Promoters silylation

The use of boron trifluoride-diethyl ether complex as the Lewis acid in these reactions promotes silyl group migration and gives rise to the formation of tetrahydrofurans with excellent stereoselectivity82. 

The 4,5-threo-thiobutenolide 91 thus obtained was then reduced and shortened by one carbon atom to arrive at aldehyde 92 onto which a highly stereoselective cyclopentane-forming annulation was performed via a TBSOTf/DIPEA-promoted silylative protocol. In the event, a major 2,3-cA-configured bicycle educt 94 was isolated in a 82% yield, accompanied by only 7% of fram-isomer 93. Completion of the synthesis entailed the reductive cleavage of the thiolactone bond within 93 and 94, followed by acidic deprotection, giving l-deoxy-l-thio-4a-carba-[ -D-... 

Silylation of alkenes. The complex promotes silylation of alkenes to provide allylsilanes as the major product. 

The use of BiCl, as a Lewis acid catalyst of the Mukaiyama aldol reaction was introduced by Wada et al. [56]. The catalytic activity of BiCla is not so high however, Dubac et al. found that addition of metal iodides such as Nal, Znh, and Snh is very effective in the BiCls-catalyzed reaction (Scheme 10.18) [57]. Treatment of BiCl3 with these iodides forms Bilj, but iSii, alone and the ISilj-melal chloride system do not have high activity. In contrast, a mixture of Bilj and BiClj is very effective. Bi I, generated in situ from BiCl j would promote silylation of the intermediary bismuth aldolates 23 with TMSX to facilitate the catalytic cycle. 

The cationic Ru complex 4 also promotes silylative dimerisation of aromatic aldehydes with hydrosilanes. For example, the reaction of benzaldehyde and triethylsilane in the presence of a catalytic amount of 4 affords the dimerisation product 19 along with a small amount of the hydrosilylation product PhCH20SiEt3 (Equation 7). This type of silylative dimerisation of aldehydes is relatively scarce in the literature common ruthenium complexes such as [RuCl2(PPh3)3] and [Ru3(CO)j2] give only the hydrosilylation products. 

Both the conversion of 2,2,2-trifluoroethanesulfonates into mesylates, and the reductive allylation of dithio esters and trithio carbonates with allyl fluoride are mediated by TBAF. It is also used to promote silylation of alcohols by silazines or hydrosilanes or disilanes. 

The N-[(trimethylsilyl)methyllsaccharin 51 attracts considerable attention in the studies of SET-promoted silyl migration. 

Lewis acid promoted condensation of silyl ketene acetals (ester enolate equiv.) with aldehydes proceeds via "open" transition state to give anti aldols starting from either E- or Z- enolates. 

Mukaiyarna-Johnson AJdoJ- Lewis acid promoted condensation of silyl enol ethers with acetals ... 

Fluoride promoted alkylation of silyl enol ethers Acc. Cfiem. Res. 1985, 18, 181... 

A useful catalyst for asymmetric aldol additions is prepared in situ from mono-0> 2,6-diisopropoxybenzoyl)tartaric acid and BH3 -THF complex in propionitrile solution at 0 C. Aldol reactions of ketone enol silyl ethers with aldehydes were promoted by 20 mol % of this catalyst solution. The relative stereochemistry of the major adducts was assigned as Fischer- /ir o, and predominant /i -face attack of enol ethers at the aldehyde carbonyl carbon atom was found with the (/ ,/ ) nantiomer of the tartaric acid catalyst (K. Furuta, 1991). 

Titanium(IV) is a powerful but selective Lewis acid which can promote the coupling of allylsilanes with carbonyl compounds and derivatives In the presence of titanium tetrachlonde, benzalacetone reacts with allyltnmethylsilane by 1,4-addition to give 4-PHENYL-6-HEPTEN-2-ONE. Similarly, the enol silyl ether of cyclopentanone is coupled with f-pentyl chloride using titanium tetrachlonde to give 2-(tert-PENTYL)CYCLOPENTANONE, an example of a-tert-alkylation of ketones. 

The ability to promote /S elimination and the electron-donor capacity of the /3-metalloid substituents can be exploited in a very useful way in synthetic chemistry. Vinylstannanes and vinylsilanes react readily with electrophiles. The resulting intermediates then undergo elimination of the stannyl or silyl substituent, so that the net effect is replacement of the stannyl or silyl group by the electrophile. An example is the replacement of a trimethylsilyl substituent by an acetyl group by reaction with acetyl chloride. 

The silyl and stannyl substituents are crucial to these reactions in two ways. In the electrophilic addition step, they act as electron-releasing groups promoting addition and also control the regiochemistry. A silyl or starmyl substituent strongly stabilizes carboca-tion character at the /3-catbon atom and thus directs the electrophile to the a-carbon. The reaction is then completed by the limination step, in which the carbon-sihcon or carbon-tin bond is broken. 

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 ... 

N -Fmoc serine benzyl ester 2, which could be prepared as shown or purchased commercially, was smoothly converted to the crystalHne O-methylthiomethyl (MTM) ether 3 in high yield via a Pummerer-Hke reaction using benzoyl peroxide and dimethyl sulfide in acetonitrile [39]. This common intermediate was used to synthesize both 5 and 8 [40]. Both Ogilvie [41] and Tsantrizos [42] had reported that I2 was an effective activator with similar MTM ether substrates. The H promoted nucleosidation reaction between O-MTM ether 3 and bis-silylated thymine 4 produced the nucleoamino acid 5 in 60% isolated yield (100% based on recovered 3). Hydrogenolytic deprotection of the benzyl ester with H2, Pd/C in MeOH gave the thymine-containing nucleoamino acid 6 in quantitative yield. 

Scheme 25 Silyl alkyne-Prins cyclization of secondary homopropargylic alcohols and aldehydes using FeXs as a promoter...

Several catalytic systems have been reported for the enantioselective Simmons Smith cyclopropanation reaction and, among these, only a few could be used in catalytic amounts. Chiral bis(sulfonamides) derived from cyclo-hexanediamine have been successfully employed as promoters of the enantioselective Simmons-Smith cyclopropanation of a series of allylic alcohols. Excellent results in terms of both yield and stereoselectivity were obtained even with disubstituted allylic alcohols, as shown in Scheme 6.20. Moreover, this methodology could be applied to the cyclopropanation of stannyl and silyl-substituted allylic alcohols, providing an entry to the enantioselective route to stannyl- and silyl-substituted cyclopropanes of potential synthetic intermediates. On the other hand, it must be noted that the presence of a methyl substituent at the 2-position of the allylic alcohol was not well tolerated and led to slow reactions and poor enantioselectivities (ee<50% ee). ... 

A number of other chiral catalysts can promote enantioselective conjugate additions of silyl enol ethers, silyl ketene acetals, and related compounds. For example, an oxazaborolidinone derived from allothreonine achieves high enantioselectivity in additions of silyl thioketene acetals.323 The optimal conditions for this reaction also include a hindered phenol and an ether additive. 

Lewis acid catalysis has been used to promote stepwise [2 + 2] cycloaddition of silyl enol ethers and unsaturated esters.178 The best catalyst is (C2H5)2A1C1 and polyfluoroalkyl esters give the highest stereoselectivity. The reactions give the more stable trans products. 

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