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protocol, a solution <strong>of</strong> 64d in THF (kept at rt) was added to a solution <strong>of</strong> LDA at -78 °C followed<br />

by addition <strong>of</strong> ZnCl2 (0.5 M in THF; kept at rt). The resulting Zn-enolate was then warmed to rt<br />

affording the intermediate carboxylic acid, which was converted to the methyl ester after<br />

aqueous work-up. Removal <strong>of</strong> the allenyl-TMS group was accomplished by treatment <strong>of</strong> 67d<br />

with TBAF in presence <strong>of</strong> a phosphate buffer (pH = 7.0) to give the disubstituted allene 65d in<br />

49% yield for the three steps. 64 This yield was reproducibly obtained when the three steps are<br />

performed without purification <strong>of</strong> the carboxylic acid and allenyl-TMS intermediate.<br />

Scheme 2.9 Synthesis <strong>of</strong> disubstituted allenes 65d-f.<br />

PHN<br />

R 1<br />

62<br />

O<br />

OH<br />

TMS<br />

OH<br />

R 2<br />

66a R 2 =Me<br />

66b R 2 = i-Pr<br />

DCC, DMAP<br />

CH 2Cl 2,rt<br />

85-95%<br />

TMS<br />

PHN<br />

R 1<br />

O<br />

O<br />

R 2<br />

64d P=Cbz,R 1 =Me,R 2 =Me<br />

64e P=Cbz,R 1 =Me,R 2 = i-Pr<br />

64f P=Boc,R 1 =Bn,R 2 =Me<br />

1. LDA, ZnCl 2,THF,-78 o Ctort<br />

2. KHCO 3,MeI,DMF,rt<br />

TMS<br />

MeO 2C<br />

•<br />

R 2<br />

H<br />

R<br />

NHP<br />

1<br />

67d<br />

67e<br />

67f<br />

TBAF, THF<br />

pH = 7.0 buffer, rt<br />

H<br />

MeO 2C<br />

R<br />

NHP<br />

1<br />

65d - 49% (three steps)<br />

65e - 48% (three steps)<br />

65f - 60% (three steps)<br />

Allene 65d was obtained as nearly a single diastereomer (diastereomer ratio <strong>of</strong> ~95 : 5 was<br />

determined by 1 H NMR). The relative stereochemistry <strong>of</strong> the major diastereomer was assigned as<br />

syn, in accordance with Kazmaier’s results. 57 This route was then applied to the synthesis <strong>of</strong> one<br />

additional allene (65e) containing an isopropyl group at the terminal position, which was<br />

obtained in 48% yield. At later stages <strong>of</strong> the project, during the preparation <strong>of</strong> Boc-protected<br />

allenic amino-ester 65f, additional optimization <strong>of</strong> the Claisen rearrangement protocol was<br />

performed. It was reasoned that formation <strong>of</strong> unidentified byproducts in this step can be<br />

minimized by keeping the temperature <strong>of</strong> the reaction solution stable at -78 °C during the<br />

addition <strong>of</strong> the propargyl ester 64f to LDA. Indeed, it was found that by cooling the THF<br />

solution <strong>of</strong> 64f to -78 °C and adding it to a solution <strong>of</strong> LDA simultaneously with ZnCl2 (0.5 M in<br />

24<br />

•<br />

R 2<br />

H

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