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Stereocontrolled alkylation of unsaturated compounds with alkoxytitanacyclopropane reagents
Author(s) -
Kulinkovich Oleg,
Isakov Vladimir,
Kananovich Dzmitry
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the chemical record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.61
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1528-0691
pISSN - 1527-8999
DOI - 10.1002/tcr.20155
Subject(s) - chemistry , alkylation , reagent , stereoselectivity , steric effects , titanium , bromide , organic chemistry , alcohol , allylic rearrangement , allyl bromide , selectivity , combinatorial chemistry , medicinal chemistry , catalysis
Interaction of titanium(IV) isopropoxide with ethylmagnesium bromide and its higher homologs leads to the generation of alkoxytitanacyclopropane species, which are able to act in the reactions with unsaturated compounds as 1,2‐dicarbanionic alkylating agents. The present review is focused on the processes of intermolecular regio‐ and stereoselective alkylation of carboxylic esters and allylic alcohol derivatives with alkoxytitanacyclopropane reagents. The oxophilicity of the titanium atom and its tendency to form sterically crowded ate complexes are probably the main factors providing a high level of selectivity of these transformations. © 2008 The Japan Chemical Journal Forum and Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Chem Rec 8: 269–278; 2008: Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ) DOI 10.1002/tcr.20155