Homoallylic alcohols Prins reaction

Cho et al. reported a indium trichloride-catalyzed intramolecular Prins-type reactions of compounds having both the functionalities of homoallyl alcohol and acetal moiety. The intramolecular Prins cycliza-tions were performed using indium trichloride in chloroform or 25%... 

A fourfold anionic sequence which is not initiated by a Michael but an aldol reaction has been reported by the group of Suginome and Ito (Scheme 2.129) [295]. In this approach, the borylallylsilane 2-573 reacts selectively in the presence of TiCl4 with two different aldehydes which are added sequentially to the reaction mixture. First, a Lewis acid-mediated allylation of the aldehyde with 2-573 takes place to form a homoallylic alcohol which reacts with the second aldehyde under formation of the oxenium ion 2-574. The sequence is terminated by a Prins-type cyclization of 2-574 and an intramolecular Friedel-Crafts alkylation of the intermediate 2-575 with formation of the fraws-1,2-be rizoxadeca lines 2-576 as single diastereomers. 

Tetrahydropyrans hydroxylated at the 4-position have good synthetic value [113]. Although many synthetic methods have been reported [17-23,114,115], the search for potential alternate approaches and the development of eco-friendly and high-yielding reactions resulted in the development of a method that poses less problems for the environment. Synthesis of tetrahydropyranol derivatives can be achieved through the Prins-type cyclization reaction of homoallylic alcohols with aldehydes using bismuth triflate as catalyst in [bmim]PF6 solvent system [108] (Fig. 22). 

Prins reaction (cf 10, 186-187). Dimethylaluminum chloride is an effective catalyst for the ene addition of formaldehyde (as trioxane or paraformaldehyde) to mono- and 1,2-disubstituted alkenes.5 When 1.5-2.0 equiv. of the Lewis acid is used, homoallylic alcohols are obtained, usually in high yield. y-Chloro alcohols, formed by cis-addition of -Cl and -CH2OH to the double bond, are sometimes also observed when only 1 equiv. of the Lewis acid is present. The advantage of this reaction over the Prins reaction (using HC1) is that m-dioxanes are not formed as by-products, because formaldehyde no longer functions as a nucleophile when complexed to the Lewis acid. 

Prins cyclization reaction of scalemic homoallylic alcohols (26) with aldehydes (R CIIO), carried out in the presence of an acid catalyst (HX), affords tetrasub-stituted tetrahydropyrans (27) (99% ee) with high stereoselectively in good yields... 

The intermolecular Prins cyclization between ketones and homoallylic alcohols can be catalyzed by mercuric triflate <1999TL1153>. TMSNTf2 is an effective catalyst for the reaction between aldehydes and homoallylic alcohols <2002AGE161>. 

Spirocyclic 4-substituted tetrahydropyrans are readily obtained through the Prins reaction involving cyclic ketones, homoallylic alcohols and MeS03H <02H(58)659>. The cationic species generated when alkyne-Co complexes derived from 8-valerolactone are treated with SnCl4 undergo a double cyclisation to yield the oxaspiro[5.5]undecane <02T2755>. 

Bi(III) is an efficient catalyst for the formation of tetrahydropyran-4-ols from homoallylic alcohols by the Prins reaction application to styrenes leads to 1,3-dioxanes <05SC1177> cr i-2,6-Disubstituted tetrahydropyrans are selectively formed in a Bi-mediated intramolecular oxa-conjugate addition of a,P-unsaturated ketones 10 the actual catalyst is considered to be the Bronsted acid derived from the Bi salt <05TL5625>. cat. BiXa... 

The Prins reaction involves the addition of an alkene 1 to an aldehyde 2 under acidic conditions. The major products of this reaction are often a 1,3-dioxane 3, a diol 4, or a homoallylic alcohol 5.1-5... 

While several mechanisms for the Prins reaction have been proposed,7,10 there is general agreement that the mechanism shown below is reasonable.7 Attack of olefin 1 on protonated aldehyde 10 gives carbocation 11. This carbocation can then be trapped with another molecule of aldehyde, generating adduct 12. Cyclization of 12 affords dioxane 3. Carbocation 11 can also be captured with water giving diol 4. Finally, elimination of a proton from carbocation 11 affords homoallylic alcohol 5. It is possible that the formation of 5 could also proceed via an ene-type mechanism.8... 

Formaldehyde can be coupled to an alkene in the presence of an acid to give a diol (152) or a 1,3-dioxane derivative (154) in what is known as the Prins reaction. l Allylic alcohols such as 153 can also be produced in this reaction. Camphene (155) reacted with formaldehyde and acid to give a 1 1 mixture of allylic alcohol 156 and the acetate 157, in 94% yield. Scandium tiiflate has been used to prepare tetrahydropyran-4-ol derivatives from aldehydes and homoallylic alcohols via a Prins-type cyclization. 3... 

The ene reaction of carbonyl compounds with alkenes is a potentially valuable route to homoallylic alcohols. With reactive, i.e., electron deficient aldehydes such as chloral or methyl glyoxylate, these reactions can be carried out thermally at 100-200 °C or with Lewis acid catalysis at ambient temperature. 1 Formaldehyde undergoes ene reactions with alkenes at 180 C and undergoes Lewis acid catalyzed ene reactions at ambient temperatures with alkenes which can give a tertiary carbocation.3 In the presence of Br0nsted acids, aldehydes and alkenes undergo the Prins... 

A novel and rapid synthesis of tetrahydropyran derivatives through the Prins cyclization reaction of homoallyl alcohols with aldehydes in the presence of bismuth trichloride was described. The reaction proceeded rapidly under microwave irradiation in solvent-free conditions. The conversions were clean and the products were obtained in excellent yield with high diastereoselectivity (Equation 24) [43a]. 

In a publication on the applications of alkylaluminium halides, Snider has revealed further details cf. 5,161) of the ene addition of aldehydes to alkenes, in particular 1,1-disubstituted examples, in the presence of stoicheiometric Me2AlCl to give homoallylic alcohols (Scheme 19) it is likely that these reactions are mechanistically of the Prins type, passing through carbenium ion intermediates. 

Cyclization via Prins-Type Reactions The intramolecular Prins reaction has been recognized as a powerful method to assemble six- and seven-membered rings from homoallylic alcohols and simple aldehydes under acid catalysis [28]. However, the competing 2-oxo-Cope rearrangement prior to cyclization could lead to a product with partial or total racemization when enantiomerieally enriched secondary alcohols are used [29]. Increasing the nueleophilicity of the alkene reagent... 

Tetrahydropyran 1.10 was obtained from homoallyl alcohol 1.8 and aldehyde 1.9. Subunit 1.13 was fonned by a second Prins reaction of alcohol 1.12 with aldehyde 1.11 without the deprotection of the acetonide when a combination of ln(OTf)3/ TMSCl was used. 

Indium Lewis acids have garnered attention due to their mild reactivity and air and water stability. Both Li et al. and Chan and Loh have shown that In(III) complexes are suitable Lewis acids for Prins cyclizations [81, 82]. These reports prompted Loh and coworkers to embark on a synthesis of (+)-SCH 351488 that utilized this strategy (Scheme 40) [83]. Condensation of homoallylic alcohol 147 and aldehyde 148 in the presence of indium ttibromide and TMSBr gave 4-bromo THP 149 in 65 % overall yield as an inconsequential mixture of diastereomers (2,A-cisP,4 trans = 75 25). Complete retention of the homoallylic alcohol stereochemistry is responsible for the key 2,6-cis relationship in the product. Initial attempts to apply these same conditions to the B ring resulted in acetonide deprotection and no THP formation. Subsequent optimization revealed that indium triflate and TMSCl were competent additives to effect cyclization. Careful temperature control was required to suppress an undesired Prins side reaction. The combination of homoallylic alcohol 150 and aldehyde 151 in the presence of the appropriate Lewis acids at 78 °C, followed by warming to 0 °C for 4 h, led to the desired monomer precursor 152 in 42 % yield. 

The homoallylic alcohol (90) is cyclized to s-cadinene (91) by reaction with methanesulfonyl chloride in pyridine 145). An intramolecular Prins reaction of the corresponding ketone (preisocalamendiol, 92) is effected by treatment with aqueous acetic acid, giving isocalamen-diol (93) 146). 

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