‘kuahedron Lettm, Vo1.32, No.20. pp 2193-2196.1991 Printed in Great Britain
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Regioselective Joining of Prenyl Units. A Simple Strategy for Geometry Control in Pd Catalyzed Allylic Alkylations
Barry M. Trost* and Juan K. Granjaf Department of chemistry Stanford University Stanford, CA g&035-5060
Summary: Either E,E-3,9-dimethylundecadien-l,ll-dial or its E,Z-isomer is selectively available via Pd catalyzed allyllc alkylaLion as a function of alkylating agent and catalyst - an observation that establishes that reactions of vinyl epoxides and their related vinyl carbonates do not proceed through a common intermediate. The recent emergence of an insect pheromonelo regioaelective jninIng
of two
prenyl units
to a
which
can
C-l unit
be
viewed
induced us
as
arising by
to develop such a
coupling hased upon a lynchpin strategy using neutral alkylations according to eq. 1.3
We
PhSOz PhS4 >
1 wish
to
2
3 record the unusual effects of leaving group on
olefin
4 and of experimental
geometry
parameters for mono- versus di-alkylation. These results also provide
mechanistic insight:
into the reactions of vinyl carborlates 4 as electrophiles in ~~allylpalladium chemistry. Exposure
of
bis(ben2erteuul~onyl)methnnp1
and
catalysts led cleanly to the monoalkylatcd products 5a
reaction times,
vinyl
and
with
6
epoxide no
Z5 to Pd(O)
dialkylation even
7 a)X=O, b)x-c0&
a)R=H. b)R=Th!S,c)R=TBDMS after prolonged
excess
8
As expecred, the E isomer dominated with some dependence
on catalyst [4.?:1 with (dba)3Pd2
CHC13, dppe, THF, rt. 66%; 9.7:1 with (Ph3P)qPd, dppp.
THF, rt-,77%]. The high
reactivity of
speculate that the failure of uansfer
the vinyl the
epoxide 2
second
towards the
alkylation lay
in
Pd(0) complexes led us to the
from the monoalkylated 5a to the reactive intermediate ?a.
of the vIny1 + Spanish
epoxide
thca
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sluggish proton
The self decomposition Believing
that
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alkoxirlein 7a would prolong the lifetime of the reactive intermediate led
stabilizing the
us to investigate alkylations with the epoxide.
vinyl carbonate 8, a
synthetic equivalent of the
The latter was readily derived from the epoxide 2 using Pd(0) catalysts 12 atm
COP, 3 ml% Pd(OAc)z, 22 mol% ciC3H70)3P, THF, rt, 85~1.~
The reaction still refused to go
beyond monnalkylstion upon subjecting the bis-sulforleI to an excess of cyclic carbonate 8 in the presence of Pd(0) catalysts. Surprisingly, the major geometrical isomer was the Zolefin
6
[Pd(OAc)2, (iC3H70)3F, THF,
70'.
vinylepoxidc 2 to a prnnucleophile Leads to
a
78%,
1~1.2
E:Z].
preference for
the
Thus, addition of the E-olefin product but
condensation with the carbonate 8 leads to a preference for the Z-isomer of the product-. The second alkylation dramatically demonstrates this phenomenon. The initial failures to effect the second alkylation apparently stemmed from group since
the silylated monoalkylated products
the presence
5b or
of a
free hydroxyl
5c smoothly participated in the
second alkylation. For example, condensation of Sb with the vinyl carbonate 8 led to a 1:8 mixture of rhe E,E and F.,Zisomers 3 and 9 in 58% yield
(eq. 2).
Use of the TBBMS ether of
(2)
c)R=TBDMS 5 (i.e. 5c) gave the E,Z isomer 9c exclusively in 85% yield!
performed in
a single
operation from
the epoxidc 2.
The reaction was conveniently
A 0.5 M solution of the epoxide and
catalyst derived from 2 mol% Pd(DAc)2 and 15 mol.% (iC3H7C)TP in THF was expnsed to CO2 at 2 atm at
rtfor
4h.
After release of the pressure, the his-sulfone 5c and BSA were added
and the reaction heated at 70° for 1.5 h.
Standard work-up gave t-heproduct 9c.'
Alternatively, exposing 5a or 5b to the vinyl epoxide 2 in the Pd(0) catalyst gave the
presence of
E,E-diene 3 as the major product after desilylation upon work-up.
The formation of 3 was conveniently performed in a single operation from if BSA
is added
after the
first stage.
ct.
BSA and
the his-sulfone 1
Thus, a l.l:l mixture of the vinylepoxidc 2 and
his-surfone 1 in THF containing 5 mol% of (dha)gPd2 h at
BSA and a
CHC13 and 22 mol% dppe was
stirred 2
a second portion (1.2 eq) of vinyl epoxide were added and the reaction
mixture warmed to 7Oo. Work-up followed by recrystallization (ethyl acetate) gave the pure E,E-fs~mer 3,? mp 126-8o, in 74% yield in addition to 17% of the E,Z isomer 9. NMR spectroscopy clearly reveals the nature of the olefln geometry.
lH decoupled 13C
nmr spectroscopy' shows only 9 peaks for the product from the vinyl epoxide alkylation fact that
indicates the
. a
symmetrical nature of the product. The appearance of the signals
21%
was desulfonylated using buffered provide the
desired tail,
tail
soditrmamal.gamLD [6% Na(Hg).
joined
producr 4
in 95%
Na2HP04, CH30H,
yield.
-10'1 to
Thus, a simple
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(ReceivedinUSA 3 December 1990)