Cinnamyl phenyl selenide

Transfer of a metal carbene moiety from a metal carbene complex to a heteroatom other than oxygen, sulfur, and nitrogen is possible. One such example is the report by Uemura and co-workers, who disclosed catalytic asymmetric reaction of ethyl diazoacetate with ( )-cinnamyl phenyl selenide 193 (Equation (30))." The reaction afforded 194 as a diastereomeric mixture (58 42). Using Rh2(5[Pg.173]

Cinnamyl phenyl selenide, 79 Tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)-palladium(O), 289 Vinyltrimethylsilane, 343 Allylic ethers... 

Enantioselective oxidation of Z-aryl cinnamyl allylic selenide (83) with oxaziridine (—)-(69) gave 1-phenyl allyl alcohol (85) via an allyl selenoxide-selenate [2,3] sigmatropic rearrangement (Scheme... 

Substituted cinnamyl acetates undergo an 5 2 reaction with diphenyldiselenide in the presence of InBr and a Ru(acac)3 catalyst, giving a 63-94% yield of the linear phenyl selenide A multistep mechanism in which [In(SePh)3] reacts with the rp -7T-allyl complex that forms in the rate-determining step is suggested. The reaction... 

The asymmetric oxidation of sulphides to chiral sulphoxides with t-butyl hydroperoxide is catalysed very effectively by a titanium complex, produced in situ from a titanium alkoxide and a chiral binaphthol, with enantioselectivities up to 96%342. The Sharpless oxidation of aryl cinnamyl selenides 217 gave a chiral 1-phenyl-2-propen-l-ol (218) via an asymmetric [2,3] sigmatropic shift (Scheme 4)343. For other titanium-catalysed epoxidations, see Section V.D.l on vanadium catalysis. 

The asymmetric [2,3]sigmatropic rearrangement of several other allyl aryl selenides has been reported, but only moderate selectivities are observed [27] (Scheme 18). The oxidation of cinnamyl and geranyl selenides derived from L-prolinol with MCPBA at -90°C afforded the chiral l-phenyl-2-propen-l-ol and linalool with moderate enantiomeric excess, respectively. 

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