Aldehydes stoichiometric allylation, allyl trichlorosilane

Chiral Lewis-basic catalysts, in particular phosphoratnides (1 and 2),2-13c. 16.46,47 pyridine iV,iV-bisoxides (3 and and pyridine iV-monoxides (5, 6 and 7,8),3 exhibit very high enantioselectivities for the allylation of aromatic, heteroaromatic, and cinnamyl-type aldehydes with allyl, ( )- and (Z)-crotyl, and prenyl trichlorosilanes. Chiral formamides, pyridine-oxazolines, urea derivatives, and sulfoxides are generally less enantioselective and effective only in stoichiometric quantities. The reaction is much less efficient with aliphatic aldehydes, which require stoichiometric conditions (vide infra). However, a, -unsaturated aldehydes do react readily and give 1,2-addition products. 

Chiral Lewis-basic catalysts (Figs. 7.1 and 7.2), in particular phosphoramides 8-12 [9, 14c, 15c, 22-24], formamide 13 [17], pyridine N,N -bisoxides 17 and 18 [25-27], N-monoxides (19-26) [27-32], and N,N N"-trisoxides (27) [33] exhibit good to high enantioselectivities for the allylation of aromatic, heteroaromatic, and cinnamyl-type aldehydes (1) with allyl, trans- and ds-crotyl, and prenyl trichlorosilanes (2a-d). Chiral formamides (with the exception of 13, as discussed below) [17], pyridine-oxazolines [34], urea derivatives [19] and sulfoxides [35] are effective only in stoichiometric quantities (or in excess) and, as a rule, exhibit lower enantioselectivities. 

Stoichiometric asymmetric allylation of (V-benzoyl hydrazones derived from aromatic and heteroaromatic aldehydes can be attained with pseudoephedrine chelates derived from allyl and ( )- and (Z)-crotyl trichlorosilanes with excellent diastereo- and enantioselectivity (eq 7) note the opposite relative configuration at the vicinal centers of the product compared to that obtained in the aldehyde allylation (eq 4), resulting from different orientation in the transition state. ... 

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