Allylic transmetallation

The a-bromo-7-lactone 901 undergoes smooth coupling with the acetonyltin reagent 902 to afford the o-acetonyl-7-butyrolactone 903[763j. The o-chloro ether 904, which has no possibility of //-elimination after oxidative addition, reacts with vinylstannane to give the allyl ether 905, The o -bromo ether 906 is also used for the intramolecular alkyne insertion and transmetallation with allylstannane to give 907[764],... 

In addition, a catalytic version of Tt-allylpalladium chemistry has been devel-oped[6,7]. Formation of the Tr-allylpalladium complexes by the oxidative addition of various allylic compounds to Pd(0) and subsequent reaction of the complex with soft carbon nucleophiles are the basis of catalytic allylation. After the reaction, Pd(0) is reformed, and undergoes oxidative addition to the allylic compounds again, making the reaction catalytic.-In addition to the soft carbon nucleophiles, hard carbon nucleophiles of organometallic compounds of main group metals are allylated with 7r-allylpalladium complexes. The reaction proceeds via transmetallation. These catalytic reactions are treated in this chapter. 

The stereochemistry of the Pd-catalyzed allylation of nucleophiles has been studied extensively[5,l8-20]. In the first step, 7r-allylpalladium complex formation by the attack of Pd(0) on an allylic part proceeds by inversion (anti attack). Then subsequent reaction of soft carbon nucleophiles, N- and 0-nucleophiles proceeds by inversion to give 1. Thus overall retention is observed. On the other hand, the reaction of hard carbon nucleophiles of organometallic compounds proceeds via transmetallation, which affords 2 by retention, and reductive elimination affords the final product 3. Thus the overall inversion is observed in this case[21,22]. 

The reaction of phenylzinc reagent proceeds with opposite stereochemistry, namely by retention of configuration at the final step via transmetallation. Both the (S)-( )- and (i )-(Z)-allylic acetates 4 and 9 afford the (/ )-( )-phe-nylated product II by overall inversion[23]. 

Ketones can be prepared by trapping (transmetallation) the acyl palladium intermediate 402 with organometallic reagents. The allylic chloride 400 is car-bonylated to give the mixed diallylic ketone 403 in the presence of allyltri-butylstannane (401) in moderate yields[256]. Alkenyl- and arylstannanes are also used for ketone synthesis from allylic chlorides[257,258]. Total syntheses of dendrolasin (404)f258] and manoalide[259] have been carried out employing this reaction. Similarly, formation of the ketone 406 takes place with the alkylzinc reagent 405[260],... 

Some organosilicon compounds undergo transmetallation. The allylic cyanide 461 was prepared by the reaction of an allylic carbonate with trimethylsi-lyl cyanide[298]. The oriho esters and acetals of the o. d-unsaturated carbonyl compounds 462 undergo cyanation with trimefhylsilyl cyanide[95]. 

The allylstannane 474 is prepared by the reaction of allylic acetates or phosphates with tributyltin chloride and Sml2[286,308] or electroreduction[309]. Bu-iSnAlEt2 prepared in situ is used for the preparation of the allylstannane 475. These reactions correspond to inversion of an allyl cation to an allyl anion[3l0. 311], The reaction has been applied to the reductive cyclization of the alkenyl bromide in 476 with the allylic acetate to yield 477[312]. Intramolecular coupling of the allylic acetate in 478 with aryl bromide proceeds using BuiSnAlEti (479) by in situ formation of the allylstannane 480 and its reaction with the aryl bromide via transmetallation. (Another mechanistic possibility is the formation of an arylstannane and its coupling with allylic... 

There are also palladium-catalysed procedures for allylation. Ethyl 3-bromo-l-(4-methylphenylsulfonyl)indole-2-carboxylate is allylated at C3 upon reaction with allyl acetate and hexabutylditin[27], Ihe reaction presumably Involves a ir-allyl-Pd intermediate formed from the allyl acetate, oxidative addition, transmetallation and cross coupling. 

Reactivity and yields are greatly enhanced by the presence of 0.5-1% Na in the Li. The reaction is also generally available for the preparation of metal alkyls of the heavier Group 1 metals. Lithium aryls are best prepared by metal-halogen exchange using LiBu" and an aryl iodide, and transmetalation is the most convenient route to vinyl, allyl and other unsaturated derivatives ... 

Transmetalation of the appropriate allyl(tributyl)- or allyl(triphenyl)stannanes with butyllithi-um or phenyllithium offers a convenient and clean access to 2-propenyllithium 25,26,27. 

Two approaches for the synthesis of allyl(alkyl)- and allyl(aryl)tin halides are thermolysis of halo(alkyl)tin ethers derived from tertiary homoallylic alcohols, and transmetalation of other allylstannanes. For example, dibutyl(-2-propenyl)tin chloride has been prepared by healing dibutyl(di-2-propenyl)stannane with dibutyltin dichloride42, and by thermolysis of mixtures of 2,3-dimethyl-5-hexen-3-ol or 2-methyl-4-penten-2-ol and tetrabutyl-l,3-dichlorodistannox-ane39. Alternatively dibutyltin dichloride and (dibutyl)(dimethoxy)tin were mixed to provide (dibutyl)(methoxy)tin chloride which was heated with 2,2,3-trimethyl-5-hexen-3-ol40. 

Lewis acids, particularly the boron trifluroride diethyl ether complex, are used to promote the reaction between allyl(trialkyl)- and allyl(triaryl)stannanes and aldehydes and ketones52-54. The mechanism of these Lewis acid promoted reactions may involve coordination of the Lewis acid to the carbonyl compound so increasing its reactivity towards nucleophilic attack, or in situ transmetalation of the allyl(trialkyl)stannane by the Lewis acid to generate a more reactive allylmetal reagent. Which pathway operates in any particular case depends on the order of mixing of the reagents, the Lewis acid, temperature, solvent etc.55- 58. 

In 2007, Fernandez et al. demonstrated that transition-metal complexes with heterobidentate S/C ligands based on imidazopyridin-3-ylidene and thioether functionalities could be readily prepared from the corresponding azolium salts by reaction with Ag20 and transmetalation of the resulting silver carbenes with appropriate metal sources. The cationic Pd(allyl)(carbene-S) complexes have proven to be active catalysts in the test reaction, reaching enantioselectivities of... 

Despite the great success of the transmetalation process in the enantiose-lective arylation of ketones, its extension to allylation or alkynylation reactions failed, providing the corresponding tertiary alcohols with enantiomeric excesses never higher than 50% ee. On the other hand, more success has been found in the alkenylation of ketones. The process started with the hydrozirconation of terminal alkynes to give the corresponding alkenylzirconium intermediates, which were transmetalated by reaction, in this case, with various ketones in the presence of the HOCSAC ligand. This protocol tolerated the presence of other carbon-carbon multiple bonds on the alkyne, as well as different functionalities and achieved excellent results for alkyl ketones, a,(3-unsaturated ketones and even dialkylketones, as shown in Scheme 4.22. 

These reactions are believed to proceed via transmetallation. Configurational inversion occurs at both the transmetallation and addition steps, leading to overall retention of the allylic stereochemistry. 

Palladium catalyzes allylation of carbonyl compounds with various ally lie compounds using In-InCl3 in aqueous media (Eq. 8.66).158 Various allylic compounds can be effectively applied via the formation of TT-allylpalladium(II) intermediates and their transmetalation with indium in the presence of indium trichloride in aqueous media. 

Scheme 4.26 Precedent for Brook rearrangement/transmetallation of vinylsilanes bearing allylic alcohols...

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