Wittig reactions conditions

Cyclocondensation of pipecolinic acid and malic acid anhydride in pyridine afforded 3-hydroxy-2,3-dimethylperhydropyrido[l,2-a]pyrazine-l, 4-dione (74CB2804). Cyclocondensation of bis(2,4,6-trichlorophenyl) mal-onates with 2-methyl-, 2-benzyl- and 2-ethoxycarbonylmethylquinoxalines and -3-ones at 250°C afforded 8-hydroxy-10//-pyrido[l,2-a]quinoxalin-10-ones and their 5,6-dihydro-6,10-dione derivatives (77M103). Under Horner-Wittig reaction conditions, the reactions of 2-formylquinoxaline and dialkyl phosphonosuccinates (314) also involved cyclization to give alkyl 10-oxo-10//-pyrido[l,2-a]quinoxahne-8-carboxylate (80LA542). 

Dimethylenecycloalkanes These substances (4) can be prepared from cycloalkanones (1) by a Mannich reaction followed by a Wittig reaction (conditions of Greenwald, Chaykovsky, and Corey, 1, 310) the final step is a Hofmann degradation to give 4. Overall yields are 10-507o- The order of these reactions is... 

The Kobayashi group devised a two-step synthesis of 7-aryl-6,7-dihydrothieno[2,3- ]pyrazines. Aryl(3-chloropyrazin-2-yl)methanones were treated with methylene triphenylphosphorane under Wittig reaction conditions to furnish alkene 155, which in turn is stirred with aqueous sodium hydrosulfide, affording 6,7-dihydro-7-arylthieno[2,3-f)]pyrazine 156 (Scheme 77) (13HTC1507). Subsequent dehydrogenation with a catalytic amount of 10% palladium on carbon provided the desired 7-aryl-6,7-dihydro thieno [2,3-b] pyrazine 157. 

The reaction has been extended to include carbanions generated from phosphonates. This is often referred to as the Horner-Wittig or Homer-Emmons reaction. The Horner-Emmons reaction has a number of advantages over the conventional Wittig reaction. It occurs with a wider variety of aldehydes and ketones under relatively mild conditions as a result of the higher nucleophilicity of the phosphonate carbanions. The separation of the olefinic product is easier due to the aqueous solubility of the phosphate by-product, and the phosphonates are readily available from the Arbusov reaction. Furthermore, although the reaction itself is not stereospecific, the majority favor the formation of the trans olefin and many produce the trans isomer as the sole product. 

Much better known are the fluonnatedphosphoranes, which have been widely used m the Wittig reaction for the preparation of fluoroolefms Difluoromethylena tion reactions have been effected by using a variety of conditions Treatment of dibromodifluoromethane with two equivalents of tns(dimethylammo)phosphine m carefully dried tnglyme yields a solution of bromodifluoromethylphosphonium broomide, which very effectively converts ketones to difluoromethylene derivatives A more sensitive reagent is prepared by the addihon of two equivalents of the phosphine to the reaction mixture of fluorohalomethane and a carbonyl compound [39, 40] (equation 40) (Table 14)... 

The C.lOO-C.lOl diol group, protected as an acetonide, was stable to the Wittig reaction used to form the cis double bond at C.98-C.99 and to all of the conditions used in the buildup of segment C.99-C.115 to fully protected paly-toxin carboxylic acid (Figure 1,1). 

Aryl and alkyl trimethylsilyl ethers can often be cleaved by refluxing in aqueous methanol, an advantage for acid- or base-sensitive substrates. The ethers are stable to Grignard and Wittig reactions and to reduction with lithium aluminum hydride at —15°. Aryl -butyldimethylsilyl ethers and other sterically more demanding silyl ethers require acid- or fluoride ion-catalyzed hydrolysis for removal. Increased steric bulk also improves their stability to a much harsher set of conditions. An excellent review of the selective deprotection of alkyl silyl ethers and aryl silyl ethers has been published. ... 

With respect to the carbonyl substrate, a variety of additional functional groups is tolerated, e.g. ester, ether, halogen. With compounds that contain an ester as well as a keto or aldehyde function, the latter usually reacts preferentially. Due to its mild reaction conditions the Wittig reaction is an important method for the synthesis of sensitive alkenes, as for example highly unsaturated compounds like the carotinoid 17 shown above. 

Because of the strongly basic conditions needed for Wittig reactions with now-stabilized ylides, one-pot reactions have not been carried out [57]. Ley s recent report of a TPAP-Wittig oxidation performed in a sequential one-pot manner is thus a promising alternative [58]. The reaction is fast and straightforward the... 

The present preparation illustrates a general and convenient method for the fnms-iodopropenylation of an alkyl halide.4 The iodopropenyl-ated material is not usually stable but is a useful synthetic intermediate. For example, it forms a stable crystalline triphenylphosphonium salt for use in the Wittig reaction, and under Kornblum reaction conditions (DMS0-NaHC03, 130°, 3 minutes) it gives an (E)-a,/9-unsaturated aldehyde.4 In addition to the phosphonium salt described in Note 15, the following have been prepared (4-p-methoxyphenyl-2-butenyl)-triphenylphosphonium iodide [Phosphonium, [4-(4-methoxyphenyl)-2-butenyl]triphenyl-, iodide], m.p. 123-127° (2-octenyl)triphenyl-phosphonium iodide [Phosphonium, 2-octenyltriphenyl-, iodide], m.p. 98° and (2-octadecenyl)triphenylphosphonium iodide [Phosphonium, 2-octadecenyltriphenyl-, iodide], m.p. 50°. 

Wittig reactions are versatile and useful for preparing alkenes, under mild conditions, where the position of the double bond is known unambiguously. The reaction involves the facile formation of a phosphonium salt from an alkyl halide and a phosphine. In the presence of base this loses HX to form an ylide (Scheme 1.15). This highly polar ylide reacts with a carbonyl compound to give an alkene and a stoichiometric amount of a phosphine oxide, usually triphenylphosphine oxide. 

Using optimized reaction conditions, the Wittig reactions with four of the five aldehydes resulted in an improvement in their yields (see Figure 4.89 below) [13]. 

OS 78] [R 4a] [P 58] The Wittig reactions of five aldehydes with 2-nitrobenzyl-triphenylphosphonium bromide were investigated also at a 1 1 stoichiometric ratio [13]. Using optimized reaction conditions, improved yields were found for four of the five aldehydes. 

Whittlesey, Williams and co-workers fnrther developed the catalytic indirect Wittig reaction and fonnd that the more electron-rich NHC present in complex 18 provided a more reactive catalyst [8]. Catalyst 18 was used to convert benzyl alcohol 8 and phosphoninm ylide 19 into the product 20 under slightly milder reaction conditions and in a shorter time than in previous work (Scheme 11.4). Other C-C bond-forming reactions from alcohols using a borrowing hydrogen approach have been reported, with Peris and co-workers using Ir-NHC complexes for the C-3 alkylation of indoles with alcohols [9]. 

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