Unsaturated carbonyl compounds synthesis

A significant advance in the synthesis of monoorganotin trihaHdes was the preparation of P-substituted ethyl tin trihaHdes in good yield from the reaction of stannous chloride, hydrogen haHdes, and a,P-unsaturated carbonyl compounds, eg, acryHc esters, in common solvents at room temperature and atmospheric pressure (153,154). The reaction is beHeved to proceed through a solvated trichlorostannane intermediate (155) ... 

Subsequent to Hantzsch s communication for the construction of pyridine derivatives, a number of other groups have reported their efforts towards the synthesis of the pyridine heterocyclic framework. Initially, the protocol was modified by Beyer and later by Knoevenagel to allow preparation of unsymmetrical 1,4-dihydropyridines by condensation of an alkylidene or arylidene P-dicarbonyl compound with a P-amino-a,P-unsaturated carbonyl compound. Following these initial reports, additional modifications were communicated and since these other methods fall under the condensation approach, they will be presented as variations, although each of them has attained the status of named reaction . 

One of the most important routes to isoxazole and isoxazoline rings involving the formation of the 1—5 and 2—3 bonds involves the condensation of hydroxylamine with a,/8-unsaturated carbonyl compounds. This method was previously widely used, but it is now of no preparative value, though it has been recently applied to determine the configuration of oximes. " The only new modification of this synthesis is the use of the acetals (27) of a,/8-acetylenic aldehydes for preparation of 5-substituted isoxazoles (28)... 

The mechanistic pathway of the ordinary Friedlander synthesis is not rigorously known. Two steps are formulated. In a first step a condensation reaction, catalyzed by acid or base, takes place, that can lead to formation of two different types of products (a) an imine (Schiff base) 4, or (b) an o ,/3-unsaturated carbonyl compound 5 ... 

Because of their manifold reactivity, Mannich bases 4 are useful intermediates in organic synthesis. For example the elimination of amine leads to formation of an o ,/3-unsaturated carbonyl compound 8 ... 

The overall process is the addition of a CH-acidic compound to the carbon-carbon double bond of an o ,/3-unsaturated carbonyl compound. The Michael reaction is of particular importance in organic synthesis for the construction of the carbon skeleton. The above CH-acidic compounds usually do not add to ordinary carbon-carbon double bonds. Another and even more versatile method for carbon-carbon bond formation that employs enolates as reactive species is the aldol reaction. 

The stereochemical outcome of the Michael addition reaction with substituted starting materials depends on the geometry of the a ,/3-unsaturated carbonyl compound as well as the enolate geometry a stereoselective synthesis is possible. " Diastereoselectivity can be achieved if both reactants contain a stereogenic center. The relations are similar to the aldol reaction, and for... 

A useful synthesis of polysubstituted pyridines (i.e., 11) is based on the legioselective addition of Uthiated -enaminophosphonates to unsaturated carbonyl compounds. These pyridines can also be obtained via a one-pot reaction from metalated phosphonates and sequential addition of nitriles and unsaturated caibonyl compounds <96TL(37)4577>. 

The enantioselective 1,4-addition addition of organometaUic reagents to a,p-unsaturated carbonyl compounds, the so-called Michael reaction, provides a powerful method for the synthesis of optically active compounds by carbon-carbon bond formation [129]. Therefore, symmetrical and unsymmetrical MiniPHOS phosphines were used for in situ preparation of copper-catalysts, and employed in an optimization study on Cu(I)-catalyzed Michael reactions of di-ethylzinc to a, -unsaturated ketones (Scheme 31) [29,30]. In most cases, complete conversion and good enantioselectivity were obtained and no 1,2-addition product was detected, showing complete regioselectivity. Of interest, the enantioselectivity observed using Cu(I) directly in place of Cu(II) allowed enhanced enantioselectivity, implying that the chiral environment of the Cu(I) complex produced by in situ reduction of Cu(II) may be less selective than the one with preformed Cu(I). 

This method ensures the deposition of very reactive metal nanoparticles that require no activation steps before use. We shall review here the following examples of catalytic reactions that are of interest in line chemical synthesis (a) the hydrogenation of substituted arenes, (b) the selective hydrogenation of a, 3-unsaturated carbonyl compounds, (c) the arylation of alkenes with aryl halides (Heck reaction). The efficiency and selectivity of commercial catalysts and of differently prepared nanosized metal systems will be compared. 

Amines, thiols, eOH (p. 226), etc., will also add to the 0-carbon atom of 0-unsaturated carbonyl compounds and esters, but the most important reactions of C=C—C=0 systems are in Michael reactions with carbanions reactions in which carbon-carbon bonds are formed. A good example is the synthesis of l,l-dimethylcyclohexan-3,5-dione (dimedone, 100) starting from 2-methylpent-2-ene-4-one (mesityl oxide, 101) and the carbanion 0CH(CO2Et)2 ... 

This protocol could be extended to a range of different ,/i-unsaturated carbonyl compounds and either activated or deactivated aryl iodides [22], An application of related Heck chemistry to the synthesis of methylated resveratrol (3,4, 5-trihydroxy-( )-stilbene) is shown in Scheme 6.4 [23]. The phytoalexin resveratrol exhibits a variety of interesting biological and therapeutic properties, among them activity against several human cancer cell lines. Botella and Najera have shown that the trimethyl ether of resveratrol (Scheme 6.4) can be rapidly prepared by microwave-assisted Heck reaction of the appropriate aryl iodide and styrene derivatives, using the same oxime-derived palladacycle as indicated in Scheme 6.3. 

A simple two-step protocol for the generation of a terminal diene is to add allyl magnesium bromide to an aldehyde or a ketone and subsequent acid or base catalysed dehydration (equation 34)72. Cheng and coworkers used this sequence for the synthesis of some indole natural products (equation 35)72a. Regiospecific dienones can be prepared by 1,2-addition of vinyllithium to a,/l-unsaturated carbonyl compounds and oxidative rearrangement of the resulting dienols with pyridinium dichromate (equation 36)73. 

Muller and co-workers reported the three-component one-pot synthesis of various pyrimidines through the in situ generation of unsaturated carbonyl compounds. The palladium catalyzed coupling of aryl halides bearing electron withdrawing substituents 7 with propargyl alcohols 8 produced unsaturated carbonyl compounds 9 after isomerization, which condensed with amidines 10 to form triaryl pyrimidines 11 . 

Although intermolecular additions to a,f5-unsaturated carbonyl compounds have not been used as often, these transformations are also attractive from a synthetic point of view for the synthesis of 5-lactones or 5-hydroxy esters. An example is shown in Scheme 12.11 [5d]. 

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