Alkene cyanation

Intramolecular cyanation of a styrene by a rhodium(I)-catalysed N-CN cleavage reaction has been reported, showing atom economical alkene cyanation (Scheme 153). ... 

Peroxomonosulfuric acid oxidi2es cyanide to cyanate, chloride to chlorine, and sulfide to sulfate (60). It readily oxidi2es carboxyflc acids, alcohols, alkenes, ketones, aromatic aldehydes, phenols, and hydroquiaone (61). Peroxomonosulfuric acid hydroly2es rapidly at pH <2 to hydrogen peroxide and sulfuric acid. It is usually made and used ia the form of Caro s acid. 

The synthetic utility of the carbonylation of zirconacycles was further enhanced by the development of a pair of selective procedures producing either ketones or alcohols [30] and has been extensively applied to the synthesis of cyclic ketones and alcohols, most extensively by Negishi [22—27,29—33,65,87,131—134], as detailed below in Section I.4.3.3.4. The preparation of unsaturated aldehydes by carbonylation with CO is not very satisfactory. The use of isonitriles in place of CO, however, has provided a useful alternative [135], and this has been applied to the synthesis of curacin A [125]. Another interesting variation is the cyanation of alkenes [136]. Further developments and a critical comparison with carbonylation using CO will be necessary before the isonitrile reaction can become widely useful. The relevant results are shown in Scheme 1.35. 

Cyanogen Iodide (ICN) has been used extensively for the cyanation of alkenes and aromatic compounds [12], iodination of aromatic compounds [13], formation of disulfide bonds in peptides [14], conversion of dithioacetals to cyanothioacetals [15], formation of trans-olefins from dialkylvinylboranes [16], lactonization of alkene esters [17], formation of guanidines [18], lactamization [19], formation of a-thioethter nitriles [20], iodocyanation of alkenes [21], conversion of alkynes to alkyl-iodo alkenes [22], cyanation/iodination of P-diketones [23], and formation of alkynyl iodides [24]. The products obtained from the reaction of ICN with MFA in refluxing chloroform were rrans-16-iodo-17-cyanomarcfortine A (14)... 

The addition of olefinic compounds to the three component system, BAIB/TMSNCS/PhSeSePh (2.5 1 5), or its KSCN variant, results in stereo- and regioselective (trans, Markovnikov) phenylselenenyl-thiocyanation (or -isothio-cyanation) of the C,C-double bond (Scheme 13) [36]. Whether C-S or C-N bond formation occurs when the SCN group is introduced seems to depend on the capacity of the alkene to stabilize carbocation-like intermediates. For example, C-S bond formation occurred with cyclohexene, while C-N bond formation... 

The hydrocyanation of alkenes [1] has great potential in catalytic carbon-carbon bond-formation because the nitriles obtained can be converted into a variety of products [2]. Although the cyanation of aryl halides [3] and carbon-hetero double bonds (aldehydes, ketones, and imines) [4] is well studied, the hydrocyanation of alkenes has mainly focused on the DuPont adiponitrile process [5]. Adiponitrile is produced from butadiene in a three-step process via hydrocyanation, isomerization, and a second hydrocyanation step, as displayed in Figure 1. This process was developed in the 1970s with a monodentate phosphite-based zerovalent nickel catalyst [6],... 

Employing a stoichiometric quantity of diphenylphospho-ryl azide as a carbon monoxide receptor allows the reaction to proceed at a lower temperature. The azide reacts with frani -[RhCl(CO)(PPh3)2] to form a cyanate at room temperature. Alkene formation is suppressed when this reagent is employed, but higher aldehydes are not decarbonylated in its presence. ... 

Nucleophilic attack on ( -alkene)Fp+ cations may be effected by heteroatom nucleophiles including amines, azide ion, cyanate ion (through N), alcohols, and thiols (Scheme 39). Carbon-based nucleophiles, such as the anions of active methylene compounds (malonic esters, /3-keto esters, cyanoac-etate), enamines, cyanide, cuprates, Grignard reagents, and ( l -allyl)Fe(Cp)(CO)2 complexes react similarly. In addition, several hydride sources, most notably NaBHsCN, deliver hydride ion to Fp(jj -alkene)+ complexes. Subjecting complexes of type (79) to Nal or NaBr in acetone, however, does not give nncleophilic attack, but instead results rehably in the displacement of the alkene from the iron residue. Cyclohexanone enolates or silyl enol ethers also may be added, and the iron alkyl complexes thus produced can give Robinson annulation-type products (Scheme 40). Vinyl ether-cationic Fp complexes as the electrophiles are nseful as vinyl cation equivalents. ... 

J-Iodo isocyanates were obtained by addition of iodine isocyanate or thiocyanate to al-kenes45 61. Iodine isocyanate is generated by adding iodine to a suspension of silver cyanate in diethyl ether at — 15°C. When an alkene is present in the reaction medium, anti addition takes place and /J-iodo isocyanates result in good yield52. 

Other Pd Derivatives and Related Reactions. Other chiral palladium complexes, such as (DIOP)2Pd° or (DIOP)(alkene)Pd°, can be prepared from (DIOP)PdCl2. These catalysts have afforded low levels of asymmetric induction (10% ee) in the hydro-cyanation of norbomene derivatives. ... 

Most of the examples of seleniranes and telluriranes shown as the unstable intermediates in the organic synthesis are derived from oxiranes. As discussed previously in Section 1.07.6.2, seleno-cyanate anions react with epoxides at room temperature to deposit selenium via the selenirane intermediate and form the corresponding alkenes. On the other hand, triphenylphosphine selenide and trifluoroacetic acid constitute an effective and mild combination of reagents for carrying out the deoxygenation of epoxides (67) to alkenes via cyclic intermediate (68) (Scheme 12) <73CC253>. 

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