Phosphorus carbonyl olefination with

Since our initial attempts to direct Scheme I towards path B by changing the group on the central phosphorus of I failed, we simplified our system to determine what factors control elimination of a phosphonate or phosphinate phosphorus during carbonyl olefination with PO ylids containing two phosphorus atoms. The results for the condensation of a series of phosphonomethylphosphinates IV with aldehydes (Scheme II) are given in Table I. 

Directed Aldol Condensation and Modified Carbonyl-Olefination with Phosphorus Ylids — a Comparison... 

This section deals with reactions that correspond to Pathway C, defined earlier (p. 64), that lead to formation of alkenes. The reactions discussed include those of phosphorus-stabilized nucleophiles (Wittig and related reactions), a a-silyl (Peterson reaction) and a-sulfonyl (Julia olefination) with aldehydes and ketones. These important rections can be used to convert a carbonyl group to an alkene by reaction with a carbon nucleophile. In each case, the addition step is followed by an elimination. 

It seems probable that these reactions proceed by nucleophilic attack of the phosphorus atom on the carbonyl group or activated olefin with the formation of a dipolar ion intermediate, which rearranges to a phosphazene by migration of a hydrogen atom or silyl group. 

Alcohols with organoelement groups listed in Table 13 gave with one exception only small amounts of olefine. But with hydroxyalkyl-selenides (35a, G = -SePh or -SeCHs) stereospecific frans-elimination can be achieved in acidic (for instance excess of perchloric acid ether at room temperature) or basic media to give olefines in good yield So we can state that preparatively useful carbonyl olefination reactions in which epoxides are not a by-product, are allowed not only with phosphorus and silicium containing regents but are possible in the wide area of the periodical table marked in Scheme 55c with little lines. 

In the same maimer as with olefin, white phosphorus also reacted with carbonyl compounds in the presence of oxygen to give products of apparently similar structure. Forexample with benzaldehyde it had the composition (CgHsCHO P2O4) In the reaction with acetone, cyclohexanone, aceto-... 

The most important coupling reaction for the synthesis of carotenoids is the Wittig reaction or Wittig-carbonyl olefination or Wittig condensation in which a phosphorus ylide 3 reacts with a carbonyl compound 4 to give an olefin 5 and triphenylphosphine oxide (6) Scheme 1). 

The reaction of a phosphorus ylide with an aldehyde or ketone, as first described in 1953 by Wittig and Geissler [1] (see Scheme 1.1), is probably the most widely recognized method for carbonyl olefination. 

Two chiral phosphonic acid derivatives 19a,b, containing a stereogenic phosphorus atom connected to a mercaptoisoborneol moiety, were prepared as a mixture, and were then chromatographically separated. Their ability in asymmetric carbonyl olefination was examined in the reaction with 4-tert-butylcyclohexanone la [56). The two lithium carbanions reacted with the carbonyl group of the substrate to give opposite enantiomers 90a, although no remarkable degree of asymmetric induction was observed (up to 16% ee). 

Generally, arsonium ylides [62] are more reactive but less accessible than phos-phonium ylides. Recently, the chiral arsonium reagent 30 has appeared, and has been applied in asymmetric Wittig-type carbonyl olefinations. This first chiral arsonium reagent also bears 8-phenylmenthyl as a chiral auxiliary on its carboalkoxy portion [63], and gave moderate chemical yields and diastereoselectivities in the conversion of 4-substituted cyclohexanone derivatives to axially chiral non-racemic alkylidene cyclohexanes under the same reaction conditions as used for the related reactions with phosphorus reagents (Scheme 7.15). On the other hand, the corre-... 

Stereodefined alkenes are ubiquitous structural motifs in many natural products and pharmaceutics, and, moreover, they serve as a foundation for a broad range of chemical transformations. Nowadays, carbonyl olefination, elimination, alkyne addition, alkenylation, and alkene metathesis constitute the most widely used methods for the stereoselective synthesis of various alkenes [1-3]. Whereas no single method provides a universal solution to stereoselective alkene synthesis, the olefination reactions of aldehydes and ketones with phosphorus-stabilized carbon nucleophiles have enjoyed widespread prominence and recognition owing to their simplicity, convenience, complete positional selectivity, and generally high levels of geometrical control [4-9]. 

Olefin synthesis starts usually from carbonyl compounds and carbanions with relatively electropositive, redox-active substituents mostly containing phosphorus, sulfur, or silicon. The carbanions add to the carbonyl group and the oxy anion attacks the oxidizable atom Y in-tramolecularly. The oxide Y—O" is then eliminated and a new C—C bond is formed. Such reactions take place because the formation of a Y—0 bond is thermodynamically favored and because Y is able to expand its coordination sphere and to raise its oxidation number. 

The phosphorus ylides of the Wittig reaction can be replaced by trimethylsilylmethyl-carbanions (Peterson reaction). These silylated carbanions add to carbonyl groups and can easily be eliminated with base to give olefins. The only by-products are volatile silanols. They are more easily removed than the phosphine oxides or phosphates of the more conventional Wittig or Homer reactions (D.J. Peterson, 1968). 

The Julia-Lythgoc olefination operates by addition of alkyl sulfone anions to carbonyl compounds and subsequent reductive deoxysulfonation (P. Kocienski, 1985). In comparison with the Wittig reaction, it has several advantages sulfones are often more readily available than phosphorus ylides, and it was often successful when the Wittig olefination failed. The elimination step yields exclusively or predominantly the more stable trans olefin stereoisomer. 

The initial step of olefin formation is a nucleophilic addition of the negatively polarized ylide carbon center (see the resonance structure 1 above) to the carbonyl carbon center of an aldehyde or ketone. A betain 8 is thus formed, which can cyclize to give the oxaphosphetane 9 as an intermediate. The latter decomposes to yield a trisubstituted phosphine oxide 4—e.g. triphenylphosphine oxide (with R = Ph) and an alkene 3. The driving force for that reaction is the formation of the strong double bond between phosphorus and oxygen ... 

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