Hydride shifts regioselectivity

Similarly, heterocyclic amines such as imidazole were added to pyrimidines 57 with moderate to high regioselectivity to produce mainly 4,5-disubstituted pyrimidines 58 after a 1,3-hydride shift along with small amounts of the 2,5-disubstituted isomers 59 . 

The synthesis and relative stability of 3,5-diacyl-4,5-dihydro-l//-pyrazoles prepared by dipolar cycloaddition of enones and a-diazoketones has been published <2004JOC9085>. 3-Acyl-4-aryl-2-pyrazolines have been synthesized by the reaction of a,/3-unsaturated ketones with diazomethane <1996IJB1091>. Ethyl diazoacetate added to 1,3-diarylpropenones in a regioselective fashion to give the intermediate 4,5-dihydto-3//-pyrazole derivative 1,3-hydride shift in the latter led to the formation of the isomeric ethyl 4-aryl-5-aroyl-4,5-dihydro-l//-pyrazole-3-carboxylate and ethyl 4-aryl-3-aroyl-4,5-dihydro-l/7-pyrazole-5-carboxylate in a ratio of 5 1 <2001RJ01517>. 1,3-Dipolar cycloaddition of 2-diazopropane with diarylideneacetones afforded diastereomeric bis-A -pyrazolines <1999T449>. 

We will begin by focusing on the first step of hydroboration, in which borane is attacked by a Tt bond, triggering a simultaneous hydride shift. In other words, formation of the C—BH2 bond and formation of the C—H bond occur together in a concerted process. This step of the proposed mechanism explains both the regioselectivity (Markovnikov addition) as well as the stereospecificity (syn addition) for this process. Each of these features will now be discussed in more detail. 

In the reaction of the conformationally restricted epoxy alcohol 84 and methyl or benzyl isocyanate, the epoxy carbamate 85 was formed. Cycliza-tion of 85 in tetrahydrofuran in the presence of sodium hydride gave the oxazinone 86 in approximately 20% yield, and the oxazolidinone 87 (R = Me, CH2Ph) in 40-60% yield. The formation of the two products can be rationalized by different nucleophilic attacks on the urethane nitrogen. With increasing nucleophilicity of the nitrogen, the regioselectivity of the reaction is shifted toward the formation of 87 (92TL3009). 

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