Hydrazone allylation

In contrast to the Johnson s D —> A-ring construction approach, Brown devised an A —> D-ring construction approach [22]. Starting from Wieland-Miescher ketone (30), a common source of the A, B-rings in the de novo synthesis of steroids, the C-ring was introduced via hydrazone allylation, ozonolysis, aldol condensation, and olefin isomerization (31 > 32). The D-ring was assembled by a reductive alkylation... 

Enamines derived from ketones are allylated[79]. The intramolecular asymmetric allylation (chirality transfer) of cyclohexanone via its 5-proline ally ester enamine 120 proceeds to give o-allylcyclohexanone (121) with 98% ee[80,8l]. Low ee was observed in intermolecular allylation. Similarly, the asymmetric allylation of imines and hydrazones of aldehydes and ketones has been carried out[82]. 

Nickel peroxide is a solid, insoluble oxidant prepared by reaction of nickel (II) salts with hypochlorite or ozone in aqueous alkaline solution. This reagent when used in nonpolar medium is similar to, but more reactive than, activated manganese dioxide in selectively oxidizing allylic or acetylenic alcohols. It also reacts rapidly with amines, phenols, hydrazones and sulfides so that selective oxidation of allylic alcohols in the presence of these functionalities may not be possible. In basic media the oxidizing power of nickel peroxide is increased and saturated primary alcohols can be oxidized directly to carboxylic acids. In the presence of ammonia at —20°, primary allylic alcohols give amides while at elevated temperatures nitriles are formed. At elevated temperatures efficient cleavage of a-glycols, a-ketols... 

Removal of the carbonate ring from 7 (Scheme 1) and further functional group manipulations lead to allylic alcohol 8 which can be dissected, as shown, via a retro-Shapiro reaction to give vinyl-lithium 9 and aldehyde 10 as precursors. Vinyllithium 9 can be derived from sulfonyl hydrazone 11, which in turn can be traced back to unsaturated compounds 13 and 14 via a retro-Diels-Alder reaction. In keeping with the Diels-Alder theme, the cyclohexene aldehyde 10 can be traced to compounds 16 and 17 via sequential retrosynthetic manipulations which defined compounds 12 and 15 as possible key intermediates. In both Diels-Alder reactions, the regiochemical outcome is important, and special considerations had to be taken into account for the desired outcome to. prevail. These and other regio- and stereochemical issues will be discussed in more detail in the following section. 

Both sides of acetone have been alkylated with different alkyl groups, in one operation, by treatment of the Al,lV-dimethylhydrazone of acetone with n-BuLi, followed by a primary alkyl, benzylic, or allylic bromide or iodide then another mole of n-BuLi, a second halide, and finally hydrolysis of the hydrazone. ... 

Allylation of acyloyl-imidazoles and pyrazoles61 with allyl halide mediated by indium in aqueous media provides a facile regioselective synthesis of P, y-unsaturated ketones (Scheme 11.1), which has been applied to the synthesis of the monoterpene artemesia ketone. The same product can be obtained by indium-mediated allylation of acyl cyanide (Eq. 11.35).62 Samarium, gallium, and bismuth can be used as a mediator for the allylation of nitrones and hydrazones to give homoallylic hydroxylamine and hydrazides in aqueous media in the presence of Bu4NBr (Scheme 11.2).63 The reaction with gallium and bismuth can be increased dramatically under microwave activation. 

An unusual temperature dependence on the regioselective behavior of an allylbarium species has been demonstrated in asymmetric allylation with the optically active imine SAMP-hydrazone [SAMP = (A)-(—)-l-amino-2-meth-oxymethylpyrrolidine] (Scheme 10).322 Its reaction with prenylbarium chloride at 0°C produced an a-allylated hydrazine in 60% diastereotopic excess, but at — 78 °C, the y-adduct was generated with 98% diastereotopic excess. The temperature dependence of the ct/y ratio may reflect competition between a kinetically favored y-adduct at low temperature and a thermodynamically preferred ct-form at higher temperatures. 

Next to P(0) or N(0) Lewis bases, there are very rare cases where enantiopure sulfoxides are used in combination with silanes. Kobayashi and coworkers reported a highly diastereoselective and enantioselective allylation of hydrazones with chiral sulfoxide 32 (Scheme 23) [76], Massa [77,78] and Bamess [79] reported the asymmetric allylation of aldehydes with enantiopure sulfoxides, respectively, with moderate selectivity. 

Scheme 6.97 Typical products obtained from the 91-catalyzed asymmetric allylation of N-benzoyl-protected aromatic hydrazones. The product configurations were not determined.

Treatment of benzaldehyde l-allyl-[4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl]hydrazone 251 with 45% sulfuric acid gave 252 rather than the expected l-allyl-l-[4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl]hydrazine (Equation 63). Halogen-substituted hydra-zones gave similar results. Unsubstituted benzaldehyde phenylhydrazone gave normal hydrolysis <1996JHC213>. 

For the synthesis of the second required building block, the chiral allylic bromide 31, we again used our SAMP/RAMP hydrazone methodology for the construction of the stereogenic center. The a-alkylation of the SAMP hydrazones of O-protected 4-hydroxybutanal 40a,b with iodomethane led to the desired products 41 with very good yields and very high stereoselectivities and with the required... 

Organomagnesium compounds react with imines, prepared from 3-methoxy-2-naphth-aldehydes by a 1.4-addition mechanism. This reaction can be performed with high diastere-oselectivity. The method was applied for the synthesis of optically pure S-tetralones . Vinyhnagnesium bromide reacts as an acceptor with a ketone dimethyl hydrazone zincate 207, yielding a 1,1-bimetallic species, which can be reacted sequentially with two different electrophiles (equations 131 and 132) . The reaction proceeds via a metalla-aza-Claisen rearrangement, where the dimethylhydrazone anion behaves as an aza-allylic system . 

As shown in equation 53, when the zincated hydrazone, prepared from hydrazone by treatment with 2 equivalents of f-butyllithium and zinc(II) bromide, is treated with alkenylborane, the a-borylorganozinc is obtained with high diastereoselectivity. This pseudo-gem-dimetal species reacts with allyl halide stereospecifically. Through the transformation, three stereogenic centers are constructed diastereoselectively77. 

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