Wittig reaction olefin synthesis

An important modification to the Wittig reaction is the use of stabilized phosphonate carbanions in olefin synthesis. This reaction, originally discovered by Homer but developed by Wadsworth and Emmons, is used extensively for transformation of a carbonyl... 

Macrolides and Related Compounds.- The total synthesis of amphoteronolide B (166) and amphotericin B (167) has been reported in a series of papers by Nicolaou s group.The method uses the phosphonate-based olefination of (164) with (165) to form the basic carbon skeleton which is cyclised by an intramolecular phosphonate-based olefination. A Wittig reaction of the ylide (168) is a key step in the synthesis of the cytotoxic macrocycle riccardin C (169). 

Triphenylphosphine, a white crystalline solid, is utilized widely in the Wittig reaction for olefin synthesis. This reaction involves-the-formation of alkylidenetriphenylphosphoranes from the action of butyllithium or other base on the quaternary halide, for example,... 

Although ylides had been known for many years, their synthetic potential was not appreciated until G. Wittig and his associates at the University of Heidelberg established their utility in olefin synthesis. The reaction of a phosphorus ylide with an aldehyde or ketone provides a means of introducing a carbon-carbon double bond in place of a carbon-oxygen double bond, as shown by the equation ... 

Intermediates 18 and 19 are comparable in complexity and complementary in reactivity. Treatment of a solution of phosphonium iodide 19 in DMSO at 25 °C with several equivalents of sodium hydride produces a deep red phosphorous ylide which couples smoothly with aldehyde 18 to give cis alkene 17 accompanied by 20 % of the undesired trans olefin (see Scheme 6a). This reaction is an example of the familiar Wittig reaction,17 a most powerful carbon-carbon bond forming process in organic synthesis. 

A. Preparation.—The first reverse Wittig olefin synthesis has been reported. Triphenylphosphine oxide and dicyanoacetylene at 160 °C gave the stable ylide (1 78%) the reaction was reversed at 300 °C. No comparable reaction was observed with a variety of other activated acetylenes but tri phenyl arsine oxide gave the corresponding stable arsoranes with dicyanoacetylene (— 70 °C), methyl propiolate, hexafluorobut-2-yne, dimethyl acetylene dicarboxylate, and ethyl phenylpropiolate (130 °C). 

B. Reactions.—(/) Halides. Whereas ylides are alkylated in the normal way on treatment with a-bromo- or a-iodo-esters, quite different reactions occur with a-fluoro- and a-chloro-acetates. When salt-free ylides were refluxed in benzene with ethyl fluoroacetate or trifluoroacetate normal Wittig olefin synthesis took place with the carbonyls of the ester groups to give vinyl ethers, e.g. (14). On the other hand, methyl chloroacetate with... 

Hori and co-workers accomplished the first synthesis of azathianaphthalene and azathiaphenanthrene in 1979 <79TL3969>. Their approach began with the formation of an olefin from o rt/20 -ni t ro b e n za 1 dehyde 43, via a Wittig reaction with an ylide and a subsequent reduction with zinc to afford cis and trans ortho-aminostyryl methyl sulfide 45. The cis-olefin was then treated with NCS, AgCKAi and KOH to yield 2-methyl- l-aza-2-thianaphthalene 47 in 41% yield. 9-Methyl- 10-aza-9-thiaphenanthrene 48a and 9-ethyl-10-aza-9-thiaphenanthrene 48b were obtained in a similar fashion in almost quantitative yields, whereas 6-benzyl-67/-d i b e n zo [ c, e] [ 1,2 J t h i azi n cs 50 were isolated in moderate yields via a 1,2-rearrangement (Scheme 13) <90TL7021>. 

These P elimination reactions have been used in an olefine synthesis called the Peterson olefination reaction which is analogous (and sometimes superior) to the Wittig reaction. The Peterson olefination reaction involves the addition of an a-silyl carbanion to an aldehyde or ketone to give P-hydroxysilane, followed by P-elimination to give the olefine. 

The Peterson olefination presents a valnable alternative to the Wittig reaction. It has the advantage to allow for a simple control of the alkene geometry. Its applicability in synthesis depends on the availability of the reqnired silanes. ... 

Reviews have featured epoxidation, cyclopropanation, aziridination, olefination, and rearrangement reactions of asymmetric ylides 66 non-phosphorus stabilized carbanions in alkene synthesis 67 phosphorus ylides and related compounds 68 the Wittig reaction 69,70 and [2,3]-Wittig rearrangement of a-phosphonylated sulfonium and ammonium ylides.71 Reactions of carbanions with electrophilic reagents, including alkylation and Wittig-Homer olefination reactions, have been discussed with reference to Hammett per correlations.72... 

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