Pentacoordinate Organoaluminum Chemistry: Catalytic Efficiency of Me3Al in the Epoxide Cleavage with Alkynyllithiums
摘要:
A new and highly effective catalytic method for epoxide alkynylations has been developed that involves the chelation-controlled alkylation of heterosubstituted epoxides with Me3Al via pentacoordinate organoalluminum complexes by taking advantage of the exceedingly high affinity of aluminum to oxygen. For example, reaction of epoxy ether, (l-benzyloxy)-3-butene oxide (1), in toluene with PhC=CLi under the influence of catalytic Me3Al (10 mol%) proceeded smoothly at O degrees C for 5 h to furnish the alkynylation product, l-(benzyloxy)-6-phenylhex-5-yn-3-ol, in 76% yield [cf. 3% without Me3Al catalyst; 78% with stoichiometric Me3Al under similar conditions]. This represents the first catalytic procedure for the amphiphilic alkylation of epoxides. The participation of pentacoordinate Me3Al complexes of epoxy ethers of type 1 is emphasized by comparing the reactivity with the corresponding simple epoxide, 5-phenyl-l-pentene oxide, which was not susceptible to nucleophile attack of PhC=CLi with catalytic Me3A1 under similar conditions. The pentacoordinate complex formation of Me3Al with epoxy ether 1 is characterized by low-temperature C-13 and Al-27 NMR spectroscopy. This approach is also applicable to the selective alkynylation of tosyl aziridines with adjacent ether functionality, which provides a promising method for amino alcohol synthesis.
Pentacoordinate Organoaluminum Chemistry: Catalytic Efficiency of Me3Al in the Epoxide Cleavage with Alkynyllithiums
摘要:
A new and highly effective catalytic method for epoxide alkynylations has been developed that involves the chelation-controlled alkylation of heterosubstituted epoxides with Me3Al via pentacoordinate organoalluminum complexes by taking advantage of the exceedingly high affinity of aluminum to oxygen. For example, reaction of epoxy ether, (l-benzyloxy)-3-butene oxide (1), in toluene with PhC=CLi under the influence of catalytic Me3Al (10 mol%) proceeded smoothly at O degrees C for 5 h to furnish the alkynylation product, l-(benzyloxy)-6-phenylhex-5-yn-3-ol, in 76% yield [cf. 3% without Me3Al catalyst; 78% with stoichiometric Me3Al under similar conditions]. This represents the first catalytic procedure for the amphiphilic alkylation of epoxides. The participation of pentacoordinate Me3Al complexes of epoxy ethers of type 1 is emphasized by comparing the reactivity with the corresponding simple epoxide, 5-phenyl-l-pentene oxide, which was not susceptible to nucleophile attack of PhC=CLi with catalytic Me3A1 under similar conditions. The pentacoordinate complex formation of Me3Al with epoxy ether 1 is characterized by low-temperature C-13 and Al-27 NMR spectroscopy. This approach is also applicable to the selective alkynylation of tosyl aziridines with adjacent ether functionality, which provides a promising method for amino alcohol synthesis.
[EN] The present invention provides bifunctional polymers, methods of preparing the same, and intermediates thereto. These compounds are useful in a variety of applications including the PEGylation of biologically active molecules. The invention also provides methods of using said compounds and compositions thereof. [FR] L'invention concerne des polymères bifonctionnels, leurs méthodes d'obtention et des intermédiaires de ces polymères.Ces composés conviennent pour diverses applications, dont la PEGylation de molécules biologiquement actives. L'invention concerne également des méthodes d'utilisation de ces composés et des compositions obtenues à partir de ces composés.
Pentacoordinate Organoaluminum Chemistry: Catalytic Efficiency of Me<sub>3</sub>Al in the Epoxide Cleavage with Alkynyllithiums
A new and highly effective catalytic method for epoxide alkynylations has been developed that involves the chelation-controlled alkylation of heterosubstituted epoxides with Me3Al via pentacoordinate organoalluminum complexes by taking advantage of the exceedingly high affinity of aluminum to oxygen. For example, reaction of epoxy ether, (l-benzyloxy)-3-butene oxide (1), in toluene with PhC=CLi under the influence of catalytic Me3Al (10 mol%) proceeded smoothly at O degrees C for 5 h to furnish the alkynylation product, l-(benzyloxy)-6-phenylhex-5-yn-3-ol, in 76% yield [cf. 3% without Me3Al catalyst; 78% with stoichiometric Me3Al under similar conditions]. This represents the first catalytic procedure for the amphiphilic alkylation of epoxides. The participation of pentacoordinate Me3Al complexes of epoxy ethers of type 1 is emphasized by comparing the reactivity with the corresponding simple epoxide, 5-phenyl-l-pentene oxide, which was not susceptible to nucleophile attack of PhC=CLi with catalytic Me3A1 under similar conditions. The pentacoordinate complex formation of Me3Al with epoxy ether 1 is characterized by low-temperature C-13 and Al-27 NMR spectroscopy. This approach is also applicable to the selective alkynylation of tosyl aziridines with adjacent ether functionality, which provides a promising method for amino alcohol synthesis.