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CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
Volume 19, Issue 45, Pages 15281-15289Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201301444
Keywords
alkenes; homogeneous catalysis; olefination; organocatalysis; Wittig reaction
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- Dublin City University (DCU, Career Start)
- Enterprise Ireland (EI) [CF/2011/1029]
- University of Texas at Arlington
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We have developed the first catalytic (in phosphane) Wittig reaction (CWR). The utilization of an organosilane was pivotal for success as it allowed for the chemoselective reduction of a phosphane oxide. Protocol optimization evaluated the phosphane oxide precatalyst structure, loading, organosilane, temperature, solvent, and base. These studies demonstrated that to maintain viable catalytic performance it was necessary to employ cyclic phosphane oxide precatalysts of type 1. Initial substrate studies utilized sodium carbonate as a base, and further experimentation identified N,N-diisopropylethylamine (DIPEA) as a soluble alternative. The use of DIPEA improved the ease of use, broadened the substrate scope, and decreased the precatalyst loading. The optimized protocols were compatible with alkyl, aryl, and heterocyclic (furyl, indolyl, pyridyl, pyrrolyl, and thienyl) aldehydes to produce both di- and trisubstituted olefins in moderate-to-high yields (60-96%) by using a precatalyst loading of 4-10mol%. Kinetic E/Z selectivity was generally 66:34; complete E selectivity for disubstituted ,-unsaturated products was achieved through a phosphane-mediated isomerization event. The CWR was applied to the synthesis of 54, a known precursor to the anti-Alzheimer drug donepezil hydrochloride, on a multigram scale (12.2g, 74% yield). In addition, to our knowledge, the described CWR is the only transition-/heavy-metal-free catalytic olefination process, excluding proton-catalyzed elimination reactions.
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