Unsaturated ketones and

Both A and B are 1,5-dicarbonyl compounds, but only B can be discormected in the usual way. The result is two molecules of an a,p-unsaturated ketone and we can continue the analysis ... 

Analysis The most suitable discoimection follows the strategy we originally used (b, in frames 335, and 171-175). But can we make the right enamine fi om the unsaturated ketone, and does it alkylate in the right place It turns out that it can and does. 

Either 348A or B gives the right enamine, but B is an a,p-unsaturated ketone and so easier to disconnect. 

Analysis continued I suggest to give 383A since one can then disconnect the a,p-unsaturated ketone and get a starting material with only one ring ... 

In the reaction of Q,/3-unsaturated ketones and esters, sometimes simple Michael-type addition (insertion and hydrogenolysis, or hydroarylation, and hydroalkenylation) of alkenes is observed[53,54]. For example, a simple addition product 56 to methyl vinyl ketone was obtained by the reaction of the heteroaromatic iodide 55[S5]. The corresponding bromide affords the usual insertion-elimination product. Saturated ketones are obtained cleanly by hydroarylation of o,/3l-unsaturated ketones with aryl halides in the presence of sodium formate, which hydrogenolyses the R—Pd—I intermediate to R— Pd—H[56]. Intramolecular hydroarylation is a useful reaction. The diiodide 57 reacts smoothly with sodium formate to give a model compound for the afla-toxin 58. (see Section 1.1.6)[57]. Use of triethylammonium formate and BU4NCI gives better results. 

Ailyl enol carbonates derived from ketones and aldehydes undergo Pd-cat-alyzed decarboxylation-elimination, and are used for the preparation of a, /3-unsaturated ketones and aldehydes. The reaction is regiospecific. The regio-isomenc enol carbonates 724 and 726, prepared from 723, are converted into two isomeric enones, 725 and 727. selectively. The saturated aldehyde 728 can be converted into the a,/3-unsaturated aldehyde 730 via the enol carbonate 729[459]. 

This electron delocalization stabilizes a conjugated system Under conditions cho sen to bring about their mterconversion the equilibrium between a p 7 unsaturated ketone and an a p unsaturated analog favors the conjugated isomer... 

The dienol is unstable, and two separate processes have been identified for ketonization. These are a 1,5-sigmatropic shift of hydrogen leading back to the enone and a base-catalyzed proton transfer which leads to the / ,y-enone. The deconjugated enone is formed because of the kinetic preference for reprotonation of the dienolate at the a carbon. Photochemical deconjugation is a synthetically useful way of effecting isomerization of a,) -unsaturated ketones and esters to the j ,y-isomers. 

Protonation of the a-carbanion (50), which is formed both in the reduction of enones and ketol acetates, probably first affords the neutral enol and is followed by its ketonization. Zimmerman has discussed the stereochemistry of the ketonization of enols and has shown that in eertain cases steric factors may lead to kinetically controlled formation of the thermodynamically less stable ketone isomer. Steroidal unsaturated ketones and ketol acetates that could form epimeric products at the a-carbon atom appear to yield the thermodynamically stable isomers. In most of the cases reported, however, equilibration might have occurred during isolation of the products so that definitive conclusions are not possible. 

Reductions of unsaturated ketones and a-acetoxy ketones usually are effected with an excess of reducing agent. For optimum yields of saturated ketones, the intermediate enolate salt obviously must not become protonated while... 

The halogenation-dehydrohalogenation of ketones and their derivatives is the most widely applied method for the preparation of unsaturated ketones, and the different combinations of alternatives which exist for both steps extend the scope of this approach. Consequently, this route will be discussed in considerable detail. 

Recently it has been shown that certain unsaturated ketones and alcohols are dehydrogenated extremely easily by DDQ. While the rapid dehydrogenation of the A ° -dien-3-one (73) is predictable (c/. A -3-ketones), the equally facile reaction of the 3-alcohol (75) is surprising. Presumably (73) is an intermediate in the conversion of (75), although oxidation of nonallylic alcohols normally requires higher temperatures. A -3-Ketones, A ° -3-ketones and A ( o) 3(x aicohols do not react at room temperature. ... 

A-ring unsaturated ketones and the sensitive 11 j5-hydroxyl group will survive conditions of the Mattox rearrangement. 

The (Horner-)Wadsworth-Emmons reaction generally is superior to the Wittig reaction, and has found application in many cases for the synthesis of a ,/3-unsaturated esters, a ,/3-unsaturated ketones and other conjugated systems. Yields are often better then with the original Wittig procedure. However the Wadsworth-Emmons method is not suitable for the preparation of alkenes with simple, non-stabilizing alkyl substituents. 

In this chapter the addition of carbon nucleophiles to simple a,j8-unsaturated sulfoxides, a-sulfinyl-a,/ -unsaturated ketones and a-sulfmyl-a,/ -unsaturated lactones will be discussed separately, in most cases the asymmetric induction arises from the chirality at sulfur. 

Obtemperanskaya and Kareva25 determined a, /J-unsaturated ketones and sulphones by adding sodium sulphite to the sample in p-dioxan. After 5-10 min they titrated with standard sulphuric acid potentiometrically or to thymolphthalein ... 

Thus, like a, /1-unsaturated ketones and sulfones, both thiirene dioxides and thiirene oxides are preferentially attacked by the less basic nucleophiles on the vinylic carbon atom2. This would lead to formally 1,4 Michael-type adducts and/or other products resulting from further transformations following the initial formation of the a-sulfonyl and a-sulfoxy carbanions. 

It has long been known that a, / -unsaturated sulfones resemble a, /i-unsaturated ketones and aldehydes in undergoing addition reactions with nucleophilic reagents43. These reactions are initiated by nucleophilic attack at the carbon to the sulfone group ... 

In a closely related reaction, silyl enol ethers add to a,P-unsaturated ketones and... 

Addition-Elimination Mechanisms. In the reaction between a,p-unsaturated ketones and alkaline peroxide (15-48), the oxidizing agent adds to the substrate, and then part of it is lost ... 

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