Aldol reactions metal complexes

The enolates (48) and (49) of the transition metals tungsten, rhenium and molybdenum can be successfully prepared by the nucleophilic displacement of a-chloro ketones and a-chloro esters with the appropriate transition metal anion (Scheme 6). They are isolated as C-bound enolate derivatives and, except for the rhenium enolate (49), do not undergo thermal aldol additions to benzaldehyde. However, Bergman and Heathcock et al. have found that an aldol reaction of complex (48) with benzaldehyde can occur on irradiation via the rearranged q -oxaallyl derivative (50), where the metal aldolate (51) can then be... 

Another SBU with open metal sites is the tri-p-oxo carboxylate cluster (see Section 4.2.2 and Figure 4.2). The tri-p-oxo Fe " clusters in MIL-100 are able to catalyze Friedel-Crafts benzylation reactions [44]. The tri-p-oxo Cr " clusters of MIL-101 are active for the cyanosilylation of benzaldehyde. This reaction is a popular test reaction in the MOF Hterature as a probe for catalytic activity an example has already been given above for [Cu3(BTC)2] [15]. In fact, the very first demonstration of the catalytic potential of MOFs had aheady been given in 1994 for a two-dimensional Cd bipyridine lattice that catalyzes the cyanosilylation of aldehydes [56]. A continuation of this work in 2004 for reactions with imines showed that the hydrophobic surroundings of the framework enhance the reaction in comparison with homogeneous Cd(pyridine) complexes [57]. The activity of MIL-lOl(Cr) is much higher than that of the Cd lattices, but in subsequent reaction rans the activity decreases [58]. A MOF with two different types of open Mn sites with pores of 7 and 10 A catalyzes the cyanosilylation of aromatic aldehydes and ketones with a remarkable reactant shape selectivity. This MOF also catalyzes the more demanding Mukaiyama-aldol reaction [59]. 

After the initial two reports of Rh- and Co-catalyzed reductive aldol couplings, further studies did not appear in the literature until the late 1990s. Beyond 1998, several stereoselective and enantioselective reductive aldol reactions were developed, which are catalyzed by a remarkably diverse range of metal complexes, including those based upon Pd, Cu, Ir, and In. In this chapter, transition metal-catalyzed aldol, Michael, and Mannich reactions that proceed via transition metal hydride-promoted conjugate reduction are reviewed. 

The addition of an enolsilane to an aldehyde, commonly referred to as the Mukaiyama aldol reaction, is readily promoted by Lewis acids and has been the subject of intense interest in the field of chiral Lewis acid catalysis. Copper-based Lewis acids have been applied to this process in an attempt to generate polyacetate and polypropionate synthons for natural product synthesis. Although the considerable Lewis acidity of many of these complexes is more than sufficient to activate a broad range of aldehydes, high selectivities have been observed predominantly with substrates capable of two-point coordination to the metal. Of these, benzy-loxyacetaldehyde and pyruvate esters have been most successful. 

Owing to the high Lewis acidity the group 14 organometallic cations are polymerization catalysts par excellence. so Silanorbonyl cations and triethylsilyl arenium have been shown to be efficient catalysts for metal-free hydrosilylation reactions. Chiral silyl cation complexes with acetonitrile have been applied as cata -lysts in Diels Alder-type cyclization reactions °792 intramolecularly stabilized tetracoordinated silyl cations have been successfully used as efficient catalysts in Mukaiyama-type aldol reactions. 

Aldol reactions of silyl enolates are promoted by a catalytic amount of transition metals through transmetallation generating transition metal enolates. In 1995, Shibasaki and Sodeoka reported an enantioselective aldol reaction of enol silyl ethers to aldehydes using a Pd-BINAP complex in wet DMF. Later, this finding was extended to a catalytic enantioselective Mannich-type reaction to a-imino esters by Sodeoka s group [Eq. (13.21)]. Detailed mechanistic studies revealed that the binuclear p-hydroxo complex 34 is the active catalyst, and the reaction proceeds through a palladium enolate. The transmetallation step would be facilitated by the hydroxo ligand transfer onto the silicon atom of enol silyl ethers ... 

Mukiayama aldol reactions between silyl enol ethers and various carbonyl containing compounds is yet another reaction whose stereochemical outcome can be influenced by the presence of bis(oxazoline)-metal complexes. Evans has carried out a great deal of the work in this area. In 1996, Evans and coworkers reported the copper(II)- and zinc(II)-py-box (la-c) catalyzed aldol condensation between benzyloxyacetaldehyde 146 and the trimethylsilyl enol ether [(l-ferf-butylthio)vinyl]oxy trimethylsilane I47. b82,85 Complete conversion to aldol adduct 148 was achieved with enantiomeric excesses up to 96% [using copper(II) triflate]. The use of zinc as the coordination metal led to consistently lower selectivities and longer reaction times, as shown in Table 9.25 (Eig. 9.46). 

Although iV-acyloxazolidinones 88 and iV-acylthiazolidinethiones 90 lead to an anti aldol, the respective products 89 and 91 present a different anti configuration. Consequently, the corresponding derived magnesium enolates exhibit the opposite face selection in these reactions. On the basis of previous results involving enolates of various metal complexes such as boron, titanium, lithium or sodium enolates, the (Z)-metal enolate... 

Metal template syntheses of complexes incorporating the p-amino imine fragment have been introduced by Curtis as a result of his discovery that tris(l,2-diaminoethane)nickel(II) perchlorate reacted slowly with acetone to yield the macrocyclic complexes (40) and (41) (equation 8).81-83 In this macrocyclic structure the bridging group is diacetone amine imine, arising from the aldol condensation of two acetone molecules. This reaction is widely general, in the same way that the aldol reaction is, and can be applied to many types of amine complexes. The subject has been reviewed in detail with respect to macrocyclic complexes by Curtis.84... 

The reaction of alkenes (and alkynes) with synthesis gas (CO + H2) to produce aldehydes, catalyzed by a number of transition metal complexes, is most often referred to as a hydroformylation reaction or the oxo process. The discovery was made using a cobalt catalyst, and although rhodium-based catalysts have received increased attention because of their increased selectivity under mild reaction conditions, cobalt is still the most used catalyst on an industrial basis. The most industrially important hydrocarbonylation reaction is the synthesis of n-butanal from propene (equation 3). Some of the butanal is hydrogenated to butanol, but most is converted to 2-ethylhexanol via aldol and hydrogenation sequences. 

The (5)-tryptophan-derived oxazaborolidenes utilized in this aldol study have been previously examined by Corey as effective catalysts for enantioselective Diels-Alder cycloaddition reactions [6]. Corey has documented unique physical properties of the complex and has proposed that the electron-rich indole participates in stabilizing a donor-acceptor interaction with the metal-bound polarized aldehyde. More recently, Corey has formulated a model exemplified by 7 in which binding by the aldehyde to the metal is rigidified through the formation of a hydrogen-bond between the polarized formyl C-H and an oxyanionic ligand [7], The model illustrates the sophisticated design elements that can be incorporated into the preparation of transition-metal complexes that lead to exquisite control in aldehyde enantiofacial differentiation. 

Acyliron complexes with central chirality at the metal are obtained by substitution of a carbon monoxide with a phosphine ligand. Kinetic resolution of the racemic acyliron complex can be achieved by aldol reaction with (1 R)-( I (-camphor (Scheme 1.14) [41], Along with the enantiopure (R, c)-acyliron complex, the (Spe)-acyliron-camphor adduct is formed, which on treatment with base (NaH or NaOMe) is converted to the initial (SFe)-acyliron complex. Enantiopure acyliron complexes represent excellent chiral auxiliaries, which by reaction of the acyliron enolates with electrophiles provide high asymmetric inductions due to the proximity of the chiral metal center. Finally, demetallation releases the enantiopure organic products. 

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