Felkin-type induction

Soon after the first report of the aldol reaction of silyl enol ethers was disclosed, allylsilanes were reported to show similar reactivity toward aldehydes and ketones when activated by a stoichiometric amount of TiCU (Scheme 3-85). This synthetically important reaction has subsequently become the subject of many synthetic chemists and was improved extensively using various kinds of Lewis acid catalysts. Acyclic transition states are proposed to explain diastereoselectivities of the reaction depending on a Lewis acid and reaction conditions. Particularly, synclinal orientation of reactants is suggested to be more preferable rather than an antiperiplanar one particularly for ( )-allylsilanes based on molecular model studies (Scheme 3-86). High diastereoselectivity observed in the reaction of chiral allylsilanes with aldehydes is understood in terms of this transition state model which is based on the Felkin-type induction (Scheme 3-87). ... 

In the Type II allylation reactions of a-methyl-/i-alkoxy aldehydes, the principles of 1,2- and 1,3-asymmetric induction both contribute to the reaetion diastereo-selectivity. Evans and co-workers have explained the stereoehemical outcome of these reactions in terms of a merged 1,2- and 1,3-asymmetric induction model [931- For example, the 2,3-anti aldehyde 135 reacts with allyl- and methallyltri-n-butylstannanes 98, generating the Felkin homoallylic alcohols 136 with >99 1 diastereoselectivity (Eq. (11.8)) [93]. 

The stereoselectivity of the aldol additions shown in Schemes 5.25 and 5.26 are obviously the result of a complex series of factors, among which are the Felkin-Anh preference dictated by the a-substituent on the aldehyde, the proximal stereocenters on the enolate, etc. Additionally, the more remote stereocenters, such as at the p-position of the aldehyde, may influence the selectivity of these types of reactions. Evans has begun an investigation into some of the more subtle effects on crossed aldol selectivity, such as protecting groups at a remote site on the enolate [131], and of P-substituents on the aldehyde component [132], and also of matched and mismatched stereocenters at the a and P positions of an aldehyde (double asymmetric induction) [133]. Further, the effect of chiral enolates adding to a,P-disubstituted aldehydes has been evaluated [134]. The latter turns out to be a case of triple asymmetric induction, with three possible outcomes fully matched, partially matched, and one fully mismatched trio. 

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