Transmetalation reactions of alkenylalanes: copper-catalyzed conjugate addition to enones
作者:Peter Wipf、Jacqueline H. Smitrovich、Choong Woon Moon
DOI:10.1021/jo00037a040
日期:1992.5
An improved synthetic strategy for the in situ preparation of vinyl cuprates from alkynes is presented and used for the stereospecific synthesis of di-, tri-, and tetrasubstituted olefin& Hydroalumination or Cp2ZrCl2-catalyzed carboalumination of alkynes, followed by in situ transmetalation to bis-alkynyl-copper complex [(C4H9C = C)2CuCN]Li2 and addition of enones, led to the isolation of 1,4-addition products in high yields. Stoichiometric or catalytic amounts of copper complex gave similar results. However, in the presence of less than 10 mol % of Cu(I) complex, side products were formed and a significant drop in the yield of the desired conjugate addition product was observed. An ate-transfer mechanism is postulated for the rapid exchange of vinyl ligands from AI(III) to Cu(I) at low temperatures.