Boron reagents, synthesis

Asymmetric Reduction of Unsymmetrical Ketones Using Chiral Boron Reagents Review Synthesis 1992, 605. 

Another extensively developed group of allylic boron reagents for enantioselective synthesis is derived from tartrates.42... 

The synthesis in Scheme 13.49 features use of an enantioselective allylic boronate reagent derived from diisopropyl tartrate to establish the C(4) and C(5) stereochemistry. The ring is closed by an olefin metathesis reaction. The C(2) methyl group was introduced by alkylation of the lactone enolate. The alkylation is not stereoselective, but base-catalyzed epimerization favors the desired stereoisomer by 4 1. 

Synthesis of the macrolide 6-deoxyerythronolide B 28 is one of the successful demonstrations of double asymmetric induction applied to the construction of complicated natural products.5 Retro synthetic analysis (Scheme 7-7) shows that 28 can be obtained from thio-seco acid 29, which consists of seven propionate building blocks. This is a typical aldol product in which a boron reagent... 

One of the main reasons for the popularity of allylic boron reagents in stereo-controlled synthesis is that their additions to aldehydes are reliably highly stereoselective and the ontcome is predictable. The diastereospecificify of the reaction was first recognized by Hoffmann and Zeiss using both E- and Z-crofylboronates... 

If the presence of sensitive functional groups poses problems of chemose-lectivity in the use of hard allylic metal reagents, allylboronate derivatives also can be accessed by a milder transmetalation of allylic tin species with boron halides.This approach has been used by Corey in the synthesis of chiral bis(sulfonamido)boron reagents such as the medially 1 reagent 15 (Eq. 19) (see section Chiral Boronate Derivatives ). ... 

Several allylic boron reagents have been recently employed in a series of doubly diastereoselective additions toward a synthesis of mycalamide. " Thus,... 

The ability to provide highly functionalized reagents, such as unsaturated silanes and vinyl boronates, starting from terminal olefins is one of the most attractive attributes of CM, particularly when traditional methods for the preparation of such compounds are not synthetically straightforward. Therefore, significant research has been undertaken to determine the broad-spectrum chemoselectivity of olefin metathesis catalysts. In many cases, the use of a CM protocol in reagent synthesis is completely orthogonal to alternative methods of preparation. 

Reviews on stoichiometric asymmetric syntheses M. M. Midland, Reductions with Chiral Boron Reagents, in J. D. Morrison, ed., Asymmetric Synthesis, Vol. 2, Chap. 2, Academic Press, New York, 1983 E. R. Grandbois, S. I. Howard, and J. D. Morrison, Reductions with Chiral Modifications of Lithium Aluminum Hydride, in J. D. Morrison, ed.. Asymmetric Synthesis, Vol. 2, Chap. 3, Academic Press, New York, 1983 Y. Inouye, J. Oda, and N. Baba, Reductions with Chiral Dihydropyridine Reagents, in J. D. Morrison, ed., Asymmetric Synthesis, Vol. 2, Chap. 4, Academic Press, New York, 1983 T. Oishi and T. Nakata, Acc. Chem. Res., 17, 338 (1984) G. Solladie, Addition of Chiral Nucleophiles to Aldehydes and Ketones, in J. D. Morrison, ed., Asymmetric Synthesis, Vol. 2, Chap. 6, Academic Press, New York, 1983 D. A. Evans, Stereoselective Alkylation Reactions of Chiral Metal Enolates, in J. D. Morrison, ed., Asymmetric Synthesis, Vol. 3, Chap. 1, Academic Press, New York, 1984. C. H. Heathcock, The Aldol Addition Reaction, in J. D. Morrison, ed., Asymmetric Synthesis, Vol. 3, Chap. 2, Academic Press, New York, 1984 K. A. Lutomski and A. I. Meyers, Asymmetric Synthesis via Chiral Oxazolines, in J. D. Morrison, ed., Asymmetric Synthesis, Vol. 3, Chap. 

Asymmetric Synthesis, Ed. J. D. Morrison, Academic Press, New York (1983), Chpt 2 (chiral boron reagents), Chpt 3 (LiAIJi, derived reagents)... 

Several other chiral boron reagents are available for asymmetric aldol reactions however, each of these compounds must be synthesized in the laboratory. In certain situations, some will give higher stereocontrol than the Ipc ligands, and hence for a given reaction their application could be pursued. Chiral reagents 53 and 54 have been used in the synthesis of bryostatin 7 [36] and the Taxol side-chain [37], respectively, while bis-sulfonamide 55 has been used in the synthesis of a C24-C35 segment of FK-506 (Scheme 9-18) [38]. 

Reagents developed for the synthesis of 2-anti diol adducts include the chiral [( )-7-alkoxyallyl]indium and [( )-7-alkoxyalIyl]boronate reagents 233 [171J and 234 (Fig. 11-21) [172]. Alternatively, the ( )-allylboron reagents 235-237, which included silicon and boron substituents as hydroxy sunogates, have been independently developed [173-177]. 

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