Preparation of polyfunctional diorganomercurials and their transmetallation to diorganozincs. Applications to the preparation of optically active secon
作者:Michael J. Rozema、Duddu Rajagopal、Charles E. Tucker、Paul Knochel
DOI:10.1016/0022-328x(92)88002-z
日期:1992.10
Two new methods of preparation of functionalized diorganomercurials have been developed. The first method involves a substitution reaction of (ICH2)2Hg with zinc-copper reagents FG-RCu(CN)ZnI in THF/DMF at - 60-degrees-C. Functional groups such as an ester, nitrile, ketone, phosphonate, halide, and boronic ester are tolerated in this reaction. The second method involves a reductive transmetallation between polyfunctional organozinc halides and mercurous chloride (Hg2Cl2). This very convenient procedure provides a rapid route to various functionalized diorganomercurials in good yields (61-89% yield). The synthetic utility of these mercury organometallics is demonstrated. Their transmetallation with zinc dust (toluene, 80-degrees-C, 3-5 h) affords dialkylzincs which add enantioselectively to aldehydes in the presence of a catalytic amount (20 mol%) of the norephedrine derivative 13. This transmetallation can also be used to prepare stereoselectively (E)-alkenylzinc halides (> 98% E). Addition of Cl(H)ZrCp2 to (E)-5-chloropentenylzinc bromide in CH2Cl2 (25-degrees-C, 1 min) affords a 1,1-bimetallic of zinc and zirconium Cl(CH2)4CH(ZnBr)ZrCp2(Cl) which reacts stereoselectively with an aldehyde providing the (E)-disubstituted olefin (49% yield; 100% E).