title: Z-selective synthesis of alpha,beta-unsaturated amides with triphenylsilylacetamides.
abstract: With the purpose of developing a method of preparing Z-alpha,beta-unsaturated amides, the Peterson reaction of the (triphenylsilyl)acetamide Ph(3)SiCH(2)COX (1, X = NBn(2); 3, X = NMe(2)) with various aldehydes was examined. The reaction of aromatic aldehydes gave selectivities up to >97:3. It was found that the selectivity was a function of the electronic nature of the aromatic ring and higher Z selectivity was attained with electron-rich aldehydes. With aliphatic aldehydes selectivities up to 92:8 were achieved, and unlike with analogous phosphorus reagents, less sterically hindered aldehydes gave higher Z selectivity. Also, 3, which has a smaller amide group than 1, tended to give rise to higher selectivity. A comparison with the reaction of trimethylsilyl analogues revealed the significance of the phenyl substituents on the silyl group.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, 739-8526 Japan. skojima@sci.hiroshima-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Inai
authors.forename: Tsugihiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hidaka
authors.forename: Tomohide
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukuzaki
authors.forename: Katsuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohkata