Silanes ozonolysis

The most complete mechanistic studies have been made with trisubstituted silanes, which initially undergo an exclusive silicon-hydrogen bond cleavage. Retention of configuration occurs in the ozonolysis of 1-decahydronaphthylcyclohexylmethylsilane 68 to the corresponding hydroxide ... 

SIDS database, cumyl hydroperoxide, 622 Silane hydrotrioxides, ozonolysis intermediates, 811 Silanes... 

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The products obtained from ozonolysis of various silanes and derivatives are shown in Scheme 13. 

From silanes 52 are obtained, in high yield, the corresponding silanols 53, which react further to produce disiloxanes 56 and 58-60. Silanes 54 alkoxysilanes 55 and disilanes 57 give high yields of disiloxanes 56. Ozonolysis of tetraethylsilane yields initially acetaldehyde and trimethylsilyl hydroperoxide 61. The latter is partially converted to bis(triethylsilyl) peroxide 62, which is hydrolyzed to silanol 63 and hydrogen peroxide. The ozonolysis is of first order, both in regard to the silanes, and to ozone. The ozonolysis starts with formation of 64 followed by formation of the trioxide 65, which decomposes to acetaldehyde and hydroperoxide 61 (Scheme 14)79 80. 

The acid portion of 1 was assembled by enantio-and diastereocontrolled addition of Z-crotyl borane to the aldehyde 8, following the Brown protocol. Hydroboration and oxidation led to 9, which was condensed with the allenyl silane 10 to give 11 with high diastereocontrol. Conversion of the alcohol to the iodide followed by three-carbon homologation by the Myers procedure then led to 1, which was cyclized with > 10 1 regio- and diasterocontrol to give 12. Ozonolysis and methylenation of the less hindered ketone then delivered 3. 

Initially we chose to test elements of this approach to artemisinin in an abbreviated version of 4 that lacked the 2P-(3-oxobutyl) and 3a-methyl groups. Hence, on low-temperature ozonolysis of the vinyl silane 5 in methanol, transient and stereoexclusive formation of dioxetane 6 was observed upon immediate analysis by NMR (Eq. 3). On standing, the dioxetane 6 underwent rearrangement and cyclization to furnish hydroperoxy-lactone 7 in 54% isolated yield on a scale sufficient for X-ray structural study.44... 

As shown in Scheme 17,180 was available from the common, totally synthetic, intermediate 17. Using reported methodology for the introduction of vinylsilanes,57 17 was reacted smoothly with (methoxy dimethylsilyl) trimethylsilyl methyl-lithium in pentane to afford (EIZ) vinyl silane 220 in 54% yield. The main by-product in this reaction was ketone 17, which could be recycled thus, based on recovered 17, the yield of 220 was 93%. Hydrolysis of ketal 220 occurred without protodesilylation upon exposure to aqueous oxalic acid absorbed onto silica gel to give ketone 221 in 80% yield. Upon low-temperature ozonolysis of 221 in methanol, a remarkably stable dioxetane 223 was produced, as evidenced in the H NMR... 

The vinyl group has been used to protect the nitrogen of benzimidazole during meta-lation with lithium diisopropylamide. It is introduced with vinyl acetate [Hg(OAc)2, H2SO4, reflux, 24 h] or dibromoethane (TEA, reflux 10% aq. NaOH reflux) and cleaved by ozonolysis (MeOH, —78°C) or KMn04 (acetone, reflux, 99% yield). Both vinyl silanes and vinyl borates can be used to introduce the vinyl group on to heterocyclic amines. ... 

Homoallyl bromide 314, prepared from readily available non-racemic ester 313, was converted to the Grignard reagent, which reacted with non-racemic epoxide, derived from D-maUc acid, to afford the alcohol 305. Ozonolysis of the alkene gave a ketone, which was converted into enol tri-flate 316. Ni-catalyzed cross coupling with trimethylsilylmethyl magnesium chloride afforded the allyl silane, which was converted into the allyl stan-nane 317. The asymmetric allylation of 313 with 317 provided 304 with a ration of 8.5 1. Methyl etherification and oxidative cleavage of exo-methylene... 

The synthesis began with (+)-citronellal 4, each enantiomer of which is commercially available in bulk. After protection and ozonolysis, the first singly-aminated stereogenic center was installed by enantioselective, and therefore diastereoselective, addition of 5 to the azodicarboxylate 6, mediated by the organocatalyst 7. Reductive cleavage of the N-N bond followed by acetal methano lysis converted 8 to 9. Ionization followed by allyl silane addition then delivered 11, having the requisite axial alkyl branch. 

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