Chelating electrophiles

As in other applications of 7V-acyl-l,3-oxazolidin-2-ones, 2-thiones, and sthiazolidine-2-thiones, chelation of the Lewis acid center for restricted rotation is considered decisive for the reactions occurring under the influence of the Ti-TADDOLates. Generally, the attack of the nucleophilic component (diene or ene) on the chelated electrophile occurs from the bottom face if the chelate ring is drawn as shown in structures (17) and (18), (19), and (lO). For the oxazolidinones, this means that the trigonal a-carbonyl center is approached from the (/ e)-face when an (/ ,/ )-Ti-TADDOLate is used (rel. topicity like) the mechanism of this reaction has been discussed. ... 

NH form e.g. 505). Most 4- and 5-hydroxy compounds of types (500) and (502) exist largely in these non-aromatic azolinone forms, although the hydroxyl form can be stabilized by chelation e.g. 506). The derived ambident anions react with electrophiles at O or C. Replacement of the hydroxyl group is sometimes possible provided electron-withdrawing groups are present as, for example, in 5-substituted 4-hydroxypyrazoles. 

The mechanism of the asymmetric alkylation of chiral oxazolines is believed to occur through initial metalation of the oxazoline to afford a rapidly interconverting mixture of 12 and 13 with the methoxy group forming a chelate with the lithium cation." Alkylation of the lithiooxazoline occurs on the less hindered face of the oxazoline 13 (opposite the bulky phenyl substituent) to provide 14 the alkylation may proceed via complexation of the halide to the lithium cation. The fact that decreased enantioselectivity is observed with chiral oxazoline derivatives bearing substituents smaller than the phenyl group of 3 is consistent with this hypothesis. Intermediate 13 is believed to react faster than 12 because the approach of the electrophile is impeded by the alkyl group in 12. 

The mechanism of organolithium addition to naphthyl oxazolines is believed to occur via initial complexation of the alkyllithium reagent to the oxazoline nitrogen atom and the methyl ether to form chelated intermediate 17. Addition of the alkyl group to the arena 7t-system affords azaenolate 18, which undergoes reaction with an electrophile on the opposite face of the alkyl group to provide the observed product 4. The chelating methyl... 

In summary, then, the orientation of electrophilic thallation can be controlled by an appropriate manipulation of reaction conditions. Under conditions of kinetic control, ortho substitution results when chelation of the electrophilic reagent (TTFA in the studies described above) with the directing substituent permits intramolecular delivery of the electrophile, and para substitution results when such capabilities are absent this latter result is an expression of the very large steric requirements of the bulky thallium electrophile. Under conditions of thermodynamic control, however, meta substitution is observed. 

In contrast to the early theoretical work of Rank and coworkers , C-NMR investigations had revealed that the metallated carbon atom in the a-sulphinyl carbanion is nearly planar . A four-centre chelate structure 315 has been proposed for a-lithiosulphoxides, and it is believed to be responsible for the planar configuration of the anionic carbon atom and for the greater stability of o(-sulphinyl carbanions in comparison with a-sulphenyl carbanions This chelation favours one of the two diastereoisomeric carbanions and for this reason a-sulphinyl carbanions react with electrophiles in a highly stereoselective manner (see below). 

In contrast to a, -ethylenic ketones or even a, -ethylenic sulfones, a, ) -ethylenic sulfoxides generally are not sufficiently electrophilic to undergo successful nucleophilic j8-addition . a-Carbonyl-a, j8-ethylenic sulfoxides, however, are potent, doubly activated alkenes which undergo rapid and complete -addition of various types of nucleophiles even at — 78 °C. A brief account summarizing this area is available . The stereochemical outcome of such asymmetric conjugate additions to enantiomerically pure 2-sulfmyl 2-cycloalkenones and 2-sulfinyl-2-alkenolides has been rationalized in terms of a metal-chelated intermediate in which a metal ion locks the -carbonyl sulfoxide into a rigid conformation (36 cf. 33). In this fixed conformation, one diastereoface of the cyclic n... 

In summary, the same factors that operate in the electrophile, namely steric, chelation, and polar effects, govern facial selectivity for enolates. The choice of the Lewis acid can determine if the enolate reacts via a chelate. The final outcome depends upon the relative importance of these factors within the particular TS. 

These examples and those in Scheme 2.6 illustrate the key variables that determine the stereochemical outcome of aldol addition reactions using chiral auxiliaries. The first element that has to be taken into account is the configuration of the ring system that is used to establish steric differentiation. Then the nature of the TS, whether it is acyclic, cyclic, or chelated must be considered. Generally for boron enolates, reaction proceeds through a cyclic but nonchelated TS. With boron enolates, excess Lewis acid can favor an acyclic TS by coordination with the carbonyl electrophile. Titanium enolates appear to be somewhat variable but can be shifted to chelated TSs by use of excess reagent and by auxiliaries such as oxazolidine-2-thiones that enhance the tendency to chelation. Ultimately, all of the factors play a role in determining which TS is favored. 

Trichloro- and trifluorosilanes introduce another dimension into the reactivity of allylic silanes. The silicon in these compounds is electrophilic and can expand to pentaco-ordinate and hexacoordinate structures. These reactions can occur through a cyclic or chelated TS. 

The platinum(0) complex [Pt(PhNO)(PPh3)2] reacts with C02 to afford the metallacyclic nitroso species [Pt 0N(Ph)C(0)0 (PPh3)2] (60), the first example of insertion of C02 into a Pt—N bond.186 Other unsaturated carbon compounds such as CS2 and electrophilic alkenes and alkynes react similarly. The diradical peril uoro-/V,/V -dimethylethane-l,2-bis(amino-oxyl) reacts readily by oxidative addition to the platinum(0) precursor Pt(PPh3)4 to afford the corresponding platinum(lI)-nitroso complex containing a seven-membered chelate ring (61). The resulting complex is stable in air for several days at room temperature.187... 

Methylation of the dihaptothioacyl complex 22 affords compound 23 containing a bidentate carbene ligand, which on reaction with chloride ion leads to the neutral monodentate carbene complex 24 (50,51). The chelate carbene complex 26 is generated in a novel interligand reaction from the thiocarboxamidothiocarbonyl cation 25. The thiocarbonyl carbon acts as the electrophilic component in this reaction, and 26 is further alkylated to a bidentate dicarbene species (52). 

The Zn11 cation may lend soft electrophilic assistance for transmetalation. The most efficient such assistance is in the intramolecular chelating mode, which is exemplified by cross-coupling of... 

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