Allyl phenyl sulfone, addition

In one example of this type of cyclization aminoalcohol, 288, which was obtained by conjugate addition of racemic 2-(2-hydroxyethyl)piperidine to allyl phenyl sulfone, was converted into the corresponding chloride and cyclized in the presence of LDA to give 289 as a single diastereomer (Scheme 63) <2003JOC9389>. In a related approach, the primary alcohol group was activated for a similar cyclization by transformation into a mesylate <20010L2957>. 

Alternatively, the ambident oi-hetero substituted allyl anions have been utilized as homoenolate equivalents. For example, in the presence of HMPA, allyl phenyl sulfides (251),192 allyl phenyl sulfones (252)192b c and allyl phenyl selenides (253)192d e add to a,(3-enones in a l,4(0)-mode, while allyl phenyl sulfoxides (254) and allyl phosphine oxides (255) afford 1 A j-addition exclusively, irrespective of solvent used.193 Hua has shown that additions of either chiral sulfoxide (254 R1 = R2 = R3 = R4 = H, R5 = p-tolyl) or allyl oxazaphospholidine oxide (256) occur with excellent enantioselectivity (>95% ee).194 Similarly, Ahlbrecht reports that the a-azaallyl (257) adds exclusively in a 1 A j-mode to acceptor (59) to afford 1,5-diketones (Scheme 86).195... 

The nucleophilic addition of lithiated allyl phenyl sulfone to nitrones has proceeded exclusively a to the phenylsulfonyl group affording anti adducts in high yield.47 At (g 0 °C isoxazolidines have been obtained with complete al -trans selectivity. 

The nucleophilic addition of lithiated allyl phenyl sulfone to nitrones at 0 °C afforded 4-(phenylsulfonyl)isoxazol-idines as major products. The process probably involves the isomerization of the allylsulfonyl moiety of the initially formed hydroxylamine anion to vinylsulfone which then undergoes intramolecular Michael addition. For example, the chiral nitrone 536 afforded isoxazolidine 537 with high diastereoselectivity (Equation 88) <2005T3335>. When the same reaction was carried out in the presence of hexamethylphosphoramide (HMPA) at —80°C, the anti-a-sulfonyl homoallyl hydroxylamine was obtained. 

The butyllithium-generated anion of an allylic sulfone was reported to add to conjugate enones, but different regioselectivity was observed for 2-cyclohexenone (1,4-y) and 3-penten-2-one (1,4-a), as shown in equation (31). Clean 1,4-a additions to both acyclic and cyclic enones can be realized when the lithio carbanions are allowed to react in the presence of HMPA (2 mol equiv.) at -78 C. Under these conditions, allyl phenyl sulfone reacts with 2-cyclohexenone. 2-methyl-2-cyclopentenone and 3-methyl-2-cyclohexenone, giving the corresponding 1,4-a adducts as a 75 25 mixture of two dia-stereoisomers. In the reaction of allylic phenyl sulfone with an acyclic enone, 4-methyl-3-penten-2-one,... 

An important example is the formal synthesis of eupolauramine, an alkaloid from the bark of the African plant Eupomatia laurina. This approach involves addition of the carbanion of allyl phenyl sulfone to l-methoxy-4-nitronaphthalene followed by cOTiversion of the o adduct formed into the conesponding nitrosoarene. Further intramolecular condensation affords phenylsulfonyl-substituted azaphenanthrene (Scheme 83) [82]. The sulfone obtained was transformed into tricyclic azaaromatic acid, from which in turn the final alkaloid can be obtained following the known procedure [206],... 

The Ramberg-Backlund reaction has been utilized for the preparation of polyenes. 1,3-Butadienyl allyl sulfones 398 and 399 were transformed into the tri- and tetra-enes 400 and 401 by alkylcuprate addition and the Ramberg-Backlund-type S02 extrusion449. Julia and coworkers450 carried out the Michael addition of various nucleophiles such as ethanol, t-butyl acetoacetate and phenyl thioacetone to allyl dienyl sulfones 402 and then converted them to diallyl sulfones 403. The sulfones were transformed into isoprenoid, 404 by the Ramberg-Backlund reaction. 

The allyl bromides could be formed by treatment of 2-hydroxyalkylacrylates with hydrogen bromide, with" or without addition of concentrated sulfuric acid. This transformation can also be achieved by other reagents, such as vV-bromosuccinimide/dimethyl sulfide, cupric bromide on silica," phosphorus trimide 44 and LiBr/H2S04.4 Y-Bromosuccinimide/dimethyl sulfide has also been used to convert 2-hydroxyalkylvinyl phenyl sulfones into the allyl bromides. 4 ... 

Numerous organometal additions onto ene-sulfones are reported. A sulfonyl group secures powerful activation, and moreover, it can be readily removed by reduction or elimination. This makes the sulfonyl function a cherished auxiliary in natural product synthesis. A rational entry to d-(+)-carbacyclin (in 4.7% overall yield by a triply convergent synthesis) exemplifies the approach. The addition of the silyl-protected trans-(5)-3-hydroxy-l-octenyllithium onto cyclopentenyl phenyl sulfone 162 triggers a condensation with the allyl chloride tail. The carbacyclin skeleton constructed, the sequence is terminated by protodesilylation (using tetrabutylammonium fluoride hydrate), reductive removal (with lithium) of benzyl and benzenesulfinyl, and selective oxidation of the primary alcohol site (Scheme 1-117). ... 

Vinyl ethers can also be generated by thermal elimination reactions. For example, base-catalyzed conjugate addition of allyl alcohols to phenyl vinyl sulfone generates 2-(phenylsulfinyl)ethyl ethers that can undergo elimination at 200° C.223 The sigmatropic... 

For the addition of ethylene, EtOAc as solvent was particularly advantageous and gave 418 in 60% yield (Scheme 6.86). The monosubstituted ethylenes 1-hexene, vinylcyclohexane, allyltrimethylsilane, allyl alcohol, ethyl vinyl ether, vinyl acetate and N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone furnished [2 + 2]-cycloadducts of the type 419 in yields of 54—100%. Mixtures of [2 + 2]-cycloadducts of the types 419 and 420 were formed with vinylcyclopropane, styrene and derivatives substituted at the phenyl group, acrylonitrile, methyl acrylate and phenyl vinyl thioether (yields of 56-76%), in which the diastereomers 419 predominated up to a ratio of 2.5 1 except in the case of the styrenes, where this ratio was 1 1. The Hammett p value for the addition of the styrenes to 417 turned out to be -0.54, suggesting that there is little charge separation in the transition state [155]. In the case of 6, the p value was determined as +0.79 (see Section 6.3.1) and indicates a slight polarization in the opposite direction. This astounding variety of substrates for 417 is contrasted by only a few monosubstituted ethylenes whose addition products with 417 could not be observed or were formed in only small amounts phenyl vinyl ether, vinyl bromide, (perfluorobutyl)-ethylene, phenyl vinyl sulfoxide and sulfone, methyl vinyl ketone and the vinylpyri-dines. 

When the phenyl-substituted alkynyl sulfone 42 is used as a substrate for the Cu-catalyzed carbomagnesiation, interesting nucleophile-dependent stereoselectivity is observed. While the use of allyl Grignard reagent results in a syn addition, the use of aryl Grignard reagent results in an awh -carbomagnesiation (Scheme 25). ... 

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