Vinyl halides reduction

The reduction of vinyl halides most often is carried out via a metallation-protonation reaction. For instance, sodium in ethanol was employed by Barton et a/. for the reduction of a steroidal vinyl iodide (Scheme 44). A number of conditions for vinyl halide reduction to alkenes have been reported, representative examples of which include vinyl chloride and bromide reduction in acyclic systems with... 

DIBAL-H/n-butyllithium, in cyclic and acyclic systems with iron pentacarbonyl, in cyclodecanes with lithium dihydrodimethoxyaluminate(III)/copper(I) iodide, and in cyclohexane and cyclopentane systems with NaH/sodium r-butylpentyl/Ni(OAc)2. ° The monoreduction of 1,3-diketones can be carried out under similar conditions, as illustrated by the reaction of a substituted cyclohexane-1,3-dione with oxalyl chloride to give the corresponding 1-chlorocyclohexenone, which was subsequently reduced to the enone with zinc-silver couple (Scheme 45). Kropp et al. have reported the photolytic reduction of vinyl iodides in acyclic systems however, when an a-hydrogen is present, formation of the diene product is a limiting side reaction (Scheme 46). For a more extensive discussion of vinyl halide reductions, see the preceding chapter in this volume. 

In another reductive coupling, substituted alkenes (CH2=CH Y Y = R, COOMe, OAc, CN, etc.) can be dimerized to substituted alkanes (CH3CHYCHYCH3) by photolysis in an H2 atmosphere, using Hg as a photosensitizer. Still another procedure involves palladium-catalyzed addition of vinylic halides to triple bonds to give 1,3-dienes. ... 

The DPE reduction is used as a test reaction to characterize the materials and optimize the preparation conditions of the catalyst. Since hydroaluminations can also be used for the synthesis of carboxylic acids, deuterated products, or vinyl halides via quenching with CO2, D2O or Br2 [44], the method is also a valuable organic synthesis tool. However, as compared with molecular catalysts like Cp2TiCl2 that are known to catalyze hydroaluminations [44], the titanium nitride materials described here are solid catalysts and can be separated by centrifugation. Moreover, they can be reused several times, which is an advantage as compared to molecular catalysts. 

The partial loss of configuration often observed during reduction of cyclopropyl halides may actually occur via the corresponding cyclopropyl radicals, which lose configuration rapidly °>. In that event, their behavior would resemble that of vinyl halides, as exemplified by the 3-iodo-3-hexenes 16>. Occasional cases of partial inversion could be associated with shielding of the cyclopropyl carbanion by the electrode surface, with concomitant protonation on the other face of the carbanion S8>. 

Vinyl halides, such as ds- and trans- i-iodo-3-hexene [33], undergo a one-electron reduction with expulsion of a hahde ion to give a vinyl radical that is further reduced and protonated. When vinyl halides are electrolyzed in the presence of trimethylchlorosilane, sdylated products are obtained [34]. 

In Other classes of organic halides, for example perfluoroalkyl and vinyl halides, the distinction between stepwise and concerted electron-transfer-bond-breaking upon reduction by outer sphere heterogeneous and/or homogeneous electron donors is less unambiguous than in the case of aryl and alkyl halides. As discussed in Section 3, they also present the interest of being active substrates in Sg l reactions. 

The reduction of aryl-substituted vinyl halides by electrochemically generated aromatic anion radicals has also been investigated in DMF (Gatti et al., 1987). Counter-diffusion behaviour at low driving forces (pp. 34, 35) does not appear as clearly as in the case of aryl halides (Fig. 11). However, analysis of the log k vs E° plot according to a quadratic activation-driving force relationship gave standard potential and intrinsic barrier values that... 

Previously, vinyl radicals for cyclization reactions were produced by the reduction of vinyl halides with tributyltin hydride. In the present... 

The first step in the cycle, analogous to the cross-coupling reactions, is the oxidative addition of an aryl (vinyl) halide or sulfonate onto the low oxidation state metal, usually palladium(O). The second step is the coordination of the olefin followed by its insertion into the palladium-carbon bond (carbopalladation). In most cases palladium is preferentially attached to the sterically less hindered end of the carbon-carbon double bond. The product is released from the palladium in a / -hydrogen elimination and the active form of the catalyst is regenerated by the loss of HX in a reductive elimination step. To facilitate the process an equivalent amount of base is usually added to the reaction mixture. 

In the latest development of his elegant work with hydrazone derivatives, Andrew Myers of Harvard reports (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004,126, 5436) that Sc(OTf), catalyzes the addition of l,2-bis(r-butyldimethylsilyl)hydrazine, to aldehydes and ketones to form the t-butyldimethylsilylhydrazones. Addition of tBuOH/tBuOK in DMSO to the crude hydrazone effects low temperature Wolff-Kishner reduction. Alternatively, halogenation of ketone hydrazones can lead to vinyl halides such as 11, or the 1,1-dihalo derivatives, depending on conditions. Halogenation of aldehyde hydrazones provides the 1,1-dihalo derivatives such as 13. 

Reduction of unsaturated halides 0-78 Reduction of allylic alcohols 0-82 Reductive cleavage of enamines 0-86 Coupling of vinylic halides 0-87 Coupling of unsaturated halides with organometallic reagents 0-88 Coupling of allylic halides, tosylates, or acetates... 

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