Silyl cyclic

The probable pathway giving rise to silylated cyclic nitrile (589), which is the most unusual reaction product, is shown on the left of Scheme 3.282. Apparently, this compound is generated through the cationic intermediate A. It undergoes cyclization at the terminal electron-rich C,C-double bond to form silylated oxime (587), which is transformed into nitrile (588). After silylation of the latter, nitrile (589) can be isolated. Desilylation of (589) according to standard procedures affords nitrile (588). 

The first example of the sila-Pummerer rearrangement, which consists in the thermal conversion of sulfoxide 169 into O-silylated cyclic 0,S-acetal 170, has been described <1999TL185>. As shown in Scheme 29, a 1,3-migration of silicon atom to a sulfoxide oxygen resulted in ring expansion. 

The functionally related stereospecific fragmentation of P-stannyl and P-silyl cyclic ketones to acyclic alkenes under oxidative conditions has been observed previously, see K. Nakatani and S. Isoe, Tetrahedron Lett., 1984, 25, 5335 M. Ochiai, T. Ukita, Y. Nagao and E. Fujita, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Common., 1985, 637 S. R. Wilson, P. A. Zucker, C. Kim and C. A. Villa, Tetrahedron Lett., 1985, 26,1969. 

Mercury (II) oxide catalysed the formation of the O-glycoside from a silylated cyclic urea, which rearranged to the more stable N-glycoside (5) in the presence of mercury (II) bromide. A phase transfer procedure has been used to prepare the a- and 6-anomers of 7-deazaguanosine, the former being predominant using 509S aqueous sodium hydroxide. 

The reaction of a halide with 2-butene-1,4-diol (104) affords the aldehyde 105, which is converted into the 4-substituted 2-hydroxytetrahydrofuran 106, and oxidized to the 3-aryl-7-butyrolactone 107[94], Asymmetric arylation of the cyclic acetal 108 with phenyl triflate[95] using Pd-BINAP afforded 109, which was converted into the 3-phenyllactone 110 in 72% ee[96]. Addition of a molecular sieve (MS3A) shows a favorable effect on this arylation. The reaction of the 3-siloxycyclopentene 111 with an alkenyl iodide affords the. silyl... 

This procedure is representative of a new general method for the preparation of noncyclic acyloins by thiazol ium-catalyzed dimerization of aldehydes in the presence of weak bases (Table I). The advantages of this method over the classical reductive coupling of esters or the modern variation in which the intermediate enediolate is trapped by silylation, are the simplicity of the procedure, the inexpensive materials used, and the purity of the products obtained. For volatile aldehydes such as acetaldehyde and propionaldehyde the reaction Is conducted without solvent in a small, heated autoclave. With the exception of furoin the preparation of benzoins from aromatic aldehydes is best carried out with a different thiazolium catalyst bearing an N-methyl or N-ethyl substituent, instead of the N-benzyl group. Benzoins have usually been prepared by cyanide-catalyzed condensation of aromatic and heterocyclic aldehydes.Unsymnetrical acyloins may be obtained by thiazol1um-catalyzed cross-condensation of two different aldehydes. -1 The thiazolium ion-catalyzed cyclization of 1,5-dialdehydes to cyclic acyloins has been reported. 

Cyclic and acyclic silyl enol ethers can be nitrated with tetranitromethane to give ct-nitro ketones in 64-96% yield fEqs. 2.42 and 2.43. " The mechanism involves the electron transfer from the silyl enol ether to tetranitromethane. A fast homolydc conphng of the resultant cadon radical of silyl enol ether with NO leads tn ct-nitro ketones. Tetranitromethane is a neutral reagent it is commercially available or readdy prepared. " ... 

The Lewis acid mediated addition of silyl enol ethers or silylketcne acetals to oc-alkoxyaldehydcs is the most versatile and reliable method of providing chelation control in aldol-type additions3. The stereochemical outcome is as predicted by Cram s cyclic model11 ... 

Very recently, even examples of donor-stabilized bissilylene complexes have been introduced. For instance, the two cyclic systems 13 and 14 are prepared by an aminolysis reaction of the respective bis(chloro)silyl complexes. The x-ray structure analysis of 13 has been performed [39]. 

Blechert s synthesis of the piperidine alkaloid (-)-halosaline (387) by Ru-catalyzed RRM is outlined in Scheme 76 [160]. In the presence of 5 mol% of catalyst A, the ring rearrangement of metathesis precursor 385 proceeded cleanly with formation of both heterocyclic rings in 386. In situ deprotection of the cyclic silyl ether in 386, followed by selective reduction and removal of the to-syl group led to 387. 

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