Imines, rhodium-catalyzed 1,2-addition

Similarly, imines react with phenyltrimethyllead 101 in the presence of a rhodium catalyst, in water and air under ultrasonic irradiation at 35°C, to give the corresponding diarylmethylamines in good yields (Equation (114)). A moderate diastereoselectivity was observed when the rhodium catalyzed addition of (ort o-chlorophenylltrimethyl-lead 105 was done on a chiral />-tolucnesu I liny limine 104 (Equation (115)).127... 

Alternatively, it is also possible to use in situ generated N Boc imines as electro philes [117]. When a carbamoyl sulfones are treated under the rhodium catalyzed addition of arylboronic acids, the imine is formed in situ, and the nucleophilic addition proceeds smoothly to generate the N Boc protected amine (Scheme 1.34). 

Scheme 6.2 Rhodium-catalyzed addition of imines with tin reagents, reported by Hayashi s group [5].

Rhodium(II) acetate catalyzes C—H insertion, olefin addition, heteroatom-H insertion, and ylide formation of a-diazocarbonyls via a rhodium carbenoid species (144—147). Intramolecular cyclopentane formation via C—H insertion occurs with retention of stereochemistry (143). Chiral rhodium (TT) carboxamides catalyze enantioselective cyclopropanation and intramolecular C—N insertions of CC-diazoketones (148). Other reactions catalyzed by rhodium complexes include double-bond migration (140), hydrogenation of aromatic aldehydes and ketones to hydrocarbons (150), homologation of esters (151), carbonylation of formaldehyde (152) and amines (140), reductive carbonylation of dimethyl ether or methyl acetate to 1,1-diacetoxy ethane (153), decarbonylation of aldehydes (140), water gas shift reaction (69,154), C—C skeletal rearrangements (132,140), oxidation of olefins to ketones (155) and aldehydes (156), and oxidation of substituted anthracenes to anthraquinones (157). Rhodium-catalyzed hydrosilation of olefins, alkynes, carbonyls, alcohols, and imines is facile and may also be accomplished enantioselectively (140). Rhodium complexes are moderately active alkene and alkyne polymerization catalysts (140). In some cases polymer-supported versions of homogeneous rhodium catalysts have improved activity, compared to their homogenous counterparts. This is the case for the conversion of alkenes direcdy to alcohols under oxo conditions by rhodium—amine polymer catalysts... 

Imines derived from N tert butanesulfinamide also undergo diastereoselective rhodium(I) catalyzed addition of arylboronic acids [61] (Scheme 1.16), a reaction that has been primarily developed for catalytic asymmetric processes (see below). 

Scheme 1.21 Rhodium catalyzed dimethylzinc addition to N tosyl imines.

Rhodium Diene-Catalyzed Arylation of Imines Hayashi has shown that the asymmetric synthesis of diarylmethylamines could be realized with high enantio control by the rhodium catalyzed arylboronic acid addition to N tosyl imines [119]. Ihe rhodium catalyst bears the C2 symmetrical bicyclo 2.2.1]heptadicne ligand 54. 

Rhodium-catalyzed chelation-assisted C—H bond functionalization reactions (enantioselective annulation of aryl imines, dihydropyridine synthesis from imines and ahcynes, one-pot synthesis of pyridines from imines and alkynes, 2-arylpyridine alkylation with imines) 12ACR814. Synthesis of pyridine and dihydropyridine derivatives by regjo- and stereoselective addition to N-activated pyridines 12CRV2642. 

Pioneering studies of the catalytic, enantioselective arylation of imines date back to 2000, when Hayashi disclosed a rhodium/phosphine-catalyzed addition of arylstannanes to N-tosylarylimines (31). Whereas, the method gave rise to highly enantioenriched diarylmethylamines, five equivalents of the stannane were required to obtain high yields. 

Since 2004, considerable progress has been achieved in the rhodium-catalyzed enantioselective addition of arylboronic acids or arylboroxines to various classes of aryl imines 42 (Scheme 8.14). 

During studies on rhodium-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reactions, Miura and coworkers reported more recently on the use of less-toxic tetraphenyl-borate 6 for the direct arylation of imines (Scheme 9.4) [16]. Unfortunately, rather low yields of mono- and di-arylated products were obtained, this being due to a reduction of the starting material via a sequence consisting of a rhodium hydride addition and subsequent protonation. The reduction of the imine is mandatory for the regeneration of a rhodium chloride species, and thereby for catalytic turnover. 

The lactam is an important class of heterocycles and has been investigated due to its potent anti-bacterial activity. Among the multiple synthetic approaches, a [2 -i- 2] cycloaddition of a ketene with an imine, is one method to provide quick access to cis P lactams. The typical prerequisite for these protocols involves the generation of the ketene from an activated carboxylic acid derivative (often an acyl chloride), which limits the scope of this pathway. Lee and coworkers developed a rhodium-catalyzed oxygenative addition reaction that furnishes the acyl chloride equivalent from a more stable terminal alkyne 41. An intermediate rhodium vinylidene then undergoes a [2 -i- 2] cyclization with imines (42) to provide the P-lactam 4. This reaction pathway enables more easily accessible alkynes to be employed as substrates for tran -P-lactam formation. 

The addition of Reformatsky reagents to imines has been utilized occasionally as an alternative to the Mannich reaction where the enolate is generated by deprotonation. A rhodium-catalyzed imine Reformatsky reaction of menthyl bromodifluoroacetate 378 was used for an asymmetric synthesis of P-lactam 379. 

In addition to copper and rhodium catalysts commonly used in the generation of metal carbene complexes, other transition metals have also been explored in the diazo decomposition and subsequent ylide generation.Che and co-workers have recently studied ruthenium porphyrin-catalyzed diazo decomposition and demonstrated a three-component coupling reaction of a-diazo ester with a series of iV-benzylidene imines and alkenes to form functionalized pyrrolidines in excellent diastereoselectivities (Scheme 20). ... 

Addition reactions of organoboronic acids to electron-deficient alkenes were found to be catalyzed by rhodium(i)931 or dicationic palladium(n) complexes.932,933 The reaction proceeding through the transmetallation to a transition metal has been proved to be a general technique for a wide range of selective carbon-carbon bond formation via 1,4-addition to a,/ -unsaturated ketones, aldehydes, esters, and amides, and the 1,2-addition to aldehydes and imines (Equation (217)).934... 

As mentioned, in most copper and zirconium catalyzed alkylations of imines, the addition of less reactive dimethylzinc (relative to diethylzinc) usually requires a large excess of the organometallic reagent. Hayashi reported that the methylation of N tosyl imines could be achieved using only 1.5 equiv of dimethylzinc in the presence of a chiral rhodium complex that is coordinated with chiral diene 54 [86]... 

The creation of an asymmetric center by C-H bond formation is a very common process which can involve several types of reactions. Hydrogenation of prochiral olefins is often used with the rhodium catalysts of the Wilkinson type (5). These catalysts were shown to be inactive for ketone or imine reduction except in some cases (15), It was then interesting to develop an alternate method for asymmetric synthesis of chiral alcohols or amines. Since it was found that RhCl(PPh3)3 was able to catalyze silane additions to ketones (16,17) or imines (18), preparation of chiral alcohols or amines by asymmetric hydrosilylation could be envisaged (Figure 2). The 1,4-addition of silanes to conjugated... 

More recent approaches include a rhodium(II)-catalyzed intramolecular insertion reaction to form the hve-membered heterocycle. Reformatsky-imine addition of 4-bromo-4,4-difluoroacetoacetate with aldimines gave b-amino-y.y-difluoroacetoa-cetates 67 that were readily converted to the key diazo intermediates 68 through the action of tosyl azide and molecular sieve. Rhodium(II)-catalyzed intramolecular insertion followed by aromatization through loss of HF gave the functionalized pyrroles 69 (Fig. 3.29). 

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