratios of up to 87:13.     

Enantioselective Addition of Organometallic Reagents to Carbonyl Compounds: Chirality Transfer,Multiplication, and Amplification

Nucleophilic addition of organometallic reagents to carbonyl substrates constitutes one of the most fundamental operations in organic synthesis. Modification of the organometallic compounds by chiral, nonracemic auxiliaries offers a general opportunity to create optically active alcohols, and the catalytic version in particular provides maximum synthetic efficiency. The use of organozinc chemistry, unlike conventional organolithium or -magnesium chemistry, has realized an ideal catalytic enantioselective alkylation of aldehydes leading to a diverse array of secondary alcohols of high optical purity. A combination of dialkylzinc compounds and certain sterically constrained β-dialkylamino alcohols, such as (–)-3-exo-dimethylaminoiso- borneol [(–)-DAIB], as chiral inducers affords the best result (up to 99% ee). The alkyl transfer reaction occurs via a dinuclear Zn complex containing a chiral amino alkoxide, an aldehyde ligand, and three alkyl groups. The chiral multiplication method exhibits enormous chiral amplification: a high level of enantioselection (up to 98%) is attainable by use of DAIB in 14% ee. This unusual nonlinear effect is a result of a marked difference in chemical properties of the diastereomeric (homochiral and heterochiral) dinuclear complexes formed from the dialkylzinc and the DAIB auxiliary. This phenomenon may be the beginning of a new generation of enantioselective organic reactions.     

Synthesis of highly functionalized 9,10-phenanthrenequinones by oxidative coupling using MoCl5

The strong oxidative power of molybdenum pentachloride gives rise to an efficient oxidative C-C bond formation of benzil derivatives to the corresponding 9,10-phenanthrenequinones. A highly complementary method to previous approaches was developed. The required derivatives are accessible in a modular fashion and in excellent yields. By this approach the orchid-derived natural product cypripediquinone A was synthesized for the first time.     

Solid-Liquid Phase Transfer Catalytic Synthesis (V) Michael Addition,Carbonyl Addition Reactions of the Aldimines

Nucleophilic addition of aldimines to the active methylene compounds and aldehyde compounds can be performed in solidliquid PTC conditions. The reactions are synthetically useful in preparing α-amino acids.     

Continuous Flow Synthesis of Ketones from Carbon Dioxide and Organolithium or Grignard Reagents

We describe an efficient continuous flow synthesis of ketones from CO₂ and organolithium or Grignard reagents that exhibits significant advantages over conventional batch conditions in suppressing undesired symmetric ketone and tertiary alcohol byproducts. We observed an unprecedented solvent‐dependence of the organolithium reactivity, the key factor in governing selectivity during the flow process. A facile, telescoped three‐step–one‐flow process for the preparation of ketones in a modular fashion through the in‐line generation of organometallic reagents is also established.     

Very Simple One-Step Synthesis of Vinylphosphonates and Enamine Phosphonates by Direct Addition of Organolithium Reagents to 1-Alkynylphosphonates

Abstract

Direct addition of organolithium to 1-alkynylphosphonates (1) afforded vinylphosphonates and enamine phosphonates (2) in good to excellent yields. The reaction was carried out in dry THF at low temperature and proved to be completely stereoselective (syn addition). Alkyl, aryl, and haloalkyl groups were attached to the alkynyl entity, so the resulting vinylphosphonates contained various functional groups. The stereochemistry of the products as well as mechanism of the reaction were determined based on ¹H and ¹³C NMR. The synthesis of enamine phosphonates in the absence of complicated, highly expensive organometallic catalysis has not been previously reported.     

Synthesis of C-Glucosides from Grignard Reagents Prepared by Activated Magnesium

l-α-biaomo-2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-D-giucopyranose reacts with Grignard eagents prepared frorn the acnvated magnesium under very mild condition to ellord C- glucosides in a very high yield compared with Grignard Reagent prepared from usual method.β-anomer predominates in the reaction, mixture The configuration of anomers was assigned by 13C NMR spectra.     

Organometallic Compounds of Titanium and Zirconium as Selective Nucleophilic Reagents in Organic Synthesis

The addition of carbanionic organometallic compounds (usually RLi or RMgX) to a carbonyl group—a key step in numerous syntheses—is not always straightforward. Depending on the substrate, various complications and problems may arise, but in many cases these can be remedied by addition of (RO)₃TiCl, (RO)₃ZrCl or (R₂N)₃TiX to the classic lithium and Grignard reagents. This usually leads to formation of stable organo-titanium and -zirconium compounds which react highly selectively with carbonyl groups. For example, CH₃Ti(OiPr)₃ reacts five orders of magnitude faster with benzaldehyde than with acetophenone at room temperature; reagents of the type RTi(OiPr)₃ add smoothly to nitro-, ido-, or cyano-subsituted benzaldehyde, and the reactions may be performed in chlorinated solvents or acetonitrile; the zirconium analogues have particularly low basicity and add in high yield to α- and β-tetralones or to substrates containing a nitroaldol group; the inclusion of chiral OR^* groups gives enantioselective reagents (up to 90% ee); allylic (RO₃)Ti- derivatives react only at the more highly substituted carbon atom and, in addition, react diastereoselectively (up to 98% ds) with unsymmetrical ketones. Finally, titanium reagents have also been found to effect novel transformations such as direct geminal dialkylation (C?O→CMe₂) and alkylative amination [C?O→CR(NR)]. The modification and finetuning (“taming”) of carbonyl reactivity obtainable by use of the new reagents is not dearly bought; starting materials are the cheap and harmless “titanates”, “zirconates” and the corresponding tetrachlorides.     

Oxidative coupling of aromatic compounds with trimethylbenzylsilane by the action of MoCl5

Conclusions The benzylation of aromatic compounds was carried out efficiently under mild conditions by the action of trimethylbenzylsilane in the presence of MoCl₅, AlCl₃, or WCl₆ with the formation of the corresponding diarylmethanes. The benzylation in the presence of MoCl₅ conforms to behavior typical of electrophilic substitution.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 8, pp. 1868–1870, August, 1987.     

Regiodivergent and Stereospecific Aziridine Opening by Copper-Catalyzed Addition of Silicon Grignard Reagents

A stereospecific ring opening of various 2-aryl-substituted aziridines with silicon Grignard reagents under copper catalysis is reported. The regiochemical outcome is governed by the steric demand of the silicon nucleophile. The LiCl introduced with the magnesium reagent R₃SiMgX⋅2 LiCl is shown to enhance the S_N2-type displacement of the carbon-nitrogen bond by coordination to the aziridine nitrogen atom.     

5-丁氧基亚甲基-2-降冰片烯的合成及其加成聚合反应

采用降冰片烯-5-甲醇和溴丁烷在氢化钠作用下合成了5-丁氧基亚甲基-2-降冰片烯,双-(β-酮萘胺)镍(Ⅱ)/B(C6F5)3催化体系使之聚合。 考察了聚合时间对其均聚合的影响以及5-丁氧基亚甲基-2-降冰片烯和降冰片烯不同摩尔投料比对其共聚行为的影响。 采用1H NMR、FTIR和TGA测试技术对所得的聚合物进行了结构表征和性能测试。 结果表明,双-(β-酮萘胺)镍(Ⅱ)/B(C6F5)3催化体系对5-丁氧基亚甲基-2-降冰片烯均聚和共聚具有较高的催化活性。 得到的均聚物和共聚物为加成型聚合物,料液中5-丁氧基亚甲基-2-降冰片烯的摩尔分数为10%~90%时,其在共聚物中的插入率为22.1%~76.9%,所得聚合物具有较好的热稳定性（Td＞360 ℃）,在THF和CHCl3等许多普通溶剂中有很好的溶解性能。     

烯丙基碘和锡与醛的选择加成反应

含活性基团的醛可与烯丙碘和锡粉直接进行亲核加成反应，得到高烯丙基的醇，水的存在不利于此反应的进行，与烯丙基溴相比，烯丙基碘反应活性更强，可在短时间内得较高的产率。