AUyl alcohols 3.3- disubstituted

Disubstituted alkenes, nonbulky trisubstituted alkenes, vinyl phosphonates, phenyl vinyl sulfone, tertiary aUylic carbons (all alkyl substituents), protected tertiary aUyUc alcohols nitroalkenes, protected trisubstituted aUyl alcohols... 

Unfortunately, attempts to perform this substitution reaction on cyclohexenol and geraniol led to the exclusive formation of the corresponding silyl ethers. It thus would seem that one requirement for effective carbon-carbon bond formation is that allylic alcohols be secondary and have possess y,y-disubstitution. Pearson, however, discovered a method with less restriction on the natiue of the substrate he used allylic acetates with y-mono-substitution or primary alcohols [96]. Not only ketene silyl acetals but also a diverse set of nucleophiles including aUyl silane, indoles, MOM vinyl ether, trimethylsilyl azide, trimethylsilyl cyanide, and propargyl silane participate in the substitution of y-aryl allylic alcohol 90 to give allylated 91 (Sch. 45). Further experimental evidence suggests that these reactions proceed via ionization to allylic carboca-tions—alcohols 90 and 92 both afforded the identical product 93. 

Danishefsky et al. developed a stereospedfic route for the synthesis of deoxy analog of mitomycin via an aromatic Claisen rearrangement [84]. The aUyl aryl ether 112 was prepared from allylic alcohols and phenol derivative via the Mitsu-nobu reaction. The aromatic Claisen rearrangement of 1,3-disubstituted aUyhc ether 112 proceeded under thermal conditions (N,N-dimethylaniline reflux) to afford the ortho rearrangement product 113 in 80% yield. 

General Considerations. A sequence involving metalation, alkylation, and fluoride-induced elimination of benzenesulfinate allows the conversion of (2) to a terminal alkene. An analogous sequence involving a double alkylation of (2) provides a 1,1-disubstituted alkene (eq 2). The Uthio derivative of (2) has also been used to prepare cyclopropyUdene derivatives, homo-allylic alcohols, and aUyl silanes via the Julia alkenation. ... 

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