Trimethylsilyl enol ethers, reaction with benzaldehyde

Cationic Pd complexes can be applied to the asymmetric aldol reaction. Shibasaki and coworkers reported that (/ )-BINAP PdCP, generated from a 1 1 mixture of (i )-BINAP PdCl2 and AgOTf in wet DMF, is an effective chiral catalyst for asymmetric aldol addition of silyl enol ethers to aldehydes [63]. For instance, treatment of trimethylsi-lyl enol ether of acetophenone 49 with benzaldehyde under the influence of 5 mol % of this catalyst affords the trimethylsilyl ether of aldol adduct 113 (87 % yield, 71 % ee) and desilylated product 114 (9 % yield, 73 % ee) as shown in Sch. 31. They later prepared chiral palladium diaquo complexes 115 and 116 from (7 )-BINAP PdCl2 and (i )-p-Tol-BINAP PdCl2, respectively, by reaction with 2 equiv. AgBF4 in wet acetone [64]. These complexes are tolerant of air and moisture, and afford similar reactivity and enantioselec-tivity in the aldol condensation of 49 and benzaldehyde. Sodeoka and coworkers have recently developed enantioselective Mannich-type reactions of silyl enol ethers with imi-nes catalyzed by binuclear -hydroxo palladium(II) complexes 117 and 118 derived from the diaquo complexes 115 and 116 [65]. These reactions are believed to proceed via a chiral palladium(fl) enolate. 

Since our group (22) and Hehnchen s (23) independently announced a new class of chiral acyloxyboranes derive from iV-sulfonylamino acids and borane THF, chiral 1,3 -oxazaborolidines, their utility as chiral Lewis acid catalysts in enantioselective synthesis has been convincingly demonstrated (2(5). In particular, Corey s tryptophan-derived chiral oxazaborolidines 10a and 10b are highly effective for not only Mukaiyama aldol reactions (24) but also Diels-Alder reactions (25). More than 20 mol% of 10b is required for the former reaction, however. Actually, the reaction of the trimethylsilyl enol ether derived from cyclopentanone with benzaldehyde afforded the aldoI products in only 71% yield even in the presence of 40 mol%of 10b (24). We recently succeed in renewing 10b as a new and extremely active catalyst lOd using arylboron dichlorides as Lewis acid components (2(5). 

In the reaction of benzaldehyde with the trimethylsilyl enol ether of cyclohexanone, both substrates were sequentially added in a solution of lOd in propionitrile at -78 °C according to Corey s procedure (24). The reaction proceeded quantitatively to give the aldol products in 78 22 synfanti ratio, and the optical yield of syn adduct was 89% ee. The reaction of butyrakiehyde with the (Z)-trimethylsilyl enol ether derived from propiophenone, however, did not proc d well. Fortunately, the reaction proceeded cleanly by adding trimethylsilyl enol ether followed by butyrakiehyde to afford only the syn aldol adduct with more than 99% ee. The syn selection observed in both reactions suggests that the reaction occurs via extended transition state assemblies. 

Scandium tris(perfluorooctanesulfonyl)methide complex was immobilized in a fluorous phase as a recyclable catalyst for Mukaiyama aldol reaction (2). On the other hand, the catalytic activity of scandium could be significantly increased by the use of a continuous flow system compared with a batch system. For example, in per-fluoromethylcyclohexane, the aldol reaction of benzaldehyde withthe trimethylsilyl enol ether derived from methyl 2-methylpropannoate was completed within seconds in the presence of less than 0.1 mol% of Sc(N(S02CgFi7)2]3 [3]. 

Acetals and ethers can also be used to produce benzylic car-bocations by reacting with a Lewis acid. Treatment of acetals derived from chiral 2-substituted benzaldehyde chromium tricarbonyl complexes with trimethylsilyl triflate followed by reaction with a silyl enol ether give diastereomerically pure alkylation products (Scheme 98). Benzylic alcohols can be... 

The reaction with benzaldehyde however failed to produce the expected aldol product (after hydrolysis), unless an excess of fluorotrimethylsilane (or of the original enol trimethylsilyl ether) was present to capture the adduct anion (equation 20). 

This method fails, however, with bicyclic ketones such as 1-tetralones even in the presence of TsOH, affording only enol trimethylsilyl ethers such as 107 a [114, 115]. A subsequent investigation revealed that cyclohexanone reacts with equivalent amounts of N-trimethylsilyldimefhylamine 463 in the presence of TMSOTf 20 at -30 °C to give the enol silyl ether 107 a, whereas reaction of cyclohexanone, benzaldehyde, and chlorodimethyl ether with 463 and TMSOTf 20 or TCS 14 at 1-20 °C afforded the iminium salts 547, 548, and 549 in high yield [116-118]. Analogously, N-trimethylsilylpyrrolidine 550 and N-trimethylsilylmorphoHne 294 convert aldehydes such as benzaldehyde, at ambient temperature in the presence... 

Enol silyl ethers react with aldehydes with a catalytic amount of TBAF to give the aldol silyl ethers in good yields. These reactions generally proceed under very mild conditions and within shorter periods of time than conventional strong acidic or basic conditions. The products from4-f-butyl-l-methyl-2-(trimethylsilyloxy) cyclohexene and benzaldehyde show very good axial selectivity and a little anti-syn selectivity (eq 20). The aldol condensation of ketones and aldehydes can be achieved in one pot when ethyl (trimethylsilyl)acetate is used as a silylation agent with TBAF (eq 21). 

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