2-Trimethylsilyloxy-1,3-butadiene, reaction

Based on bis-silylated dienes another approach to quinoxaline derivatives such as 80 (Scheme 4.10) was found [97]. Fast [4+2] cycloaddition takes place by treatment of Cgo with 2,3-bis(trimethylsilyloxy)butadiene 98, yielding the acyloin-fused fullerene derivative 100 in good yields (Scheme 4.16). The silylated diene is formed in situ by treatment of 98 at 180 °C in o-dichlorobenzene. Controlled bromination of the intermediate 99 leads to the transient diketone 101, which reacts readily in a one-pot reaction with various o-diaminoarenes to yield the quinoxaline-fused fullerenes 102. 

The reaction of carbohydrate-derived imines with the Danishefsky diene, ( )-1 -methoxy-3-(trimethylsilyloxy)butadiene, to form heterocycles via the open-chain adducts (for assignment, see pp 456 and 478)130. 

Molecular electrostatic potentials have been used to explain the regioselectivity exhibited in the Diels-Alder cycloaddition reactions between 1-trimethylsilyloxy-butadiene and the quinones 5-formyl-8-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone, 5-methoxy-7-methyl-1,4-phenanthrenequinone, and 5,6,7-trimethyl-1,4-phenanthrenequinone.128 The intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction of masked o-benzoquinones (123) with a variety of dienes provides adducts (124) which rearrange to functionalized ris-decal ins (125) with complete stereocontrol of up to five stereocentres. This methodology ... 

The utility of dioxopyrrolines in [2 + 2]-photocycloaddition reactions was comprehensively demonstrated by Sano et al. [66]. Substrate 55, for instance, underwent a clean reaction with 2-trimethylsilyloxy-butadiene to provide bicyclic HTproduct 56 as a single diastereoisomer (Scheme 6.22). Inline with previous observations [67], the vinyl group was positioned exo relative to the five-membered ring, and the silyloxy... 

Steric control of the Diels-Alder reaction of the enone 56 has been reported (82H2053). The ene adduct 57 (4.5%) was obtained in a reaction with 1,3-bis(trimethylsilyloxy)butadiene at 180°C, together with the main product 58 (39.5%) resulting from an ene addition. Under the same conditions, the analogous indolizidine derivative 59 gave only ene adducts. 

A synthesis of (—)-A -tetrahydrocannabinol has been achieved using the cycloaromatization reaction of the l,3-bis(trimethylsilyloxy(butadiene (130) with the S-dicarbonyl equivalent 140 to generate methyl olivetolate 141 with complete... 

The photoreactions are carried out in 50-100 mL of 1,2-dimethoxyethane or cyclohexane solutions, flushed with Ar (15 min) prior to irradiation, with 0.1 M enone and 0.5 M 2-trimethylsilyloxy-l.3-butadiene reaction temp 8-10°C (water-cooled reaction vessel) reaction time 40-48 h. The reactions are run in a Rayonet reactor equipped with RPR 3000- (quartz vessel used) or —3500 A lamps (Pyrex vessel used) and monitored by GC and TLC. Purification and separation of the product mixtures are performed by flash chromatography (silica gel, 50-fold). 

We assumed that electron-rich dienes should allow for aza-Diels-Alde reactions with the imines 2 5 at lower temperature and with highei stereoselection. Therefore, the aldimine 2 9 generated from the galactosylamine 24 and pyridine-3-aldehyde, was treated with l-methoxy-3-trimethylsilyloxy-butadiene (Danishefsky s diene ). Two equivalents of zinc chloride in tetrahydrofuran must be applied for the reaction to proceed. The first obviously is coordinated to the pyridine nitrogen and, thus, completely inactivated. The second initiates the cyclocondensation to give the N-galactosyl-dehydro-piperidinone derivative 30 in high yield and with a diastereoselectivity of more than 20 1 (eq. 14) 1. 

A review (37 refs.) on the application of molecular orbital calculations to the stereoselectivity of addition reactions of nitro-enitol derivatives has been published in Japanese. Cycloaddition of 1-acetoxy- or 1-trimethylsilyloxy-butadiene to l,2-dideoxy-l-nitro-D-g/ co-hept-l-enitol tetraacetate gave mainly the cyclohexane derivatives 41. Additions of alcohols, carbon radicals and phosphoiyl... 

There have been few mechanistic studies of Lewis acid-catalyzed cycloaddition reactions with carbonyl compounds. Danishefsky et ah, for example, concluded that the reaction of benzaldehyde 1 with trans-l-methoxy-3-(trimethylsilyloxy)-l,3-di-methyl-1,3-butadiene (Danishefsky s diene) 2 in the presence of BF3 as the catalyst proceeds via a stepwise mechanism, whereas a concerted reaction occurs when ZnCl2 or lanthanides are used as catalysts (Scheme 4.3) [7]. The evidence of a change in the diastereochemistry of the reaction is that trans-3 is the major cycloaddition product in the Bp3-catalyzed reaction, whereas cis-3 is the major product in, for example, the ZnCl2-catalyzed reaction - the latter resulting from exo addition (Scheme 4.3). 

Node and co-workers have found that the Diels-Alder reaction of nitroalkenes v/ith 1-methoxy-3-trimethylsilyloxy-l,3-butadiene (Danishefsky s dienesi exhibit abnormal exo-se-lecdvity Electrostadc repulsion between the nitro and the silyloxy group of the diene induces this abnormal exc-selecdvity (Tq 8 10 This selecdve reacdon has been used for the asymmetric synthesis of various naniral products as shovm in Scheme 8 6... 

The reaction of l-methoxy-3-(trimethylsilyloxy)-l,3-butadiene with enone 286 in refluxing toluene for 48 h, followed by treatment with tetrabutylammonium fluoride (TBAF), gave the adduct 287 as a single diastereomer (Equation 46) <1997T11731>. 

Ohfune and coworkers78 used Diels-Alder reactions between 2-trimethylsilyloxy-l,3-butadiene (63) and acrylate esters 64 to synthesize constrained L-glutamates which they intended to use for the determination of the conformational requirements of glutamate receptors. The reactions between 63 and acrylate esters 64a and 64b did not proceed. Changing the ethyl and methyl ester moieties into more electron-deficient ester moieties, however, led to formation of Diels-Alder adducts, the yields being moderate to good. In nearly all cases, the cycloadducts were obtained as single diastereomers, which is indicative of a complete facial selectivity (equation 22, Table 1). Other dienes, e.g. cyclopentadiene and isoprene, also showed a markedly enhanced reactivity toward acrylate 64g in comparison with acrylate 64a. 

In contrast with the metal-free cycloaddition again, the efficiency of metal mediated cycloaddition reactions is relatively insensitive to the electronic nature of the reactants. This has been nicely demonstrated by Rigby and colleagues305 who treated complex 494 with a 1 1 mixture of methyl sorbate (502) and 1-trimethylsilyloxy-l,3-butadiene (50). The reaction proceeded in 90% yield and afforded 503 and 504 in a 46 54 ratio (equation 146). 

An outstandingly reactive diene is l-methoxy-3-(trimethylsilyloxy)-l,3-butadiene ( Danishefsky s diene ) 4, prepared by the action of trimethylsilyl chloride on the ketone 3 in the presence of zinc chloride/triethylamine (equation 7)6. The reaction of diethyl mesoxalate with Danishefsky s diene gives the dihydropyran 5 with the (trimethylsily-loxy)dienes 6 and 7, mixtures of dihydropyrans are obtained, in which the meta-isomers predominate (equations 8 and 9)7. 

The hetero-Diels-Alder cyclization reaction of tra s-l-methoxy-3-trimethylsilyloxy-1,3-butadiene (Si) (= Danishefsky s diene) with benzaldehyde (S ) (Scheme 12.23) [217-221] is a promising reaction for evaluating the catalytic properties of Lewis acidic lanthanide centers, and has enormous potential for asymmetric synthesis of natural products (e.g., monosaccharides) [222-225]. 

Hybrid materials [Ln(fod) (THF)y] MCM-41.28o [Ln = Sc (18F), Y (19F) and La (26F)] and [Y(fod)3] MCM-41.28o (6) were used under standard conditions as catalysts for the Danishefsky transformation (Table 12.9). In these reactions 1.1 equivalents of benzaldehyde (Sj) were allowed to react with trans-l-methoxy-3-trimethylsilyloxy-1,3-butadiene (Si) in n-hexane at ambient temperature. The outcome of the reaction was highly dependent on the synthesis procedure used for the Ln-fod surface complexes. For materials [Ln(fod) ,(THF)y] MCM-41.28o. obtained by secondary ligand exchange from silylamide surface complexes 18,19 and 27 (via route C in Scheme 12.3 see also Table 12.3 and Scheme 12.8), the... 

Ln = Sc, Y, La), and have been tested as heterogeneous catalyst in the Diels-Alder cyclization of terH-methoxy-3-trimethylsilyloxy-l,3-butadiene with benzaldehyde (Danishefsky transformation of 1,3-dienes), and proved active [51]. The surface yttrium bis-dionate has also been synthesized directly from the molecular precursor [Y( Bu-COCHCO-"C3F7)3] by reaction with MCM-41 surface silanols [51]. 

Simple dienes react readily with good dienophiles in Diels-Alder reactions. Functionalized dienes are also important in organic synthesis. One example which illustrates the versatility of such reagents is l-methoxy-3-trimethylsilyloxy-1,3-butadiene (.Danishefsky s diene) 1 Its Diels-Alder adducts are trimethylsilyl enol ethers which can be readily hydrolyzed to ketones. The /j-mcthoxy group is often eliminated during hydrolysis. 

A. 2-Trimethylsilyloxy-l,3-butadiene (1). An oven-dried 500-ml., three-necked, round-bottomed flask is fitted with two oven-dried addition funnels, a glass stopper, and magnetic stirrer, and placed in a 80-90° oil bath. Under an inert atmosphere, methyl vinyl ketone (25.0 g., 0.357 mole) in 25 ml. of dimethylformamide and chlorotrimethylsilane (43.4 g., 0.400 mole) in 25 ml. of dimethylformamide are added over 30 minutes to a magnetically stirred solution of triethylamine (40.5 g., 0.400 mole) in 200 ml. of dimethylformamide (Note 1). The reaction gradually darkens from colorless to yellow or dark brown, and supports a white precipitate of triethylamine hydrochloride. The reaction is set up to run overnight, or ca. 14 hours. 

The first reference to 2-trimethylsilyloxy-l,3-butadiene (1) was a report2 of its reaction with tetracyanoethylene by Cazeau and Frainnet without mention of any experimental details. Later, Conia3 reported its synthesis in 50% yield with only a reference made to the usual House procedure4 for silyl enol ethers. The diene 1 has also been prepared using lithium diisopropylamide as base and chlorotrimethylsilane in tetrahydrofuran-ether (1 1) in yields up to 65%, but on a smaller scale.s... 

Butadienes substituted with alkoxy groups in the 2-position, e.g., 2-ethoxy-1,3-butadiene,6 have been prepared from methyl vinyl ketone, but they required several conversions and a tedious spinning-band distillation to purify the product. This slight modification of the House procedure has been used to conveniently prepare 2-trimethylsilyloxy-l,3-butadiene from the readily available methyl vinyl ketone. This one-step procedure has provided large amounts of a new and reactive diene for Diels-Alder reactions, as illustrated in Table I. 

Triphenylphosphine-Diethyl azodicar-boxylate-Lithium halides, 332 Mukaiyama aldol reaction 1-Methoxy-l, 3-bis(trimethylsilyloxy)-l, 3-butadiene, 178 Tin(II) chloride, 298 Titanium(IV) chloride, 304 Trityl perchlorate, 339 Murahashi reaction N,N-Methylphenylaminotributylphos-phonium iodide, 191... 

Diels-Alder reactions.1 This highly substituted silyloxydiene is comparable to 1-methoxy-3-trimethylsilyloxy-l,3-butadiene (6, 370 9, 303-304) in reactivity in Diels-Alder reactions. 

Diels-Alder reactions with aldehydes.2 This catalyst is superior to zinc chloride3 for promoting [4 + 2]cycloaddition of aldehydes with l-alkoxy-3-trimethylsilyloxy-1,3-butadienes to form 2,3-dihydro-4//-pyrane-4-ones. The catalyst prepared from bornyl alcohol is somewhat more effective than similar catalysts from simple alcohols, and may be of value for asymmetric induction. 

Dichlorobis(diisopropoxy)titanium(IV). Titanium(IV) chloride. Zinc iodide. DIELS-ALDER REACTIONS 2-Acetoxy-I-methoxy-3-trimethylsilyloxy-1,3-butadiene. 4-Acetoxy-1 -trimethylsilyl-1,3-butadiene. Benzyl irans-l,3-butadiene-l-carbamate. 1,3-Bis(/-butyldimethylsilyloxy)-2-aza-1,3-diene. 2,3-Bis(trimethylsilyl)methyl-1.3-buladiene (10-1,3-Dimethoxybutadiene 4-I)iniethyhnnino 1,1,2... 

The Diels-Alder reactions of a-aminonitriles with l-methoxy-3-trimethylsilyloxy-l,3-butadiene in the presence of a Lewis acid gave, after acidic hydrolysis, cyanohydroisoquinolines 33 <1998TL5417>. When no Lewis acid was used, the reaction did not proceed apparently showing that the 2,3-dihydropyridinium salt is the active species and that cyanide ion is reintroduced after the Diels-Alder reaction (Scheme 7). 

Butadienes with alkyl substituents in the 2-position favor the formation of the so-called para-products (Figure 15.25, X = H) in their reactions with acceptor-substituted dienophiles. The so-called mefa-product is formed in smaller amounts. This regioselectivity increases if the dienophile carries two geminal acceptors (Figure 15.25, X = CN). 2-Phenyl-1,3-butadiene exhibits a higher para -selectivity in its reactions with every unsymmetrical dienophile than any 2-alkyl-1,3-butadiene does. This is even more true for 2-methoxy- 1,3-butadiene and 2-(trimethylsilyloxy)-l,3-butadiene. Equation 15.2, which describes the stabilization of the transition states of Diels-Alder reactions in terms of the frontier orbitals, also explains the para "/"meta "-orientation. The numerators of both fractions assume different values depending on the orientation, while the denominators are independent of the orientation. 

The reaction of N-(terf-butoxycarbonyl)leucinal 2-41 a by Danishefsky et al. with l-methoxy-3-trimethylsilyloxy-l,3-butadiene 2-10 gave the pyrones 2-42 and 2-43 with an induced diastereoselectivity of 9 1 in favour of the syn-com-pound in the presence of Eu(hfc)3 [96]. Later Garner [97] used a N-Boc-serine derived aldehyde 2-41 b and Danishefsky s diene 2-10. In both cases a chelation-control forming a complex between the nitrogen and the oxygen could explain the obtained selectivity. In the presence of HMPA chelation is minimized to give a higher extent of the anfi-product 2-43 (Fig. 2-12) [97]. 

Similarly, Keck [111] has used the Ti(0-i-Pr)4/BINOL complex (10 mol %) for the hetero Diels-Alder reaction of l-methoxy-3-trimethylsilyloxy-1,3-butadienes 2-10 and non-activated aldehydes. The lowest enantioselectivity was obtained with benzaldehyde and the best with phenylacetaldehyde and some aliphatic aldehydes to give the corresponding dihydropyrans with ee values ranging from 75 % up to 97%. 

Very recently, chiral tricarbonylchromium complexes have been introduced as novel chiral auxiliaries for aza Diels-Alder reactions [192, 193]. Using the brominated imine 3-8, Kiindig s group was successful in efficiently generating enantiopure polycyclic compounds such as 3-10 by cycloaddition of 3-8 to l-methoxy-3-trimethylsilyloxy-l,3-butadiene (Danishefsky s diene), subsequent radical cyclisation of the cycloadduct 3-9 and oxidative metal removal from 3-11 (Fig. 3-3). 

DIELS-ALDER REACTIONS 3-Acetyl-4-oxazoline-2-one. 1,3-Bis(trimethylsilyl-oxy)-l,3-butadiene. 1-Chloro-l-di-methylaminoisoprene. 1,3-Dihydroiso-thianaphthene-2,2-dioxide. 4,6-Di-methoxy-2-pyrone. Furane. trans -Methoxy-3-trimethylsilyloxy-l,3-butadiene. Trichloroethyl trans-1,3-butadiene-1-carbamate. Trichloro-1,2,4-triazine. 

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