Conjugate addition promote

The first step is conjugate addition promoted by two electron-accepting groups at one end of the aUtene. We show the involvement of only one of them in the mechanism. 

The cthylaluminum dichloride promoted conjugate addition of organocoppcr-tributylphos-phine to the -substituted ( )-Ar-enoyl sultam 7 produced very high diastereoselectivity (88-96% de) and moderate yield (43-86%). The adducts were converted to the corresponding methyl ester 9 upon treatment with methoxymagnesium bromide or diazomethane 34. 

The conjugate addition of Grignard reagents to 2-cyclohexenone was promoted by catalytic amounts (2-4 mol %) of alkylcopper(I) complexes of the lithium amide prepared from N- (R)-1 -phenylethyl]-2-[(/ )-l-phenylethyliminojcycloheptatrienamine, Li[CuR(CHIRAMT)]52,11. However, 3-substituted cyclohexanones were obtained in very low ee (4-14%). 

The stereoselectivity of conjugate addition and cyclopropanation of the chiral nitrovinyldioxolanes 17 can be effectively controlled <96TL6307>, and good selectivity is observed in the ultrasound-promoted cycloaddition of nitrile oxides to alkenyldioxolanes 18 <95MI877,95JOC7701 >. Asymmetric Simmons-Smith cyclopropanation of 19 proceeds with... 

Ferrocen-l,l -diylbismetallacycles are conceptually attractive for the development of bimetal-catalyzed processes for one particular reason the distance between the reactive centers in a coordinated electrophile and a coordinated nucleophile is self-adjustable for specific tasks, because the activation energy for Cp ligand rotation is very low. In 2008, Peters and Jautze reported the application of the bis-palladacycle complex 56a to the enantioselective conjugate addition of a-cyanoacetates to enones (Fig. 31) [74—76] based on the idea that a soft bimetallic complex capable of simultaneously activating both Michael donor and acceptor would not only lead to superior catalytic activity, but also to an enhanced level of stereocontrol due to a highly organized transition state [77]. An a-cyanoacetate should be activated by enolization promoted by coordination of the nitrile moiety to one Pd(II)-center, while the enone should be activated as an electrophile by coordination of the olefinic double bond to the carbophilic Lewis acid [78],... 

Nickel catalysts can be used instead of copper catalysts to promote the conjugate addition reaction, providing, in some cases, better results than the corresponding copper catalysts. In 2000, Yang et al. discovered a series of (li ,25, 3i )-3-mercaptocamphan-2-ol derivatives, which proved to be efficient ligands in the conjugate addition of ZnEt2 to chalcone upon catalysis with Ni(acac)2 (Scheme 2.29). 

A number of other chiral catalysts can promote enantioselective conjugate additions of silyl enol ethers, silyl ketene acetals, and related compounds. For example, an oxazaborolidinone derived from allothreonine achieves high enantioselectivity in additions of silyl thioketene acetals.323 The optimal conditions for this reaction also include a hindered phenol and an ether additive. 

Scheme 8-35. LSB-promoted catalytic asymmetric conjugate addition of thiols to enones. Reprinted with permission by Am. Chem. Soc., Ref. 76.

Organylzirconocene derivatives do not show any useful reactivity toward a,[5-unsaturated carbonyl compounds, but the reaction can be promoted by the addition of CuOTf [14], The initial version was stoichiometric in Cu [14], but a Cu-catalyzed version was subsequently developed [112,113]. Adaptation of the Ni salt + DIBAH catalysts for cross-coupling [10] to conjugate addition led to the Ni-catalyzed conjugate addition of alkenylzirconocene chlorides [16,17] (Scheme 1.25). 

Conjugate addition. In general, the use of chiral auxiliaries able to promote chirality transfer with a predictable stereochemistry on newly generated stereocenters is recognized as indispensable in asymmetric synthesis.79... 

Scheme 6.21. Lewis acid-promoted diastereoselective conjugate addition to enone 98 (Bn = benzyl).

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