Ytterbium triflate reaction

As anticipated from the complexation experiments, reaction of 4.42 with cyclopentadiene in the presence of copper(II)nitrate or ytterbium triflate was extremely slow and comparable to the rate of the reaction in the absence of Lewis-acid catalyst. Apparently, Lewis-acid catalysis of Diels-Alder reactions of p-amino ketone dienophiles is not practicable. 

Kobayashi et al. have reported the use of a chiral lanthanide(III) catalyst for the Diels-Alder reaction [51] (Scheme 1.63, Table 1.26). Catalyst 33 was prepared from bi-naphthol, lanthanide triflate, and ds-l,2,6-trimethylpiperidine (Scheme 1.62). When the chiral catalyst prepared from ytterbium triflate (Yb(OTf)3) and the lithium or sodium salt of binaphthol was used, less than 10% ee was obtained, so the amine exerts a great effect on the enantioselectivity. After extensive screening of amines, ds-1,2,6-... 

Ytterbium triflate [Yb(OTf)3] combined with TMSG1 or TMSOTf are excellent reagents for the conversion of a-methyl styrene and tosyl-imines into homoallylic amides 32 (Equation (19)) (TMS = trimethylsilyl).29 These conditions produce the first examples of intermolecular imino-ene reactions with less reactive imines. Typically, glyoxalate imines are necessary. A comprehensive examination of the lanthanoid metal triflates was done and the activity was shown to directly correlate with the oxophilicity scale. The first report used preformed imines, and subsequently it was found that a three-component coupling reaction could be effected, bypassing the isolation of the intermediate imine.30 Particularly noteworthy was the successful participation of aliphatic aldehydes to yield homoallylic amines. 

In the presence of a catalytic amount of chiral lanthanide triflate 63, the reaction of 3-acyl-l,3-oxazolidin-2-ones with cyclopentadiene produces Diels-Alder adducts in high yields and high ee. The chiral lanthanide triflate 63 can be prepared from ytterbium triflate, (R)-( I )-binaphthol, and a tertiary amine. Both enantiomers of the cycloaddition product can be prepared via this chiral lanthanide (III) complex-catalyzed reaction using the same chiral source [(R)-(+)-binaphthol] and an appropriately selected achiral ligand. This achiral ligand serves as an additive to stabilize the catalyst in the sense of preventing the catalyst from aging. Asymmetric catalytic aza Diels-Alder reactions can also be carried out successfully under these conditions (Scheme 5-21).19... 

Several chiral lanthanide(III) Lewis acid catalysts, derived from chiral binaphthols, have been used in the cycloaddition reactions of cyclopentadiene with substituted iV-acryloyl-1,3-oxazolidin-2-ones. A catalyst derived from ytterbium triflate, (R)-binaphthol... 

Scheme 18 Chiral ytterbium triflate-catalyzed enantioselective Biginelli reaction...

With Binaphthol/M(OTf)3 Complexes (M = Yb, Sc) A chiral ytterbium triflate, derived from Yb(OTf)3, (R)-binaphthol, and a tertiary amine, has been applied to the enantioselective Diels-Alder reaction of cyclopentadiene with crotonoy 1 oxazolidinones. Among various tertiary amines, c/s-1,2,6-trimethyl piperidine was found to be highly effective [44] (Eq. 8 A.23). The unique structure of such chiral Yb catalysts is characterized by hydrogen bonding between the phenolic hydrogens of (R)-binaphthol and the nitrogens of tertiary amines. 

Significant rate acceleration of metal-catalysed Michael addition reactions of fi-dicarbonyls to a,/S-enones in water was observed upon addition of dibasic ligands. Ytterbium triflate and TMEDA was the most effective combination leading to a nearly 20-fold faster reaction than in the absence of ligand.148... 

The ytterbium triflate catalyzed Biginelli reaction of aldehydes, ethyl acetoacetate and urea to give in a one-pot synthesis dihydropyrimidones was performed again in higher yields without any solvent (Scheme 13) [38]. 

Scheme 13. Ytterbium triflate catalyzed Biginelli reaction [38].

Readion of anisole (1) with acetic anhydride was chosen as a model, and ytterbium trifluoromethanesulfonate (ytterbium triflate, Yb(OTf)3) was the first RE(OTf)3 representative used. Several reaction conditions were examined the results are summarized in Table 1. When acetic anhydride, acetonitrile, or nitromethane was used as a solvent (entries 4—10), the reaction mixture became homogeneous and the acylation reaction proceeded smoothly. Nitromethane gave the highest yield of4-methoxyaceto-phenone (2) (entries 7-10). On the other hand, in carbon disulfide, dichloroethane, or nitrobenzene (entries 1-3), the reaction mixture was heterogeneous and the yield of 2 was low. It was noted that the acylation proceeded quantitatively when a catalytic amount of Yb(OTf)3 was used (0.2equiv., entry 9). Even when 0.05 equiv. of the catalyst was employed, 2 was obtained in 79 % yield (entry 10). 

In a related example, the desired rhodium carbenoid could be generated from 3-substituted indole or oxindole derivatives, which are readily accessible by ytterbium triflate-catalyzed Michael reactions, but several problems were... 

Ding, R., K. Katebzadeh, L. Roman, K.-E. Bergquist and U.M. Lindstrom, Expanding the Scope of Lewis Add Catalysis in Water Remarkable Ligand Acceleration of Aqueous Ytterbium Triflate Catalyzed Michael Addition Reactions, Journal of Organic Chemistry, 71, 352-355 (2006). 

On the other hand, we have found that the Mukaiyama aldol reaction of benzalde-hyde with silyl enol ether 1 was catalysed by ytterbium triflate (YbfOTOj) in water-THF (1/4) to give the corresponding aldol adduct in high yield (Equation (1)). When this reaction was carried out in dry THE (without water), the yield of the aldol adduct was very low (ca. 10%). Thus, this catalyst is not only compatible with water but also activated by water probably because of dissociation of the counteranions from the Lewis acidic metal. Furthermore, these catalysts can be easily recovered and reused. 

In comparison with the complex of [Yb(4)(CF3S03)2]CF3S03CH3CN, a more encapsulated ytterbium complex [Yb(5)(CF3S03)3] CH3CN [5] was synthesized by a template reaction of 2 equiv of N(CH2CH2NH2)3 with 10 equiv of bis(dimethylamino)methane in the presence of 1 equiv of ytterbium triflate. The most exciting feature of this complex is its... 

The enantioselective total synthesis of the Securienega alkaloid (-)-phyllanthine by S.M. Weinreb et al. involved a stereoselective Yb(OTf)3-promoted hetero Diels-Alder reaction between a cyclic imine dienophile and Danishefsky s diene This was the first example of using an unactivated cyclic imine in this type of cycloaddition. Commonly used Lewis acid catalysts (e.g., SnCb, TiCU, etc.) produced only low yields of the desired cycloadduct. However, it was discovered that ytterbium triflate catalyzed the cycloaddition and afforded the product in 84% yield. Later they also found that the cyclization could occur at high pressure and in the absence of the catalyst, although a slightly lower yield (71%) of the product was obtained. 

Simple imines undergo Diels-Alder reactions in the presence of suitable catalysts. Lanthanide triflates, which are stable in water, are especially effective. Thus in the presence of 10 mol% of ytterbium or scandium triflate, Danishefsky s diene 4 reacts with benzylideneaniline in acetonitrile at 0 °C to give the dihydropyridone 76 quantitatively (equation 50) analogous products are obtained from 4 and furylideneaniline, benzyli-denebenzylamine and pentyIidenebenzylamine. In a one-pot version of the reaction, a mixture of an aldehyde, an amine and the diene 4 in acetonitrile containing magnesium sulfate is treated with 10 mol% ytterbium triflate to afford the dihydropyridone in ca 80% yield. Even phenylglyoxal monohydrate can be employed. ... 

However, during the addition of -keto esters onto enals, ytterbium triflate proved to be an efficient catalyst [171] as in the Michael additions of a-nitro esters [172]. Several water-soluble phosphines gave the corresponding phos-phonium salts in good yields when added to a,j9-unsaturated acids [173] or activated alkynes [174]. With alkynes, vinyl phosphine oxides or alkenes were formed depending on the pH of the aqueous solution. Significantly, the reaction of nitroalkanes with buten-2-one is considerably accelerated when going from... 

Taking into account the competitive hydrolysis of the silyl enol ether, this reaction is remarkable. The method was shown to be general and was extended to a variety of aldehydes and several a,j9-unsaturated carbonyl compounds giving uniformly 1,4-addition with aldehydes and a mixture of 1,4- and 1,2-adducts in the case of ketones [187]. Later, this aqueous version of the Mukaiya-ma reaction was shown to give near quantitative yields in the presence of a water-tolerant Lewis acid such as ytterbium triflate [188]. Keeping with the same concept,copper(II) triflate [189],indium(III) trichloride [190],tris(pentafluoro-phenyl)boron [191] and scandium(III) triflate in the presence of a surfactant [192] have proved to be active catalysts. 

Related to the aldolization reaction is the Mannich reaction, which proceeds readily in water [193]. Allylsilanes [194] and allylstannanes [131] were also shown to add to iminium salts under Mannich-like conditions. As for the Mukaiyama reaction, the reaction between a vinyl ether with iminium salts was catalyzed by ytterbium triflate in a water/THF mixture. The Henry reaction which can be performed in an aqueous medium has been made more efficient in the presence of surfactants. The nitroaldol products were obtained in 65 -95 % yields [195]. 

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