Allyl formate, rearrangement

Allylic ester rearrangement is catalyzed by both Pd(II) and Pd(0) compounds, but their catalyses are different mechanistically. Allylic rearrangement of allylic acetates takes place by the use of Pd(OAc>2-Ph3P [Pd(0)-phosphine] as a catalyst[492,493]. An equilibrium mixture of 796 and 797 in a ratio of 1.9 1.0 was obtained[494]. The Pd(0)-Ph3P-catalyzed rearrangement is explained by rr-allylpalladium complex formation[495]. 

Oxidation reactions of this nature are common in the literature. For example, selenium dioxide in refluxing etiumolic solution brought about the allylic oxidative rearrangement geranyl acetate, which was further functionalized in a synthesis of the norsesquiterpenoid gytinidal (equation 46). This trans formation was also used in a total synthesis of phytol. Similarly, an a, -unsaturated aldehyde was obtained undm similar conditions in studies of a synthesis of pentalenic acid derivatives (equation 47). ... 

In the case of steroidal propargylic alcohols the first rearrangement produced a mixture of allenyl sulfoxides, epimeric at the sulfur atom, which reacted with an added nucleophile to produce substituted allylic sulfoxides. Rearrangement of the sulfoxide resulted in the exclusive formation of a-hydroxy derivatives. This reaction sequence has been applied in a synthesis of hydrocortisone acetate74 (Nu = OCH3) from androstene-3,17-dione and in a transformation of mesantrol75 (Nu = malonate) to a spirolactone. 

Like allyl sulfoxides, allylic selenoxides rearrange via a highly ordered five-membered transition state. The arguments, already presented for the allyl sulfoxide rearrangement (Section 4.11.2.1.2.), apply for the rationalization of the high E selectivity of double-bond formation. Table 7 shows some examples7,8,12-15 for the strong preference for E double bonds (see also reference 2, Table V-2, p 148). Trisubstituted (A)-allyl alcohols are also obtained from allyl selenides with a substituent at C-2 of the allylic moiety (entries 8-10)7,8. 

The principally practicable route to allyl vinyl ethers by alkenation of allyl formates, has not yet been exploited in this context. In another approach, the nucleophilic addition of allylic alcohols to alkynic esters, one observes the exclusive formation of franr-enol ethers 2 the stereochemical information is lost, however, after the rearrangement, due to enolization of the formed formylacetic acid derivatives. On the other hand the nucleophilic addition of allyl alcohols to acceptor-substituted allenes like allenic sul-fones or phosphonates offers a novel route with fascinating potential. " Such systems that are readily... 

En route to a total synthesis of the anticancer compound FR901464, Koide and coworkers carried out a diastereoselective allylic selenoxide rearrangement upon oxidation of either allyl selenide 251 [Scheme 18.641. Optimization studies using the preformed allyl selenide 251 identified the o-nitrophenyl selenide as an effective aryl substituent and N,N-dimethylaminopyridine as the best selenophilic base additive in the formation of rearrangement product 252 (see top of Scheme 18.641. Reactions were slower and diastereoselectivity, a crucial parameter here, was lower using other bases or with less than 3 equiv of DMAP. Using the optimized conditions, a one-pot method for overall 1,3-allylic alcohol transposition was... 

Metal-catalysed Isomerizations. The formation of 7r-allylchloropalladium(ii) complexes from a series of cyclopropenes proceeds with symmetrical complexation of the metal to the 7i-bond, and not a-bond cleavage, as the rate-determining step. With substituted cyclopropenes containing a phenyl group at C-3, the it-allyl complex rearranges to indenyl complex either spontaneously or on treatment with triphenyl-phosphine. trans-Chloropalladation of bicyclo[5,l,0]oct-3-ene has been described, and the complex decomposes not to cyclo-octadiene complex, but to a cyclo-octene n-allyl system. ... 

The ligand effect seems to depend on the substrates. Treatment of the prostaglandin precursor 73 with Pd(Ph3P)4 produces only the 0-allylated product 74. The use of dppe effects a [1,3] rearrangement to produce the cyclopen ta-none 75(55]. Usually a five-membered ring, rather than seven-membered, is predominantly formed. The exceptionally exclusive formation of seven-membered ring compound 77 from 76 is explained by the inductive effect of an oxygen adjacent to the allyl system in the intermediate complex[56]. 

Perfluoroalkylzinc iodides, prepared in situ from iodides and ultrasonically dispersed Zn, are coupled with allylic halides via an allylic rearrangement[271]. The Pd-catalyzed homocoupling of allylic acetate in the presence of Zn to give a mixture of regioisomers 416 and 417 may proceed via in situ formation of allylzinc species[272,273]. 

Conversion of 5-allylthioimidates into /V-allylthioamides is catalyzed by Pd(Il). 2-Allylthiopyridine (820) is converted into the less stable l-allyl-2-thio-pyridone 821 owing to Pd complex formation[509], Claisen rearrangement of 2-(allylthio)pyrimidin-4-(3//)-one (822) affords the A-l-allylation product 823 as the main product rather than the A -3-allylation product 824[510] The smooth rearrangement of the allylic thionobenzoate 825 to the allyl thiolo-benzoate 826 is catalyzed by both PdCl2(PhCN)2 and Pd(Ph3P)4 by different mechanisms[511],... 

Carboxylic acids react with butadiene as alkali metal carboxylates. A mixture of isomeric 1- and 3-acetoxyoctadienes (39 and 40) is formed by the reaction of acetic acid[13]. The reaction is very slow in acetic acid alone. It is accelerated by forming acetate by the addition of a base[40]. Addition of an equal amount of triethylamine achieved complete conversion at 80 C after 2 h. AcONa or AcOK also can be used as a base. Trimethylolpropane phosphite (TMPP) completely eliminates the formation of 1,3,7-octatriene, and the acetoxyocta-dienes 39 and 40 are obtained in 81% and 9% yields by using N.N.N M -tetramethyl-l,3-diaminobutane at 50 in a 2 h reaction. These two isomers undergo Pd-catalyzed allylic rearrangement with each other. 

Allylic rearrangement (Section 10 2) Functional group trans formation in which double bond migration has converted one allylic structural unit to another as in... 

Formation of the 3-cyclohexeityl cation from the alcohol in superacid media is followed by more extensive rearrangement to give the methylcyclopentenyl ion, which is tertiary and allylic. ... 

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