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Cycloaddition Reactions: Overview

Cycloadditions are one of the most valuable and effective synthesis routes to form cyclic compounds. These are concerted pericyclic reactions between two unsaturated compounds resulting in a cyclic product with two new σ bonds formed at the expense of π bonds. The [4 + 2] cycloaddition, known as the Diels–Alder reaction, is the most common. The other example is a [2 + 2] cycloaddition.
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[4+2] Cycloaddition of Conjugated Dienes: Diels–Alder Reaction

The Diels–Alder reaction is an example of a thermal pericyclic reaction between a conjugated diene and an alkene or alkyne, commonly referred to as a dienophile. The reaction involves a concerted movement of six π electrons, four from the diene and two from the dienophile, forming an unsaturated six-membered ring. As a result, these reactions are classified as [4+2] cycloadditions.
Alkenes via Reductive Coupling of Aldehydes or Ketones: McMurry Reaction01:22

Alkenes via Reductive Coupling of Aldehydes or Ketones: McMurry Reaction

The radical dimerization of ketones or aldehydes gives vicinal diols through a pinacol coupling reaction. However, the behavior of titanium metals used for the reaction as a source of electrons is unusual. When the reaction is carried out in the presence of titanium, diols can be isolated at low temperatures. Else titanium further reacts with diols, forming alkenes through the McMurry reaction.
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Pericyclic Reactions: Introduction

Pericyclic reactions are organic reactions that occur via a concerted mechanism without generating any intermediates. The reactions proceed through the movement of electrons in a closed loop to form a cyclic transition state, where rearrangement of the σ and π bonds yields specific products.
Pericyclic reactions can be classified into three categories: electrocyclic reactions, cycloaddition reactions, and sigmatropic rearrangements. Electrocyclic reactions and sigmatropic rearrangements are...
Vicinal Diols via Reductive Coupling of Aldehydes or Ketones: Pinacol Coupling Overview01:27

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Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig discovered the pinacol coupling reaction in 1859. It is a radical dimerization reaction and involves the reductive coupling of aldehydes or ketones in the presence of hydrocarbon solvent to yield vicinal diols.
Preparation of Diols and Pinacol Rearrangement01:57

Preparation of Diols and Pinacol Rearrangement

Compounds bearing two hydroxyl groups are known as diols. When the hydroxyl groups are located on adjacent carbon atoms, the diols are called vicinal diols or glycols. Under acidic conditions, vicinal diols undergo a specific reaction called pinacol rearrangement.
The reaction begins with transferring a proton from the acid catalyst to one of the hydroxyl groups, producing an oxonium ion.

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Sequential Processes in Palladium-Catalyzed Silicon-Based Cross-Coupling.

Scott E Denmark1, Jack H-C Liu

  • 1Roger Adams Laboratory University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 600 South Mathews Avenue Urbana, IL 61801 (USA).

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Silicon-based cross-coupling offers a stable, low-toxicity alternative to traditional methods. Its unique sequential processes efficiently build complex molecules from simple precursors, valuable for natural product synthesis.

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Area of Science:

  • Organic Chemistry
  • Organosilicon Chemistry

Background:

  • Silicon-based cross-coupling reactions are emerging as a versatile alternative to established methods like Suzuki-Miyaura, Stille-Kosugi-Migita, and Negishi couplings.
  • Key advantages include a broad substrate scope, reagent stability, and environmentally benign waste streams.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review sequential processes involving silicon-based cross-coupling.
  • To highlight the application of these sequential processes in total synthesis.

Main Methods:

  • Discussion of studies focusing on sequential processes utilizing silicon-based cross-coupling.
  • Presentation of total syntheses that incorporate these sequential methodologies.

Main Results:

  • Silicon-based cross-coupling enables the efficient transformation of simple precursors into complex, highly functionalized products via sequential reactions.
  • These sequential processes offer stereoselective control and are particularly useful for constructing complex carbon backbones.

Conclusions:

  • Sequential silicon-based cross-coupling represents an underappreciated yet powerful strategy in synthetic organic chemistry.
  • This approach facilitates the rapid synthesis of value-added compounds, including natural products, from inexpensive starting materials.