Abstract
Diazo compounds continue both to challenge and to fascinate practitioners of chemical synthesis. The most strategically powerful and unique type of reactivity observed with these reagents is a formal insertion of the donor-acceptor carbon into C–C or C–H bonds alpha to carbonyl groups. Although the reaction does not involve discrete carbon–metal bonds, it can be catalyzed by metal-based Lewis acids. This chapter investigates both classical and modern developments in diazoalkyl carbon insertion with a special emphasis on nonstabilized nucleophiles.
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Notes
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Interestingly, Tiffeneau–Demjanov rearrangement provides mostly the α-ketone product in an 85:15 ratio of regioisomers (determined by IR spectroscopy); see [83])
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See [90].
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See [102].
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Readily prepared by treating trimethylaluminum with two equivalents of BHT; see [99].
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The cis/trans configuration of 2-methyl-5-tert-butylcycloheptanone was established following equilibration in methanolic NaOCH3.
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The less electron-poor, more hindered Lewis acids (Sc(acac)3 and Sc(tmhd)3) were substituted for Sc(OTf)3 in reactions with more Lewis basic diazoalkanes in order to maximize the yield of product (tmhd = 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-3,5-heptanedianato, or tert-butyl(acac)). See [99] and citations therein for more details on the Lewis-acid mediated destruction of diazoalkanes.
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p-(Methoxy)phenyldiazomethane is a potent Lewis base and has been reported to decompose at temperatures as low as –80° C; see [125].
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Iodobenzene bis(trifluoroacetate) can substitute for lead(IV) acetate with little or no impact on the yield of diazoalkane, but the nonpolar extract becomes contaminated by residual iodobenzene.
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Moebius, D.C., Rendina, V.L., Kingsbury, J.S. (2014). Catalysis of Diazoalkane–Carbonyl Homologation. How New Developments in Hydrazone Oxidation Enable the Carbon Insertion Strategy for Synthesis. In: Dong, G. (eds) C-C Bond Activation. Topics in Current Chemistry, vol 346. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/128_2013_521
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