Scandium III triflate

Fukuzawa et al. [99] found analogous scandium(III)triflate/ Pr-PyBOx complex as efficient catalyst for the asymmetric Diels-Alder reaction between cyclopentadiene or acyclic dienes and acyl-l,3-oxazohdin-2-ones with up to 90% ee. They latter described the same reaction in super critical CO2 in the presence of MSdA [ 100] that proceeded more rapidly than in CH2CI2 leading to the expected product with analogous selectivity. 

Ge. Scandium(III) triflate-catalyzed allylation of carbonyl compounds with tetraallylgermane proceeded readily in aqueous nitromethane to afford homoallyl alcohols in excellent to good yields.175 The presence of H20 is indispensable for the allylation of aldehydes to proceed smoothly. Aldehydes were allylated exclusively in the presence of ketone moieties (Eq. 8.74). 

The Skraup cyclization is another reaction principle that provides rapid access to the quinoline moiety. Theoclitou and Robinson have published the preparation of a 44-member library based on the 2,2,4-trisubstituted 1,2-dihydroquinoline scaffold by the Lewis acid-catalyzed cyclization of substituted anilines or aminoheterocyc-les with appropriate ketones (Scheme 6.237) [420], The best results were obtained using 10 mol% of scandium(III) triflate as a catalyst in acetonitrile as solvent at... 

A multicomponent assembly of pyrido-fused tetrahydroquinolines has been accomplished by Lavilla and coworkers in a one-pot process by the interaction of dihydroazines, aldehydes, and anilines (Scheme 6.242) [425], The reactions were conducted with 20 mol% of scandium(III) triflate as a catalyst in dry acetonitrile in the presence of 4 A molecular sieves, employing equimolar amounts of the building blocks. This protocol provided the cycloadducts shown in Scheme 6.242 in 80% yield as a 2 1 mixture of diastereoisomers following microwave irradiation at 80 °C for 5 min. The same reaction at room temperature required 12 h to reach completion. 

For this purpose, perfluorooctanesulfonyl-tagged benzaldehydes were reacted with 1.1 equivalents of a 2-aminopyridine (or 2-aminopyrazine), 1.2 equivalents of an isonitrile, and a catalytic amount of scandium(III) triflate [Sc(OTf)3] under micro-wave irradiation in a mixture of dichloromethane and methanol (Scheme 7.85). A ramp time of 2 min was employed to achieve the pre-set temperature, and then the reaction mixture was maintained at the final temperature for a further 10 min. The fluorous tag constitutes a multifunctional tool in this reaction, protecting the phenol in the condensation step, being the phase tag for purification, and serving as an acti-... 

A clean, Strecker-type synthesis of a-aminonitriles has been developed amine, aldehyde, tributyltin cyanide, and scandium(III) triflate (as catalyst) are mixed together at room temperature. Yields for a range of aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes are typically ca 90%, the solvent can be organic or aqueous, the 10% catalyst loading is recoverable and reusable, and the tin reagent is similarly recyclable. 

Keung W, Bakir F, Patron AP, Rogers D, Priest CD, Darmohusodo V (2004) Novel alpha-amino amidine synthesis via scandium(III) triflate mediated 3CC Ugi condensation reaction. Tetrahedron Lett 45(4) 733-737... 

The dehydration of aldoximes with 2-methylene-l,3-dioxepane has been found to proceed smoothly in the presence of a catalytic amount of scandium(III) triflate to give the corresponding nitriles. The authors608 proposed that coordination of Sc(OTf)3 to the oxygen atom of the 1,3-dioxepane ring induces C—O bond cleavage to form a cationic... 

Enantiopure amide derivatives (64) of -unsaturated a-hydroxy acids have been made by addition of a vinylsilane, R2R1C=(4ISiMe3, to /V-phcnylglyoxamide.181 The reaction is catalysed by scandium(III) triflate complexed to a C2-symmetric PYBOX ligand derived from (f )-norephedrine. 

The asymmetric conjugate addition of thiophenol to ( >3-crotonoyloxazolidin-2-one, catalysed by the scandium(III) triflate complex of Ph-PYBOX, gave the corre- sponding adduct in 66% ee. Lanthanoid triflates gave lower enantioselectivities (<28% ee).132... 

Simple bis(oxazoline) ligands, especially azabis(oxazolines), can catalyse the addition of indoles to benzylidene malonates in up to 99% ee, provided that excess of the chiral ligand is avoided.166 The paradigm followed in many asymmetric catalytic reactions that an excess of the chiral ligand with respect to the metal should improve enantioselectivity because the background reaction catalysed by a free metal is suppressed, was shown not to be applicable here,166 which might call for revisiting some of the many copper(II)-bis(oxazoline)-catalysed processes known. Enantioselective additions of pyrroles and indoles to ,/9-unsaturated 2-acylimidazoles catalysed by the bis(oxazolinyl)pyridine-scandium(III) triflate complex have been accomplished.167... 

PYBOX complexes of scandium(III) triflate act as enantio- and diastereo-selective catalysts of ene reactions, including examples with trisubstituted alkenes.207... 

Enantioselective additions of a,f)-unsaturated 2-acyl imidazoles, catalyzed by bis(oxazolinyl)pyridine-scandium(III)triflate complex, were used for the asymmetric synthesis of 3-substituted indoles. The complex 114 was one of the most promising catalysts. The choice of acetonitrile as the solvent and the use of 4 A molecular sieves were also found to be advantageous. The 2-acyl imidazole residue in the alkylation products of u,(i-unsaturated 2-acyl imidazoles could be transformed into synthetically useful amides, esters, carboxylic acid, ketones, and aldehydes (Scheme 32) [105]. Moreover, the catalyst 114 produced both the intramolecular indole alkylation and the 2-substituted indoles in good yield and enantioselectivity (Scheme 33) [106]. The complex... 

Against this background it is important that—quite fitting in this still new millennium— the first catalytic Friedel-Crafts acylations of (still relatively electron-rich) aromatic compounds were reported (Figure 5.35). Trifluoromethane sulfonates ( triflates ) of rare-earth metals, e. g., scandium(III)triflate, accomplish Friedel-Crafts acylations with amounts of as little as 1 mole percent. Something similar is true of the tris(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)-methides ( triflides ) of rare-earth metals. Unlike conventional Lewis acids, the cited rare-earth metal salts can form 1 1 complexes with the ketone produced, but these are so unstable that the Lewis acid can re-enter the reaction. Whether this works analogously for the third catalytic system of Figure 5.35 is unclear. 

Chiral 2-(3-oxoalkyl)pyrroles and 3-(3-oxoalkyl)indoles can also be accessed by reaction in the presence of 10 mol% of chiral bis(oxazoline)/metal complexes in CH2C12 in very high yields and with ee values over 90% <2005JA4154>. Alkylation of pyrrole and of substituted indoles with, -unsaturated acyl phosphonates <2003JA10780> or 2-acyl N-methylimidazoles catalyzed by a chiral bis(oxazolinyl)pyridine (pybox)/scandium(III) triflate complex also exhibits good enantioselectivity over a broad range of substrates <2005JA8942>. 

Enantioselective Michael-type indole Friedel-Crafts reaction with a,P-unsaturated acyl thiazole has been disclosed <07JA10029>. Reaction of indole 127 and 128 in the presence of 10% mol of bis(oxazolinyl)pyridine-scandium(III) triflate complex 129 in acetonitrile at -40 °C affords 130 with high level of enantioselectivity. 

Carbonyl compounds as well as their 0,0-acetals undergo thioacetalisation and ram-thioacetalisation in ionic liquids with scandium(III) triflate as catalyst under facile reaction conditions.1681 Both hydrophilic and hydrophobic ionic liquids give good results and the catalyst could be recycled at least three times without change in activity after extraction of the product with diethyl ether. Higher reaction rates were observed relative to the reaction in dichloromethane. The procedure is highly chemoselective in that in the presence of both an aldehyde and a ketone only the aldehyde reacts to form the corresponding thioacetal. 

Another example describes the Claisen rearrangement of allylphenyl ethers in ionic liquids mainly based on the l,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]-7-undecenium cation. Under the chosen conditions, with scandium(III) triflate as catalyst, these substrates were found the undergo a subsequent cyclisation reaction.[134]... 

AUylation. Scandium(III) triflate promotes allylation of aldehydes (in the presence of ketone moieties) with allylgermanium reagents in aqueous nitromethane. By adding primary amines as the third component, such reactions deliver homoallylic amines (in such cases the aldehydes react too slowly to cause any chemoselectivity problem) Benzoyl hydrazones react accordingly. ... 

Song CE, Roh El, Shim WH et al (2000) Scandium(III) triflate immobdised in ionic liquids a novel and recyclable catalytic system for Friedel-Crafts alkylation of aromatic compounds with alkenes. Chem Commun 17 1695-1696... 

Taking into account the competitive hydrolysis of the silyl enol ether, this reaction is remarkable. The method was shown to be general and was extended to a variety of aldehydes and several a,j9-unsaturated carbonyl compounds giving uniformly 1,4-addition with aldehydes and a mixture of 1,4- and 1,2-adducts in the case of ketones [187]. Later, this aqueous version of the Mukaiya-ma reaction was shown to give near quantitative yields in the presence of a water-tolerant Lewis acid such as ytterbium triflate [188]. Keeping with the same concept,copper(II) triflate [189],indium(III) trichloride [190],tris(pentafluoro-phenyl)boron [191] and scandium(III) triflate in the presence of a surfactant [192] have proved to be active catalysts. 

Kobayashi and coworkers have reported that a chiral complex derived from scandium(III)triflate, i -(-i-)-BINOL ((i )-59), and 1,2,6-trimethylpiperidine in the presence of 4 A molecular sieves catalyzes the reaction of unsaturated imides with cyclopentadiene in 96-97% ee (Scheme 49) [130]. 

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