Butyllithium Addition toα-Chiral Compounds: Solvent Mixture Effects on Diastereofacial Selectivity
作者:Gianfranco Cainelli、Paola Galletti、Daria Giacomini、Paolo Orioli、Mario A. Polidoro、Maria Cristina Righetti
DOI:10.1002/1522-2675(20000809)83:8<1951::aid-hlca1951>3.0.co;2-g
日期:2000.8.9
Temperature-dependent selectivity in nucleophilic additions is affected by the solvent. In this context, we investigated the effect on diastereoselectivity of solvent mixtures with respect to pure solvents. Binary systems of THF/hexane and of four different hydrocarbon mixtures were employed in BuLi addition to 2-phenylpropanal, (2S)-2-[(tert-butyl)dimethylsilyloxy]-2-phenylethanal, and (2S)-2-[(tert-butyl)dimethylsilyloxyl]-N-(trimethylsilyl)propan-1-imine. A 5-mol-% of THF in hexane affects the isomer ratio by reducing both Delta Delta H-not equal and Delta Delta S not equal contributions, and suppresses T-inv. On the contrary, in hydrocarbon binary mixtures, the T-inv is still observed and occurs at a higher temperature than in pure solvents. Studying the dependence of T-inv on the hexane/decane mixture composition, we propose the formation of a peculiar solvation cluster that is unaffected by the composition of the bulk reaction solvent.