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Professor Scott E. Denmark
        University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Activating Acids with Bases: Theory and Applications
              An Homage to G. N. Lewis

       Ischia Advanced School
     of Organic Chemistry 2006
             Ischia, Italy
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       19-23 September 2006

                                       G. N. Lewis (1875-1946)
(Asymmetric) Catalysis: The Chemical Evergreen   reagents

              catalysts
Opportunities for Catalysis in the Main Group?

• Lewis Acidity:
   –   B(+3), Al(+3), Ga(+3), In(+3)
   –   Si(+4), Sn(+2, +4), Pb(+4)
   –   P(+5), Sb(+3, +5), Bi(+3, +5)
   –   O(+2), S(+2, +4, +6), Se(+2, +4, +6), Te(+2, +4, +6)
   –   F(+1), Cl(+1, +3, +5, +7), Br(+1, +3, +5, +7), l(+1, +3, +5, +7)
• Catalyzed Chemical Processes
   –   Carbonyl addition reactions (aldol, allylation, ene)
   –   Acetal addition reactions
   –   Friedel-Crafts reactions
   –   Conjugate addition reactions
   –   Azomethine addition reactions
   –   Epoxide opening reactions
   –   Cycloadditions ([4+2], hetero [4+2], [3+2]), Electrocyclic reactions
   –   Sigmatropic (and other) rearrangements
Strategies for Modulating Lewis Acidity: Structural
structural perturbations (“strain-release Lewis acidity”)
                    p orbital                             spn hybrid

                           distort                                                                            ΔH0 = -22.7 kcal/mol         N
       R                                                                             B                                                     B
                                                                                            +
       R
               M    R                               M
                                            R            R                                         N
                                                R
                                                                             (Mihkailov)

                                                                                                          F3C CF
                                                                                                                 3
                                                                                                                                           F3C CF3
   R                                        R           θ = 90Þ                                                                                O
       θ = 109Þ distort                                                                                             O        LB
                                                                                                               Si                              Si LB
                                                                                                                    O
R M                             R           M                          Si                                               94Þ
           R                                        R                                                                                          O
 R                                                                                                                  CF3
                                        R                                                                 F3C                              F3C CF3
                                                                                                                          (J. C. Martin)

                   θ = 77Þ                                                                                                       Me
                           Si                   O                           Si Me                                           Si
                         O Me                                                              intramolecular               O        O
                                    +                               O       O    H         silicon transfer
                   MeO                              H                                                           MeO
                          Me                                  MeO                                                         Me
                                                                                Ph
                                                                        Me
Strategies for Modulating Lewis Acidity: Electronic
electronic perturbations (electrophilic)
                                                 LB                   X                              X
           X                   LB                                                LB              X
                                                                X M                                  M    X
           X
                   M   X                     X M                    X
                                                                                                X
                                              X  X               X
                                                                                                     LB
                      Binding equilibrium becomes more favorable as
           electron deficiency at M increases: X = NR2 < OR < halide < TfO ~Tf2N

electronic perturbations (nucleophilic?)               Gutmann’s Fourth Rule “spillover effect”
                                                 _
                                         F            "…although         a        donor-acceptor
                           -                                                                              Cl
  F                    F                              interaction will result in a net transfer of   Cl        Cl
       B       F                         B            electron density from a donor species               Sb   net decrease
  F                                 F
                                             F                                                                 Cl
                                     F                to an acceptor species, it will, in the        Cl
      electron deficient        more electron
                                                      case of polyatomic species, actually                O net increase
      MP2: q(au) +0.990
                                 deficient!!          lead to a net increase of electron                 C
                               MP2: q(au) +1.070
                                                      density at the donor atom of the donor           O O
                                                      species and to a net decrease of               Cl C C Cl
      C. Cramer, private communication                electron density at the acceptor atom
                                                      of the acceptor species."
                                                                                                       Cl Cl
Structure, Bonding and Charge Distribution in Hypercoordinate
                          Silicon Compounds
                                     (3c-4e) p                                   (3c-4e) p
      X                                          L                                            L
                       Lewis base (L)        X                   Lewis base (L)
                                                                                         X    L
    X Si X                                   X Si    X                                     Si
     X                                                                                   X    X
                                               X                                           X
             sp3                                           sp2                                       sp
     tetrahdral (Td)                          tbp (C3v)                                octahedron (D4h or C2v)
formal bond order: 1.0           formal bond order (apical): 0.75                    formal bond order: 0.66
Si-Cl 2.039 Å                    formal bond order (basal): 0.83                     Si-Cl 2.273 Å
X   Si charge X charge           X      L   Si charge X charge                       X   L     Si charge X charge
Cl +0.178       - 0.045          Cl Cl      +0.279        -0.430(a), -0139(b)        Cl Cl     +0.539      -0.423

1.
 1. Coordination
    Coordinationbybyboth
                     bothneutral
                            neutraland
                                    andanionic
                                        anionicligands
                                                ligandsresults
                                                         resultsininaadecrease
                                                                       decreaseininthe
                                                                                    theelectron
                                                                                         electron
density
 densityat
         atthe
            thecentral
                centralsilicon
                        siliconatom
                                atomand
                                      andan
                                          anincrease
                                             increaseininelectron
                                                          electrondensity
                                                                     densityon
                                                                             onthe
                                                                                theligands.
                                                                                     ligands.
2.2.Hypervalent
    Hypervalentbonding
                bondingisishighly
                            highlyionic
                                   ionicinincharacter
                                             characterand
                                                       anddissociation
                                                           dissociationcan
                                                                        canbe
                                                                            befacile.
                                                                               facile.
3.3.Hypervalent
    Hypervalentbonds
                bondsfavor
                      favorelectronegative
                             electronegativeligands,
                                                ligands,sp
                                                         spbonds
                                                            bondsfavor
                                                                  favorelectropositive
                                                                        electropositiveligands
                                                                                         ligands

                                                                                M. Gordon, J. Phys. Chem. 1990, 94, 8125
The Hypervalent 3-Center/4 Electron Bond

                                         σ∗ (LUMO)
                                                             Si     Si                               Si
                                                                                                     Si
                                         n (NB)
                                                          hypervalent bonds covalent bonds from sp-hybrids
                                                          formed from the py obtained from px and s-orbitals
                                                            and pz orbitals
                                         σ (HOMO)
Cl         Si        Cl

      L
                                                                             N(2)
 L              L'    binding site for s-donors                                         N(1)
      Si
                                                                                                            C(11)
 L'             L     binding site for s-acceptors                       C(12) O(2)          O(1)
      L
                                                                                                    Cl(1)
                                                                           Cl(2)       Si
hypervalent (3c-4e) bonds           covalent bonds
(px and pz orbitals)                (py and s orbitals)                        Cl(3)        Cl(4)

                                                                     Si-Cl(1)/Cl(2): 2.180 Å
                                                                     Si-Cl(3)/Cl(4): 2.197 Å
Lewis Base Activation of Lewis Acids
                                                                                               +
                                                 δ+      XX                                 XX
               L              X                L                                 L
                                                   δ−   δ+        δ−
                 D       +                      D         A X                     D        A   X-
            L              X A X                                                LL
                L           X                  LL            X                               X
           Lewis base     Lewis acid        increased increased
                                             negative positive
                                              charge charge

•• The
    Thekinetically
         kineticallysignificant
                     significant(strong)
                                  (strong)Lewis
                                            Lewisacid
                                                  acidisisgenerated
                                                           generatedonly
                                                                      onlyininthe
                                                                               thepresence
                                                                                   presenceof
                                                                                            ofthe
                                                                                               the
   Lewis
    Lewisbase
           basethus
                  thusnegating
                       negatingthe theachiral
                                       achiralbackground
                                               backgroundreaction.
                                                             reaction.
•• Reactions
    Reactionscancanbeberun
                         runwith
                              withaastoichiometric
                                      stoichiometricamount
                                                     amountof  ofthe
                                                                  theweak
                                                                     weakLewis
                                                                             Lewisacid
                                                                                   acid
     •Increased    rates
      •Increased rates
     •Product
      •Productinhibition
                 inhibitionisisminimized
                               minimized
                                                         +             O                       +
                                                                                      Cl
                                           L         Cl                          Cl
            L                 Cl                        Cl –                         Si DL3
                                                                   R       H     O
                D       +                   D       Si    Cl                                Cl–
           L              Cl Si Cl        LL                                          Cl
               L           Cl                          Cl
                                                                               R    H
          Lewis base     Lewis acid

    Other
     Otherelectrophiles:
           electrophiles:enals,
                          enals,enones,
                                 enones,azomethines,
                                          azomethines,epoxides,
                                                       epoxides,nitrones,
                                                                  nitrones,nitroalkenes
                                                                             nitroalkenes
Pro
ProNucleophiles:
    Nucleophiles: Nu-SiR
                  Nu-SiR3 ==allylsilanes
                              allylsilanes(stannanes)
                                           (stannanes)enol
                                                       enolsilanes,
                                                            silanes,silyl
                                                                     silylketene
                                                                           keteneacetals,
                                                                                  acetals,etc.
                                                                                           etc.
                                     3
Catalytic Enantioselective Passerini Reaction
         Ugi                                                           O                  Passerini
                                     O
                   R3 H O         2C                                   2C        O     R2 H
                                 R       H                         R        H
               R3 N      C R                     R1 N C
                                                                                       C* N 1
                      C* N 1                                                    R3   O   C R
                 O        H                                         O                  H
                      R2         R3NH2                                                   O
                                  O                                  C
                                                                   R3 OH
                                   C                          H
                                 R3 OH                    O
                                                       R2 H
multicomponent
multicomponentreactions
                 reactionsfor
                           for                                                     R2
molecular
moleculardiversity
          diversity                               R2                               C   N
                                                                                HO    C R1
                                             HO      C                             H
                                                          N                       O O
                                                              R1
                                                 O                                   R3
                                             O       R3

    Isocyanide
     Isocyanidebears
                 bearsdivalent
                       divalentcarbon
                                carbonatom
                                       atomwith
                                            withelectrophilic
                                                 electrophilicand
                                                               andnucleophilic
                                                                   nucleophilicproperties
                                                                                properties
    Up
     Upto
        tofour
           fournew
                newbonds
                    bondsand
                           andone
                                onestereocenter
                                    stereocentercreated
                                                 createdininvery  usefulα−acyloxy
                                                             veryuseful  α−acyloxyamides
                                                                                   amides
    Auxiliary-based
    Auxiliary-basedapproaches
                    approachesbut
                               butno
                                   noexamples
                                      examplesofofcatalytic
                                                   catalyticenantioselective
                                                             enantioselectiveprocess!!
                                                                              process!!
Passerini Reaction: Lewis Base Activation of Lewis Acid
                             Cl3                catalyst turnover
product release              Si
                         O
                                                         Lewis base
                      R2          N                                      1.5 SiCl4
                                      R                    catalyst
                       H     Cl                             (LB*)
                                                                                activation of Lewis acid
                             Ln*Cl3SiO
                                                  N
                                          R2          R1              [LB2*SiCl3] 0.5 (SiCl6)2–
                                           H Cl
 chloride capture      0.5 SiCl4                                                               O
                                                                                            R2 H
                                               SiCl3LB2*                     SiCl3LB2*
                                           O                             O
                                          2
                                                                                         0.5 (SiCl6)2–
                                      R                               R2 H
                                          H      N    1
                                                     R
                                        Cl
                                   0.5 (SiCl5)2–                          binding to aldehyde
                                                                  1
                                                            C NR
                                          addition

•activated
 •activatedsilyl
             silylcation
                   cationpreferentially
                          preferentiallybinds
                                           bindscarbonyl
                                                 carbonylsubstrate,
                                                           substrate,instead
                                                                       insteadofofthe
                                                                                   theisocyanide
                                                                                       isocyanide
•attenuated
 •attenuatedLewis
               Lewisacidity
                       acidityof
                               ofthe
                                  thesilicon
                                      siliconcenter
                                              centerininimidoyl
                                                         imidoylchloride
                                                                 chlorideresults
                                                                           resultsfacile
                                                                                   facileturnover
                                                                                          turnover
•catalyst
 •catalystturnover
           turnoverbecomes
                      becomesthe  therelease
                                      releaseofofthe
                                                  theLewis
                                                       Lewisbase,
                                                             base,instead
                                                                    insteadofofthe
                                                                                theLewis
                                                                                     Lewisacid
                                                                                            acid
Catalytic Enantioselective Passerini Reaction: Aldehyde Survey
                                                                                                                    OH
      O                                   t-BuNC (1.2 equiv)                  SiCl3             NaHCO3 (aq)          NHt-Bu
              +      SiCl4 + catalyst                                     O                                    R
                                                                                                     or
  R       H       (1.1 equiv) (5 mol %)       CH2Cl2 / -78 °C
                                                                     R
                                                                                   N
                                                                                       t-Bu     1. MeOH             O OH
                                                   4h                                                            or       OMe
                                                                              Cl                2. NaHCO3 (aq)       R
                                                                                                                              O
          OH                     OH                              OH                              OH                         OH
                  NHt-Bu               OMe                              NHt-Bu                           NHt-Bu                     NHt-Bu
              O                    O                               O                                O                           O
                                                  MeO                          F3C
      yield 96%              yield 95%                      yield 89%                      yield 89%                     yield 93%
      er: > 99/1             er: > 99/1                    er: 98.3/1.7                   er: 96.5/3.5                   er: > 99/1

          OH                           OH                        OH                             OH                        OH
                  NHt-Bu                       OMe         O             NHt-Bu                        NHt-Bu                   NHt-Bu
              O                           O                         O                              O                        O
  yield 81%                      yield 71%                       yield 83%                     yield 53%             yield 76%
 er: 97.8/2.2                   er: 97.9/2.1                    er: 95.9/4.1                  er: 87.1/12.9         er: 77.0/23.0

          OH                           OH
                  NHt-Bu                       OMe                             Me                              Me
              O                           O                                    N O                          O N
                                                                                 P                           P
   yield 92%                    yield 88%                                      N N                         N N
  er: 81.9/18.1                er: 81.8/18.2                                   Me Me                       Me Me
                                                                                                  cat.
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