Sakurai cyclization

Additions of silylated ketene acetals to lactones such as valerolactone in the presence of triphenylmethyl perchlorate in combination with either allyltrimethylsilane 82, trimethylsilyl cyanide 18, or triethylsilane 84b, to afford substituted cyclic ethers in high yields have already been discussed in Section 4.8. Aldehydes or ketones such as cyclohexanone condense in a modified Sakurai-cyclization with the silylated homoallylic alcohol 640 in the presence of TMSOTf 20, via 641, to give unsaturated cyclic spiro ethers 642 and HMDSO 7, whereas the 0,0-diethyllactone acetal 643 gives, with 640, the spiroacetal 644 and ethoxytrimethylsilane 13b [176-181]... 

Recently, a new multicomponent condensation strategy for the stereocontrolled synthesis of polysubstituted tetrahydropyran derivatives was re-published by the Marko group, employing an ene reaction combined with an intramolecular Sakurai cyclization (IMSC) (Scheme 1.14) [14]. The initial step is an Et2AlCl-promoted ene reaction between allylsilane 1-50 and an aldehyde to afford the (Z)-homoallylic alcohol 1-51, with good control of the geometry of the double bond. Subsequent Lewis acid-media ted condensation of 1-51 with another equivalent of an aldehyde provided the polysubstituted exo-methylene tetrahydropyran 1-53 stereoselectively and... 

Scheme 21. Domino reaction involving an ene reaction followed by an intramolecular silyl-mediated sakurai cyclization...

Nowadays, the intramolecular Sakurai cyclization stands as one of the most suitable methodologies for the assembly of such subunits [62-64], However, in 1991, when Marko et al. [48] initially published the TMSOTf-catalyzed condensation (ISMS) of aldehyde 105 with TMS-ether 106a, the results of this reaction were far from perfect (Scheme 13.40). Indeed, this condensation resulted in the formation of three products. Surprisingly, not only the expected product 107 was formed, but the isomerized adducts 108 and 109 were also present in the reaction mixture. 

The allylation and cyanation of aldehydes and ketones are mediated by BiCl3 and BiBr3 [174, 175]. When a chiral bismuth(lll) catalyst is used for cyanation, cyanohydrins are obtained in up to 72% ee (Scheme 14.85) [175]. The Bi(OTf)3-promoted intramolecular Sakurai cyclization of homoallylic alcohols is involved as a key step in the stereoselective synthesis of polysubstituted tetrahydropyrans (Scheme 14.86) [176]. In the presence of the BiCl3-xMl binary catalyst, allyltrimethylsilane [177] and silyl enolates [178] are acylated to give aUyl ketones and /l-dikelories, respectively. 

Scheme 4.21 Efforts toward D-ring formation via nickel-mediated reductive cyclization and Sakurai allenylation...

Intramolecular Sakurai reaction. Allylic and propargylic silanes can undergo a Lewis acid catalyzed intramolecular Sakurai reaction.1 In cyclization to hydrin-danones, the stereochemical outcome can differ from that obtained by fluoride ion catalysis (presumably kinetically controlled cyclization), equation (I).2... 

This Sakurai reaction has been used for a stereoselective synthesis of nootkatone (2),4 an eremophilane sesquiterpene. Thus the trienone 1 cyclizes to 2 at 0° in the presence of C2H5A1C12 in 50% yield. TiCl4 and BF3 0(C2H5)2 are less effective catalysts (28% and 23% yields of 2). 

Attack of a nucleophile on the /1-silyl carbocation 127 or the cyclic siliconium ion 128 leads to desilylation and formation of the Sakurai product. When nucleophilic attack is disfavoured by steric hindrance at the silicon, competing intramolecular attack by the enolate becomes important. This 5-exo-tet cyclization gives the trimethylsilylcyclopentane product with high stereospecificity, the trimethylsilyl group having undergone a 1,2 shift. 

The silyl-modified Prins reaction and the silyl-modified Sakurai reaction are common methods employed for dihydropyran (and tetrahydropyran) synthesis, and are in fact the same reaction. For the sake of clarity, the term silyl-Prins cyclization is adopted herein. A review of the use of silicon containing compounds in reactions of this type is available <1995CRV1375>. 

A stereoselective tandem Sakurai-carbonyl-ene reaction for the synthesis of steroid derivatives has been reported [48]. When LtAlCl2 and la were employed in this cyclization, stereochemical control was different. The cyclization product obtained with la is only 19 (Sch. 17), even though the starting material contained all four geometrical isomers use of LtAlCl2 resulted in a mixture of two different stereoisomers in lower yield. 

TiCl4 is used extensively as a Lewis acid in numerous organic transformations, forming adducts that mediate reactivity. Such reactions include Diels Alder, 54,355 hetero Diels Alder,356 cyclization of olefinic aldehydes,357 Flosomi Sakurai allylic coupling reactions,358 cyclopropanations,359 chal-cogen-Baylis Flillman,360 Mukaiyama Aldol reactions,36 363 reductions of ketones to alcohols 364 and stereoselective nucleophilic additions to aldehydes.365... 

For the synthesis of clerodane diterpenoids, Tokoroyama and co-workers examined another version of the intramolecular Hosomi-Sakurai reaction (108). Substrates 55.1 and 55.4 were cyclized to yield adducts 55.2-55.3 and 55.5-55.6, respectively (Scheme 55). 

Tandem Sakurai-carbonyl-ene reaction steroid synthesis The key step in a short synthesis of the BDC rings of steroids from the chiral aldehyde 1 involves a tandem Sakurai-carbonyl-ene reaction of 2 mediated by trimethylsilyl triflatc, which provides 3a as the only cyclized product in 52% yield. Amazingly, catalysis with CjHsAlCl leads to two diastereomers, 3b and 3c (3 1) in 40% yield. Hydrogenation of 3a provides 4, which corresponds to the BCD ring of steroids with an added methyl group in ring B. 

The acid-promoted Prins reaction between a homoaUyhc alcohol and an aldehyde is a weU-estabhshed synthesis of tetrahydropyrans (Scheme 4) [ 14,15]. While substituted tetrahydropyrans are often assembled by cyclizations forming a C - O bond, the Prins reaction undergoes cyclization by C - C bond formation. The Prins reaction of the silyl-modified substrates [16], which can be regarded as the intramolecular Hosomi-Sakurai reaction, is effectively activated by the allylsilane unit. The stereochemistry of the 2,6-cfs-form produced in the case of the exo-allylsilane unit is elucidated by the 6-membered transition state model, hi the cyclization of the ewdo-aUylsilane substrates, since the silyl group would be fixed on the axial position of the 6-membered transition states, the tetrahydropyrans with both 2,6-cis and fraws-forms can be synthesized (Panek Sect. 3.3.9). This type of cychzation was also... 

Floreancig completed the total synthesis of (+)-dactylohde via a sequential Peterson olefination and an intramolecular Hosomi-Sakurai-Prins cycli-zation of the acetal-linked substrate (Scheme 32). Macrocychzation was performed by Horner-Emmons olefination as Smith did (Sect. 3.2.1). The key element of 2,6-cfs-tetrahydropyran in 155 was constructed via the sequential cyclization starting from acetal 156, which involved aldehyde 157 and 1,3-diol 158, synthesized via Denmark s asymmetric aldol reaction and Stille coupling. 

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