Nucleophilic reaction with silylated nucleophile

Scheme 2.2 illustrates several examples of the Mukaiyama aldol reaction. Entries 1 to 3 are cases of addition reactions with silyl enol ethers as the nucleophile and TiCl4 as the Lewis acid. Entry 2 demonstrates steric approach control with respect to the silyl enol ether, but in this case the relative configuration of the hydroxyl group was not assigned. Entry 4 shows a fully substituted silyl enol ether. The favored product places the larger C(2) substituent syn to the hydroxy group. Entry 5 uses a silyl ketene thioacetal. This reaction proceeds through an open TS and favors the anti product. 

By contrast, softer nucleophiles, such as thiols (111), evidently do react with SENAs at the a-C atom (307) (see Scheme 3.94). This interpretation is confirmed by a substantial difference in the configuration of thiohydroxamate 112a isolated in the reaction with silyl nitronate (a) and analogous product 112b (b) prepared from authentic nitrile oxide. 

Elimination Reactions with Silyl Nitronates Most elimination reactions of SENA involve cleavage of the weak N-0 bond or cleavage of the O-Si bond. In the latter case, the reactions could occur with the participation of hyper-valent silicon in the transition state, that requires the presence of an external nucleophile. 

Reaction of 4a with TiCl4 was carried out in the presence of siloxyalkene 3 as nucleophile and the results are summarized in Table III. In the reaction with ketene silyl acetals 3a and 3e at -78 °C, y-ketoesters 15a and 15e were obtained instead of chloride product 8 which is a major product in the absence of 3. Formation of product 15 is likely to result from trapping of alkylideneallyl cation 5 with 3 at the sp2 carbon. In contrast, the reactions with silyl enol ethers 3f and 3g gave no acyclic product 15, but gave cyclopentanone derivatives 16-18. The product distribution depends on the mode of addition of TiCl4 (entries 4-7). 

As well as the Bingel reaction and its modifications some more reactions that involve the addition-elimination mechanism have been discovered. 1,2-Methano-[60]fullerenes are obtainable in good yields by reaction with phosphorus- [44] or sulfur-ylides [45,46] or by fluorine-ion-mediated reaction with silylated nucleophiles [47]. The reaction with ylides requires stabilized sulfur or phosphorus ylides (Scheme 3.9). As well as representing a new route to l,2-methano[60]fullerenes, the synthesis of methanofullerenes with a formyl group at the bridgehead-carbon is possible. This formyl-group can be easily transformed into imines with various aromatic amines. 

Iodonium salts 49 and 50 are efficient electrophilic alkylating reagents towards a variety of organic nucleophiles, including silyl enol ethers. The reaction with silyl enol ether 51 proceeds under mild conditions and selectively affords the appropriate product of alkylation 52 along with iodobenzene as the by-product (Scheme 24) [41]. 

In 2002, Yamamoto and Momiyama reported an unusual aldol-like reaction with silyl enol ethers and nitrosobenzene in the presence of a catalytic amount of TESOTf (nitrosoaldol reaction).29 Usually, nucleophiles react with nitrosobenzene without Lewis acid to give the N adduct predominantly. In contrast, they reported that the reaction of silyl enol ethers and nitrosobenzene catalyzed by TESOTf afforded the... 

One of these resins (546) was then subjected to Mannich-type reactions with silyl nucleophiles in the presence of 20-40 mol% of Sc(OTf)3. a-Amino add derivatives were thus prepared in excellent yields, after NaOMe-mediated cleavage (548) (Scheme 112). 

Ketones do not undergo fluoride-mediated reactions with silyl nitronates. However, enhancement of the C-nucleophilicity of nitronates has been achieved by double deprotonation at -90 °C with -butylli-thium in THF in the presence of at least 2 equiv. of HMPA (equation 21). Under these conditions, the residual proton of the monolithium salt, the acidity of which has been indicated to be in the same range as that of diisopropylamine, is metallated to give the dianion. 

Reaction with silyl enol ethers. Derivatives from ketones and esters behave to- ards arenediazonium salts according to their relative nucleophilicities. a-Arylation, 9 ketones by a free radical pathway and nonradical a-amination of esters are. bserved. 

A selective activation of aldimines over aldehydes for nucleophilic addition reactions with silyl enol ethers can be achieved with Y(OTf)3, as well as other Ln(OTf)3 (eq 3). ... 

Aminotetrahydropyrans (86) also act as N-acyliminium ion precursors in the presence of (la) [136]. The reaction with silylated nucleophiles provides... 

Cinchona alkaloid-derived ammonium phenoxides as Lewis base catalysts have been appUed to asymmetric vinylogous Mukaiyama-type aldol reactions (Scheme 14.8) [30]. In the first step of this reaction, silyl compound 14 reacts with ammonium phenoxide to produce ammonium dienolate 15 with generation of trimethyl(phenoxy) silane. The latter part of this reachon mechanism is basically simQar to the reaction mechanism of ammonium fluoride-catalyzed reactions with silyl nucleophiles as shown in Scheme 14.7. This reaction system was also appUed to other asymmetric transformations [6a, 31]. 

Reaction with Silyl Nucleophiles with Organic Electrophiles... 

The silyl group directs electrophiles to the substituted position. That is, it is an ipso-directing group. Because of the polarity of the carbon-silicon bond, the substituted position is relatively electron-rich. The ability of silicon substituents to stabilize carboca-tion character at )9-carbon atoms (see Section 6.10, p. 393) also promotes ipso substitution. The silicon substituent is easily removed from the c-complex by reaction with a nucleophile. The desilylation step probably occurs through a pentavalent silicon species ... 

As inert as the C-25 lactone carbonyl has been during the course of this synthesis, it can serve the role of electrophile in a reaction with a nucleophile. For example, addition of benzyloxymethyl-lithium29 to a cold (-78 °C) solution of 41 in THF, followed by treatment of the intermediate hemiketal with methyl orthoformate under acidic conditions, provides intermediate 42 in 80% overall yield. Reduction of the carbon-bromine bond in 42 with concomitant -elimination of the C-9 ether oxygen is achieved with Zn-Cu couple and sodium iodide at 60 °C in DMF. Under these reaction conditions, it is conceivable that the bromine substituent in 42 is replaced by iodine, after which event reductive elimination occurs. Silylation of the newly formed tertiary hydroxyl group at C-12 with triethylsilyl perchlorate, followed by oxidative cleavage of the olefin with ozone, results in the formation of key intermediate 3 in 85 % yield from 42. 

The use of iodotrimethylsilane for this purpose provides an effective alternative to known methods. Thus the reaction of primary and secondary methyl ethers with iodotrimethylsilane in chloroform or acetonitrile at 25—60° for 2—64 hours affords the corresponding trimethylsilyl ethers in high yield. The alcohols may be liberated from the trimethylsilyl ethers by methanolysis. The mechanism of the ether cleavage is presumed to involve initial formation of a trimethylsilyl oxonium ion which is converted to the silyl ether by nucleophilic attack of iodide at the methyl group. tert-Butyl, trityl, and benzyl ethers of primary and secondary alcohols are rapidly converted to trimethylsilyl ethers by the action of iodotrimethylsilane, probably via heterolysis of silyl oxonium ion intermediates. The cleavage of aryl methyl ethers to aryl trimethylsilyl ethers may also be effected more slowly by reaction with iodotrimethylsilane at 25—50° in chloroform or sulfolane for 12-125 hours, with iodotrimethylsilane at 100—110° in the absence of solvent, " and with iodotrimethylsilane generated in situ from iodine and trimcthylphenylsilane at 100°. ... 

As the phosphonium diylides, lithium phosphonium yldiides, first described by Schlosser and Corey (Ph3P=CR-Li R=H, C3H7) [60-62], have a high nucleophilicity and reactivity. Recently, the a-silylated lithium phosphonium yldiide 20 has been prepared from the stable phosphanyl-(silyl)carbene 19 and alkyl-lithium (Scheme 13). The first crystal X-ray diffraction study of such a reagent was proposed for 20 and its reaction with methyl iodide or phosphorus elec-... 

Most of the other silylation-activation-substitution reactions reported in this review are mechanistically related. Several new reactions (such as those discussed in Sections 7.1, 7.2, and 7.4) have been discovered by following these hnes of thinking about activation of functional groups by O-silylation and subsequent or concomitant reaction with nucleophiles giving the expected products and hexamethyldisiloxane 7. It can thus be expected that current and new silylation-activation reactions will be more commonly used in preparative chemistry in the future. 

Thus we hope that these O-silylations-activations with the readily available HMDS (MesSiNHSiMes), TCS (MesSiCl), dimethyldichlorosilane (Me2SiCl2), hexa-methylcyclotrisilazane (HNSiMe2)s, OMCTS (HNSiMe2)4, tetra(alkoxy) silane (Si(OR)4) or sihcon tetrachloride (SiCL ), most of which can also effect the transient protection of any present hydroxyl group, and the subsequent or concomitant reaction with nucleophiles accompanied by formation of silylated water as HMDSO (MesSiOSiMes), (OSiMe2)n or Si02 will be applied more often in the fu-... 

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