BSA as N-Silylating Agent: Activation of Nucleobases The Vorbrüggen reaction is useful for the preparation of nucleosides. Generally, the nucleobase is pre-activated by silylation with BSA and reacts with the sugar in the presence of a Lewis acid, such as trimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate.3 Bookser et al. have reported a one-step microwave-assisted Vorbrüggen glycosylation followed by neutralization of the resulting trifluoromethanesulfonic acid with triethanolamine (TEOA) and subsequent automated medium- pressure liquid chromatography (MPLC).4 A large panel of nitrogen- containing heteroaromatic bases is tolerated, allowing access to a structurally diverse library of nucleosides with satisfactory yields of up to 51%. BSA as S-Silylating Agent: Activation of Thiol Acids At the same time, thiol acids have been shown to react with primary and secondary amines at room temperature in the presence of BSA to form amides and peptides.5 O-Silylthionoester, generated in situ from thiol acid and BSA via a sequence of S-silylation and spontaneous S-to-O silatropy, reacts with the amine to afford a tetrahedral intermediate. Subsequent tautomeric migration of silicon from oxygen to sulfur, via pentavalent silicon intermediate A, allows amide bond formation without racemization after elimination of trimethylsilanethiol. BSA as N-Silylating Agent: Activation of Amines A metal-free direct amidation of peptidyl thiol esters with α-amino esters without racemization mediated by BSA has been described.6 From a mechanistic view point, in situ generation of N-silylamines from amines and BSA facilitates amide bond formation. BSA as Lewis Acid: Activation of Nitro Groups Some pyrrolo[3,2,-b]quinoline derivatives have been prepared by intermolecular cyclization of nitroarenes possessing an unsaturated side chain in the ortho position by means of BSA and DBU.7 The later combination promotes the cyclization of the benzyl-type anion with silylation of the nitro oxygen followed by elimination of silanol anion to produce the corresponding N-oxide heterocycle. A spontaneous deoxygenation-aromatization provides the targeted product. BSA as Bronsted Base Precursor Craig et al. have demonstrated that exposure of allylic tosylacetates to BSA and a sub-stoichiometric quantity of potassium acetate triggers in situ silyl ketene acetal formation followed by a [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement-decarboxylation sequence, allowing access to homoallylic sulfones.8 This decarboxylative Claisen rearrangement (dCr) reaction has been applied to the de-aromatization of heteroaromatic cycles, the synthesis of substituted pyridines, and γ-azidoesters or -acids.9 Recently, transannular dCr ring contraction reaction of α-sulfonyl and α-sulfoximinyl ?-lactones or Ï-lactones by means of BSA and potassium acetate has been reported as an efficient way to form vinylcyclopropylsulfones and vinylcyclobutylsulfones, respectively, with moderate to excellent diastereoselectivity.10 BSA-Induced C-F Bond Cleavage Shibata et al. have reported the synthesis of a series of 3,5-diaryl-2- fluoromethyl-oxazolidin-2-ones through desymmetrization of aryldifluoromethylcarbamates using BSA and a catalytic amount of CsF.11 The BSA-CsF combination first generates cesium amide B, a Bronsted base able to deprotonate the carbamate. Intramolecular cyclization of C through C-F bond cleavage is accelerated by interaction with the silicon atom of BSA (transition state model D). This affords the desired oxazolidinone, releases TMSF and regenerates the catalytic active species B. © 2012 Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart - New York.
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