A highly efficient Hg(OTf)2-mediated Sakurai-Hosomi allylation of: N-tert -butyloxycarbonylamino sulfones, aldehydes, fluoroalkyl ketones and α,β-unsaturated enones using allyltrimethylsilane

Yi Gong, Zhong Yan Cao, Ying Bo Shi, Feng Zhou, Ying Zhou, Jian Zhou

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Abstract

It is reported that cheap and easily available Hg(OTf)2 can efficiently mediate the Sakurai-Hosomi reaction of N-tert-butyloxycarbonyl (Boc) amino sulfones, aldehydes, and α-fluoroalkyl ketones using allyltrimethylsilane, with the catalyst loading down to 0.5-5.0 mol%, enabling the facile access to synthetically valuable homoallylic alcohols or amines, respectively. A chemoselective 1,4-allylation of α,β-unsaturated enones is also achieved under the catalysis of 5.0 mol% Hg(OTf)2. In most cases, Hg(OTf)2 exhibited intriguing properties superior to those of commonly used metal Lewis acids for such reactions, suggesting that mercury catalysis is worthwhile to explore.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3989-3995
Number of pages7
JournalOrganic Chemistry Frontiers
Volume6
Issue number24
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Dec 2019

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