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Pure Appl. Chem. 76(3), 657-669, 2004

Pure and Applied Chemistry

Vol. 76, Issue 3

3-Halopropenyl esters as precursors of a new class of oxygen-substituted allylic organometallic compounds: Applications in organic synthesis

M. Lombardo, S. Licciulli, and C. Trombini

Dipartimento di Chimica “G.Ciamician ”, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Abstract: 3-halopropenyl esters, readily prepared by the addition of acyl halides to acrolein, react with zinc, indium, and chromium(II), thus opening a route to a new class of oxygen-substituted allylic organometallic compounds. Indium and zinc reagents smoothly add to carbonyl compounds, affording alk-1-en-3,4-diol derivatives in a variety of synthetic procedures which include typical Grignard stepwise conditions as well as Barbier one-pot protocols. Using zinc and indium in water or aprotic solvents, simple diastereoselectivity was found to depend on the nature of the carbonyl compound; conjugated aldehydes favor formation of syn-adducts while unconjugated aldehydes favor anti-adducts. Moving to chromium, a reversal of regioselectivity was observed in favor of (Z)-4-hydroxy-enolacetates, flexible protected forms of homoaldols. Chromium complexes are generated in a catalytic cycle based on the combined use of the redox Mn(0)/Cr(III) couple and of TMSCl. When the Cr-catalyzed reaction is carried out in the presence of Jacobsen's Salen ligand, the regiochemical outcome of the reaction is again reversed, and syn-alk-1-en-3,4-diols are formed in high ee's.

*Plenary and invited lectures presented at the 12th International Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry Directed Towards Organic Synthesis (OMCOS-12), Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 6-10 July 2003. Other lectures are published in this issue, pp. 453-695.


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