Allylsilane intramolecular

Ring formation by intramolecular reaction between an allylsilane and an aldehyde or ketone is well precedented54, 55. 

The diastereoselectivity of these reactions was initially explained in terms of acyclic, an-tiperiplanar transition states23, although a synclinal process has since been proposed on the basis of the stereoselectivity of Lewis acid induced intramolecular allylsilane- aldehyde cycliza-tions56. 

Of particular interest are reactions between a-hydroxy ketones and allyl(trifluoro)silanes which proceed with participation of the hydroxy group via a pentacoordinated allylsilane, with intramolecular delivery of the allyl group to the ketone. Excellent stereoselectivity is obtained at up to three contiguous stereogenic centers66. 

Chelation control of the intramolecular reaction between an allylsilane and an aldehyde or ketone has been carefully investigated. Excellent stereoselectivity was found for cyclization of B-oxo esters using titanium(IV) chloride as the Lewis acid, less good selectivity for cyclization of /l-diketones70. 

In the intramolecular amidoalkylation of certain (Z)-allylsilanes, piperidine derivatives (n = 2) are formed less stereoselectively than the corresponding pyrrolidines (n = 1). The complete regiocontrol is induced by the /3-effect of the silicon atom. 

This section describes Michael-analogous processes in which, mostly under electrophilic conditions, ally - or alkynylsilanes undergo addition to enones or dienones (Sakurai reactions). The intramolecular addition of allylsilanes is an extremely useful reaction especially for the construction of carbocyclic ring systems, which occurs in a diastereoselective manner, in many cases with complete asymmetric induction. 

In the synthesis of spirocyclic systems via an intramolecular Sakurai reaction, allylsilanes with an allyl moiety attached to the 3-position of the 2-cyclohexenone are required as starting materials. 

Analogous to the allylsilane cyclizations, alkynylsilanes can also be used to synthesize 1,2-fused bicyclic compounds. The intramolecular addition of 4-[5-(trimethylsilyl)-3-pentynyl]-2-cyclo-hexenone proceeded smoothly in the presence of various Lewis acids, yielding functionalized cw-fused octahydro-5/f-inden-5-ones containing the synthetically useful terminal allene unit45. 

Stereoselective Ring Annulations by Intramolecular 1,6-Addition of an Allylsilane Function... 

The 1,6-intramolecular addition of unsymmetrical allylsilanes to conjugated dienones proceeded to give a trans relation between the angular substituents and the vinyl groups (complete 1,3-asymmetric induction). Ethylaluminum dichloride has been most successfully used in all reactions described35-53. 

Recently, a new multicomponent condensation strategy for the stereocontrolled synthesis of polysubstituted tetrahydropyran derivatives was re-published by the Marko group, employing an ene reaction combined with an intramolecular Sakurai cyclization (IMSC) (Scheme 1.14) [14]. The initial step is an Et2AlCl-promoted ene reaction between allylsilane 1-50 and an aldehyde to afford the (Z)-homoallylic alcohol 1-51, with good control of the geometry of the double bond. Subsequent Lewis acid-media ted condensation of 1-51 with another equivalent of an aldehyde provided the polysubstituted exo-methylene tetrahydropyran 1-53 stereoselectively and... 

In the second approach55 an allylsilane was employed as carbon nucleophile in the side chain. Allylsilanes have been frequently used as masked allyl carbanions, usually in reactions with a keto function57. Palladium-catalyzed reaction of allylsilane 57 with LiCl under similar conditions as used for the other intramolecular 1,4-oxidations afforded 58 (equation 22). Interestingly, the carbochlorination over the diene was highly 1,4-syn... 

An intramolecular Heck cyclization of substrate 178 was the central feature in Overman s synthesis of pyridinomorphinans [139]. Octahydroisoquinoline 178, derived from an allylsilane-iminium ion cyclization as a single stereoisomer, was cyclized under forcing conditions to afford enantiomerically pure 179, an intermediate for a (-)-morphine (180) analog. 

Another interesting example of a photochemi-cally induced domino process is the combination of the photocyclization of aryl vinyl sulfides with an intramolecular addition as described by Dittami et al. [901 as intermediate a thiocarbonyl ylide can be assumed. The domino-Norrish I-Knoevenagel-allyl-silane cyclization developed by us allows the efficient stereoselective formation of 1,2-trans-subsituted five- and six-membered carbocycles.1911 A photochemical cycloaddition of enamino-aldehydes and enamino-ketones with the intermediate formation of an iminium salt followed by addition to allylsilanes gives access to novel bicyclic heterocy-des. New examples of photochemically induced... 

An intramolecular Michael reaction affording indolizidinones 166 was initiated by addition of tetrabutylammonium triphenyldifluorosilicate (TBAT) on allylsilanes 165 (Scheme 39) <2003TL6629>. 

Cycloheptane annelation.1 A new route to cycloheptanes is based on a Lewis acid-catalyzed, intramolecular addition of an allylsilane group to a 3-vinylcycloal-kenone (equation I). This annelation has been applied to a synthesis of the ses-... 

Medium-size cycloalkynes.1 In the presence of BF, etherate, a cobalt com-plexed propargylic ether can undergo an intramolecular alkylation with an allylic silane to provide six-, seven-, and eight-membered complexed cycloalkynes. This reaction is an extension of propargylation of allylsilanes to provide 1,5-enynes (10, 129-130). 

Intramolecular cyclizationlenolate trapping of allylsilanes (cf., 12,496-497).3 The intermediate enolate formed in the TiCl4-catalyzed cyclization of 1 can be trapped by chloromethyl methyl sulfide to give a decalone derivative with a potential methyl group on the angular position. Actually the reaction results in... 

The intramolecular coupling of enolethers with enolethers, styrenes, alkyl-substituted olefins, allylsilanes, and vinylsilanes was systematically studied by Moeller [69]. Many of these coupling reactions turned out to be compatible with the smooth formation of quaternary carbon atoms (Eq. 11) [70], which were formed diastere-oselectively and led to fused bicyclic ring skeletons having a ds-stereochemistry [71]. The cyclization is compatible with acid-sensitive functional groups as the allylic alkoxy group. Moeller has demonstrated in some cases that these reactions can be run without loss of selectivity and yield in a simple beaker with either a carbon rod or reticulated carbon as anode without potential control and a 6-V lantern battery as power supply [71]. 

Different nucleophiles such as methanol, allylsilanes, silyl enol ethers, trimethylsilyl-cyanide, and arenes can be used in this process [62]. When the sulfide itself contains an unsaturated or aromatic fragment and the process is carried out in the absence of a nucleophile, an intramolecular anodic sub-stitution/cyclization might occur [61-63]. Methyl esters of 2-benzothiazolyl-2-alkyl or aryl-acetic acid, oxidized in MeOH/Et4 NCIO4 or H2SO4 in the presence of CUCI2, form 2,2-dimethoxy products (Eq. 7) [64]. 

Fig. 43 Stereoselective intramolecular coupling of enolether with allylsilane [201, 202].

Intramolecular cyclization of tethered phenyl ketones (58 X = Br, SiMe3) show contrasting stereochemical outcomes for indium catalysis of the alkyl bromides and fluoride ion-induced reaction of the allylsilanes. The reactions thus allow complementarity in product diastereoselectivity, and the difference appears to be related to an... 

In the presence of hafnium tetrachloride/trimethylchlorosilane catalyst, alkynyl allylsilane compounds undergo an intramolecular allylsilylation reaction to give cyclic alkenylsilanes in good yields ... 

A B-ring-last-strategy was applied by Majetich and coworkers for their synthesis of the natural ( )-l(15),8-dolastadien-2-ol ( )-107 (desoxyisoami-jiol, 1991) [87, 88]. A Lewis acid mediated intramolecular allylsilane 1,6-ad-dition of the dienone 157 afforded the 5,7,6-tricyclic carbon framework of the dolastanes (158) (Scheme 25). The missing carbon atom was intro-... 

The undefined mechanism of the aldol-type Mukaiyama and Sakurai allylation reactions arose the discussion and interest in mechanistic studies [143-145]. The proposed mechanism was proved to proceed through the catalytic activation of the aldehyde and its interaction with the silyl ketene acetal or allylsilane producing the intermediate. From that point the investigation is complicated with two possible pathways that lead either to the release of TMS triflate salt and its electrophihc attack on the trityl group in the intermediate or to the intramolecular transfer of the TMS group to the aldolate position resulting in the evolution of the trityl catalyst and the formation of the product (Scheme 51). On this divergence, series of experimental and spectroscopic studies were conducted. 

One of the important advantages of the intramolecular alkene silylformylation reaction as an aldol equivalent is that the products are masked 3,5-dihydroxyalkanals, and therefore that no manipulations are required prior to iteration of the process by aldehyde al-lylation to set up the next intramolecular silylformylation. Given that allylsilanes are well-known aldehyde allylation reagents, intramolecular silylformylation employing a diallylhydrosilane would, in principle, allow for the possibility of a tandem silylformyla-tion/allylsilylation reaction. This has been reduced to practice the diaUylsilyl ethers 60 were subjected to the previously developed silylformylation conditions and the unpuri-fied reaction mixtures were subjected to the Tamao oxidation ]36] to provide triols 61... 

In a related strategy, the dihydropiperidine skeleton of the macrocyclic alkaloid cannabisativine (208) (Fig. 1.6), isolated from the leaves and roots of the common cannabis plant, was prepared with regio- and stereoselectivity using an intramolecular allylsilane-nitrone cycloaddition reaction as a key step (260). 

The ring opening of an aziridine can also occur in an intramolecular fashion, as observed in the formal [3+2] azitidine-allylsilane cycloaddition reaction of 142. These substrates were used for the preparation of both 5-5 and 6-5 fused ring systems <99T8025>. 

Many newer methods for generating cyclohexane derivatives from carbohydrates still depend on the intramolecular attack of nucleophilic carbon species at electrophilic centers, and the range of options is now extensive. Thus, the nucleophiles may be carb-anions stabilized by carbonyl, phosphonate, nitro, or dithio groups, and they may bond to carbonyl carbon atoms, or to those that carry appropriate leaving groups or are contained in epoxide rings, or as jj-centers of a,p-unsaturated carbonyl systems. Otherwise, the nucleophilic activity at the 7-centers of allylsilanes or a-positions of vinyl silanes may be used to react with electrophilic carbon atoms. 

Epoxide rings may also be opened by intramolecular nucleophiles derived from allylsilane groups (see Scheme 9) to permit aldol-like closure onto aldehyde functions. Compound 63 (Scheme 15), derived by a multistep route from L-arabinose, when activated... 

Intramolecular cyclization of allylsilanes.4 p-Keto esters (or amides) substituted in the a-position by an allylsilane undergo diastereospecific cyclization in the presence of TiCl4 (chelation controlled). Cyclizations induced by F" or BF3 etherate give mixtures of diastereomers. 

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