Dienes from aldehydes

AUylzirconium complexes are conveniently obtained by the regio- and stereoselective hydrozirconation of allene [127-133] and can be, for example, used subsequently for the MAO-catalyzed allylzirconation of alkynes to prepare enyne derivatives [132]. Alternatively, the preparation of (E)-l,3-dienes from aldehydes and the appropriate allylstannane zirconocene derivative (R = SnBu,) is accomplished (Scheme 8-17) [131], Note that addition of [Cp2Zr(H)Cl[n (1) on the aUenyl reagent with the... 

Stereoselective synthesis of 1,4-disubstituted 1,3-dienes from aldehydes has also been reported [232, 233]. The stereoselective synthesis of j8-hydroxy-a-(l-alkenyl)-... 

Allylic phosphonium ylides can also be generated in situ by the nucleophilic attack of phosphines on aziridines (or epoxides) followed by a set of proton transfers. On the basis of these reaction pathways, Hou et al. have realized a slightly E selective synthesis of conjugated dienes from aldehydes (or ketones) and aziridines (or epoxides) in the presence of tributylphosphine (Scheme 27) [122]. 

Positively activated olefins have also been condensed with dienamines derived from aldehydes 321,330,347,348) and ketones. Of special interest is the formation of bridged systems from homoannular dienes (229-231) which has been applied to the isoquinuclidine system of the iboga alkaloids (137-140,349). 

Bronsted acid catalyzed aza-Diels-Alder reaction of Danishefsky s diene with aidimine generated in situ from aldehyde and amine in aqueous media [107]... 

Complete diastereoselection is observed in the HDA reaction of Danishefsky s diene with o-substituted benzaldehyde chromium tricarbonyl complexes. Decomplexation is facile and good yields of 2-aryl-2,3-dihydropyran-4-ones result <96SL258>. Cis-2,3-disubstituted pyranones are accessible from the Lewis-acid catalysed HDA reaction between (triisopropylsilyloxy) dienes and aldehydes and dehydrogenation of the resulting dihydropyrans <96JOC7600>. 

As in the case of Diels-Alder reactions, aqueous aza-Diels-Alder reactions are also catalyzed by various Lewis acids such as lanthanide triflates.113 Lanthanide triflate-catalyzed imino Diels-Alder reactions of imines with dienes or alkenes were developed. Three-component aza-Diels-Alder reactions, starting from aldehyde, aniline, and Danishefsky s diene, took place smoothly under the influence of HBL4 in aqueous media to afford dihydro-4-pyridone derivatives in high yields (Eq. 12.46).114... 

The homoallylation product 16a presumably stems from oxidative cycloaddition of a Ni(0) species across the diene and aldehyde moieties of 15, leading to an oxanickellacycle intermediate 17 (path A, Scheme 5), which undergoes 0-bond metathesis with triethylsilane giving rise to a o-allylnickel 19. On the other hand, formation of 16b may start with addition of a Ni - H species upon the diene followed by intramolecular nucleophilic allylation as described in Eqs. 4-6 (path B). Alternatively, allylic transposition of the NiH group providing 20 from 19 may be related to the formation of 16b. The different reactivity between cyclohexadiene and many other acyclic dienes is also observed for the reaction undertaken under typical homoallylation conditions (see Scheme 14). 

It should be noted that the Grob fragmentation reaction and the reductive cyclization (homoallylation) discussed in this section involve the same oxanickellacyclopentane 66 as a common intermediate (Scheme 17). The reversibility of these C - C bond cleavage reaction and C - C bond formation reaction is also supported by the isolation and characterization (by X-ray analysis) of an oxanickellacyclopentane-like 66 (without a tether), which is prepared from a stoichiometric amount of Ni(cod)2, a diene, an aldehyde, and a monodentate phosphine ligand [41]. 

More recently, Tamaru and co-workers reported nickel-catalyzed reductive coupling of dienes with in situ-generated aldimines from aldehydes and amines (Equation (88)).446,446a The reaction exhibits high regio- and diastereoselectivity. 

Thermolysis of the functionally substituted 1,2,6-trienes 28 and 31a-d leads by Cope rearrangements to dienes 29, 30 and 32a-d (equations 9 and 10), respectively26. The reactions of aldehyde 28 occur at a relatively high temperature (>170 °C) to furnish both 29 and 30. Product 29 can be cyclized to 30 by heating. The similar thermolysis of the Shiff base 33 obtained from aldehyde 28 proceeds via two steps to afford the separable analogous products 34 and 35 (equation ll)27. 

I -Bromo-1 -alkettes.1 These products can be prepared from aldehydes or ketones by a two-step process addition of dibromomethyllithium (prepared in situ) to form dibromo alcohols, followed by reduction with zinc dust and acetic acid in refluxing methylene chloride. The method is particularly useful for preparation of 1-bromo-l, 3-dienes. The only drawback is the lack of stereoselectivity. 

The polymer-bound Mn and Cr complexes were used as catalysts for epoxidations of six phenyl-substituted olefins with m-CPBA/NMO and for dihydropyranone formation from the Danishefsky diene and aldehydes. There are several remarkable features of the novel immobilized salens ... 

Asymmetric Diels-AUer reactions The observation that simple acyloxy-boranes such as H2BOCOCH=CH2, prepared by reaction of BH3 with acrylic acid, can serve as Lewis acid catalysts for reactions of the a,P-unsaturated acids with cyclopentadiene (15, 2) has been extended to the preparation of chiral acyloxy-boranes derived from tartaric acid. The complex formulated as 3, prepared by reaction of BH3 with the monoacylated tartaric acid 2, catalyzes asymmetric Diels-Alder reactions of a,P-enals with cyclopentadiene with high enantioselectivity. The process is applicable to various dienes and aldehydes with enantioselectivities generally of 80-97 % ee. 

Dihydropyran-4-ones can be prepared by addition of various nucleophiles to 3-ethoxy-5,6-dihydropyran-2-ones prepared from the hDA reaction between Brassard s diene and aldehydes <20050L2421>. 

Tellurocarbonyl compounds, formed from aldehydes or ketones and bis[dimethylalumino] tellurium in refluxing dioxane, added to conjugated dienes to give cyclic tellurium compounds in good yields1. 

Note, too, the mild conditions used for the formation of the diisopropyl acetal 552 from aldehyde 55,1 again without p-elimination. Another example comes from a synthesis of Arachidonic Add in which a key step was the mild hydrolysis of a diisopropyl acetal under conditions that do not provoke rearrangement of the p,y-double bond into conjugation with the aldehyde function.118 The method has been applied to the synthesis of a number of natural (Z,Z)-skipped 1,4-dienes.119... 

Thus acetone, acetaldehyde, and esters condense to dimers in the first stage. From aldehydes we also can obtain six-membered rings such as trioxane from CU2O, paraldehyde from CHaCHO, etc. Dienes often give dimers reversibly. 

The partial reduction of the triple bond of lithium ynoiates 173 by activated LiH provides the lithium ii-enolates 174 derived from aldehydes (equation 70) °. This is a useful reaction, since these enoiates of aldehydes are not easily prepared by the usual base treatment of aldehydes. Activated LiH is prepared in situ from cyclohexa-1,3-diene and lithium tetramethylpiperazide or from cyclohexa-1,3-diene and BuLi. The superactive LiH, prepared from hydrogen with BuLi-tetramethylethylenediamine, can also be used. ... 

Tridentate salen ligands (10) derived from 1 have given excellent results in the enantiocontrol of the hetero Diels-Alder addition reaction of dienes with aldehydes (eq 7) and in the asymmetric additions of TMS-azide to mc5o-epoxide and trimethylsilyl cyanide to benzaldehyde (up to 85% ee). Phosphino-oxazolines derived from 1 have been employed for the asymmetric control of palladium-catalyzed allylic substitution reactions products of 70-90% ee were obtained. Photolysis of crystalline adducts of enantiomerically pure 1 with prochiral alcohols results in asymmetric inductions of up to 79% in a rare example of a solid-state enantioselective reaction. ... 

General palladium-catalyzed reactions of 1,3-dienes with aldehydes give tetrahy-dropyran derivatives and/or open-chain homoallyl alcohols [61], Thus, the present reaction offers a novel method for preparing /3,y-unsaturated ketones from readily available 1,3-dienes and aldehydes. 

Kobayashi et al. found that lanthanide triflates were excellent catalysts for activation of C-N double bonds —activation by other Lewis acids required more than stoichiometric amounts of the acids. Examples were aza Diels-Alder reactions, the Man-nich-type reaction of A-(a-aminoalkyl)benzotriazoles with silyl enol ethers, the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of nitrones to alkenes, the 1,2-cycloaddition of diazoesters to imines, and the nucleophilic addition reactions to imines [24], These reactions are efficiently catalyzed by Yb(OTf)3. The arylimines reacted with Danishefsky s diene to give the dihydropyridones (Eq. 14) [25,26], The arylimines acted as the azadienes when reacted with cyclopentadiene, vinyl ethers or vinyl thioethers, providing the tet-rahydroquinolines (Eq. 15). Silyl enol ethers derived from esters, ketones, and thio-esters reacted with N-(a-aminoalkyl)benzotriazoles to give the /5-amino carbonyl compounds (Eq. 16) [27]. The diastereoselectivity was independent of the geometry of the silyl enol ethers, and favored the anti products. Nitrones, prepared in situ from aldehydes and N-substituted hydroxylamines, added to alkenes to afford isoxazoli-dines (Eq. 17) [28]. Addition of diazoesters to imines afforded CK-aziridines as the major products (Eq. 18) [29]. In all the reactions the imines could be generated in situ and the three-component coupling reactions proceeded smoothly in one pot. 

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