Stereoselectivity additions

Within the last decade remarkable progress has been made with highly stereoselective addition reactions to C = C and C = 0 double bonds using chiral reagents. These reagents include ... 

Unique chemistry is associated with the cyclopentenone all five carbon atoms can be functionalized, and the endo-methyl groups of the acetonide assure clean stereoselective addition of the alkenylcopper reagent from the convex side. The use of the acetonide group to control enolate regioselectivity and to mask alcohols should be generally applicable. 

Hydroboration-oxidation of a pinene (page 235) like catalytic IS stereoselective Addition takes place at the less hindered face and a single alcohol is produced in high yield (89%) Sug... 

Base promoted 1,4-additions ol nucleophiles (usually C) to a.6-unsalurated esters, ketones, nitnies, suHones, nitro-compounds often stereoselective addition. 

The stereoselectivity of organometallic additions with carbonyl compounds fits into the general pattern for nucleophilic attack discussed in Chapter 3. With 4-r-butylcyclohex-anone, there is a preference for equatorial approach but the selectivity is low. Enhanced steric factors promote stereoselective addition. 

Stereoselective addition of cuprates to ji-alkoxy enoates of type 49 [17] isee Sdiemes 6.8 and 6.9) bas been used in die crrnstruction of polypropionate-type structures. Tlius, a sequence of diastereoselective cuprate addition, etiolate for-ruabon, and diastereoselective oxygenation widi Davis s reagent bas been applied iteratively to provide a Cio segment of Rifaruycin S i60) [ 17c, d]. 

Ley and Middleton synthesized ketone-functionalized lactam complexes 260 (Scheme 2.64) by sonication of vinylaziridines 259 with Fe2(CO)9 in benzene. These complexes were easily converted into the corresponding (3-lactams 261 by stereoselective addition of nucleophiles such as NaBH4 or trialkylaluminium to the carbonyl group followed by decomplexation with Me3NO [96]. 

Similar results are obtained with the /htetralone derivatives 12, which are useful building blocks in the synthesis of anthracycline antibiotics. Furthermore, the usefulness of the diastereoselec-tive addition to ot-oxo acetals was impressively demonstrated in the synthesis of (-)-7-deoxy-daunomycinone, which uses the completely stereoselective addition of (trimethylsi-lylethynyl)magnesium chloride to the /i-tetraione acetal 12 (R =OMOM R2 = Br) as the key reaction31. 

The stereoselective addition of 5-(3-ethylpent-3-yl) thiopropanoate can be mediated in a similar way using the C2-asymmetric (/ ,/J)-l-chloro-2,5-diphenylborolane of 92 93% enantiomeric purity70,71, Once again, the ( )-0-enolate forms, and its addition to achiral aldehydes delivers essentially diastereomerically pure products (antijsyn >155 1). The corrected ee values range from 94 to 100%70. 

Another application of this method is the stereoselective addition of (7 )-2-hydroxy-l,2,2-triphenylethyl acetate, via the lithium enolate, to propenal (acrolein) which affords mainly the ester 13 (d.r. 92 8). When the acid, obtained in the subsequent alkaline hydrolysis, is converted into the ammonium salt derived from (.S)-l -phenylethylaminc, and the salt recrystallized once, then the amine liberated (/f)-3-hydroxy-4-pentenoic acid is obtained in 41 % yield [relative to the (/ )-acetate] and >99.8% ee82. 

In a total synthesis of the macrolidc antibiotic cytovaricin, the highly stereoselective addition of (47 ,5iS )-4-methyl-3-(1 -oxopropyl)-5-phenyl-1,3-oxazolidin-2-one to benzyloxyacetaldehyde is one of the key steps giving the adduct which serves as the C, —Cfi unit in the target molecule95 ... 

Lower stereoselectivities arise, however, from the addition of ester enolates to this glyceralde-hyde4. Another highly stereoselective addition is in the synthesis of erythromycin A where a single product results from the addition of lithiated tert-butyl thiopropanoate to the enantiomerically pure aldehyde (2/ ,3/ ,4,S, 6/ ,7/ ,8,S, 9/ ,10.S, 11 / )-7-acetoxy-3,4 9,10-bis(isopropy1-idenedioxy)-11-methoxymethoxy-2,4,6,8,10-pentamethyltridecanal5. 

The naphthyl derived ligand, (5)-1-mcthyl-2-[(l-naphthylamino)methyl]pyrrolidine (4) is especially effective in the stereoselective additions of (Z)-l-cthylthio-l-trimethylsilyloxy-l-propene to aldehydes. Thus, quantitative formation of. yyn-adducts is achieved, in addition to high reagent-induced stereoselectivity (>98% ee for the 3-hydroxy thioester products)23 32. 

Due to the reversibility of this nitroaldol reaction, the easy epimerization at the nitro-sub-stituted carbon, and the often low yields in reactions with nitro compounds other than ni-tromethane, few stereoselective additions have been reported. Highly stereoselective reactions are known for the synthesis of cyclic systems (see Section 1.3.5.6.6.). 

I.3.5.6.3. Stereoselective Addition to Enantiomerically Pure Carbonyl Compounds... 

I.3.5.6.4. Stereoselective Addition of Enantiomerically Pure Nitronates to Aldehydes... 

These results may be explained by a chelation-controlled mechanism A with M representing a complex of JVtg(ll), Ce( 111) or of both cations. The highly stereoselective addition of the organocop-per reagent can be rationalized either by the dipolar model B or the Felkin-Anh model C (see also ref 12). 

Table 2. Stereoselective Addition of Organolithium Reagents to Racemic Hydrazones l2 OR1...

The stereoselective addition of allylsilanes to enones was used to control the relative C-3-C-5 configuration in total syntheses of lycopodium alkaloids and of fawcettimine29,30. 

The above stereoselective additions of SO to dienes could have been predicted from its ground triplet state. 

Using FmA catalysis and protected 4-hydroxybutanal, compound (97) has been stereoselectively prepared as a synthetic equivalent to the C-3-C-9 fragment of (-F)-aspicillin, a lichen macrolactone (Figure 10.35) [160]. Similarly, FruA mediated stereoselective addition of (25) to a suitably crafted aldehyde precursor (98) served as the key step in the synthesis of the noncarbohydrate , skipped polyol C-9-C-16 chain fragment (99) of the macrolide antibiotic pentamycin [161,162]. 

Wipke, WT, Gund P. Congestion. Conformation-dependent measure of steric environment. Derivation and application in stereoselective addition to unsaturated carbon./Am Chem Soc 1974 96 299-301. 

Although considerable progress has been made in metal-catalyzed preparations of non-racemic cyanohydrins, the HNL-catalyzed reaction is still the most important method for the synthesis of chiral cyanohydrins, especially for large-scale reactions. The usefulness of HNLs as catalysts for the stereoselective addition of HCN to carbonyl compounds has increased substantially because (7 )-PaHNL... 

Pyrolysis of the parent thiirane oxide 16a monitored by microwave spectroscopy led to the conclusion that the sulfur monoxide is generated in its triplet ground state, although the singlet state ( A) cannot be excluded completely (equation 8). A later study presented evidence, based on the stereoselective addition to dienes of sulfur monoxide generated from thiirane oxide as well as thermochemical data, that the ground state S is formed exclusively ° . ... 

The fourth chapter gives a comprehensive review about catalyzed hydroamina-tions of carbon carbon multiple bond systems from the beginning of this century to the state-of-the-art today. As was mentioned above, the direct - and whenever possible stereoselective - addition of amines to unsaturated hydrocarbons is one of the shortest routes to produce (chiral) amines. Provided that a catalyst of sufficient activity and stabihty can be found, this heterofunctionalization reaction could compete with classical substitution chemistry and is of high industrial interest. As the authors J. J. Bmnet and D. Neibecker show in their contribution, almost any transition metal salt has been subjected to this reaction and numerous reaction conditions were tested. However, although considerable progress has been made and enantios-electivites of 95% could be reached, all catalytic systems known to date suffer from low activity (TOP < 500 h ) or/and low stability. The most effective systems are represented by some iridium phosphine or cyclopentadienyl samarium complexes. 

Except for the syntheses using terpene-derived starting materials (Schemes 13.7, 13.8, and 13.9), the previous juvabione syntheses all gave racemic products. Some of the more recent juvabione syntheses are enantiospecific. The synthesis in Scheme 13.16 relied on a chiral sulfoxide that undergoes stereoselective addition to cyclohexenone to establish the correct relative and absolute configuration at C(4) and C(7). The origin of the stereoselectivity is a chelated TS that leads to the observed product.20... 

The olefin metathesis reaction was also a key feature of the synthesis of epothilone A completed by a group at the Technical University in Braunschweig, Germany (Scheme 13.61). This synthesis employs a series of stereoselective additions to create the correct substituent stereochemistry. Two enantiomerically pure starting materials... 

Analogous stereoselective addition reactions of triorganogermanes to double bonds have teen described 63,64) they proceed with retention of configuration. 

However, not all nucleophiles show the same bias as shown in Scheme 4.5 on addition to the nitroalkene. The product of the addition of potassium phthalimide has 5 (R) stereochemistry (Eq. 4.38).47 This stereoselective addition is applied for the synthesis of other related antibiotics, such as nikkomycine B.48... 

Recently, ///)H.YL has been found to catalyze the stereoselective addition of nitroalkanes to aldehydes in an. S -selective fashion, which is in agreement with the known stereopreference of this enzyme. This is the first example for a substitution of HCN by another carbon nucleophile, expanding the synthetic scope of this biocatalytic transformation. The addition of nitromethane to different aldehydes with moderate to good yields and enantioselectivity has been demonstrated (Figure 5.9) [58]. However, large amounts of enzyme are required to... 

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