Enolate generation

An important feature of aldol addition is that carbon-carbon bond formation occurs between the a carbon atom of one aldehyde and the carbonyl group of another This is because carbanion (enolate) generation can involve proton abstraction only from the a carbon atom The overall transformation can be represented schematically as shown m Figure 18 5... 

Ester enolates generated by proton abstraction with dialkylamide bases add to aldehydes and ketones to give (3 hydroxy esters... 

Lithium dialkylamides are excellent bases for making ketone enolates as well Ketone enolates generated m this way can be alkylated with alkyl halides or as illus trated m the following equation treated with an aldehyde or a ketone... 

These results were confirmed by later studies, which proved that the lithium enolate, generated from the reaction of 163b with LDA, reacted with 2-chloroben-zaldehyde to give the corresponding 5-hydroxyfuranone 167 (R= o-Cl—C6H4) (96H191). 

The chlorotitanium enolate, generated by treatment of (S )-l-tm-butyldimethylsiloxy-l-cyclohexyl-2-butanone with titanium(iv) chloride and diisopropylethylamine, provides the syn-product upon reaction with benzaldehyde. The diastereoselectivity of 99 1 is defined as the ratio of the major isomer to the sum of all other isomers47bc. 

Stereodivergent aldol addition is also possible when (.S,)-5,5-dimethyl-4-trimethylsiloxy-3-hexanonc (16) is chosen as the enolate precursor. Thus, the lithium enolate generated from 16 by treatment with lithium diisopropylamide and tetramethylethylenediamine leads predomi-... 

A more effective control of both simple diastereoselectivity and induced stereoselectivity is provided by the titanium enolate generated in situ by transmetalation of deprotonated 2,6-dimethylphenyl propanoate with chloro(cyclopentadienyl)bis(l,2 5,6-di-0-isopropylidene-a-D-glucofuranos-3-0-yl)titanium. Reaction of this titanium enolate with aldehydes yields predominantly the. yyw-adducts (syn/anti 89 11 to 97 3). The chemical yields of the adducts are 24 87% while the n-u-products have 93 to 98% ee62. 

Ester enolates which contain the chiral information in the acid moiety have been widely used in alkylations (see Section D.1.1.1,3.) as well as in additions to carbon-nitrogen double bonds (sec Section D.1.4.2.). Below are examples of the reaction of this type of enolate with aldehydes720. The (Z)-enolate generated from benzyl cinnamate (benzyl 3-phenylpropcnoate) and lithium (dimethylphenylsilyl)cuprate affords the /h/-carboxylic acid on addition to acetaldehyde and subsequent hydrogenolysis, The diastereoselectivity is 90 10. 

Formal Enolate Generation by Fluoride Ion, Increasing the Nucleophilicity of the Silyl Enol Ether... 

Enolate generation, 106-7 Enolate trapping, 99-101 Enones, 34-5 Epoxidation, 21-3 a/3-Epoxysilanes, 21-4, 78 -Ethoxy acylsilane, 110 1-Ethoxy-l-trimethylsilyloxycyclo-propane,133 Ethyl bromoacetate, 123 Ethyl 2-chloropropanoate, 133 Ethyl glycinate, 87,88-9 Ethyl m-nitrobenzene, 137 Ethyl irimethylsilylacetate. 71, 123-4, 134 Ethyllithium, 66... 

A general approach to the synthesis of enantiomerically pure y, as weU as y " -amino acids has been developped by Brenner and Seebach [206, 207, 230]. It involves the Michael addition of Ti-enolates generated from acyl-oxazohdin-2-ones to nitroolefms in the presence of a Lewis acid (TiCU, Et2AlCl) as the key step... 

Another very important method for specific enolate generation is the conjugate addition of organometallic reagents to enones. This reaction, which not only generates a specific enolate, but also adds a carbon substituent, is discussed in Section 8.1.2.3. 

In the presence of a very strong base, such as an alkyllithium, sodium or potassium hydride, sodium or potassium amide, or LDA, 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds can be converted to their dianions by two sequential deprotonations.79 For example, reaction of benzoylacetone with sodium amide leads first to the enolate generated by deprotonation at the more acidic methylene group between the two carbonyl groups. A second equivalent of base deprotonates the benzyl methylene group to give a dienediolate. 

The role of the trimethylsilyl group is to stabilize the enolate formed in the conjugate addition. The silyl group is then removed during the dehydration step. Methyl 1-trimethylsilylvinyl ketone can be used under aprotic conditions that are compatible with regiospecific methods for enolate generation. The direction of annulation of unsymmetrical ketones can therefore be controlled by the method of enolate formation. 

As noted in Chapter 1, this is one of the best methods for generating a specific enolate of a ketone. The enolate generated by conjugate reduction can undergo the characteristic alkylation and addition reactions that are discussed in Chapters 1 and 2. When this is the objective of the reduction, it is important to use only one equivalent of the proton donor. Ammonia, being a weaker acid than an aliphatic ketone, does... 

Arylacetate esters have been generated by coupling aryl bromides with stannyl enolates generated from silyl ketene acetals. 

The proposed mechanism (Scheme 54) indicated that transmetallation of the aryl silanediol to the rhodium hydroxide catalyst followed by 1,4-addition and hydrolysis of the O-bound enolate generated the addition product and regenerated the Rh-OH catalyst. 

Adequate basicity to ensure the selective deprotonation process for enolate generation... 

The chiral boron enolates generated from /V-acyl oxazolidones such as 7 and 8 (which were named Evans auxiliaries and have been extensively used in the a-alkylation reactions discussed in Chapter 2) have proved to be among the most popular boron enolates due to the ease of their preparation, removal, and recycling and to their excellent stereoselectivity.8... 

The next step to erythronolide A is the coupling of fragments A and B. Asymmetric aldol reaction of aldehyde 2 with a lithium enolate generated from... 

Mukaiyama Michael reactions of alkylidene malonates and enolsilanes have also been examined (244). The stoichiometric reaction between enolsilane (342a) and alkylidene malonate (383) proceeds in high selectivity however, catalyst turnover is not observed under these conditions. The addition of HFIP effectively promotes catalyst turnover, presumably by protonation and silyl transfer from the putative copper malonyl enolate generated in this reaction. The reaction proved general for bulky P-substituents (aryl, branched alkyl), Eq. 209. 

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