Allenic iodide

Wang s synthesis of enyne-allenes by cross-coupling of ene-allenic iodides with alkynes has already been mentioned in Sect. 14.2.1.1 (Scheme 14.12). In a continuation of this work, the same group developed an alternative coupling reaction of allenylzinc chlorides 74 with enyne iodides 75 catalyzed by Pd(PPh3)4, which provided the expected enyne-allenes 76 in high yield and with excellent Z/E selectivity (Scheme 14.17) [38],... 

The sole synthesis of hybridalactone (73) is due to Corey at Harvard. The synthesis involved the use of the novel bicyclo[2.2.2]octyl ortho esters beginning with 62 (Scheme 3.5). This material, obtained from 5-hexynoic acid, was converted via the homologous trimethylsilylmethyl acetylene into allenic iodide 63 in 75% overall yield. 

The rate of the reaction decreases with increasing number of substituents in the acetylenic halide, and it is higher with acetylenic bromides than with the corresponding chlorides. Methyl magnesium iodide gives equal amounts of 1,1- and 1,3--substitution products, whereas tert.-butylmagnesium bromide does not react. However, for some tert.-butyl substituted allenes there exists an attractive com-... 

Note Propargyl ahlornde gives comparable amounts of propargyl iodide and iodoallene. Propargyl tosylate will probably yield a product that is free from the allene. 

A symmetric rotor must have either a C axis with n>2 (see Section 4.1.1) or an 54 axis (see Section 4.1.4). Methyl iodide has a C3 axis and benzene a Ce axis and, therefore, these are symmetric rotors whereas allene, shown in Figure 4.3(d), is also a symmetric rotor since it has an 54 axis which is the a axis allene is a prolate symmetric rotor. 

Reaction of lithiated allene with methoxymethyl isothiocyanate afforded 107, after trapping with methyl iodide. The newly formed 107 isomerizes under mild conditions to triene 108. This compound is ideally setup to experience an electrocyclization to dihydropyridine 109. Heating in the presence of acid facilitates aromatization of 109 to pyridines 110. 

It is noteworthy that in these selenosulfonylations, the direction of the addition is opposite to the corresponding additions of sulfonyl iodides to allenes (cf. Table 7 in Reference 238). 

Melhylenecydobutane-l,2-dicar-boxylic anhydride, 43,27 Methylenecydobutanes by addition of allenes to alkenes, 43, 30 Methylenecyclohexane, 40, 66 Methylene iodide, reaction with zinc-copper couple and cyclohexene, 41, 73... 

G. J. Janz, R. P. T. Tomkins, C. B. Allen, J. R. Downey, Jr., and K. Singer, J. Rhys. Chem. Ref Data 6 (1977) 409 Molten Salts, Vol. 4, Part 3 Bromides and Mixtures Iodides and Mixtures, American Chemical Society-American Institute of Physics-National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC, 1977. 

Butler and co-workers have taken a unique approach to study the unimolecular dissociation of the vibrationally and rotationally hot allyl radical.150-152 They have examined the secondary C-H dissociation of the allyl radicals that are produced with high internal energies above the allyl dissociation thresholds in the primary photodissociation of allyl chloride and allyl iodide at 193 nm. The production of allene versus propyne (both at mass 40) from the secondary dissociation of the hot allyl radicals are... 

The earlier examples of [2 + 1] cycloaddition of a carbene (or carbenoid) on the double bond of alkylidenecyelopropanes to yield spiropentane derivatives were observed as undesired side reactions in the synthesis of alkylidenecyelopropanes through the addition of a carbene to a substituted allene [161]. In some cases the spiropentane derivative was obtained as the major product [161a, c] especially when a large excess of the carbene reagent was used. For example, when methyl 3,4-pentadienoate (610) was treated with a ten-fold excess of methylene iodide and zinc-copper couple the two products 611 and 612 were isolated in 1 4.5 ratio (Scheme 86) [161a]. 

A tandem enolate-arylation-allylic cyclisation, in which an essential z-butyldimethylsilyl ether protecting group delays the cyclisation step until the Pd-catalysed arylation is complete, enables 1-vinyl-l//-[2]benzopyrans 54 to be prepared from 2-bromobenzaldehyde (Scheme 32) <00CC1675>. 4-Substituted isochromans 55 are formed from aldehydes by a Pd-catalysed termolecular queuing cascade. The sequence involves cyclisation of an aryl iodide onto a proximate alkyne followed by an allene insertion. Transmetallation with indium then allows addition to the aldehyde (Scheme 33) . 

A unique system for catalytic silaboration of allenes, in which a catalytic amount of organic halide is used as a crucial additive, has been reported (Equation (86)).232 In the presence of Pd2(dba)3 (5 mol%) with 3-iodo-2-methyl-2-cyclohexen-l-one (10mol%), reactions of terminal allenes with a silylborane afford /3-silylallylboranes in good yields with excellent regioselectivity. It is worth noting that the addition takes place at the terminal C=C bond in contrast to the above-mentioned palladium-catalyzed silaboration. The alkenyl iodide can be replaced with iodine or trimethylsilyl iodide. The key reaction intermediate seems to be silylpalladium(n) iodide, which promotes the insertion of allenes with Si-C bond formation at the central -carbon. 

Allene-substituted lactams or cyclic imines are useful intermediates in the synthesis of indolizine derivatives. While the former are stable and need a Pd(0) catalyst and the presence of phenyl iodide to react < 1997TL6275>, the latter are produced in situ and react immediately (Scheme 37) <2001JA2074>. 

The lactam 145, bearing a terminal triple bond, is transformed into the corresponding allene derivative 146 through a Crabbe reaction (Equation 7). Using Pd(PPh ()4 as the catalyst and in the presence of phenyl iodide, the corresponding indolizine is obtained. The lactam nitrogen atom is added to the central carbon atom of the allene... 

The beneficial effect of added phosphine on the chemo- and stereoselectivity of the Sn2 substitution of propargyl oxiranes is demonstrated in the reaction of substrate 27 with lithium dimethylcyanocuprate in diethyl ether (Scheme 2.9). In the absence of the phosphine ligand, reduction of the substrate prevailed and attempts to shift the product ratio in favor of 29 by addition of methyl iodide (which should alkylate the presumable intermediate 24 [8k]) had almost no effect. In contrast, the desired substitution product 29 was formed with good chemo- and anti-stereoselectivity when tri-n-butylphosphine was present in the reaction mixture [25, 31]. Interestingly, this effect is strongly solvent dependent, since a complex product mixture was formed when THF was used instead of diethyl ether. With sulfur-containing copper sources such as copper bromide-dimethyl sulfide complex or copper 2-thiophenecarboxylate, however, addition of the phosphine caused the opposite effect, i.e. exclusive formation of the reduced allene 28. Hence the course and outcome of the SN2 substitution show a rather complex dependence on the reaction partners and conditions, which needs to be further elucidated. 

Furthermore, this protocol can be employed for the highly efficient introduction of two (159) and even three allene entities (161) into an aromatic workbench (Scheme 2.51). Thus, by starting with two different halides, e.g. 162 (or with identical halides in different positions of a heteroaromatic substrate), two diverse allenic groups can be introduced by sequential coupling reactions. Furthermore, a structurally different bisallene 166 was also assembled via a twofold coupling of the bispro-pargyl bromide 165 with the functionalized aryl iodide 164 [85],... 

In another reduction, the propargylic phosphate 64 is reduced with samarium(II) iodide in the presence of tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium and tert-butanol as a proton source the allene 65 is produced almost exclusively, <1% of the isomeric alkyne 66 being present in the product mixture [19]. 

Another synthetically very promising area deals with the use of allenes in multi-component reactions. For example, the aryl iodide 365 after oxidative addition and cyclization can insert allene (1) to yield the p-allylpalladium(II) species 366. When this is subsequently captured by a secondary amine the functionalized benzo-fused 5-8-membered ring systems 367 are produced in good yield (Scheme 5.54) [157]. 

With catalysis by tetrakis(triphenylphosphane)palladium(0), the reaction of allenic amides 275 and aryl or vinyl iodides afforded Z-configured iminolactones 277... 

A related method was reported by Katritzky et al. [25], who prepared 1-alkoxy-l-(l,2,4-triazol-l-yl)allenes from the corresponding triazole-substituted alkynes, e.g. the reaction of 18 to 19 in Eq. 8.2. In this case the generated allenyl anion was trapped with methyl iodide. 

Allenes are deprotonated by organolithium bases to yield allenyllithium intermediates. Subsequent treatment of these intermediates with various reactive carbon electrophiles can follow several pathways. An early study showed that terminal allenes bearing a free CH2 substituent afford mainly the direct SE2 substitution product A upon treatment first with BuLi and then with various unbranched alkyl iodides (Table 9.1) [5], A negligible amount of the SE2 propargylic product C was formed under these conditions Small amounts of regioisomeric allene alkylation products B were presumed to arise from 1,3-dilithioallenes. 

These reactions are thought to proceed by initial formation of the lithio propargylic alcohol adduct, which undergoes a reversible Brook rearrangement (Eq. 9.14). The resulting propargyllithium species can equilibrate with the allenyl isomer and subsequent reaction with the alkyl iodide electrophile takes place at the allenic site. An intramolecular version of this alkylation reaction leads to cyclic allenylidene products (Eq. 9.15). 

Allenylcopper reagents can be generated from allenyllithium precursors by treatment with stoichiometric amounts of CuBr (Table 9.6) [12]. These intermediates were not characterized, per se, but subsequent reaction with alkenyl iodides led to allenynes in high yield. Thus it is assumed that the reagents are allenic rather than propargylic. The same intermediates afford 2-alkynylsulfmamides on treatment with N-sulfmylaniline (Table 9.7) [13], Cyclization to the N-phenyldihydroisothiazole S -oxides proceeds in nearly quantitative yield on treatment with base. 

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