Allyl cross metathesis with alkenes

A subsequent publication by Blechert and co-workers demonstrated that the molybdenum alkylidene 3 and the ruthenium benzylidene 17 were also active catalysts for ring-opening cross-metathesis reactions [50]. Norbornene and 7-oxanorbornene derivatives underwent selective ring-opening cross-metathesis with a variety of terminal acyclic alkenes including acrylonitrile, an allylsilane, an allyl stannane and allyl cyanide (for example Eq. 34). 

The use of ill-defined catalysts for the cross-metathesis of allyl- and vinylsi-lanes has also received considerable attention, particularly within the past decade. Using certain ruthenium catalysts, allylsilanes were found to isomerise to the corresponding propenylsilanes prior to metathesis [5]. Using rhenium- or tungsten-based catalysts, however, successful cross-metathesis of allylsilanes with a variety of simple alkenes was achieved [6,7] (an example typical of the results reported is shown in Eq. 3). 

Although the Grubbs ruthenium benzylidene 17 has a significant advantage over the Schrock catalyst 3 in terms of its ease of use, the molybdenum alkylidene is still far superior for the cross-metathesis of certain substrates. Acrylonitrile is one example [28] and allyl stannanes were recently reported to be another. In the presence of the ruthenium catalyst, allyl stannanes were found to be unreactive. They were successfully cross-metathesised with a variety of alkenes, however, using the molybdenum catalyst [39] (for example Eq. 20). 

The report by Basset and co-workers on the metathesis of sulphur-containing alkenes using a tungsten alkylidene complex, mentioned previously for the acyclic cross-metathesis reaction (see Sect. 2.2), also contained early examples of ring-opening cross-metathesis of functionalised alkenes [20]. Allyl methyl sulphide was reacted with norbornene in the presence of the tungsten catalyst 5, to yield the desired ring-opened diene 35 (Eq. 29). 

Blechert reported a skillful method of cross-enyne metathesis. Solid-supported alkyne 139 is reacted with alkene in the presence of Ic to give 140. For cleavage of 1,3-diene from solid-supported product 140 having an allyl acetate moiety, palladium-catalyzed allylic substitution is used. Thus, 140 is treated with Pd(PPh3)4 in the presence of methyl malonate to afford three-component coupling product 141 in good yield ... 

Tandem RCM and cross-metathesis reactions of allyl hexa-l,5-dien-3-yl ether with alkenes leads to 2-alkylidene 3,6-dihydro-27f-pyrans (Scheme 6) <07TL1417>. 

On the other hand, our recent study on the highly efficient cross-metathesis of vinyltrialkoxy-and vinyltrisiloxy-silanes with various olefins, for example, with styrene [12] allyl eth [13] and esters [14] as well as octavinylsilsesquioxane [IS] with several olefins have opened a new opportunity for the use of alkene-cross-metathesis in the synthesis of unsaturated organosilicon compounds (see also Refs. [5] and [6]). In this p r new examples of the two reactions involving hetero(N,S,B)organic olefins have been overviewed. 

Mechanistic implications of a general cross-metathesis of vinylsilicon with allyl-substituted heteroorganic compounds have been studied in detail for the reaction with allyl alkyl ethers [13]. The detailed NMR study of the stoichiometric reaction of Grubbs catalyst with allyl-n-butyl ether has provided information on individual steps of the catalytic cycle. A general mechanism of the cross-metathesis of vinyltri(alkoxy, siloxy)silanes (as well as octavinylsilsesquioxane) with 3-heteroatom-containing 1-alkenes in the presence of ruthenium carbene is shown in Scheme 5. 

Vinylsilanes undergo productive cross-metathesis (CM) and silylative coupling (SC) with allyl-substituted (N, B)functionalized alkenes to yield l-silyl-3,Ar, -substituted propenes with preference (for V-derivatives) and exclusive formation (for boronates) of the f-isomer. 

On the other hand, although well-defined or in-situ initiated metallacarbenes are inactive for selfmetathesis of vinyl-substituted silanes and siloxanes, we revealed recently a high catalytic activity of Grubbs catalyst in cross-metathesis of vinyltrialkoxysilanes and vinyltrisiloxanes with styrene, 1-alkenes and selected allyl ethers and other derivatives [10-12]. 

While vinylsilanes undergo productive cross-metathesis (Mo and Ru carbenes) with allyl-substituted functionalized alkenes, their effective transformation with derivatives containing a fimctionalized group attached directly to a carbon -carbon double bond can be achieved only via silylative coupling catalyzed by metal complexes containing (or generating) M-H and/or M-Si bonds (M = Ru, Rh, Ir). 

The Hoveyda group worked out an elegant cross metathesis of terminal alkenes with vinyl ethers or allylic amides [63]. Functionalized vinyl ethers and allylic amides can be directly accessed with unprecedented Z-selectivity, which have been applied to the total synthesis of two highly valuable natural products including an anti-oxidant plasmalogen phospholipid (Fig. 29) and a potent immunostimulant KRN7000. 

In 2008, Stoltz and Enquist disclosed a novel approach to the total synthesis of the related cyathin diterpenoid (—)-cyanthiwigin F (119) [80]. They applied a simultaneous alkene RCM and cross metathesis (CM) protocol to achieve the required closure of the seven-membered ring as well as elaboration of the terminal allyl group (Fig. 31). This process was effectively and selectively conducted by treating polyene (120) with Grubbs-Hoveyda catalyst (81) and a vinyl boronate species to produce the desired bicycle (121) in 51% yield. 

Dihydropyrroles have recently become readily available by ring-closing metathesis. For this purpose, N-acylated or N-sulfonylated bis(allyl)amines are treated with catalytic amounts of a ruthenium carbene complex, whereupon cyclization to the dihydropyrrole occurs (Entries 6 and 7, Table 15.3 [30,31]). Catalysis by carbene complexes is most efficient in aprotic, non-nucleophilic solvents, and can also be conducted on hydrophobic supports such as cross-linked polystyrene. Free amines or other soft nucleophiles might, however, compete with the alkene for electrophilic attack by the catalyst, and should therefore be avoided. 

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