1,2-addition to aldehydes and imines

The following reactions proceed with the participation of the allylic boron system (i) allylboration and protolytic cleavage of organic compounds with multiple bonds, (ii) allylboron-alkyne condensation,598 599 (iii) reductive mono-and trans-a,a -diallylation of nitrogen aromatic compounds, (iv) disproportionation processes between tribut-2-enylborane and BX3 (X = C1, Br, OR, SR). Allylboration of carbonyl compounds, thioketones, imines, or nitriles leads to the homoallylic alcohols, thiols, or amines (Equations (136) and (137). It is most important that 1,2-addition to aldehydes and imines proceeds with high diastereoselectivity so that ( )-allylic boranes and boronates give the anti-products, while -products are formed preferentially from (Z)-isomers. 

Addition reactions of organoboronic acids to electron-deficient alkenes were found to be catalyzed by rhodium(i)931 or dicationic palladium(n) complexes.932,933 The reaction proceeding through the transmetallation to a transition metal has been proved to be a general technique for a wide range of selective carbon-carbon bond formation via 1,4-addition to a,/ -unsaturated ketones, aldehydes, esters, and amides, and the 1,2-addition to aldehydes and imines (Equation (217)).934... 

The metal-catalyzed addition reaction of organoboron compounds have not yet been well developed, but die reaction of NaBPh4 or arylboronic acids with enones in the presence of Pd(OAc)2 and NaOAc or SbCL, was recently reported by Uemura and his coworkers.2 The reaction was proposed to proceed through the oxidative addition of the C-B bond to the Pd(0) species however, another probable process, the transmetalation to transition metals, may allow a similar catalytic transformation by the use of organoboronic acids. We report here the 1,4-addition reaction of organoboronic acids to oc, J-unsaturated ketones or esters and 1,2-addition to aldehydes or imines catalyzed by a (acac)Rh(CHj=CH2)2/phosphine complex, which may involve the B-Rh transmetalation as the key step. 

The asymmetric reactions discussed in this chapter may be divided into three different types of reaction, as (1) hydrometallation of olefins followed by the C—C bond formation, (2) two C C bond formations on a formally divalent carbon atom, and (3) nucleophilic addition of cyanide or isocyanide anion to a carbonyl or its analogs (Scheme 4.1). For reaction type 1, here described are hydrocarbonyla-tion represented by hydroformylation and hydrocyanation. As for type 2, Pauson-Khand reaction and olefin/CO copolymerization are mentioned. Several nucleophilic additions to aldehydes and imines (or iminiums) are described as type 3. 

Organocuprates undergo 1,2-additions to aldehydes, ketones, and imines. These reactions are often highly diastereoselective. ... 

The condensation of 2,5-diunsubstituted pyrroles with formic acid20 is a viable method to produce porphyrins. However, the most common procedure21 22 involves the heating of the corresponding pyrroles 1 with aldehydes and aldehyde derivatives like imines or a Mannich reagent in the presence of acid. The reaction is initiated by electrophilic attack of the aldehyde (or aldehyde derivative) to the pyrrole 1. The formed (hydroxyalkyl)pyrrole 3 then undergoes electrophilic substitution with another pyrrole to form a dipyrrylmethane 4. Repeated addition of aldehyde and pyrrole finally forms a tetrameric (hydroxyalkyl)bilane 5. 

Because organophosphorus compounds are important in the chemical industry and in biology, many methods have been developed for their synthesis [1]. This chapter reviews the formation of phosphorus-carbon (P-C) bonds by the metal-catalyzed addition of phosphorus-hydrogen (P-H) bonds to unsaturated substrates, such as alkenes, alkynes, aldehydes, and imines. Section 5.2 covers reactions of P(lll) substrates (hydrophosphination), and Section 5.3 describes P(V) chemistry (hydrophosphorylation, hydrophosphinylation, hydrophosphonylation). Scheme 5-1 shows some examples of these catalytic reactions. 

Lithium Enolates. The control of mixed aldol additions between aldehydes and ketones that present several possible sites for enolization is a challenging problem. Such reactions are normally carried out by complete conversion of the carbonyl compound that is to serve as the nucleophile to an enolate, silyl enol ether, or imine anion. The reactive nucleophile is then allowed to react with the second reaction component. As long as the addition step is faster than proton transfer, or other mechanisms of interconversion of the nucleophilic and electrophilic components, the adduct will have the desired... 

Over the last five years, we have designed, synthesized, and applied new ligands for asymmetric 1,2- and 1,4-addition reactions. Suitable ligands were found for the addition of alkyl-, aryl-, and alkenylzinc reagents to a,(3-unsaturated aldehydes and ketones, a-branched and unbranched aliphatic aldehydes, and imines. Although some substrates such as ketones and other carbonyl compounds have remained a challenge, we believe that this system provides an excellent entry into various classes of chiral intermediates. Application of these synthesized complex molecules is the current pursuit in our laboratories. 

Trimethylsilyl cyanide is a useful reagent for the preparation of /8-amino alcohols,2 a-amino nitriles,3 and a-trimethylsiloxyacrylo-nitriles4 from the corresponding ketones, imines, and ketenes. The reagent adds rapidly to the carbonyl of aldehydes at 25°C,2 and the resulting adducts have proven useful precursors for the preparation of carbonyl anion synthons.5 Enones give exclusively the products derived from 1,2-addition.2... 

Several other 1,3,2-oxazaborolidines have been successfully used as chiral catalysts or reagents in borane-promoted reduction of ketones, imines and oxime ethers, and lactones as well as in aldol condensations, Diels-Aldercycloadditions, and ally Imetal additions to aldehydes. ... 

Annulation to carbonyl functions has also been achieved with Trost s bifunctional reagents. Whereas the parent silyl acetate (97) yields only simple alkylation products with aldehydes under normal conditions, addition of only a few mole % of trimethyltin acetate to the reaction mixture results in facile formation of methylenetetrahydrofurans Furthermore, excellent diastereoselectivity is observed in the cycloaddition to a galactose-derived aldehyde (125) (equation 136). The tin acetate co-catalyst also promotes addition to relatively unreactive ketone carbonyls, such as in the case of benzofuran (126) and the acetylenic ketone (127) (equations 137, 138). It is remarkable that even the sterically hindered enone (128) reacts preferentially at the ketone function (equation 139). A tributyltin analog (129) of (97) has been used in the stepwise formation of a methylenetetrahydrofuran from aldehydes. Similarly, pyrrolidines can be prepared from the corresponding imines in two steps via a Lewis acid-catalyzed 1,2-addition of the tin reagent, which is then followed by a Pd-catalyzed cyclization (equation 140). Direct formation of pyrrolidine from the imine is possible if one uses a mesylate analog of (97) and a nickel(O) catalyst (equation 141). ... 

The strategies presented in Table 8.1 can be generalized in the following manner (1) carbanion addition to aldimine or ketimine derivatives (2) sequential amination-alkylation of aldehydes (carbanion addition to in situ formed aldimine derivatives) (3) transfer hydrogenation or hydrogenation of imines (4) reductive amination of ketones and (5) N-acetylenamide reduction. Because of the difficulty of their synthesis, a-alkyl,-alkyl substituted amines are highlighted whenever possible. 

Figure 4.24. (a) Addition to 1-naphthyloxazolines [142] (b) Addition to 2-naphthyloxazolines [142] (c) addition to 1-naphthyloxazolines lacking a chelating group [144] (d) addition to 1-naphthaldehyde imines [145] (e) addition to crotyl amino acid imines [146,147] (f) addition to cyclohexene and cyclopentene aldehyde amino acids imines [148]. 

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