Claisen silyl ketene acetal rearrangement

The stereoselectivity of silyl ketene acetal Claisen rearrangements can also be controlled by specific intramolecular interactions.246 The enolates of a-alkoxy esters adopt the Z-configuration because of chelation by the alkoxy substituent. 

Claisen Rearrangement. The first silyl ketene acetal Claisen rearrangement was introduced in 1972 using TMS ketene acetals. Since then, the silyl Claisen rearrangement using TBDMS ketene... 

Entries 10 to 15 involve use of the Ireland-Claisen rearrangement in multistep syntheses. An interesting feature of Entry 11 is the presence of an unprotected ketone. The reaction was done by adding LDA to the ester, which was premixed with TMS-C1 and Et3N. The reaction generates the T-silyl ketene acetal, which rearranges through a chair TS. 

This gentle variant of the Claisen Rearrangement employs the allyl ester of a carboxylic acid instead of an allyl vinyl ether. The ester is converted to its silyl-stabilized enolate (silyl ketene acetal), which rearranges at temperatures below 100 °C. 

The Ireland-Claisen reaction of ( )-vinylsilanes has been applied to the stereoselective synthesis of syn- and c/nti-2-substituted 3-silyl alkcnoic acids. a R-2-Alkyl-3-silyl acids are prepared by rearrangement of ( )-silyl ketene acetals which are generated in situ from the kinetically formed (Z)-enolate of the corresponding propionate ester40. Chelation directs the stereochemistry of enolization of heteroelement-substituted acetates in such a way that the syn-diastereomers are invariably formed on rearrangement403. 

Ireland-Claisen rearrangement of silyl ketene acetals (31)... 

The ester 7-1 gives alternative stereoisomers when subjected to Claisen rearrangement as the lithium enolate or as the silyl ketene acetal. Analyze the respective transition structures and develop a rationale to explain these results. 

Claisen-type rearrangements of ester enolates, ketene acetals, and silyl ketene acetals... 

Ireland-Claisen (silyl ketene acetal) rearrangement... 

The paper reports a highly efficient Claisen rearrangement of a (Z)-silyl ketene acetal (equation I) by use of DMPU to control the stereoselectivity. Use of HMPA lowers the diastereoselectivity from 96 to 84% de. 

Claisen rearrangements of silyl ketene acetals have been used in numerous syntheses, including the synthesis of the ionophore antibiotic Calcimycin outlined in Figure Si3.12. 

As shown earlier (Figure 13.22), silyl ketene acetals can be prepared at -78 °C by the reaction of ester enolates with chlorosilanes. O-Allyl-O-silyl ketene acetals (A in Figure 14.48) are formed in this reaction if one employs allyl esters. Silyl ketene acetals of type A undergo [3,3]-rearrangements rapidly upon warming to room temperature. This variation of the Claisen rearrangement is referred to as the Ireland-Claisen rearrangement. 

Figure 14.51 shows four Ireland-Claisen rearrangements that exhibit simple diastereose-lectivity (see Section 11.1.3 for a definition of the term). The substrates are two cis, trans-iso-meric propionic acid esters. The propionic acid esters in Figure 14.51 are derived from achiral allyl alcohols. This is different from the situation in Figure 14.50. However, these esters contain a stereogenic C=C double bond. Both the esters in Figure 14.51 can be converted into their 7 "-enolates with LDA inpureTHF (cf. Figure 13.16). Silylation affords the two T -con-figured O-allyl-O-silyl ketene acetals A and D, respectively. Alternatively, the two esters of Figure 14.51 can be converted into their Z -enolates with LDA in a mixture of THF and DMPU (cf. Figure 13.17). Treatment with rert-BuMe,SiCl then leads to the Z-isomers B and C of the O-allyl-O-silyl ketene acetals A and D, respectively.

Fig. 11.43. Claisen-Ireland rearrangement of two O-allyl-O-silyl ketene acetals. 7ran.v-sclective synthesis of disubstituted and E-selective synthesis of trisubstituted alkenes.

This method was further improved when it was found that readily available allyl esters of the general formula 493 could also be involved in Claisen rearrangements via intermediate formation of ketene derivatives such as lithium enolates 494 or trimethylsilyl ketene acetals 495 (the Ireland-Claisen variant" ). Moreover, rearrangement of these substrates into unsaturated acids 496 occurred easily at room temperature or below. This was in striking contrast to all previous versions of the Claisen rearrangement, which required heating at elevated temperatures (140-160 °C). The Ireland (silyl ketene acetal) variant of... 

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