Silyl elimination-1,2-addition pathway

This section deals with reactions that correspond to Pathway C, defined earlier (p. 64), that lead to formation of alkenes. The reactions discussed include those of phosphorus-stabilized nucleophiles (Wittig and related reactions), a a-silyl (Peterson reaction) and a-sulfonyl (Julia olefination) with aldehydes and ketones. These important rections can be used to convert a carbonyl group to an alkene by reaction with a carbon nucleophile. In each case, the addition step is followed by an elimination. 

It is postulated that the mechanism of the silane-mediated reaction involves silane oxidative addition to nickel(O) followed by diene hydrometallation to afford the nickel -jr-allyl complex A-16. Insertion of the appendant aldehyde provides the nickel alkoxide B-12, which upon oxygen-silicon reductive elimination affords the silyl protected product 71c along with nickel(O). Silane oxidative addition to nickel(O) closes the catalytic cycle. In contrast, the Bu 2Al(acac)-mediated reaction is believed to involve a pathway initiated by oxidative coupling of the diene and... 

When Wacker-type reactions are performed under a CO atmosphere, the (3-H elimination pathway can be suppressed in favor of CO insertion and subsequent nucleophilic cleavage of the acyl metal species.399 This alkoxycarbonylation process has found widespread utility, particularly in the synthesis of five- and six-membered oxacyclic natural products. For example, the THF core of tetronomycin was prepared by the Pd-catalyzed alkoxycarbonylation of 4-alkenol derivatives (Equations (117) and (118)), where stereocontrol was achieved by utilizing either the directing ability of a free hydroxyl or the conformational bias imposed by a bulky silyl ether.420 Additional examples making... 

Diyne cyclization/hydrosilylation catalyzed by 4 was proposed to occur via a mechanism analogous to that proposed for nickel-catalyzed diyne cyclization/hydrosilylation (Scheme 4). It was worth noting that experimental evidence pointed to a silane-promoted reductive elimination pathway. In particular, reaction of dimethyl dipropargylmalonate with HSiMc2Et (3 equiv.) catalyzed by 4 led to predominant formation of the disilylated uncyclized compound 5 in 51% yield, whereas slow addition of HSiMe2Et to a mixture of the diyne and 4 led to predominant formation of silylated 1,2-dialkylidene cyclopentane 6 (Scheme 5). This and related observations were consistent with a mechanism involving silane-promoted G-H reductive elimination from alkenylrhodium hydride species Id to form silylated uncyclized products in competition with intramolecular carbometallation of Id to form cyclization/hydrosilylation products (Scheme 4). Silane-promoted reductive elimination could occur either via an oxidative addition/reductive elimination sequence involving an Rh(v) intermediate, or via a cr-bond metathesis pathway. 

Several reaction pathways for reaction 1 are possible. A clear reaction mechanism has not been elucidated. Although it is premature to discuss the details of the reaction pathway for this silylation reaction, one possible pathway for the chelation-assisted silylation of C-H bonds is shown in Scheme 2. The catalytic reaction is initiated by oxidative addition of hydrosilane to A. Intermediate B reacts with an olefin to give C. Then, addition of a C-H bond to C leads to intermediate D. Dissociation of alkane from D provides Ru(silyl)(aryl) intermediate E. Reductive elimination making a C-Si bond gives the silylation product and the active catalyst species A is regenerated. Another pathway, addition of a C-H bond to A before addition of hydrosilane to A is also possible. At present, these two pathways cannot be distinguished. 

Detailed studies of the mechanism of these reactions have been performed by Mattay and by Kochi . The former has shown that the endo/exo regiochemistry of the ring closure reaction can be controlled either by variation of the silyl group or by addition of polar molecules such as alcohols (probably the source of hydrogen in equations 37a-c). Based on solvent and salt effects, Kochi has proposed that the oxidation of enols to ketones in the presence of activated chloranil proceeds via photoactivation of chloranil which reacts with the silyl enolate through two competing pathways, namely oxidative elimination to the ketone and oxidative addition to the adduct 51 (equation 38). Non-polar solvents such as dichloromethane favour the oxidative eliminations, while polar solvents such as acetonitrile direct the reaction towards the oxidative addition. More strikingly. 

Further extension of the reaction pool of Schilf bases 138 was achieved by their reaction with tran -l-methoxy-3-(trimethylsilyloxy)-1,3-butadiene (Danishefsky s diene) to give 2-substituted 5,6-didehydro-piperidin-4-ones 164 [135,136] (Scheme 10.54). The reaction is considered to be a sequence of an initial Mannich reaction between the imine and the silyl enol ether, followed by an intramolecular Michael addition and subsequent elimination of methanol. If the reaction was terminated by dilute ammonium chloride solution, then the Mannich bases 163 could be isolated and further transformed to the dehydropiperidinones 164 by treatment with dilute hydrochloric acid. This result proved that the reaction pathway is not a concerted hetero Diels-Alder type process between the electron-rich diene and the activated imine. The use of hydrogen chloride as a terminating agent resulted in exclusive isolation of the piperidine derivatives 164 formed with... 

Transition-metal-silyl complexes are also formed by the reactions of metal-alkyl complexes with silanes to form free alkane and a metal-silyl complex. Two examples are shown in Equations 4.114 and 4.115. ° The synthesis of silyl complexes by this method has been accomplished with both early and late transition metal complexes. The formation of metal-silyl complexes from late-metal-alkyl complexes resembles the hydrogenolysis of metal-alkyl complexes to form metal hydrides and an alkane. The mechanisms of these reactions are discussed in Chapter 6. In brief, these reactions with late transition metal complexes to form silyl complexes typically occur by a sequence of oxidative addition of the silane, followed by reductive elimination of alkane. An example of this is shown in the coupling of 1,2-bis-dimethylsilyl benzene with a dimethyl platinum(II) complex (Equation 4.114). Similar reactions occur with d° early metal complexes by a a-bond metathesis process that avoids these redox events. For example, the reaction of Cp ScPh with MesSiH, has been shown to proceed through this pathway (Equation 4.115). ... 

The investigation by DFT theory, including solvent effects (molecular solvents and ILs), shows that these cycloadditions proceed by a concerted but asynchronus reaction mechanism. The lowest activation energies for concerted reactions are obtained. However, the stepwise additions have significantly lower activation energy lead to substantially less stable products. Moreover, the primary cycloadducts could never be isolated but were converted into 5-hydroxybenzofurans by subsequent extrusion of nitrous acid, hydrolysis of the silyl enolether, and elimination of methanol. Elimination of nitrous acid is calculated to have lower overall barriers than cycloaddition reactions and is strongly exothermic, thus explaining the preferred reaction pathway. 

Van Vranken and coworkers have illustrated an elegant use of convergent stereocontrol in Peterson olefinations. In their synthesis of ( )-3-hydroxybakuchiol, the reaction between a neopentyl a-silyl alkyllithium intermediate and an aryl aldehyde generated a mixture of syn- and anti-P-si y alkoxides. The mixture was treated under basic, kinetic conditions to give stereoselective elimination of the iyw-yS-silyl alkoxide thus affording an E alkene 93. Subsequent heating of the reaction mixture and addition of acid caused stereospecific elimination of the a r/-y9-silyl alkoxide resulting in the same E alkene via the complementary cationic pathway (see section 2.10.3). Excellent selectivity was obtained. 

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