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Silyl enol ethers in organic chemistry are a class of organic compounds sharing a common functional group composed of an enolate bonded through its oxygen terminus to an organosilicon group.
Silyl enol ethers are important intermediates in organic synthesis.
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Organic synthesis
- Trimethylsilyl enol ethers can be prepared from ketones in presence of a strong base and trimethylsilyl chloride.
- Silyl enol ether can form by capturing any enolate formed in a nucleophilic conjugate addition. 12
- A rather exotic way to generate silyl enol ethers is via the Brook rearrangement of appropriate substrates. 3
Organic reactions
Silyl enol ethers react as nucleophiles in:
- Mukaiyama aldol addition
- Michael reactions
- Alkylations
- Haloketone formation with halogens4
- Acyloin formation by organic oxidation with mCPBA5
Saegusa oxidation
In the Saegusa oxidation certain silyl enol ethers are oxidized to enones with palladium(II) acetate. In the original publication 6 the amount of palladium is less than stochiometric and 1,4-benzoquinone is used as sacrificial catalyst. The intermediate is an oxo-allylpalladium complex.
In one application a dienenone is synthesized in two steps from a cyclohexanone 7 8:
Ketene silyl acetals
Ketene silyl acetals are related compounds formally derived from ketenes and acetals with general structure R-C=C(OSiR3)(OR').
References
- ^ Organic Syntheses, Coll. Vol. 9, p.564 (1998); Vol. 73, p.123 (1996) Article
- ^ Organic Syntheses, Coll. Vol. 8, p.277 (1993); Vol. 66, p. 43 (1988) Article.
- ^ R. Tong, F. E. McDonald, Angewandte Chemie, Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 1-4.
- ^ Organic Syntheses, Coll. Vol. 8, p.286 (1993); Vol. 69, p.129 (1990) Article
- ^ Organic Syntheses, Coll. Vol. 7, p.282 (1990); Vol. 64, p.118 (1986) Article.
- ^ Synthesis of alpha, beta-unsaturated carbonyl compounds by palladium(II)-catalyzed dehydrosilylation of silyl enol ethers Yoshihiko Ito, Toshikazu Hirao, and Takeo Saegusa J. Org. Chem.; 1978; 43(5) pp 1011 - 1013; doi:10.1021/jo00399a052
- ^ Formation of Benzo-Fused Carbocycles by Formal Radical Cyclization onto an Aromatic Ring Derrick L. J. Clive and Rajesh Sunasee Org. Lett.; 2007; 9(14) pp 2677 - 2680; (Letter) doi:10.1021/ol070849l
- ^ reagents in step 1 are trimethylsilyl triflate and 2,6-lutidine
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