n-Butyllithium-Induced Tandem [3,3]-Sigmatropic Rearrangement and Carbonyl Olefination of Allyl-1,1-dichlorovinyl Ethers.

Exposure of dichlorovinyl ethers 1 to n-butyllithium and addition of saturated or unsaturated aldehydes, ketones, or esters at ambient temperature furnishes rearranged α,ß-unsaturated carboxylic acids, isolated as their corresponding methyl esters 2 in 48-91% overall yields. Exposure of dichlorovinyl ethers 1 to n-butyllithium, addition of aldehydes, ketones, dialdehydes, or diketones at -78 °C, and warming to 80 °C in the presence of SiO2 provide 1,4-dienes 3 or cycloalken-1-ols (or their dehydration products) 4 in 45-72% overall yields.

Low temperature n-butyllithium-induced [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement/electrophile trapping reactions of allyl-1,1-dichlorovinyl ethers. Synthesis of ß-, γ- and δ-lactones.

Treatment of allyl-1,1-dichlorovinyl ethers with n-BuLi at -78 °C, followed by quenching with ketones, epoxides, and oxetanes, leads to highly substituted ß-, γ-, and δ-lactones in good to excellent yields.

Low-temperature n-butyllithium-induced rearrangement of allyl 1,1-dichlorovinyl ethers.

[reaction: see text]. Upon treatment with n-BuLi at low temperatures, a variety of allyl 1,1-dichlorovinyl ethers 2 undergo rearrangement to furnish gamma,delta-unsaturated esters 3 after alcohol addition. Compounds containing quaternary centers (3e: R1 = H, R2, R3 = -(CH2)5-; 3f: R1 = H, R2 = CH3, R3 = (CH2)2CH(CH3)2) may be formed in high yield and under mild conditions utilizing this protocol. The reaction is stereospecific and may be applied to the preparation of Delta(2,3)-beta-C-glycosides and alpha,beta-disubstituted lactones.