0-Keto sulfoxides

An impressive new route to enantiopure syn- and anti- 1,2-diols involves sequential diastereoselective DIBAL reduction of oxalyl-di(/V-iucthyl-/V-methoxyainide) following conversion to a corresponding intermediate / -keto sulfoxide a route that involved control of both reductions by the chiral sulfoxide auxiliary.253 Comparison of / -hydroxy ketone systems with die y-sulfoxide-/ -keto systems used here showed this to be die first example of such asymmetric induction by a y-sulfoxide substituent. 

Many variants of this procedure exist. Thus, Kano and coworkers have carried out the condensation of /3-keto sulfoxides with diaminomaleonitrile (Scheme 36) (78S372). This reaction probably yields an intermediate dihydropyrazine which is oxidized under the reaction conditions, and it seems likely that the condensation of the carbonyl group and the amine is the first step. 

A new, versatile and selective synthesis of 6- and 7-substituted pteridines was reported by Rosowsky (73JOC2073). /3-Keto sulfoxides, which can be viewed as latent a keto aldehydes, react with (251) to give 6-substituted pterins, and the use of a-keto aldehyde hemithioacetals leads in a regiospecific synthesis to the isomeric 7-substituted pterins (equation 85). 

The reachons of -keto acid derivatives with tnfluoromethylsulfenyl chlonde give the a-tnfluoromethanesulfenyl substitution products [4 The products can be treated with a dunethyl sulfoxide-water soluhon to form tnfluoromethylthioke-tones or with potassium hydroxide solution to give tnfluoromethylthroacetic acid (equahon 3) (Table 2)... 

C. Reduction of )3-Keto Sulfoxides with Aluminum Amalgam (//)... 

Fortunately, the oxidation of l,2 5,6-di-0-isopropylidene-a-D-glucofura-nose to l,2 5,6-di-0-isopropylidene-a-D-nfoo-hexofuranos-3-ulose (1) can be accomplished using either phosphorus pentoxide (10, 44) or acetic anhydride (10, 52) in methyl sulfoxide although this oxidation is effected with ruthenium tetroxide (6,7, 46), it is exceeding difficult with other oxidizing agents (53). Keto-sugar 1 is reduced stereospecifically... 

Enantiomerically pure /J-keto sulfoxides are prepared easily via condensation of a-lithiosulfinyl carbanions with esters. Reduction of the carbonyl group in such /J-keto sulfoxides leads to diastereomeric /J-hydroxysulfoxides. The major recent advance in this area has been the discovery that non-chelating hydride donors (e.g., diisobutylaluminium hydride, DIBAL) tend to form one /J-hydroxysulfoxide while chelating hydride donors [e.g., lithium aluminium hydride (LAH), or DIBAL in the presence of divalent zinc ions] tend to produce the diastereomeric /J-hydroxysulfoxide. The level of diastereoselectivity is often very high. For example, enantiomerically pure /J-ketosulfoxide 32 is reduced by LAH in diethyl ether to give mainly the (RR)-diastereomer whereas DIBAL produces exclusively the (.S R)-diastereomer (equation 30)53-69. A second example is shown in... 

Solladie G., Carreno M. C. Optically Active P-Keto Sulfoxides and Analogs in Asymmetric Synthesis in Organosulfur Chem. 1995 1, Ed. Page P., Pb. Academic, London... 

Another way of preparing ketones involves alkylationof 3-keto sulfoxides or... 

Among other methods for the preparation of alkylated ketones are (1) the Stork enamine reaction (12-18), (2) the acetoacetic ester synthesis (10-104), (3) alkylation of p-keto sulfones or sulfoxides (10-104), (4) acylation of CH3SOCH2 followed by reductive cleavage (10-119), (5) treatment of a-halo ketones with lithium dialkyl-copper reagents (10-94), and (6) treatment of a-halo ketones with trialkylboranes (10-109). 

Other carbanionic groups, such as acetylide ions, and ions derived from a-methylpyridines have also been used as nucleophiles. A particularly useful nucleophile is the methylsulfinyl carbanion (CH3SOCHJ), the conjugate base of DMSO, since the P-keto sulfoxide produced can easily be reduced to a methyl ketone (p. 549). The methylsulfonyl carbanion (CH3SO2CH2 ), the conjugate base of dimethyl sulfone, behaves similarly, and the product can be similarly reduced. Certain carboxylic esters, acyl halides, and DMF acylate 1,3-dithianes (see 10-10. )2008 Qxj(jatjye hydrolysis with NBS or NCS, a-keto aldehydes or a-... 

For a review of the synthetic uses of 3-keto sulfoxides, sulfones, and sulfides, see Trost, B.M. Chem. Rev., 1978, 78, 363. For a review of asymmetric synthesis with chiral sulfoxides, see Solladie, G. Synthesis, 1981, 185. 

The mild character of the reaction conditions is exemplified effectively here by the preparation of 2-acetyl-2-cyclohexen-l-one from 2-acetyIcyclohexanone. The crude product is initially isolated entirely in the less stable enedione form which is partially converted to the more stable enol form, 2-ace tyl-1,3-cyclohexadien-l-ol, during distillation at 45-55°. A series of a,(3-unsaturated j3-keto esters, -diketones, and a p-keto sulfoxide have also been prepared in the unenolized form by this... 

Unsaturated -Keto Esters, (3-Diketones, and a /3-Keto Sulfoxide Prepared by Selenoxide Elimination... 

Overall yield from /3-keto ester, -diketone, or p-keto sulfoxide. The scale was 0.01-0.005 mole. 

IV. ADDITION OF NUCLEOPHILES TO P-UNSATURATED SULFOXIDES A. /J-Keto sulfoxides... 

Roger and co-workers [68] have recently extended their studies to encompass heterocyclic sulfoxides and sulfones. In general, these compounds were less potent (up to 1,000 fold) than their a-keto heterocycle congeners. The best results were obtained with the benzoxazole sulfoxide (50) with a K of 2.6/iM. 

Mechanistically, this reaction is similar to ketone acylation. The P-keto sulfoxides have several synthetic applications. The sulfoxide substituent can be removed reductively, which leads to methyl ketones. 

The (3-keto sulfoxides can be alkylated via their anions. Inclusion of an alkylation step prior to the reduction provides a route to ketones with longer chains. 

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