Acryloyl Derivatives

Reactive double bonds are capable of undergoing addition reactions with sulfhydryl groups. A popular example of this type of functional group is the maleimide group (Section 2.2). However, derivatives of acrylic acid are also able to participate in this reaction, although the rate of sulfhydryl addition is somewhat slower than that of maleimides. The reaction of an acryloyl compound with a sulfhydryl group occurs with the creation of a stable thioether bond (Reaction 18). 

Although acryloyl cross-linking agents have not been common, the functional group has found use in the design of the sulfhydryl-reactive fluorescent probe 6-acryloyl-2-dimethylaminonaphthalene (acrylodan Molecular Probes) (Yem et al., 1992 Epps et al., 1992). 

Reactive double bonds are capable of undergoing addition reactions with sulfhydryl groups. A popular example of this type of functional group is the maleimide group (Section 2.2, this 

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Monomethylacryloyl and vinylbenzyl derivatives of sucrose have been prepared as intermediates for polymers, and preparation of a range of copolymers of styrene and O-methjiacryloylsucrose has been described (114). Synthesis of 4- and 6-0-acryloylsucrose has been achieved by acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of 4,6-0-(l-ethoxy-2-propenyhdene)sucrose (76). These acryloyl derivatives have been polymerized and copolymerized with styrene (qv). 

Attempts to prepare 5-vinyl-5F7-dibenz[b,/]azepine by alkylation of 5i/-dibenz[b,/]azepine with 2-chloroethyl-p-toluenesulfonate followed by dehydrochlorination, or by direct vinylation with acetylene under pressure in toluene or in dimethyl sulfoxide, have failed.194 Also, 5H-dibenz[b,/]azepine fails to react with acryloyl chloride, although the 5-acryloyl derivative 8 (R = COCH = CH2 mp 122 — 123 C) has been prepared in 65% yield by condensing dibenz-azepine 5 with 3-chloroacryloyl chloride, followed by dehydrochlorination of the product with l,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene in dimethyl sulfoxide at 80-90°C.194... 

The tris(acryloyl) derivative (R is CH = CH2) was subsequently developed as a fixing agent for use with the Basazol(BASF) dyes in the printing of cellulosic fibres, in conjunction with urea as hydrotrope [444]. It has also been shown [445] that aftertreatment with 1,3,5-tris(acryloyl)hexahydro-s-triazine or the tris ((3-chloropropionyl) derivative improves the wet... 

This procedure describes the preparation and application of an effective chiral catalyst for the enantioselective Diels-Alder reaction.11 The catalyst is derived from optically active 1,2-diphenylethylenediamine, the preparation of which (either antipode) was described in the preceding procedure. The aluminum-based Lewis acid also catalyzes the cycloaddition of crotonoyl oxazolidinones with cyclopentadiene,11 and acryloyl derivatives with benzyloxymethylene-cyclopentadiene. The latter reaction leads to optically pure intermediates for synthesis of prostaglandins.11... 

Sudo and Saigo153 reported the application of ds-2-amino-3,3-dimethyl-l-indanol derived l,3-oxazolidin-2-one 231 as a chiral auxiliary in asymmetric Diels-Alder reactions. The TV-crotonyl and TV-acryloyl derivatives were reacted with cyclopentadiene, 1,3-cyclohexadiene, isoprene and 2,3-dimethyl-l,3-butadiene, using diethylaluminum chloride as the Lewis acid catalyst. The reactions afforded the expected cycloadducts in moderate to high yields (33-97%) with high endo selectivities and high de values (92% to >98%). 

Oppolzer and colleagues performed pioneering work on the application of chiral sultam based dienophiles in asymmetric Diels-Alder reactions. The bomanesultam based dienophiles provided excellent de values in the Lewis acid mediated Diels-Alder reactions with a wide variety of dienes179. The efficiency of the simpler toluene-2,a-sultam based dienophiles was also studied180. Chiral auxiliary 282 proved superior to 283 and 284 in the aluminum Lewis acid catalyzed Diels-Alder reactions of its A-acryloyl derivative with cyclopentadiene, 1,3-butadiene and isoprene, affording the adducts with >90% de. 

Murray and colleagues199 developed some 2,5-diketopiperazines as new chiral auxiliaries and examined their asymmetric induction in the Diels-Alder reactions of their A-acryloyl derivatives with several dienes. Some of their results with dienophile 320 have been summarized in Table 19 (equation 89). When the benzyl group on 320 was substituted by an isopropyl or /-butyl group, the diastereofacial selectivity dropped dramatically. It was proposed that tv-tt stacking between the phenyl group and the electron-poor double bond provided a more selective shielding of one face of the double bond in this special case. 

Since high enantioselectivity was achieved by employing two molar equivalents of the chiral titanium reagent generated from 17b, the asymmetric Diels-Alder reaction of various oxazolidone derivatives of a,8-unsaturated acids and cyclopentadiene was studied. The results are listed in Table 4. With the exception of the acryloyl derivative 15b, various dienophiles reacted with cyclopentadiene to give the endo-adducts 1 in high optical purity. 

Nitrile oxides react with the methyl enol ethers of (Rs)-l -fluoro-alkyl-2-(p-tolylsulfinyl)ethanones to produce (45,5/f,/fs)-4,5-dihydroisoxazoles with high regio-and diastereo-selectivity.87 In the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of benzonitrile oxide with adamantane-2-thiones and 2-methyleneadamantanes, the favoured approach is syn, as predicted by the Cieplak s transition-state hyperconjugation model.88 The 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction of acetonitrile oxide with bicyclo[2.2.l]hepta-2,5-diene yields two 1 1 adducts and four of six possible 2 1 adducts.89 Moderate catalytic efficiency, ligand acceleration effect, and concentration effect have been observed in the magnesium ion-mediated 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions of stable mesitonitrile oxide to allylic alcohols.90 The cycloaddition reactions of acryloyl derivatives of the Rebek imide benzoxazole with nitrile oxides are very stereoselective but show reaction rates and regioselectivities comparable to simple achiral models.91. 

The soluble metalloporphyrin-containing polymers are formed by the copolymerization of MM A or 4-VP with macrocyclic MCM — an interaction product of acrylic acid chloride with tetra-p-aminophenylporphyrinate acetate manganese [96]. Copolymers obtained by the radical copolymerization of acryloyl derivatives of cobalt phthalocyanine with 9-vinylcarbazole [97] should also be mentioned. 

When the derivatives are required to convert to the parent 5-FU in vivo, appropriate substituents were introduced across the carbonyl groups in the chemical modification [20-25]. Though the first synthesis of acryloyl derivatives of 5-FU, which is the simplest polymerizable derivative, was done by Gebelein, the monomer has not been purified and collected [23]. In the present case, as shown in Scheme 2, silylated 5-FU was used instead of just 5-FU so as to give selectivity to the 1 TV-acylation similar to that of the acryloyl derivatives of thymine [9]. For the preparation of acryloyl-5-FU (AFU), methacryloyl-5-FU (MAFU) and / -vinylbenzoyl-5FU (VBFU), trimethylsilylated 5-FU (1) was allowed to react with acryloyl chloride, methacryloyl chloride and vinyl-benzoyl-chloride, respectively. The reaction was carried out in water-free acetonitrile solution after the addition of acid chloride at room temperature the solution was stirred for 30 min. This procedure afforded AFU in 16%, MAFU in 56%, and VBFU in 63% yield. 

Oxazololactams 206 can be obtained easily by reaction of p-enaminoesters with acryloyl derivatives <02TL2521>. 

Preparation of Derivatives. A -Acyl- and A-enoylsul-tam derivatives are routinely prepared in good yields using either sodium hydride-acid chloride or trimethyl-aluminum-methyl ester single-step protocols. A variant of the former method employing in situ stabilization of labile enoyl chlorides with CuCl/Cu has also been reported. A two-step procedure via the A-TMS derivative (1) is useful when a nonaqueous work-up is desirable and for synthesis of the A-acryloyl derivative. A-Enoyl derivatives may also be prepared via the phosphonate derivative (2) by means of an Homer-Wadsworth-Emmons reaction (eq... 

As another example, the Diels-Alder reaction of 2-0-acryloyl derivative of methyl 4,6-di-O-benzyl-3-0-(f-butyldimethylsilyl)-a-D-glucopyranoside 117, prepared from methyl a-D-glu-copyranoside 96, with cyclopentadiene, was explored under thermal or Lewis acid-mediated conditions [94] (O Scheme 31). Under thermal (rt) conditions, the 2-0-acryloyl ester 117 provided one endo-addvLCi 118R with moderate endo/exo selectivity (74 26) and good r-facial selectivity (de = 82%). Under Lewis acid-promoted conditions, another enclo-adduct 118S was a predominant product with good jt-facial selectivity. 

The 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of nitrile oxide to an unsaturated ester is a useful synthetic strategy for the synthesis of heterocycles such as A -isooxazolines and a-hydroxy-y-keto or y-imino carboxylic acids. Thus, the 1,3-dipolar cyclo-addition of the 4-0-acryloyl derivative 115 (R = f-butyldimethylsilyl) with two nitrile oxides (R = Ph or t-Bu) was explored by the Tadano group [95] (O Scheme 33). In the case of benzonitrile oxide (R =Ph), a functionalized A -isooxazoline 124 was obtained as a single isomer in excellent yield. Thus, the cycloaddition proceeded smoothly at room temperature with extreme stereoselectivity. 

Pyridine and related aromatic (quinoline, quinazoline) P,N derivatives (11, 12) have been created for Rh-catalyzed hydroboration-oxidation [44] or -amination [45]. Other pyridine-related auxiliaries have been synthesized for Pd-assisted allylic alkylation [46] in test conditions furnishing the substitution product in up to 93 % ee. The QUIPHOS ligand 13 has been tested in Pd-assisted allylic amination (up to 94 % ee) [47], allylic alkylation of -ketoesters (up to 95 % ee) [48], and Cu-catalyzed Diels-Alder reaction between an acryloyl derivative and cyclopentadiene [49]. 

The most common way of preparing affinity-electrophoresis immobilized ligands is to synthesize a water-soluble macromolecular derivative of the ligand, called a macroligand. This is currently achieved by copolymerization of an acryloyl derivative of the ligand with acrylamide or a related monomer. 

From a TiCVcatalyzed Baylis-Hillman reaction in the presence of 10-methylth-ioisoborneol, chiral adducts ensue. The acryloyl derivative 50 is a particularly interesting addend because either (/ )- or (5)-alcohols can be prepared by merely changing the solvent. Another variation employs hexafluoroisopropyl acrylate and ligand SI. ... 

The side-chain substituents in the 2-aminophenol shown have been intereacted to afford a 2-oxopiperidino derivative. After the addition of ethereal butylmagnesium bromide to the 2-N-prenyl,N-acryloyl derivative in tetrahydrofuran at -78 C, solvent removal and refluxing of the magnesio... 

Acryloyl derivatives (Baylis-Hillman and related reactions)... 

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