Intermolecular reactions oxygen nucleophile attacks

A development of the last two decades is the use of Wacker activation for intramolecular attack of nucleophiles to alkenes in the synthesis of organic molecules [9], In most examples, the nucleophilic attack is intramolecular, as the rates of intermolecular reactions are very low. The reaction has been applied in a large variety of organic syntheses and is usually referred to as Wacker (type) activation of alkene (or alkynes). If oxygen is the nucleophile, it is called oxypalladation [10], Figure 15.4 shows an example. During these reactions the palladium catalyst is often also a good isomerisation catalyst, which leads to the formation of several isomers. 

An intermolecular reaction, again with overall syn Sn substitution, was successfully applied in a synthesis of the carbocyclic nucleoside analog aristeromycin to introduce the nitrogen base stereoselectively (equation 21), although with heteronucleophiles, unlike the case of carbon nucleophiles, a lower propensity for attack distal to oxygen to give the 1,4-product with vinyloxiranes exists. 

The oxidations of olefins with many oxygen nucleophiles other than water have also been reported. These reactions include the s5mthesis of vinylic and allylic ethers from reactions of olefins with alcohols and phenols, and vinylic and allylic esters from reactions of olefins with carboxylic acids. These reactions have been conducted with both monoenes and 1,3-dienes. Both intermolecular and intramolecular versions of each of these processes have been developed. Some discussion of these reactions was included in Chapter 11 because of their connection to the nucleophilic attack of oxygen nucleophiles on coordinated olefins and dienes. 

C.ii.a. Intramolecular Attack by Oxygen Nucleophiles. The first intramolecular reaction was done with a 1,3-cyclohexadiene having a carboxylate attached to the 5-position.f Just as with the intermolecular additions, it turned out that the amount of LiCl plays a crucial role, in terms of both the stereo- and chemoselectivities (Scheme 9). Without any... 

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