Cyclizations tris silane

In an effort to identify a more stereoselective route to dihydroagarofuran (15), trimethylsilylated alkyne 17 was utilized as a substrate for radical cyclization (Scheme 2). Treatment of 17 with a catalytic amount of AIBN and tri-n-butyltin hydride (1.25 equiv) furnishes a mixture of stereoisomeric vinyl silanes 18 (72% combined yield) along with an uncyclized reduction product (13% yield). The production of stereoisomeric vinyl silanes in this cyclization is inconsequential because both are converted to the same alkene 19 upon protodesiiyiation. Finally, a diastereoselective di-imide reduction of the double bond in 19 furnishes dihydroagaro-... 

The diolefin 1064 gives rise to the isoxazoline 1065, which cannot eliminate tri-methylsilanol 4 [122]. Cychzation of the co-nitroolefin 1066 with trimethylchloro-silane (TCS) 14/triethylamine at -35 °C then HCl-induced removal of trimethyl-silanol 4 leads, in 85% yield, to the dimer 1067, which is converted in two more steps into racemic pyrenophorin 1068 [112] (Scheme 7.39). Further cyclizations of co-nitroolefins [109] to monomeric or dimeric isoxazolines have been described. Conjugated dienes such as butadiene afford a mixture of the mono or bis adducts [115-117]. 

A new effective metal-ffee radical approach by Murphy et al generates the free radical by treatment with tetrathiafulvalene (TTF).1491 As depicted in scheme 16 the aromatic amine 79 is transformed into the diazonium salt 81 which on treatment with TTF leads to the radical 82. The following stereoselective cyclization gives the hexahydrocarba-zole scaffold 80, a substructure of alkaloids like aspi-dospermidin, strychnin and vinblastin. Also the non-toxic tris(trimethylsilyl)silane was employed for domino reactions, eg. for the preparation of the alkaloid aspidospermidin. 

In this approach, the cis-disubstituted tetrahydrofuranone 75 [accessible with high diastereoselectivity via radical cyclization of the acylselenide 74 with tris(tri-methylsilyl) silane and triethylborane] was transformed into the corresponding enyne 76 by reduction and Wittig olefination. The subsequent electrophilic cyclization was carried out in analogy with the biomimetic synthesis of panacene (Scheme... 

The combination of allylic amination, ring-closing metathesis, and a free radical cyclization provides a convenient approach to the dihydrobenzo[b]indoline skeleton, as illustrated in Scheme 10.10. The rhodium-catalyzed aUylic amination of 43 with the lithium anion of 2-iodo-(N-4-methoxybenzenesulfonyl)arrihne furnished the corresponding N-(arylsulfonyl)aniline 44. The diene 44 was then subjected to ring-closing metathesis and subsequently treated with tris(trimethylsilyl)silane and triethylborane to afford the dihydrobenzojhjindole derivative 46a in 85% yield [14, 43]. 

An alternative system for initiating radical cyclization uses triethylborane and oxygen. Under these conditions, tris(trimethylsilyl)silane is an effective hydrogen atom donor.239... 

Optimization of the previously reported Mannich-type reaction of trimethyl (pent-2-en-3-yloxy)silane with the sulfone Is derived from phenyl acetaldehyde (Table 5, entry 11) led to the corresponding (3-amino ketone in a good yield with moderate diastereoselectivity (2 mol% Bi(0Tf)3-4H20, yield = 84%, 24v/24v syn/anti = 72 28) (Scheme 8). Reduction of the major diastereoisomer 24v with lithium tri-ferf-butoxyaluminohydride afforded 25 as the only one diastereoisomer. Further cyclization of the latter with NaH afforded 4-benzyl-6-ethyl-5-methyl-l,3-oxazinan-2-one 26. The relative configuration of the six-membered carbamate was established as cis-cis by NMR analysis. 

It is difficult to find crosslinking systems that are ideal in that all functional groups are of equal reactivity and intramolecular cyclization is negligible. The crosslinking of vinyl terminated poly(dimethylsiloxane) polymers with tri- and tetrafunctional silanes appears to be an exception. Thus the calculated and experimental pc values were 0.578 and 0.583, respectively, for the tetrafunctional silane and 0.708 and 0.703, respectively, for the trifunctional silane (with r — 0.999) [Valles and Macosko, 1979]. 

K. J. Kulicke and B. Giese, Hydtosilylation and cyclization reactions of alkenes and ketones with tris(trimethylsilyl)silane, Synlett. p. 91 (1990). 

Sodium borohydride-Palladium chloride. Sodium borohydride-Rhodium(lII) chloride. Sodium borohydride-Tin(II) chloride. Sodium cyanoborohydride. Sodium 9-cyano-9-hydrido-9-borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane. Sodium dithionite. Sodium hydride-Sodium t-amyl oxide-Zinc chloride. Sodium trimethoxyborohydride. Tetra-/i-butylammonium borohydride. Tetra-n-butylammonium cyanoborohydride. Tetra-n-butylammonium octahydrotriborate. Tri-n-butyltin hydride. Triethoxy silane. Triisobutylaluminum-Bis(N-methyl-salicyclaldimine)nickel. Zinc borohydride. REDUCTIVE CYCLIZATION Cobaloximc(I). 

As in other fields of organic chemistry, the use of microreactors represents a new method to accelerate reactions significantly. Within a larger study on tin hydride and tris(trimethylsilyl)silane-mediated reactions, the continuous flow system has also been applied to conduct an intramolecular Meerwein reaction. The cyclization of bromide 6 to indane 7 was completed in less than 1 min (Scheme 3) [39]. 

Generation of 3-indolylacyl radicals from the selenoesters 149, using either /j-Bu3SnH or tris(trimethylsilyl)silane (TTMSS) followed by reaction with various alkenes, offers a route to 3-acylindoles 150. On the other hand, the use of n-Bu Sn2 under irradiation gave cyclopent[6]indole derivatives such as 151 via a cascade involving initial addition of the acyl radical to the alkene, and a subsequent oxidative cyclization at the indole C-2 <02JOC6268>. 

Two groups have described photocyclization reactions of organosilanes. Canadian workers have observed a two-photon process from mesitoyl tris(trimethylsilyl)silane (258) vhich yields the benzocyclobutene (259) via the intermediate silene (260) the cyclization process to (259) involves a photo-induced insertion of the C=Si moiety into a relatively unactivated C-H bond. 

A radical cyclization approach to spiro-oxindoles was revealed <05OL151>. Treatment of p-trityloxybenzamide 125 with triethylborane and tris(trimethylsilyl)silane gave cyclohexadienone 126 via an ipso cyclization. The nucleophilic aromatic substitution of aryl fluorides was utilized in an asymmetric approach to spiro-pyrrolidone oxindoles <05JA3670>. 

Sultams can also be accessed by intramolecular cyclization of compounds containing preformed C-S-N-C-C fragments with a C-C bond formation as demonstrated in a one-pot synthesis of tricyclic sultam 236 <05SL577>. Tetrahydropyridine 235, obtained from 77,7/-bis(allyl)sulfonamide 234 by ring-closure-metathesis (RCM) followed by isomerization, undergoes radical cyclization in the presence of tris(trimethylsilyl)silane (TTMSS) to give tricycle sultam 236. 

In a similar case, hydrosilylation of a 1,6-diene or 5-en-l-one with tris(trimethylsilyl)silane gives the cyclized products with a preferred as orientation of the alkyl groups7. The intermediate silylalkyl or siloxyalkyl radical, respectively, is trapped intramolecularly to give substituted cyclopentanes. 

What they planned was to encourage the 5-exo cyclized radical to add to a second molecule of CO by discouraging premature quenching of the key radical, by employing a slower mediator than tris(trimethylsilyl)silane. Contrary to their expectation, the yield of the desired keto aldehyde was dramatically decreased, and instead they discovered serendipitously the unusual formation of a bicyclic lactone (Scheme 12). This lactone corresponds to a product obtained via a 5-endo cycliza-tion of an acyl radical. However, two observations speak against such a rare 5-endo cyclization pathway (i) high dilution does not necessarily favor the formation of the... 

A spectacular example of cationic cyclization is the Johnson polyene cyclization, described in Section 10.8.A. Polyenes such as squalene are expected to assume a steroid-like conformation in the lowest energy form (sec. 1.5.E), based on the biogenetic preparation of cholesterol from squalene. In practice, treatment of polyenes with acid led to a very low yield of tri- or tetracyclic products, giving instead significant amounts of polymeric material. Diligent work over many years prevailed, however, and Johnson solved the many problems (as described in sec. 10.8.A) to make this reaction an excellent and efficient synthetic route to di-, tri-, and tetracyclic molecules. One of the later examples of polyene cyclization uses an allyl silane to quench the cyclization process. A Lewis acid was used to initiate the reaction via reaction with the acetal. Treatment of... 

Reactions of thiol esters with the three most commonly used reagents - tri-butylstannane,tris(trimethylsilyl)silane (TTMSS),and allyltributylstannane -were conducted using AIBN as an initiator. The reaction of 36 with 1.3 equiv of Bu3SnH in refluxing benzene with AIBN for 1 h led to complete consumption of the substrate and clean formation of the cyclization and reduction products (39 and 40, respectively, see Fig. 3) in a ratio of 96 4. As anticipated, dihydro-benzothiophene 41 was also formed in this reaction. It is worth noting that 40... 

Alkyl, alkenyl, aryl and acyl radicals can all be used in cyclization reactions. Acyl radicals can be generated by addition of alkyl radicals to carbon monoxide, or more conveniently from acyl selenides, and undergo a variety of radical reactions. A synthesis of the sesquiterpene (—)-kamausallene made use of the radical cyclization from the acyl selenide 69 (4.61). Tris(trimethylsilyl)silane and triethylborane in air were used to promote the reaction, which is highly selective (32 1) in favour of the cis stereoisomer 70, as expected from a chair-tike transition state. Best yields in the cyclization reactions of acyl radicals are found with electron-deficient alkenes, indicating the nucleophilic character of acyl radicals. 

Radical cyclization of acetylenic esters." Cyclization of alkynyl esters 1 with Bu.ySnH/AIBN in refluxing benzene results in the (E)-exocyclic alkene, (E)-2, as the major product. In contrast, cyclization of 1 with tris(trimethyl-silyl)silane/AIBN provides a mixture of (E)- and (Z)-2, with the latter predominating. A different stereoselectivity obtains from cyclization of 1 with BuySnH or (TMSjySiH initiated by triethylborane/02. Actually the high (E)-selectivity in BujSnH/AlBN is a result of isomerization of (Z)-2 to (E)-2, promoted by BuySnH at high temperatures. In any case, this isomerization is an unexpected example of regiocontrol in radical cyclizations. 

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