Hydroboration. 96. Synthesis and Chemistry of Sterically Modified α-Pinene-Related 2-Organylapoisopinocampheylchloro- and -bromoboranes, Potentially Valuable for Asymmetric Hydroboration
作者:Ulhas P. Dhokte、Herbert C. Brown
DOI:10.1021/om980172t
日期:1998.6.1
Optically pure and sterically varied 2-organylapoisopinocampheylchloro- and -bromoboranes (RapBHX; X = Cl and Br; R = Et (EapBHX), Pr (PraBHX), i-Bu (i-BapBHX), Ph (PapBHX), and i-Pr (i-PraBHX)), potentially valuable for asymmetric hydroboration of prochiral alkenes, are conveniently prepared by a number of simple approaches from the corresponding 2-organylapoisopinocampheyldihaloboranes (RapBX(2)) and 2-organylapoisopinocampheylboranes (RapBH(2)). All of these reagents can be readily obtained from 2-organylapopinenes (2-R-apopinenes). Increasing the steric bulk at the 2-position of the apopinene moiety significantly influences the formation of the desired RapBHCl. Thus, when R = i-Pr, a significantly lower amount of the sterically bulkier alkylchloroborane reagent, i-PraBHCl (47-52%), is formed in equilibrium with i-PraBH(2) (22-23%) and i-PraBCl(2) (22-23%). Surprisingly, a higher equilibrium composition for PapBHCl (84-86%, a sterically demanding borane reagent, is observed in equilibrium with 7-8% each of PapBH(2) and PapBCl(2). This result closely resembles the values realized in the formation of IpcBHCl, the least sterically hindered reagent among the organylchloroboranes examined in this study. However, it is possible to shift this equilibrium conveniently to achieve an increased concentration of RapBHCl (>95%) in ethyl ether (Et2O) in the presence of known amounts (1-4 equiv) of strongly coordinating solvents (CS), such as dimethyl sulfide (SMe2) and tetrahydrofuran (THF), solvents which readily coordinate with the chloroborane intermediates. Interestingly, irrespective of the bulk at the 2-position of the apopinene structure, the mere replacement of chloride in the RapBHCl reagents by bromide provides essentially pure RapBHBr. CS (95%, R = Me, Et, Pr, i-Bu, Ph, and i-Pr; CS = Et2O, THF, and SMe2) reagents.