Stilbene-4-aldehyde

Rational arrangement of these partial structures leads to /m 5-stilbcnc-4-aldehyde E. 

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The effect of substrate structure on product profile is further illustrated by the reactions of cis- and trons-stilbene oxides 79 and 83 with lithium diethylamide (Scheme 5.17) [32]. Lithiated cis-stilbene oxide 80 rearranges to enolate 81, which gives ketone 82 after protic workup, whereas with lithiated trans-stilbene oxide 84, phenyl group migration results in enolate 85 and hence aldehyde 86 on workup. Triphenylethylene oxide 87 underwent efficient isomerization to ketone 90 [32]. 

A polymer containing side-chain benzylphosphonium residues has been prepared and used in olefin synthesis. A suspension in THF was treated with base and benzaldehyde overnight and the polymeric phosphine oxide was then removed by filtration. The yields of stilbenes, 40% with potassium t-butoxide and 60% with sodium hydride, were not improved by using an excess of base or of aldehyde. 

Stilbenes that are used as fluorescent whitening agents are photolytically degraded by reactions involving cis-trans isomerization followed by hydration of the double bond, or oxidative fission of the double bond to yield aldehydes (Kramer et al. 1996). 

Treatment of all four diasteromers of 72 with sodium or potassium bases yielded stilbenes with high stereoselectivity (Scheme 15) <2003T255>. Two of the diastereomers gave rise to some retro-aldol products. In two cases, hexacoordinate species were identified by the upheld 31P chemical shift (5—112 ppm). It was noted that phosphoranes that ring-closed to form hexacoordinate tricyclic species were the ones that did not undergo the retro-aldol reaction to produce aldehydes. The ring closure was disfavored for intermediates with steric repulsion between trifluoromethyl and phenyl groups. 

Methanesulfonates 844, obtained by addition of diphenyl phosphite to aldehydes At1 Cl IO and mesylation of the hydroxyl group of the adducts, react with benzotriazole to give diphenyl a-(benzotriazol-l-yl)benzylphosphonates 845. Lithiation and treatment with aldehydes Ar2CHO converts phosphonates 845 into stilbenes 846, which can eliminate benzotriazole to give diarylacetylenes 847 (Scheme 135) <2002ARK(xiii)17>. 

Reduction of aromatic aldehydes to pinacols using sodium amalgam is quite rare. Equally rare is conversion of aromatic aldehydes to alkenes formed by deoxygenation and coupling and accomplished by treatment of the aldehyde with a reagent obtained by reduction of titanium trichloride with lithium in dimethoxyethane. Benzaldehyde thus afforded /ra/is-stilbene in 97% yield [206, 209]. 

Shing and coworkers reported arabinose-derived uloses (59, 60) as epoxidation catalysts, and phenyl stilbene can be epoxidized by 60 in up to 90% ee (Fig. 20) [113-115]. In 2003, Zhao and coworkers reported aldehyde 61 to epoxidize trans-stilbene in up to 94% ee [116]. 

As stoich. [Ru(0)((N 0)p7CH3CN it oxidised primary alcohols to aldehydes, secondary alcohols to ketones, alkenes to aldehydes, tetrahydrofuran to y-butyrolactone. Styrene, cis- and tran -stilbenes gave benzaldehyde and adamantane gave 1-adamantol exclusively, while cyclohexanol gave cyclohexanone, suggesting that the complex is an effective oxidant for unactivated C-H bonds [636]. Immobilisation of the catalyst within Nation films on a basal plane pyrohtic graphite electrode was achieved, but the... 

Ru(0)(biqn)(tmtacn)](C10 )2 and [Ru(0)(diopy)(tmtacn)](C10 )2 (biqn=C2 symmetric 1,T-biisoquinoline, diopy=(R,R)-3,3 -(l,2-dimethylethylenedioxy)-2,2 -bipyridine) aremadefrom [RuCl(L)(tmtacn)] + (L=biqn, diopy) and(NH )2[Ce(N03)J with Li(ClO ). Electronic and IR spectra were measured (v(Ru=(0) bands lie at 760 and 795 cm" respectively). The (diopy) complex is paramagnetic with 2.88 B.M. As stoich. [Ru(0)(biqn)(tmtacn)] + and [Ru(0)(diopy)(tmtacn)] VCH3CN they oxidised alkenes (styrene, cis and fran.y-P-methylstyrenes, fran -stilbene, nor-bomene, cyclohexene) to mixtures of aldehydes and epoxides. Conttary to expectation the (diopy) complex did not effect enantioselective epoxidations except with fran -stilbene, for which a moderate e.e. of 33% was observed [623]. 

As complex/aq. H O /CH Cl they epoxidised unfunctionalised alkenes RCH=CHj to a mixture of the epoxide and the aldehyde RCHO with e.e. values from 4% to 41%. Thus (Z)-2-methylstyrene gave the cw-epoxide with only traces of the trans-isomer [928, 929]. The reagent [RuCl(PNNP)]Vaq. H O /CH Cl epoxidised cis-stilbene, Z-2-methylstyrene and 1,2-dihydro-napthalene [844]. 

The system [RuCl(dppp)j]Vaq. Oxone /CHjClj oxidised primary and secondary alcohols to aldehydes and ketones ([Ru(H30) PW (0)3, ] , RuClj and cis-RuCydmso) also catalysed the reaction) [933], while fra i-RuCl2(dppp)2 and [RuCl(ppy)J+/aq. Li(C10)/CH3Cl3, like c/x-RuC phen), oxidised octan-2-ol to octan-2-one [934], As [RuCKdppp) ] or [Rua(ppy)2] /PhlO/CH3Clj they epoxidised nor-bomene, styrene, stilbene, hex-l-ene and franx-hex-2-ene a number of by-products (alcohols, aldehydes and ketones) were also formed. Kinetic measurements and experiments using suggested the intermediacy of [Ru (0)Cl(dppp)J [932, 935],... 

The synthesis of the Y zeolite-encapsulated manganese complex of the salen ligand has been reported recently [51]. It was found to have catalytic activity in the oxidation of cyclohexene, styrene, and stilbene with PhlO. Typically, 1 Mn(salen) is present per 15 supercages, resulting in catalytic turn-overs in the order of 60. The reactions investigated with the respective product yields are given in Scheme 5. Typical oxidation products are epoxides, alcohols and aldehydes. In comparison to the homogeneous case encapsulation seems to lower the reaction rate. From cyclohexene the expected oxidation product cyclohexene oxide is present in excess and is formed on the Mn(salen) site. 2-cyclohexene-l-ol is probably formed on residual Mn cations via a radical mechanism. 

The carbon fragment used in this approach can also be provided by sulfur yUdes. In this arena, Metzner and co-workers <99JCS(P1)731> developed a novel asymmetric variant employing (+)-(2/J,5/J)-2,5-dimethylthiolane (53) as the chiral auxiliary to prepare rrons-(S,S)-stilbene oxide (56). Chiral epoxides have also been prepared from aldehydes using sulfur ylides derived from the products of Baker s yeast reductions <99SL1328>. 

Preparation of a somewhat more complex leukotriene antagonist begins by aldol condensation of the methyl carbanion from quinoline (29-1) with meta-phthalalde-hyde (29-2) to give the stilbene-like derivative (29-3) dimer formation is presumably inhibited by the use of excess aldehyde. Reaction of that product with A,A-dimethyl-3-mercaptopropionamide in the presence of hexa-methylsilazane affords the silyl ether (29-4) of the hemimercaptal. Treatment of that intermediate with ethyl 3-mercaptopropionate leads to the replacement of the silyl ether by sulfur and the formation of the corresponding thioacetal (29-5). Saponification of the ester group leads to the carboxylic acid and thus to verlukast (29-6) [33]. 

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