wt/vol

 

wt/vol

MW/conc.

moles

density

equivs.

yield

I

0.050 g

386.71

0.00013

 

1.0

 

II

0.0015 g

265.16

0.00001

 

 

 

III

3.0 mL

-

-

 

 

 

IV

0.031 mL

5 M

 

 

1.2

 

V

0.013 g

402.71

0.00003

 

 

(25%)

 

Procedure:  10 mL 1-neck flask, stirbar, septum, N2 inlet

                  Dissolved 0.050 g of I in 3.0 mL of dry CH2Cl2.  Stirred at rt and added 0.0015 g of VO(acac)2.  The mixture was cooled to 0 C and 0.031 mL of IV was added.  A red color was obtained.  After 4 h, the solution had become almost colorless.  TLC (10:90 EtOAc-hexanes, PMA) showed product spot at Rf 0.25 along with starting material at Rf 0.40.  Added another 0.0023 g of VO(acac)2 and 0.031 mL of IV and, again, obtained a red solution.  After an additional 4.5 h, the reaction mixture is almost colorless, however, TLC still shows unreacted sm.  Added another 0.0025 g of VO(acac)2.  After 3 h, the reaction is again colorless.  Added another 0.0029 g of VO(acac)2 and then added a spatula full of VO(acac)2.  The reaction mixture was stirred overnight as the bath warmed to rt.  The solvent was removed by rotary evaporation and the product was isolated by flash chromatography on silica gel using 10:90 EtOAc-hexanes as eluant.   The product was a clear, colorless oil.  Unreacted starting material was also obtained. 

 

1H NMR (CDCl3, 400 MHz) d 5.68 (dq, J = 15.4, 6.4 Hz, H7), 5.45 (ddq, J = 15.4, 7.4, 1.5 Hz, H6), 4.13 (dd, J = 7.2, 4.9 Hz, H5), 3.80 (dd, J = 11.9, 4.4 Hz, H1), 3.76 (dd, J = 11.9, 5.9 Hz, H1), 3.40 (m, H4), 3.11 (m, H2), 3.05 (dd, J = 6.3, 4.4 Hz, H3), 2.44 (d, J = 6.4, 1.3 Hz, OH), 1.70 (dd, J = 6.4, 1.3 Hz, H8), 0.89 (s, SiC(CH3)3), 0.88 (s, SiC(CH3)3), 0.07 (s, SiCH3), 0.06 (s, SiCH3), 0.06 (s, SiCH3), 0.02 (s, SiCH3).