Alkylation catalysts, rhodium complexes

Ligand-promoted reductive elimination of ketones is directly observed with alkyl-acyl rhodium complexes formed via oxidative addition of either Wilkinson s catalyst or [ethylene insertion into the metal hydride bond33-37. 

A simplified mechanism for the hydroformylation reaction using the rhodium complex starts by the addition of the olefin to the catalyst (A) to form complex (B). The latter rearranges, probably through a four-centered intermediate, to the alkyl complex (C). A carbon monoxide insertion gives the square-planar complex (D). Successive H2 and CO addition produces the original catalyst and the product ... 

The synthesis of the C20—C26 fragment started with a 4-alkylation of methyl aceto-acetate The first stereocentre was introduced by enantioselecuve catalytic hydrogenation with Noyort s (S)-binap rhodium complex (cf p 102f.) Stereoselective Frater-Seebach alkylation with allyl bromide introduced the second stereocentre in 90% yield (cf p 27) Stereospecifid introduction of the stereocentres C24 and C2 was achieved by a chelation controlled addition of an allylstannane to an aldehyde (see p 66f) After some experimentation with Lewis acid catalysts and reaction conditions a single diastereomer of the desired configuration was ob-... 

The rest of the catalyst cycle is identical to that illustrated for the rhodium complex-catalyzed reactions in Scheme 1. It has been proposed that the asymmetric induction occurs during the formation of alkyl-Pt(CO)L2 intermediate through olefin insertion into the Pt-H bond [13]. 

The directing group promoted C-H activation reaction is applicable to sp C-H bonds adjacent to the nitrogen in alkylamines, as shown in Scheme 5. Alkylation occurred when reaction of 25 with CO and ethylene was conducted in the presence of Ru3(CO)12 as catalyst [11], On the other hand, the use of a rhodium complex as catalyst resulted in C-H carbonylation [12],... 

The addition of arylboronic acids to imines in an aqueous solvent gave a mixture of amine (Eq. 6) and alcohol (Eq. 4) because the imines were partially hydrolyzed to the aldehyde during the reaction. The use of Ph4BNa in place of phenylboronic acid allowed the catalytic addition to various N-sulfonyl imines in the absence of water (Eq. 6). The representative results are summarized in Table 5. The cationic rhodium complexes such as [Rh(cod)(MeCN)2]BF4 was found to be the most efficient catalyst for both aromatic and aliphatic N-sulfonyl imines whereas no reactions were observed for N-alkyl and N-aryl imine derivatives. 

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