Barbier-type allylation

The Barbier-type modification17, in which the allyl Grignard reagent is produced in the presence of a carbonyl compound, seems not to be suitable for enolizable aldehydes. Some... 

Reisse used activated zinc for aqueous Barbier-type reactions.66 Submicromic zinc powder produced by pulsed sono-electroreduction is about three times more effective than the commercial variety. The stereochemical course of the allylation and propargylation of several aldehydes with crotyl and propenyl halides using zinc powder as the... 

C-branched sugars or C-oligosaccharides are obtainable through indium-promoted Barbier-type allylations in aqueous media.151 Indium-mediated allylation of a-chlorocarbonyl compounds with various allyl bromides in aqueous media gave the corresponding homoallylic chlorohydrins, which could be transformed into the corresponding epoxides in the presence of a base (Eq. 8.62).152... 

Iminium ions, generated in aqueous solution from secondary amines and formaldehyde, undergo a Barbier-type allylation mediated by tin, aluminum, and zinc. The reaction is catalyzed by copper and produces tertiary homoallylamines in up to 85% yield.67 The imines generated in situ from 2-pyridinecarboxaldehyde/2-quinolinecarboxaldehyde and aryl amines undergo indium-mediated Barbier allylation in aqueous media to provide homoallylic amines.68 Crotyl and cinnamyl bromides... 

Grigg and coworkers developed bimetallic domino reactions such as the electro-chemically driven Pd/Cr Nozaki-Hiyama-Kishi reaction [69], the Pd/In Barbier-type allylation [70], Heck/Tsuji-Trost reaction/1,3 dipolar cycloaddition [71], the Heck reaction/metathesis [72], and several other processes [73-75]. A first example for an anion capture approach, which was performed on solid phase, is the reaction of 6/1-134 and 6/1-135 in the presence of CO and piperidine to give 6/1-136. Liberation from solid phase was achieved with HF, leading to 6/1-137 (Scheme 6/1.30) [76]. 

Anwar U, Grigg R, Rasparini M, Savic V, Sridharan V (2000) Palladium catalysed cyclisation-Barbier-type allylation cascades Chem Commun 933-934... 

Cleghorn LAT, Cooper IR, Grigg R, MacLachlan WS, Sridharan V (2003b) Additive effects in palladium-indium mediated Barbier type allylations. Tetrahedron Lett 44 7969-7973... 

Figure 2 Plausible mechanism of Barbier-type allylation and alkylation with Sm and iodine (cat.).

Scheme 150 Barbier-type allylation of carbonyl compounds with electrogenerated lead(0).

Barbier-type aUylation (429— 433) of carbonyl compounds with allyl bromide (429) has been achieved through recycling... 

Scheme 151 Barbier-type allylation of imines with electrogenerated lead(O).

An electroreductive Barbier-type allyla-tion of imines (434) with allyl bromide (429) also occurs inaTHF-PbBr2/Bu4NBr-(Al/Pt) system to give homoallyl amine (436) (Scheme 151) [533]. The combination of Pb(II)/Pb(0) redox and a sacrificial metal anode in the electrolysis system plays a role as a mediator for both cathodic and anodic electron-transfer processes. The metals used in the anode must have a less positive anodic dissolution potential than the oxidation potentials of the organic materials in order to be present or to be formed in situ. In addition, the metal ion plays the role of a Lewis acid to form the iminium ion (437) by associating with imine (435) (Scheme 151). 

Scheme 168 Samarium-mediated Barbier-type reaction of carbonyl compounds with allyl halides.

A new electrolysis system comprising two metal redox couples, Bi(0)/Bi(III) and A1(0)/A1(III), has been shown to be effective for electroreductive Barbier-type allylation of imines [533]. The electrode surface structure has been correlated with the activity towards the electroreduction of hydrogen peroxide for Bi monolayers on Au(III) [578], Electroreductive cycliza-tion of the 4-(phenylsulfonylthio)azetidin-2-one derivative (502) as well as the allenecarboxylate (505) leading to the corresponding cycKzed compounds (504) and (506) has been achieved with the aid of bimetallic metal salt/metal redox systems, for example, BiCh/Sn and BiCh /Zn (Scheme 175) [579]. The electrolysis of (502) is carried out in a DMF-BiCh/Py-(Sn/Sn) system in an undivided cell by changing the current direction every 30 s, giving the product (504)in 67% yield. 

Bacteria, antimicrobials against, 12, 456 Baeyer-Villiger oxidation, via tin amides, 9, 370 Barbier-Grignard-type reactions, and sonochemical metal insertions, 1, 315 Barbier-type reactions allenyl and propargyl tins, 9, 358 with allylic tins, 9, 357 with antimony(III) compounds, 9, 426 with bismuth(III) compounds, 9, 433 with cerium reagents, 10, 409 with indium compounds, 9, 685... 

Indium mediates a highly enantioselective Barbier-type allylation of both aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes, using a chiral ethanolamine auxiliary, readily recoverable by acid extraction.193 Barbier coupling of aldehydes can be carried out in water using tin(II) chloride, with cobalt(II) acetylacetonate as catalyst.194... 

Indium mediated Barbier-type cross coupling between carbonyl compounds and allyl halides proceed efficiently under solvent-free conditions. No apparent competing pinacol-coupling or homo-coupling of the allyl halide was observed. The reactions were found to be mediated also by zinc, tin, bismut and copper [45]. 

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. 

An interesting aspect of the Bi-mediated Barbier-type allylation is that the reaction can be conducted in aqueous media. When the reaction is carried out using metallic bismuth powder in water, addition of an equimolar amount of potassium fluoride improves the yield of homoallyl alcohol (Equation (40)).74 The reaction is also compatible with hydroxyl and carboxyl groups of the carbonyl substrates. When succinaldehydic acid, 4-oxopentanoic acid,... 

Indium-mediated Barbier-type coupling between carbonyl compounds and allyl halides has been revealed to proceed effectively in diverse reaction media. Even under solvent-free conditions, allylation works well, although no reaction is observed with benzyl bromide and a-halo carbonyl compounds.59 Various aldehydes react with allyl bromide mediated by indium in liquid carbon dioxide to give homoallylic alcohols (Scheme 1). In contrast to the corresponding neat allylation, the liquid C02-mediated reaction can allylate solid aldehydes successfully.60 Indium-mediated allylations of carbonyl compounds with allyl bromide proceed in room temperature ionic liquids. In [bmim][BF4] and [bmim][PF6] (bmin l-butyl-3-methylimidazolium), the desired homoallylic alcohols are formed with good levels of conversion.61 Homoallyllic alcohols are also prepared by the reaction of resin-bound aldehydes (Equation (l)).62... 

The coupling reaction of a-keto esters with allyl, propargyl, and allenyl halides using indium metal in aqueous solvents affords a-hydroxy-y,<5-unsaturated esters (Equation (28)).197,198 1,3-Dicarbonyl compounds undergo efficient carbonyl allylation reactions in an aqueous medium through a Barbier-type reaction (Equation (29)). The reaction is general and a variety of 1,3-dicarbonyls has been alkylated using allyl bromide or allyl chloride in conjunction with indium.199... 

Mucohalic acids (3,4-dichloro- and 3,4-dibromo-5-hydroxy-5//-furan-2-one) are used as aldehydes in indium-mediated Barbier-type allylation. y-Allylic a,/ -unsaturated y-butyrolactones are obtained in good yields (Equation (33)) 205... 

By the action of indium, various allylic or propargylic dihalo compounds can be converted to the respective dianion equivalents. In some cases, the reaction with electrophiles proceeds stepwise, whereas in other cases novel diindium reagents are involved. Via an indium-mediated Barbier-type reaction in an aqueous medium, carbonyl compounds react with a trimethylenemethane dianion equivalent to give the corresponding diols (Equation (39)).218... 

Diastereoselective Barbier-type allylation of chiral imines bearing a hydroxyl group on the chiral auxiliary has been achieved in DMF (Equation (59)).257-259 The chelation between the nitrogen and the hydroxyl group of the imine with indium is crucial for the high stereoselectivity. The palladium-catalyzed indium-mediated allylation of imines also proceeds well with Ini prepared in situ from In and I2.259... 

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