Carbonyl reactions with heteroatom

As with any modern review of the chemical Hterature, the subject discussed in this chapter touches upon topics that are the focus of related books and articles. For example, there is a well recognized tome on the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction that is an excellent introduction to the many varieties of this transformation [1]. More specific reviews involving the use of rhodium(II) in carbonyl ylide cycloadditions [2] and intramolecular 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions have also appeared [3, 4]. The use of rhodium for the creation and reaction of carbenes as electrophilic species [5, 6], their use in intramolecular carbenoid reactions [7], and the formation of ylides via the reaction with heteroatoms have also been described [8]. Reviews of rhodium(II) ligand-based chemoselectivity [9], rhodium(11)-mediated macrocyclizations [10], and asymmetric rho-dium(II)-carbene transformations [11, 12] detail the multiple aspects of control and applications that make this such a powerful chemical transformation. In addition to these reviews, several books have appeared since around 1998 describing the catalytic reactions of diazo compounds [13], cycloaddition reactions in organic synthesis [14], and synthetic applications of the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition [15]. 

Reactions of Carbonyl Compounds with Heteroatom Nucleophiles... 

Another compound 9 with three heterocyclic rings linearly fused (5 5 5) with two heteroatoms has been prepared from 1,1 -carbonyl diindole 297 <2001T5199>. Palladium-mediated coupling of the 2- and 2 -positions of 297 afforded the 1,1 -carbonyl-2,2 -biindolyl 9. 1,1 -Carbonyl diindole 297 was in turn obtained in 41% yield from 1,1 -carbonyldiimidazole 296 by reaction with indole in DMSO at 125 °C. The palladium-catalyzed coupling step afforded the desired product 9 in low yield and required a stoichiometric amount of palladium acetate. Therefore, it was felt prohibitively expensive. Addition of various co-oxidants (Ac20, Mn02, and Cu(OAc)2, etc) to make the reaction catalytic in palladium did not result in any improvement of the yield of 18 (Scheme 53). 

Some remarkable chemistry is observed when silenes react with heteroatom systems, in particular carbonyl compounds (]>C=0) and imines Q>C=N—R). The reaction with ketones was first described by Sommer (203), who postulated formation of an intermediate siloxetane which could not be observed and hence was considered to be unstable even at room temperature, decomposing spontaneously to a silanone (normally isolated as its trimer and other oligomers) and the observed alkene [Eq. (14)]. Many efforts have been made to demonstrate the existence of the siloxetane, but it is only very recently that claims have been advanced for the isolation of this species. In one case (86) an alternative formulation for the product obtained has been advanced (204). In a second case (121) involving reaction of a highly hindered silene with cyclopentadienones,... 

Carbon-heteroatom multiple bonds can also participate in cycloaddition reactions with carbonyl ylides leading to the synthesis of interesting heterocycles (Scheme 4.18). 

Ring keto groups are attacked by the usual carbonyl reagents. Compounds such as tetrahydropyran-2-one (67), with the keto function adjacent to the heteroatom, behave as cyclic esters, and are ring-opened by hydroxide ion. Condensation reactions with (67) at C-3 can also be performed. 

TABLE 4. Reactions of carbonyl compounds with a-heteroatom-substituted dizinc species 1... 

Because of their high reactivity, these complex salts react rapidly and regiospecifically, at low temperature, with a number of carbon and heteroatomic nucleophiles, including thiols, amines, and alcohols. Finally, exposure of the double bond takes place under particularly mild conditions so that isomerization of the (3,Y-unsaturated carbonyl system may be avoided. The present scope of reactions with these vinyl cation synthons is summarized in [able I. 

Most of the reactions which will be discussed lead to carbonyl compounds with a stereogenic center in the 3-position. This is illustrated in Scheme 1 a substrate molecule (1 X = heteroatom or heteroatom-based functional group), having an electron-deficient double bond, is attacked by a nucleophilic reagent (possibly in the presence of a coordinating ligand or a catalyst) to form an anionic intermediate (2), which is then converted to the product (3) on hydrolytic work-up. 

A promising synthetic transformation is the reaction of carbenoid intermediates with heteroatoms to form ylides that are capable of undergoing further transformations [5,6]. Enantioselective transformations in which the ylide intermediates undergo either 1,2- or 2,3-sigmatropic rearrangement were briefly reviewed in the previous issue (Vol. II, pp. 531-532) and several recent examples have appeared [37]. A major breakthrough has been made in the enantioselective transformation of carbonyl ylides derived from capture of the metal carbenoid intermediates by carbonyl groups. The carbonyl ylides have been ex-... 

The corresponding reactions are mostly ionic involving nucleophilic displacement by SnI, Sn2 or carbonyl substitution with amines, alcohols and thiols on carbon electrophiles. The normal polarity of the disconnection 1 will be a cationic carbon synthon 2 and an anionic heteroatom synthon 3 represented by acyl or alkyl halides 4 as electrophiles and amines, alcohol or thiols 5 as nucleophiles. 

The direct activation and transformation of a C-H bond adjacent to a carbonyl group into a C-Het bond can take place via a variety of mechanisms, depending on the organocatalyst applied. When secondary amines are used as the catalyst, the first step is the formation of an enamine intermediate, as presented in the mechanism as outlined in Scheme 2.25. The enamine is formed by reaction of the carbonyl compound with the amine, leading to an iminium intermediate, which is then converted to the enamine intermediate by cleavage of the C-H bond. This enamine has a nucleophilic carbon atom which reacts with the electrophilic heteroatom, leading to formation of the new C-Het bond. The optically active product and the chiral amine are released after hydrolysis. 

The above mechanism is novel in that it does not require the interaction of a carbonyl moiety with the metal center. Neither a ketone/Ru complex nor a Ru alkoxide is involved in the mechanism, and the alcohol forms directly from the ketone. This non-classical mechanism also explains the high functional selectivity for the C=0 group. When the chiral molecular surface of the Ru hydride recognizes the difference of ketone enantiofaces, asymmetric hydrogenation is achieved. This is different from the earlier BINAP Ru chemistry where the enantio-face differentiation is made within the chiral metal template with the assistance of heteroatom/metal coordination. Similar heterolyses of H2 ligands have been shown by Morris and others (92) to be the critical step in the mechanism of reaction processes related to the Noyori systems. 

An extension of the synthetic applicability of lithium halomethanes is achieved by the simultanous presence of another main group heteroatom at the same carbon. Thus, if one of the chlorine atoms of dichloromethyllithium is replaced by a sulfonylamin group, the following products are obtained by reaction with electrophiles (Eq. (23)) 25). The substituted carbenoid can be converted to normal carbonyl adducts as well as to olefins and cyclopropanes. 

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