Volume 53, Issue 25 pp. 6546-6549
Communication

Silylative Cyclopropanation of Allyl Phosphates with Silylboronates

Dr. Ryo Shintani

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Dr. Ryo Shintani

Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656 (Japan)

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Ryuhei Fujie

Ryuhei Fujie

Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656 (Japan)

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Dr. Momotaro Takeda

Dr. Momotaro Takeda

Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502 (Japan)

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Prof. Dr. Kyoko Nozaki

Corresponding Author

Prof. Dr. Kyoko Nozaki

Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656 (Japan)

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First published: 13 May 2014
Citations: 41

Support has been provided in part by a Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan), and the Asahi Glass Foundation. M.T. thanks JSPS for a fellowship.

Graphical Abstract

β attack! A potassium-bis(trimethylsilyl)amide-mediated cyclopropanation of allyl phosphates with silylboronates has been developed. Unlike the reported copper-catalyzed allylic substitution reactions, the nucleophile selectively attacks at the β-position of the allylic substrates under the present conditions. The reaction mechanism has also been investigated, thus indicating the involvement of a silylpotassium species as the active nucleophilic component.

Abstract

A potassium-bis(trimethylsilyl)amide-mediated cyclopropanation of allyl phosphates with silylboronates has been developed. Unlike the reported copper-catalyzed allylic substitution reactions, the nucleophile selectively attacks at the β-position of the allylic substrates under the present reaction conditions. The mechanism of this process has also been investigated, thus indicating the involvement of a silylpotassium species as the active nucleophilic component.

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