Alkyl silyl ethers, cleavage

Alkyl silyl ethers are cleaved by a variety of reagents Whether the silicon-oxygen or the carbon-oxygen bond is cleaved depends on the nature of the reagent used Treatment of alkoxysilanes with electrophilic reagents like antimony tri-fluonde, 40% hydrofluonc acid, or a boron tnfluonde-ether complex results in the cleavage of the silicon-oxygen bond to form mono-, di-, and tnfluorosiloxanes or silanes [19, 20, 21) (equations 18-20)... 

The main applications of oxidation with chromium trioxide are transformations of primary alcohols into aldehydes [184, 537, 538, 543, 570, 571, 572, 573] or, rarely, into carboxylic acids [184, 574], and of secondary alcohols into ketones [406, 536, 542, 543, 575, 576, 577, 578, 579, 580, 581, 582, 583, 584]. Jones reagent is especially successful for such oxidations. It is prepared by diluting with water a solution of 267 g of chromium trioxide in a mixture of 230 mL of concentrated sulfuric acid and 400 mL of water to 1 L to form an 8 N CrOj solution [565, 572, 579, 581, 585, 556]. Other oxidations with chromic oxide include the cleavage of carbon-carbon bonds to give carbonyl compounds or carboxylic acids [482, 566, 567, 569, 580, 587, 555], the conversion of sulfides into sulfoxides [541] and sulfones [559], and the transformation of alkyl silyl ethers into ketones or carboxylic acids [590]. 

The section on alcohol protection should be examined since many of the methods for formation and cleavage of TBDMS ethers are similar. The primary difference is that phenolic TBDMS ethers are much less susceptible to acid hydrolysis because of the reduced basicity of the oxygen, but are more susceptible to basic reagents because phenol is a much better leaving group than a simple alcohol. The monodeprotection of mixed aryl and alkyl silyl ethers has been reviewed. ... 

R = alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, acetate, ester, benzyl or silyl ether groups Scheme 6.15 Cleavage of methoxyphenyl methyl (MPM) ethers using clayan. 

Oxidative cleavage of alkyl and silyl ethers.4 CAN catalyzes the oxidative ikiivngo of alkyl and silyl ethers to carbonyl compounds with sodium bromate in yield s usually of 75 95% (equation 1). 

The 4-hydroxyl of 8,9-0-isopropylidene derivative 4b has been protected as its 4-t-butyl-dimethyl-silyl ether 4e. Then, the 7-hydroxyl has been converted to its xantate ester 4f, by deprotonation with butyl litium, treatment with carbon disulfide and alkylation with methyl iodide. Deoxygenatiobn of the 7-position has been accomplished by heating with tributyl-tin hydride in xylenes. Then, the cleavage of acetonide and of silyl ether, by heating in 80% acetic acid, followed by hydrogenolysis to remove the benzyl ester, afford 7-deoxy-Neu%Ac-ctMe Im. 

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