(E)-Selective olefination of aldehydes by means of gem-dichromium reagents derived by reduction of gem-diiodoalkanes with chromium(II) chloride
(E)-Selective olefination of aldehydes by means of gem-dichromium reagents derived by reduction of gem-diiodoalkanes with chromium(II) chloride
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DOI:
10.1021/ja00237a081
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发表时间:
1987-02
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15
通讯作者:
T. Okazoe;K. Takai;K. Utimoto
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作者:
T. Okazoe;K. Takai;K. Utimoto
3 aldehyde because of the following limitations:(i) low reactivity of the geminal dimetallic compounds (Mtl= B5 or Al6);(ii) lack of stereoselectivity of the products; 513· 60 (iii) side reactions such as the reduction of a carbonyl group1 or reductive coupling of an aldehyde to a 1, 2-diol. 7 Recently, Knochel and Normant reported that 1-magnesium1-zinc compounds add to aldehydes with the assistance of BF3-OEt2 to give olefins with good E selectivity. 8 However, the reagents are limited to 2-allyl-substituted 1-mag-nesium 1-zinc compounds, since the reagents are prepared by allylzincation of alkenylmagnesium compounds. We describe herein a simple and general method for the conversion of an aldehyde to an (E)-alkene by means of a geminal dichromium reagent, 9™ 11 prepared by direct reduction of a gem-diiodoalkane13 with chromium (II) chloridein THF, which overcomes the weak points of the nonstabilized phosphorus ylides14· 15 (Scheme II). The results shown in Table I disclose the wide applicabilityof the geminal dichromium procedure. The salient features of the process are as follows.(1) High E selectivity is seen in all cases, especially with aliphatic aldehydes. The E/Z ratios increase with increasing bulkiness of the substituent on the aldehyde (R1). Reaction with pivalaldehyde (run 10) is worth noting, because it is difficult to obtain E-alkylidenation products from this aldehyde even by Schlosser’s/3-oxidoylide method. 15· 16