Allyl reaction with iminium salts

The anions (67c)-((i7e) are prepared by the low temperature transmetallation reactions of n-butylli-thium with the corresponding allylic tin or lead compounds. The addition of (67d) to aldehydes and ketones proceeds with C—C bond formation at either terminus. Dialkyl ketones give the a-products, while benzaldehydes and benzophenone afford the y-products. Aliphatic aldehydes, acetophenone and substituted acetophenones give both types of products. The anion (67e) is not stable in solution even at -95 °C and cannot be preformed prior to its reaction with the desired substrate (67e) may be generated by Li-Br exchange between n-butyllithium and 3,3-difluoro-3-bromopropene at -95 C. ) en this preparation is performed in the presence of chlorosilanes, aldehydes, ketones, and esters, the a-products are obtained, often in good yields (Scheme 46). Reactions of (67c) with TMS-Cl and benzaldehyde afford y-adducts, whereas those with methyl iodide, acetophenone and pentanal produce a-adducts predomi-nantly. ° Anions (67a) and (67b) give a-alkylation products wiA aliphatic halides and TMS-Cl, but afford y-adducts with iminium salts. ... 

A second example is found in the photoaddition of allylic or benzylic silanes to iminium salts reported by Mariano and his co-woikers. - PET reactions of allylic or benzylic silanes with iminium salts generate two kinds of neutral radicals, allyl or benzyl radicals and a-amino radicals. The C-C bond-forming reaction between two different radicals occurs by cross coupling (Scheme 4). 

Petasis reported an efficient addition of vinyl boronic acid to iminium salts.92 While no reaction was observed when acetonitrile was used as solvent, the reaction went smoothly in water to give allyl amines (Eq. 11.54). The reaction of the boron reagent with iminium ions generated from glyoxylic acid and amines affords novel a-amino acids (Eq. 11.55). Carboalumination of alkynes in the presence of catalytic Cp2ZrCl2 and H2O affords vinylalane intermediates, which serve as nucleophiles in the subsequent addition to enantiomerically enriched... 

A wide variety of organoalkynyl derivatives of cotarnine hydrochloride, a cyclic iminium salt with rich biological activity, were prepared from the direct alkynylation of cotarnine hydrochloride using silver(l) alkynyls.180 Substituted enynes were prepared from the coupling reactions of silver alkynyls with the palladium allyl intermediates, which was... 

Besides the allylation reactions, imines can also undergo enol silyl ether addition as with carbonyl compounds. Carbon-carbon bond formation involving the addition of resonance-stabilized nucleophiles such as enols and enolates or enol ethers to iminium salt or imine can be referred to as a Mannich reaction, and this is one of the most important classes of reactions in organic synthesis.104... 

Asymmetric epoxidation of olefins is an effective approach for the synthesis of enan-tiomerically enriched epoxides. A variety of efficient methods have been developed [1, 2], including Sharpless epoxidation of allylic alcohols [3, 4], metal-catalyzed epoxidation of unfunctionalized olefins [5-10], and nucleophilic epoxidation of electron-deficient olefins [11-14], Dioxiranes and oxazirdinium salts have been proven to be effective oxidation reagents [15-21], Chiral dioxiranes [22-28] and oxaziridinium salts [19] generated in situ with Oxone from ketones and iminium salts, respectively, have been extensively investigated in numerous laboratories and have been shown to be useful toward the asymmetric epoxidation of alkenes. In these epoxidation reactions, only a catalytic amount of ketone or iminium salt is required since they are regenerated upon epoxidation of alkenes (Scheme 1). 

It has been shown that phenylselenyl halides easily reacted with 0-allyl oximes 221 to give cyclic iminium salts 222, which by reaction with water afforded isoxazolidines 223 in moderate to good yields (equation 96) . Compounds 222 can be reduced in situ by sodium borohydride to produce Ai-alkyl-substituted isoxazolidines 224 in 50-95% yields . ... 

For example, allylic silanes react with photoexcited iminium salts by ET resulting in photoallylation. ° Key steps in such reactions are the cleavage of the C—Si... 

Allyltriorganosilanes react with activated C-N double bonds such as iminium salts and Lewis acid-coordinated imines at the y-position to give homoallylamines.14,118 For example, in the presence of BF3, iV-acylimines generated in situ by the reaction of aldehydes or acetals with carbamates are efficiently allylated with allyltrimethylsilanes (Equation (26)).119,119a,12° The use of homochiral crotylsilanes such as 20 leads to highly diastereo- and enantioselective synthesis of homoallylamines (Equation (27)). a Allenylation of the iV-acylimines can be performed with propargylsi lanes. 

The allylation of imines with allylindium reagents in organic solvents gives the corresponding homoallylic amines.251-253 Under solvent-free conditions, the indium-mediated reaction of iV-benzylideneaniline furnishes a mixture of mono-allylated 79 and bis-allylated products 80 (Equation (56)). The bis-allylated product 80 presumably arises via a formation of an iminium salt, which is subsequently attacked by the allylindium nucleophiles. Formation of 80 is entirely suppressed by addition of allyl bromide to indium metal prior to any addition of the imine (Grignard-type reaction).254... 

Indium-mediated reaction of enamines with allyl bromides gives homoallylamines. The addition of one equivalent of acetic acid accelerates the reaction. An analogous reaction of methyl bromoacetate in place of allylic bromides is also possible. The iminium salts formed by protonation of the enamines are considered to be the intermediates (Scheme 70).271 272... 

The cyclization of O-allyl oximes 1, performed with diphenyl diselenide/ammonium thiosulfate/ trifluorosulfonic acid or phenylselenenyl bromide, gave cyclic iminium salts 2 via an intramolecular antt -addition mechanism. By addition of water to the reaction mixture, 3-substi-tuted isoxazolidines 3 are formed in good yield. When the salts 2 were prepared by using phenylselenenyl bromide, A-alkyl 3-substituted isoxazolidines 4 were afforded in good yield by reduction of 2 with sodium borohydride in methanol247-249. 

The same methodology was employed by Tiecco to effect the cyclizations of 0-allyl oximes 164 indicated in Scheme 25. Treatment of the intermediate iminium salt 165 with sodium borohydride affords M-alkyl isoxazolidines 166 [95]. Alternatively, 165 can be treated with water to produce M-unsubstituted isoxazolidines 167 [96]. This synthesis of M-alkyl isoxazolidines represents a valid alternative to that described in Scheme 23. Moreover, the present cyclization reaction is much more stereoselective than the cyclization of 0-allyl hydro-xylamines. In fact, when the methyl derivative 168 was employed, the two isomeric isoxazolidines 153 and 154 were obtained in a ratio of 95 5. The same two products were, in contrast, formed in a 1 1 ratio when the reaction was carried out starting from the corresponding 0-allyl hydroxylamines. Clearly, the steric requirements for the selenium-induced cyclization of the 0-allyl oximes are much greater than those for the corresponding 0-allyl hydroxylamines. 

A(-(Arylthiomethyl)amines, which are easily prepared and reportedly have better shelf stability than the corresponding )V-(alkoxymethyl)amines, have also been utilized to prepare tertiary amines. Alkenyl cuprate addition to )V,A -diethylphenylthiomethylamine produces allylic amines in high yield (entry 1, Table 6). Both alkenyl groups of the cuprate react. 5-(Dialkylaminomethyl) dithiocarbamates (entry 2, Table 6), sulfonates (entry 3, Table 6) and amides also generate iminium salts in situ. Of a variety of amides examined, imides such as dialkylaminomethyl-succinimides (entry 4, Table 6) and -phthali-mides provide the best overall yields. Organolithium reagents are rarely utilized in aminomethylation reactions. However, )V-chloromethylamines condense readily with lithiated anisole derivatives (entry S, Table 6). ... 

The mechanism of the Petasis boronic acid-Mannich reaction is not fully understood. In the first step of the reaction, upon mixing the carbonyl and the amine components, three possible products can form iminium salt A, diamine B, and a-hydroxy amine C. It was shown that preformed iminium salts do not react with boronic acids. This observation suggests that the reaction does not go through intermediate A. Both intermediate B and C can promote the formation of the product. Most likely, the reaction proceeds through intermediate C, where the hydroxyl group attacks the electrophilic boron leading to an ate -complex. Subsequent vinyl transfer provides the allylic amine along with the boronic acid sideproduct. 

Addition Reactions.- The photoelectron transfer process of the iminium salt (38) with the 3-butenoate anion results in the formation of the allylated product (39). The reaction involves decarboxylation of the 3-butenoate followed by a radical coupling reaction. The photoaddition of halogenated alkenes to the tetraraza phenanthrene (40) yields products (41) of (2+2)-addition. The Eu(III)/Eu(II) photoredox system has been studied with regards to its reactivity toweu ds a-methylstyrene. Irradiation of the system at > 280 nm in methanol yielded the products (42) and(43). ... 

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