Hydroalkoxylation

In attempted hydroalkoxylations of methylacrylate with ethanol catalysed by the copper ethoxides 100 or 102, copper-catalysed transesterification to the ethylacrylate was observed instead of the addition reaction [81]. 

Intermolecular hydroalkoxylation of 1,1- and 1,3-di-substituted, tri-substituted and tetra-substituted allenes with a range of primary and secondary alcohols, methanol, phenol and propionic acid was catalysed by the system [AuCl(IPr)]/ AgOTf (1 1, 5 mol% each component) at room temperature in toluene, giving excellent conversions to the allylic ethers. Hydroalkoxylation of monosubstituted or trisubstituted allenes led to the selective addition of the alcohol to the less hindered allene terminus and the formation of allylic ethers. A plausible mechanism involves the reaction of the in situ formed cationic (IPr)Au" with the substituted allene to form the tt-allenyl complex 105, which after nucleophilic attack of the alcohol gives the o-alkenyl complex 106, which, in turn, is converted to the product by protonolysis and concomitant regeneration of the cationic active species (IPr)-Au" (Scheme 2.18) [86]. 

Scheme 2.18 Postulated mechanism for the Au-NHC catalysed hydroalkoxylation of aUenes...

NHC-Pd(ll) complexes have also been used in tandem reactions involving a Sonogashira couphng and hydroalkoxylation of the resulting alkyne for the synthesis of benzofurans [131] as well as sequential Heck-Sonogashira couphngs [132] (Scheme 6.44). 

Recently, Y. Yamamoto reported a palladium-catalyzed hydroalkoxylation of methylene cyclopropanes (Scheme 6-25) [105]. Curiously, the catalysis proceeds under very specific conditions, i.e. only a 1 2 mixture of [Pd(PPh3)4] and P(o-tolyl)3 leads to an active system. Other combinations using Pd(0 or II) precursors with P(o-tolyl)3 or l,3-bis(diphenylphosphino)propane, the use of [Pd(PPh3)4] without P(o-tolyl)3 or with other phosphine ligands were all inefficient for the hydroalkoxylation. The authors assumed a mechanism in which oxidative addition of the alcohol to a Pd(0) center yields a hydrido(alkoxo) complex which is subsequently involved in hydropal-ladation of methylenecyclopropane. 

Schemes 6-25 Pd-catalyzed hydroalkoxylation of methylenecy-clopropanes and the proposed mechanism...

A large number of examples of the intramolecular hydroalkoxylation reaction of alkynes bearing pendant alcohols have been reported. In the reactions of enynols, the cyclization process has typically been accompanied by isomerization of the resulting enol ethers to give rise to furan or pyran products. These processes have been achieved using Pd(ll),294-297 Ru(n),298,299 Au(i),300 Au(m)286,300,301 Ir(i)302 Ir(m) 303 and Ag(i) 304 catalysts. Some examples are shown in Equations (83)-(87). 

Aside from alcohols, other oxygen nucleophiles have also participated in hydroalkoxylation reactions with alkynes. The most common of these are 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds, whose enol oxygens are readily available to add to alkynes. Cyclization reactions of this type have been carried out under Pd(0) catalysis with various aryl or vinyl iodides or triflates, often in the presence of CO, affording the corresponding furan derivatives (Equation (95)).337-340 A similar approach employing cyclic 1,3-diketones has also been reported to prepare THFs and dihydropyrans under Pd, Pt, or W catalysis.341 Simple l-alkyn-5-ones have also been isomerized to furans under the influence of Hg(OTf)2.342... 

Enones have also served as latent enols in the hydroalkoxylation process. For example, an Au(m) catalyst has been used to effect the conjugate addition of alcohols (or other nucleophiles) to a,/ -unsaturated ketones, thereby triggering a hydroalkoxylation pathway of the resulting enol to furnish furans as products. (Equation (98)). 

Alkoxides that arise from simple carbonyl additions have also functioned as excellent in situ nucleophiles for intramolecular hydroalkoxylation reactions. Garbinols derived from the addition of allyltin reagents have proved to be potent nucleophiles in reactions of this type (Equation (99)),349 and this approach has also been used for the combined addition-cyclization of alkynals under Pd(n)350 or Cu(i)351 catalysis, and alkynones under Pd(n) catalysis.352... 

A few examples have recently appeared in the literature where epoxides can function as nucleophiles for the hydroalkoxylation of alkynes. Both AuC 353 and HgO354 in an acidic medium have been used as catalysts for this purpose (Equation (100)). 

The carbon-metal cr-bond emanating from the addition of an alcohol nucleophile to a 7t-alkene complex may undergo a protonolytic cleavage to effect overall hydroalkoxylation of the alkene. While this process is difficult to achieve due to the propensity of the cr-metal species to undergo f3-H elimination, some encouraging progress in this area has recently been forthcoming. 

With conjugated enone substrates, the alkoxymetallation leads to the formation of a metal enolate that can undergo a facile protonation to accomplish the hydroalkoxylation. Following this mechanism, various /3-alkoxyketones were obtained in good yields by the addition of primary and secondary alcohols to methyl vinyl ketone under cationic Pd(n) catalysis.443 Similarly, [Rh(COD)(OMe)]2 was found to catalyze the hydroalkoxylation of both methyl vinyl ketone and phenyl vinyl ketone (Equation (121)).444... 

A few examples of the intermolecular hydroalkoxylation of unactivated alkenes have also appeared in the literature. While limited results have been obtained with aliphatic alcohols using a Cp RuCl2(PPh3)/AgOTf... 

The Trost group has disclosed two methods of rhodium vinylidene-mediated hydrofunctionalization (i) intramolecular hydroalkoxylation of alkynols and... 

Lee and coworkers went on to show that the concept of alkenylidene formation and functionalization by a single catalyst can be applied to other transformations. Under conditions similar to those reported by Trost and coworkers for vmylidene-mediated catalytic intramolecular hydroalkoxylation (see Section 9.2.3), alcohol 111 was transformed into a mixture of enol ethers with moderate selectivity for three-component coupling (Equation 9.9). 

Hydroalkoxylation of Allenes In the year 2000, during their investigation of transition metal catalyzed reactions of allenyl ketones [29], Hashmi et al. discovered that gold(III) salts were able to lead the cydoisomerization and dimerization of these substrates (Equation 8.2) with a considerable improvement related to other assays with Ag (I) or Pd (II) catalysts [18]. 

At the beginning of 2007, Zhang and Widenhoefer published a very interesting study of the enantioselective hydroalkoxylation of allenes using certain dinuclear chlorodiarylphosphino complexes and AgOTs as cocatalyst [35]. 

Hydroalkoxylation of Alkenes The first example was reported by Hashmi et al. when an intramolecular addition of a hydroxy group to an alkene was proposed as part of a tandem reaction [28] (Scheme 8.4). 

Hydration and Hydroalkoxylation of Alkynes Gold compounds were first applied to catalyze these types of reactions by Utimoto et al. in 1991, when they studied the use of Au(III) catalysts for the effective activation of alkynes. Previously, these reactions were only catalyzed by palladium or platinum(II) salts or mercury(II) salts under strongly acidic conditions. Utimoto et al. reported the use of Na[AuCI41 in aqueous methanol for the hydration of alkynes to ketones [13]. 

Krause and Belting studied a tandem catalyzed reaction, in this case intramolecular cyclization and intermolecular hydroalkoxylation. The substrates were various homo-propargylic alcohols in the presence of non-tertiary alcohols and a dual catalyst system consisting of Br( >nsted acids and a gold precatalyst (Equation 8.43). 

A novel gold catalyzed example of three-component addition was recently reported by Shi et al. (Equation 8.44) [106]. Terminal aryl alkynes, alcohols and 2-(arylmethy-lene) cyclopropylcarbinols provided an intermolecular tandem hydroalkoxylation/ Prins-type reaction to form 3-oxabicyclo[3.1.0]hexanes from simple materials and under mild conditions, catalyzed by the system AuClPPh3/AgOTf. The proposed mechanism for this reaction is shown in Scheme 8.19. 

C-M bond addition, for C-C bond formation, 10, 403-491 iridium additions, 10, 456 nickel additions, 10, 463 niobium additions, 10, 427 osmium additions, 10, 445 palladium additions, 10, 468 rhodium additions, 10, 455 ruthenium additions, 10, 444 Sc and Y additions, 10, 405 tantalum additions, 10, 429 titanium additions, 10, 421 vanadium additions, 10, 426 zirconium additions, 10, 424 Carbon-oxygen bond formation via alkyne hydration, 10, 678 for aryl and alkenyl ethers, 10, 650 via cobalt-mediated propargylic etherification, 10, 665 Cu-mediated, with borons, 9, 219 cycloetherification, 10, 673 etherification, 10, 669, 10, 685 via hydro- and alkylative alkoxylation, 10, 683 via inter- andd intramolecular hydroalkoxylation, 10, 672 via metal vinylidenes, 10, 676 via SnI and S Z processes, 10, 684 via transition metal rc-arene complexes, 10, 685 via transition metal-mediated etherification, overview,... 

Hydrido(trialkylsilyl)silyllithiums, preparation, 3, 424 Hydroacylations, olefins, 10, 142 Hydroalkoxylations and etherification, 10, 672 in etherification, 10, 683 Hydroaluminations for C-E bond formation characteristics, 10, 857 chemoselectivity, 10, 859 mechanism, 10, 858 overview, 10, 839-870 stereoselectivity, 10, 861 total synthesis applications, 10, 865 characteristics, 3, 275 process and examples, 9, 268 via Ti(IV) complexes, 4, 658 Hydroaminations actinide-catalyzed, 4, 237 in aminations... 

Intermolecular cyclic carbozirconation, characteristics, 10, 278 Intermolecular hydroalkoxylation, and etherification, 10, 672 Intermolecular interactions, organometallic molecules, and crystal engineering, 12, 557... 

Intramolecular geometries, database studies, 1, 597 Intramolecular hydroalkoxylation, and etherification, 10, 672 Intramolecular pinacol coupling to cyclic 1,2-diols, 11, 51 with samarium reagents, 11, 60 Intramolecular silylformylation, alkynes and alkenes, 11, 489 Intramolecular solvomercuration alkenes, 2, 436 alkynes, 2, 439... 

Iridium(ni) hydrides, such as (98), proved to be air-stable active catalysts for intramolecular hydroalkoxylation and hydroamination of internal alkynes with proximate nucleophiles (e.g. 96). The cyclization follows the 6-endo-dig pathway with high preference (when regioselectivity is an issue).125... 

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