Diastereoselective synthesis of 1,2,3-substituted potassium cyclopropyl trifluoroborates via an unusual zinc-boron exchange

ORGN 499

Simon Mathieu, simon.mathieu@umontreal.ca and André B. Charette, andre.charette@umontreal.ca. Department of Chemistry, Université de Montréal, 2900, Edouard-Montpetit, PO 6128, Station Downtown, Montreal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada
Diastereoselective cyclopropanation of allylic alcohol with a gem-dizinc carbenoid and an unusual zinc-boron exchange with B(OMe)3, followed by treatment with excess KHF2 afforded 1,2,3-syn-cis-substituted cyclopropyl trifluoroborates in 58-63% overall yields. These corresponding potassium cyclopropyl trifluoroborates underwent Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reactions to give 1,2,3-functionalized cyclopropanes in good yields. With a subsequent oxidation-epimerization sequence, we also have access to 1,2,3-trans-substituted cyclopropyl trifluoroborate.

 

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The 229th ACS National Meeting, in San Diego, CA, March 13-17, 2005