Selective mono- and polymethylene homologations of copper reagents using (iodomethyl)zinc iodide
摘要:
A wide range of unsaturated aryl-, alkenyl-, alkynylcopper compounds can be selectively homologated by a methylene unit using (iodomethyl)zinc iodide or bis(iodomethyl)zinc. These reactions allow the generation of mixed allylic zinc-copper compounds which can be efficiently trapped with carbonyl compounds. An application to a general preparation of functionalized alpha-methylene-gamma-butyrolactones is described. The homologation of alkynylcoppers with (iodomethyl)zinc iodide allows a one-pot preparation of propargylic copper reagents which in the presence of a carbonyl compound provide various homopropargylic alcohols in excellent yields. In the absence of an electrophile, a clean quadruple methylene homologation of alkynylcoppers occurs to furnish dienic copper reagents. The homologation of other types of copper reagents is also possible, and carbanions at the alpha-position to amines as well as homoenolates of aldehydes or ketones can also be prepared by this method.
Selective multiple methylene insertion reactions mediated by iodomethylzine iodide: Mechanistic considerations and synthetic applications
作者:Michael J. Rozema、Paul Knochel
DOI:10.1016/s0040-4039(00)85980-8
日期:1991.4
The reaction of alkynylcoppers 1 with an excess of iodomethylzinc iodide selectively furnishes the quadruple methyleneinsertion copper organometallics 2 in fair to good yields. The mechanism of the reaction has been investigated and postulated intermediates such as 4 or 8 have been trapped with electrophiles like aldehydes or ketones in excellent yields. A new in situ preparation of propargylic copper