Iron-Promoted Elimination of β-Thioalkoxy Alcohols. Olefination by Coupling of a Carbonyl Group with a Dithioacetal
摘要:
Treatment of propargylic dithiolanes with (BuLi)-Bu-n followed by a carbonyl electrophile yields the corresponding propargylic dithioacetals. Upon treatment with 1 equiv of Fe(acac)(3) and excess MeMgI, elimination of SR and OH moieties from 8 affords the corresponding olefins in satisfactory yield. Benzylic dithioacetals behave similarly. The reaction can be considered an alternative of McMurry coupling of two different carbonyl equivalents.
A series of Bu-t-substituted Z-oligodiacetylenes (Z-ODAs) are synthesized from the reactions of allenyl/propargylic zinc reagents, obtained from the corresponding propargylic dithiolanes and BuLi, with dithiolane-substituted propargylic aldehydes followed by stereospecific elimination of beta-thioalkoxy alcohols under Mitsunobu conditions. The stereochemical assignments are based on NOE experiments. The X-ray structure of the hexamer further supports the Z configuration for each of the double bonds in these ODAs. The photophysical properties of these Z-ODAs have been examined and are compared with known related E- and Z-ODAs with different substituents.