A-C-Silylation

Silyl enol ethers, 23, 77, 99-117,128 Silyl enolates, 77 Silyl peroxides, 57 Silyl triflate, 94 Silyl vinyl lithium, 11 (E)-l -Silylalk-1 -enes, 8 Silylalumimum, 8 Silylation, 94 reductive, 26 a-C-Silylation, 113 O-Silylation.99,100 / -SilyIketone, 54 non-cydic, 55 Silylmagnesium, 8 Silyloxydienes, 112 Sodium hexamethyldisilazide, 89 Sodium thiosulphate pentahydrate, 59 Stannylation, see Hydrostannylation Stannylethene, 11 (Z)-Stilbene, 70 (E)-Stilbene oxide, 70 /3-Styryltrimethylsilane, 141 Swern oxidation. 84,88... 

The isomerization of an O-silyl ketene acetal to a C-silyl ester is catalyzed by a cationic zirconocene—alkoxide complex [92], This catalysis was observed as a side reaction in the zirconocene-catalyzed Mukaiyama aldol reactions and has not yet found synthetic use. The solvent-free bis(triflate) [Cp2Zr(OTf)2] also catalyzes the reaction in nitromethane (no reaction in dichloromethane), but in this case there may be competitive catalysis by TMSOTf (cf. the above discussion of the catalysis of the Mukaiyama aldol reaction) [91] (Scheme 8.51). 

Other nuclei besides H or have been used to monitor enantiomeric discrimination with chiral lanthanide chelates. This includes the NMR spectra of chiral 2-thiabicyclo[4.3.0]nonane 2,2-dioxides (14) and 8,8-dioxides (15) with Pr(hfc)3 . The Si NMR spectrum of a-C-silylated amines and alcohols (38) in the presence of Eu(tfc)3 was used to monitor the optical purity of these compounds . A refocused-decoupled INEPT (insensitive nuclei enhanced by polarization transfer) pulse sequence was used to circumvent the long spin-lattice relaxation times of the silicon. 

Introduction of a C-silyl group is best accomplished by silylation of the azole anion, whether by reaction with a Grignard reagent or lithiated derivative (Scheme 25) <90ICS(P1)1645, 91CB1639, 94JMC332). 

In their total synthesis of (-i-)-ophiobolin in 1989, Kishi et al. found that treatment of a cyclopentenyl ester under the typical Ireland conditions gave principally C-silylated ester [63]. Heating of a C-silyl ester (prepared by acylation using a C-silyl acyl chloride) at 230 °C resulted in a 1,3-Brook rearrangement followed by an Ireland-Claisen rearrangement to give the desired product as a 6 1 ratio of isomers at C2 of the pentenoic acid (Scheme 4.63). The major product could have arisen through either a chair transition state of the Z-sUyl ketene acetal or a boat transition state of the E-silyl ketene acetal. 

Hydrogenation of the product 147 removes the benzyl protecting groups and at the same time reduces the triazine to its dihydro derivative 148. A roundabout scheme is required for dehydrogenation due to the sensitivity of the intermediates. The product is thus converted to its silyl ether 149 exposure to air results in oxidation and desilylation. There is thus obtained the antineoplastic agent fazarabine (150), also known as ara-A C. 

With ring G in place, the construction of key intermediate 105 requires only a few functional group manipulations. To this end, benzylation of the free secondary hydroxyl group in 136, followed sequentially by hydroboration/oxidation and benzylation reactions, affords compound 137 in 75% overall yield. Acid-induced solvolysis of the benzylidene acetal in 137 in methanol furnishes a diol (138) the hydroxy groups of which can be easily differentiated. Although the action of 2.5 equivalents of tert-butyldimethylsilyl chloride on compound 138 produces a bis(silyl ether), it was found that the primary TBS ether can be cleaved selectively on treatment with a catalytic amount of CSA in MeOH at 0 °C. Finally, oxidation of the resulting primary alcohol using the Swem procedure furnishes key intermediate 105 (81 % yield from 138). 

To a mixture of vinyl bromide (40 mmol) and the catalyst dichloro-[(R)-Af,N-dimethyl-l-[(.S)-2-(diphenylphosphino)ferrocenyl]ethylamine]-palladium(n) (0.2 mmol) was added an ethereal solution of [a-(trimethyl-silyl)benzyl]magnesium bromide (0.6-1 m, 80 mmol) at —78 °C. The mixture was stirred at 30 °C for 4 days, and then cooled to 0 °C and hydrolysed with dilute aqueous HC1 (3 m). The organic layer was separated, and the aqueous layer was re-extracted with ether. The combined organic extracts were washed with saturated sodium hydrogen carbonate solution and water, and dried. Concentration and distillation gave the chiral allylsilane (79%, 66% ee), b.p. 55°C/0.4mmHg. 

Acetates themselves normally give a mixture of O- and C-silylated products. However, using TBDMSC1 in the presence of HMPA (CAUTION —CANCER SUSPECT AGENT), pure ketene acetals of the type CH2=C(OR)OTBDMS can be obtained (6). 

Diene 265, substituted by a bulky silyl ether to prevent cycloaddition before the metathesis process, produced in the presence of catalyst C the undesired furanophane 266 with a (Z) double bond as the sole reaction product in high yield. The same compound was obtained with Schrock s molybdenum catalyst B, while first-generation catalyst A led even under very high dilution only to an isomeric mixture of dimerized products. The (Z)-configured furanophane 266 after desilylation did not, in accordance with earlier observations, produce any TADA product. On the other hand, dienone 267 furnished the desired macrocycle (E)-268, though as minor component in a 2 1 isomeric mixture with (Z)-268. Alcohol 269 derived from E-268 then underwent the projected TADA reaction selectively to produce cycloadduct 270 (70% conversion) in a reversible process after 3 days. The final Lewis acid-mediated conversion to 272 however did not occur, delivering anhydrochatancin 271 instead. 

Table 2.1 HPLC capacity factors for secbuto-barbitone and vinbarbitone with an octadecyl silyl stationary phase and mobile phases of methanoiyO.l M sodium dihydrogen phosphate (40 60) at (a) pH 3.5, and (b) pH 8.5. From Moffat, A.C. (Ed.), Clarke s Isolation and Identification of Drugs, 2nd Edn, The Pharmaceutical Press, London, 1986. Reproduced by permission of The Royal Pharmaceutical Society...

For group 14, C-tin-substituted phosphorus ylides have been studied in the past but less than the corresponding C-silyl ylides which, owing to their stability and reactivity, are of considerable interest. Indeed a recent review concerning the silylphosphanes with one part concerning the synthesis and applications of silylated phosphorus ylides has been published [112]. 

Conversion of sulfones such as 1955 into their a-sulfonyl anions by treatment with n-BuIi at -78°C in THF then addition of bis(trimethylsilyl)peroxide (BTSP) 1949 afford, via intermediates such as 1956, aldehydes or ketones such as cyclohexanone and HMDSO 7 [146]. This reaction has subsequently been applied to the synthesis of aldehydes [147]. After hthiation with -BuLi thioethers such as phenyl benzyl sulfide 1957 react with BTSP 1949 to give mixtures of the O-silyl 1958 and C-silyl 1959 products [148]. On treatment with -BuLi at -30°C the a,a-bis-(trimethylsilyl)dimethylsulfide 1960 is, hkewise, converted into its anion, which reacts with 1949 to give the a-trimethylsilyloxy sulfide 1961 and MesSiOLi 98 [149] (Scheme 12.41). 

A plausible mechanism proposed for this reaction involves migratory insertion of an olefin into the Pd-Si bond of a paUadium-silyl intermediate I followed by migratory insertion of the pendant olefin into the resulting Pd-C bond of II forming palladium-alkyl intermediate III. Reaction of Iff with hydrosilane releases the carbocy-cle to regenerate the palladium-silyl complex I (Scheme 3-21) [61]. 

The reaction with valerolactam 24 was also investigated, with surprising results. The reaction with BSTFA gave the silyl lactam 78 rather than the silyl imidate 25, as shown in Scheme 3.33. Subsequent reaction with DDQ gave a C-N adduct 79... 

Intermolecular allylation of aldehydes with 1 -trialkylsilyl-1,3-dienes 22 in the presence of a stoichiometric amount of triethylsilane and a catalytic amount of Ni(cod)2 and PPI13 shows novel regio- and stereoselectivity (Scheme 6) [20-22], When a toluene solution of a 1-silyl-1,3-diene and an aldehyde is refluxed in the presence of trialkylsilane under the catalysis of Ni(cod)2 and PPh3, ( )-allylsilane (E)-23 is obtained exclusively. On the other hand, when the reaction is carried out in THF upon heating at 50 °C as... 

Cleavage of all the linkers described above provide a functional group (carboxylic acid, amide, amine, etc) at the anchoring position. Silyl-based handles 71,72, and 73 as well as germanium-based handle 74 insert a C-H bond at the anchoring position and are referred to as traceless (Fig. 15) [82-... 

Direct electrophilic silylation of thiadiazole 321 with bromotrimethylsilane (TMSBr) under basic conditions provides easy access to C-silyl thiadiazole 322, which can serve as a synthetic equivalent of an organometallic intermediate or a silyl-protected azole <06S 1279>. 

Recently, a method for synthesizing substituted pyridines incorporating 3-azadienynes as substrates in ruthenium-catalyzed cycloisomerizations was described <06JA4592>. This route is a two-step process that first converts readily available JV-vinyl or JV-arylamides (e.g., 26) to the corresponding C-silyl alkynyl imines (e.g., 27) and subsequent ruthenium-catalyzed protodesilylation and cycloisomerization results in the formation of the corresponding substituted pyridines (e.g., 28). 

Silylation of AN is chemoselective (path (a)) that is, in no case does the silicon atom form the Si-C bond (path (b)). Moreover, if the initial AN contains a functional group at the a-C atom, the trialkylsilyl fragment in the resulting SENA is bonded, as a rule, to the oxygen atom of the nitro group. 

DMAP) provides the only approach to silylation of nitroalkanes containing per-fluoroalkyl substituents at the a-C atom (133). 

The UV spectra of nitronates, which are not functionalized at the a-C atom, have an intense absorption at 230 to 240 nm, which is very similar in characteristics to UV absorption of salts of nitro compounds and solutions of aci-nitro compounds in protic solvents. Since standard alkyl- or silyl nitronates cannot have ionic structures, the presence of the above mentioned absorption in the UV spectra of nitronates, unambiguously confirms, that these compounds have the structures of O-esters. 

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