Tandem hydroformylation- reaction

Among all tandem hydroformylation sequences the ones involving additional C,C-bond formations are the most synthetically valuable tandem hydroformylation sequences. These C,C-bonds can be formed by adding nucleophiles, which attack the carbonyl carbon, or by adding electrophiles, which attack the a-position. Furthermore, tandem reactions in which the aldehyde or an aldehyde derivative is involved in sigmatropic rearrangement are described. 

In a similar fashion, allylboronates can be used as allylation reagents under hydroformylation conditions. Thus condensed 1,5-oxazadecalin systems are achieved via tandem hydroformylation/allylboration/hydroformylation sequences starting from an N-allyl-y-amidoallylboronate (Scheme 23) [77,78]. The aldehyde obtained from a regioselective hydroformylation undergoes diastereoselective intramolecular allylboration to give an intermediate al-lylic alcohol derivative. The reaction does not stop at this stage, since this... 

The aldol reaction is probably one of the most important reactions in organic synthesis. In many industrially important hydroformylation processes selfcondensation of aldehydes is observed. Sometimes this consecutive reaction is favored as in the production of 2-ethyl hexanol. But synthetic applications of tandem hydroformylation/aldol reactions seem to be limited due regiose-lectivity problems of a mixed aldol reaction (Scheme 28). However, various tandem hydroformylation/intramolecular mixed aldol reactions have been described. 

In almost the same manner, tandem hydroformylation/aldol condensation aldol condensation of ketoolefins, such as p,y-unsaturated ketones, gives a single cyclization product under acid catalysis. Similar to the stepwise reaction, the in situ generated aldehyde preferentially acts as the electrophilic carbonyl component, while the ketone acts as the nucleophilic enol to form the five-membered ring product. Subsequent dehydration and hydrogenation of the resulting enone readily occurs under the reductive reaction conditions used (Scheme 30) [84],... 

This method can also be applied to silyl enol ethers of homologous unsaturated ketones as well as of unsaturated aldehydes or esters [85-87]. While unmodified unsaturated esters give only the corresponding aldehydes without cyclization under tandem hydroformylation/aldol reaction conditions, the corresponding silylated ester enolates smoothly cyclize in a tandem hy-droformylation/ Mukaiyama aldol reaction (Scheme 32) [85-87]. 

A tandem hydroformylation/carbonyl ene reaction can be observed in cases, in which substrates with at least two isolated oleftnic bonds are hydro-formylated at only one double bond selectively. Thus hydroformylation of limonene with PtCkCPPlH /SnCk/PPlH or PtCl2(diphosphine)/SnCl2/PPh3 gives a mixture of two diastereomeric alcohols upon carbonyl ene reaction of the intermediate aldehyde, (Scheme 36). Best results are achieved with a PtC Cdppb) complex. The mechanism of the final intramolecular cycli-zation step resembles an acid catalyzed carbonyl ene reaction [89]. 

Hydroformylation reactions have been shown to be amenable to use in tandem or domino reaction sequences. In one elegant example, alkene 36 was subjected to rho-dium(I)-catalyzed hydroformylation, and the resulting aldehyde underwent smooth intramolecular allylboration (Scheme 5.14) [19]. This produced a new terminal alkene which underwent a second hydroformylation to provide, after workup,lactols 37 in 80% yield and with excellent diastereoselectivity. 

Because of the high and versatile reactivity of aldehyde in the organic transformations, hydroformylation reaction was often combined with other sequential reactions to perform several reactions in one pot. Here, we focus on such tandem reactions containing hydroformylation. 

Hydroaminomethylation is a promising reaction to functionalize unsaturated compounds with an amino group [13, 48, 49], The tandem reaction was discovered by Reppe in 1949 and has been further developed in recent years by Eilbracht and Beller. Hydroaminomethylation consists of three consecutive reactions which are carried out in the same reaction vessel [48], The first reaction is hydroformylation which is followed by the condensation with an amine. Hydrogenation of the generated enamine/imine to the amine is the last step. The conditions for hydroaminomethylation are related to the hydroformylation reaction but are not similar due to the two other reactions. The reaction is called an auto-tandem reaction because two of the three reactions need the same catalyst [9] (Scheme 16). 

Metal enolates have played a Umited role in the metal-catalyzed isomerization of al-kenes . As illustrated in a comprehensive review by Bouwman and coworkers, ruthenium complex Ru(acac)3 (51) has been used to isomerize a wide range of substituted double bonds, including aUylic alcohols (131), to the corresponding ketones (132) (equation 38) . The isomerization of aUylic alcohols affords products that have useful applications in natural product synthesis and in bulk chemical processes. An elegant review by Fogg and dos Santos shows how these complexes can be used in tandem catalysis, where an alkene is subjected to an initial isomerization followed by a hydroformylation reaction ... 

Hydroformylation reactions that are mediated by rhodium catalysts can also be incorporated into cascade sequences. The zwitterionic rhodium complex 694 promotes a tandem cyclohydrocarbonylation/CO insertion reaction producing pyrroli-none derivatives that contain an aldehyde functional group in good yields (01JA10214). In one example, exposure of a-imino alkyne 693 to catalytic quantities of 694 and (PhO)3P under an atmosphere of CO and H2 at 100 °C produced pyrrolinone 695 in 82% yield (Scheme 113). A variety of alkyl substitutents can be tolerated in this reaction. 

Tandem hydroformylation/acetylization reactions have also been examined. Thus, heating a mixture of 696a,b with [Rh(cod)Cl]2, Ph3P, and CH2C12 under a CO/H2 atmosphere afforded 697a,b in 72 and 55% yield, respectively (02OL289). Six-membered rings were also accessible as shown by the conversion of 698 into 699 under similar conditions. 

In a multifimctional process, a Rh/TPPTS system was applied besides a Pd/TPPTS system for a tandem Heck reaction/hydroformylation sequence in one pot (cf. Scheme 2). The results are described in more detail in Sect. 2.1.1.1. 

This strategy, which involves two concomitant hydroformylation reactions of vinyl groups present on the same molecule, had never previously been used in total synthesis. Reduction of 5-azidononanedial 45h by hydro-genolysis in the presence of Pearlman s catalyst led to the formation of norlupinane, in a hydrogenolysis/bis-reductive amination tandem process, in quantitative yield (Scheme 19). This success allowed us to consider the synthesis of non-racemic mcmosubstituted quinolizidines such as (+)-lupinine and (+)-epiquinamide. 

Reductive amination of aldehydes prepared from hydrofonnylation is a useful route to amines. Botteghi, et al. reported the synthesis of racemic Tolterodine by sequential hydroformylation-reductive amination [18]. Hydroaminomethylation (tandem hydroformylation/reductive amination) has recently been used to prepare a wide variety of pharmaceutical compounds [19]. Representative examples are shown in Fig. 5. Hydroaminomethylation of 1,1-diarylethenes leads to l-(3, 3-diaiylpropyl)amines, such as fenpiprane [20, 21]. Heterocyclic aUyUc amines undergo hydroaminomethylation to form pharmaceutically active diamines, such as etymemazine [22]. Ibutilide and fexofenadine have been prepared by hydroamino-methylatiOTi of 1-aiylallyl alcohols in the presence of the requisite amines [23,24]. Although none of these reactirais has been developed into a commercial process, the widespread utility of the hydroaminomethylation reaction makes it likely that it will be used commercially... 

Spiropyrans (55a and 55b) and other related systems bearing quaternary centers are important synthons in a large class of natural products with bodi biological and pharmaceutical importance. These natural products include several important antibiotics and pheromones. Eilbracht and co-workers developed a tandem hydroformylation/cyclization sequence under relatively mild conditions, which led selectively to several spiropyrans 55a and 55b (Table 2-2) from relatively easy to synthesize homoallylic alcohols 54. Furthermore, little or no purification was required for this tandem series of reactions. 

A tandem hydroformylation/acetalization reaction of/r-menthenic terpenes in the absence of an acid co-catalyst was reported by Vieira et The reaction took place in ethanol solution in the presence of PPhsor P(0-o-BuPh)3. 

Typical procedure forthe tandem hydroformylation-acetalization reaction of terpene ... 

On the other hand, if an amine, protected by an electron-withdrawing group, is suitably placed within the molecule, tandem hydroformylation-condensation occurs without alkene reduction. Depending on the reaction conditions, either an A, 0-acetal 4.145 (Scheme 4.55) or an enamide 4.148 (Scheme 4.56) derivative may be obtained. Each of these can be useful synthetic intermediates for the stereocontrolled formation of piperidines. Dihydroxylation of enamide 4.148 lead to a short synthesis as ej /-pseudoconhydrine 4.151. ... 

Hydroformylation can be highly tolerant of functional groups. An azide, normally highly reactive towards transition metals, can survive. This property has been exploited in a synthesis of the pyridine alkaloids anaba-sine 4.158 and nicotine 4.159 from the same hydroformylation reaction (Scheme 4.58). Another approach to both of these alkaloids can be found in Chapter 8, Schemes 8.76 and 8.77. Double hydroformylation of the azido diene 4.160 gave the bis-aldehyde 4.161 (Scheme 4.59). Tandem azide reduction and double reductive amination then gave the indolizidine alkaloid, lupinine 4.162. ... 

Scheme 3.14 Tandem hydroformylation-hydrogenation reaction with carbon dioxide.

The same catalytic system proved to be advantageous for the tandem hydroformylation (Wittig olefination) reaction of a more sophisticated vinyl acetate as substrate at about 10bar (Scheme 4.68) [41]. (-p)-Patulohde C, a compound exhibiting both antifungal and antibacterial activity, was obtained with 93% de (for more details and examples of stereoselective tandem reactions, see Section 5.5). 

Scheme 5.4 Simplified mechanisms for two cycles of tandem isomerization-hydroformylation reaction (HF = hydroformylation Iso = isomerization only the most important relationships are depicted equilibria are not indicated).

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