Intramolecular delivery

This is one of the few methods available for the direct and efficient conversion of an acid, via the acid chloride, to an ortho ester. The preparation of the oxetane is straightforward, and a large number of oxetanes have been prepared [triol, (EtO)2CO, KOH]." In addition, the -butyl analogue has been used for the protection of acids. During the course of a borane reduction, the ortho ester was reduced to form a ketal. This was attributed to an intramolecular delivery of the hydride. ... 

Of particular interest are reactions between a-hydroxy ketones and allyl(trifluoro)silanes which proceed with participation of the hydroxy group via a pentacoordinated allylsilane, with intramolecular delivery of the allyl group to the ketone. Excellent stereoselectivity is obtained at up to three contiguous stereogenic centers66. 

The monolithium salt of 4-hydroxy-4-(phenylethynyl)-2.5-cyclohexadienone (12), prepared in situ by the addition of lithium acetylide to /7-benzoquinone, was treated with methylmagnesium chloride in l HF-TMEDA or in THF —DMPU. The syn-, 4-addition adduct 13, derived from intramolecular delivery of the carbon nucleophile by the hydroxy oxygen, as well as the <7s-1,4-diol 14, obtained via intermolecular 1,2-addition, were obtained in varying amounts depending on the conditions. The selectivity on 1,4- to 1,2-addition increased by the addition of cation chelating agents such as DMPU, TMEDA, and 15-crown-5. Although the 1,4 to 1,2... 

In summary, then, the orientation of electrophilic thallation can be controlled by an appropriate manipulation of reaction conditions. Under conditions of kinetic control, ortho substitution results when chelation of the electrophilic reagent (TTFA in the studies described above) with the directing substituent permits intramolecular delivery of the electrophile, and para substitution results when such capabilities are absent this latter result is an expression of the very large steric requirements of the bulky thallium electrophile. Under conditions of thermodynamic control, however, meta substitution is observed. 

Similarly, cyclic ketones 16 and 17 both give the intramolecular delivery of hydride. In the case of the must occur through a nonchair conformer... 

Tandem 1,2- and 1,4-additions to quinones.1 The lithium alkoxide formed by 1,2-addition of an alkyllithium to a p-benzoquinone can react as a Michael acceptor with some nucleophiles in the presence of HMPT or DMPU (13, 122). The process involves lithium-metal exchange followed by intramolecular delivery... 

Associated with the propensity to intramolecular delivery of the organocopper reagent is the benefit of high regioselectivity, since an intramolecular trajectory prohibits the alternative a-attack. This is best exemplified by the reaction behavior of the cyclic system 161 (Scheme 6.33). For this substrate, y-attack is sterically hindered. Hence, treatment of the acetate of 161 with a higher order methyl cuprate... 

The last method is by intramolecular delivery (Scheme 43, d) 422-425 although elegant, this method has not yet found practical application in the synthesis of complex oligosaccharides. It remains to be seen if the method will work with the rather unreactive 4 -hydroxy group of chitobiose derivatives. This reactivity has been increased both by application of phthaloyl protection of the 2-amino groups and by application of the inverted conformation of l,6-anhydro-2-azido-2-deoxyglucopyranose. 8 ... 

Some nucleophiles (organometallics RM and hydride equivalents, featuring very weak conjugate acids) show a different stereochemical outcome, the attack of the nucleophile taking place at the palladium atom to form a neutral rj3 complex. Reductive elimination—or, in other words, intramolecular delivery of the nucleophile to the allylic framework—occurs with retention of configuration. In short, the reactions with these types of nucleophiles occur with overall inversion (inversion + retention) of configuration. 

Reduction of 2,3-epoxycinnamyl alcohol (2). This hydride can effect selective reduction of 2,3-epoxy alcohols to 1,3-diols, probably by initial attack of the free hydroxyl group followed by intramolecular delivery of the hydride. The re-gioselectivity is decreased by use of excess reductant or increased by the presence of a free alcohol (methanol). 

On the other hand, protecting groups can be used to thwart heteroatom-assisted delivery. Reaction of the a,f -unsaturated sulfone 51.1 with trimethylsilylethynyl-lithium resulted in intramolecular delivery of the nucleophile to afford adduct 51.2 with a dr = 100 1 [Scheme 1.51].88 When the hydroxy group was protected as its trivnethylsilyl ether, conjugate addition took place from the opposite face to give the diastereoisomeric adduct 51.4, again with a dr = 100 l. 

An early stage in the synthesis of the antifungal metabolite FR-900848 exploited a double Simmons-Smith cyclopropanation directed by two di-isopropyl tartrate acetals [Scheme 2.42] 9192 The diastereoselectivity of the reaction can be attributed to intramolecular delivery of a zinc carbenoid co-ordinated to one of the ester carbonyls and an oxygen of the dioxolane ring.93 Note the use of the Noyori protocol (see above) for the bis-dioxolanation of the highly reactive mu-conaldehyde ... 

There are numerous examples of the intramolecular delivery of amide or imidate nitrogen to an alkene activated by halonium ion formation or by epoxidation leading, eventually, to stereo- and regio-specific... 

Alkenylsilanes and -stannanes, and arylsilanes and -stannanes are useful reagents for transfer of an sp -carbon unit to electrophiles under titanium catalysis. Epoxides are opened by TiCE to generate cationic carbon, which is successfully trapped with bis(trimethylsilyl)propene as an aUcenylsilane (Eq. 122) [305]. Other Lewis acids, for example ZnCla, SnCU, and BF3 OEt2, proved less satisfactory. Cyclic epoxides such as cyclopentene and cyclohexene oxides gave poorer yields. An intramolecular version of this reaction proceeded differently (Eq. 123) [305]. Eqs (124) and (125) illustrate diastereoselective alkenylation and arylation of (A,0)-acetals that take advantage of the intramolecular delivery of alkenyl and aryl groups [306], Cyclic ethers... 

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