Aldehydes terminal alkynes addition

Intermolecular couplings involving aldehydes, terminal alkynes, and organoz-incs also proceeded with high levels of chemo- and regioselectivity (Scheme 8.15). However, unlike intramolecular couplings, direct addition of more reactive... 

There also exists an acidregioselective condensation of the aldol type, namely the Mannich reaction (B. Reichert, 1959 H. Hellmann, 1960 see also p. 291f.). The condensation of secondary amines with aldehydes yields Immonium salts, which react with ketones to give 3-amino ketones (=Mannich bases). Ketones with two enolizable CHj-groupings may form 1,5-diamino-3-pentanones, but monosubstitution products can always be obtained in high yield. Unsymmetrical ketones react preferentially at the most highly substituted carbon atom. Sterical hindrance can reverse this regioselectivity. Thermal elimination of amines leads to the a,)3-unsaturated ketone. Another efficient pathway to vinyl ketones starts with the addition of terminal alkynes to immonium salts. On mercury(ll) catalyzed hydration the product is converted to the Mannich base (H. Smith, 1964). 

The chemistry of alkynes is dominated by electrophilic addition reactions, similar to those of alkenes. Alkynes react with HBr and HC1 to yield vinylic halides and with Br2 and Cl2 to yield 1,2-dihalides (vicinal dihalides). Alkynes can be hydrated by reaction with aqueous sulfuric acid in the presence of mercury(ll) catalyst. The reaction leads to an intermediate enol that immediately isomerizes to yield a ketone tautomer. Since the addition reaction occurs with Markovnikov regiochemistry, a methyl ketone is produced from a terminal alkyne. Alternatively, hydroboration/oxidation of a terminal alkyne yields an aldehyde. 

The hydration of triple bonds is generally carried out with mercuric ion salts (often the sulfate or acetate) as catalysts. Mercuric oxide in the presence of an acid is also a common reagent. Since the addition follows Markovnikov s rule, only acetylene gives an aldehyde. All other triple-bond compounds give ketones (for a method of reversing the orientation for terminal alkynes, see 15-16). With allqmes of the form RC=CH methyl ketones are formed almost exclusively, but with RC=CR both possible products are usually obtained. The reaction can be conveniently carried out with a catalyst prepared by impregnating mercuric oxide onto Nafion-H (a superacidic perfluorinated resinsulfonic acid). ... 

Triple bonds can be monohydroborated to give vinylic boranes, which can be reduced with carboxylic acids to cis alkenes or oxidized and hydrolyzed to aldehydes or ketones. Terminal alkynes give aldehydes by this method, in contrast to the mercuric or acid-catalyzed addition of water discussed at 15-4. However, terminal alkynes give vinylic boranes (and hence aldehydes) only when treated with a hindered borane such as 47, 48, or catecholborane (p. 798)," or with BHBr2—SMe2. The reaction between terminal alkynes and BH3 produces 1,1-... 

There are several procedures for synthesis of terminal alkenyl stannanes that involve addition to aldehydes. A well-established three-step sequence culminates in a radical addition to a terminal alkyne.150... 

The same authors have also reported the application of green solvents in additions of terminal alkynes to aldehydes in the presence of Zn(OTf)2 and l,8-diazabicyclo[5,4,0]-7-undecene (DBU, Scheme 109).287 The reactions proceeded very slowly, but afforded desirable alcohols 195 in moderate to good yields. 

Carreira and co-workers developed a highly efficient enantioselective addition of terminal alkynes to aldehydes giving propargyl alcohols by the mediation of zinc tri-flate and N-methylephedrine [17]. This reaction serves as a convenient and powerful synthetic route to a wide variety of enantioenriched allenes via propargyl alcohols. Dieter and Yu applied this alkynylation to the asymmetric synthesis of allenes (Scheme 4.12) [18]. Reaction of phenylacetylene with isobutyraldehyde afforded the propargyl alcohol in 80% yield with 99% ee, which was mesylated to 49 in quantitative yield. Reaction of 49 with the cyanocuprate 50 afforded the desired allene 51 with 83% ee. 

The high synthetic utility of alcohols 38 stems from the fact that terminal alkynes are among the most versatile functional groups for the further elaboration of a carbon skeleton. Asymmetric synthesis of alcohols 38 from aldehydes with the concurrent formation of the two stereogenic C atoms has been accomplished mainly by two methods. The first features synthesis of chiral nonracemic allenylmetal compounds from the corresponding chiral nonracemic propargyl alcohols and addition of the former to aldehydes [26] and the second method in-... 

Besides electrophilic addition, terminal alkynes also perform acid-base type reaction due to acidic nature of the terminal hydrogen. The formation of acetylides and alkynides (alkynyl Grignard reagent and aUcylnyllithium) are important reactions of terminal alkynes (see Section 4.5.3). Acetylides and alkynides undergo nucleophilic addition with aldehydes and ketones to produce alcohols (see Section 5.3.2). 

Terminal alkynes are less reactive than internal alkynes towards the acid-catalysed addition of water. Therefore, terminal alkynes require Hg salt (HgS04) catalyst for the addition of water to yield aldehydes and ketones. Addition of water to acetylene gives acetaldehyde, and all other terminal alkynes give ketones. The reaction is regioselective and follows Markovni-kov addition. For example, 1-butyne reacts with water in the presence of H2SO4 and HgS04 to yield 2-butanone. 

Hydroboration-oxidation of alkynes preparation of aldehydes and ketones Hydroboration-oxidation of terminal alkynes gives syn addition of water across the triple bond. The reaction is regioselective and follows anti-Markovnikov addition. Terminal alkynes are converted to aldehydes, and all other alkynes are converted to ketones. A sterically hindered dialkylborane must be used to prevent the addition of two borane molecules. A vinyl borane is produced with anU-Markovnikov orientation, which is oxidized by basic hydrogen peroxide to an enol. This enol tautomerizes readily to the more stable keto form. 

Another protocol was reported by Wipf and Xu. The hydrozirconation of terminal alkynes followed by the addition of dimethylzinc forms (E)-alkenylmethylzinc (equation 18)58. The chiral amino thiol 38 has been employed as a catalyst for this reaction59. Li and Walsh found that ketones as well as aldehydes are alkenylated by alkenylzinc using the chiral catalyst 3460. 

Meanwhile, Carreira and coworkers introduced enantioselective addition of a terminal alkyne to an aldehyde in the presence of Zn(OTf)2, Et3N and IV-methylephedrine 41 (equation 22)88. The amounts of Zn(OTf)2 and Et3N were later reduced to a catalytic amount88b. This catalytic system has been employed by another group89 and the enantioselective alkynylation of a-ketoesters has been examined90. 

The following compounds with H—C and II—M bonds undergo oxidative addition to form metal hydrides. This is examplified by the reaction of 6, which is often called ortho-metallation, and occurs on the aromatic C—H bond at the ortho position of such donar atoms as N, S, 0 and P. Reactions of terminal alkynes and aldehydes are known to start by the oxidative addition of their C—H bonds. Some reactions of carboxylic acids and active methylene compounds are explained as starting with oxidative addition of their O—H and C—H bonds. 

Recent Developments in Enantioselective Addition of Terminal Alkynes to Aldehydes... 

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