Allylsilanes electrophilic reactions

Tricyclic compounds can be obtained directly by annulation on to cyclic allylsilanes, using either ethylaluminum dichloride or titanium(IV) chloride as Lewis acids57. The stereochemical outcome of this particular cyclization is controlled by the relative configuration of the cyclic allylsilane. The reaction follows the usual anti" SE2 process for reactions of allylsilanes with electrophiles. Thus, the reaction was stereospecific, which makes it very useful for stereocon-trolled syntheses of complex ring systems57. 

Allylsilanes undergo reactions with a large range of electrophiles, although catalysis by Lewis acids is often necessary. Some recent examples of substitution reactions of allylsilanes are discussed below. 

In the case of allylsilanes, most reactions occur via an Sg manner. In other words electrophile attacks selectively at the /-position. This process is applied particularly when the silyl group has strongly electronegative substituent(s) and carbonyl electrophiles or the like are employed. A possible six-membered ring transition state has been suggested. The reaction is, in general, stereoselective. As can be seen in Section n.B.6, electrophiles derived from sterically hindered alkyl halides may attack preferentially at the a-position. 

Alkylation of ketones, As expected 1 reacts readily with carbonyl compounds to form allylsilanes. The reaction can be conducted as a one pot procedure with yields of 60-85%. In the presence of Lewis acids, allylsilanes react with various electrophiles (alkyl halides, acid chlorides, ethylene oxide). A typical sequence is shown in equation (I). 

Chatgilialoglu and Curran synthesized a variety of allyl tris(trimethylsilyl)silanes bearing substituents at the 2-position (Scheme 26) [70], These allylsilanes underwent reaction with alkyl halides when heated with a radical initiator to give very good yields of allylated products. The reactions were relatively sensitive to electronic effects electrophilic radicals reacted well only with electron-rich allyl silanes and vice versa. One potential drawback of this methodology is that the reactions reported were all carried out at 80 °C or above, suggesting that relatively high temperatures are necessary for efficient reaction. 

Preparative Methods lithiation of 1,3-dichloropropene followed by treatment with a silyl chloride reaction of 1,3-dichloropropene with Mg° and a silyl chloride electrophile treatment of allylsilanes with BuLi/TMEDA and a silyl electrophile reaction of allyl alcohol with HMPA, Mg°, and a Lewis acid catalyst cross-metathesis of allylsilanes reductive lithiation of allylthioethers. ... 

Intramolecular electrophilic reaction of (y3-silylmethyl)allylsilane with an imino group is an efficient approach to an l-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octane framework [32]. For example, treatment of 94 with formaldehyde in CH3CN at room temperature and then with trifluoroacetic acid produces 97 as a trifluoroacetate salt, presumably through domino cydization through 95 and then of 96 (Scheme 5.24). 

Optically active (Z)-l-substituted-2-alkenylsilanes are also available by asymmetric cross coupling, and similarly react with aldehydes in the presence of titanium(IV) chloride by an SE process in which the electrophile attacks the allylsilane double bond unit with respect to the leaving silyl group to form ( )-s)vr-products. However the enantiomeric excesses of these (Z)-allylsilanes tend to be lower than those of their ( )-isomers, and their reactions with aldehydes tend to be less stereoselective with more of the (E)-anti products being obtained74. 

Efficient asymmetric transfer is also observed for 1,2-benzenediol induced reactions of a-sub-stituted (Z)- and ( ,)-allyl(trialkoxy)silanes prepared by hydrosilation of conjugated dienes, although in this case the electrophile attacks the C-C double bond of the allylsilane syn with... 

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. 

Sakurai reactions proceed regiospecifically with a large variety of electrophiles due to the so-called /1-effect5-9. However, allylsilanes are also known as masked allyl carbanions, which may be activated by the presence of fluoride ion10-12. 

Extensive studies (/ /) of such SE- reactions of allylsilanes have demonstrated a high degree of anti stereoselectivity with the majority of electrophiles, except in cases where steric effects play a dominant role. 

Both the Se2 (front) and Se2 (back) mechanisms are designated DeAe in the lUPAC system. With substrates in which we can distinguish the possibility, the former mechanism should result in retention of configuration and the latter in inversion. The reaction of allylsilanes with adamantyl chloride and TiCU, for example, gives primarily the antiproduct via a Se2 reaction. When the electrophile attacks from the front, there is a third possibility. A portion of the electrophile may assist in the removal of the leaving group, forming a bond with it at the same time that the new C—Y bond is formed... 

Knolker and coworkers also used a domino [3+2] cycloaddition for the clever formation of a bridged tetracyclic compound 4-172, starting from a cyclopentanone 4-168 and containing two exocydic double bonds in the a-positions (Scheme 4.36) [57]. The reaction of 4-168 with an excess of allylsilane 4-169 in the presence of the Lewis acid TiCLj led to the spiro compound 4-170 in a syn fashion. It follows a Wag-ner-Meerwein rearrangement to give a tertiary carbocation 4-171, which acts as an electrophile in an electrophilic aromatic substitution process. The final step is the... 

The mechanism of this new reaction is shown in Scheme 14. Coordination of the diene to palladium(II) makes the diene double bond electrophilic enough to be attacked by the allylsilane. The attack by the allylsilane takes place on the face of the diene opposite to that of the palladium (anti). This is the first example of an anti attack by an allylsilane on a 7T-(olefin)metal complex. Benzoquinone (BQ)-induced anti attack by chloride ion produces the product 58. 

Silyl enol ethers are powerful intermediates in organic synthesis. Reactions of silyl enol ethers with various electrophiles provide effective methods for the synthesis of various carbonyl compounds. In this section we will briefly touch on the electrochemical reactions of silyl enol ethers and related compounds. The electrochemical behaviour of silyl enol ethers is expected to be closely related to that of allylsilanes and benzylsilanes because silyl enol ethers also have a silyl group ft to the re-system. 

Reaction with Further Electrophiles of Group IVA (Sl,Ge,Sn). IV-Silylated aziridines can be prepared from ethyleneimine by amination of chlorosilanes in the presence of an HC1 acceptor, by dehydrocondensation with an organosilicon hydride or by cleavage of a silicon—carbon bond in 2-furyl-, 2-thienyl-, benzyl-, or allylsilanes in the presence of an alkali metal catalyst (262—266). N-Silylated aziridines can react with carboxylic anhydrides to give acylated aziridines, eg, A/-acetylaziridine [460-07-1] in high yields (267). At high temperatures, A/-silylaziridines can be dimerized to piperazines (268). Aldehydes can be inserted... 

Electrophilic substitution reactions of allylsilanes have been reviewed in detail by Fleming, Dunogues and Smithers118. 

The reactions of chiral allylsilanes with electrophiles to give diastereoselective products has recently been extensively reviewed by Masse and Panek166. An example is shown in equation 99. The reaction of the chiral allylsilanes 142 with phenylsulphenyl chloride (PSC) and chlorosulphonyl isocyanate (CSI) takes place with a diastereoselectivity which increases with the increasing steric bulk of the substituent R167. 

TABLE 13. Diastereomeric excesses (de) in the products of the reactions of the allylsilane 142 with electrophiles E... 

Allenylsilanes may behave as allyl or vinylsilanes. In general, allylsilane behaviour dominates over vinylsilane behaviour. The reactions of allenylsilanes with electrophiles have been comprehensively reviewed by Fleming, Dunogues and Smithers118. Electrophilic substitution of allenylsilanes gives alkynes (equation 106)173. 

Whereas an allylsilane can serve as an allyl anion synthon, the reaction of 1,3-bis(silyl)propene with electrophiles can afford the 1,3-disubstituted propene. Thus, treatment of a mixture of (If)- and (Z)-2-aryl-l,3-bis(trimethylsilyl)propenes 5 with 2 equivalents of NBS at —78 °C stereoselectively yields the corresponding (Z)-2-aryl-l,3-dibromopropene 6. When 1 equivalent of NBS is employed, the monobromo product 7 is obtained (equation 5). The reactions apparently proceed via the pattern of sequential displacement of allylsilane moieties40,41. 

In the presence of the TiCLt catalyst, 6-amino-substituted allylsilanes readily react with isobutyraldehyde to yield piperidine derivatives 88 (equation 60)128. Presumably, an iminium ion intermediate is formed and the Boc group is replaced under the reaction conditions. It is noteworthy that the regioselectivity is different when acid chloride in used as the electrophile (cf Section II.B.5). 

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