Nozaki-Hiyama-Kishi reaction development

Grigg and coworkers developed bimetallic domino reactions such as the electro-chemically driven Pd/Cr Nozaki-Hiyama-Kishi reaction [69], the Pd/In Barbier-type allylation [70], Heck/Tsuji-Trost reaction/1,3 dipolar cycloaddition [71], the Heck reaction/metathesis [72], and several other processes [73-75]. A first example for an anion capture approach, which was performed on solid phase, is the reaction of 6/1-134 and 6/1-135 in the presence of CO and piperidine to give 6/1-136. Liberation from solid phase was achieved with HF, leading to 6/1-137 (Scheme 6/1.30) [76]. 

Chromium. Similar chlorosilane-mediated catalytic processes can be envisaged with many other early transition metals. The development of the first Nozaki-Hiyama-Kishi reactions catalyzed by chromium species [13] illustrates how to avoid the use of an excess of a physiologically suspect and rather expensive salt without compromising the efficiency, practicality and scope of the reaction. The tentative catalytic cycle is depicted in Scheme 3. 

A catalytic variant of the Nozaki-Hiyama-Kishi reaction was recently introduced by Fiirstner [140]. The stoichiometric reaction generally requires at least three equivalents of chromium for the transformation to be complete. The large excess of CrCl2 and the toxicity of the chromium salts precludes the application of this reaction in industrial processes. The reaction developed by Fiirstner employs manganese powder and chlorotrimethylsilane to produce a catalytic cycle illustrated in Fig. 10-8 for the addition of vinyl iodides to aldehydes. The stereo-... 

Considering the unique features that the Nozaki-Hiyama-Kishi reaction possesses and its undoubted potential in the synthesis of complex natural products, the development of an efficient enantioselective version to control the absolute stereochemical outcome for a range of processes was highly desirable. However, because of the difficulties such as ligand coordination and specificity combined with the tendency of chromium(II) to form dimers or clusters with polydentate ligands, considerable effort has been devoted to the development of enantioselective variants. These studies have resulted in the expansion of the NHK to now include an impressive array of carbon-carbon, bond-forming processes (Scheme 12.6). 

Hargaden GC, Guiry PJ. The development of the asymmetric Nozaki-Hiyama-Kishi reaction. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2007 349 2407-2424. 

The Nozaki-Hiyama-Kishi (NHK) reaction involves the mild addition of chro-mium(II) organometallics to aldehydes to give homoallylic alcohols in a regio- and stereo-controlled fashion.111 A very significant achievement in the chromium organometallic chemistry was accomplished by Fiirstner who developed a catalytic version of the NHK reaction based on the coupled use of the redox Mn(0)/Cr(III) couple and trimethylsilyl chloride (TMSC1).[21 Moreover, the integration of the Fiirstner protocol with the addition of the Jacobsen s Salen /V,/V -bis(3,5-di-f-butylsalicylidene)-l,2-cyclohexanediamine] and triethylamine allowed Cozzi, Umani-Ronchi, et al. to develop a catalytic enantioselective route to homoallylic alcohols.[3]... 

The one-pot Barbier-type addition of alkenyl, aryl, allyl, vinyl, propargyl, alkynyl, or allenylchromium compounds to aldehydes or ketones is known as the Nozaki-Hiyama-Kishi (NHK) reaction. An excellent review by Furstner published in 1999 detailed the exhaustive literature on the carbon-carbon bond formations involving organochromium(III) reagents. This chapter will present major developments and examples of recent carbon-carbon bond formation methodology and improvements as well as their use in natural products synthesis since 1999. 

The catalytic asymmetric allylation of aldehydes is another reaction that has received a great deal of attention. Both allylstannes and the less reactive allylsilanes undergo addition to aldehydes with high ee in the presence of enantiomerically pure Lewis acids and Lewis bases and asymmetric versions of the chromium-catalysed Kishi-Nozaki-Hiyama reaction utilising allyl halides have recently been developed. 

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