Homoallylic alcohols formation

A tethered aminohydroxylation (TA) reaction extends the utility of carbamate versions of the nitrogen source.29 Combining the nitrogen source with allylic or homoallylic alcohols enabled formation of products not previously accessible. Thus, exposure of 48 to the osmium reagent, in the absence of a chlorinating agent and base, led to cyclized amino alcohol 49. A similar result was observed for homoallylic alcohol derivative 50. 

Non-allylic Unsaturated Alcohols. Two reports have described the formation of yS-unsaturated alcohols (homoallylic) from the reaction of allyl silanes and aldehydes or ketones under the influence of a Lewis acid (TiCI or AICI3 ). 

The alkenyloxirane 126 in excess reacts with aryl and alkenyl halides or triflates in the presence of sodium formate to afford the allylic alcohol 127[104], Similarly, the reaction of the alkenyloxetane 128 gives the homo-allylic alcohol 130[105]. These reactions can be explained by insertion of the double bond in the Ar—Pd bond, followed by ring opening (or /3-eliraination) to form the allylic or homoallylic alkoxypalladium 129, which is converted into the allylic 127 or homoallylic alcohol 130 by the reaction of formate. The 3-alkenamide 132 was obtained by the reaction of the 4-alkenyl-2-azetizinone 131 with aryl iodide and sodium formate [106]. 

The Pd-catalyzed hydrogenolysis of vinyloxiranes with formate affords homoallyl alcohols, rather than allylic alcohols regioselectively. The reaction is stereospecific and proceeds by inversion of the stereochemistry of the C—O bond[394,395]. The stereochemistry of the products is controlled by the geometry of the alkene group in vinyloxiranes. The stereoselective formation of stereoisomers of the syn hydroxy group in 630 and the ami in 632 from the ( )-epoxide 629 and the (Z)-epoxide 631 respectively is an example. 

The surprising selectivity in the formation of 4 and 5 is apparently due to thermodynamic control (rapid equilibration via the 1,3-boratropic shift). Structures 4 and 5 are also the most reactive of those that are present at equilibrium, and consequently reactions with aldehydes are very selective. The homoallylic alcohol products are useful intermediates in stereoselective syntheses of trisubstituted butadienes via acid- or base-catalyzed Peterson eliminations. 

A )-1-Methyl-2-butenylstannanes similarly give ann-homoallylic alcohols on healing with aldehydes, only traces of the sjn-isomers being detected. Moreover, these reactions are highly stereoselective for formation of (Z) double bonds in the products. It would appear that small amounts (ca. 10%) of the (Z)-isomers in the (A)-l-methyl-2-butenylstannanes (see Section 1.3.3.3.6.1.1.2.) do not interfere because they are significantly less reactive17. 

Transmetalation to give l-methyl-2-propenylaluminum followed by isomerization to 2-butenyl isomers may be involved in reactions between aldehydes and 2-butenyl(tributyl)-stannane induced by aluminum(III) chloride in the presence of one mole equivalent of 2-propanol. Benzaldehyde and reactive, unhindered, aliphatic aldehydes give rise to the formation of linear homoallyl alcohols, whereas branched products are obtained with less reactive, more hindered, aldehydes66,79. 

One of the most gentle methods for the generation of reactive allylmetallic reagents was introduced in 1977 by Hiyama and Nozaki1,2,3,33. By the action of two equivalents of chromi-um(II) chloride on allylic halides in tetrahydrofuran at 0°C in the presence of a carbonyl compound, reductive coupling with the formation of a homoallylic alcohol takes place. 

Allylboronates are attractive reagents for the highly diastereoselective ally-lation of carbonyl compounds. A sequential cross-metathesis-allylation reaction has recently been developed by Grubbs et al. [88c] and by Miyaura et al. [103]. The sequence is illustrated in Scheme 23 for the formation of homoallylic alcohol 114 from allylboronate 112, acetal 113, and benzaldehyde [88c]. 

Sulfonic peracids (66) have also been applied recently to the preparation of acid sensitive oxiranes and for the epoxidation of allylic and homoallylic alcohols, as well as relatively unreactive a, p - unsaturated ketones. These reagents, prepared in situ from the corresponding sulfonyl imidazolides 65, promote the same sense of diastereoselectivity as the conventional peracids, but often to a higher degree. In particular, the epoxidation of certain A -3-ketosteroids (e.g., 67) with sulfonic peracids 66 resulted in the formation of oxirane products (e.g., 68) in remarkably high diastereomeric excess. This increased selectivity is most likely the result of the considerable steric requirements about the sulfur atom, which enhances non-bonded interactions believed to be operative in the diastereoselection mechanism <96TET2957>. 

A further improvement on the tetrahydropyranol formation was made by using the Amberlite IR-120 Plus resin—an acidic resin with a sulfonic acid moiety, in which a mixture of an aldehyde and homoallyl alcohol in water, in the presence of the resin and under sonication, yielded the desired tetrahydropyranol derivatives.111... 

The nature of the organotin intermediates has been studied. It was found that when allyl bromide and tin reacted in aqueous media, allyltin(II) bromide was first formed and then was followed by the formation of diallyltin(IV) dibromide (See also Section 6.4.1, Eq. 6.12b). Either of the two organotin intermediates can react with carbonyl compounds to give the corresponding homoallylic alcohols. However, the tin(II) species was found to be more reactive than the tin(IV) species (Eq. 8.38).81... 

Sb. Commercial antimony metal, in aqueous 1 M HC1 or DC1 solution, reacts with allyl bromide and aldehydes to give the corresponding homoallylic alcohols in good yield. The reaction proceeds through the formation of allylstibine intermediates.179 The same allylation can be... 

A fourfold anionic sequence which is not initiated by a Michael but an aldol reaction has been reported by the group of Suginome and Ito (Scheme 2.129) [295]. In this approach, the borylallylsilane 2-573 reacts selectively in the presence of TiCl4 with two different aldehydes which are added sequentially to the reaction mixture. First, a Lewis acid-mediated allylation of the aldehyde with 2-573 takes place to form a homoallylic alcohol which reacts with the second aldehyde under formation of the oxenium ion 2-574. The sequence is terminated by a Prins-type cyclization of 2-574 and an intramolecular Friedel-Crafts alkylation of the intermediate 2-575 with formation of the fraws-1,2-be rizoxadeca lines 2-576 as single diastereomers. 

Iridium-catalyzed transfer hydrogenation of aldehyde 73 in the presence of 1,1-dimethylallene promotes tert-prenylation [64] to form the secondary neopentyl alcohol 74. In this process, isopropanol serves as the hydrogen donor, and the isolated iridium complex prepared from [Ir(cod)Cl]2, allyl acetate, m-nitrobenzoic acid, and (S)-SEGPHOS is used as catalyst. Complete levels of catalyst-directed diastereoselectivity are observed. Exposure of neopentyl alcohol 74 to acetic anhydride followed by ozonolysis provides p-acetoxy aldehyde 75. Reductive coupling of aldehyde 75 with allyl acetate under transfer hydrogenation conditions results in the formation of homoallylic alcohol 76. As the stereochemistry of this addition is irrelevant, an achiral iridium complex derived from [Ir(cod)Cl]2, allyl acetate, m-nitrobenzoic acid, and BIPHEP was employed as catalyst (Scheme 5.9). 

This regio- and stereochemistry in these reactions can be accounted for as shown in Scheme 17.26 When coordinating electrophiles like ketones and aldehydes are used, the equilibrium between ij1- and 3-allyl complexes shifts to rj1, resulting in the formation of the least substituted -complex 52 preferentially. Carbon-carbon bond formation takes place via a six-membered ring transition state 53, leading to the formation of the branched homoallylic alcohols 54 with //-diastereoselectivity. 

Durandetti et al. have described iron-catalyzed electrochemical allylation of carbonyl compounds with allylic acetates (Equation (27)).333 In the case of aldehydes, slow addition of the corresponding aldehyde is required in order to avoid pinacol formation. With crotyl acetate (R3 = Me), the reaction proved to be highly regioselective, providing almost exclusively branched homoallylic alcohols 150. 

A cyclic homoallylic alcohol is efficiently provided by a sequence of Jt-allylpalla-dium complex formation, transmetallation with hexa-n-butyldistannane and intramolecular allylation (Scheme 16.17) [22]. The same transformation can be conducted by means of indium (Scheme 16.18) [23]. 

A combination of Ni(cod)2 and R2Zn effects simultaneous nickel metallacycle formation and organozinc transmetallation, yielding a cyclic homoallyl alcohol (Scheme 16.87) [95],... 

Ham et al. [60] used an unselective attack of a vinyl Grignard reagent on the iST-benzoyl-protected phenylalaninal 92 to generate alcohols 93 (Scheme 25). A tmns-selective, Pd(0)-catalyzed oxazoline formation starting from the homoallylic amide 93 was subsequently employed to build up the (S)-configuration at carbon atom C-3 of oxazoline 94. 

The approach to polyketide synthesis described in Scheme 5.2 requires the relatively nontrivial synthesis of acid-sensitive enol acetals 1. An alternative can be envisioned wherein hemiacetals derived from homoallylic alcohols and aldehydes undergo dia-stereoselective oxymercuration. Transmetallation to rhodium could then intercept the hydroformylation pathway and lead to formylation to produce aldehydes 2. This proposal has been reduced to practice as shown in Scheme 5.6. For example, Yb(OTf)3-cata-lyzed oxymercuration of the illustrated homoallyhc alcohol provided organomercurial 14 [6]. Rhodium(l)-catalyzed hydroformylation of 14 proved successful, giving aldehyde 15, but was highly dependent on the use of exactly 0.5 equiv of DABCO as an additive [7]. Several other amines and diamines were examined with variation of the stoichiometry and none proved nearly as effective in promoting the reaction. This remarkable effect has been ascribed to the facilitation of transmetallation by formation of a 2 1 R-HgCl DABCO complex and the unique properties of DABCO when both amines are complexed/protonated. 

As described above in Eq. 43, simple allylboronates can be transformed into more elaborated ones using olefin cross-metathesis. " Treatment of pinacol allylboronate 31 with a variety of olefin partners in the presence of Grubbs second-generation catalyst 142 smoothly leads to formation of 3-substituted allylboronates 143 as cross-metathesis products (Eq. 104). Unfortunately, these new allylic boronates are formed as mixtures of geometrical isomers with modest E/Z selectivity. They are not isolated but rather are treated directly with benzaldehyde to give the corresponding homoallylic alcohol products in good yields (Table A). 

In another example, a catalytic amount of cerium triflate hydrate was dispersed and isolated in [BMIMJPFg for the direct formation of tetrahydropyranol derivatives. The reaction involves a simple homoallyl alcohol and an aldehyde. When an organic solvent such as chloroform was employed, an undesired ether derivative formed as the major product. In the ionic liquid, however, the desired tetrahydropyranol was exclusive. Although the yield was moderate, this example constitutes the first relatively facile and direct formation of the synthetically useful pyranol derivative the only effective catalyst reported is the ionic liquid (168). 

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