Palladium-Catalyzed Difunctionalization of 1,3-Diene with Amine and Disilane under a Mild Re-oxidation System

Dienes as Versatile Substrates for Transition Metal-Catalyzed Reactions

Dienes have been of great interest to synthetic chemists as valuable substrates due to their abundance and ease of synthesis. Their unique stereoelectronic properties enable broad reactivity with a wide range of transition metals to construct molecular complexity facilitating synthesis of biologically active compounds. In addition, structural diene variation can result in substrate-controlled reactions, providing valuable mechanistic insights into reactivity and selectivity patterns. The last decade has seen a wealth of new methodologies involving diene substrates through the power of transition metal catalysis. This review summarizes recent advances and remaining opportunities for transition metal-catalyzed transformations involving dienes.

Synthesis of β-Silyl-α-amino Acid Derivatives by Cu-Catalyzed Regio- and Enantioselective Silylamination of α,β-Unsaturated Esters

A copper-catalyzed silylamination of α,β-unsaturated esters with silylboranes and hydroxylamines has been developed to afford the corresponding β-silyl-α-amino acid derivatives, which are of great interest in medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry. Additionally, by using a suitable chiral bisphosphine ligand, the asymmetric induction is possible, delivering the optically active β-silyl-α-amino acids with synthetically acceptable diastereomeric ratios (55:45-82:18 dr) and high enantiomeric ratios (81:19-99:1 er).

Palladium-Catalyzed Three-Component Silylalkoxylation of 1,3-Diene with Alcohol and Disilane via Oxidative Coupling

A regioselective and Z-selective three-component silylalkoxylation of 1,3-diene using various alcohols, disilane, and a catalytic Pd/Cu/1,4-benzoquinone/O₂ system is established in this Letter. The reaction generates tetra-substituted allyl silanes containing allyl ether moieties in up to 80% isolated yield and on a 1-10 mmol scale via oxidative coupling. A wide variety of substrates, including benzyl alcohol derivates, aliphatic alcohols, and bioactive compounds such as cholesterol, are suitable for use in the developed reaction system.