Julia sulfone

The Julia-Lythgoc olefination operates by addition of alkyl sulfone anions to carbonyl compounds and subsequent reductive deoxysulfonation (P. Kocienski, 1985). In comparison with the Wittig reaction, it has several advantages sulfones are often more readily available than phosphorus ylides, and it was often successful when the Wittig olefination failed. The elimination step yields exclusively or predominantly the more stable trans olefin stereoisomer. 

The Ramberg-Backlund reaction has been utilized for the preparation of polyenes. 1,3-Butadienyl allyl sulfones 398 and 399 were transformed into the tri- and tetra-enes 400 and 401 by alkylcuprate addition and the Ramberg-Backlund-type S02 extrusion449. Julia and coworkers450 carried out the Michael addition of various nucleophiles such as ethanol, t-butyl acetoacetate and phenyl thioacetone to allyl dienyl sulfones 402 and then converted them to diallyl sulfones 403. The sulfones were transformed into isoprenoid, 404 by the Ramberg-Backlund reaction. 

The oxidative dimerization of the anion of methyl phenyl sulfone (from a Grignard reagent) in ethereal solution in the presence of cupric chloride in 5% yield has been reported47. Despite the reported48 poor stability of the a-sulfonyl C-centered radicals, Julia and coworkers49 provoked the dimerization (in 13 to 56% yields) of the lithiated carbanion of alkyl phenyl sulfones using cupric salts as oxidants. The best results are obtained with cupric triflates in THF-isobutyronitrile medium (56% yield for R = H). For allyl phenyl sulfones the coupling in the 3-3 mode is predominant. 

There are several new methodologies based on the Julia olefination reaction. For example, 2-(benzo[t/Jthiazol-2-ylsulfonyl)-j -methoxy-i -methylacetamide 178, prepared in two steps from 2-chloro-iV-methoxy-jV-methylacetamide, reacts with a variety of aldehydes in the presence of sodium hydride to furnish the ajl-unsaturated Weinreb amides 179 <06EJOC2851>. An efficient synthesis of fluorinated olefins 182 features the Julia olefination of aldehydes or ketones with a-fluoro l,3-benzothiazol-2-yl sulfones 181, readily available from l,3-benzothiazol-2-yl sulfones 180 via electrophilic fluorination <06OL1553>. A similar strategy has been applied to the synthesis of a-fluoro acrylates 185 <06OL4457>. 

Conjugated C-l glycals have also been prepared from C-glycosylidene vinyl sulfones by means of a modified Julia olefination (Scheme 12e).68... 

The elimination reactions of /l-acetoxy sulfones 114 to give the donor-acceptor-substituted allenes 115 by a Julia-Lythgoe process are less conventional (Scheme 7.18) [157]. A new one-step synthesis of allene-l,3-dicarboxylates 118 from acetone derivatives 116 was developed by the use of 2-chloro-l,3-dimethylimidazolinium chloride 117 [158, 159]. This elimination of water follows also the general Scheme 7.17 if a derivative of the enol, resulting from 116, is assumed as an intermediate for an elimination step. More complex processes of starting materials 119 furnished allenyl ketones 120 in high yields [160-162]. 

Modified one-pot Julia olefination to give predominantly ( )-olefins from het-eroarylsulfones and aldehydes. A sulfone reduction step is not required. 

These compounds come from methylenation reactions of the corresponding carbonyl derivative by means of an ylide. Several experimental conditions have been described. In most cases, CF2Br2 and HMPT (hexamethyl phosphorotriamide) are employed. The reaction occurs with aldehydes as well as with ketones in the furanose and pyranose series. The reaction can also be performed with lactones the fluoromethyl group is then introduced in the anomeric position. With these substrates, the Julia olefmation, which uses difluoromethyl sulfone, has also been reported to be an efficient method. Some examples of these reactions are shown in Figure 6.24. 

The Julia-Colonna epoxidation uses poly-L-leucine and hydrogen peroxide to effect enantioselective epoxidation of chalconc derivatives such as 12. In a pair of back-to-back papers (Tetrahedron Lett. 2004,45, 5065 and 5069), H.-Christian Militzer of Bayer Healthcare AG, Wuppertal, reports a detailed optimization of this procedure. In the following paper (Tetrahedron Lett. 2004,45,5073), Stanley Roberts of the University of Liverpool reports the extension of this procedure to unsaturated sulfones such as 14. 

A stereoselective synthesis of all E retinal, via a condensation of a Cio chloroacetal with (3-eyelogerany 1 sulfone was described by Julia et al. [29]. The chloroacetal was reacted with the silylenol ether, using TiCl4/Ti(OMe)4, to give in 63% yield, the chloromethoxyacetal derivative as a mixture of E Z isomers (80/20). The aldehyde was converted in 97% yield into the corresponding acetal with HC(OMe)3 and camphorsulfonic acid in methanol, Fig. (6). 

These French chemists described a synthesis of ethyl 9-methylene-13E and 13Z-retinoates via the Julia strategy [74]. The required new C15 sulfone was prepared by O-silylation of P-ionone, followed by catalytic condensation (ZnBr2) of the enol with PI1SCH2CI. 

Another sulfone-based elimination of large applicability was proposed by Julia [418,419], Condensation of a metalled phenyl alkyl sulfone with a carbonyl compound, functionalization of the alkoxide and reductive elimination leads to an olefin. 

The reductive elimination of 0-hydroxyimidazoyl sulfones by samarium iodide was claimed to be an improved variation of the Julia olefin synthesis [421]. 

Cyclopropane compounds containing the olefin isostere replacement for the amide bond were prepared using Julia olefination chemistry. Aldehydes 39 and 40 were obtained by LAAIH4 reduction of the chiral w-butyl esters of 32 and 33, respectively, followed by swera oxidation of the corresponding alcohols (Figure 22). Condensation of the (S)-N-BOC-cyclohexylalanine sulfone 41 with aldehyde 39 gave after treatment with 2% Na(Hg) and deprotection, the trans and cis olefin-amines... 

The synthesis of cyclopropyl compounds containing the olefin replacement for the amide bond but without the additional primary chiral amino substituent were prepared by modified Julia olefination procedures. Addition of the benzothiazole sulfone 44 to aldehyde 39 gave trityl protected olefins in a 1 1 ratio. These... 

Alkenyl sulfones were also identified as suitable substrates by Julia and coworkers, but reduction and 1,4-addition were observed in notable quantities [19]. In some examples, sulfone electrophiles can give good yields and high stereoselectivities (Scheme 5.4). 

Scheme 5.4 Iron-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction of alkenyl sulfones developed by Julia and coworkers.

The classical Julia Olefmation with sodium amalgam might possibly proceed via an initial elimination to an alkenyl sulfone, which would then undergo homolytic cleavage involving single electron transfer. 

The Modified Julia Olefination (or Julia-Kocienski Olefmation) enables the preparation of alkenes from benzothiazol-2-yl sulfones and aldehydes in a single step ... 

The Julia-Kocienski protocol proved to be efficient as a key instrument for the total synthesis of naturally occurring compounds, viz. L-mycarose and L-kedarosamine <1999TL4897>, and also (+)-triazinotrienomycin E <19990L1491>. Wicha and co-workers demonstrated that vinylsilanes are formed in high yields in the reaction of representative acyl(trimethyl)silanes with anions generated from Kocienski s sulfones <2003OL2789>. 

Alkene synthesis.9 The key step in the Julia synthesis of alkenes (11, 473-475) involves reductive elimination of a P-hydroxy sulfone with sodium amalgam. A recent modification involves elimination of a p-hydroxy imidazolyl sulfone with Sml2 (equation I).1 Both syntheses are particularly useful for preparation of disubstituted alkenes and conjugated dienes and trienes. Both methods of elimination favor formation of (E)-alkenes. In a direct comparison, a higher yield was obtained with Sml2 than with Na(Hg). 

The first step in this multistage reaction is the nucleophilic addition of sulfone anion 28 to aldehyde 8 (Scheme 14.6). This produces a p-alkoxysulfone intermediate 29 which is trapped with acetic anhydride. The resulting P acetoxysulfone mixture 22 is then subjected to a reductive elimination with Na/Hg amalgam to obtain alkene 23. The tendency of Julia-Lythgoe-Kocienski olefinations to provide ( )-1,2-disubstituted alkenes can be rationalised if one assumes that an a-acyloxy anion is formed in the reduction step, and that this anion is sufficiently long-lived to allow the lowest energy conformation to be adopted. Clearly, this will... 

The last step of the Julia-Lythgoe olefination is an elimination, which is typically performed with sodium amalgam and starts with an Elcb elimination to give an alkenyl sulfone (mechanistic analysis Figure 4.40) with its reduction to the alkene following in situ. Both the related mechanism and an explanation of the resulting fraws-selectivity will be outlined later in Figure 17.85. 

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