Epoxides silyl

As outlined in Scheme 6, isovanillin (35) was converted to aryl iodide 36 via MOM-protection, protection of the aldehyde, and subsequent iodination. Hydrolysis of the acetal and Wittig olefination delivered phenol 37 after exposure of the intermediate aldehyde to methanolic hydrochloric acid. Epoxide 41, the coupling partner of phenol 37 in the key Tsuji-Trost-reaction, was synthesized from benzoic acid following a procedure developed by Fukuyama for the synthesis of strychnine [62]. Birch reduction of benzoic acid with subsequent isomerization of one double bond into conjugation was followed by esterification and bromohydrin formation (40). The ester was reduced and the bromohydrin was treated with base to provide the epoxide. Silylation concluded the preparation of epoxide 41, the coupling partner for iodide 37, and both fragments were reacted in the presence of palladium to attain iodide 38. 

The 9 — 15 fragment was prepared by a similar route. Once again Sharpless kinetic resolution method was applied, but in the opposite sense, i.e., at 29% conversion a mixture of the racemic olefin educt with the virtually pure epoxide stereoisomer was obtained. On acid-catalysed epoxide opening and lactonization the stereocentre C-12 was inverted, and the pure dihydroxy lactone was isolated. This was methylated, protected as the acetonide, reduced to the lactol, protected by Wittig olefination and silylation, and finally ozonolysed to give the desired aldehyde. 

The (partial) description of the synthesis and coupling of the five fragments starts with the cyclohexyl moiety C —C. The first step involved the enantio- and diastereoselective harpless epoxidation of l,4-pentadien-3-ol described on p. 126f. The epoxide was converted in four steps to a d-vinyl d-lactone which gave a 3-cyclohexenecarboxylate via Ireland-CIaisen rearrangement (cf. p. 87). Uncatalysed hydroboration and oxidation (cf. p. 131) yielded the desired trans-2-methoxycyclohexanol which was protected as a silyl ether. The methyl car-... 

Silyl ethers serve as preeursors of nucleophiles and liberate a nucleophilic alkoxide by desilylation with a chloride anion generated from CCI4 under the reaction conditions described before[124]. Rapid intramolecular stereoselective reaction of an alcohol with a vinyloxirane has been observed in dichloro-methane when an alkoxide is generated by desilylation of the silyl ether 340 with TBAF. The cis- and tru/u-pyranopyran systems 341 and 342 can be prepared selectively from the trans- and c/.y-epoxides 340, respectively. The reaction is applicable to the preparation of 1,2-diol systems[209]. The method is useful for the enantioselective synthesis of the AB ring fragment of gambier-toxin[210]. Similarly, tributyltin alkoxides as nucleophiles are used for the preparation of allyl alkyl ethers[211]. 

If R and R are different, the two faces of the double bond become nonequivalent, permitting stereoselective reactions at the double bond. These effects have been explored, for example, using 4-silyl-2-pentenes. Reactions such as epoxidation and hydroboration proceed by preferential addition fiom the face opposite the bulky silyl substituents. 

The first asymmetric Mn(salen)-catalyzed epoxidation of silyl enol ethers was carried out by Reddy and Thornton in 1992. Results from the epoxidation of various silyl enol ethers gave the corresponding keto-alcohols in up to 62% ee Subsequently, Adam and Katsuki " independently optimized the protocol for these substrates yielding products in excellent enantioselectivity. 

Variations and Improvements on Alkylations of Chiral OxazoUnes Metalated chiral oxazolines can be trapped with a variety of different electrophiles including alkyl halides, aldehydes,and epoxides to afford useful products. For example, treatment of oxazoline 20 with -BuLi followed by addition of ethylene oxide and chlorotrimethylsilane yields silyl ether 21. A second metalation/alkylation followed by acidic hydrolysis provides chiral lactone 22 in 54% yield and 86% ee. A similar... 

Metalated Epoxides and Aziridines in Synthesis 5.2.4.2 Silyl-stabilized Lithiated Epoxides... 

Direct deprotonation/electrophile trapping of simple aziridines is also possible. Treatment of a range of N-Bus-protected terminal aziridines 265 with LTMP in the presence ofMe3SiCl in THF at-78 °C stereospecifically gave trans-a, 3-aziridinylsi-lanes 266 (Scheme 5.67) [96]. By increasing the reaction temperature (to 0 °C) it was also possible to a-silylate a (3-disubstituted aziridine one should note that attempted silylation of the analogous epoxide did not provide any of the desired product [81],... 

Scheme 8.31 Smith Ill s three- and multicomponent linchpin coupling of metalated silyl dithiane 109 with epoxides.

The multicomponent linchpin coupling of silyl dithianes with epoxides was very efficiently used to access both the AB and CD spiroketal fragments of spongistatin. 

In a formal synthesis of fasicularin, the critical spirocyclic ketone intermediate 183 was obtained by use of the rearrangement reaction of the silyloxy epoxide 182, derived from the unsaturated alcohol 180. Alkene 180 was epoxidized with DMDO to produce epoxy alcohol 181 as a single diastereoisomer, which was transformed into the trimethyl silyl ether derivative 182. Treatment of 182 with HCU resulted in smooth ring-expansion to produce spiro compound 183, which was subsequently elaborated to the desired natural product (Scheme 8.46) [88]. 

The cyclohexyloxy(dimethyl)silyl unit in 8 serves as a hydroxy surrogate and is converted into an alcohol via the Tamao oxidation after the allylboration reaction. The allylsilane products of asymmetric allylboration reactions of the dimethylphenylsilyl reagent 7 are readily converted into optically active 2-butene-l, 4-diols via epoxidation with dimethyl dioxirane followed by acid-catalyzed Peterson elimination of the intermediate epoxysilane. Although several chiral (Z)-y-alkoxyallylboron reagents were described in Section 1.3.3.3.3.1.4., relatively few applications in double asymmetric reactions with chiral aldehydes have been reported. One notable example involves the matched double asymmetric reaction of the diisopinocampheyl [(Z)-methoxy-2-propenyl]boron reagent with a chiral x/ -dialkoxyaldehyde87. 

Conversion of epoxides into /3-hydroxy isocyanides—preparation of trans-2-isocyanocyclohexanol, using TMSCN to open cyclohexene oxide with trans stereochemistry, followed by KF/MeOH cleavage of the intermediate silyl ether. 

The reactivity of epoxides can be modified by various proximal functionality. For example, 2,3-epoxy sulfides 118 are converted to the corresponding TMS-thiiranium species 119 upon treatment with TMS triflate. This intermediate reacts with O-silyl amides regiospecifically to form l-substituted-3-hydroxy-2-thioethers (e.g., 120). Simple primary amines undergo polyalkylation, but imines can be used as an indirect amine equivalent <96TET3609>. 

Reactions of Alcohols, Esters, Silyl Ethers, Epoxides, and Haloalkanes... 

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