Enolates, silyl reactions with electrophiles

The silyl enol ethers 102 and 104 are shown as single geometrical isomers for convenience in fact they are normally formed as mixtures, though this does not usually affect their reactions. They are thermodynamically stable compounds but are easily hydrolysed with water or methanol and are usually prepared when they are needed. They are much less reactive than lithium enolates, or even enamines, and their reactions with electrophiles are best catalysed by Lewis acids, often... 

Lithium enolates of carboxylic acids Enamines and silyl enol ethers Reactions with Other Electrophiles... 

Stereoselectivity in Michael additions of organo-copper(I) compounds Trapping the enolate intermediate by silylation Michael Addition followed by Reaction with Electrophiles Tandem Michael/aldol reactions A Double Nucleophile An Interlude without Copper... 

The enol ester or silyl enol ether route to enolates has advantages over direct deprotonation in certain cases. If direct deprotonation provides a mixture of regio- or stereo-isomers, it is often possible to trap the enolate mixture by esterification or silylation, separate the desired enol ester or silyl enol ether and regenerate the enolate by reaction with methyllithium. It is also useful for preparation of enolates from substances that are so electrophilic that direct deprotonation is complicated by self-aldolization. For example, aldehyde enolates have been prepared in this manner (equation 14). ... 

In the reaction of enol silyl ethers with a-chloro sulfides (e.g. 101), TiCU or ZnX2 appears to be the Lewis acid of choice." When dithioacetals" are used as the electrophiles, FeCb or dimethyl(methyl-thio)sulfonium fluoroborate (DMTSF 102) have been used successfully as the initiator for the condensations with enol silyl ethers. For example, the intramolecular reactions of (103) induced by 1 equiv. of DMTSF lead to good yields of the cyclization products. ... 

Maruoka et al. have developed and used A-spiro C2-symmetric chiral quaternary ammonium bifluorides [151] 102, 103, and more recently 104, to promote the regio- and anti-selective Mukaiyama-Michael addition of silyl nitronates to a, 3-unsaturated aldehydes [152], cyclic a,P-unsaturated ketones [153], and nitroalk-enes [154] with good yields and enantioselectivities (Scheme 2.52). Final chiral silyl enol ethers are easily hydrolyzed to the corresponding carbonyl compounds or functionalized at the a-position by reaction with electrophiles. 

Reaction with Electrophiles. The electrophilic substitution of a-silyl ketones gives the same products as those derived from the corresponding silyl enol ether. Thus reaction with bromine or thionyl chloride gives the a-bromo (or chloro) ketone, with the halogen replacing the trimethylsilyl group (eq... 

The Mukaiyama-aldol reaction of silyl enol ethers is one of the most important carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions in organic synthesis. Therefore, its application to catalytic asymmetric synthesis has been investigated in depth for the last decade (52-56). In an analogy to the F-C reaction of vinyl ether, if a catalytic asymmetric F-C reaction proceeds under Mukaiyama conditions to give additional reactive silyl enol hers, sequential reactions with electrophiles could provide further functionalized products (chiral syn or a fi-a,/8-dihydroxythioesters as a-... 

Sequential Diastereoselective Reactions of Resultant Silyl Enol Ethen. Next, our attention was focused on the sequential diai ereoselective reactions with electrophiles (Scheme 6). The oxidation reaction of the F-C product ((Z)-10b) by m-CPBA proceeded to give the 5y -diastereomer in its unprotected form in hl chemical yield and hi diastereoselectivity through die above transition state (Figure 2). These products arc of synthetic importance because of similar skeletal features to Merck L-784512 (66) with cyclooxygcnase-2 selective inhibitory activity. The protodesilylation reaction of die F-C product ((Z)-10c) by TBAF also proceeded stereoi lectively to give the a ft -diastcreomer in quantitative yield in a similar manner to that by m-CPBA oxidation. ITie diastereomeric excess of 5c was determined by HPLC analysis Daicel, CHIRALPAK AS, n-hexane i-PrOH = 95 5,0.8 ml/min, 254 nm, t = 16 min syn yj min (anti). 

Fluoroalkyl ketones may be used as the electrophilic partners in condensation reactions with other carbonyl compounds The highly electrophilic hexafluo-roacetone has been used in selective hexafluoroisopropyhdenation reactions with enol silyl ethers and dienolsilyl ethers [f] (equation 1)... 

Scheme 2.12 shows some representative Mannich reactions. Entries 1 and 2 show the preparation of typical Mannich bases from a ketone, formaldehyde, and a dialkylamine following the classical procedure. Alternatively, formaldehyde equivalents may be used, such as l>is-(di methyl ami no)methane in Entry 3. On treatment with trifluoroacetic acid, this aminal generates the iminium trifluoroacetate as a reactive electrophile. lV,A-(Dimethyl)methylene ammonium iodide is commercially available and is known as Eschenmoser s salt.192 This compound is sufficiently electrophilic to react directly with silyl enol ethers in neutral solution.183 The reagent can be added to a solution of an enolate or enolate precursor, which permits the reaction to be carried out under nonacidic conditions. Entries 4 and 5 illustrate the preparation of Mannich bases using Eschenmoser s salt in reactions with preformed enolates. 

Conditions for effecting conjugate addition of neutral enolate equivalents such as silyl enol ethers in the presence of Lewis acids have been developed and are called Mukaiyama-Michael reactions. Trimethylsilyl enol ethers can be caused to react with electrophilic alkenes by use of TiCl4. These reactions proceed rapidly even at -78° C.308... 

As mentioned earlier, metal complexation not only allows isolation of the QM derivatives but can also dramatically modify their reactivity patterns.29o-QMs are important intermediates in numerous synthetic and biological processes, in which the exocyclic carbon exhibits an electrophilic character.30-33 In contrast, a metal-stabilized o-QM can react as a base or nucleophile (Scheme 3.16).29 For instance, protonation of the Ir-T 4-QM complex 24 by one equivalent of HBF4 gave the initial oxo-dienyl complex 25, while in the presence of an excess of acid the dicationic complex 26 was obtained. Reaction of 24 with I2 led to the formation of new oxo-dienyl complex 27, instead of the expected oxidation of the complex and elimination of the free o-QM. Such reactivity of the exocyclic methylene group can be compared with the reactivity of electron-rich enol acetates or enol silyl ethers, which undergo electrophilic iodination.34... 

The wide diversity of the foregoing reactions with electron-poor acceptors (which include cationic and neutral electrophiles as well as strong and weak one-electron oxidants) points to enol silyl ethers as electron donors in general. Indeed, we will show how the electron-transfer paradigm can be applied to the various reactions of enol silyl ethers listed above in which the donor/acceptor pair leads to a variety of reactive intermediates including cation radicals, anion radicals, radicals, etc. that govern the product distribution. Moreover, the modulation of ion-pair (cation radical and anion radical) dynamics by solvent and added salt allows control of the competing pathways to achieve the desired selectivity (see below). 

Palladium-catalyzed bis-silylation of methyl vinyl ketone proceeds in a 1,4-fashion, leading to the formation of a silyl enol ether (Equation (47)).121 1,4-Bis-silylation of a wide variety of enones bearing /3-substituents has become possible by the use of unsymmetrical disilanes, such as 1,1-dichloro-l-phenyltrimethyldisilane and 1,1,1-trichloro-trimethyldisilane (Scheme 28).129 The trimethylsilyl enol ethers obtained by the 1,4-bis-silylation are treated with methyllithium, generating lithium enolates, which in turn are reacted with electrophiles. The a-substituted-/3-silyl ketones, thus obtained, are subjected to Tamao oxidation conditions, leading to the formation of /3-hydroxy ketones. This 1,4-bis-silylation reaction has been extended to the asymmetric synthesis of optically active /3-hydroxy ketones (Scheme 29).130 The key to the success of the asymmetric bis-silylation is to use BINAP as the chiral ligand on palladium. Enantiomeric excesses ranging from 74% to 92% have been attained in the 1,4-bis-silylation. 

Fluoride ion can also induce reaction of silyl enol ethers with electrophilic alkenes. 

Lithium Enolates. The control of mixed aldol additions between aldehydes and ketones that present several possible sites for enolization is a challenging problem. Such reactions are normally carried out by complete conversion of the carbonyl compound that is to serve as the nucleophile to an enolate, silyl enol ether, or imine anion. The reactive nucleophile is then allowed to react with the second reaction component. As long as the addition step is faster than proton transfer, or other mechanisms of interconversion of the nucleophilic and electrophilic components, the adduct will have the desired... 

Enantioselective condensation of aldehydes and enol silyl ethers is promoted by addition of chiral Lewis acids. Through coordination of aldehyde oxygen to the Lewis acids containing an Al, Eu, or Rh atom (286), the prochiral substrates are endowed with high electrophilicity and chiral environments. Although the optical yields in the early works remained poor to moderate, the use of a chiral (acyloxy)borane complex as catalyst allowed the erythro-selective condensation with high enan-tioselectivity (Scheme 119) (287). This aldol-type reaction may proceed via an extended acyclic transition state rather than a six-membered pericyclic structure (288). Not only ketone enolates but ester enolates... 

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