Substitution reactions rhodium-catalyzed alkylation

The rhodium-catalyzed alkylation has also been extended to the alkylation of a,P-unsaturated aldimines (Scheme 19.75) [109], An efficient system was found using [RhCl(coe)2]2 in combination with electron-rich Ugands (i.e., PCyj, FcPCyj), allowing milder reaction conditions (i.e., 50°C). Under these conditions, limited ( /Z)-isomerization was observed and the reaction proceeded with olefins substituted with alkyl, aryl, ester, and alkyne groups. 

Trifluoromethyl-substituted diazonium betaines [176]. Synthetic routes to trifluoromethyl-substituted diazo alkanes, such as 2,2,2-trifluorodiazoethane [ 177, 7 78, 179] and alkyl 3,3,3-trifluoro-2-diazopropionates [24], have been developed Rhodium-catalyzed decomposition of 3,3,3-tnfluoro-2-diazopropionates offers a simple preparative route to highly reactive carbene complexes, which have an enormous synthetic potential [24] [3-1-2] Cycloaddition reactions were observed on reaction with nitnles to give 5-alkoxy-4-tnfluoromethyloxazoles [750] (equation 41)... 

Evans and Nelson reexamined the rhodium-catalyzed allylic substitution reaction, in which they demonstrated that a triorganophosphite-modified Wilkinson s catalyst facilitates the allylic alkylation of secondary and tertiary aUyhc carbonates with excellent regioselectivity (Eq. 2). This work provided a convenient method for the construction of ternary and quaternary allylic products [11]. Additionally, they demonstrated that the modification of Wilkinson s catalyst with triorganophosphites serves to increase the re-... 

Tab. 10.7 summarizes the results of the application of rhodium-catalyzed allylic etherification to a series of ortho-substituted phenols. The etherification tolerates alkyls, including branched alkanes (entries 1 and 2), aryl substituents (entry 3), heteroatoms (entries 4 and 5), and halogens (entry 6). These results prompted the examination of ortho-disubstituted phenols, which were expected to be more challenging substrates for this type of reaction. Remarkably, the ortho-disubstituted phenols furnished the secondary aryl allyl ethers with similar selectivity (entries 7-12). The ability to employ halogen-bearing ortho-disubstituted phenols should facilitate substitutions that would have proven extremely challenging with conventional cross-coupling protocols. 

Shibata and co-workers have reported an effective protocol for the cyclization/hydrosilylation of functionalized eneallenes catalyzed by mononuclear rhodium carbonyl complexes.For example, reaction of tosylamide 13 (X = NTs, R = Me) with triethoxysilane catalyzed by Rh(acac)(GO)2 in toluene at 60 °G gave protected pyrrolidine 14 in 82% yield with >20 1 diastereoselectivity and with exclusive delivery of the silane to the G=G bond of the eneallene (Equation (10)). Whereas trimethoxysilane gave results comparable to those obtained with triethoxysilane, employment of dimethylphenylsilane or a trialkylsilane led to significantly diminished yields of 14. Although effective rhodium-catalyzed cyclization/hydrosilylation was restricted to eneallenes that possessed terminal disubstitution of the allene moiety, the protocol tolerated both alkyl and aryl substitution on the terminal alkyne carbon atom and was applicable to the synthesis of cyclopentanes, pyrrolidines, and tetrahydrofurans (Equation (10)). 

Photolytic (68CB302) or rhodium-catalyzed decomposition of alkyl 3,3,3-trifluoro-2-diazopropionates gives carbenes and carbene complexes, respectively, which exhibit an enormous synthetic potential. [3 + 2] cycloaddition reactions have been performed, e.g., with nitriles to give 4-trifluoromethyl-substituted oxazoles [90JOC3383 9IJFC(52)149]... 

Bergman and Ellman developed a rhodium-catalyzed intermolecular reaction between a broad number of heterocycles andavariety of alkenes. Benzimidazole, benzothiazole, and benzoxazole (154) underwent facile intermolecular alkylation with neohexene to afford heterocyclic products 155-157 in high yields (Scheme 10.54). Substitution of either coupling parmer with electron-rich or electron-deficient functional groups did not affect the efficiency of the reaction. 

The assembly of polyfunctional compounds is further illustrated by a recent example of a one-pot reaction (Scheme 11). In the first reaction step a rhodium-catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2] cyclization of a bisalkyne with a monoalkyne takes place, building up a functionalized benzene nucleus. Subsequent addition of a palladium catalyst initiates the Heck-type heterocy-clization, which is finally followed by the capturing of the intermediary alkyl-Pd complex with a boron-substituted pyridine. 

In intramolecular reactions, direct interaction with the thiophene ring is possible by appropriate positioning of the tether as shown for the 3-substituted thiophene (229), which resulted in alkylation to form (230) and (231) (equation 46).)6la In contrast, the rhodium(II) acetate catalyzed decomposition of the 2-... 

Rhodium(I) or polymer supported rhodium(I) compounds catalyzed the formation ofFefCO - CNR L (x = 1 - 3 R = Bu, xylyl L = MA, citra-conic anhydride, acrylamide) (29, 30), and the dimer [CpFe(CO)2]2 catalyzed the stepwise substitution of carbonyl groups in CpFeI(CO)2 to give CpFeKCO - CNR) (x = 1,2 R = Bu, xylyl) in 60-80% yields. A nonchain free-radical mechanism was proposed for the latter reaction (28). The compounds CpFeX(CO)2 x(CNR)x (x = 1,2 X = halide, SiMe3) are known for a range of alkyl and aryl isocyanides (169-171). 

A considerable number of pyrroles 30 with alkyl, alkenyl, or aryl substituents were synthesized by spontaneous cyclization of the enyne precursors 31 (when R = H, Ph, CH2OTHP), or upon treatment of 31 with the catalytic system PdCV KCl (when = H), or alternatively, by treatment of 31 with CuCb (when R H) <03JOC7853>. Treatment of y-ketoalkynes with amines in the presence of catalytic amounts of platinum dichloride constitutes a new route to 1,2,3,5-substituted pyrroles <03AG(E)2681>. An intramolecular rhodium(lI)-catalyzed N-H insertion reaction of 5-amino-7,Y-difluoro-a-diazo-P-ketoesters has been used for the synthesis of a series of 3-fluoropyrroles <03OL745>. 

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