Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation
Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation
Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation
hydrazones
O Alkylation of heteroatom stabilized
anions
O C=C Bond Formation
O Claisen rearrangement
O Wittig reaction
O Peterson olefination
Alkylation of enolates
O Enolates:
O -deprotonation of a ketone, aldehyde or ester by
enolate
O Enolate formation
O Acid catalyzed (thermodynamic)
H+
more substituted
kinetic)
Base
less substituted
LDA/THF, -78C
Li+
- K+
tBuO-K+, tBuOH
- K+
thermodynamic enolate
kinetic
O Alkylation of enolates:
O Primary alkyl halides, alylic and benzylic halides work well
O Secondary halides can be troublesome
O Tertiary halides dont work
O Rate of alkylation is increased in more polar solvents
kinetic enolization
acid
more stable, kinetic
enamine
Me2N.NH 2
LDA/THF
H+, -H2O
E+
E+
hydrolysis
anions
O Sulfones
LDA/THF
Al(Hg)
O Sulfoxides
LDA/THF
Raney Ni
elimination of H 2O
H2C=O, Me2NH.HCl
O Wittig Reaction
O Reaction of phosphonium ylide with aldehydes
and ketones
Ph3P
strong base
ylide
phosphorane
X-
-Ph3P=O
betaine
oxaphosphetane
O Geometry of olefin
non-stablilized ylide
Z-olefin
stabilized ylide
E-olefin
+ -
E-olefin
O Peterson Olefination
LDA/THF
-Me3SiO
Ph3P=CHCH2CH3
O