Anti-aldols cross-aldol reaction

The lower yield may be explained by the fact that linear aldehydes also undergo self-aldol condensation, which is in direct competition with the crossed-aldol reaction. Aromatic aldehydes as the carbonyl component led to reduced diastereoselectivity. For example, the (.S )-prolinc-catalyzed aldol reaction of 4 with ort/tochlorobenzaldehyde proceeded with a good yield of 73%, but with an anti/syn ratio of only 4 1 and enantiomeric excesses of 86% ee (anti) and 70% ee (syn). 

It turns out that one of the best ketones for these asymmetric crossed aldol reactions is hydroxy-acetone 96. Combination with isobutyraldehyde 89 gives an aldol that is also an anti-diol 97 with almost perfect selectivity.21 The proline enamine of hydroxyacetone is evidently formed preferentially on the hydroxy side. You will recall from chapter 25 that asymmetric synthesis of anti-diols is not as easy as that of syn diols. 

Lewis-acid-promoted alkylations of silylenol ethers and silyl ketene acetals [195] with Co-complexed acetylenic acetals [196] and acetylenic aldehydes [197,198] (Scheme 4-56) also proceed with fair to excellent syn diastereoselectivity, in contrast to the low selectivity reactions of the free acetylenic derivatives [199, 200]. Reactions of the complexed aldehydes with lithium enolates are stereospecific, with (Z)-enolates giving syn selectivity and ( )-enolates anti selectivity [201]. The complementary stereoselectivity of the crossed aldol reactions of free and cobalt-complexed propynals with silyl ketene 0,S-acetals has been elaborated by Hanoaka exclusive syn selectivity is exhibited by the complexes and high anti selectivity is found with pro-... 

Proline (1) has showed to be a effective catalyst for both the homo-aldol and the cross-aldol reactions (Schane 4.12). Thus, the homo-aldol process using propi-onaldehyde (R =Me in 5a and R =Et in 2) afforded the expected a-hydroxyaldehyde in an excellent enantioselectivity for the major anti-29. Under similar reaction conditions, the cross-aldol reaction between propionaldehyde as source of nucleophile (5, R =Me) and other different aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes has been performed, giving the anti-29 isomer as the main diastereoisomer [71], This reaction course has been explained due to the steric hindrance as well as the kinetic inaccessibility of the hydrogen for some a,a-disubstimted aldehydes which leads, in both cases, to a very thermodynamic unstable corresponding nucleophilic enamine intermediate. 

The cross-aldol reaction between propionaldehyde (5a, R =Me in Scheme 4.12) and p-nitrobenzaldehyde gave the corresponding compound anti-29 (> 88% yield, 88% de and 99% ee), which has been used as the asymmetric key step in the synthesis of trichostatin A [76], In a similar way, using propionaldehyde (Sa, R =Me in Scheme 4.12) and an excess isobutyraldehyde (4 equiv, R =j-Pr) catalyzed by proline (10 mol%), product anti-29 (98% de and 99% ee) was obtained. Subsequent diastereoselective Mukaiyama aldol reaction followed by lactonization gave prelactone B [77]. The synthesis of (-)-enterolactone has been achieved by a cross-aldol reaction between methyl 4-oxobutyrate and 3-methoxybenzaldehyde catalyzed by proline (20 mol%) as a key step [78],... 

The imididazolidinone 180 (10-20 mol%, Fig. 4.35) catalyzed the homo-aldol dimerization process of an aldehyde and also the cross-aldol reaction between eno-lizable aldehydes (5, source of nucleophile, 10 equiv.) and aromatic aldehydes (2, electrophile). For both cases, the yields were high (58-90%), the anti-diastereo-selectivity was moderated (60-86% de) and the enantioselectivity was excellent (91-97% ee). To prevent a hemiacetal reaction of the initial aldol product 29 with another equivalent of aldehyde, the reaction was quenched by a methanolysis process to form the corresponding dimethyl acetal [259]. 

The cross-aldol reaction between enolisable aldehydes (donor aldehydes) and nonenolisable aldehydes (acceptor aldehydes) is known to be catalysed by L-proline and the related amine catalysts, giving antz -aldol adducts. For instance, the cross-aldol reaction of propanal with 4-nitrobenzaldehyde gave the corresponding anti-dXdoX adduct with excellent diastereo- and enantioselectivity (Scheme 17.4). ° The reaction catalysed by an amino sulfonamide (5 )-3, on the other hand, gave the unusual q n-aldol product as the major diastereomer. ... 

The cross-aldol reaction is actively studied with the aim of improved control of the stereoselectivity.58 The use of silyl enol ethers for a condensation with aldehydes constitutes important progress, but catalysis by Lewis acids can be unsatisfactory for acid labile substrates, and the predominant anti stereoselectivity is not always optimal. An attempt was made to solve this problem by running the reaction sonochemically in the presence of alumina, without any solvent.59 products are absent, and the anti-isomer forms predominantly (Eq. 16). 

This system could be successfully extended to the catalytic enantioselective crossed-aldol reaction of aldehydes [3], The geometrically defined ( )- and (Z)-trichlorosilyl enol ethers of aldehydes underwent efficient, highly diastereoselec-tive addition to different aldehydes under the influence of chiral bis-phosphoramide 2, which possess a tether of five methylene units, to give the corresponding anti-and syn-P-hydroxy aldehydes as a form of dimethyl acetal, respectively, with good yet variable enantioselectivity (Scheme 7.2). 

Pioneering work in this field has been independently reported based on two distinct strategies. Designed small diamine catalyst 54 (10mol%) in the presence of trifluoroacetic acid in an emulsion system catalyzes the direct cross-aldol reaction of cyclohexanone (51, 2 equiv.) with p-nitrobenzaldehyde (52) in bulk water (111 equiv.), giving the anti-aldol product 53 in quantitative yield with 94% ee... 

Carreira and co-workers have also extended the scope of aldehydes that may be utilized in catalytic addition reactions to include stannylpropenal 108 as a substrate (Table 8B2.12, Entry 7). The adduct produced from the aldol addition of 105 is isolated with 92% ee and serves as a useful building block, as it is amenable for further synthetic elaboration (Scheme 8B2.9). Thus, vinylstannane 109 is a substrate for Stille cross-coupling reactions to give a diverse family of protected acetoacetate adducts 110. Following deprotection of the masked keto ester, the corresponding hydroxy keto ester 111 may be converted to either the syn or anti skipped polyols 112 or 113. A recent total synthesis of macrolactin A by Carreira and co-workers utilizes aldol... 

For satisfactory diemo- and stereoselectivity, most catalytic, direct cross-aldol methods are limited to the use of non enolizable (aromatic, a-tert-alkyl) or kineti-cally non enolizable (highly branched, ,/funsaturated) aldehydes as acceptor carbonyls. With aromatic aldehydes, however, enantioselectivity is sometimes moderate, and the dehydration side-product may be important. With regard to the donor counterpart, the best suited pronucleophile substrates for these reactions are symmetric ketones (acetone) and ketones with only one site amenable for enolization (acetophenones). With symmetric cyclic or acyclic ketones superior to acetone, syn/anti mixtures of variable composition are obtained [8b, 11, 19a]. Of particularly broad scope is the reaction of N-propionylthiazolidinethiones with aldehydes, which regularly gives high enantioselectivity of the syn aldol adduct of aromatic, a,fi-unsaturated, branched, and unbranched aldehydes [13]. 

These aldols have all had just one chiral centre in the starting material. Should there be more than one, double diastereomeric induction produces matched and mismatched pairs of substrates and reagents, perfectly illustrated by the Evans aldol method applied to the syn and anti aldol products 205 themselves derived from asymmetric aldol reactions. The extra chiral centre, though carrying just a methyl group, has a big effect on the result. The absolute stereochemistry of the OPMB group is the same in both anti-205 and yvn-205 but the stereoselectivity achieved is very different. The matched case favours Felkin selectivity as well as transition state 201 but, with the mismatched pair, the two are at cross purposes. It is interesting than 1,2-control does not dominate in this case.33... 

Lewis acid for this last Mukaiyama-aldol reaction afforded the diastereomeric mannose derivative with similarresults. Thehomo-aldolreaction depicted in Schetne4.13 showed a positive non-linear effect [83], which was attributed to the formation of the inactive imidazolidinone derivative of both enantiomers of proline with anti-21 (R=Bn) in the different reaction rates, resulting in a kinetic resolution of proline by the final product. The cross-aldol reaction between a-silyloxyacetaldehydes of type 30 with propanal has been used in the synthesis of one key fragment for the preparation of (H-)-spongistatin 1 [84]. 

The 1,5-anti-aldol reaction was performed with chiral boron enolate of 325 and aldehyde 327, prepared by Evans asymmetric alkylation, cross metathesis, and Wittig homologation (Scheme 72), to afford 324 with a 96 4 diastereoselectivity. Stereoselective reduction of C9-ketone provided the 5y -l,3-diol, which was exposed to catalytic f-BuOK to give 2,6-cis-tetrahyderopyran 333 via an intramolecular Michael reaction. Finally, methyl etherification, deprotection, hydrolysis of ester, and Yamaguchi macrolac-tonization yielded the leucascandrolide macrolide 201 (Scheme 73). 

Einally, Northrup and MacMillan found that proline to also catalyzed cross aldolizations of t vo different aldehydes under carefully developed conditions using syringe pump techniques [148]. These reactions furnish anti aldols 191 in excellent enantioselectivity and good yield and diastereoselectivity (Scheme 4.43). 

LLC networks containing catalytic headgroups have also been shown to be useful for heterogeneous Lewis acid catalysis. The Sc(III)-exchanged cross-linked Hu phase of a taper-shaped sulfonate-functionalized LLC monomer has been shown to be able to catalyze the Mukaiyama aldol and Mannich reactions [115] with enhanced diastereoselectivity. This Sc(III)-functionalized Hu network affords condensation products with syn-to-anti diastereoselectivity ratios of 2-to-l, whereas Sc(III) catalysts in solution or supported on amorphous polymers show no reaction diastereoselectivity at all. 

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