Subject unsymmetrical enolates

Palladium-catalyzed bis-silylation of methyl vinyl ketone proceeds in a 1,4-fashion, leading to the formation of a silyl enol ether (Equation (47)).121 1,4-Bis-silylation of a wide variety of enones bearing /3-substituents has become possible by the use of unsymmetrical disilanes, such as 1,1-dichloro-l-phenyltrimethyldisilane and 1,1,1-trichloro-trimethyldisilane (Scheme 28).129 The trimethylsilyl enol ethers obtained by the 1,4-bis-silylation are treated with methyllithium, generating lithium enolates, which in turn are reacted with electrophiles. The a-substituted-/3-silyl ketones, thus obtained, are subjected to Tamao oxidation conditions, leading to the formation of /3-hydroxy ketones. This 1,4-bis-silylation reaction has been extended to the asymmetric synthesis of optically active /3-hydroxy ketones (Scheme 29).130 The key to the success of the asymmetric bis-silylation is to use BINAP as the chiral ligand on palladium. Enantiomeric excesses ranging from 74% to 92% have been attained in the 1,4-bis-silylation. 

Acylation at a methyl group in an unsymmetrical ketone, e.g. 15 usually occurs regioselectively even with traditional methods (ester as acylating agent, corresponding alkoxide as base). We shall return to this subject in chapter 10 with other specific enol equivalents, but you can see already that virtually any 1,3-diketone can be made by one of these methods. 

Nucleophilic displacement of chlorine, in a stepwise manner, from cyanuric chloride leads to triazines with heteroatom substituents (see Section 6.12.5.2.4) in symmetrical or unsymmetrical substitution patterns. New reactions for introduction of carbon nucleophiles are useful for the preparation of unsymmetrical 2,4,6-trisubstituted 1,3,5-triazines. The reaction of silyl enol ethers with cyanuric chloride replaces only one of the chlorine atoms and the remaining chlorines can be subjected to further nucleophilic substitution, but the ketone produced from the silyl enol ether reaction may need protection or transformation first. Palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling of 2-substituted 4,6-dichloro-l,3,5-triazine with phenylboronic acid gives 2,4-diaryl-6-substituted 1,3,5-triazines <93S33>. Cyanuric fluoride can be used in a similar manner to cyanuric chloride but has the added advantage of the reactions with aromatic amines, which react as carbon nucleophiles. New 2,4,6-trisubstituted 1,3,5-triazines are therefore available with aryl or heteroaryl and fluoro substituents (see Section 6.12.5.2.4). 

In one case (89, R = Pr) X-ray analysis has been carried out and this indicates a phosphonium enolate structure (91). Similarly alkynoylphosphonium ylides (92) and oxalyldiphosphonium ylides (93) have been subjected to FVP. While (92) give moderate yields of the expected unsymmetrical 1,3-diynes, 1,3-diynes are only obtained from (93) under exceptionally vigorous conditions and then only in certain cases. 

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