Silylium-Catalyzed Regio- and Stereoselective Carbosilylation of Ynamides with Allylic Trimethylsilanes

Org Lett. 2023 Feb 17;25(6):1020-1024. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.3c00221. Epub 2023 Feb 7.

Abstract

The regio- and stereoselective carbosilylation of tosylynamides with allylic trimethylsilanes takes place under mild conditions in the presence of catalytic TMSNTf2 or HNTf2 to give (Z)-α-allyl-β-trimethylsilylenamides with good yields. Theoretical calculations show the activation of the C-C triple bond of the ynamides by the trimethylsilylium ion and formation of a β-trimethylsilylketenimonium cation. Further transformations of the products demonstrate the synthetic utility of this reaction.