Michael-type addition, catalyzed

Conventional synthetic schemes to produce 1,6-disubstituted products, e.g. reaction of a - with d -synthons, are largely unsuccessful. An exception is the following reaction, which provides a useful alternative when Michael type additions fail, e. g., at angular or other tertiary carbon atoms. In such cases the addition of allylsilanes catalyzed by titanium tetrachloride, the Sakurai reaction, is most appropriate (A. Hosomi, 1977). Isomerization of the double bond with bis(benzonitrile-N)dichloropalladium gives the y-double bond in excellent yield. Subsequent ozonolysis provides a pathway to 1,4-dicarbonyl compounds. Thus 1,6-, 1,5- and 1,4-difunctional compounds are accessible by this reaction. 

This Michael-type addition is catalyzed by lanthanum(3+) [16096-89-2] (80). Ethylene glycol [107-21-1] reacts with maleate under similar conditions (81). A wide range of nucleophilic reagents add to the maleate and fumarate frameworks including alcohols, ammonia, amines, sulfinic acids, thioureas, Grignard reagents, Michael reagents, and alkali cyanides (25). 

In certain cases, Michael reactions can take place under acidic conditions. Michael-type addition of radicals to conjugated carbonyl compounds is also known.Radical addition can be catalyzed by Yb(OTf)3, but radicals add under standard conditions as well, even intramolecularly. Electrochemical-initiated Michael additions are known, and aryl halides add in the presence of NiBr2. Michael reactions are sometimes applied to substrates of the type C=C—Z, where the co-products are conjugated systems of the type C=C—Indeed, because of the greater susceptibility of triple bonds to nucleophilic attack, it is even possible for nonactivated alkynes (e.g., acetylene), to be substrates in this... 

Directed rhodium-catalyzed Michael-type additions have recently ketimines with functionalized olefins (Equation (100)).94... 

The formation of an allenyl ketone as the sole product can be achieved by using an excess (2 equiv.) of propargyl bromide (entries 3—6, Table 5.9). Use of an increased amount (3 equiv.) of the acylzirconocene chloride in the reaction with propargyl bromide and/or tosylate yields a significant amount of a 1,4-dicarbonyl compound derived from Michael-type addition of the acylzirconocene chloride to the initially formed allenyl ketone (entry 2, Table 5.9). The Michael-type addition of acylzirconocene chlorides to allenyl ketones under Cu(I)-catalyzed conditions has been confirmed by an independent experiment (Scheme 5.31). 

Scheme 5.31. Cu(l)-catalyzed Michael-type addition to an allenyl ketone.

A catalytic quantity of potassium in pyridine solution catalyzed the Michael-type addition of carbazole to 2- and 4-vinylpyridine giving 29 (R = 35 and R = 36) comparable addition to 2-methyl-5-vinylpyridine... 

Dyong and Bendlin52 pointed out the possibility of functionalization of sorbic acid at C-3, -4, and -5 in the desired way. Introduction of two hydroxyl groups, at CA and C-5, may be accomplished stereospecifi-cally by means of cis-hvdroxylation, or by intermediation of an epoxide. Michael-type addition of a nucleophile to C-3 of the conjugated double-bond provides the possibility of obtaining all four diastereo-isomeric products. In this way, N-acetyl-DL-acosamine (137, 3-acet-amido-2,3,6-trideoxy-DL-arabmo-hexopyranose) was synthesized from 133 (obtained from the epoxide 129 in an aluminum chloride-catalyzed reaction with acetone). The amide 134 wasN-acetylated and... 

A further frequent complication is that acetylenic esters undergo base and acid-catalyzed self-condensation on standing under normal laboratory conditions, and they will add methanol or similar nucleophiles in Michael-type addition reactions (cf. 4 and 6). Such products are almost invariably present in reaction mixtures obtained from heterocycles. A short account of these products is included as their early recognition in a new investigation can save much time. 

The 1 1 addition of RPH2 to a vinylphosphonate (Equation 4a) proceeds effectively under base-catalyzed conditions in contrast to the 1 1 addition of RPH2 to a vinylphosphine (Equation 3). This point can be related to the basicity of the anions involved as intermediates in the Michael-type addition of phosphorus-hydrogen compounds to vinyl-phosphorus derivatives (12). 

Scheme 6. Gold and palladium-catalyzed Michael-type additions of electron-rich arenes to a,/ -unsaturated carbonyl compounds.

Aluminum salen complexes have been identified as effective catalysts for asymmetric conjugate addition reactions of indoles [113-115]. The chiral Al(salen)Cl complex 128, which is commercially available, in the presence of additives such as aniline, pyridine and 2,6-lutidine, effectively catalyzed the enantioselective Michael-type addition of indoles to ( )-arylcrolyl ketones [115]. Interestingly, this catalyst system was used for the stereoselective Michael addition of indoles to aromatic nitroolefins in moderate enantiose-lectivity (Scheme 36). The Michael addition product 130 was easily reduced to the optically active tryptamine 131 with lithium aluminum hydride and without racemization during the process. This process provides a valuable protocol for the production of potential biologically active, enantiomerically enriched tryptamine precursors [116]. 

Proline was among the first compounds to be tested in asymmetric conjugated reactions, both as a chiral ligand [8] and also as an organic catalyst [3]. The earliest asymmetric intermolecular Michael-type addition, in which proline catalyzed the reaction (arguably via enamine formation) was reported by Barbas and colleagues [9, 10] and by List and co-workers [11]. The reaction, which proceeded in high chemical yield (85-97%) and diastereoselectivity, albeit afforded near-racemic products in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) [11] (Scheme 2.37). The enantio-selectivity of the addition was later ameliorated by Enders, who demonstrated that a small amount of methanol rather than DMSO was beneficial to the enantiose-lectivity of the addition reaction [12]. 

Thiols can be prepared by a variety of methods. The most-utilized of these synthetic methods for tertiary and secondary thiols is acid-catalyzed synthesis for normal and secondary thiols, the most-utilized methods are free-radical-initiated, alcohol substitution, or halide substitution for mercaptoalcohols, the most-utilized method is oxirane addition and for mercaptoacids and mercaptonitriles, the most-utilized methods are Michael-type additions. 

Abstract Cascade reactions involving a transition metal-promoted step and a Michael-type addition process have emerged as a powerful tool to construct cyclic and polycyclic structures. In this review, recent advances in this field are presented. The first part is related to cycloaddition reactions based on zwitterionic jr-allylPd complexes. The second part deals with Michael initiated metal-catalyzed cyclofunctionalization reactions of unactivated C C jt-bonds. Parts three and four feature reactions where an initial Michael addition reaction is followed by either a coupling reaction or an electrophilic trapping. Part five is devoted to Michael terminated reactions. 

Alkali-exchanged mesoporous molecular sieves are suitable solid base catalysts for the conversion of bulky molecules which cannot access the pores of zeolites. For example, Na- and Cs-exchanged MCM-41 were active catalysts for the Knoevenagel condensation of benzaldehyde with ethyl cyanoacetate (pKa=10.7) but low conversions were observed with the less acidic diethyl malonate (pKa=13.3) [123]. Similarly, Na-MCM-41 catalyzed the aldol condensation of several bulky ketones with benzaldehyde, including the example depicted in Fig. 2.38, in which a flavonone is obtained by subsequent intramolecular Michael-type addition [123]. 

A simple Michael-type addition of the methyl group of a monomer to the C=N bond of another molecule gives a dimer of type B2 e.g., dimers 72 and 73 are formed by the acid-catalyzed self-condensation of 2-hydroxy- (or 2-mercapto-)4-methyl-6-phenyl-1,6-dihydropyrimidine97... 

A number of alkylation reactions, Michael-type additions, and base-catalyzed rearrangements have been previously reported for Reissert compounds. These reactions appear to proceed through the conjugate... 

Asymmetric Michael Reactions. Asymmetric induction has been observed in Michael-type addition reactions that are catalyzed by chiral amines. The Ai-benzyl fluoride salt of quinine has been particularly successful since the fluoride ion serves as a base and the aminium ion as a source of chirality. Drastic improvements in optical purity (1-23%) have resulted by changing from quinine to the N-benzyl fluoride salt (eq 11). ... 

Good reversible binding of O2 and CO was observed for Cu(I)-dielate (Table 18) The Cu(I)- and Cu(n)-chelates (122) show a high activity in the Michael-type addition of alcohols to acrolein Up to 66 mol /3-alkoxypropionaldehyde per mol metal center were obtained the yield decreased with lower Cu content in (122) Acrylonitrile is polymerized in the presence of (122)-Cu(II) under H2 pressure. The Co containing complex is able to polymerize styrene and to catalyze Michael additions. For a Pd-complex CO binding and afterwards catalytic hydrogenation of alkenes are reported ... 

One synthesis approach towards y-hydroxylated ionic liquids is a Michael-type addition of a protonated ammonium salt to a a, /l-an sal uni led carbonyl compound such as methylvinyl ketone yielding an oxobutyl functionalized cation. Intrinsically unstable due to retro-Michael reaction, this OS could however be transformed by a heterogeneous catalyzed hydrogenation reaction yielding a hydroxyl functionalized TSIL [24] (Fig. 7). 

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