The intramolecular hydroamination of hindered alkenes has been developed as a versatile route to
heterocyclic systems. The current process utilizes the unhindered catalyst system [CpTMS
2LnMe]2
(Ln = Sm, Nd) to effect the cyclization of hindered amino olefins, providing products containing
quaternary centers. The process tolerates a wide variety of substitution patterns, allowing the
construction of monocyclic as well as fused and bridged bicyclic heterocycles. Two experimental
procedures were employed in this study: one without solvent, minimizing waste streams, the other
in deuterated solvents, allowing NMR monitoring of the reaction. The yield of each reaction was
high, with NMR analysis of the reactions in progress showing clean conversion from starting
material to a single product in most cases.
The regioselectivity of monosubstituted alkene hydrosilylation catalyzed by organolanthanide and group 3 organometallic complexes has been studied as a function of catalyst structure. A wide variety of catalyst variations were shown to be compatible with the hydrosilylation process. Several novel complexes were synthesized to widen the scope of this investigation. The results show complexes containing larger lanthanide metal ions and reduced substitution on the cyclopentadienyl ligands produce increased yields of the secondary silane product. Several complexes were identified that are highly selective for primary silane generation.Supporting Information Available: NMR spectra for compounds without reported elemental analyses as well as details of the X-ray stucture determination of 6 and 7 (27 pages). Ordering information is given on any current masthead page.
The catalytic cyclization/silylation reaction of hindered dienes has been investigated using the relatively unhindered complexes Me 2 Si(C 5 H 3 SiMe 3 ) 2 YCH(TMS) 2 and [Cp TMS 2 LnMe] 2 (Ln ) Y, Lu). A wide variety of dienes and trienes bearing a number of functional groups were cyclized, affording silanes containing quaternary centers in a diastereoselective fashion and in good yield. The products can be oxidized using one of several different protocols, yielding alcohols for further functionalization.
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