Enol sulfonates catalyzed

An asymmetric synthesis of estrone begins with an asymmetric Michael addition of lithium enolate (178) to the scalemic sulfoxide (179). Direct treatment of the cmde Michael adduct with y /i7-chloroperbenzoic acid to oxidize the sulfoxide to a sulfone, followed by reductive removal of the bromine affords (180, X = a and PH R = H) in over 90% yield. Similarly to the conversion of (175) to (176), base-catalyzed epimerization of (180) produces an 85% isolated yield of (181, X = /5H R = H). C8 and C14 of (181) have the same relative and absolute stereochemistry as that of the naturally occurring steroids. Methylation of (181) provides (182). A (CH2)2CuLi-induced reductive cleavage of sulfone (182) followed by stereoselective alkylation of the resultant enolate with an allyl bromide yields (183). Ozonolysis of (183) produces (184) (wherein the aldehydric oxygen is by isopropyUdene) in 68% yield. Compound (184) is the optically active form of Ziegler s intermediate (176), and is converted to (+)-estrone in 6.3% overall yield and >95% enantiomeric excess (200). 

Stable enolates such as diethyl malonate anions react with allyl sulfones (or acetates) in the presence of nickel complexes to give a mixture of the a- and /-product83. The regioselectivity is generally poor in the nickel-catalyzed reaction, but the molybdenum-catalyzed reaction is selective for alkylation at the more substituted allylic site, thereby creating a quaternary carbon center84. 

The aldol reactions introduced thus far have been performed under basic conditions where enolate species are involved as the reactive intermediate. In contrast to the commonly accepted carbon-anion chemistry, Mukaiyama developed another practical method in which enol species can be used as the key intermediates. He is the first chemist to successfully demonstrate that acid-catalyzed aldol reactions using Lewis acid (such as TiCU) and silyl enol ether as a stable enol equivalent can work as well.17 Furthermore, he developed the boron tri-fluoromethane sulfonate (triflate)-mediated aldol reactions via the formation of formyl enol ethers. 

The third procedure illustrated by this preparation involves the reaotion of ketones with trifluoromethanesulfonic anhydride in a solvent such as pentane, methylene chloride, or carbon tetrachloride and in the presence of a base such as pyridine, lutidine, or anhydrous sodium carbonate.7-11,15 This procedure, which presumably involves either acid-catalyzed or base-catalyzed enolization of the ketone followed by acylation of the enol with the acid anhydride, has also been used to prepare other vinyl sulfonate esters such as tosylates12 or methanesulfonates.13... 

Several examples of Bi(0Tf)34H20-catalyzed Mannich-type reactions of various A-benzyloxycarbonylamino sulfones 1 with silyl enol ethers are summarized in Table 5. A-Benzyloxycarbonylamino sulfones 1 derived from differently substituted benzaldehydes were reacted with trimethyl(l-phenylvinyloxy)silane in dichloromethane at room temperature. The corresponding (3-amino ketones 24 were smoothly obtained (Table 5, entries 1-6). The reaction was efficient using electron-deficient benzaldehyde-derived sulfones, and the corresponding (3-amino ketones 24... 

Table 5 Bi(0Tf)3-4H20-catalyzed Mannich-type reactions with various N-benzyloxycarbo-nylamino sulfones and silyl enol ethers...

In order to obtain further insight into the mechanism of the Mannich-type reaction, sulfone IP and silyl enol ether derived from acetophenone were reacted in the presence HOTf or TMSOTf, which could be produced in the reaction medium when using Bi(0Tf)3-4H20 as catalyst. It appeared that these two compounds efficiently catalyze the Mannich-type reaction (Table 7, entries 2 and 3). The reaction does not occur in the presence of 2,6-di-/<7V-buty I-4-methyl-pyridine [DTBMP] (1.0 equiv. of lp, 1.3 equiv. of silyl enol ether, 0.5 mol% of Bi(0Tf)34H20, 1.5 mol% of 2,6-di-/c/V-buty l-4-methy I-pyridine, 22 °C, 20 h, 99% recovery of lp), which indicates that triflic acid is involved in the mechanism (Table 7, entry 4). 

Cyclization of enynones to phenols. This sulfonate can effect an acid-catalyzed cyclization of enynones to phenols (equation I). Thus the enynone 2 can be cyclized to the phenol 3 by catalysis with 1. Note that a different phenol (4) obtains from acid-catalyzed cyclization of the enol acetate of 2. 

Hosomi, A., lijima, S., and Sakurai, H., A novel aminomethylation of silyl enol ethers with aminomethyl ethers catalyzed by iodo-trimethylsilane or uimethylsilyl trifluorome-thane sulfonate. Tetrahedron I tt.. 23, 547, 1982. 

SnCLrinduced cyclizations between alkenes and enol acetates result in cycloalkanes or bicycloalkanes in high yield (Eq. 59). It is interesting to note that the MesSiOTf-catalyzed reaction can yield fused rather than bicyelo products. Alkenic carboxylic esters, allylic alcohols, sulfones, and sulfonate esters are also cyclized in the presence of SnCU alkenic oxiranes, however, often cyclize in poor yield [89a]. 

A recent notable finding in this field is Mukaiyama aldol reactions in aqueous medium (THF H20 = 9 1) catalyzed by metal salts. Lewis acids based on Fe(II), Cu(II), and Zn(II), and those of some main group metals and lanthanides are stable in water. Remarkably, the aldol reaction shown in Sch. 29 occurs more rapidly than the hydrolysis of the silyl enol ether [137]. In the presence of surfactants (dodecyl sulfates or dodecane sulfonate salts), reactions of thioketene silyl acetals with benzaldehyde can be performed in water [138]. 

Thietanone 1,1-dioxide ketals and 3-aminothiete 1,1-dioxides are readily available by cycloaddition of sulfenes to ketene acetals and enamines, respectively (Section V.3.B.). Hydrolysis of these ketals " and the aminothiete sulfones (which are enamines) " " gives 3-thietanone 1,1-dioxides in fair to good yields, as exemplified by the hydrolysis of 133 and 402. Aqueous mineral acids or acidic ion-exchange resins catalyze the reaction. Cis-2-chloro-2,4,4-trimethyl-3-morpholinothietane 1,1-dioxide reacts with N sodium hydroxide to give 38% 2,2,4-trimethyl-3-thietanone 1,1-dioxide, but the trans isomer is recovered unchanged. 3-Methoxy- and 3-ethoxythiete 1,1-dioxide (enol ethers) are also hydrolyzed to 3-thietanone 1,1-dioxide. In several cases, the hydrolysis products are written as enols of the 3-thietanone sulfone. ... 

Another catalytic application of chiral ketene enolates to [4 + 2]-type cydizations was the discovery of their use in the diastereoselective and enantioselective syntheses of disubstituted thiazinone. Nelson and coworkers described the cyclocondensations of acid chlorides and a-amido sulfones as effective surrogates for asymmetric Mannich addition reactions in the presence of catalytic system composed of O-TM S quinine lc or O-TMS quinidine Id (20mol%), LiC104, and DIPEA. These reactions provided chiral Mannich adducts masked as cis-4,5 -disubstituted thiazinone heterocycles S. It was noteworthy that the in situ formation of enolizable N-thioacyl imine electrophiles, which could be trapped by the nucleophilic ketene enolates, was crucial to the success of this reaction. As summarized in Table 10.2, the cinchona-catalyzed ketene-N-thioacyl-imine cycloadditions were generally effective for a variety of alkyl-substituted ketenes and aliphatic imine electrophiles (>95%ee, >95%cis trans) [12]. 

Kim, D.Y, Mang, J.Y, and Oh, D.Y, Reaction of silyl enol ethers with phosphite using hypervalent iodine compound. A new synthesis of 2-aryl-2-oxoalkylphosphonates, Synth. Commun., 24, 629, 1994. Hohnquist, C.R., and Roskamp, E.J., Tin(II) chloride catalyzed addition of diazo sulfones, diazo phosphine oxides, and diazo phosphonates to aldehydes. Tetrahedron Lett., 33, 1131, 1992. 

Such reactions are normally base catalyzed. Scheme 76 illustrates the use of this reaction to provide both fused and bridged rings. Other techniques for synthesizing the keto ester from trimethylsilyl ethers are shown in Scheme 77. The diketones shown were usually isolated as a mixture of enols or enol ethers. Acid-catalyzed acylation also provides a route to diketones not readily obtained by other routes (Scheme 78). The acid catalysts included polyphosphoric acid and naphthalene-2-sulfonic acid. In the latter example continuous removal of water facilitated the reaction. A related reaction involved treatment of an acid chloride with silver perchlorate in nitromethane (equation 41), although the yield of diketone was low. ° ... 

Cyclic sulfonamides are Lermed sultams. From the enantiomeric 10-camphorsulfonic acids, both enantiomers of camphorsultam (49) are readily available by reduction of the intermediate sulfon-imide 484fi 50 and are commercially available. They have been used for the formation of amides with unsaturated acids, which are useful chiral dienophiles and dipolarophiles (Sections D. 1.6,1.1.1- and D. 1.6.1.2.1.) or undergo osmium tetroxide catalyzed dihydroxylations (Section D.4.4.). Other amides may be used for enolate reactions (Sections D.1.1.1.3.1., D.l.5.2.1. and D.4.3.). The. V-fluorinated derivative was obtained by direct fluorination of the sultam with 10% fluorine in nitrogen at low temperature5 , and has been used for the enantioselective formation of C —F bonds (Section D.3.). 

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