Bromo ketones, reaction with boranes

The reaction is considered to involve formation of the anion of the a-bromo ketone, reaction with the borane. and rearrangement. Use of potassium /-butoxide in /-butanol gave much lower yields. The a-bromo ketones were prepared by the reaction of ketones with cupric bromide in ethyl acetate-chloroform (method of L. C. King and G. K. Ostrum [J. Org., 29,3459(1964)] see 1, 161-162). 

Hydroboration of 1-bromo-l-alkynes with chloro(thexyl)-borane leads to the synthesis of alkynyl ketones in 61-63% yields by the sequence of reactions shown in eq 5. Sequential treatment of alkenylchloro(thexyl)boranes, which are formed by the reaction of chloro(thexyl)borane with alkynes, with lithium chloro-propargylide and aldehydes affords 1,3-enynols or 1,2,4-trienols depending on the reaction conditions. ... 

Dilithium tetrachlorocuprate is recommended as an additive for cross coupling of Grignard compounds with tosylates even allylic and benzylic acetates give good yields . a-Methylene-ketones, -carboxylic acids and -lactones have been prepared via sulfides and sulfoxides. A convenient and general synthesis of acetylene derivatives from boranes via the reaction of iodine with lithium 1-alkynyltriorganoborates has been published ar-Nitrostyrenes can be easily obtained by a Wittig synthesis with formaldehyde in an aqueous medium . A new synthesis of unsym. ketones by reaction of dialkyldiloroboranes with lithium aldimines has recently been published . Metallo aldimines have also served for the synthesis of a variety of other compound classes such as a-hydroxyketones, a-keto acids, nitriles, and for the asym. synthesis of a-amino acids . Polycondensations of malononitriles with benzylic chlorides have been carried out quantitatively under mild conditions in dimethyl sulfoxide with triethylamine as acid acceptor . Carbonyl compounds can react with dibromoacetonitrile to yield a-bromo esters with additional carbon atom . ... 

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