Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons domino reactions

The combination of pressure and catalysis can also be used to design a new domino process. The alkenylation of aldehydes with phosphonates (Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons (HWE) reaction) is readily accomplished at room temperature under pressure in the presence of triethylamine as a base. These mild con-... 

Scheme 7.16. Domino Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons Heck reaction.

Scheme 2.66. Domino Corey-Kwiatkowski /Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reaction.

AB ABCE ABCDE - ABCDEF W-G aldehyde (-)-Strychnine] (27) After his racemic synthesis of strychnine (26), Kuehne also achieved an enantioselective synthesis of (—)-strychnine (Scheme 9). To avoid the low yield conversion of isostrychnine to strychnine, the second approach was directed to the W-G aldehyde. Starting from L-tryptophan methyl ester (86), the cyclization precursor 87 was prepared in seven steps in a similar way as in the previous racemic synthesis. The domino condensation-electrocyclization reaction of 87 with dienal 88 proceeded with quite high diastereoselectivity (>95% de) [AB ABCE, C7 quaternary center] (85). After conversion of the tetracyclic compound 89 to tosylate 92, removal of the benzyl group resulted in the clean formation of the D ring [ABCE ABCDE ]. Unlike in the first synthesis, introduction of the hydroxyethylidene side chain by a Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reaction of ketone 93 proceeded with high stereoselectivity (E Z = 17 1). Einally, the E isomer 94E was converted to (-)-strychnine via the W-G aldehyde (50). 

The one-pot, organocatalytic Hayashi sequential reaction (HSR) of p-nitroacrylate (806), aldehyde (807), toluenethiol (808), and vinylphosphonate (805) allowed the synthesis of highly functionaKsed cyclohexanes (809) with very high enantioselectivity (up to 99 % ee). The one-pot synthesis consisted of the tertiary amine modified diarylprolinol silyl ether (810)-mediated asymmetric Michael reaction, a domino Michael reaction/the Horner-Wadsworth Emmons reaction, and a sulfa-Michael reaction (Scheme 205). ... 

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