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Alkenes from alcohols- a problem
Im currently attempting the dehydation of a tertiary alcohol by formation of a mesylate, then elimination with NEt3 in situ. DMAP is used (4mol %) as
a catalyst. I'm currently getting 1:1 mixtures of the 2 alkenes. Does anyone know of any methods of dehydration which allow a degree of control over
the alkene formed. The key part of the molecule is shown (the identity of the R group doesnt really matter as its quite out of the way of where the
action is). Mineral acids are a no-no for this, as are inorganic acids on solid supports (like CuSO4/ silica). cheers 
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Hmm, cursory searching netted this and this, among other things. What do you think?
sparky (~_~)
P.S. This was what you were doing, right?
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cheers, I havent come across those papers before- I might give the PPh3 method a go tomorrow. The trouble is that neither alkene has appreciably
higher stability. Will report back. Any other suggestions welcome!
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Which of the two alkenes do you want?
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I'm still trying to look for other stuff, but nearly everybody and his grandma seems to be on the solid support bandwagon... 
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I was thinking, if the left hand molecule is the required one, and there was some way of separating the two isomers then perhaps dibromination of the
right hand molecule followed by elimination to give the diene, then selective hydrogenation (as the C=C bon that is in the other position is less
substituted and hence less stable). This should then yield the left hand molecule again. However I do not know under what conditions the hydrogenation
should be done, and if this is a viable method due to separation of the alkenes in the first place.
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I want the alkene on the left hand side (the 4,5 isomer). I can seperate the two by preparative chromatography if I can make 3g or so. Your idea is
nice DJF90, I'll look into the practicalities of it. The hydrogenation would be the main issue. Pd/C isnt too discriminating.
Most of the dehydrations seem to use 1908 Berichte methods like 'stir substrate in sodium phosphite and ground pumice at 300C'. The methyl group will
eventually be deuterated and that sort of brutality can really deplete 2H labels!
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Basic elimination (E2) is usually an anti elimination, so stereochemical configuration in the place of cycles connection(gamma-position to OH group)
in comparison to OH group should be essential for obtaining the desired alkene. For example, if OH group is down-directed, the base should take that
hydrogen that is looking "up". And if the substitute (-CHR-..) is also up-directed, there should be some steric hindrance for the base. It would be
better, if base could take proton from opposite side because there is no -CHR-. So the best steriochemical conditions should be the OH group and CHR-
syn-configuration in the molecule. In other case, the ratio of desired/undesired alkene would be less, i suppose..
[Edited on 20-1-2009 by Ebao-lu]
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Interesting topic!
Is your substrate alcohol racemic? Or can you start from the favorable enatiomer?
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Ebao-lu: In the process of forming the diene, when elimination the top bromine there is only one choice of hydrogen that the base can take. For the
lower bromine (the one on the same carbon as the methyl group), the proton can be abstracted from either the methyl group, or the carbon adjacent in
the ring. The saytsev rule then applies as there is a choice of alkene products, so long as you use an unhindered base (like -OH), and so the target
alkene becomes the major product of the elimination, as it is the most substituted of the possible alkenes.
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Klute- yeah the alcohol is racemic (from a Grignard with methyl Iodide). I had thougt about some way of eliminating taking advantage of attack of NEt3
from the least hindered side (since its a decalin it probably exists as a 'folded up' conformation) but as it racemic I dont think itll help.
[Edited on 20-1-2009 by Artemisia]
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Also- sparkgap, do you have access to that syn. comm. paper? I'm working from a paper by the same authors who use the methodology in the synthesis of
chrysanthemic acid but my rubbish library isnt subscribed to syn comm or synlett.
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Is the R-group particularly complex or (I presume) delicate that you need to use this original starting material? Or is this something you are not
able/willing to share right now? Is it a functionality that can perhaps be added after this part is made if it happens to be delicate? There may be
cleaner ways to make this if this is the case.
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um, id rather not share, but its got a carboxylic acid group on it, no other functionality which would be affected by anything! I do have to use the
starting material stated as I'm quite deep into this particular rabbit-hole... The only thing which I cant use is strong acid as the R-group/ decalin
bond epimerises in strong acid (>3M) after about 10 minutes.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Artemisia
Also- sparkgap, do you have access to that syn. comm. paper? I'm working from a paper by the same authors who use the methodology in the synthesis of
chrysanthemic acid but my rubbish library isnt subscribed to syn comm or synlett. |
But of course.
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A Facile Conversion of Tertiary Alcohols to Olefins
J. S. Yadav; Sudha V. Mysorekar
Synthetic Communications, Volume 19, Issue 5 & 6 March 1989 , pages 1057 - 1060
Abstract
An efficient method for the dehydration of tertiary alcohols to obtain olefins in high yield, employing methanesulfonyl chloride-triethylamine and
catalytic amount of 4-dimethylaminopyridine in dichloromethane, is described.
sparky (~_~)
P.S. I totally forgot to ask, so you do have a mix of cis and trans decalins, or just one of those two? The topological difference might be
exploitable, I think.
P.P.S. Damn... it looks like I forgot to attach! Duly corrected.
[Edited on 21-1-2009 by sparkgap]
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Artemisia
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its 95% cis decalin (by NMR)
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Could some amberlyst resins catalyse the dehydration of such alsohols? Or decaline is intolarable? Is it possible, that weak COO- base, that is in the
R radical(if i understood correctly) is sterically favorable to abstract the desired proton? I know, Li2CO3 can be used as a base, so why carboxylic
acid salt can't?
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ebao-lu, amberlyst resin would probably de-deuterate the product (I plan on deuterating that methyl by using CD3I in the Grignard once I have a good
methodology for eliminating the alcohol). I was wondering about the role of the carboxylate- I'll have to model it but I think it may well be
sterically good. I plan on starting experiments tomorrow as I have about 500mg of the decalin.
sparkgap, thanks very much for that paper. I'm going to run 2 reactions tomorrow- one using PPh3/ I2, one using the mesylate elimination. I'll see if
there's any difference between the 2. I'll post results if people are interested?
I really hate to use drug chemistry talk, but I've come across olefin isomerisation using KOH. I dont know if this would be a viable method to
isomerise my undesired alkene after seperation by preparative chromatography?
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Isomerisation with KOH (safrole to isosafrole?) is possible due to some acidity of benzyl hydrogen, that it can be abstracted by base, and due to
stability of double bond conjugated with benzene ring. I'm sure, it will not work on usual alkenes
Of course, we are interested! This looks like real organic chemistry, not druggie or pyromaniac one, as for me, i'm interested.
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yeah, everyone I mentioned the safrole isomerisation to has laughed. I totally disregarded the benzylic stabilisation- a proper undergrad style error.
NMRs to come on monday (a weekend 3200 scan 13C for confirmation) hopefully so I can report back then. in the mean time, have a good weekend all and
thanks for your suggestions...
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Why don't you show what R is? I have an idea but I don't want to share it since you want to selfishly exploit the forum.
PS. What do you meen by "I hate to use drug chemistry talk". Seems like a rather unscientific attitude.
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Artemisia, up to now you only tried various methods for E2 elimination, but that can not be selective for the two isomers you depicted (except for
always forming an endocyclic double bond), because both hydrogens anti to the -OH group have practically identical electronic influences. You
should try an elimination based on the ene reaction mechanism, like for example the Chugaev reaction which I think is the most commonly used
elimination of this type. This reaction does not depend so much on the electronic properties of the beta-hydrogens, as much as their geometric
configuration in relation to the -OCSSR group made from the -OH (it is a syn elimination). All beta-hydrogens in your case differ a lot in this
regard. However, I have no idea what isomer you would preferentially get, not even if you would get the exocyclic or endocyclic product (pericyclic
reactions are not my field). And besides, since you never told what R is, I have no idea if you would have to protect it or how thermally labile is
it.
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I don't see why Chugaev would be selective for that particular isomer. Anyways, the two isomers (50:50) can be saparated as already said. Then,
oxymercuration-reduction can be done on the unwanted alkene and the elimination repeated to increase the yield of the wanted isomer. How many times
this is repeated depends of course on the reaction scale and how valuble the product is. Already the first time gives 3:1 excess in the favour of the
wanted product. But, all this provided that R dosen't contain a functionality that can be oxymercurated of course...
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Sandmeyer
I don't see why Chugaev would be selective for that particular isomer. |
According to JACS, 81 (1959), 228–231, a paper I only skimmed trough, 1-alkylcyclohexanols do give mostly the product(s) with the endocyclic double
bond, so it should be appropriate for this case as well. Yet given the mechanism is different and geometry dependent the ratio of two decalines should
be different from 1 : 1 as it is with E2 eliminations. Whether would it be beneficial toward the desired isomer, well... I have no idea.
Edit: OK, I guess it would give a bit more of the unwanted isomer (the one on the right in the scheme), if steric influences have a role (at all) in
the transition state. I only now found out that Artemisia actually pointed out which one was the desired somewhere in the middle of the thread.
[Edited on 20/2/2009 by Nicodem]
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