Catalysts ytterbium triflate

The aqueous layer contains the catalyst, ytterbium triflate. Do not discard it. Instead, recycle the catalyst for future use by evaporating water on a hot plate. Transfer the colorless solid to a storage container or submit it to the instructor. If the material is highly colored, ask your instructor for advice. If the solvent, 1,2-dichloroethane, has been recovered using a rotary evaporator, pour it into a container so that it can be recycled. 

Place 0.375 g ytterbium (III) trifluoromethanesulfonate hydrate catalyst (ytterbium triflate) into a 25-mL round-bottom flask. Add 10 mL of 1,2-dichloroethane solvent followed by 0.400 mL of concentrated nitric acid (automatic pipette). Add two boiling stones to the flask. To fhis solution, weigh out and add approximately 6 millimoles of the aromatic substrate. Connect the round-bottom flask to a reflux condenser and clamp it into place on a ring stand. Use a very slow flow of water through the condenser. With a hot plate, heat the mixture to reflux for 1 hour. 

Type of reaction C-N bond formation Reaction conditions Solvent-free, room temperature Synthetic strategy One-step condensation Catalyst Ytterbium triflate [Yb(OTf)3]... 

As anticipated from the complexation experiments, reaction of 4.42 with cyclopentadiene in the presence of copper(II)nitrate or ytterbium triflate was extremely slow and comparable to the rate of the reaction in the absence of Lewis-acid catalyst. Apparently, Lewis-acid catalysis of Diels-Alder reactions of p-amino ketone dienophiles is not practicable. 

Kobayashi et al. have reported the use of a chiral lanthanide(III) catalyst for the Diels-Alder reaction [51] (Scheme 1.63, Table 1.26). Catalyst 33 was prepared from bi-naphthol, lanthanide triflate, and ds-l,2,6-trimethylpiperidine (Scheme 1.62). When the chiral catalyst prepared from ytterbium triflate (Yb(OTf)3) and the lithium or sodium salt of binaphthol was used, less than 10% ee was obtained, so the amine exerts a great effect on the enantioselectivity. After extensive screening of amines, ds-1,2,6-... 

Ytterbium triflate is an extremely effective catalyst for the Michael addition of a-nitro esters to enones in water (Eq. 4.110).149... 

In the presence of a catalytic amount of chiral lanthanide triflate 63, the reaction of 3-acyl-l,3-oxazolidin-2-ones with cyclopentadiene produces Diels-Alder adducts in high yields and high ee. The chiral lanthanide triflate 63 can be prepared from ytterbium triflate, (R)-( I )-binaphthol, and a tertiary amine. Both enantiomers of the cycloaddition product can be prepared via this chiral lanthanide (III) complex-catalyzed reaction using the same chiral source [(R)-(+)-binaphthol] and an appropriately selected achiral ligand. This achiral ligand serves as an additive to stabilize the catalyst in the sense of preventing the catalyst from aging. Asymmetric catalytic aza Diels-Alder reactions can also be carried out successfully under these conditions (Scheme 5-21).19... 

Several chiral lanthanide(III) Lewis acid catalysts, derived from chiral binaphthols, have been used in the cycloaddition reactions of cyclopentadiene with substituted iV-acryloyl-1,3-oxazolidin-2-ones. A catalyst derived from ytterbium triflate, (R)-binaphthol... 

The Biginelli procedure is amenable to microwave technology, and several microwave-assisted procedures have now been published <2002SC147, 2004SL235>. An example is the microwave-assisted solution-phase synthesis of dihydropyrimidine C-5 amides and esters 723 using ytterbium triflate as the Lewis acid catalyst <2006T4651>. 

With Binaphthol/M(OTf)3 Complexes (M = Yb, Sc) A chiral ytterbium triflate, derived from Yb(OTf)3, (R)-binaphthol, and a tertiary amine, has been applied to the enantioselective Diels-Alder reaction of cyclopentadiene with crotonoy 1 oxazolidinones. Among various tertiary amines, c/s-1,2,6-trimethyl piperidine was found to be highly effective [44] (Eq. 8 A.23). The unique structure of such chiral Yb catalysts is characterized by hydrogen bonding between the phenolic hydrogens of (R)-binaphthol and the nitrogens of tertiary amines. 

Readion of anisole (1) with acetic anhydride was chosen as a model, and ytterbium trifluoromethanesulfonate (ytterbium triflate, Yb(OTf)3) was the first RE(OTf)3 representative used. Several reaction conditions were examined the results are summarized in Table 1. When acetic anhydride, acetonitrile, or nitromethane was used as a solvent (entries 4—10), the reaction mixture became homogeneous and the acylation reaction proceeded smoothly. Nitromethane gave the highest yield of4-methoxyaceto-phenone (2) (entries 7-10). On the other hand, in carbon disulfide, dichloroethane, or nitrobenzene (entries 1-3), the reaction mixture was heterogeneous and the yield of 2 was low. It was noted that the acylation proceeded quantitatively when a catalytic amount of Yb(OTf)3 was used (0.2equiv., entry 9). Even when 0.05 equiv. of the catalyst was employed, 2 was obtained in 79 % yield (entry 10). 

On the other hand, we have found that the Mukaiyama aldol reaction of benzalde-hyde with silyl enol ether 1 was catalysed by ytterbium triflate (YbfOTOj) in water-THF (1/4) to give the corresponding aldol adduct in high yield (Equation (1)). When this reaction was carried out in dry THE (without water), the yield of the aldol adduct was very low (ca. 10%). Thus, this catalyst is not only compatible with water but also activated by water probably because of dissociation of the counteranions from the Lewis acidic metal. Furthermore, these catalysts can be easily recovered and reused. 

The enantioselective total synthesis of the Securienega alkaloid (-)-phyllanthine by S.M. Weinreb et al. involved a stereoselective Yb(OTf)3-promoted hetero Diels-Alder reaction between a cyclic imine dienophile and Danishefsky s diene This was the first example of using an unactivated cyclic imine in this type of cycloaddition. Commonly used Lewis acid catalysts (e.g., SnCb, TiCU, etc.) produced only low yields of the desired cycloadduct. However, it was discovered that ytterbium triflate catalyzed the cycloaddition and afforded the product in 84% yield. Later they also found that the cyclization could occur at high pressure and in the absence of the catalyst, although a slightly lower yield (71%) of the product was obtained. 

Simple imines undergo Diels-Alder reactions in the presence of suitable catalysts. Lanthanide triflates, which are stable in water, are especially effective. Thus in the presence of 10 mol% of ytterbium or scandium triflate, Danishefsky s diene 4 reacts with benzylideneaniline in acetonitrile at 0 °C to give the dihydropyridone 76 quantitatively (equation 50) analogous products are obtained from 4 and furylideneaniline, benzyli-denebenzylamine and pentyIidenebenzylamine. In a one-pot version of the reaction, a mixture of an aldehyde, an amine and the diene 4 in acetonitrile containing magnesium sulfate is treated with 10 mol% ytterbium triflate to afford the dihydropyridone in ca 80% yield. Even phenylglyoxal monohydrate can be employed. ... 

However, during the addition of -keto esters onto enals, ytterbium triflate proved to be an efficient catalyst [171] as in the Michael additions of a-nitro esters [172]. Several water-soluble phosphines gave the corresponding phos-phonium salts in good yields when added to a,j9-unsaturated acids [173] or activated alkynes [174]. With alkynes, vinyl phosphine oxides or alkenes were formed depending on the pH of the aqueous solution. Significantly, the reaction of nitroalkanes with buten-2-one is considerably accelerated when going from... 

Taking into account the competitive hydrolysis of the silyl enol ether, this reaction is remarkable. The method was shown to be general and was extended to a variety of aldehydes and several a,j9-unsaturated carbonyl compounds giving uniformly 1,4-addition with aldehydes and a mixture of 1,4- and 1,2-adducts in the case of ketones [187]. Later, this aqueous version of the Mukaiya-ma reaction was shown to give near quantitative yields in the presence of a water-tolerant Lewis acid such as ytterbium triflate [188]. Keeping with the same concept,copper(II) triflate [189],indium(III) trichloride [190],tris(pentafluoro-phenyl)boron [191] and scandium(III) triflate in the presence of a surfactant [192] have proved to be active catalysts. 

Indoles react with epoxides and aziridines in the presence of Lewis acids (see 20.4.1 for reaction of indolyl anions with such reactants) with opening of the three-membered ring and consequent 3-(2-hydroxyethylation) and 3-(2-aminoethylation) of the heterocycle. Both ytterbium triflate and phenylboronic acid are good catalysts for reaction with epoxides under high pressure silica gel is also an effective catalyst, but reactions are slow at normal pressure and temperature. Reaction with aziridines can be catalysed by zinc triflate or boron trifluoride. °... 

Furthermore, a vast number of organometallic catalyzed reactions can be performed in a biphasic manner thus proving that also uncommon reactions may be worth to be investigated in liquid/liquid systems. For instance, Braddock describes the atom economic nitration of aromatics in a two-phase process [192], Nitration of aromatics leads usually to excessive acid waste streams and the classical Lewis acid catalysts such as boron trifluoride are destroyed in the aqueous quench after the reaction thus making any recycle impossible. In the method of Braddock the ytterbium triflate catalyst is solved in the aqueous phase and can be recycled by a simple evaporative process. Monflier and Mortreux [193] investigated the nickel catalyzed isomerization of olefins, for instance allylbenzene, in a two phase system yielding good yields of cis- and trans-methylstyrene. 

Preparation of Ytterbium Triflate-. To 21 mL of a mixture of trifluoromethanesulfonic acid and H,0 (v/v = 1/1) 1 i.8 g (30 mmol) of Yb20, are added and the suspension is heated at 100 CC for 2 h. Al ter cooling, the unrcacted oxide is removed by filtration and the filtrate is concentrated under reduced pressure. The hydrate thus prepared is dried in vacuo at 200cC/0.5 Torr for 40 h to give an ytterbium triflate. Preparation of the Catalyst ... 

Similarly, microencapsulated ytterbium triflate (MC Yb(OTf)3) has been prepared [38]. MC Yb(OTf)3 was found to be effective in the aza-Diels-Alder reaction using ethyl vinyl ether as a dienophile (Scheme 29). In the presence of MC Yb(OTf)3, N-benzylideneaniline reacted with ethyl vinyl ether to afford the corresponding tetrahydroquinoline derivative in a good yield. MCYb(OTf)3 could also be recovered quantitatively and could be reused. The yield of the 2nd and 3rd runs were comparable to that of the 1st run. In a similar reaction using Sc(OTf )3 or MC Sc(OTf )3 as a catalyst, ethyl vinyl ether polymerized rapidly and no desired adduct was obtained. 

In the presence of 10 mol% of ytterbium triflate (Yb(OTf)3> a representative lanthanide triflate), N-benzylideneaniline (10a) was treated with 2-trimethylsi-loxy-4-methoxy-1,3-butadiene (Danishefsky s diene, 11) [59] in acetonitrile at room temperature. The imino Diels-Alder reaction proceeded smoothly to afford the corresponding tetrahydropyridine derivative in a 93% yield (Table 19). The adduct was obtained quantitatively when Sc(OTf)3 was used as a catalyst. Imines 10b and 10c also reacted smoothly with 11 to give the corresponding adducts in high yields. The reaction of 10a with cyclopentadiene was performed under the same reaction conditions. It was found that the reaction course changed in this case and that a tetrahydroquinoline derivative was obtained in a 69% yield. In this reaction, the imine worked as an azadiene toward one of the double bonds of cyclopentadiene as a dienophile [43,60]. In the reactions of 2,3-dimethylbutadiene, mixtures of tetrahydropyridine and tetrahydroquinoline derivatives were obtained. 

In the previous section, lanthanide triflates were shown to be excellent catalysts for achiral aza Diels-Alder reactions. While stoichiometric amounts of Lewis acids are required in many cases, a small amount of the triflate effectively catalyzes the reactions. On the other hand, chiral lanthanide Lewis acids have been developed to realize highly enantioselective Diels-Alder reactions of 2-ox-azolidin-l-one with dienes [89]. The reaction of N-benzylideneaniline with cyclop entadiene was first performed under the influence of 20 mol% of a chiral ytterbium Lewis acid prepared from ytterbium triflate (Yb(OTf)3), fR)-(+)-l,l -bi-naphthol (BINOL), and trimethylpiperidine (TMP). The reaction proceeded smoothly at room temperature to afford the desired tetrahydroquinoline derivative in a 53% yield, although no chiral induction was observed. At this stage, it was indicated that bidentate coordination between a substrate and a chiral Lewis acid would be necessary for reasonable chiral induction. N-Benzylidene-2-hydroxy aniline (31a) was then prepared, and the reaction with cyclopentadiene (32a) was examined. It was found that the reaction proceeded smoothly to afford the corresponding 8-hydroxyquinoline derivative (33a) [90] in a high yield. The enantiomeric excess of the cis adduct in the first trial was only 6% however, the selectivity increased when diazabicyclo-[5,4,0]-undec-7-ene (DBU) was used in-... 

Para-acetylation of anisole with AAN is performed in the presence of ytterbium triflate (20% mol). The reaction proceeds smoothly even when the catalyst is employed in a small amount (5% mol), and the desired acylation product is obtained in 79% yield. Several substituted benzenes are subjected to ytterbium-triflate-catalyzed acetylation. Though acetylation of benzene does not occur, introduction of a methylthio or dimethylamino group on the aromatic ring gives the acylation products in high yields. The presence of a methyl group is less effective, and mete-xylene is acy-lated to 2,4-dimethylacetophenone in only 25% yield. Ytterbium triflate can be recovered from the aqueous layer by simple extraction and reused for two additional runs in the model acetylation of anisole, affording para-acetylanisole with almost the same yield as in the first use. 

Ytterbium triflate in an ionic liquid is an efficient catalyst for reaction of aldehydes and ketones with mercaptoethanol to form 2-substituted 1,3-oxathiolanes <04SL2785> and K-10 montmorillonite has been used for the same reaction where it shows selectivity for aldehydes over ketones <04SL1592>. The compound 76 has been used to introduce a mercapto acid unit into peptide analogues <04S1088> and the diastereoselectivity of addition of the anion of 77 to carbonyl compounds has been examined <03JHC979>. 

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