Acetylenic ethers cycloadditions

Acetylenic ethers 7 can be hydrozirconated, and subsequent iododezirconation leads to (fc)-iodo enol ethers 8 (Scheme 4.4) [18], These species undergo efficient Sonogashira couplings to give (E)-enynes, which are ultimately converted to stereodefined dienol ethers. These dienes have proven useful in studies of diastereoselective cycloaddition reactions with singlet oxygen, where R in 8 is a nonracemic auxiliary (e. g., menthyl) (Procedure 3, p. 140). 

Ester-based chiral auxiliaries have also beat used in other settings. P-Alk-oxyesters 1.27 of (R)-1 -phenylethanol 1.1 (R = Me, Ar = Ph) or (5)-1-naphthyl-ethanol 1.1 (R = Me, Ar = 1-Np) are transformed into dural synthons by reactions with a lithiated carbanion a to phosphorous followed by hydrogenolysis [194], Ethers 1.28 of chiral alcohols 1.1 undergo selective alkylations or hydroxyalkyla-tions [169]. The auxiliaries can be removed by hydrogenolysis. Enol or dienol ethers 1.29 and 1 JO suffer [2+2] [195, 196] or [4+2] cycloadditions [49, 197,198, 199], The best stereoselectivities are obtained when the chiral auxiliary is 1.1 (R = r-Pr, Ar=Ph), 1.4 (R=Ph), 1.5 (R = Ph), 1.10 or 1.13. These auxiliaries are cleaved either by acid treatment [199] or by other means in subsequent steps. Acetylene ethers G OC=CR derived from 1.5 (R=Ph) [199a] can undergo stereoselective Pauson-Khand reactions [200, 201], The auxiliaries are removed by treatment of the products with Sml2 in THF-MeOH. 

Early extensive accounts of the 4v participation of a,/)-unsaturated carbonyl compounds in [4 + 2] cycloadditions detailed their reactions with electron-deficient dienophiles including a,/3-unsaturated nitriles, aldehydes, and ketones simple unactivated olefins including allylic alcohols and electron-rich dienophiles including enol ethers, enamines, vinyl carbamates, and vinyl ureas.23-25 31-33 Subsequent efforts have recognized the preferential participation of simple a,/3-unsaturated carbonyl compounds (a,/3-unsaturated aldehydes > ketones > esters) in inverse electron demand [4 + 2] cycloadditions and have further explored their [4 + 2]-cycloaddition reactions with enol ethers,34-48 acetylenic ethers,48 49 ke-tene acetals,36-50 enamines,4151-60-66 ynamines,61-63 ketene aminals,66 and selected simple olefins64-65 (Scheme 7-1). Additional examples may be found in Table 7-1. 

The scope and efficiency of [4+2] cycloaddition reactions used for the synthesis of pyridines continue to improve. Recently, the collection of dienes participating in aza-Diels Alder reactions has expanded to include 3-phosphinyl-l-aza-l,3-butadienes, 3-azatrienes, and l,3-bis(trimethylsiloxy)buta-l, 3-dienes (1,3-bis silyl enol ethers), which form phosphorylated, vinyl-substituted, and 2-(arylsulfonyl)-4-hydroxypyridines, respectively <06T1095 06T7661 06S2551>. In addition, efforts to improve the synthetic efficiency have been notable, as illustrated with the use of microwave technology. As shown below, a synthesis of highly functionalized pyridine 14 from 3-siloxy-l-aza-1,3-butadiene 15 (conveniently prepared from p-keto oxime 16) and electron-deficient acetylenes utilizes microwave irradiation to reduce reaction times and improve yields <06T5454>. 

In another conceptually novel [5 + 2]-process, Tanino and co-workers synthesized cycloheptene derivatives by stereoselective [5 + 2]-cycloadditions involving hexacarbonyldicobalt-acetylene complexes as the five-carbon component and enol ethers as the two-carbon component (Schemes 22 and 23).60 61 The role of the dicobalthexacarbonyl complex is to facilitate formation and reaction of the propargyl cation putatively involved as an intermediate in this reaction. The dicobalthexacarbonyl moiety can be removed using various conditions (Scheme 24) to provide alkane 60, alkene 62, and anhydride 63. 

Bispropargyl ether 222 isomerized on treatment with tBuOK into the naphthalene 223 via the intramolecular [4+2]-cydoaddition of the phenylallene with the acetylene moiety. Similar reactions of enynyl propargyl ether 224 took place at room temperature to give two isomeric isobenzofurans, 225 and 226. The major product 226 presumably arises from the intramolecular [4 + 2]-cycloaddition of the bisallenyl ether, whereas the minor product 225 is formed by the [4 + 2]-cycloaddition of the monoallenyl ether [180]. 

Triazines are generally more reactive in [2 + 4] cycloaddition in comparison with 1,2,3-tria-zines. The wide variety of dienophiles can be employed enamines, enaminones, vinyl silyl ethers, vinyl thioethers, cyclic ketene jV,O-acetals, /V-phenylmaleimide, 6-dimethylaminopentafulvene, 2-alkylidene-imidazolidines (cychc ketene aminals), cyclic vinyl ethers, arynes, benzocyclopropene, acetylenes, and alkenes like ethylene, (Z)-but-2-ene, cyclopentene, cyclooctene and bicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-ene, hexa-1,5-diene, cycloocta-1,5-diene, diallyl ether, cyclododeca-l,5,9-triene,... 

The A pyrroline-A-oxides (SO) undergo violently exothermic reactions with DM AD in the absence of solvent.95 In ether at room temperature, unstable products (51) that rearrange exothermically to the pyrrolines (52) are formed this ring fission recalls that of isoxazolium salts.96 With unsymmetrical acetylenes, two modes of cycloaddition are possible. Propiolic acid adds to 50 (R = H), giving an unstable solid... 

When (67) was treated with a wide variety of cycloaddition reagents under various conditions, it behaved as a diene or a dienophile but not as a 1,3-dipole. As a dienophile it reacted with 2,3-dimethyl-1,3-butadiene to give (70) and with cyclopentadiene to give an analogous product. As a diene it reacted with [2.2.1] bicycloheptene to give (72), presummably via (71), by loss of carbon monoxide and hydrogen. No products were isolated when (67) was treated with maleic anhydride, dimethyl acetylene-dicarboxylate, diphenylacetylene, dimethyl fumarate, carbon disulfide, isobutyl vinyl ether, cyclohexene, and cyclopentene. 

C(2)-C(3) fused polycyclic cephalosporins have received considerable attention as new candidates for /3-lactam antibiotics. An access to tricyclic cephalosporins based on metal-promoted alkenylation of 3-trifloxy-A3-cephem and subsequent Diels-Alder reaction has been published <1996TL5967>. Alternatively, the reaction of a cephalosporin triflate with silyl enol ethers and silylketene acetals has been described to afford tri- and tetracyclic cephalosporins <1996TL7549>. A related process is the formation of fused polycyclic cephalosporins 27 and 28 bearing a wide range of functionalities from the reaction of cephalosporin triflates 26 with unsaturated compounds (alkenes and alkynes) and a base (Scheme 5) <1997JOC4998>. These studies have suggested that the reaction proceeds via the intermediacy of a six-membered cyclic allene which undergoes concerted nZs + K2a cycloaddition with alkenes and acetylenes. 

Cycloadditions in which 1,2-dithietes acted formally as dienes are among the most typical reactions of 1,2-dithietes. The dithiete 144 is highly reactive and capable of reactions even with simple alkenes and alkynes (60JA1515 61JA3434,61JA3438). Thus, 144 reacted with acetylene to form 191 and 192 with the initial formation of 193, and with tetramethylethylene to give 194. Other [4 + 2] cycloadditions of 144 involved those with ethylene, cyclohexene, trans-stilbene, ethyl vinyl ether, butyl vinyl sulfide, 3-hexyne, and DMAD. 

Since the report by Carboni and Lindsey in 1959 on the cycloaddition reaction of tetrazines to multiple bonded molecules as a route to pyridazines, such reactions have been extensively studied. In addition to acetylenes and ethylenes, enol ethers, ketene acetals, enol esters and enamines, and even aldehydes and ketones have been used as starting materials for pyridazines. A detailed investigation of various 1,2,4, 5-tetrazines in these syntheses revealed the following facts. In [4 + 2] cycloaddition reactions of 3,6-bis(methylthio)-l,2,4,5-tetrazine with dienophiles, which lead to pyridazines, the following order of reactivity was observed (in parenthesis the reaction temperature is given) ynamines (25°C) > enamines (25-60°C) > ketene acetals (45-100°C) > enamides (80-100°C) > trimethylsilyl or alkyl enol ethers (100-140°C) > enol... 

Reaction with enamines and related substances. Brannock el al. found that the enamines derived from acyclic aldehydes and ketones react with dimethyl acetylene-dicarboxylate to give products derived by rearrangement of cyclobutenes initially formed by 1,2-cycloaddition. Thus, N,N-dimethylisobutcnylamine (1) reacts with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate in refluxing ether to give dimethyl 2-dimethylamino-methylenc-3-isopropylidencsuceinate (2) in 49 % yield. 

To determine the aetivated faee of a carbonyl group in an acetylenic aldehyde-CAB 2 complex, an aldol reaction of acetylenic aldehydes with the trimethylsilyl enol ether derived from acetophenone was performed in the presence of 20 mol % 2 under conditions similar to those in the Diels-Alder reaction (Eq. 32). Good enantioselec-tivity was, with the predominant enantiomer corresponding to attack on the re face, as expected. Although it is essential to stress that the results of an aldol reaction cannot be directly used to explain the transition state in cycloaddition, the effective steric shielding of the si face of the coordinated aldehyde is consistent with cycloaddition via the proposed transition-state model 16. 

Acceptor-substituted 1,2-thiadiphospholes react with electron-rich alkynes. When a diethyl ether solution of the 1,2-thiaphospholes 23 was treated at —78°C with a 1.5-2-fold excess of an electron-rich acetylene, [2-1-2] cycloaddition of the acetylene to the P=C bond occurred exclusively. The reaction proceeds with high chemo- and regio-selectivity (Scheme 10). The [2-1-2] cycloadducts 24 were isolated as pale yellow solids or pale yellow to red oils with yields of 55-92% <2003EJ0512>. 

Dimethoxyfuran is prepared in situ for cycloadditions to activated acetylenes the adducts are again useful sources of polyphenolic compounds.85 Ketonic forms are usual. The bog asphodel contains the methyl ether (77), along with triol analogs considered below.177 Similar lactones are... 

---