Organometallic reagents hydrolysis

The Peterson olefination is a quite modern method in organic synthesis its mechanism is still not completely understood. " The a-silyl organometallic reagent 2 reacts with the carbonyl substrate 1 by formation of a carbon-carbon single bond to give the diastereomeric alkoxides 4a and 4b upon hydrolysis the latter are converted into /3-hydroxysilanes 5a and 5b ... 

Nitriles are similar in some respects to carboxylic acids and are prepared either by SN2 reaction of an alkyl halide with cyanide ion or by dehydration of an amide. Nitriles undergo nucleophilic addition to the polar C=N bond in the same way that carbonyl compounds do. The most important reactions of nitriles are their hydrolysis to carboxylic acids, reduction to primary amines, and reaction with organometallic reagents to yield ketones. 

The most common reactions of carboxylic acid derivatives are substitution by water (hydrolysis) to yield an acid, by an alcohol (alcoholysis) to yield an ester, by an amine (aminolysis) to yield an amide, by hydride ion to yield an alcohol (reduction), and by an organometallic reagent to yield an alcohol (Grignard reaction). 

The reaction of 3-benzoxepin with methyllithium results in the addition of two equivalents of the organometallic reagent and cleavage of the heterocycle. After hydrolysis l-[2-(Z)-prop-l-enyl)phenyl]propan-2-ol can be isolated, but no experimental data is available.216 Occasionally, a small amount of the tran.v-isomcr is obtained (less than 10% of the product).12... 

Arylalkylamines 6 by Addition of Organometallic Reagents to 1,3-Oxazolidines 4 and Oxidative Cleavage and Hydrolysis General Procedure22 ... 

Organotrialkoxysilanes (ArSi(OR)3) were used as organometallic reagents without fluoride additives (Scheme 56).144,144a ArSi(OR)3 was easy to use because of its higher air and moisture stability. Oi and co-workers believed that hydrolysis of the trialkoxysilanes to generate silanetriols was likely occurring prior to transmetallation of the cationic rhodium complex. 

Protection of Alcohols. Trimethylsilyl ethers, readily prepared from alcohols by treatment with a variety of silylating agents have found considerable use for the protection of alcohols. They are thermally stable and reasonably stable to many organometallic reagents and they are easily cleaved by hydrolysis in acid or base or by treatment with fluoride ion. t, Butyl dimethylsilyl ethers have considerably greater hydrolytic stability and are easier to work with than trimethylsilyl ethers. They are prepared from alcohols by treatment with t. butyl dimethylsilyl chloride. 

These groups are stable to a number of reaction conditions, including generation and reaction of organometallic reagents.89 They are readily removed by hydrolysis. 

A modification of Meyer s oxazoline-facilitated methoxy substitution by organometallic reagents has been used to synthesize a biphenyl precursor of cannabinol. A one-pot hydrolysis of the oxazoline moiety, ether cleavage and cyclization yielded the lactone. Cannabinol resulted from the subsequent reaction with methylmagnesium iodide (Scheme 78) (82TL253). 

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