1-Alkynyl silanes

For 10 years, attention has been focused on the intramolecular additions ofallylic and alkynyl-silanes to enones. In early studies, a variety of Lewis acids were tested and reaction conditions were optimized to make this reaction a powerful tool in the synthesis of spiro-annulated, and 1,2-fused ring systems, which can be utilized in the total synthesis of natural products34,35. 

Recently we investigated a new class of silyltriflates and we found that allyl substituted alkynyl-silanes react with triflic acid under protodesilylation of the allyl group. The resulting alkynylsilyl-triflates are interesting starting materials for chain-like oligomeric silylalkynes with various substituents (Eqs.(7,8)). 

In another example, Hg(OTf)2 has been used for the stereoselective ring expansion of 116 to 117 with excellent stereospecificity for the (Z)-isomer (Equation (43)).156 Carbomercuration reactions have also been observed for derivatives such as 118, which possesses both an allylic silane as well as an alkynyl functionality. For 118, the reaction affords the 5-m -ring compound 119 as the (Z)-isomer. Formation of the (/. )-isomcr is disfavored because the bulk of the TMS group precludes an anti-attack (Equation (44)).157... 

Recently, the silane-mediated reductive cyclization of activated alkynes with tethered ketones using Stryker s reagent as a catalyst was reported.112,90b Alkynyl ketone substrate 84a was treated with a catalytic amount of Stryker s reagent in the presence of polymethylhydrosiloxane (PMHS) to afford the cA-fused hydrindane 84b as a single diastereomer. This method is applicable to both five- and six-membered ring formation, but often suffers from competitive over-reduction of the reaction products (Scheme 59). 

A number of additional methods involve the addition of alkynylsilanes to electrophiles with concomitant 1,3-isomerization to afford allenylsilanes geminally substituted with the electrophile moiety. The first of these methods employed a trimethyl-silyl-substituted propargylic silane as the alkynylsilane and various acetals as the electrophile precursors (Table 9.29) [53], The allenylsilanes are formed without contamination by alkynyl isomers. 

The cross-conjugated trienes have potential in many different types of diversification strategies. For example, the triene clearly lends itself to inter- and intramolecular Diels-Alder reactions. Incorporation of the hydroxymethyl group on the tether allows attachment of functionality suitable for reactions subsequent to the Alder-ene reactions. As depicted in Scheme 8.5, propargyl tosylamides A, alkynyl silanes B, acrylate esters C, and propargyl ethers D can all be readily prepared from 39... 

Under optimized conditions, cycloisomerizations of a number of functionalized hept-l-en-6-ynes took place in good-to-excellent yields (Table 9.3). Heteroatom substitution was tolerated both within the tether and on its periphery. Alkynyl silanes and selenides underwent rearrangement to provide cyclized products in moderate yield (entries 6 and 7). One example of seven-membered ring formation was reported (entry 5). Surprisingly, though, substitution was not tolerated on the alkene moiety of the reacting enyne. The authors surmize that steric congestion retards the desired [2 + 2]-cycloaddition reaction to the point that side reactions, such as alkyne dimerization, become dominant. 

Palladium-mediated addition of silyl stannane reagents to alkynyl ethers has been employed for the synthesis of aliphatic acyl silanes in very good yields via the intermediate a-alkoxy-/J-stannyl vinyl silanes (enol ethers of acyl silanes)82. In a second palladium-catalysed step, the vinyl stannane moiety could be coupled to suitable halides before hydrolysis to the acyl silanes with trifluoroacetic acid (Scheme 11). 

Ethyl enol ethers of acyl silanes have been prepared by the palladium-mediated addition of silyl stannanes to alkynyl ethers. Hydrolysis using trifluoroacetic acid gave very high yields of acyl silanes (vide supra, Section m.A.4)82. 

Trifluoromethyl ketones have been alkenylated, alkynylated, and phenylated in high ee using silane reagents and a chiral copper(I)-diphosphine complex.178... 

Alkynyl(trimethyl)silanes, germanes, and stannanes produce alkynyl-(phenyl)-A3-iodanes via ligand exchange on iodine under similar conditions [36]. Stang and co-workers developed a useful procedure for the preparation of diverse /3-functionalized alkynyl-A3-iodanes, which involves a ligand exchange of cyano-A3-iodane 19 with alkynylstannanes [37]. 

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