Hydrosilylation asymmetric, olefins

The yttrium hydride [2,2 -bis(/gr/-butyldimethylsilylamido)-6,6 -dimethylbiphenyl]YH(THF) 2 76, conveniently generated in situ from [2,2 -bis(/ r/-butyldimethylsilylamido)-6,6 -dimethylbiphenyl]YMe(THF)2 75, demonstrated its high catalytic activity in the asymmetric hydrosilylation. This system represents the first use of a cP metal complex with non-Cp ligands for the catalytic hydrosilylation of olefins. Hydrosilylation of norbornene with PhSiH3 gave the corresponding product 77 with 90% ee (Scheme 21).75... 

Catalytic asymmetric hydrosilylation of prochiral olefins has become an interesting area in synthetic organic chemistry since the first successful conversion of alkyl-substituted terminal olefins to optically active secondary alcohols (>94% ee) by palladium-catalyzed asymmetric hydrosilylation in the presence of chiral monodentate phosphine ligand (MOP, 20). The introduced silyl group can be converted to alcohol via oxidative cleavage of the carbon-silicon bond (Scheme 8-8).27... 

ASYMMETRIC HYDROSILYLATION OF OLEFINS WITH TRANSITION-METAL CATALYSTS 127... 

Catalytic asymmetric hydrosilylation of terminal olefins has been developed, using palladium coordinated to the novel binaphthyl ligands (MOP). In all cases (MOPa-d), the enantioselectivity is excellent ( 90% e.e.). The products can be converted into the corresponding secondary alcohols with retention of configuration446. 

As discussed above, the cross-coupling reaction of organosilicon compounds proceeds stereospecifically, depending on the reaction conditions. Thus, the transformation C—Si C —C is demonstrated to be accompanied by chirality transfer. Now, the question arises of how to prepare organosilicon compounds whose chiral allylic carbon is substituted by a silyl group. The most accessible solution is asymmetric hydrosilylation of olefins [35]. We studied asymmetric hydrosilylation of 1-substituted 1,3-butadienes using... 

The asymmetric hydrosilylation of a-methylstyrene with methyldi-chlorosilane has been catalyzed by (/ )-benzylmethylphenylphosphine complexes of platinum(II) 302) or nickel(II) 304) to give a 5 or 17.6% excess of one enantiomer in the addition product, 2-phenylpropyl-methyldichlorosilane. The corresponding palladium(II) complexes were, however, only slightly useful for asymmetric synthesis in hydrosilylation of olefins. Nevertheless, palladium(II) complexes of methyldiphenyl-phosphine or epimeric neomethyldiphenylphosphine, where the dissymmetry is remote from the phosphorus, are especially useful for the induction of asymmetry in the hydrosilylation of styrene and some cyclic conjugated dienes 199). A similar procedure has been used for... 

Rhodium-phosphine complexes are usually active and effective in the asymmetric hydrosilylation of olefins, ketones, and aldehydes, allowing for the virtual synthesis of optically active alkoxysilanes and organic compounds of high purity. Chiral rhodium-phosphine catalysts predominate in the hydrosilylation of pro-chiral ketones. This subject has been comprehensively reviewed by several authors who have made major contributions to this field [52-54]. A mechanism for the hydrosilylation of carbonyl groups involving the introduction of asymmetry is shown in Scheme 3 [55]. 

Asymmetric hydrosilylation of 2-phenyl-1-butene yields enantiomeric excess ee) values as high as 68% [149]. Products obtained by sequential cyclization/ silylation reactions of 1,5-dienes and 1,6-dienes feature in the suggested mechanistic scenario (Scheme 8) [149, 155]. Furthermore, hydrosilylation of terminal olefins achieved both excellent chemoselectivity in the presence of any internal olefin, and functional-group compatibility with halides, ethers, and acetals [155]. 

Optically active alcohols, amines, and alkanes can be prepared by the metal catalyzed asymmetric hydrosilylation of ketones, imines, and olefins [77,94,95]. Several catalytic systems have been successfully demonstrated, such as the asymmetric silylation of aryl ketones with rhodium and Pybox ligands however, there are no industrial processes that use asymmetric hydrosilylation. The asymmetric hydrosilyation of olefins to alkylsilanes (and the corresponding alcohol) can be accomplished with palladium catalysts that contain chiral monophosphines with high enantioselectivities (up to 96% ee) and reasonably good turnovers (S/C = 1000) [96]. Unfortunately, high enantioselectivities are only limited to the asymmetric hydrosilylation of styrene derivatives [97]. Hydrosilylation of simple terminal olefins with palladium catalysts that contain the monophosphine, MeO-MOP (67), can be obtained with enantioselectivities in the range of 94-97% ee and regioselectivities of the branched to normal of the products of 66/43 to 94/ 6 (Scheme 26) [98.99]. 

Asymmetric hydrosilylations of terminal alkenes, 1-arylalkenes, norbomenes and dihydrofurans with HSiCIj have been successfully performed by Hayashi and coworkers [914, 915, 916, 1340, 1341]. These reactions take place at 40°C when catalyzed by chiral palladium complexes, and the most efficient ligand is monophosphine 3.51 (R = Me) (Figure 7.19). The regioselectivity of the hydrosilylation of terminal olefins is opposite to that usually observed after treatment with H2O2/KF, secondary alcohols are obtained as major products [752, 855, 1340], The regioisomeric primary alcohols are typically formed in only about 10% yield in these reactions. 

With the exception of norbomene, internal olefins do not undergo hydrosilylation. Hydrosilylation of 3-phenylpropene with PhSiDj forms a unique product and the process tolerates a variety of fianctional groups, halides, ethers and acetals, despite the well known strong Lewis acidity of the catalysts. Cyclisation/silylation of 1,5-dienes or 1,6-enynes has been reported to give a single product (Scheme 14) [26]. In the case of metallocene complexes bearing a menthyl substituent, ee values near 70% were obtained for the asymmetric hydrosilylation of 2-phenyl-but-l-ene [31]. 

The creation of an asymmetric center by C-H bond formation is a very common process which can involve several types of reactions. Hydrogenation of prochiral olefins is often used with the rhodium catalysts of the Wilkinson type (5). These catalysts were shown to be inactive for ketone or imine reduction except in some cases (15), It was then interesting to develop an alternate method for asymmetric synthesis of chiral alcohols or amines. Since it was found that RhCl(PPh3)3 was able to catalyze silane additions to ketones (16,17) or imines (18), preparation of chiral alcohols or amines by asymmetric hydrosilylation could be envisaged (Figure 2). The 1,4-addition of silanes to conjugated... 

Rhodium complexes also catalyze the hydrosilylation of olefins, and one of the earliest soluble catalysts used for hydrosilylation was Wilkinson s catalyst. - As is described in more detail below, the mechanisms for hydrosilylation catalyzed by rhodium complexes differ from those catalyzed by platinum complexes. Olefin insertion occurs into different ligands in the two mechanisms. The rhodium-catalyzed processes occiu by a so-called modified Chalk-Harrod mechanism. " Rhodium complexes were also among tlie first complexes used for the asymmetric hydrosilylation of ketones. " ... 

Palladium complexes also catalyze hydrosilylation, and particular emphasis has been placed on the use palladium catalysts for asymmetric hydrosilylation. The most selective of these catalysts contains a binaphthyl monophosphine ligand. - Finally, lanthanides have also been used for hydrosilylation. Lanthanide-metallocene catalysts can be highly active for the hydrosilylation of olefins, and lanthanides bearing chiral ligands catalyze asymmetric hydrosilylation with measurable enantiomeric excess. ... 

As noted earlier in this chapter, the enantioselective hydrosilylation of olefins could be a useful method to prepare chiral, non-racemic alcohols. A.lthough the scope of highly enantioselective hydrosilylations is limited, high enantioselectivities have been obtained for the asymmetric hydrosilylation of alkenes and vinylarenes. A majority of the most selective chemistry has been conducted using a palladium catalyst containing an axially chiral monophosphine ligand. 

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