Boronate allyl

Synthesis of some alkaloids using allyl boron derivatives 99KGS1015. 

The combination of metal tuning and double stereodifferentiation helps to prepare chelation and nonchelation products in the imine series7. In the case of an alkoxy substituent adjacent to the aldimino, the chelation product 10 is predominantly obtained with allylmagnesium chloride, chloromagnesium allyltriethylaluminate or allylzinc bromide, while the use of allyl-boronates or allyltitanium triisopropoxide, which lack the requisite Lewis acidity for chelation, gives 11 with good Cram selectivity. 

High ee values have also been obtained with organometallics," including organotitanium compounds (methyl, aryl, allylic) in which an optically active ligand is coordinated to the titanium," allylic boron compounds, and organozinc compounds. 

A number of optically active allylic boron compounds have been used, includ-... 

Another extensively developed group of allylic boron reagents for enantioselective synthesis is derived from tartrates.42... 

Various functionalized allylic boronates have been prepared.58 Z-3-Methoxy derivatives can be prepared by initiation of allyl methyl ether and substitution.59... 

Allyl tetrafluoroborates are also useful allylboration reagents. They can be made from allylic boronic acids and are stable solids.63 The reaction with aldehydes is mediated by BF3, which is believed to provide the difluoroborane by removing a fluoride. The addition reactions occur with high stereoselectivity, indicating a cyclic TS. 

The synthesis in Scheme 13.49 features use of an enantioselective allylic boronate reagent derived from diisopropyl tartrate to establish the C(4) and C(5) stereochemistry. The ring is closed by an olefin metathesis reaction. The C(2) methyl group was introduced by alkylation of the lactone enolate. The alkylation is not stereoselective, but base-catalyzed epimerization favors the desired stereoisomer by 4 1. 

By using allylation reaction of aldehydes with chiral allylic boronate A in Scheme 52, Lebreton synthesized (R)-35 and (S)-34 via ( )-B and (S)-C, respectively [78]. 

Over the past two decades, chiral allyl- and crotyl-boron reagents have proved to be extremely valuable in the context of acyclic stereoselection. The development of superior allyl-boron reagents, which can give enantio- and diastereoselectivities approaching 100%, has become both challenging and desirable.68... 

The use of tartrates as chiral auxiliaries in asymmetric reactions of allenyl bor-onic acid was first reported by Haruta et al.69 in 1982. However, it was not for several years that Roush et al.,70 after extensive study, achieved excellent results in the asymmetric aldol reactions induced by a new class of tartrate ester based allyl boronates. 

In the reaction of (R,R)-tartrate allyl-boronate with aldehydes, Si attack of the nucleophile on the carbonyl group has been observed, while Re attack occurs in (S, S )-tartrate allyl-boronate reactions. Thus, an (S )-alcohol is produced preferentially when an (R,R)-allyl reagent is used, and the (R)-product can be obtained from an (S.Sj-reagent. assuming that the R substituent in the aldehyde substrate takes priority over the allyl group to be transferred. In fact, no exceptions to this generalization have yet been found in over 40 well-characterized cases where the tartrate auxiliary controls the stereochemical outcome of the allyl or crotyl transfer.72... 

Systematic studies of the reactions of tartrate allyl-boronates with a series of chiral and achiral alkoxy-substituted aldehydes show that conformationally unrestricted a- and /f-alkoxy aldehyde substrates have a significant negative impact on the stereoselectivity of asymmetric allyl-boration. In contrast, con-... 

The allyl boronate esters (R,R)- and (S,S)-1 are prepared by reaction of allylboronic acid, CH2=CHCH2B(OH)2 with l- and D-diisopropyl tartrate.1... 

Miyaura and co-workers reported the platinum-catalyzed diboration of allenes with bis(pinacolato)diboron (Scheme 16.52) [57]. The catalytic cycle involves a sequence of oxidative addition of bis(pinacolato)diboron to Pt(0), insertion of an allene into the B-Pt bond and reductive elimination of an allylic boronate, re-producing the Pt(0) species. (Z)-Allylic boronates are formed stereoselectively in the reaction with monosubstituted allenes, which strongly suggests a pathway via a vinylplatinum species rather than a Jt-allylplatinum species. 

The scope of the reaction with respect to substituents is broad. An extreme example is Hall s [43] use of sensitive allylic boronates (cf Table 9.1). Pd-catalysts failed to promote the reaction, while the Ir-catalyzed reaction proceeded with excellent regioselectivity and up to 84% ee. 

Table I. Representative Diastereofacial Selectivities (anti syn) in Reactions of Allyl Boronates and Chiral Aldehydes ...

In addition to the predominant allyl and crotyl reagents, a large nnmber of allylic borane 1 and boronate derivatives 2 (Eq. 1) with varions snbstitnents (R -R" ) have been reported. Interested readers can refer to the comprehensive Tabnlar Snrvey at the end of this monograph, which covers the literatnre np to the end of 2005. Several reviews on allylic boron componnds and other allylmetal reagents and their additions to carbonyl compounds and imines have been written prior to this one," " and these sonrces may be consnlted if a more in-depth historical perspective is desired. 

One of the main reasons for the popularity of allylic boron reagents in stereo-controlled synthesis is that their additions to aldehydes are reliably highly stereoselective and the ontcome is predictable. The diastereospecificify of the reaction was first recognized by Hoffmann and Zeiss using both E- and Z-crofylboronates... 

It is noteworthy that the stereospecificity observed in the thermal reaction is fully preserved under this new catalytic manifold. Furthermore, the presence of a 2-alkoxycarbonyl substituent on the allylic boronate is not necessary for the metal-promoted activation to occur (Eq. According to mechanistic... 

Unlike aldehydes and ketones, allylic boron compounds are not ubiquitous, commercial organic substrates. There are several methods for the preparation of allylic boronates, however, and many of these have been developed in the past decade. This topic has been reviewed recently " so only the most common methods are emphasized in this section. As a result of the lesser stability of allylic boranes, methods to access these reagents are more limited and it is generally easier to prepare allylic boronates with a wide range of functional groups. 

A number of other functionalized allylic boron reagents can be made using allyhnetal intermediates, including E-3-silyl-substituted reagents, " ° " exemplified by the bis(Ipc) derivative 13" (Eq. 17), and the useful Z-3-alkoxy-substituted reagents," exemplified by 14" (Eq. 18). The double bond geometry of 14 arises from the chelated alkyllithium intermediate employed in... 

Allylic boronates with a wide variety of functional groups can also be obtained by the treatment of allylic acetates with pinacolatodiboron [(pin)2B2], although side products of oxidative homodimerization can be observed in some instances (Eq. 33). ... 

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