Reaction of aldehydes with

A more eflicient and general synthetic procedure is the Masamune reaction of aldehydes with boron enolates of chiral a-silyloxy ketones. A double asymmetric induction generates two new chiral centres with enantioselectivities > 99%. It is again explained by a chair-like six-centre transition state. The repulsive interactions of the bulky cyclohexyl group with the vinylic hydrogen and the boron ligands dictate the approach of the enolate to the aldehyde (S. Masamune, 1981 A). The fi-hydroxy-x-methyl ketones obtained are pure threo products (threo = threose- or threonine-like Fischer formula also termed syn" = planar zig-zag chain with substituents on one side), and the reaction has successfully been applied to macrolide syntheses (S. Masamune, 1981 B). Optically pure threo (= syn") 8-hydroxy-a-methyl carboxylic acids are obtained by desilylation and periodate oxidation (S. Masamune, 1981 A). Chiral 0-((S)-trans-2,5-dimethyl-l-borolanyl) ketene thioketals giving pure erythro (= anti ) diastereomers have also been developed by S. Masamune (1986). 

Many of the most interesting and useful reactions of aldehydes and ketones involve trans formation of the initial product of nucleophilic addition to some other substance under the reaction conditions An example is the reaction of aldehydes with alcohols under con ditions of acid catalysis The expected product of nucleophilic addition of the alcohol to the carbonyl group is called a hemiacetal The product actually isolated however cor responds to reaction of one mole of the aldehyde with two moles of alcohol to give gem mal diethers known as acetals... 

Aldehydes. Alkyleneamines react exothermically with ahphatic aldehydes. The products depend on stoichiometry, reaction conditions, and stmcture of the alkyleneamine. Reactions of aldehydes with ethyleneamines like EDA or DETA give mono- and disubstituted imidazohdines via cyclization of the intermediate Schiff base (20). 

Chiral boron(III) Lewis acid catalysts have also been used for enantioselective cycloaddition reactions of carbonyl compounds [17]. The chiral acyloxylborane catalysts 9a-9d, which are also efficient catalysts for asymmetric Diels-Alder reactions [17, 18], can also catalyze highly enantioselective cycloaddition reactions of aldehydes with activated dienes. The arylboron catalysts 9b-9c which are air- and moisture-stable have been shown by Yamamoto et al. to induce excellent chiral induction in the cycloaddition reaction between, e.g., benzaldehyde and Danishefsky s dienes such as 2b with up to 95% yield and 97% ee of the cycloaddition product CIS-3b (Scheme 4.9) [17]. 

Danishefsky et al. were probably the first to observe that lanthanide complexes can catalyze the cycloaddition reaction of aldehydes with activated dienes [24]. The reaction of benzaldehyde la with activated conjugated dienes such as 2d was found to be catalyzed by Eu(hfc)3 16 giving up to 58% ee (Scheme 4.16). The ee of the cycloaddition products for other substrates was in the range 20-40% with 1 mol% loading of 16. Catalyst 16 has also been used for diastereoselective cycloaddition reactions using chiral 0-menthoxy-activated dienes derived from (-)-menthol, giving up to 84% de [24b,c] it has also been used for the synthesis of optically pure saccharides. 

The reactions of aldehydes with 2-butenylboron ate complexes generated, for example, by the addition of 2-butenyllithium to triethylborane, have also been investigated. These reagents exist mainly as the E-isomer and display moderate selectivity (68-85%) for the antf-diastereomer40. 

Very high levels of induced diastereoselectivity are also achieved in the reaction of aldehydes with the titanium enolate of (5)-l-rerr-butyldimethylsiloxy-1-cyclohexyl-2-butanone47. This chiral ketone reagent is deprotonated with lithium diisopropylamide, transmetalated by the addition of triisopropyloxytitunium chloride, and finally added to an aldehyde. High diastereoselectivities are obtained when excess of the titanium reagent (> 2 mol equiv) is used which prevents interference by the lithium salt formed in the transmetalation procedure. Under carefully optimized conditions, diastereomeric ratios of the adducts range from 70 1 to >100 1. 

Scandium(lll) perfluorooctanesulfonate [Sc(OPf)3 a novel catalyst for the hetero-Diels-Alder reaction of aldehydes with non-activated dienes [108]... 

The reaction of aldehydes with Wilkinson s catalyst goes through complexes of the form 26 and 27, which have been trapped. The reaction has been shown to give retention of configuration at a chiral and deuterium labeling demonstrates that the reaction is intramolecular RCOD give RD. 

Alternative procedures can be quite useful. Benzaldehyde reacts with TSNH2, for example, at 160°C in the presence of Si(OEt)4 to give the V-tosylimine, Ts—N= CHPh. Reaction of aldehydes with LiAl(NHBn)4 also give the corresponding N-benzylimine. ... 

Reaction of aldehydes with the conjugate base of formamide ... 

N-Acetals of aldehydes can be readily prepared by reaction of aldehydes with tri-methylsilylated secondary amines. Thus, formaldehyde is converted by diethylami-notrimethylsilane 146, in 55% yield, into the silylated 0,N-acetal 422, which reacts with a further equivalent of 86 to give 90% of the N,N-acetal 423 and 94% hexa-methyldisiloxane 7 [41, 42]. On heating of diethylamine with formaldehyde and HMDS 2, 22% 422, 70% of the N,N-acetal 423, HMDSO 7, and ammonia are obtained [42] (Scheme 5.10). 

The reaction of aldehydes with carbon tetrachloride in the presence of excess tris(dimethylamino)phosphine has been used to prepare vinyl dihalides in yields of 50—70%. It is suggested that the reaction takes place via an intermediate salt (77), although the formation of this salt seems more likely to be analogous to the Perkow reaction than to involve attack on oxygen. 

The chemical adducts formed by reaction of aldehydes with lysine residues form highly immunogenic epitopes, and antibodies have been prepared specific for malondialdehyde- and 4-hydroxynonenal-conjugated LDL (Gonen et al., 1987 Yla-Herttuala et al., 1989 Jurgens et al., 1990). These antibodies cross-react with material in atherosclerotic lesions but not normal tissue, thus supporting the central role of lipid peroxidation in the patho nesis of atherosclerosis (Yla-Herttuala et al., 1989, 1991). 

An extension of the asymmetric condensation of organometallics onto aldehydes is the enantioselective silver-promoted allylation reaction of aldehydes with allyltributyltin, which has recently been performed by Shi et al. in the presence of chiral diphenylthiophosphoramide ligands and more efficiently, with binaphthylthiophosphoramide ligands. According to the nature of the ligand substituents, the corresponding allylation products were obtained in enantioselectivities of up to 98% ee, as depicted in Scheme 3.70. 

The reaction of aldehydes with MnOz in the presence of cyanide ion in an alcoholic solvent is a convenient method of converting aldehydes directly to esters.214 This reaction involves the cyanohydrin as an intermediate. The initial oxidation product is an acyl cyanide, which is solvolyzed under these reaction conditions. 

A cross-coupling reaction of aldehydes with a-diketones proceeded in the presence of water to give the corresponding adducts in moderate to good yield. It is possible to use the substrates such as phenyl-glyoxal monohydrate, aqueous methylglyoxal, formalin, and aqueous a-chloroacetaldehyde for this reaction.330... 

The 3-nitro alcohols are generally obtained in good yield by the reaction of aldehydes with nitroalkanes in the presence of a catalytic amount of base. When aryl aldehydes are used, the (3-nitro alcohols formed may undergo elimination of water to give aryl nitroalkenes. Such side reactions are not always disadvantageous, for nitroalkenes are sometimes the ultimate target for the Henry reaction. The choice of reaction conditions is important to stop the reaction at the stage of 3-nitro alcohols in aromatic cases. 

By using allylation reaction of aldehydes with chiral allylic boronate A in Scheme 52, Lebreton synthesized (R)-35 and (S)-34 via ( )-B and (S)-C, respectively [78]. 

Triazole-fused pyridopyrimidines can be prepared by reaction of aldehydes with the substituted pyridopyrimidine 309 (Equation 106). The pyrazole-fused derivative 311 can be prepared by the reaction of the sulfonimine 310 with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate (DMAD) (Equation 107) <1998H(47)871>. 

Mg11 is often employed in stereoselective reactions. In hetero Diels-Alder reactions of aldehydes with Danishefsky s diene, Mg11 results in good acceleration and stereoselection, and 2,3-coproducts are obtained exclusively (Scheme 6).26 Milder Lewis acidity is necessary for obtaining higher yield and higher stereoselectivity in this reaction, which occurs through a cyclic transition state. 

Mukaiyama aldol reactions of aldehydes with silyl enol ethers are amongst the most widely used Lewis-acid-mediated or -catalyzed reactions. However, trimethylsilyl triflate is not active enough to promote these reactions,66 and more active silicon-based Lewis acids have been developed. One example is the species generated by mixing trimethylsilyl triflate (or chloride) and B(OTf)3,319,320 for which the formulation R3Si + [B(OTf)4] is suggested by NMR experiments. Only a catalytic amount of this was needed to complete Mukaiyama aldol reactions of... 

Trimethylsilyl triflate itself can not promote allylation reactions of aldehydes with allyltri-methylsilane. By using the more highly reactive system Me3SiB(OTf)4, the reactions proceed smoothly.326 A very small amount (0.2-1 mol.%) of Me3SiB(OTf)4 is enough for the reactions (Scheme 75). Allylation of acetals can be promoted by trimethylsilyl bis(trifluoromethanesulfo-nyl)imide (Me3SiNTf2),327 which is also a reactive catalyst for Diels Alder reactions.328... 

Sn(OTf)2 can function as a catalyst for aldol reactions, allylations, and cyanations asymmetric versions of these reactions have also been reported. Diastereoselective and enantioselective aldol reactions of aldehydes with silyl enol ethers using Sn(OTf)2 and a chiral amine have been reported (Scheme SO) 338 33 5 A proposed active complex is shown in the scheme. Catalytic asymmetric aldol reactions using Sn(OTf)2, a chiral diamine, and tin(II) oxide have been developed.340 Tin(II) oxide is assumed to prevent achiral reaction pathway by weakening the Lewis acidity of Me3SiOTf, which is formed during the reaction. 

The greatest difference observed between the side-chain reactivities of selenophene and thiophene derivatives was in the reaction of aldehydes with aniline (cf. Eq. 13), a ratio of 4.2. 

Eberhardt and Sieburth [133] also devised a spectrophotometric procedure for the determination of aldehydes in seawater. The method is based on the reaction of aldehydes with 3-methyl-2-benzothiazolinone, hydrazone hydrochloride, and ferric chloride to produce a coloured compound. A detection limit of0.072 jlM formaldehyde per litre was obtained using a 5 cm path-length. 

Higher-molecular-weight normal 2-alkenoic acids have been prepared in poor yields by the Doebner condensation of aldehydes with malonic acid,5-7 and by the Reformatsky reaction of aldehydes with ethyl bromoacetate followed by dehydration.8 The a-iodo acid, prepared from the bromo acid, has been dehydrohalogenated with potassium hydroxide in ethanol,9 but large quantities of the a-hydroxy acid are formed as a by-product which is difficult to separate in some instances. The present procedure is an adaptation of a published method.6... 

Very recently, the first example of a catalytic allyltitanation reaction of aldehydes with dienes has been described (Scheme 30).107... 

Chiral bis-phosphine acylplatinum complex 210 with a strong acid such as TfOH serves as an effective enantio-selective catalyst for aldol-type reactions of aldehydes with ketene silyl acetals (Equation (127)).486 The presence of water and oxygen in the catalyst preparation step is required to obtain the highly enantioselective catalyst. The intermediacy of a C-bound platinum enolate was suggested by IR and 31P NMR spectroscopies. 

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