From silyl enol ethers

Z-Boron enolates can also be obtained from silyl enol ethers by reaction with the bromoborane derived from 9-BBN (9-borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane). This method is necessary for ketones such as 2,2-dimethyl-3-pentanone, which give E-boron enolates by other methods. The Z-stereoisomer is formed from either the Z- or E-silyl enol ether.20... 

As an extension of the above-mentioned method, a successful rearrangement starting from silyl enol ethers as an electron-rich iV-allyl moiety has been published. Allylamide 88 was synthesized in two steps starting from (-i-)-phen-ethylamine and acrolein via a condensation-acylation sequence. The auxiliary-... 

Ketone Enolates Derived from Silyl Enol Ethers as Nucleophiles... 

Scheme 9.15 Alkylations with ketone enolates derived from silyl enol ethers as nucleophiles.

Retro-Brook rearrangement is relatively common and enjoys widespread application in many facets of organic synthesis. For example, vinylsilane synthesis from aUyloxysUane (eqnation 103)"°, allylsilane synthesis (eqnation 104)"°, and lithium eno-late formation from silyl enol ether (equation 105)" were reported. 

The use of /i-ketocstcrs and malonic ester enolates has largely been supplanted by the development of the newer procedures based on selective enolate formation that permit direct alkylation of ketone and ester enolates and avoid the hydrolysis and decarboxylation of ketoesters intermediates. Most enolate alkylations are carried out by deprotonating the ketone under conditions that are appropriate for kinetic or thermodynamic control. Enolates can also be prepared from silyl enol ethers and by reduction of enones (see Section 1.3). Alkylation also can be carried out using silyl enol ethers by reaction with fluoride ion.31 Tetraalkylammonium fluoride salts in anhydrous solvents are normally the... 

SCHEME 12. Synthesis of hydroperoxides from silyl enol ethers TABLE 3. Preparation of alkyl hydroperoxides via singlet oxygen oxygenation... 

SCHEME 12. Synthesis of hydroperoxides from silyl enol ethers... 

Cyclopentanes.1 The acetal serves as a bifunctional annelation reagent to form cyclopentanes from silyl enol ethers. 

Bicyclic ketones, also, have been prepared intramolecularly from silyl enol ethers. Six-membered rings are formed more easily in these reactions than in the reactions forming monocyclic products, described earlier.38... 

In a related contribution O Brien described the AA on styrenes and converted the amino alcohols into enantiopure diamines by using a reaction strategy similar to Janda s [83], Further synthetic applications of the AA include a new access to Evans chiral oxazolidinones [84], the enantioselective synthesis of a-amino ketones from silyl enol ethers [85], the stereoselective synthesis of cyclohexyl norstatine [86], and a route towards amino cyclitols by aminohydroxy-lation of dienylsilanes [87]. 

Carbonyl Addition Diethylzinc has been added to benzaldehyde at room temperature in the presence of an ephedra-derived chiral quat (8) to give optically active secondary alcohols, a case in which the chiral catalyst affords a much higher enantioselectivity in the solid state than in solution (47 to 48, Scheme 10.6) [30]. Asymmetric trifluoromethylation of aldehydes and ketones (49 to 50, Scheme 10.6 [31]) is accomplished with trifluoromethyl-trimethylsilane, catalyzed by a quaternary ammonium fluoride (3d). Catalyst 3d was first used by the Shioiri group for catalytic asymmetric aldol reactions from silyl enol ethers 51 or 54 (Scheme 10.6) [32]. Various other 1,2-carbonyl additions [33] and aldol reactions [34] have been reported. 

A number of a,/J-unsaUiraled acyl silanes have been prepared from silyl enol ethers of acyl silanes (Scheme 41)129. Addition of phenyl sulphenyl chloride to the silyl enol ether with subsequent elimination of chlorotrimethylsilane gives the a-(phenylthio)acyl silane. Oxidation to the sulphoxide followed by in situ elimination of benzenesulphenic... 

C-Carboxylation of enolates.1 Carboxylation of potassium enolates generated from silyl enol ethers is not regioselective because of extensive enolate equilibration. Regiospecific C-carboxylation of lithium enolates is possible with carbonyl sulfide in place of carbon dioxide. The product is isolated as the thiol methyl ester. If simple esters are desired, transesterification can be effected with Hg(OAc)2 (8, 444). Carboxylation of ketones in this way in the presence of NaH and DMSO is not satisfactory because of competing alkylation of the enolate.2 Example ... 

Modem variants of the Mukaiyama aldol addition start from silyl enol ethers, not from enol ethers, and use an aldehyde instead of the acetal as the electrophile. Mukaiyama aldol additions of this kind have been included in the C,C coupling reactions that build the basic repertoire of modem synthetic chemistry and can even be performed in a catalytic enantioselective fashion. 

Fig. 13.21. Generation of enolates from silyl enol ethers.

D. Cahard, P. Duhamel, Alkoxide-Mediated Preparation of Enolates from Silyl Enol Ethers and Enol Acetates - From Discovery to Synthetic Applications, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2001, 1023-1031. 

Scheme 7.9 Regioselective formation of oxetanes derived from silyl enol ethers and allylic silanes.

Scheme 17 Cross 2+2 from silyl enol ether.

Butane-1,4-diones and y,8-unsaturated ketones from silyl enol ethers upon reaction with IOB/ HBF4 and a carbon nucleophile... 

A catalytic route using a manganese (III) complex has been developed for a-hydroxylation of ketones avoiding the use of water or a protic solvent mixtures of a-hydroxyketones and their silyl derivatives were formed in excellent yield. By using a chiral pyrrolidine-based manganese (III) complex as catalyst, asymmetric oxidation was effected, with enantiomeric excess varying from 14 to 62% [30], Another kind of a-functionalized ketones resulted from silyl enol ethers which after the addition of IOB.BF3 were treated with triethyl phosphite a-ketophosphonates were obtained in this way [31] ... 

Diketones Prepared from Silyl Enol Ethers and Nitroolefins... 

DIKETONES from silyl enol ethers AND NITROOLEFINS 117... 

SYNTHESIS OF 1,4-DIKETONES FROM SILYL ENOL ETHERS AND NITROOLEFINS 2-(2-OXOPROPYL)CYCLOHEXANONE... 

DIKETONES FROM SILYL ENOL ETHERS AND NITROOLEFINS 119... 

Oxidative coupling of silyl enol ethers as a useful synthetic method for carbon-carbon bond formation has been known for a long time. Several oxidants have been successfully applied to synthesize 1,4-diketones from silyl enol ethers, e.g. AgjO [201], Cu(OTf)2 [202], Pb(OAc)4 [203] and iodosobenzene/BFj EtjO [204]. Although some of these reagents above are known to react as one-electron oxidants, the potential involvement of silyl enol ether radical cations in the above reactions has not been studied. Some recent papers, however, have now established the presence of silyl enol ether radical cations in similar C-C bond formation reactions under well-defined one-electron oxidative conditions. For example, C-C bond formation was reported in the photoinduced electron transfer reaction of 2,3-dichIoro-1,4-naphthoquinone (98) with various silyl enol ethers 99 [205], From similar reactions with methoxy alkenes [206,207] it was assumed that, after photoexcitation, an ion radical pair is formed. 

Reaction with a-chloroacylsiianes. Methylmagnesium iodide reacts with a-chloroacyltrimethylsilanes (2), readily available from silyl enol ethers (1), to give -ketoalkyltrimethylsilanes (3). The reaction involves rearrangement of the silyl group to the adjacent carbon atom. ... 

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