Benzoates transmetallation

Organotelluriumfll and IV) compounds undergo transmetallation with Pd(II)[414], The carbonylation of the alkenylphenyltellurium(II) 459 gives the a,/3-Unsaturated ester 460 and benzoate, 460 being the main product[415], Reductive coupling of diaryl, dialkyl, and aryl alkyltellurides 461 to give 462 proceeds by treatment with Pd(OAc)2[416,417],... 

Umpolung of propargyl compounds occurs in the presence of excess Et2Zn, and homopropargyl alcohols 187 are obtained by the reaction of propargyl benzoates (186) with benzaldehyde, although the exact mechanism is not known. Ethylallene, which is expected to be formed by transmetallation of the allenylpalladium with Et2Zn and reductive elimination, is not formed [41],... 

Reaction of enol silyl ethers with lead tetrabenzoate followed by treatment with triethylammonium fluoride leads to the a-benzoyloxyketones. In both cases, the sequence involves bisoxygenation of the double bond followed by hydrolysis. a-Acetoxylation is also possible, but the benzoate is the reagent of choice for that system. i In the cyclohexanone series, reaction of lead tetraacetate with cyclohexanone trimethylsilyl enol ether afforded also a-acetoxycyclohexanone after hydrolysis." When the same reaction was performed on the triethyltin enol ether, the main product was now a-acetoxycyclohexanone with a small amount of dimeric product. This latter result could be explained by a transmetallation followed by ligand coupling, in the major pathway. 

This allylation protocol was used in the total synthesis of amphidinolide to give homoallylic alcohol 12 in 72% yield and 17 1 dr (eq 5). Initial transmetallation of stannane 10 with (R,R)-1 via allylic transposition yielded an intermediate borane. Introduction of aldehyde 11 at -78 °C provided for a facile condensation reaction leading to 12. Stereocontrol was induced from the 1,2-diphenylethane sulfonamide auxiliary and could be predicted from a Zimmerman-Traxler model with minimized steric repulsions. The high level of selectivity obtained in this case was a result of a matched diastereomeric transition state featuring the inherent Felkin-Ahn selectivity for nucleophilic attack in aldehyde 11, with the (5)-configuration of the benzoate of 10, as well as the (7 ,7 -antipode of auxiliary 1, resulting in threefold stereodifferentiation. 

A rationale for this stereochemical outcome is outlined in Scheme 20, which involves oxidative addition of the lactone to Pd(0) with inversion of configuration, transmetallation with diethylzinc with retention of configuration, and allylation of benzaldehyde through a six-membered chair-like transition state, placing the phenyl group in an equatorial position. The generality of this reaction pattern is demonstrated with other cyclohexenyl and cyclopen-tenyl benzoate derivatives. 

As in all C-C cross-coupling reactions, the Negishi reaction mechanism consists in three steps (Fig.4.1) oxidative addition, transmetalation, and reductive elimination. The former and the latter are common to all the other cross-coupling reactions, whereas the transmetalation step is particular of this reaction. Unfortunately, this transmetalation has been less studied compared to the ones in the Stille [12-17] or Suzuki reactions, [18-21] in spite of the fact that the transmetalation between organozinc and palladium complexes is also involved in other relevant processes, such as the hydroalkylation of styrenes, [22] the asymmetric allylation of aryl aldehydes, [23] the coupling propargylic benzoates and aldehydes, [24] or the double-transmetalation oxidative cross-coupling reaction [25, 26]. 

The preparation of functionalized aryl boronic reagents can be achieved by directed metallation followed by a transmetallation of aryllithiums with organoboron compounds. Thus, Caron and Hawkins have described a directed ortho-metalla-tion of aryl neopentyl esters such as 1 for the synthesis of substituted ortho-horo-nyl neopentyl benzoates using lithium diisopropylamide (LDA) as the base and B(OiPr)3 as an in situ trap [3]. The crude boronic acids obtained by acidic hydrolysis were subsequently treated with ethanolamine and converted to stable diethanolamine complexes such as 2. This methodology allows the preparation of a new class of boronic acids with ortho-carbonyl substituents and other functionalities... 

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