A variety of vinyl- or alkynyl-substituted polyhydroxylated cyclopentanes and cyclobutanes are prepared in enantiomerically pure form from appropriate carbohydrate precursors, in a direct one-step ring-contraction procedure promoted by SmI2 and catalytic Pd(O). This reaction is thought to proceed through intermediate ring-opened allyl- or allenylsamarium complexes that undergo ring-closure by intramolecular carbonyl addition. A predominant trans relationship is found between vinyl (or alkynyl) and hydroxyl groups at the two newly created stereogenic centers, with good to excellent levels of stereoselectivity being observed in the formation of homopropargyl cyclopentanol products. Under appropriate conditions, preparatively useful yields are realized of stereoisomers not directly available using alternative methodology.
A SmI(2)/Pd(0)-promoted intramolecular coupling between propargylic esters and carbonyl compounds is described. The reaction affords homopropargyl cycloalkanol products. Cyclopentanols are formed in high yields when ketones are employed as the carbonyl components, but aldehydes are found not to be suitable partners in these reactions. Particularly remarkable is the efficient formation of products with adjacent functionalized quaternary centers. These cyclizations take place with low diastereoselectivity about the newly created propargylic and carbinol stereogenic centers except when these two centers are quaternary or in the presence of groups capable of both chelating trivalent samarium and facilitating retroaldol-aldol-type equilibria in the product. In this latter case, the strategic combination of chemoselective carbonyl addition and SmI(2)/Pd(0)-promoted cyclization provides ready and convenient stereocontrolled access to functionalized cyclopentanols from unprotected 1,5-dicarbonyl starting materials. The analogous formation of cyclohexanols is limited by low cyclization yields and lack of stereoselectivity.
Carbohydrate-derived propargylic esters react with Et 2 Zn and catalytic Pd(0), in the presence of a Lewis acid, to generate nucleophilic allenyl metal species capable of intramolecular addition to a tethered carbonyl group. This results in the formation of enantiomerically pure functionalized cyclopentanes with high stereoselectivity and in preparatively useful yields. A high preference is observed for a trans relationship between the alkynyl and OH groups in the cyclopentane products, implying that the cyclization proceeds through open transition states.
Carbonyl-tethered propargylic benzoates undergo intramolecular carbonylpropargylation upon treatment with Et2 Zn in the presence of a catalytic amount of Pd(0) with the formation of 2-alkynylcyclopentanol products. A ligand/solvent effect on the cis/trans selectivity (referring to the relative positions of alkynyl and OH groups) of ring-closure has been found. In a non-coordinating solvent (benzene), increasing the electron-donating ability of the phosphine ligand (while decreasing its dissociation ability) leads to an increased tendency towards the trans product. On the other hand, the combination of a coordinating solvent (THF) and PPh3 , an easily dissociated phosphine, results in the exclusive formation of cis products. Experimental and computational results are compatible with a divergent behavior of an allenylethylpalladium intermediate that partitions between competitive carbonyl-addition and transmetalation pathways, each leading to a different diastereoisomer. These results also suggest that the dissociating ability of the phosphine regulates that behavior.
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