Umpolung of Carbon−Sulfur Bonds. Novel Synthesis of Substituted Allenes from Propargylic Dithioacetals
摘要:
Umpolung of the carbon-sulfur bonds can be achieved by treatment of propargylic dithioacetals 1 with organocuprates. The organocopper intermediates 3 gave the corresponding allenyl thioethers 4 upon protonolysis. When alkyl halides were used, propargylic thioethers 5 were obtained exclusively. Transmetalation of organocopper intermediates 3 with ZnBr2 followed by Pd(PPh3)(4)- catalyzed coupling with vinylic or aryl halides afforded the corresponding allenyl thioethers 4. Either 4 or 5 reacted with Grignard reagents in the presence of NiCl2(dppf) to yield the corresponding allenes 9 or 10, respectively. The overall reaction can be considered to use 1 as allene-1,3-zwitterion synthons. The relative reactivities of a propargylic ether versus a propargylic dithioacetal toward an organocopper reagent were compared. The sulfur moiety apparently has higher reactivity toward the copper reagent.
We have developed an efficient Cu/N,N-bidentate imine ligand catalytic system for C(sp3)–C(sp) coupling to obtain internal alkynes, di/trisubstituted allenes and strained bridged cyclic lactams in moderate to excellent yields from readily available alkyl(benzyl) bromides in one-pot transformation. Density Functional Theory (DFT) assisted mechanistic study along with control experiments support the