Carbonyl addition/alkylation reaction

The introduction of an >-substituent (CN, Cl, or OH) into a primary n-alkyl chloride considerably enhances the rate of 5 n2 chloride exchange in the gas phase. Reactivity trends suggest that the acceleration is due primarily to through-space solvation of the transition state, especially charge-dipole interactions. Potential-energy surfaces are discussed. In further work by the same group, the translational energy dependence of the rate constants of several gas-phase 5 n2 and carbonyl addition-elimination reactions has been measured by FT-ICR spectroscopy. The results were interpreted by RRKM calculations. 

Unsubstituted or alkyl-substituted 2-alkenyllithium, -sodium and -potassium derivatives are of little value in stereoselective carbonyl addition reactions. In general, these reagents exhibit high... 

Several studies of reactions of configurationally unstable a-substituted allylboranes have also been reported19,29. The reactions of dialkyl[( )-l-alkyl-2-butenyl]boranes and aldehydes at — 78 °C provide a mixture of syn- and an/i -diastereomers. reflecting reactions by both the Z-and /f-isomers. When generated and used at — I00°C, however, the ff/m-diastereomer is obtained with >95% diastercoselectivity and >90% selectivity for the /T-olefin isomer by way of a transition state analogous to 429. This result suggests that the allylboron isomerization is slow at —100 JC relative to carbonyl addition. 

Few examples concerning the addition of 4,5-dihydroisoxazoles, via their ercr/oazaeno-lates, to carbonyl compounds have been published. As described for entfo-alkylation reactions... 

In this section alkylation, Michael additions, hydroxyalkylation (reaction with carbonyl compounds), aminoalkylation, acylation and some other reactions of a-sulphinyl carbanions will be discussed. 

While a large number of studies have been reported for conjugate addition and Sn2 alkylation reactions, the mechanisms of many important organocopper-promoted reactions have not been discussed. These include substitution on sp carbons, acylation with acyl halides [168], additions to carbonyl compounds, oxidative couplings [169], nucleophilic opening of electrophilic cyclopropanes [170], and the Kocienski reaction [171]. The chemistry of organocopper(II) species has rarely been studied experimentally [172-174], nor theoretically, save for some trapping experiments on the reaction of alkyl radicals with Cu(I) species in aqueous solution [175]. 

One of the most important factors for successful diastereoselection in chiral amide enolate alkylation reactions is the presence of strongly chelated ionic intermediates1 3. The chelation serves the purpose of locking the chiral auxiliary in a fixed position relative to the enolate. The metal counterion is chelated between the enolate oxygen and an additional polar group, anionic, carbonyl or ether oxygen attached to the chiral auxiliary. 

The insertion of CO into metal-carbon a bonds has been reviewed.585-590 Carbonylation of alkyl platinum(II) complexes usually requires elevated temperatures, although at higher temperatures the reaction is reversible (equation 211).591 With PtMe2(dppe) insertion occurs into only one of the Pt—Me bonds. For complexes PtX(Ar)L2, carbonylation follows pseudo first-order kinetics. Rates are decreased by addition of L to a maximum value where the carbonylation rate is independent of L. The pathway involves formation of a five-coordinate intermediate PtX(Ar)(CO)L2, followed by dissociation to form PtX(Ar)(CO)L. The migratory step to yield PtX(COAr)L is unaffected by added L. This pathway is outlined in Scheme 6.502... 

Alkylation reactions of [Re(CO)4]3 have provided the first alkyl derivatives of carbonylmetallates(3 —). Although the reactions of alkylating agents with Na3[Mn(CO)4] are not yet well understood, treatment of a solution of Na3[Re(CO)4] in HMPA with two equivalents of methyl tosylate gave the first dialkyl derivative of a carbonyl trianion, as a thermally stable sodium salt. Addition of this solution to aqueous [Ph4E]Cl (E = P or As) caused nearly quantitative precipitation of product as shown in Eq. (11). High... 

In most cases98 conjugate addition-enolate alkylation reaction sequences do not exhibit particular sensitivity with respect to the identity of the alkyl group present in the alkyl alkenoate substrate. When a Michael donor has been chosen that reacts in both the 1,4- and 1,2-addition modes, it may be possible to choose an alkyl group for the ester substrate that forces the Michael donor to undergo exclusive 1,4-addition by sterically shielding the carbonyl carbon from attack by the nucleophile (equation 23)."... 

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