Johnson ortho-ester

A salient structural feature of intermediate 18 (Scheme 2b), the retrosynthetic precursor of aldehyde 13, is its y,r5-unsaturated ester moiety. As it turns out, the Johnson ortho ester variant of the Clai-sen rearrangement is an excellent method for the synthesis of y,<5-unsaturated esters.11 In fact, the Claisen rearrangement, its many variants included, is particularly valuable in organic synthesis as a method for the stereocontrolled construction of trans di- and tri-substituted carbon-carbon double bonds.12,13 Thus, it is conceivable that intermediate 18 could be fashioned in one step from allylic alcohol 20 through a Johnson ortho ester Claisen rearrangement. In... 

Scheme 1. Parent Claisen rearrangement (a) and the Johnson ortho ester variant (b).

A prominent structural feature of 21 and its precursor 22 is the trans C16-C17 trisubstituted double bond. The particular relationship between the ethoxycarbonyl function and the A16 17 double bond in 22 is significant because it satisfies the structural prerequisite for the Johnson ortho ester Claisen rearrangement transform.2130 Mixed ketene acetal 23 thus emerges as the immediate... 

P-citronellene 605 f 612 (/Q-citronellic acid 232, 235 (/ )-citronellol 360 Claisen rearrangement 17, 87, 90, 137 f., 140, 142, 194 -, Johnson ortho ester variant see Johnson ortho ester Claisen rearrangement cobalt-mediated cyclization... 

CYCLOHEXEN-l-ONE. Importantly, only 1.6 equivalents of Ag20 are required for efficient coupling. The final preparation in this series illustrates the hydrosilation of racemic 3-butyn-2-ol catalyzed by a phosphine based platinum(O) catalyst. The resultant racemic (E)-vinylsilane is then resolved with a commercially available lipase and subjected to a Johnson ortho ester Claisen rearrangement to afford [3R- AND 3S-]-(4E)-METHYL... 

The three-step procedure described for the preparation of the illustrated crotylsilanes is initiated with the hydrosilation of rac-3-butyn-2-ol. This procedure is significantly improved with respect to the positional selectivity of the hydrosilation resulting in exclusive formation of the racemic (E)-vinylsilane, and as a result the present procedure is much more amenable to scale-up than those previously described in the literature.8 The enzymatic resolution of the racemic secondary allylic alcohol (vinylsilane) has also been reported using commercially available lipase extracts. The use of a Johnson ortho ester Claisen rearrangement affords the (E)-crotylsilanes 4 in nearly enantiomerically pure form. 

The Johnson Ortho Ester Rearrangement 7.22.8 The Ireland Silyl Ester Enolate Rearrangement 722.9 Charge-accelerated Claisen Rearrangements 7.22.10 Cat ysis of Claisen Rearrangements 722.11 Competitive Rearrangements... 

The Johnson ortho-ester variant of the Claisen rearrangement provides access to y,5-unsaturated esters.The reaction entails heating the allylic alcohol with an ort/io-ester in the presence of a carboxylic acid to form a ketene acetal, which then rearranges to the trans-unsatmated ester.An elevated reaction temperature is necessary for the in situ formation of the ketene acetal but not for the rearrangement. 

The Johnson ortho ester method is closely related to the acetal method224 22T The rearrangement proceeds via a ketene acetal intermediate derived from an allylic alcohol and an ortho ester in the presence of an acid226-227. 

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