Rearrangement allyl carbonate reactions

Various S-nucleophiles are allylated. Allylic acetates or carbonates react with thiols or trimethylsilyl sulfide (353) to give the allylic sulfide 354[222], Allyl sulfides are prepared by Pd-catalyzed allylic rearrangement of the dithio-carbonate 355 with elimination of COS under mild conditions. The benzyl alkyl sulfide 357 can be prepared from the dithiocarbonate 356 at 65 C[223,224], The allyl aryl sufide 359 is prepared by the reaction of an allylic carbonate with the aromatic thiol 358 by use of dppb under neutral condi-tions[225]. The O-allyl phosphoro- or phosphonothionate 360 undergoes the thiono thiolo allylic rearrangement (from 0-allyl to S -allyl rearrangement) to afford 361 and 362 at 130 C[226],... 

Selenium dioxide is also an oxygen donor to alkenes. In this case, however, the initial reaction of the double bond is with the selenium center followed by two pericyclic steps. After hydrolysis of the organo-selenium intermediate, the result is a hydroxylation at the allylic carbon position65. Thus, limonene (2) yields racemic p-mentha-l,8(9)-dien-4-ol66. The high toxicity of selenium intermediates and prevalence of many rearrangements has limited the widespread use of the reagent in synthesis. 

The Cope rearrangement of 24 gives 2,6,10-undecatrienyldimethylamine[28], Sativene (25j[29] and diquinane (26) have been synthesized by applying three different palladium-catalyzed reactions [oxidative cyclization of the 1,5-diene with Pd(OAc)2, intramolecular allylation of a /i-keto ester with allylic carbonate, and oxidation of terminal alkene to methyl ketone] using allyloctadienyl-dimethylamine (24) as a building block[30]. 

Similar reactions are known of compounds in which the carbon-nitrogen bond is part of a heterocyclic nucleus.17 18 The oxygen atom of the reactive system may be replaced by a sulfur atom, with, however, some reduction in the tendency toward rearrangement. Allyl p-tolyl sulfide rearranges (XI —> XII) to the extent of 27% (50% based on sulfide not recovered) when subjected to refluxing at 228-264° for four hours.19... 

The palladium-catalyzed decarboxylative coupling of allyl 2-(benzo[c(jthiazol-2-yl)acetates 118 provides a facile approach to 2-(but-3-enyl)benzo[c(jthiazoles 122 <07JA4138>. The reaction is initiated by nucleophilic attack of Pd(0) on the allyl ester to give Pd-7t-allyl complex 119, which undergoes nucleophilic attack at the less substituted allylic carbon from the benzothiazole nitrogen to produce 120. Decarboxylative dearomatization leads to intermediate 121, and a subsequent aza-Cope rearrangement driven by rearomatization affords the final product 122 and accounts for the unusual regioselectivity. This appears to be the first report of a tandem allylation/aza-Cope reaction driven by decarboxylative dearomatization/ rearomatization. 

The palladium(0)-catalyzed asymmetric O-allylation of phenols has been described using five-, six- and seven-membered ring allylic carbonates and acyclic allylic carbonates (eq 9). The products from these reactions were subjected to a Claisen rearrangement to provide C-alkylated phenols. A study of various ligands for the reaction of phenol with 2-cyclohexenyl-l-methyl carbonate clearly showed that the Trost ligand is superior. ... 

Substituent effects in the allyl ester rearrangements are very similar to those observed in the ester reverse ene-type eliminations. This is apparent from the relative rate comparisons of Table 8. At the a- and y-carbons, reaction rates are observed to increase in the order CF3 < H < CH3. The rate accelerations by methyl substitution for hydrogen at the a-carbons are factors of 40 and 23, and at the y-carbon are factors of 55 and 23. These effects should be compared with the rate accelerations by methyl for hydrogen substitution at the a-carbon in the ester ene reactions, i.e., from Table 2, i-PrOAc/EtOAc = 18.7 and t-BuOAc/i-PrOAc = 53. One may conclude that the positive formal charge densities at the a- and... 

Allyl Claisen rearrangements of carbonate esters have already been discussed under ester rearrangement reactions (see Table 7). 

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