Borane-dimethylsulfide complex preparation

SYNTHESIS A solution of 5.50 g 2,5-dimethoxy-4-ethylthio-B-nitrostyrene (see under 2C-T-2 for its preparation) was made in 80 mL boiling anhydrous THF. On cooling, there was some separation of a fine crystalline phase, which was kept dispersed by continuous stirring. Under an inert atmosphere there was added 3.5 mL of a 10 M borane dimethylsulfide complex, followed by 0.5 g sodium borohydride as a solid. There was a slight exothermic response, and the color slowly faded. Stirring was continued for a week. There was then added 40 mL H,0 and 20 mL... 

Nitro-4-(trifluoromethyl)-phenol 42 (Scheme 17) in reaction with 2-bromo-2-methyl-propionamide in the presence of cesium carbonate and cesium iodide in acetonitrile afforded 2-hydroxy-2-methylpropionamide 43, apparently via derivative 44 as the intermediate [32]. Amide 44, prepared on a circuitous route, on reduction with borane-dimethylsulfide complex, gave amine 45 as the only isolated product. The parent 2-hydroxy-2-methyl-W-(2-... 

The preparation of each is easy and this is the route to 87/88 as described by Evans11 in Organic Syntheses. Reduction of the free acid 91 with the borane-dimethylsulfide complex is easy if smelly and the rest is straightforward. The same auxiliary 87 can be used with any acid acylation with the acid chloride gives the chiral derivative 93 ready for enolate formation. 

One of the most potent frameworks for the synthesis of two contiguous stereochemically defined asymmetric centers is the chiral epoxy functionality. Prepared in molar-scale quantity from dimethyl L-tartrate (la), bromohydrin 860 is a shelf-storable solid that undergoes selective reduction at the a-hydroxy ester function with borane-dimethylsulfide complex in the presence of catalytic sodium borohydride to provide a 4 1 mixture of methyl (2S,3S)-2-bromo-3,4-dihydroxybutanoate (861) and methyl (2i, 3i )-3-bromo-2,4-dihydroxybutanoate (862). Without purification this mixture is treated with ert-butyldimethylsilylchloride and then exposed to sodium methoxide, which results in conversion to the single epoxide methyl (2i, 3iS)-4-( err-butyldimethylsilyloxy)-2,3-epoxybutanoate (863) in 95% yield and with 99% optical purity (Scheme 188). 

Nucleophilic attack at other atoms. The chemistry of phosphine-borane adducts has continued to generate interest. Simple borane adducts of primary vinyl-, ethynyl- and allenyl-phosphines have been prepared and studied by a range of spectroscopic and theoretical techniques. The same group has also shown that attachment of the BH3 unit to a variety of primary phosphines results in a substantial increase in the intrinsic acidity of the system in the gas-phase. Group III halide adducts of the type Bu 2PH EX3 (E = B, Al, Ga or In X = Cl or Br) are accessible from the reactions of the secondary phosphine with the trihalides at room temperature. The solid state structure and reactivity of these adducts was also reported. Treatment of l,8-bis(diphenylphosphino)naphthalene with the borane-dimethylsulfide complex in ether solvents affords a simple monoborane adduct of the diphosphine irrespective of the molar ratio of the... 

Preparation of the jcy/o-configurated deoxyimino sugars 805 and 807 from 802 or 806 illustrates the value of tartaric acid in enantiospecific syntheses of valuable target molecules. Ozonolysis of 802 followed by reduction with sodium borohydride in methanol provides 803. Subsequent borane-dimethylsulfide—THF complex reduction, OTBS deprotection with 60% aqueous acetic acid, and purification with Amberite IRA400(OH) resin provides, after acidification, 804 in 75% yield. Catalytic debenzylation in the presence of palladium hydroxide occurs quantitatively to afford (27, 3/ ,4R)-2-(2-hydroxyethyl)-3,4-dihydroxypyrrolidine hydrochloride (805) in an overall yield of 53% (Scheme 176). 

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