Silyl derivs

Metals and Metal Derivatives, Silane reacts with alkah metals dissolved in various solvents, forming as the chief product the silyl derivative of the metal, potassium being the most commonly studied, eg, KSiH [13812-63-OJ (27—30). When 1,2-dimethoxyethane or bis(2-methoxyethyl)ether are used as solvents, two competing reactions occur, where M is an alkah metal. 

StericaHy hindered silyl ethers such as ferZ-hutyl dimethyl silyl, / fZ-butyldiphenylsilyl, and tricyclohexylsilyl have been proposed as alternatives to trityl ethers. Reaction of sucrose with 3.5 molar equivalents of ferZ-hutyl dimethyl silyl chloride produces the 6,1/6 -tri-O-silyl derivative in good yield (27). 

Silyl-derived protective groups are also used to mask the thiol function. A complete compilation is not given here since silyl derivatives are described in the section on alcohol protection. The formation and cleavage of silyl thioethers proceed analogously to simple alcohols. The Si—S bond is weaker than the Si—O bond, and therefore sulfur derivatives are more susceptible to hydrolysis. For the most part silyl ethers are rarely used to protect the thiol function because of their instability. Silyl ethers have been used for in situ protection of the — SH group during amide formation. ... 

Alkyldithio carbamates are prepared from the acid chloride (Et N, EtOAc, 0°) and amino acid, either free or as the O-silyl derivatives (70-88% yield). The N- i-propyldithio) carbamate has been used in the protection of proline during peptide synthesis. Alkyldithio carbamates can be cleaved with thiols, NaOH, Ph P/TsOH. They are stable to acid. Cleavage rates are a function of the size of the alkyl group as illustrated in the table below. 

An excellent review is available that discusses the selective cleavage of numerous silyl derivatives. ... 

These groups, along with a number of other trialkylsilylethyl derivatives, were examined for protection of phosphorothioates. Only the phenyl-substituted silyl derivative was useful, because simple trialkylsilyl derivatives were prone to acid-catalyzed thiono-thiolo rearrangement. Other trialkylsilylethyl derivatives also suffer from inherent instability upon storage,but the trimethylsilylethyl group has been used successfully in the synthesis of the very sensitive agrocin 84 and for intemucleotide phosphate protection with the phosphoramidite approach. 

Replacement of heterocyclic rings in nucleosides by ring systems which do not occur in nature represents another approach to compounds which may have activity against viral and neoplastic diseases. One of the early successes in this category involves replacement of a pyrimidine ring by a triazine. The synthesis starts with a now classical glycosidation of a heterocycle as its silylated derivative (146) with a protected halosugar (145), in this case a derivative of arabinose... 

Note. Anhydrous reaction conditions are generally essential since the silylated derivatives are sensitive to water in varying degrees. 

Wholly aromatic hyperbranched polyesters based on 3,5-dihydroxyisophthalic acid can be prepared either from bis(acetoxy)isophthalic acid or from its silylated derivative (Scheme 2.67). 

The hemiacetal 54 adsorbed on water-saturated silica gel gives, by MW irradiation, a 1 1 mixture of cycloadducts isolated as silyl derivatives 55 and 56. The water is probably necessary for the success of the reaction because (i) it is an efficient generator of heat in the MW process, (ii) it accelerates the cycloaddition by hydrophobic effect, and (iii) it facilitates the hemiacetal-hydroxyketone equilibrium which furnishes the dienophile moiety for the cycloaddition [42]. 

The predictions of the reactivities by the geminal bond participation have been confirmed by the bond model analysis [103-105] of the transition states and the calculations of the enthalpies of activation AH of the Diels-Alder reaction [94], the Cope rearrangement [95], the sigmatropic rearrangement [96], the Alder ene reaction [100], and the aldol reaction [101] as are illustrated by the reactions of the methyl silyl derivatives in Scheme 38 [102], The bond is more electron donating than the bond. A silyl group at the Z-position enhances the reactivity. 

The stable P-unsubstituted phosphinous amide H2PN(SiMe3)2 has been shown to suffer the nucleophilic displacement of the disilazane moiety by the action of thiols R-SH giving the phosphinous thioesters R-S-PH2 [13]. For the sake of brevity we shall not comment on other relevant reactions of AT-silyl phosphinous amides, such as the anionic P-silylation [115] and P-alkylation [22], the consecutive dialkylation of PH derivatives [18] and the fluorodesily-lation of P-fluoro-JV-silyl derivatives [140]. 

Silicon-transition metal chemistry is a relatively new area. The work of Hein and his associates (1941) on Sn—Co derivatives established the possibility of forming bonds between a Group IVB metal and a transition element 139), but it was another fifteen years before CpFe(CO)2SiMej 203), the first of many silyl derivatives, was synthesized. The interest in these compounds derives from (1) comparison with the corresponding alkyl- and Ge-, Sn-, and Pb- transition metal (M) complexes, including the role of ir-back-bonding from filled d orbitals of M into empty d orbitals on Si (or other Group IVB metal), and (2) expectation of useful catalytic properties from such heteronuclear derivatives. 

Succinimide is readily silylated by HMDS 2 to the N-silylated product 201, which seems, however, to be in equilibrium with the O-silylated derivative 202 a (cf the closely related reactive center in persilylated uridine 3) and reacts after 6-10 days at 24 °C with one equivalent of primary or secondary amines such as morpholine to give the crystalline colorless cyclic acylamidine 203 and HMDSO 7, even in the absence of any protective gas [33] (Scheme 4.12). The reaction is much faster on heating to 120 °C under argon. At these temperatures 201 and 202 a, and possibly also the acylamidine 203, are apparently partially O-silylated by HMDS 2 to the very sensitive 2,5-bis(trimethylsilyloxy)pyrrole 202b or to 2-tri-... 

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