Enol, chelated

When 2,2-dimethylpropanal is used to prepare the azomethine moiety, the corresponding azaallyl anion may be obtained when l,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene/lithium bromide is used as base. The subsequent addition to various enones or methyl ( )-2-butenoate proceeds with anti selectivity, presumably via a chelated enolate. However, no reaction occurs when triethylamine is used as the base, whereas lithium diisopropylamide as the base leads to the formation of a cycloadduct, e.g., dimethyl 5-isopropyl-3-methyl-2,4-pyrrolidinedicarboxylate using methyl ( )-2-butenoate as the enone84 89,384. 

Addition of the chelated enolate of the S-oxo ester moiety of a 2,8-dioxo-6-alkenoate 1 under thermodynamic control at 25 °C using stoichiometric or catalytic amounts of sodium hydride in benzene results in the formation of tram-2-oxo-5-(2-oxoalkyl)-l-cyclopentane-carboxylate 2 exclusively. 

Oxo esters are accessible via the diastereoselective 1,4-addition of chiral lithium enamine 11 as Michael donor. The terr-butyl ester of L-valine reacts with a / -oxo ester to form a chiral enamine which on deprotonation with lithium diisopropylamide results in the highly chelated enolate 11. Subsequent 1,4-addition to 2-(arylmethylene) or 2-alkylidene-l,3-propanedioates at — 78 °C, followed by removal of the auxiliary by hydrolysis and decarboxylation of the Michael adducts, affords optically active -substituted <5-oxo esters232 (for a related synthesis of 1,5-diesters, see Section 1.5.2.4.2.2.1.). In the same manner, <5-oxo esters with contiguous quaternary and tertiary carbon centers with virtually complete induced (> 99%) and excellent simple diastereoselectivities (d.r. 93 7 to 99.5 0.5) may be obtained 233 234. 

The lithium enolates of a-alkoxy esters exhibit high stereoselectivity, which is consistent with involvement of a chelated enolate.374 39 The chelated ester enolate is approached by the aldehyde in such a manner that the aldehyde R group avoids being between the a-alkoxy and methyl groups in the ester enolate. A syn product is favored for most ester groups, but this shifts to anti with extremely bulky groups. 

Monoalkyl esters of malonic acid react with Grignard reagents to give a chelated enolate of the malonate monoanion. 

At the first step, the insertion of MMA to the lanthanide-alkyl bond gave the enolate complex. The Michael addition of MMA to the enolate complex via the 8-membered transition state results in stereoselective C-C bond formation, giving a new chelating enolate complex with two MMA units one of them is enolate and the other is coordinated to Sm via its carbonyl group. The successive insertion of MMA afforded a syndiotactic polymer. The activity of the polymerization increased with an increase in the ionic radius of the metal (Sm > Y > Yb > Lu). Furthermore, these complexes become precursors for the block co-polymerization of ethylene with polar monomers such as MMA and lactones [215, 217]. 

Thus, the postulated chelated enolates and their alkylation reaction make the intra-annular chirality transformation possible. This method for enolate formation is the focal point of this chapter, as this is by far the most effective approach to alkylation or other asymmetric synthesis involving carbonyl are compounds. 

It has been shown that the Claisen rearrangement of lithium enolates of amino acid enynol esters allows the synthesis of very sensitive y, 5-unsaturated amino acids with conjugated enyne side chains.The chelate-enolate Claisen rearrangement has also been applied to the synthesis of unsaturated polyhydroxylated amino acids, polyhydroxylated piperidines, and unsaturated peptides. ... 

Magnesium enolates play an important role in C-acylation reactions. The magnesium enolate of diethyl malonate, for example, can be prepared by reaction with magnesium metal in ethanol. It is soluble in ether and undergoes C-acylation by acid anhydrides and acyl chlorides (entries 1 and 3 in Scheme 2.14). Monoalkyl esters of malonic acid react with Grignard reagents to give a chelated enolate of the malonate monoanion. 

Rotation around the C-N bond in the chelated enolate is hindered. Thus, electrophilic attack will occur preferentially from one side. If, however, rotation around the C-N bond is more or less free, as is the case with nonchelated intermediates, then the electrophilic attack may be less selective. 

Deprotonation of either the (4S.5R)- or (4/ ,5S)-enantiomer of 3-acyl-1,5-dimelhyl-4-phenyl-2-imidazolidinones 4 by lithium cyclohexylisopropylamide (LICA)1 or diisopropylamide2 furnishes chiral, supposedly chelated enolates, very similar to those enolates obtained from 2-oxazolidi-nones (see Section 1.1.1.3.3.4.2.1.). With LICA the. yyn-enolate is formed exclusively, as shown by O-silylation of the enolate with /ert-butylchlorodimethylsilane1. Attack of an electrophile, such as a haloalkane, from the less hindered side furnishes products (usually crystalline) with a moderate to high degree of diastereoselectivity (see Tabled)1 2. The diastereoselectivities observed in comparable alkylation reactions of the 3-acyl-4-cyclohexyl-l,5-dimethylimidazo-lidinone 3b are superior to those obtained with the 4-phenyl derivative 3a2,7. Thus, as also observed in similar alkylations with oxazolidinones10 (see Section 1.1.1.3.3.4.2.1), a phenyl substituent on the chiral auxiliary seems to be relatively inefficient as a steric control element. 

Whereas the lithium enolates of acetate and propionate esters of difluoroallylic alcohols are known to fragment rapidly, methoxy- and benzyloxy-acetates have been found151 to form chelated enolates which undergo a smooth [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement as their silyl ketene acetals to afford highly functionalized difluoro compounds (see Scheme 33). Allenic silyl ketene acetals (117) have been used152 to prepare 2-substituted methyl 3,4-dienoates (118). 

The regio- and stereo-selective rhodium-catalysed allylic alkylations of chelated enolates have been investigated.25 It has been found that the Rh-catalysed allylic alkylation is as efficient and versatile as the Pd-catalysed version. In reactions of chelated enolates with suitable protecting groups, high yields and selectivities were obtained, and the regioselectivity can be directed by the reaction parameters. 

Enolization is catalyzed in acidic polyester styrene solutions, and chelated enol tautomers should be more probable than the keto form in styrene, a nonpolar solvent. The tertiary hydroperoxide intermediates that are proposed by this mechanism should, furthermore, be unstable in an acid medium (8,18). 

The authors explained these results on the basis of an intramolecular complexation of the metal ion by the enolate, giving a conformation where the pyridinyl ring is gauche, rather than anti, to the benzoyl group. Thus, -elimination from the chelated enolate would generate the thermodynamically less stable cfs-alkene, which rapidly undergoes Michael addition with a second equivalent of the enolate. The addition of pyridine improved the... 

A fast access to a-alkylated amino acids is also possible by the Claisen rearrangement of chelated enolates [20]. Esters of type 14 rearrange after treatment with base and chelation with a metal salt. The products 15 are obtained in good yields and with diastereoselectivities up to 99 % (Scheme 3). 

Chelate enolate Claisen rearrangements of a-amido substituted allylic... 

Better inductions by a vicinal amino acid were observed by Ojima and coworkers in the benzylation of chiral /3-lactam ester enolates (255, equation 67) °. Interestingly, the enolate formation occurred at an uncommonly high temperature (0°C) to form the thermodynamic Li-chelated enolate 256, which allowed a stereoselective attack of the electrophile, while the diastereoselectivity with the nonchelated kinetic enolate 259 was significantly lower. Subsequent hydrogenolytic cleavage of lactam 257 delivered S)-a-methylphenylalanine derivative 258 in nearly quantitative yield and high diastereoselectivity. 

Kazmaier, U. Application of the chelate-enolate Claisen rearrangement to the synthesis of y,5-unsaturated amino acids. Liebigs Ann. Chem. 

If the metal enolate contains a center of chirality, diastereoselection may be exhibited in the C—C bond formation process. Evans has identified three classes of metal enolates in which chirality transfer may occur (i) endo- and exo-cyclic enolates such as (27) or (28), which contain a chiral center ( ) in a ring bonded to the enolate at two points (ii) acyclic enolates such as (29) or (30), in which the moiety containing the chiral center ( ) is bonded to the enolate at only one point and (iii) chelated enolates such as (31) or (32), in which the chiral center is a part of the chelate ring. (Z)-Endocyclic enolates are also possible for large ring cyclic ketones. 

Kazmaier, U., Synthesis of quaternary amino acids containing P.v- as well as 7,S-unsaturated side chains via chelate-enolate Claisen rearrangement. Tetrahedron Lett., 31, 5351, 1996. 

The Li—F chelation is also useful for stereoselective reactions. In particular, chelation between lithium of enolates and a fluorine of a trifluoromethyl group results in conformational fixation of substrates, leading to markedly enhanced stereoselection. This concept has often been employed to achieve stereocontrol in fluorinated enolate chemistry. Morisawa reported Li—F chelation-controlled stereoselective a-hydroxylation of enolate of 40 [22]. The oxidant approaches from the less hindered side of the Li—F chelated enolate intermediate (41), affording anti-alcohol (42) exclusively (Scheme 3.11). The syn-alcohol (45) was prepared by NaBlrh reduction of ketoester (43) via a reaction course predicted by Felkin-Anh s model (44). 

Oppolzer and Tamura [460, 861, 1076] have recommended 1-chloro-l-ni-trosocyclohexane as an electrophile for preparation of nonracemic a-aminoacids. a-Aminoacids are formed with an excellent enantiomeric excess from sodium eno-lates ofN-acylsultams 1.134 (R = R CH by a sequence of nitrosylation, hydrolysis and reduction of the intermediate hydroxylamine, and cleavage of the auxiliary with LiOH (Figure 5.39). The stereoselectivity of tins process is interpreted by attack of the electrophile on the face opposite to the nitrogen lone pair of the Z-chelated enolate 5.58 (Figure 5.39). 

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