2- Methyl-3-trimethylsilyl-2-butene

Finally we mention the interesting observation that vinyl silanes afford dioxe-tanes on ozonization (Eq. 20). In this unusual manner, dioxetane (12) was obtained in the ozonization of 2-methyl-3-trimethylsilyl-2-butene. The general scope of this potentially convenient method merits investigation, especially since the conditions are mild and convenient. The 1,2-dioxetanes that have been prepared via these miscellaneous methods are shown in Table 1. 

Bis-trimethylsilyl oxide Dibutyl-3-methyl-3-buten-1-ynlborane Diethoxydimethylsilane Diethylmethylphosphine Ethyidimethylphosphine Tetraethyidiarsine Tetramethyidiarsine Tetramethylsilane Tribenzylarsine mixo-T ributylborane Tributylphosphine... 

Somei adapted this chemistry to syntheses of (+)-norchanoclavine-I, ( )-chanoclavine-I, ( )-isochanoclavine-I, ( )-agroclavine, and related indoles [243-245, 248]. Extension of this Heck reaction to 7-iodoindoline and 2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol led to a synthesis of the alkaloid annonidine A [247]. In contrast to the uneventful Heck chemistry of allylic alcohols with 4-haloindoles, reaction of thallated indole 186 with 2-methyl-4-trimethylsilyl-3-butyn-2-ol affords an unusual l-oxa-2-sila-3-cyclopentene indole product [249]. Hegedus was also an early pioneer in exploring Heck reactions of haloindoles [250-252], Thus, reaction of 4-bromo-l-(4-toluenesulfonyl)indole (11) under Heck conditions affords 4-substituted indoles 222 [250], Murakami described the same reaction with ethyl acrylate [83], and 2-iodo-5-(and 7-) azaindoles undergo a Heck reaction with methyl acrylate [19]. 

Ishihara and coworkers have reported that the reaction of 2-[(trimethylsilyl)methyl]-3-chloro-3,3-difluoropropene couples regioselectively with a variety of carbonyl compounds in the presence of zinc-copper chloride or silver acetate to give 2,2-difluoro-3-(trimethylsilyl)methyl-3-buten-l-ol derivatives (equation 87)81. Note again that the difluo-roallyl zinc species generated in situ reacts exclusively on the difluoromethylene terminus. 

The silicon-carbon double-bonded intermediates generated photo-chemically from a-alkenyldisilane derivatives react with both enolizable and nonenolizable ketones to give olefins (98). For instance, the photolysis of a-styrylpentamethyldisilane (49) in the presence of one molar equivalent of acetone gives l-trimethylsilyl-2-phenyl-3-methyl-2-butene in 13% yield as a single product. No silyl enol ether to be expected from the reaction of the intermediate with the enol form of acetone is observed. Similar irradiation of 49 with acetophenone affords (E)- and (Z)-l-trimeth-... 

Corresponding results arc obtained in the photooxygenation of silyl cyanohydrins of a,/ -unsaturated aldehydes37. The trimethylsilyl and ferf-butyldimelhylsilyl cyanohydrins of 3-methyl-2-butenal and (h )-2-methyl-2-butenal undergo the ene reaction with low regioselec-tivity (cis effect) but moderate to high diastereoselectivity37. 

In a similar manner, allenylborane derived from 3-(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)-l-(trimethylsilyl)-propyne gives mainly (lS,2i )-2-(fert-butyldimethylsilyl)-l-[2-(3-methyl-3-buten-l-ynyl)-l-cyclopentenyl]-4-(trimethylsilyl)-3-butyn-l-ol (54%) and (lS,2i )-2-(ferf-butyldimethylsilyl)-l-[2-l-cyclohexenylethynyl)-l-cyclopentenyl]-4-(trimethyl silyl)-3-butyn-l-ol (55%) (Chart 6.17) [1]. 

A mixture of sodamide, bromoanisole, and l-methoxy-2-methyl-l-(trimethylsilyl-oxy)-l-butene were reacted at room temperature at a 50 millimolar scale. After some two horns, with slight emission of ammonia, the reaction suddenly became exothermic, with violent gas emission and on one occasion a fire. This was a modest scale-up of a literature procedure for synthesis of 2-alky lbenzoic acids, via a benzyne intermediate. It is advised that this reaction be employed only on smaller scale, with safety precautions. The reaction must pass through a benzocyclobutane intermediate, this, or another, high energy species might accumulate and then decompose. 

Acetophenon 4-(Trimethylsilyl-methyl)- VH/2a, 61 2-Buten 2-(Dimethyl-phenyl-silyloxy)- E15/1, 418 (Keton + R3SiH)... 

Scheme 11. Reaction of l,l-bis(trimethylsilyl)-3-methyl-3-phenyl-l-butene (49) with lithium metal in THF.

Annulation. 3-Trimethylsilyl-3-buten-2-one has been employed as a methyl vinyl ketone homolog in an improved method for the annulation of ketones. Based on work by Stork and Ganem, who employed 3-triethylsilyl-3-buten-2-one as a Michael acceptor in the Robinson annulation reaction, Suzuki and co-workers prepared a functionalized bicyclic ketone via a silyl enol ether as shown in eq 1. In general, the annulation of 2-alkylcycloketones with methyl vinyl ketone and its homologs produces rather poor yields of the desired cyclized products. 

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