Rearrangements acceleration

Anionic Claisen rearrangement. Acceleration of the Claisen rearrangement of allyl vinyl ethers was originally observed with potassium hydride in HMPT, but even milder conditions are possible using sodium or lithium dimsylate. The catalyzed rearrangement is as stereoselective as the thermal counterpart. Thus vicinal asymmetric centers are formed selectively on rearrangement of (E)- and (Z)-crotyl ethers (equations I and II). 

All the carbon atoms in the 12-membered ring are now present, and they are sorted out by the two steps that follow. The first is a Cope rearrangement a [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement, accelerated as we have described (p. 914) by the presence of an alkoxide substituent. 

The )5-methyl substituent on the allyl moiety in the substrate of the aromatic Claisen rearrangement accelerates the formation of the coumaran derivative, often observed as a byproduct arising from the initially formed ortho allyl phenol. 

Dramatic rate accelerations of [4 + 2]cycloadditions were observed in an inert, extremely polar solvent, namely in5 M solutions oflithium perchlorate in diethyl ether(s 532 g LiC104 per litre ). Diels-Alder additions requiring several days, 10—20 kbar of pressure, and/ or elevated temperatures in apolar solvents are achieved in high yields in some hours at ambient pressure and temperature in this solvent (P.A. Grieco, 1990). Also several other reactions, e.g, allylic rearrangements and Michael additions, can be drastically accelerated by this magic solvent. The diastereoselectivities of the reactions in apolar solvents and in LiClO EtjO are often different or even complementary and become thus steerable. 

Carboxylic acids react with butadiene as alkali metal carboxylates. A mixture of isomeric 1- and 3-acetoxyoctadienes (39 and 40) is formed by the reaction of acetic acid[13]. The reaction is very slow in acetic acid alone. It is accelerated by forming acetate by the addition of a base[40]. Addition of an equal amount of triethylamine achieved complete conversion at 80 C after 2 h. AcONa or AcOK also can be used as a base. Trimethylolpropane phosphite (TMPP) completely eliminates the formation of 1,3,7-octatriene, and the acetoxyocta-dienes 39 and 40 are obtained in 81% and 9% yields by using N.N.N M -tetramethyl-l,3-diaminobutane at 50 in a 2 h reaction. These two isomers undergo Pd-catalyzed allylic rearrangement with each other. 

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An alternative view of these addition reactions is that the rate-determining step is halide-assisted proton transfer, followed by capture of the carbocation, with or without rearrangement Bromide ion accelerates addition of HBr to 1-, 2-, and 4-octene in 20% trifluoroacetic acid in CH2CI2. In the same system, 3,3-dimethyl-1-butene shows substantial rearrangement Even 1- and 2-octene show some evidence of rearrangement, as detected by hydride shifts. These results can all be accoimted for by a halide-assisted protonation. The key intermediate in this mechanism is an ion sandwich. An estimation of the fate of the 2-octyl cation under these conditions has been made ... 

Conjugated substituents at C-2, C-3, C-4, or C-5 accelerate the rearrangement. Donor substituents at C-2 and C-3 have an accelerating effect. The effect of substituents can be rationalized in terms of the stabilization of the transition state by depicting their effect on two interacting allyl systems. 

Only the positively charged species are accelerated out of the ionization region neutral radicals—e.g., CULE in Equation 2, and molecules— e.g.y ME in Equation 3, produced by fragmentation and rearrangement, and un-ionized sample are pumped away. 

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