Utilization of neutral alumina as a mild reagent for the selective cleavage of primary and secondary silyl ethers
摘要:
The selective cleavage of primary and secondary trimethylsilyl (TMS), triisopropylsilyl (TIPS), tert-butyldimethylsilyl (TBDMS) and tert-butyldiphenylsilyl (TBDPS) ethers with neutral alumina under very mild conditions is described. The method involves utilization of the support, previously activated by heating at 80 degrees C/0.1 torr for 16 h and later deactivated with variable amounts of water (1.5-4.5%), in 50:1 ratio with regard to the substrate and in the presence of non-polar solvents, like hexane. The deprotection rate depends on the steric bulkiness of the silicon substituents, following the order TMS > > TBDMS approximate to TIPS > TBDPS, as well as on the type of the attached carbon. The procedure can discriminate between different silyl groups located at equivalent positions of the same molecule affording the corresponding monoprotected alcohols in very good yields.
Deoxygenative Dimerization of Benzylic and Allylic Alcohols, and Their Ethers and Esters Using Lanthanum Metal and Chlorotrimethylsilane in the Presence of a Catalytic Amount of Iodine and Copper(I) Iodide
作者:Toshiki Nishino、Yutaka Nishiyama、Noboru Sonoda
DOI:10.1246/bcsj.76.635
日期:2003.3
Benzylic and allylic alcohols were deoxygenatively dimerized by a treatment with lanthanum metal and chlorotrimethylsilane in the presence of a catalytic amount of iodine, giving the corresponding coupling products, alkanes, in moderate-to-good yields. This dimerization reaction was dramatically accelerated by the addition of a catalytic amount of copper(I) iodide. Similarly, ethers and esters were