ChemInform Abstract: A Useful Methoxyvinyl Cation Equivalent: α-t-Butyldimethylsilyl-α-methoxyacetaldehyde

Autor: Jacob A. Friest, Sandeep K. Ginotra, Matthew L. Beio, David B. Berkowitz, Christopher D. McCune
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: ChemInform. 46
ISSN: 0931-7597
DOI: 10.1002/chin.201539040
Popis: Described are the synthesis and application of α-t-butyldimethylsilyl-α-methoxyacetaldehyde as a formal methoxyvinyl cation equivalent. Addition of Grignard reagents to the title aldehyde, followed by treatment of the intermediate β-hydroxysilanes with KH, gives good yields of large Z-methoxyvinylated products. Assuming a Peterson-like elimination mechanism, one can infer that the Grignard addition proceeds with high syn selectivity. These results are consistent with a chelation control model involving coordination to the α-methoxy group in the title aldehyde rather than an alternative stereoelectronic Felkin-Anh-type model. It must be noted that a steric Felkin-Anh model also accounts for the observed stereochemistry. All told, the title reagent can be employed to efficiently append a Z-configured methoxyvinyl group to an appropriate R-M species, in two steps.
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