Reduction 2- -9-borabicyclo- 3.3.11 nonane

Although dichloroborane has been successfully used to reduce dialkyl sulphoxides, it was less useful for the reduction of diaryl sulphoxides and recent work26 has found that fully substituted bromoboranes can fill this gap. Three reagents were introduced, viz. bromodimethylborane, 9-bromo-9-borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane (9-BBN-Br) and tribromo-borane, the reactions being shown in equation (5) ... 

Enantioselective reduction is not possible for aldehydes, since the products are primary alcohols in which the reduced carbon is not chiral, but deuterated aldehydes RCDO give a chiral product, and these have been reduced enantioselectively with B-(3-pinanyl)-9-borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane (Alpine-Borane) with almost complete optical purity. ... 

In comparison with the hydroboration and diborafion reactions, thioboration reactions are relatively limited. In 1993, Suzuki and co-workers reported the Pd(0)-catalyzed addition of 9-(alkylthio)-9-BBN (BBN = borabicyclo [3.3.1] nonane) derivatives to terminal alkynes to produce (alkylthio)boranes, which are known as versatile reagents to introduce alkylthio groups into organic molecules [21], Experimental results indicate that the thioboration reactions, specific to terminal alkynes, are preferentially catalyzed by Pd(0) complexes, e.g. Pd(PPh3)4, producing (thioboryl)alkene products, in which the Z-isomers are dominant. A mechanism proposed by Suzuki and co-workers for the reactions involves an oxidative addition of the B-S bond to the Pd(0) complex, the insertion of an alkyne into the Pd-B or Pd-S bond, and the reductive elimination of the (thioboryl)alkene product. 

Asymmetric reduction of ketones using Alpine-borane . Alpine-borane = B-isopinocampheyl-9-borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane. 

Complex hydrides can be used for the selective reduction of the carbonyl group although some of them, especially lithium aluminum hydride, may reduce the a, -conjugated double bond as well. Crotonaldehyde was converted to crotyl alcohol by reduction with lithium aluminum hydride [55], magnesium aluminum hydride [577], lithium borohydride [750], sodium boro-hydride [751], sodium trimethoxyborohydride [99], diphenylstarmane [114] and 9-borabicyclo[3,3,l]nonane [764]. A dependable way to convert a, -un-saturated aldehydes to unsaturated alcohols is the Meerwein-Ponndorf reduction [765]. 

Chemical reduction of aromatic aldehydes to alcohols was accomplished with lithium aluminum hydride [5i], alane [770], lithium borohydride [750], sodium borohydride [757], sodium trimethoxyborohydride [99], tetrabutylam-monium borohydride [777], tetrabutylammonium cyanoborohydride [757], B-3-pinanyl-9-borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane [709], tributylstannane [756], diphenylstan-nane [114], sodium dithionite [262], isopropyl alcohol [755], formaldehyde (crossed Cannizzaro reaction) [i7i] and others. 

Reduction of unsaturated ketones to unsaturated alcohols is best carried out Nit v complex hydrides. a,/3-Unsaturated ketones may suifer reduction even at the conjugated double bond [764, 879]. Usually only the carbonyl group is reduced, especially if the inverse technique is applied. Such reductions are accomplished in high yields with lithium aluminum hydride [879, 880, 881, 882], with lithium trimethoxyaluminum hydride [764], with alane [879], with diisobutylalane [883], with lithium butylborohydride [884], with sodium boro-hydride [75/], with sodium cyanoborohydride [780, 885] with 9-borabicyclo [3.3.1]nonane (9-BBN) [764] and with isopropyl alcohol and aluminum isopro-... 

Reduction of a, -acetylenic ketones with chiral borane NB-Enanthrane prepared by addition of 9-borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane to the benzyl ether of nopol yielded optically active acetylenic alcohols in 74-84% yields and 91-96% enantiomeric excess [770]. Another way to optically active acetylenic alcohols is reduction with a reagent prepared from lithium aluminum hydride and (2S, 3R)-( -I- )-4-dimethylamino-3-methy 1-1,2-dipheny 1-2-butanol. At —78° mainly R alcohols were obtained in 62-99% yield and 34-90% enantiomeric excesses [893]. 

Other reagents used for reduction are boranes and complex borohydrides. Lithium borohydride whose reducing power lies between that of lithium aluminum hydride and that of sodium borohydride reacts with esters sluggishly and requires refluxing for several hours in ether or tetrahydrofuran (in which it is more soluble) [750]. The reduction of esters with lithium borohydride is strongly catalyzed by boranes such as B-methoxy-9-bora-bicyclo[3.3.1]nonane and some other complex lithium borohydrides such as lithium triethylborohydride and lithium 9-borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane. Addition of 10mol% of such hydrides shortens the time necessary for complete reduction of esters in ether or tetrahydrofuran from 8 hours to 0.5-1 hour [1060],... 

Asymmetric reduction of ketones. Ipc BCl is somewhat superior to B-3-pin-anyl-9-borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane (12, 397) for enantioselective reduction of alkyl aryl ketones at normal pressures to (S)-alcohols. In general, optical yields are 78-98%. It is also useful for asymmetric reduction of ketones in which one alkyl group is tertiary. Thus 3,3-dimethyl-2-butanone is reduced in 95% ee at 25°.1... 

Oxidation reactions r-Butyl hydroperoxide-Dialkyl tar-trate-Titanium(IV) isopropoxide, 51 m-Chloroperbenzoic acid, 76 Reduction reactions Chlorodiisopinocampheylborane, 72 Diisobutylaluminum hydride-Tin(II) chloride- (S) -1 - [ l-Methyl-2-pyrrolidi-nyljmethylpiperidine, 116 Lithium borohydride, 92 Lithium tri-sec-butylborohydride, 21 B-3-Pinanyl-9-borabicyclo[3.3.1]-nonane, 249... 

Lithium butyldimethylzincate, 221 Lithium sec-butyldimethylzincate, 221 Organolithium reagents, 94 Organotitanium reagents, 213 Palladium(II) chloride, 234 Titanium(III) chloride-Diisobutylalu-minum hydride, 303 Tributyltin chloride, 315 Tributyl(trimethylsilyl)tin, 212 3-Trimethylsilyl-l, 2-butadiene, 305 Zinc-copper couple, 348 Intramolecular conjugate additions Alkylaluminum halides, 5 Potassium t-butoxide, 252 Tetrabutylammonium fluoride, 11 Titanium(IV) chloride, 304 Zirconium(IV) propoxide, 352 Miscellaneous reactions 2-(Phenylseleno)acrylonitrile, 244 9-(Phenylseleno)-9-borabicyclo[3.3.1]-nonane, 245 Quina alkaloids, 264 Tributyltin hydride, 316 Conjugate reduction (see Reduction reactions)... 

Rates of hydroboration of (61 R = Me, Et, Pr, Bu, and Ph) with 9-borabicyclo-[3.3.1]nonane have been elucidated and found to decrease with increasing steric bulk of R no reaction was observed for R = Pr1. The products (62) are potentially valuable for the asymmetric reduction of prochiral ketones.61... 

REDUCTION, REAGENTS Aluminum amalgam. Borane-Dimethyl sulfide. Borane-Tetrahydrofurane. t-Butylaminoborane. /-Butyl-9-borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane. Cobalt boride— f-Butylamineborane. Diisobutylaluminum hydride. Diisopropylamine-Borane. Diphenylamine-Borane. Diphenyltin dihydride. NB-Enantrane. NB-Enantride. Erbium chloride. Hydrazine, lodotrimethylsilane. Lithium-Ammonia. Lithium aluminum hydride. Lithium borohydride. Lithium bronze. Lithium n-butylborohydride. Lithium 9,9-di-n-butyl-9-borabicyclo[3.3.11nonate. Lithium diisobutyl-f-butylaluminum hydride. Lithium tris[(3-ethyl-3pentylK>xy)aluminum hydride. Nickel-Graphite. Potassium tri-sec-butylborohydride. Samarium(II) iodide. Sodium-Ammonia. Sodium bis(2-mcthoxyethoxy)aluminum hydride. 

Sodium borohydride-Palladium chloride. Sodium borohydride-Rhodium(lII) chloride. Sodium borohydride-Tin(II) chloride. Sodium cyanoborohydride. Sodium 9-cyano-9-hydrido-9-borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane. Sodium dithionite. Sodium hydride-Sodium t-amyl oxide-Zinc chloride. Sodium trimethoxyborohydride. Tetra-/i-butylammonium borohydride. Tetra-n-butylammonium cyanoborohydride. Tetra-n-butylammonium octahydrotriborate. Tri-n-butyltin hydride. Triethoxy silane. Triisobutylaluminum-Bis(N-methyl-salicyclaldimine)nickel. Zinc borohydride. REDUCTIVE CYCLIZATION Cobaloximc(I). 

Boranes represent a family of reagents that has proved useful for asymmetric reductions. Here the asymmetric reduction of 3 is realized with Z -(3-pinanyl)-9-borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane (15) ((5)-Alpine... 

The reduction of substituted chromones 402 with 9-borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane (9-BBN) proceeds in a regioselective fashion to give 2/7-chromenes 403 (Scheme 66). Other boranes resulted in reduction to give chromanones <2001BCJ967>. 

Acetylenic ketones are important synthetic intermediates in the synthesis of a variety of natural products. Optically active propargyl alcohols of either configuration are readily available in high optical purity by asymmetric reduction of propargyl ketones with B-3-pinanyl-9-borabicyclo(3.3.1)nonane (Eq. 31). 

Although -3-pinanyl-9-borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane and related substances have also been developed as efficient asymmetric reducing agents for carbonyl compounds (Volume 8, Chapter 1.3), we discuss here only asymmetric reductions using chirally modified metal hydride reagents. The asymmetric hydrosilyl-ation of a carbonyl group catalyzed by a chirally modified transition metal is mentioned briefly. 

Cyanoborohydride and its modified reagents have been used for reductive dehalogenations. Thus, the combination of sodium or tetrabutylammonium cyanoborohydride, sodium or potassium 9-cyano-9-hydro-9-borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonanate [9-BBNCN] (2) or polymeric cyanoborane (3) in HMPA furnishes an efficient and mild system for the reduction of alkyl halides. The reagents are selective in that other functional groups, including ester, carboxylic acid, amide, cyano, alkene, nitro, sulfone, ketone, aldehyde and epoxide, are essentially inert under the reduction conditions thus, the reduction procedure is attractive for synthetic schemes which demand minimum damage to sensitive portions of the molecule. 

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