Allyl halides metathesis

Few reports describe the cross metathesis of allyl halides [88]. First-generation catalyst 9 does not seem to be sufficiently reactive to promote this reaction in preparatively useful yields and acceptable catalyst loadings, but second-generation catalyst 56d gives good results for allyl chloride. Cross-metathesis... 

With the ready availability of 2-fluoro-allylic halides and a-fluoroacrylic acid derivatives, incorporation of a pendant fluorovinyl unit is easier than ever. The utility of these products is markedly enhanced by the reactivity of the fluorovinyl unit in olefin metathesis reactions. Some success has been found in cyclization reactions as shown below [83] (Scheme 36). 

A practical method for preparation of fluorinated alkenyl copper reagents has been recently developed from cuprous halides metathesis of the corresponding zinc or cadmium reagents [180]. These copper reagents exhibit excellent stability at room temperature and undergo a variety of coupling reactions with methyl, allyl, vinyl, aryl and acid halides [180] (Scheme 63). More recently, preparation of cyclic perfluoroalkenyl copper reagents has been reported by the same route [156-158]. 

Elemental antimony is known to mediate the Barbier-type allylation of aldehydes by allylic halides.35 The active intermediates are believed to be allylic antimony(m) species, which are generated from the antimony(O) and the halides. In fact, allylic dichlorostibanes, produced by metathesis of SbCl3 with the corresponding allylic stannanes, react with benzaldehyde to give homoallyl alcohols, where the C-C bond is constructed with -selectivity (Equation (l)).36 Fluoride salts such as KF, NaF, RbF, and CsF accelerate the Sb-mediated Barbier-type allylation with allyl bromide in aqueous media (Equation (2)).37 In the absence of the fluoride ion, no allylation occurs. Although aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes are allylated in good yields by a combined use of Sb-KF, acetophenone, cyclohexanone, and methyl pyruvate remain untouched. 

Halide metathesis reactions such as that in equation (2) are commonly used as a route to bulky allyl metal complexes. 

Tetrafluoropyridyl organometallic reagents can be prepared by reaction of 4-bromotetra-fluoro- or tctrafluoro-4-iodopyridine with zinc or cadmium in dimethylformamide at room temperature.83 Metathesis of these reagents with copper(l) bromide affords the (2.3,5,6-tetra-fluoro-4-pyridyl)copper reagent. The latter species undergoes high-yield substitution reactions with allyl halides, vinyl iodides, aryl iodides, and alkanoyl halides. 

Oxidative addition of allyl bromide see Carbon-Carbon Carbon-Heteroatow Activation) to Tp Rh(COE)(MeCN) initially yields Tp Rh() ECH2CH=CH2)(Br)(MeCN) but on heating in benzene solution it converts into Tp Rh( -CsH5)Br. This is an example of a typical procedure for the formation of rf"-dXlyl complexes, where the -allyl complex is formed via oxidative addition of an allyl halide to a low-valent metal center or by metathesis of a metal halogen... 

Metathesis. MTO is active in alkene metathesis when activated by a co-catalyst such as S4N4/AICI3, or supported on silica or alumina. In the original communication of Hermann et al., the self-metathesis of allylic halides, silanes and unsaturated car-boxylates and nitriles was achieved using MT0/Al203-Si02 as the catalytic system (eq 35). 

Dilution (0.02 M) of the reaction mixture was required to avoid the undesirable second cross metathesis reaction of tetrahydropyrans with allyl halide to afford allylic halides as described in Scheme 3.3. 

When Lewis acids such as SnCU and TiCU are used to promote additions of allylic trialkyltin reagents to aldehydes several reaction outcomes are possible, depending on stoichiometry and the mode of addition. If the Lewis acid is added to the aldehyde followed by the allylic stannane, the typical product (syn for crotylstannanes) derived from an acyclic transition state is formed. If, however, the stannane and Lewis acid are premixed and left to equilibrate, metathesis can occur forming the allylic halome-tal compound which reacts with the subsequently added aldehyde to give products (anti for crotyl) consistent with a cyclic transition state (Eq. 22). The initially formed allylic halostannane gives rise to the linear adduct, but if aldehyde addition is delayed, this initial secondary allylic metal halide can equilibrate to the primary isomer which then reacts with the aldehyde to afford the branched product. 

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