A-allylations

Diphenylketene (253) reacts with allyl carbonate or acetate to give the a-allylated ester 255 at 0 °C in DMF, The reaction proceeds via the intermediate 254 formed by the insertion of the C = C bond of the ketene into 7r-allylpalla-dium, followed by reductive elimination. Depending on the reaction conditions, the decarbonylation and elimination of h-hydrogen take place in benzene at 25 °C to afford the conjugated diene 256(155]. 

Imidazole can be A -allylated. The A -glycosylimidazole 299 is prepared by regiospecific amination at the anomeric center with retention of configuration. Phenoxy is a good leaving group in this reaction[181]. Heterocyclic amines such as the purine base 300 are easily allylatedfl 82]. 

The method has been successfully applied to steroids. The fnms AB ring junction in 612 can be generated cleanly from the. i-allylic formate 611 the cis junction in 614 is formed by the hydrogenolysis of the a-allylic formate 613... 

TRANSITION METAL-CATALYSED CYCLIZATION OF A/-ALLYL-AND /V-PROPARGYL ANILINES... 

An important reaction parameter is the choice of the base and NajCO or NaOAc have been shown to be preferable to EtjN in some systems[2]. The inclusion of NH4CI has also been found to speed reaction[2]. An optimization of the cyclization of A -allyl-2-benzyloxy-6-bromo-4-nitroaniline which achieved a 96% yield found EtjN to be the preferred base[3]. The use of acetyl or inethanesulfonyl as N-protecting groups is sometimes advantageous (see Entries 4 and 5, Table 4.1). 

In contrast to the above additions A-allyl- and substituted A-allyl-amides, -urethanes, -ureas and -thioureas undergo intramolecular cyclization only in 6(3-96% sulfuric acid to give the corresponding oxazolinium and thiazolinium salts. Treatment of these cations with base yields 2-oxazolines and 2-thiazolines in moderate to good yields. The reaction is illustrated by the conversion of A-2-phenylallylacetamide (342) into 2,5-dimethyl-5-phenyl-2-oxazoline (343) in 70% yield 70JOC3768) (see also Chapter 4.19). 

D. a-Allyl- -bromoelhyl ethyl ether. The same apparatus is used as in the preparation of allylmagnesium bromide. The flask is charged with an amount of the Grignard solution (part C) equivalent to 2.78 moles of allylmagnesium bromide (or chloride) and cooled in an ice bath. A solution of 580 g. (2.5 moles) of o , 3-dibromoethyl ethyl ether (part B) in an equal volume of anhydrous ether is added slowly with stirring over a period of 3-4 hours. The mixture is allowed to stand overnight and is then hydrolyzed with 75 ml. of 20% acetic acid followed by 500 ml. of water. The ether layer is separated, washed with four 100-ml. portions of 10% aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution followed by four 100-ml. portions of saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution, dried over 100 g. of anhydrous calcimn sulfate, and distilled under reduced pressure. The yield of colorless a-allyl-/3-bromoethyl ethyl ether is 370-396 g. (77-82% based on the a, 3-dibromoethyl ethyl ether), b.p. 72-75°/21 mm., 1.4600-1.4606. 

Sml2, THE or DMPU, it, 76-94% yield. Deprotection of the pyridinesul-fonamide in the presence of a cinnamoyl group was possible when done without a proton source. BOC, A-benzyl, A-allyl, and trifluoroacetamido groups were all stable to these conditions. ... 

Bromination of the diphenyl indole derivative 316 with bromine in DMF or trimethylammonium bromide afforded the 7-bromo derivative 317. Reaction with allyl bromide or its derivatives gave A-allyl derivatives 318 that upon cyclization with palladium acetate gave 7,9-dimethoxy-l,2-diphenylpyrrolo[3,2,l-// ]quinoline derivatives 319 (92T7601) (Scheme 57). 

Baechler and coworkers204, have also studied the kinetics of the thermal isomerization of allylic sulfoxides and suggested a dissociative free radical mechanism. This process, depicted in equation 58, would account for the positive activation entropy, dramatic rate acceleration upon substitution at the a-allylic position, and relative insensitivity to changes in solvent polarity. Such a homolytic dissociative recombination process is also compatible with a similar study by Kwart and Benko204b employing heavy-atom kinetic isotope effects. 

Dibromoquinoxaline gave 2-(A-allyl-A-benzylamino)-3-bromoquinoxaline (73) (PhCH2NHCH2CH=CH2, dioxane, reflux, 24 h >95%). ... 

A-Allyl-A-benzylamino)-3-bromoquinoxaline (202) gave l-benzyl-3-methyl-l//-pyrrolo[2,3-/7]quinoxaline (203) [Pd(OAc)2, K2CO3, Bu NBr, Me2NCHO, 80°C, 30 min 83%] analogs likewise. 

Allyl silanes react with epoxides, in the presence of Bp3-OEt2 to give 2-allyl alcohols. The reaction of a-bromo lactones and CH2=CHCH2Si SiMe3)3 and AIBN leads to the a-allyl lactone. " Benzyl silanes coupled with allyl silanes to give ArCH2—R derivatives in the presence of VO(OEt)Cl2 " and allyltin compounds couple with allyl silanes in the presence of SnCU. " Allyl silanes couple to the a-carbon of amines under photolysis conditions. ... 

Complexes with unsaturated ligands (a-vinyl. a-allyl, and alkynyl) have been reported, each prepared from Fe(TPP)CI with the appropriate Grignard (vinyl, 2- methylvinyl.2,2-dimethylvinyl,allyl,or2-methylallyl)orlithiumreagent(LiC= C-n-Pr or LiC CPh) and observed by NMR spectroscopy (Scheme 4). The vinyl and alkynyl complexes are stable in solution at 25 C, whereas the allyl species decompose quickly if allowed to warm to room temperature. All were too reactive to be purihed by chromatography. The vinyl and allyl complexes show characteristic low spin behavior, although the temperature dependence of the vinyl... 

Allyl vinyl ethers have been prepared using the ylide (101) but only from non-enolizable carbonyl compounds. The ethers rearrange on heating to give a-allyl aldehydes, e.g. (102). 

Among phosphonate esters (170) used in olefin synthesis were those with R = S-CeHi-Br-/ , S02 C6H4-Br-A CO-NHR, and S CHa CEi-XHa. The allyl vinyl thio-ethers (171) obtained using the last of these gave a-allyl-aldehydes on pyrolysis in the presence of red mercuric oxide. 

Figure 25 Synthesis of naturally occuring phenylpropenoid (3-D-glucopyranosides. (a) allyl alcohol/immobilized (3-glucosidase with ENTP-4000, (b) Ac20/4-dimethylaminopyridine/pyridine, (c) organoboron reagents/Pd(OAcyCu(OAc)2/LiOAc/DMF, (d) K2C03/Me0H.

Aregioselective catalytic system for the allylic substitution of non-symmetric allyl carbonates by carbon and nitrogen nucleophiles based on [ Bu N][Fe(NO)(CO)3] and PPhj was developed (Scheme 2.26). The high regioselectivity was ascribed to the slow a-allyl- to Jt-aUyl-isomerisation relative to the rate of substitution. However, the use of high excess of the pro-nucleophile and DMF solvent are drawbacks on the atom efficiency and functional group tolerance of the system. 

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