Ohmatsu Kohsuke, Nakashima Tsubasa, Sato Makoto, Ooi Takashi
Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), and Department of Molecular and Macromolecular Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan.
CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan.
Nat Commun. 2019 Jun 20;10(1):2706. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-10641-y.
Strategies for altering the reaction pathway of reactive intermediates are of significant importance in diversifying organic synthesis. Enol silyl ethers, versatile enolate equivalents, are known to undergo one-electron oxidation to generate the radical cations that spontaneously form electrophilic α-carbonyl radicals via elimination of the silyl groups. Here, we demonstrate that close scrutiny of the property of the radical cations as strong C-H acids enables the identification of a catalyst system consisting of an iridium-based photosensitizer and 2,4,6-collidine for the generation of nucleophilic allylic radicals from enol silyl ethers through one-electron oxidation-deprotonation sequence under light irradiation without the desilylation of the radical cation intermediates. The resultant allylic radicals engage in the addition to electron-deficient olefins, establishing the selective allylic C-H alkylation of enol silyl ethers. This strategy is broadly applicable, and the alkylated enol silyl ethers can be transformed into highly functionalized carbonyl compounds by exploiting their common polar reactivity.
改变反应中间体反应途径的策略对于丰富有机合成具有重要意义。烯醇硅醚作为通用的烯醇负离子等价物,已知可进行单电子氧化生成自由基阳离子,这些自由基阳离子通过消除硅基自发形成亲电α-羰基自由基。在此,我们证明,仔细研究作为强C-H酸的自由基阳离子的性质,可以确定一种由铱基光敏剂和2,4,6-可力丁组成的催化体系,用于在光照下通过单电子氧化-去质子化序列从烯醇硅醚生成亲核烯丙基自由基,而不会使自由基阳离子中间体发生脱硅反应。生成的烯丙基自由基与缺电子烯烃发生加成反应,实现烯醇硅醚的选择性烯丙基C-H烷基化。该策略具有广泛的适用性,通过利用其常见的极性反应性,烷基化的烯醇硅醚可转化为高度官能化的羰基化合物。