Halides stannanes

Lithiation at C2 can also be the starting point for 2-arylatioii or vinylation. The lithiated indoles can be converted to stannanes or zinc reagents which can undergo Pd-catalysed coupling with aryl, vinyl, benzyl and allyl halides or sulfonates. The mechanism of the coupling reaction involves formation of a disubstituted palladium intermediate by a combination of ligand exchange and oxidative addition. Phosphine catalysts and salts are often important reaction components. 

Vinylation can also be done by Pd-catalysed cross-coupling in which one component is used as a halide or triflate and the other as a stannane (Stille reaction) or boronic acid (Suzuki reaction). Entry 9, Table 11.3, is an example of the use of a vinylstannane with a haloindole. lndole-3-boronic acids, which can be prepared by mcrcuration/boration, undergo coupling with vinyl triflates (Entry 10). 

The Suzuki coupling of arylboronic acids and aryl halides has proven to be a useful method for preparing C-aryl indoles. The indole can be used either as the halide component or as the boronic acid. 6-Bromo and 7-bromoindolc were coupled with arylboronic acids using Pd(PPh3)4[5]. No protection of the indole NH was necessary. 4-Thallated indoles couple with aryl and vinyl boronic acides in the presence of Pd(OAc)j[6]. Stille coupling between an aryl stannane and a haloindole is another option (Entry 5, Table 14.3). 

Allylation of perfluoroalkyl halides with allylsilanes is catalyzed by iron or ruthenium carbonyl complexes [77S] (equation 119) Alkenyl-, allyl-, and alkynyl-stannanes react with perfluoroalkyl iodides 111 the presence ot a palladium complex to give alkenes and alkynes bearing perfluoroalkyl groups [139] (equation 120)... 

Stannyl cuprates couple widi vinyl halides or trlGales [16c-d, 85], and a vinyl stannane produced diis way has been used in die syntliesis of 7-[f )-alkylidetie]-cepbalosporlns [117]. Vinyl substitution reactions slariing Grom ddiydrofciraiis are... 

Two approaches for the synthesis of allyl(alkyl)- and allyl(aryl)tin halides are thermolysis of halo(alkyl)tin ethers derived from tertiary homoallylic alcohols, and transmetalation of other allylstannanes. For example, dibutyl(-2-propenyl)tin chloride has been prepared by healing dibutyl(di-2-propenyl)stannane with dibutyltin dichloride42, and by thermolysis of mixtures of 2,3-dimethyl-5-hexen-3-ol or 2-methyl-4-penten-2-ol and tetrabutyl-l,3-dichlorodistannox-ane39. Alternatively dibutyltin dichloride and (dibutyl)(dimethoxy)tin were mixed to provide (dibutyl)(methoxy)tin chloride which was heated with 2,2,3-trimethyl-5-hexen-3-ol40. 

Both allylstannane transmetalation and thermolysis of homoallyl stannoxanes have been used to prepare 2-butenyltin halides as (E)j(Z) mixtures44-45. The reaction between 2-butenyl-(tributyl)stannane and dibutyltin dichloride initially provides dibutyl(l-methyl-2-propenyl)tin chloride as the kinetic product by an SE2 process, but this isomerizes under the reaction conditions to give a mixture containing the (Z)- and (E)-2-butenyl isomers46. 

Ally 1(trialky 1)- and allyl(triaryl)stannanes react with aldehydes and electron-deficient ketones on heating to give homoallylic alcohols48, although rather high temperatures are required. 2-Methylene-l,3-bis(tributylstannyl)propane is somewhat more reactive49-50, as are allyltin halides, which can be used in the presence of water51. 

One limitation of these noncatalyzed allyl(trialkyl)- and allyl(triaryl)stannane-aldehyde reactions is the high temperature required unless the aldehyde is activated towards nucleophilic attack. Allyltin halides are much more reactive because of their enhanced Lewis acid character however 2-butenyltin halides show reduced syn I anti selectivity45, and give other products including linear homoallylic alcohols and tetrahydropyrans47. 

Both trialkylsilyl and trialkylstannyl halides usually give high yields of substitution products with organolithium reagents, and this is an important route to silanes and stannanes (see Section 9.2.1 and 9.3.1). 

The Stille reaction can be used with alkenyl stannanes, alkenyl halides, and triflates,196 and the reactions occur with retention of configuration at both the halide and stannane. 

Scheme 8.12. Palladium-Catalyzed Coupling of Stannanes with Halides and Sulfonates... 

Allylic stannanes can be prepared from allylic halides and sulfonates by displacement with or LiSnMe3 or LiSnBu3.146 They can also be prepared by Pd-catalyzed substitution of allylic acetates and phosphates using (C2H5)2AlSn... 

There is a discussion of some of the sources of radicals for mechanistic studies in Section 11.1.4 of Part A. Some of the reactions discussed there, particularly the use of azo compounds and peroxides as initiators, are also important in synthetic chemistry. One of the most useful sources of free radicals in preparative chemistry is the reaction of halides with stannyl radicals. Stannanes undergo hydrogen abstraction reactions and the stannyl radical can then abstract halogen from the alkyl group. For example, net addition of an alkyl group to a reactive double bond can follow halogen abstraction by a stannyl radical. 

This generalized reaction sequence consumes the halide, the stannane, and the reactant X=Y, and effects addition to the organic radical and a hydrogen atom to the X=Y bond. The order of reactivity of organic halides toward stannyl radicals is iodides > bromides > chlorides. 

Allylic stannanes are an important class of compounds that undergo substitution reactions with alkyl radicals. The chain is propagated by elimination of the trialkyl -stannyl radical.315 The radical source must have some functional group that can be abstracted by trialkylstannyl radicals. In addition to halides, both thiono esters316 and selenides317 are reactive. 

If the stannane bears substituents at the position geminal to tin, the reaction requires activation by Cu1 (Section 9.6.3.2.1). The cross-coupling of aryl (or heteroaryl) stannanes with aryl (or heteroaryl) halides or triflates is a general route to various biaryls and their analogues, particularly useful in those cases when the Suzuki-Miyaura reaction is less effective for... 

COUPLING OF ARYL HALIDES WITH SILANES, STANNANES, GERMANES, AND BORANES 388... 

The analogous formation of aryl stannanes and aryl germanes from aryl halides occurs in the presence of catalytic amounts of palladium complexes of triphenylphosphine. Hexabutyl-... 

In the first systematic study on nucleophilic substitutions of chiral halides by Group IV metal anions, Jensen and Davis showed that (S )-2-bromobutane is converted to the (R)-2-triphenylmetal product with predominant inversion at the carbon center (Table 5)37. Replacement of the phenyl substituents by alkyl groups was possible through sequential brominolysis and reaction of the derived stannyl bromides with a Grignard reagent (equation 16). Subsequently, Pereyre and coworkers employed the foregoing Grignard sequence to prepare several trialkyl(s-butyl)stannanes (equation 17)38. They also developed an alternative synthesis of more hindered trialkyl derivatives (equation 18). 

Addition of Bu3SnLi or McsSnI.i to 4-t-butylcyclohexanone affords mixtures of trans and cis adducts in ratios that depend on reaction conditions (Table ll)68. In THF, a 93 7 mixture is obtained with both reagents. This ratio is thought to represent the thermodynamic distribution—the axial stannane being favored. In ether, the cis isomer predominates, suggesting a kinetic preference for equatorial addition. Each of the two isomers can be lithiated with BuLi. Subsequent treatment with alkyl halides or carbonyl compounds affords the substituted alkoxy cyclohexanes with retention of stereochemistry. 

Enantioenriched a-alkoxyorganolead compounds have been prepared through lithiation of stannane precursors and trapping of the lithiated species with a triorganolead halide (equation 35)75. In the presence of TiCU, these plumbanes add to aldehydes to afford monoprotected syn- 1,2-diols. The use of BF3OEt2 as a Lewis acid promoter leads mainly to the anti adducts (Table 13)70. 

Halostannanes HsSnX (X = Cl, Br, I) are formed by the action of hydrogen halides on stannane at room temperature302,303. 

Usually, the trifluoromethyl-substituted stannanes of general type (CF3) SnH4- (w = 1-3) can be prepared from the corresponding halides with Bu3SnH at —40°C316,317. (CF3)2Hg or (CF3)2Cd can be used for the preparation of (CF3)SnBr3, (CF3)2SnBr2,... 

Two sets of findings gave additional insight into the mechanism of these transformations. Thus, Echavarren reported that 1,6-enynes can be converted into 1,4-dienes with a variety of metal halides (Pt(ll), Pd(n), Ru(ll), Ru(m) and Au(iii)) if the ene moiety is a part of an allylsilane (stannane) subunit of the substrate (Scheme 86).306 307 Usually, PtCl2 gives the best results. 

Heteroarylstannanes are more prevalent than their heteroarylboron counterparts. As the following chapters will entail, all of the heteroarylstannanes are known with the one exception of quinoxalinylstannanes at the C(2) and C(3) positions. The exception could be simply a result of lack of necessity — because the same adduct can be obtained simply by using quinoxalinyl halides with other stannanes. 

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