Vinylarene

The copper-catalyzed additions of sulfonyl chlorides to conjugated dienes and trienes73 as well as to aryl-substituted cyclic olefins74 and substituted styrenes have been described75 for example, arenesulfonyl chlorides add to vinylarenes providing good to excellent yields75 of /J-chlorosulfones ... 

Arenesulfonyl chlorides77 as well as alkenesulfonyl chlorides78 react with vinylarenes in the presence of RuCl2(PPh3)3 and 1 molar equiv. of Et3N to form a,/ -unsaturated sulfones in 70-90% yields. The reaction mechanism for the ruthenium(II) catalyzed reaction involves a free-radical redox-transfer chain process as outlined below77 ... 

Various metal complexes catalyze the addition of catecholborane and pinacolbo-rane to aliphatic terminal alkenes (Table 1-2). Neither the borane reagents nor the catalysts alter the high terminal selectivity, but a titanium catalyst does (entry 3). Although Cp2TiMe2 [30] exhibits high terminal selectivity for vinylarenes, aliphatic alkenes afford appreciable amounts of internal products, whereas an analogous Cp 2Sm(THF) [31] allows selective addition of catecholborane to the terminal car-... 

Silyl(pinacol)borane (88) also adds to terminal alkenes in the presence of a coordinate unsaturated platinum complex (Scheme 1-31) [132]. The reaction selectively provides 1,2-adducts (97) for vinylarenes, but aliphatic alkenes are accompanied by some 1,1-adducts (98). The formation of two products can be rationalized by the mechanism proceeding through the insertion of alkene into the B-Pt bond giving 99 or 100. The reductive elimination of 97 occurs very smoothly, but a fast P-hydride elimination from the secondary alkyl-platinum species (100) leads to isomerization to the terminal carbon. 

Markovnikov addition [162]. The catalyst precursor is a cationic complex, [Rh(cod)2] BF4, used in the presence of 2 equiv. of PPhj. An equivalent amount of the hydrogenated vinylarene is formed (Eq. 4.38) [163-165]. 

The homo- and cross-addition of alkenes catalyzed by a transition-metal provided another economical way of forming C-C bonds.155 These reactions are carried out by using nickel, palladium, or ruthenium phosphine complexes to yield vinylarenes and some can occur in aqueous media. By using carbohydrate-derived ligands, asymmetric hydrovinylations can be carried out in aqueous conditions.156... 

A chiral diphosphite based on binaphthol, coordinated with rhodium (I) forming a nine-member ed ring, led to an efficient hydroformylation of vinylarenes, although moderate ees were obtained (up to 46%) at mild pressure and temperature reaction conditions.364 Chiral diphosphites and phosphinite-phosphites derived from spiro[4.4]nonane-l,6-diol were synthesized. Using these catalysts in the asymmetric hydroformylation of styrene, high regioselectivity (97%) and... 

Ligand Effects in Rhodium-catalyzed Hydroboration of Vinylarenes 269... 

Attempts to utilize rhodium complexes for hydroboration of vinylarenes (Equation (2)) were somewhat complicated by discrepancies in the results from different research groups. Thus, it was found that [Rh(PPh3)3Cl] catalyzed the addition of HBcat to styrene to afford a quantitative yield of the branched product 15... 

An extensive array of chiral phosphine ligands has been tested for the asymmetric rhodium-catalyzed hydroboration of aryl-substituted alkenes. It is well known that cationic Rh complexes bearing chelating phosphine ligands (e.g., dppf) result in Markovnikoff addition of HBcat to vinylarenes to afford branched boryl compounds. These can then be oxidized through to the corresponding chiral alcohol (11) (Equation (5)) ... 

The QUINAP ligands are highly active for reaction of -substituted vinylarenes, thus, p-methoxystyrene gives the corresponding branched alcohol in 95% yield (57% ee) within 15 min at room temperature. Similarly, a combination of hydroboration/amination using (13) has allowed primary amines to be formed in a one-pot reaction of vinylarenes upon reaction of the B H addition product with MeMgCl/H2N0S03H (Scheme 10).5°... 

Considerable effort has been directed towards the catalytic addition of HCN to vinylarenes since this represents a route to 2-arylpropionic acids, well-known anti-inflammatory agents.75 High levels of asymmetric induction are required (R)-naproxen has undesirable properties associated with it and only the ([Pg.277]

The transition metal-catalyzed hydrovinylation has been reviewed by RajanBabu who focused mainly on asymmetric reactions, affording chiral compounds.146 The vinylarenes are the most investigated substrates for the hydrovinylation reaction due to the high appeal of the final products in medicinal or polymer chemistry fields.1... 

Some experimental evidences are in agreement with this proposed mechanism. For example, coordinating solvents like diethyl ether show a deactivating effect certainly due to competition with a Lewis base (149). For the same reason, poor reactivity has been observed for the substrates carrying heteroatoms when an aluminum-based Lewis acid is used. Less efficient hydrovinylation of electron-deficient vinylarenes can be explained by their weaker coordination to the nickel hydride 144, hence metal hydride addition to form key intermediate 146. Isomerization of the final product can be catalyzed by metal hydride through sequential addition/elimination, affording the more stable compound. Finally, chelating phosphines inhibit the hydrovinylation reaction. 

The uncatalyzed hydroboration-oxidation of an alkene usually affords the //-Markovnikov product while the catalyzed version can be induced to produce either Markovnikov or /z/z-Markovnikov products. The regioselectivity obtained with a catalyst has been shown to depend on the ligands attached to the metal and also on the steric and electronic properties of the reacting alkene.69 In the case of monosubstituted alkenes (except for vinylarenes), the anti-Markovnikov alcohol is obtained as the major product in either the presence or absence of a metal catalyst. However, the difference is that the metal-catalyzed reaction with catecholborane proceeds to completion within minutes at room temperature, while extended heating at 90 °C is required for the uncatalyzed transformation.60 It should be noted that there is a reversal of regioselectivity from Markovnikov B-H addition in unfunctionalized terminal olefins to the anti-Markovnikov manner in monosubstituted perfluoroalkenes, both in the achiral and chiral versions.70,71... 

Table 1 Differences in regioselectivity between catalyzed and uncatalyzed hydroboration of vinylarenes with catecholborane...

PHENAP 65 was prepared and resolved98 in a similar manner to QUINAP 60 and tested in asymmetric rhodium-catalyzed hydroboration-oxidations." Impressive enantioselectivities were obtained and the sterically demanding cyclic substrates were hydroborated with 64-84% ee. Compared to the corresponding results obtained with diphosphine ligands, it is clear that QUINAP 60, and structural relatives 61-64 and PHENAP 65, give superior results in the asymmetric rhodium-catalyzed hydroboration of several vinylarenes, and are essentially the only practical solution for / -substituted alkenes.100 The reasons for this are not well understood, but thought to be due to the particular... 

Ligand 73 was prepared directly from a single enantiomer of the corresponding naphthol of QUINAP 60, an early intermediate in the original synthesis, and both enantiomers of BINOL. Application in hydroboration found that, in practice, only one of the cationic rhodium complexes of the diastereomeric pair proved effective, (aA, A)-73. While (aA, A)-73 gave 68% ee for the hydroboration of styrene (70% yield), the diastereomer (aA, R)-73 afforded the product alcohol after oxidation with an attenuated 2% ee (55% yield) and the same trend was apparent in the hydroboration of electron-poor vinylarenes. Indeed, even with (aA, A)-73, the asymmetries induced were very modest (31-51% ee). The hydroboration pre-catalyst was examined in the presence of catecholborane 1 at low temperatures and binuclear reactive intermediates were identified. However, when similar experiments were conducted with QUINAP 60, no intermediates of the same structural type were found.100... 

Cationic rhodium complexes of these ligands were prepared and applied in the enantioselective hydroboration-oxidation of a range of vinylarenes,106,107 carefully chosen to highlight the effect on reactivity and enantioselectivity of different aryl substituents and / -substitution. Like QUINAP 60 and PHENAP 65, the ( -ligand gave rise to the (A)-secondary alcohol. 

The two-substituted-Quinazolinap-derived rhodium complexes proved extremely efficient catalysts for the hydro-boration-oxidation of vinylarenes (Table 6). For styrene derivatives, in most cases quantitative conversions were obtained after just 2 h at the relevant temperature (entries 1-6). Higher enantioselectivities were afforded with a 4-methoxy substituent (up to 95% ee, entry 3) compared to the 4-chloro or unsubstituted styrene analogs (entries 5 and 1), a trend also observed in hydroboration with rhodium complexes of QUINAP 60. This highlights that both the electronic nature of the substrate combined with the inherent steric properties of the catalyst are important for high asymmetric induction. It is noteworthy that in most cases, optimum enantioselectivities were afforded by the... 

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