Asymmetric synthesis of α-substituted allyl boranes and their application in the synthesis of iso-agatharesinol
Asymmetric synthesis of α-substituted allyl boranes and their application in the synthesis of iso-agatharesinol
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DOI:
10.1002/anie.200603659
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发表时间:
2007-01-01
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16.6
通讯作者:
Aggarwal, Varinder K.
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作者:
Fang, Guang Yu;Aggarwal, Varinder K.
The reaction of chiral allyl boron reagents with aldehydes has played and continues to play a major role in the asymmetric synthesis of complex natural products.[1] Despite the fact that α-substituted allyl boron reagents often react with aldehydes with almost complete stereoinduction, such reagents have not enjoyed the same profile, possibly because their asymmetric synthesis is less facile. Nevertheless, a number of methods have been described for the synthesis of α-substituted allyl borates in enantiomerically enriched form.[2–5] However, the synthesis of the more reactive α-substituted allyl boranes has proved elusive: the only examples that have been reported are those derived from the asymmetric hydroboration of cyclic 1, 3-dienes.[6] Herein we describe a simple procedure for the synthesis of α-substituted allyl boranes with very high enantioselectivity and demonstrate their utility in synthesis. We recently described the reaction of chiral sulfur ylides with symmetrical boranes which after oxidation furnished secondary alcohols with very high enantioselectivity.[7] This study suggested to us a potential solution to the synthesis of αsubstituted allyl boranes: the reaction of chiral sulfur ylides with vinyl boranes. Substituted vinyl 9-borabicyclo-[3.3. 1] nonanes (9-BBNs) are easily obtained by regioselective hydroboration of terminal alkynes with 9-BBN. However, in the reaction of nonsymmetrical boranes with sulfur ylides, issues of migration ability of the different groups have to be addressed.[8] Although the vinyl group is expected to be a better migrating group than the boracycle,[9] the outcome was not clear, as we had already experienced surprises in the reaction of B-phenyl-9-BBN with the ylide derived from 1, in which we found competing migration of the boracycle.[10] In the event, reaction of the ylide derived from 1 with vinylborane 2a at À1008C followed by addition of PhCHO at the same temperature furnished the homoallylic alcohol 5a in 96% yield as a single diastereomer with high Z selectivity (procedure A, Scheme 1). The high yield obtained clearly indicated that the vinyl group migrated exclusively. We also found that warming allylborane 3a to 08C resulted in isomerization to 4a, which upon recooling to À788C and trapping with benzaldehyde furnished another homoallylic alcohol 6a with similarly high diastereoselectivity (procedure B, Scheme 1).We applied procedure A to a range of vinyl boranes using the chiral sulfonium salt 7 [11](Table 1) that had previously been used in highly enantioselective reactions between boranes and sulfur ylides,[7] epoxidations,[12] and other related reactions.[13] In all cases, we observed essentially complete enantio-and diastereoselectivity with very high Z selectivity.