Induction-precursor transformation

Dienones, such as 4-[4-(trimethylsilyl)-2-butenyl]-3-vinyl-2-cyclohexenone, are useful precursors for these particular transformations the allylsilane side chain is too short for effective 1,4-addition, but just right for 1,6-addition, resulting in six-ring annulation. Three different Lewis acids can be used titanium(IV) chloride, boron trifluoride diethyl ether complex, and ethylaluminum dichloride. The best chemical yields and complete asymmetric inductions were obtained with ethylaluminum dichloride. 

Addition of such a-lithiosulfinyl carbanions to aldehydes could proceed with asymmetric induction at the newly formed carbinol functionality. One study of this process, including variation of solvent, reaction temperature, base used for deprotonation, structure of aldehyde, and various metal salts additives (e.g., MgBrj, AlMej, ZnClj, Cul), has shown only about 20-25% asymmetric induction (equation 22) . Another study, however, has been much more successful Solladie and Moine obtain the highly diastereocontrolled aldol-type condensation as shown in equation 23, in which dias-tereomer 24 is the only observed product, isolated in 75% yield This intermediate is then transformed stereospecifically via a sulfoxide-assisted intramolecular 8, 2 process into formylchromene 25, which is a valuable chiron precursor to enantiomerically pure a-Tocopherol (Vitamin E, 26). 

Use of imines as synthetic intermediates has been limited to mainly two processes reduction to amines, and as precursors to azaallyl anions for reaction with a variety of electrophiles (equation 36). The former transformation can often provide the best access to highly substituted amines and the latter represents one of the highest yield methods for carbon-carbon bond formation a to the carbonyl group of an aldehyde or ketone. Thus, the following sections will deal not only with imines but also with the properties and chemical reactions of the derived anions. Several reviews are available (in addition to those that cover both enamine and imine anion chemistry) as the result of recently uncovered methods for asymmetric induction through reactions of the anions. > ... 

An induction period was observed in the decomposition of cumyl hydroperoxide in chlorobenzene at 70 and 110 °C in the presence of phenolic sulphides CXCVIIa,b262). This was a substantial difference with respect to the behaviour of 4,4 -thio-bis(2,6-di-tert-butylphenol) CLXVIIIb which decomposed ROOH under the same conditions without induction period. The result indicates a mechanistic distinction in the action of both types of phenolic sulphides. In the mechanism of transformations of benzyl sulphide CXCVIIb, there are assumed (Scheme 24) the formation of sulphoxide CXCVIII and the intermediary formation of CIC followed by oxidation and formation of sulphinic acid CC. Further transformation of the acid CC depends on the character of R. If R = 3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxybenzyl, as it is in the formation of CC from CXCVIIa, the total elimination of the sulphurous part of molecule may occur and the transformation products of phenolic or quinoid character may be formed 3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxybenzyl alcohol XXXI, the corresponding aldehyde XXXII, and 2,6-di-tert-butyl-l,4-benzoquinone XXII were identified. Another possible sulphurless product is 4,4 -ethylenebis(2,6-di-tert-butyl-phenol) XXVIII, which was isolated in small amounts in its oxidized form as 3,5,3 ,5 -tetra-tert-butyl-4,4 -stilbenequinone (XXIX). Quinone methide XXX formed by thermolysis of sulphoxide CXCVIII, may be also the precursor in formation of XXIX. According to66), XXX is further oxidized by hydroperoxides to XXIX... 

Mandelic acid and its derivatives are utilized as convenient precursors for the introduction of a chiral center, and they possess the extra advantage of bearing a useful functional group. Many mandelic acid derivatives also act as chiral auxiliaries for the induction of a chiral center in stereoselective transformations. Numerous natural products, such as macrolides and ionophore antibiotics, possess a carbon framework that may be viewed synthetically as arising from a sequence of highly stereo- and enantioselective aldol condensations. Boron enolates, chiral auxiliaries derived from mandelic acids 1 or 2, provide remarkably high aldol stereoselectivity. 

In essence, four types of Rh complexes have routinely been used as precursors for Rh-catalyzed hydrogenation reactions (see Fig. 3) neutral or cationic bis-diene (norbomadiene or 1,5-cyclooctadiene) Rh(l) complexes with CP or as anion, respectively, preformed diene-diphosphine complexes (see Fig. 1), mostly as anionic species and especially with air-sensitive ligands and/or P-chiral phosphines prone to racemization. Before the diene-diphosphine complexes become active catalysts, the diene has to be removed via hydrogenation. Depending on the diene and the ligand, this reaction can be rather slow, thereby leading to induction phases and/or decreased catalyst productivity for an overview, see Heller et al. [16]. The results presented show some clear trends as to which precursor type is most likely to be effective for a desired transformation ... 

Precatalytic Reactions and Xpre. The catalyst precursor must transform under reaction conditions into intermediates to obtain an active system. This transformation may involve, in a small number of cases, only a single elementary step, for example, the dissociation of a ligand from a transition-metal complex. However, a series of elementary reaction steps are usually required to convert the catalyst precursor. Useful examples include (1) the degradation of a polynuclear precursor to mononuclear intermediates, (2) the modification of a precursor with a ligand L which is used to control selectivity, and (3) the transformation of finely divided metal. The characteristic time scale for the precatalytic reaction will be denoted tpre, and the instantaneous reaction rate will be denoted Ppre- Precatalytic phenomena and the associated induction periods have been directly monitored in a number of in situ spectroscopic studies using a variety of mononuclear, dinuclear, polynuclear, and metallic precursors (11). 

In earlier studies of ethylene biosynthesis [16], we obtained evidence inconsistent with the view that N. glutinosa compensates for mutant tms genes by increased auxin production. We showed that levels of the ethylene precursor, ACC, were about 50-fold higher in A6-transformed cells than in cells transformed by the tms-muiani A66, a result in accord with the well-known induction of ACC synthesis by auxin. Results of ACC analysis were quantitatively similar for N. glutinosa and the non-compensating N. tabacum and Lycopersicon esculentum, indicating that A66-transformed N. glutinosa did not accumulate auxin. 

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