1.1. General Reactivity of Alkyne-Gold(I) Complexes
For centuries, gold had been considered a precious, purely decorative inert metal. It was not until 1986 that Ito and Hayashi described the first application of gold(I) in homogeneous catalysis.1 More than one decade later, the first examples of gold(I) activation of alkynes were reported by Teles2 and Tanaka,3 revealing the potential of gold(I) in organic synthesis. Now, gold(I) complexes are the most effective catalysts for the electrophilic activation of alkynes under homogeneous conditions, and a broad range of versatile synthetic tools have been developed for the construction of carbon–carbon or carbon–heteroatom bonds.

Gold(I) complexes selectively activate π-bonds of alkynes in complex molecular settings,4−10 which has been attributed to relativistic effects.11−13 In general, no other electrophilic late transition metal shows the breadth of synthetic applications of homogeneous gold(I) catalysts, although in occasions less Lewis acidic Pt(II) or Ag(I) complexes can be used as an alternative,9,10,14,15 particularly in the context of the activation of alkenes.16,17 Highly electrophilic Ga(III)18−22 and In(III)23,24 salts can also be used as catalysts, although often higher catalyst loadings are required.

In general, the nucleophilic Markovnikov attack to η2-[AuL]+-activated alkynes 1 forms trans-alkenyl-gold complexes 2 as intermediates (Scheme 1).4,5a,9,10,12,25−29 This activation mode also occurs in gold-catalyzed cycloisomerizations of 1,n-enynes and in hydroarylation reactions, in which the alkene or the arene act as the nucleophile.



Scheme 1

Anti-Nucleophilic Attack to η2-[AuL]+-Activated Alkynes

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Gold(I)-Catalyzed Activation of Alkynes for the Construction of Molecular Complexity

A.L.-P. thanks CSIC for a contract under the JAE-doctor
program. Financial support by PLE2009 project from MCIINN
and Consolider-Ingenio 2010 (proyecto MULTICAT) are also
acknowledged.

Gold-catalyzed carbon-heteroatom bond-forming reactions.

Increased understanding of the important roles that oligosaccharides and glycoconjugates play in biological processes has led to a demand for significant amounts of these materials for biological, medicinal, and pharmacological studies. Therefore, tremendous effort has been made to develop new procedures for the synthesis of glycosides, whereby the main focus is often the formation of the glycosidic bonds. Accordingly, quite a few review articles have been published over the past few years on glycoside synthesis; however, most are confined to either a specific type of glycoside or a specific strategy for glycoside synthesis. In this Review, new principles for the formation of glycoside bonds are discussed. Developments, mainly in the last ten years, that have led to significant advances in oligosaccharide and glycoconjugate synthesis have been compiled and are evaluated.

New principles for glycoside-bond formation.

The reactivity of a number of p-methylphenyl thioglycoside (STol) donors which are either fully protected or have one hydroxyl group exposed has been quantitatively determined by HPLC in conjunction with the development of a broadly applicable approach for a facile one-pot synthesis of oligosaccharides. The influence on reactivity of the structural effects of different monosaccharide cores and different protecting groups on each glycoside donor is characterized and quantified. In addition, a correlation between glycosyl donor reactivity and the chemical shift of the anomeric proton by 1 H NMR has been established. A database of thioglycosides as glycosyl donors has been created using this reactivity data. The utility is demonstrated by the easy and rapid one-pot assembly of various linear and branched oligosaccharide structures. In addition, a computer program as been described for use as a database search tool and guide for the selection of building blocks for the one-pot assembly of a desired oligosaccharide or a library of individual oligosaccharides.

Programmable one-pot oligosaccharide synthesis

C. Pericyclic Reactions 1210 1. [4+2]-Cycloadditions 1210 2. [3+2]-Cycloadditions 1211 3. [2+2]-Cycloadditions 1212 D. Sigmatropic Rearrangements 1212 1. Claisen Rearrangement 1212 2. [2,3]-Wittig Rearrangements 1213 E. Radical Reactions 1214 IV. 1,3-Induction 1215 A. Chelation-Controlled 1,3-Induction 1215 B. Nonchelation-Controlled 1,3-Induction 1216 1. Cram−Reetz Model 1216 2. Evans Model 1216 C. 1,4-Induction 1219 V. Conclusion 1219 VI. References 1221

Around and beyond Cram's Rule.

The use of 1,2-diacetals for a number of synthetic applications to provide diol protection and reactivity control was studied. The chiral versions of these systems were used to desymmetrize the enantiotopic diol pairs and to discriminate diequatorial diols in many carbohydrate derivatives. The fusion of these rigid units to the carbohydrate substrates proved effective for tuning the reactivity during glycosidic coupling reactions. The studies confirmed that the methyl groups acted as useful diagnostic markers to analyze the nuclear magnetic resonance features of the compounds.

1,2-diacetals: a new opportunity for organic synthesis.

A Facile One-Pot Synthesis of a Trisaccharide Unit from the Common Polysaccharide Antigen of Group B Streptococci Using Cyclohexane-1, 2-diacetal (CDA) Protected Rhamnosides†

A New Strategy for Oligosaccharide Assembly Exploiting Cyclohexane‐1,2‐diacetal Methodology: An Efficient Synthesis of a High Mannose Type Nonasaccharide

Henning W. M. Priepke

Papers

1,2-diacetals: a new opportunity for organic synthesis.

A Facile One-Pot Synthesis of a Trisaccharide Unit from the Common Polysaccharide Antigen of Group B Streptococci Using Cyclohexane-1, 2-diacetal (CDA) Protected Rhamnosides†

A New Strategy for Oligosaccharide Assembly Exploiting Cyclohexane‐1,2‐diacetal Methodology: An Efficient Synthesis of a High Mannose Type Nonasaccharide

Cyclohexane‐1,2‐diacetals (CDA): A New Protecting Group for Vicinal Diols in Carbohydrates

Tuning the Reactivity of Glycosides: Efficient One-pot Oligosaccharide Synthesis1