scholarly journals Lithium Enolates in the Enantioselective Construction of Tetrasubstituted Carbon Centers with Chiral Lithium Amides as Noncovalent Stereodirecting Auxiliaries

2016 ◽  
Vol 139 (1) ◽  
pp. 527-533 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Yu ◽  
Ping Lu ◽  
Jeffrey J. Jackson ◽  
Thuy-Ai D. Nguyen ◽  
Joseph Alvarado ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Centers ◽  
Lithium Amides ◽  
Lithium Enolates

1,3-Dioxan-5-ones: synthesis, deprotonation, and reactions of their lithium enolates

1995 ◽  
Vol 73 (10) ◽  
pp. 1616-1626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marek Majewski ◽  
D. Mark Gleave ◽  
Pawel Nowak
Keyword(s):  
Enantiomeric Excess ◽  
Addition Reactions ◽  
Synthetic Route ◽  
Enol Ethers ◽  
Lithium Amide ◽  
Silyl Enol Ethers ◽  
Lithium Amides ◽  
Alkyl Groups ◽  
Lithium Enolates ◽  
Enantioselective Deprotonation

A general synthetic route to 2-alkyl- and 2,2-dialkyl-1,3-dioxan-5-ones, using tris(hydroxymethyl)-nitromethane as the starting material, is described. Deprotonation of these compounds was studied. It was established that these dioxanones could be deprotonated with LDA; however, the reduction of the carbonyl group via a hydride transfer from LDA, giving the corresponding dioxanols, often competed with deprotonation. The reduction could be minimized by using Corey's internal quench procedure to form silyl enol ethers and was less pronounced in 2,2-dialkyldioxanones (ketals) than in 2-alkyldioxanones (acetals). Self-aldol products were observed when dioxanone lithium enolates were quenched with H2O. Addition reactions of lithium enolates of dioxanones to aldehydes were threo-selective as predicted by the Zimmerman–Traxler model. Dioxanones having two different alkyl groups at the 2-position were deprotonated enantioselectively by chiral lithium amide bases with enantiomeric excess (ee) of up to 70%. Keywords: 1,3-dioxan-5-ones, enantioselective deprotonation, chiral lithium amides.

Aminolithiation of carbon-carbon double bonds as a powerful tool in organic synthesis

2009 ◽  
Vol 81 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kiyoshi Tomioka ◽  
Takeo Sakai ◽  
Tokutaro Ogata ◽  
Yasutomo Yamamoto
Keyword(s):  
Carbonyl Compounds ◽  
Chiral Ligand ◽  
Powerful Method ◽  
Double Bonds ◽  
One Pot ◽  
Bond Forming ◽  
Lithium Amides ◽  
Lithium Enolates ◽  
Amination Product

A conjugate amination of α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds with lithium amides has become a powerful method of N-C bond-forming reactions. Chiral ligand-controlled asymmetric version of the conjugate amination of enoates was developed for practical bench chemistry, giving the enantioenriched amination product with over 99 % ee. In situ diastereoselective alkylation of resulting lithium enolates allowed us to form vicinal N-C and C-C bonds in a one-pot operation. This protocol enabled us to realize a short-step asymmetric synthesis of otamixaban key intermediate. Treatment of product 3-benzylamino- and 3-allylaminoesters with tert-butyllithium gave five- or seven-membered lactams through [1,2]- or [2,3]-rearrangement of intermediate β-lactams. Isolated C-C double bonds were also found to accept intramolecular aminolithiation affording the corresponding hydroamination products. Chiral lithiophilic ligand-catalyzed reaction gave enantioenriched hydroamination products with high ee. Stereoselective intramolecular aminolithiation of allylaminoalkenes was coupled with subsequent carbolithiation to give doubly cyclized product amines.

scholarly journals 50 years of superbases made from organolithium compounds and heavier alkali metal alkoxides

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 537-548 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lubomír Lochmann ◽  
Miroslav Janata
Keyword(s):  
Alkali Metal ◽  
Organometallic Compounds ◽  
General Nature ◽  
Metal Alkoxides ◽  
Organolithium Compounds ◽  
Lithium Amides ◽  
Lithium Enolates ◽  
Metal Derivative ◽  
The One

AbstractA review of reactions of organolithium compounds (RLi) with alkali metal alkoxides is presented. On the one hand, simple lithium alkoxides form adducts with RLi the reactivity of which differs only slightly from that of RLi. On the other hand, after mixing heavier alkali metal alkoxides (R’OM, M = Na, K, Rb, Cs) with RLi, a new system is formed, which has reactivity that dramatically exceeds that of the parent RLi. A metal interchange, according to the equation RLi + R’OM = RM + R’OLi, occurs in this system, giving rise to a superbase. This reaction is frequently used for the preparation of heavier alkali metal organometallic compounds. Similar metal interchange takes place between R’OM and compounds such as lithium amides and lithium enolates of ketones or esters, thus demonstrating the general nature of this procedure. Superbases react easily with many types of organic compounds (substrates), resulting in the formation of a heavier alkali metal derivative of the substrate (metalation). The metalated substrate can react in situ with an electrophile to yield the substituted substrate, a procedure that is frequently used in synthetic and polymer chemistry. An improved mechanism of metal interchange and reaction of superbases with substrates is proposed.

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