Lithium enolates Subject

The general trend is that boron enolates parallel lithium enolates in their stereoselectivity but show enhanced stereoselectivity. There also are some advantages in terms of access to both stereoisomeric enol derivatives. Another important characteristic of boron enolates is that they are not subject to internal chelation. The tetracoordinate dialkylboron in the cyclic TS is not able to accept additional ligands, so there is no tendency to form a chelated TS when the aldehyde or enolate carries a donor substituent. Table 2.2 gives some typical data for boron enolates and shows the strong correspondence between enolate configuration and product stereochemistry. 

The ester 7-1 gives alternative stereoisomers when subjected to Claisen rearrangement as the lithium enolate or as the silyl ketene acetal. Analyze the respective transition structures and develop a rationale to explain these results. 

More traditional carbon nucleophiles can also be used for an alkylative ring-opening strategy, as exemplified by the titanium tetrachloride promoted reaction of trimethylsilyl enol ethers (82) with ethylene oxide, a protocol which provides aldol products (84) in moderate to good yields <00TL763>. While typical lithium enolates of esters and ketones do not react directly with epoxides, aluminum ester enolates (e.g., 86) can be used quite effectively. This methodology is the subject of a recent review <00T1149>. 

Palladium-catalyzed bis-silylation of methyl vinyl ketone proceeds in a 1,4-fashion, leading to the formation of a silyl enol ether (Equation (47)).121 1,4-Bis-silylation of a wide variety of enones bearing /3-substituents has become possible by the use of unsymmetrical disilanes, such as 1,1-dichloro-l-phenyltrimethyldisilane and 1,1,1-trichloro-trimethyldisilane (Scheme 28).129 The trimethylsilyl enol ethers obtained by the 1,4-bis-silylation are treated with methyllithium, generating lithium enolates, which in turn are reacted with electrophiles. The a-substituted-/3-silyl ketones, thus obtained, are subjected to Tamao oxidation conditions, leading to the formation of /3-hydroxy ketones. This 1,4-bis-silylation reaction has been extended to the asymmetric synthesis of optically active /3-hydroxy ketones (Scheme 29).130 The key to the success of the asymmetric bis-silylation is to use BINAP as the chiral ligand on palladium. Enantiomeric excesses ranging from 74% to 92% have been attained in the 1,4-bis-silylation. 

The synthesis of (-t-)-benzoylselenopederic acid (569) (477) (Scheme 71), the left-hand half of pederin (147), began with (-f-)-3-keto imide 570, which was subjected to the recently developed syn-directing Zn(BH4)2 reduction (482) to give 5yn-a-methyl-3-hydroxy acid derivative 571. Imide 571, after protection of the hydroxyl group as the THP ether, was reduced with DIBAH, and the resulting aldehyde was treated with lithium enolate of tm-butyl acetate to give the p-... 

Angular alkylations of fused-ring ketones are an important step in syntheses of terpenoids, steroids and related natural products. The steric course of these alkylations has therefore been the subject of several systematic investigations and has been reviewedl 3 71. Alkylation of the lithium enolate 38 (R = H) derived from octahydro-1 (2//)-naphthalenone (1 -decalone) primarily yields the civ-fused octahydro-8a-methyl-l(2F/)-naphthalenone (39, R = H)35,62,79. Due to steric reasons, the lithium enolate 38 (R = CH3), with an angular methyl group, provides the irans-fused product 39 (R = CH3). 

Note that the deprotonation of cyclohexanone-derived imines has equally been the subject of thorough spectroscopic55-57 and theoretical58 studies but will not be discussed in this review. For the sake of brevity, lithium enolates derived from (di)thioesters59 and selenoamides60, which have also found applications in synthesis, will not be detailed here either. 

Single acylation reactions of dianionic cuprates have already been shown in Table 4. After the acylation reactions of these cuprates with one equivalent of an acyl chloride, the resulting lithium enolates can be subjected to a second acylation or alkylation28. The first example shown in Scheme 18 demonstrates such a case, in which the second acylation using benzoyl chloride gave a triketone (Scheme 18). The second example deals with the treatment of the enolate with iodomethane, which resulted in the corresponding 2-methyl-1,4-diketone. 

The ability of charged substituents to accelerate the 3,3-sigmatropic reiarrangement of allyl vinyl ethers (the Claisen rearrangement) has also been documented. The effect of oxyanion substituents on the rate and course of aliphatic Claisen rearrangements has been the subject of particular attention. " In 1972, Ireland and Mueller reported that the lithium enolate derivatives of allyl esters undergo rapid and effi-... 

Combination of the reagents TiCU, BuaN, and TMSOTf, was reported to be effective for Claisen condensation, as exemplified in Eqs (42) and (43) [129]. When acyl-oxazolidinones were subjected to reaction with TiCU and a tertiary amine, homocoupling reaction at the a-position of the acyl group took place to give succinic acid derivatives [146], The lithium enolate of an ester or amide has been alkylated with an (N,C>)-acetal in the presence of Ti(0-/-Pr)4 (Eq. 44) [147,148]. 

Two lithium enolates (174) and (175) derived from the vinylogous urethanes (176) and (177) have been crystallized and subjected to X-ray diffraction analysis.Although the individual enolate units combine to form different aggregates, they are very nearly identical in conformation, i.e. s-trans around the 2,3-bond however, both the aggregation state and the diastereoselectivity of the enolates differ. The enolate (175) is obtained from benzene solution as a tetramer and (174) is obtained from THF solution as a dimer. The origin of the diastereoselectivity shown by these enolates is subtle. 

C.H. Heathcock and co-workers devised a highly convergent asymmetric total synthesis of (-)-secodaphniphylline, where the key step was a mixed Claisen condensation. In the final stage of the total synthesis, the two major fragments were coupled using the mixed Claisen condensation] the lithium enolate of (-)-methyl homosecodaphniphyllate was reacted with the 2,8-dioxabicyclo[3.2.1]octane acid chloride. The resulting crude mixture of (3-keto esters was subjected to the Krapcho decarboxylation procedure to afford the natural product in 43% yield for two steps. 

In the laboratory of T.F. Jamison, the synthesis of amphidinolide T1 was accomplished utilizing a catalytic and stereoselective macrocyclization as the key step. ° The Myers asymmetric alkylation was chosen to establish the correct stereochemistry at the C2 position. In the procedure, the alkyl halide was used as the limiting reagent and almost two equivalents of the lithium enolate of the A/-propionyl pseudoephedrine chiral auxiliary was used. The alkylated product was purified by column chromatography and then subjected to basic hydrolysis to remove the chiral auxiliary. 

Only in modern times has aldol stereochemistry seemed a subject worth studying, or indeed even accessible to chemists. Formerly it was left to look after itself. Then Dubois carried out some simple experiments on the condensations between cyclic ketones and aldehydes in base.3 Though largely neglected at the time, these results showed that if LiOH (not NaOH) was used as the base, the anti aldol predominated. Indeed, with cyclopentanone and /-PrCHO, >95% anti-5 was formed, and syn-5 could not be detected. Later Heathcock4 showed that the lithium enolate of the open chain ketone 6 condensed with PhCHO to give >98 2 syn ami aldol 7. 

The degree of stereoselectivity of aldol reactions of simple cyclohexanone enolates has been a subject of some confusion. For cyclohexanone itself, it has been reported that reaction of the lithium enolate with benzaldehyde gives Ae two isomeric aldols (Scheme 1) in ratios of 52 48 in THF at -78 C and 50 50 in dimethoxyethane at -20 C. On the other hand, Seebach reports ratios of 79 21 at -78 C and 85 15 at -150 C. ° Hirama and coworkers reinvestigated the reaction of the lithium enolate of cyclohexanone with benzaldehyde (Scheme 1) and found anti.syn ratios of about 82 18 at -78 C. The ratio is... 

Similarly, selectivity was observed in Weinreb s efforts toward the synthesis of the microbial immunosuppressive agent FR901483.24 In this case, axial addition was favored by reaction of the lithium enolate of amide 35 with racemic 1 to produce 36. An interesting reversal of stereoselectivity was observed when, on slight alteration of the synthetic sequence, the Boc-protected amide was subjected to similar conditions. For reasons not fully understood, equatorial alcohol 37 was produced in a 53% yield, the structure of which was confirmed by X-ray crystal analysis. 

The chemistry of alkali enolates is subject of a number of extensive reviews [5-13]. The stereochemistry of directed aldol reactions with lithium enolates is discussed in the review of Mukaiyama [5]. 

Lithiooxazole is subject to slow ring-opening at room temperature to form the lithium enolate of 2-oxoethyl isocyanide. With DMF it reacts to give oxazole-2-carbaldehyde. 

Stereoselective aldol condensation. Aldol condensation has been shown to be subject to kinetic stereoselection, with (Z)-enolates giving mainly the erythro-aldol and (E)-enolates giving mainly the (Areo-aldol. This observation has been extended to preformed (Z)- and (E)-lithium enolates generated under kinetic control with LDA in THF or ether at — 72°. When one of the alkyl groups is sterically demanding, complete kinetic stereospecificity can be obtained. As the bulk of the alkyl group decreases, stereoselection also decreases. Thus the kinetic enolate of ethyl /-butyl ketone (1) is the (Z)-isomer a, and it reacts with benzalde-hyde to form the erythro-aldol (2) with no detectable amounts of the threo-aldol. 

The addition of l,l-bis(seleno)alkyllitiiiums at the C-3 site of enals and enones produces enolates which can be trapped with various electrophiles (Scheme 140, b-d Schemes 149 and 150). Silylation of the lithium enolates with trimethylsilyl chloride lea to the corresptmding silyl enol ethers (Scheme 140, c), > which can then be subjected to further reactions. 

The alkylation can also occur under aprotic conditions such as in the formation of the octalone 23. The lithium enolate 22 is added to the ketone 20 in tetrahydrofuran at -78 C, and then the mixture is allowed to reach room temperature. The alkylation process is followed by subjecting the silylated intermediate to 5% sodium methoxide-methanol to give 1-methyl-A -octalone (23) in 80% overall yield. 

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