Carbonyl compounds conjugated, addition

For esters and other less reactive carbonyl compounds conjugate addition is the only reaction that occurs. Me... 

The anion of an aldehyde dithioacetal 5-oxide is well known to add to a,3-unsaturated carbonyl compounds. " Conjugate addition of formaldehyde di-p-tolyl dithioacetal 5-oxide (114) to open-chain and cyclic enones is achieved by using HMPA as a polar cosolvent in THF (-78 C)." The lithio derivative of (5)-(114) was found to add to 2-cyclopentenone with asymmetric induction. Transformation of the dithioacetal part into a formyl group gives 3-formylcyclopentanone in 39% enantiomeric excess (equation 28)." Interestingly, highly asymmetric induction is observed in the conjugate addition of the... 

Trialkylstannyl-lithium reacts with secondary alkyl halides (substitution) and with a/S-unsaturated carbonyl compounds (conjugate addition) to give alkyl tin derivatives which may be oxidized with chromic anhydride in pyridine to give a saturated ketone. Applying the procedure to a cycloalkenone, an efficient dialkyl-ative enone transposition can be realized (Scheme 68). ... 

An empirical increment system permits prediction of charge distribution in a,/ -unsaturated carbonyl compounds, assuming additivity of electronic effects and neglecting the conformational dependence of carbon-13 chemical shifts [290]. Moreover, carbonyl and alkenyl carbon shifts of a, /3-unsaturatcd ketones may be used to differentiate between planar and twisted conjugated systems, as shown in Table 4.29 [291] and outlined for phenones in Section 3.1.3.8. 

The RuH2(PPh3)4-catalyzed addition of active methylene compounds can also be applied to conjugate additions to a,/3-unsaturated carbonyl compounds (Michael additions). In 1989, Murahashi reported the first example of the transition metal-catalyzed Michael addition of active methylene compounds [74]. One of the notable advances of this catalytic reaction is that the addition of C-H bonds to a,/3-unsaturat-ed carbonyl compounds give Michael adducts without contamination by the corresponding aldol products (Eq. 9.56) [74]. Recently, Murahashi applied their aldol and Michael addition reactions to a solid-phase synthesis using polymer-supported nitriles (Scheme 9.12) [76]. In this case, four component reactions took place with high diastereoselectivity. 

The reaction that prevails when the reaction is under kinetic control is the one that is faster. Therefore, the product depends on the reactivity of the carbonyl group. Compounds with reactive carbonyl groups form primarily direct addition products because for those compounds, direct addition is faster. Compounds with less reactive carbonyl groups form conjugate addition products because for those compounds, conjugate addition is faster. 

Coordination of carbonyl groups by Lewis acids accelerates simple carbonyl transformations, conjugate additions to unsaturated carbonyl compounds, and Diels-Alder reactions, by polarizing the carbonyl group. 

Addition of dihydrosilane to a, /J-unsaturated carbonyl compounds such as citral (49), followed by hydrolysis, affords saturated citroneJlal (50) directly. The reaction is used for the selective reduction of conjugated double bonds[45,46]. In addition to Pd catalyst, the use of a catalytic amount of... 

CONJUGATE ADDITION OF ORGANOCOPPER REAGENTS TO a,p-UNSATURATED CARBONYL COMPOUNDS... 

Conjugate addition to a (3 unsat urated carbonyl compounds (Sec tions 18 11 through 18 14) The... 

P carbon atom of an a 3 unsatu rated carbonyl compound is elec trophilic nucleophiles especially weakly basic ones yield the prod ucts of conjugate addition to a 3 unsaturated aldehydes and ketones... 

Stabilized anions exhibit a pronounced tendency to undergo conjugate addition to a p unsaturated carbonyl compounds This reaction called the Michael reaction has been described for anions derived from p diketones m Section 18 13 The enolates of ethyl acetoacetate and diethyl malonate also undergo Michael addition to the p carbon atom of a p unsaturated aldehydes ketones and esters For example... 

Ammonia and amines undergo conjugate addition to a 3 unsaturated carbonyl compounds (Section 18 12) On the basis of this information predict the pnncipal organic product of each of the following reactions... 

Acrolein (H2C=CHCH=0) undergoes conjugate addition with sodium azide in aqueous solution to give N3CH2CH2CH=0 Propanal is not an a 3 unsaturated carbonyl compound and cannot undergo conjugate addition... 

Methyl group (Section 2 7) The group —CH3 Mevalonic acid (Section 26 10) An intermediate in the biosyn thesis of steroids from acetyl coenzyme A Micelle (Section 19 5) A sphencal aggregate of species such as carboxylate salts of fatty acids that contain a lipophilic end and a hydrophilic end Micelles containing 50-100 car boxylate salts of fatty acids are soaps Michael addition (Sections 18 13 and 21 9) The conjugate ad dition of a carbanion (usually an enolate) to an a 3 unsatu rated carbonyl compound... 

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