The reduction of the carbonyl group in acylated trifluoroethyl alkanesulfonates follows the Felkin-Ahn selectivity, and the so-formed diastereomeric β-hydroxysulfonyl intermediates undergo syn- and anti-fragmentation, depending on the reaction conditions. In effect, isomeric E- and Z-alkenes are formed in a stereodivergent manner, which mimics the mechanistic manifold of the Peterson olefination.
The palladium-catalyzed reaction of γ-silylated allyl acetates with water in the presence of CsF induces a previously unprecedented 1,2-shift of a substituent on silicon to produce allylsilanes in situ. The catalytic activity of the palladium increased when using an electron-poor phosphine ligand possessing fluorinated substituents. Further investigation of the reaction revealed that the approximate
One-pot synthesis of (E)-alkenes 5 from the reactions of aldehyde 1 and nitromethane 2 in the acetic acid solution and then with triethylborane 4 in the biphase of diethyl ether and aqueous Solution ill the presence of oxygen in air was reported. Various (E)-alkenes 7 could also be prepared when different kinds of secondary or tertiary alkyl iodides 6 were used under similar conditions. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.