The Rh-catalyzed hydrosilylation of butadiynes to chiral allenes in the presence of chiral phosphine ligands is described. For the first time an enantiomeric excess of 22% was achieved using PPM ligand ((2S,4S)-(−)-4-(diphenylphosphino)-2-(diphenylphosphinomethyl)-pyrrolidine).
The hydrosilatation of Pr-n-C=C-Pr-n, Ph-C=C-Ph, Me3Si-C=C-SiMe3, Ph-C=C-C=C-Ph, Bu-t-C=C-C=C-Bu-t and Me3Si-C=C-C=C-SiMe3 with Ph2SiH2, PhMe2SiH and Et3SiH in the presence of L2Ni(0)-butadiyne catalysts [L = Ph3P, (o-Tol-O)(3)P] has been studied. In all cases the hydrosilylation proceeds via a cis-addition of the silanes. The disubstituted alkynes (Pr-n-C=C-Pr-n, Ph-C=C-Ph) give hydrosilylated ethene, butadiene and hexatriene derivatives as well as non-hydrosilylated benzene derivatives. In the case of Me3Si-C=C-SiMe3 no reaction was observed. The hydrosilylation of disubstituted butadiynes proceeds stepwise to give at first the 1,2-adducts. In dependence on the butadiynes either a 1,4-addition (Bu-t-C=C-C=C-Bu-t, Me3Si-C=C-C=C-SiMe3) to the corresponding allene derivatives (11, 13, 15) or a 3,4-addition (Ph-C=C-C=C-Ph) to the 1,3-butadiene 19 takes place subsequently. The reaction products were characterized by mass spectrometry, IR and NMR spectroscopy.
A new asymmetric synthesis of optically active allenes via metal catalyzed hydrosilylation
The Rh and Ni catalyzed hydrosilylation of butadiynes to chiral allenes in the presence of chiral phosphine ligands is described. For the first time an enantiomeric excess up to 27% was achieved using [Rh(COD)Cl]2/(−)-PPM and up to 11% using NiCl2[(−)-DIOP].