Electronic and steric control in carbon-hydrogen insertion reactions of diazoacetoacetates catalyzed by dirhodium(II) carboxylates and carboxamides
摘要:
Carboxylate and carboxamide ligands on dirhodium(II) catalysts can provide enormous regiocontrol in carbon-hydrogen insertion reactions of diazoacetate esters. Whereas 2,3,4-trimethyl-3-pentyl diazoacetoacetate (1) forms gamma-lactone products from insertion into primary and tertiary C-H bonds in a statistical distribution (61:39) with dirhodium(II) tetrakis(perfluorobutyrate), only tertiary C-H insertion is observed with dirhodium(II) tetraacetamide. Similar results are obtained with 2-methyl-2-octyl diazoacetoacetate (3), where competition for insertion exists between secondary and primary C-H bonds and electronic factors govern regioselection. However, with 2-methyl-3-isopropyl-3-heptyl diazoacetoacetate (2) and 2-methyl-1-phenyl-2-propyl diazoacetoacetate (4), product distributions from C-H insertion are invariant with the dirhodium(II) ligands; insertion into a secondary C-H bond is favored over tertiary C-H insertion with 2 (95:5), and insertion into a primary C-H bond is preferred to benzylic secondary C-H insertion with 4 (70:30). In such cases, which are amenable to analyses by MM2 calculations, regioselectivity is determined by conformational preferences for which C-H insertion selectivity can be as random as that found with 2 and 4. When only one C-H bond site is available for insertion to form a five-membered ring product, only one gamma-lactone is observed from reactions catalyzed by dirhodium(II) tetraacetate, and that product is not necessarily the one predicted by presumed electronic preferences.
Catalyzed addition of diazoacetoacetates to imines: synthesis of highly functionalized aziridines
作者:Xue-jing Zhang、Ming Yan、Dan Huang
DOI:10.1039/b813763c
日期:——
The addition of diazoacetoacetates to aromatic imines derived from p-methoxyaniline is achieved using dirhodium tetraacetate as the catalyst. Highly functionalized aziridines are obtained in good yield and with excellent stereoselectivity. 2-Diazo-1,3-diketones also provide good yields of aziridines, but dimethyl diazomalonate is inactive in the transformation. The diazoacetoacetates of chiral alcohols are also examined in the reaction and moderate diastereoselectivity is achieved with (R)-pantolactone-derived diazoacetoacetate. A reaction mechanism through metal-carbene and azomethine ylide is proposed.
Highly selective γ-lactone syntheses by intramolecular carbenoid carbon-hydrogen insertion in rhodium(II) carboxylate and rhodium(II) carboxamide catalyzed reactions of diazo esters
作者:Michael P. Doyle、Vahid Bagheri、Matthew M. Pearson、John D. Edwards
DOI:10.1016/s0040-4039(01)93408-2
日期:——
Rhodium(II) acetate and rhodium(II) acetamide catalyzed decomposition of diazo esters forms γ-lactones in high yield and with exceptionally high regio- and diastereoselectivity.