Internal stereoselection

In contrast to the usual anti selectivity a remarkably high syn selectivity is observed in the addition of thioester enolates to 2-alkylidenealkanones297. The syn selectivity is probably due to a stereoselective internal autoprotonation of the resulting enolates by the dithioester a-pro-tons298 in these cases where the prostereogenic centers reside exclusively in the enone part (see also Section D.2.I.). 

K. Akira, T. Taira, H. Hasegawa, C. Sakuma, Y. Shinohara, Studies on the Stereoselective Internal Acyl Migration of Ketoprofen Glucuronides Using 13C Labehng and NMR Spectroscopy , Drug Metab. Dispos. 1998, 26, 457 - 464. 

Pyrolysis of / -acylaminoalkyl mercury(ll) chlorides afforded, in low yield, 4,5-dihydro-l,3-ox-azoles via stereoselective internal displacement of the chloromercury ion. Only one isomer was detected in the reaction mixture. 

The ruthenium-catalyzed hydrosilylation/protodesilylation protocol is a useful method for stereoselective internal alkyne (cycloalkyne) reduction to (E)-alkenes [(iJ)-cycloalkenes] and is a complement to the cis selectivity observed in the Lindlar reduction (eqs. (27) and (28)) (184,185). The utility of this reaction sequence is attributed to the fact that many of the knovra methods for transforming ahquies to ( )-alkenes either have poor selectivity or are incompatible with common functional groups. 

Stereoselective and chemoselective semihydrogenation of the internal alkyne 208 to the ew-alkene 210 is achieved by the Pd-catalyzed reaction of some hydride sources. Tetramethyldihydrosiloxane (TMDHS) (209) i.s used in the presence of AcOH[116]. (EtO)3SiH in aqueous THF is also effective for the reduction of alkynes to di-alkenes[l 17], Semihydrogenation to the d.v-alkene 211 is possible also with triethylammonium formate with Pd on carbon[118]. Good yields and high cis selectivity are obtained by catalysis with Pd2fdba)3-Bu3P[119],... 

Stereoselective All lations. Ben2ene is stereoselectively alkylated with chiral 4-valerolactone in the presence of aluminum chloride with 50% net inversion of configuration (32). The stereoselectivity is explained by the coordination of the Lewis acid with the carbonyl oxygen of the lactone, resulting in the typ displacement at the C—O bond. Partial racemi2ation of the substrate (incomplete inversion of configuration) results by internal... 

Epoxides are regio- and stereoselectively transformed into fluorohydrins by silicon tetrafluoride m the presence of a Lewis base, such as diisopropyleth-ylamme and, m certain instances, water or tetrabutylammonium fluoride The reactions proceed under very mild conditions (0 to 20 C in 1,2-diohloroethane or diethyl ether) and are highly chemoselective alkenes, ethers, long-chain internal oxiranes, and carbon-silicon bonds remain intact The stereochemical outcome of the epoxide ring opening with silicon tetrafluoride depends on an additive used, without addition of water or a quaternary ammonium fluoride, as fluorohydrins are formed, whereas m the presence of these additives, only anti opening leading to trans isomers is observed [17, 18] (Table 2)... 

These results are in accordance with the findings of Boothe and coworkers26, who found that the reactions of four diastereomeric 2-bromo-3-phenylsulfinylbutanes with tributyl-tin radicals generate /3-phenylsulfinyl sec-butyl radicals (8) which eliminate PhSO radicals to form the 2-butenes in a stereoselective manner. The stereoselectivities observed in this free radical elimination must result from the fact that the rate constant for elimination is greater than that for rotation about the C—C bond. Furthermore, a neighboring phenyl group on the radical center seems to stabilize the radical enough so that the internal rotation can compete with the -elimination reaction. It is also noteworthy that the small... 

To date, direct asymmetric synthesis of optically active chiral-at-metal complexes, which by definition leads to a mixture of enantiomers in unequal amounts thanks to an external chiral auxiUary, has never been achieved. The most studied strategy is currently indirect asymmetric synthesis, which involves (i) the stereoselective formation of the chiral-at-metal complex thanks to a chiral inductor located either on the ligand or on the counterion and then (ii) removal of this internal chiral auxiliary (Fig. 4). Indeed, when the isomerization of the stereogenic metal center is possible in solution, in-... 

Nickel complexes formed in situ by the reaction of NiCl.S-COD) with the iini-dazolium salts IMesHCl or IPrHCl in the presence KO Bu catalyse the hydrosilylation of internal or terminal alkynes with EtjSiH. Interestingly, Ni tri-butylphosphine complexes are inactive in this hydrosilylation reaction. The monosilylated addition products were obtained with slow addition rates of the alkyne in the reaction mixture and were formed with variable degree of stereoselectivity, depending on the type of the alkyne, the silane and the ligand on Ni [50],... 

Bongers, N. and Krause, N. (2008) Golden Opportunities in Stereoselective Catalysis. Angewcmdte Chemie International Edition, 47, 2178—2181. 

These stereoselective IHs of internal aminoallenes have been used for the key step of the enanhoselective total synthesis of (-1-)-pyrrolidine 197B and (-i-)-xenove-nine [322]. 

The general trend is that boron enolates parallel lithium enolates in their stereoselectivity but show enhanced stereoselectivity. There also are some advantages in terms of access to both stereoisomeric enol derivatives. Another important characteristic of boron enolates is that they are not subject to internal chelation. The tetracoordinate dialkylboron in the cyclic TS is not able to accept additional ligands, so there is no tendency to form a chelated TS when the aldehyde or enolate carries a donor substituent. Table 2.2 gives some typical data for boron enolates and shows the strong correspondence between enolate configuration and product stereochemistry. 

A deuterium-labeling study of a reaction of this type demonstrated syn stereoselectivity in both the oxypalladation and P-elimination, which indicates that the cyclization occurs by internal migration, rather than by an anti nucleophilic capture.113 This particular system also gives products from double-bond migration that occurs by reversible Pd(II)-D addition-elimination. 

An enantioselective variant of the diene cydization reaction has been developed by application of chiral zirconocene derivatives, such as Brintzinger s catalyst (12) [10]. Mori and co-workers demonstrated that substituted dial-lylbenzylamine 25 could be cyclized to pyrrolidines 26 and 27 in a 2 1 ratio using chiral complex 12 in up to 79% yield with up to 95% ee (Eq. 4) [ 17,18]. This reaction was similarly applied to 2-substituted 1,6-dienes, which provided the analogous cyclopentane derivatives in up to 99% ee with similar diastereoselectivities [19]. When cyclic, internal olefins were used, spirocyclic compounds were isolated. The enantioselection in these reactions is thought to derive from either the ate or the transmetallation step. The stereoselectivity of this reaction has been extended to the selective reaction of enantiotopic olefin compounds to form bicyclic products such as 28, in 24% yield and 59% ee after deprotection (Eq. 5) [20]. 

Effenberger, F. and Stelzer, U. (1991) Synthesis and stereoselective reactions of (R)-a-sulfonyloxynitriles. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition in English), 30, 873—874. 

Noyori, R. and Okhuma, T. (2001) Asymmetric catalysis by architectural and functional molecular engineering practical chemo- and stereoselective hydrogenation of ketones. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 40 (1), 40-73. 

Externally and internally bound adducts. The internally bound BPDEs have been presented in a step in which the favored proton assisted Sjj2 reaction results in the trans addition and the stereoselectivity of isomers toward base atoms. The DNA is dynamic. We propose a relaxation which yields both internally and externally bound adducts the former favoring binding to n6(a), 06(g) and N t(C), and the latter favoring N2(G). 

The main features of this proposed mechanism are (l) the stereoselectivity of the BPDEs by the DNA during intercalative covalent binding and (2) the final orientation of the bound pyrene which may be oriented internally (intercalative covalent) or externally (outside the helix). The stereoselectivity occurs during covalent bond formation and after intercalation. Relaxation of the DNA allows the adduct to adjust to its final orientation. If the experimental measurements are assumed to be made on the DNA-adducts after the final orientation has been achieved, then the following interpretations can be made. 

Tucci (54), studying mainly terminal olefins, cited two reasons for the high selectivity for linear products in the phosphine-modified cobalt catalysts (a) stereoselective addition of the hydride species to the olefinic double bond, and (b) inhibition of olefin isomerization. However, the results obtained with internal olefins as substrate tended to discount the likelihood of the second reason, and it is generally accepted that selective anti-Markovnikov addition arising from steric hindrance is the principal cause for linear products from nonfunctional olefins. 

Recently, Kumada et al. (49) have published a report on what they refer to as dehydrogenative, stereoselective cis double silylation of internal acetylenes. This appears to be a variation of Eq. (53), with diethyl bipyridyl nickel(11) as the catalyst, in which hydrogen is liberated instead of being added to an alkene to form a saturated product. 

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