Addition-elimination method

The efficiency of the combined method has been well demonstrated, particularly in the preparations of phosphaethenes (R1P=CR2R3). The synthetic routes to phosphaethenes can be classified into three major categories, i.e. the T, 2-elimination method , the condensation method , and the 1,3-silyl migration method (Scheme l)8. Among variations of the condensation method is included the addition-elimination method using, for example, bis(trialkylsilyl)phosphines and carbonyl compounds (Scheme 2). 

The methylenation of ketones and aldehydes by the Wittig reaction is a well-established and selective methodology. Unlike addition-elimination methods of alkene formation, the Wittig proceeds in a defined sense, producing an alkene at the original site of the carbonyl. The Wittig reaction is not considered here, but is used as the standard by which the methods discussed are measured. The topics covered in the methylenation sections include the Peterson alkenation, the Johnson sulfoximine approach, the Tebbe reaction and the Oshima-Takai titanium-dihalomethane method. 

One limitation of clique detection is that it needs to be run repeatedly with differei reference conformations and the run-time scales with the number of conformations pt molecule. The maximum likelihood method [Bamum et al. 1996] eliminates the need for reference conformation, effectively enabling every conformation of every molecule to a< as the reference. Despite this, the algorithm scales linearly with the number of conformatior per molecule, so enabling a larger number of conformations (up to a few hundred) to b handled. In addition, the method scores each of the possible pharmacophores based upo the extent to which it fits the set of input molecules and an estimate of its rarity. It is nc required that every molecule has to be able to match every feature for the pharmacophor to be considered. 

Arenediazonium salts are also used for the couplina[563], (Z)-Stilbene was obtained unexpectedly by the reaction of the ti-stannylstyrene 694 by addition-elimination. This is a good preparative method for cu-stilbene[564]. The rather inactive aryl chloride 695 can be used for coupling with organostannanes by the coordination of Cr(CO)3 on aromatic rings[3.565]. 

There are two general methods within this subcategory, involving one- or two-step mechanisms. Nitrenes and metalonitrenes thus add to alkenes by a direct azir-idination reaction, whereas nonmetallic nitrenoids usually react through an addition-elimination process (Scheme 4.6). 

The synthesis of aziridines through reactions between nitrenes or nitrenoids and alkenes involves the simultaneous (though often asynchronous vide supra) formation of two new C-N bonds. The most obvious other alternative synthetic analysis would be simultaneous formation of one C-N bond and one C-C bond (Scheme 4.26). Thus, reactions between carbenes or carbene equivalents and imines comprise an increasingly useful method for aziridination. In addition to carbenes and carbenoids, ylides have also been used to effect aziridinations of imines in all classes of this reaction type the mechanism frequently involves a stepwise, addition-elimination process, rather than a synchronous bond-forming event. 

Direct nucleophilic displacement of halide and sulfonate groups from aromatic rings is difficult, although the reaction can be useful in specific cases. These reactions can occur by either addition-elimination (Section 11.2.2) or elimination-addition (Section 11.2.3). Recently, there has been rapid development of metal ion catalysis, and old methods involving copper salts have been greatly improved. Palladium catalysts for nucleophilic substitutions have been developed and have led to better procedures. These reactions are discussed in Section 11.3. 

The second method also relies on site-specific chemical modification ofphosphoproteins (Oda et al., 2001). It involves the chemical replacement of phosphates on serine and threonine residues with a biotin affinity tag (Fig. 2.7B). The replacement reaction takes advantage of the fact that the phosphate moiety on phosphoserine and phosphothreonine undergoes -elimination under alkaline conditions to form a group that reacts with nucleophiles such as ethanedithiol. The resulting free sulfydryls can then be coupled to biotin to create the affinity tag (Oda et al., 2001). The biotin tag is used to purify the proteins subsequent to proteolytic digestion. The biotinylated peptides are isolated by an additional affinity purification step and are then analyzed by mass spectrometry (Oda et al., 2001). This method was also tested with phosphorylated (Teasein and shown to efficiently enrich phosphopeptides. In addition, the method was used on a crude protein lysate from yeast and phosphorylated ovalbumin was detected. Thus, as with the method of Zhou et al. (2001), additional fractionation steps will be required to detect low abundance phosphoproteins. 

Closely related to this method is the synthesis of dimesitylneopentylger-mene by the addition of t-BuLi to a fluorovinylgermane.26 Presumably, the reaction occurs via an addition-elimination mechanism. 

They have developed direct asymmetric synthesis of quaternary carbon centers via addition-elimination process. The reactions of chiral nitroenamines with zinc enolates of a-substituted-8-lactones afford a,a-disubstituted-6-lactones with a high ee through addition-elimination process, in which (5)-(+)-2-(methoxy methy l)pyrrolidine (SMP) is used as a chiral leaving group (Eq. 4.96).119 Application of this method to other substrates such as a-substituted ketones, esters, and amides has failed to yield high ee. 

Nitroalkenes are generally prepared by the substitution reaction of [i-nitro sulfides and sulfoxides with a variety of carbon nucleophiles via an addition-elimination sequence. This method is particularly useful for the preparation of cyclic nitroalkenes (Eq. 4.100).126... 

Other 0-aUcylation methods are exploited less frequently. 0-Allylation of Af-substituted hydroxamic acids of type 25 with allyl carbonates such as 26 and related compounds has been achieved through palladium catalyzed addition-elimination (equation 16). 

This reaction occurs rapidly at room temperature using a small excess of alkyne and either pinacol- (HBpin) or catecholborane (HBcat). When an excess of borane was used, the Z/E ratio of the products was slowly eroded, eventually attaining a thermodynamic distribution of isomers. Equilibration presumably occurs via addition/elimination of excess Rh-H. Miyaura s method provides a useful synthetic complement to knovm cis-hydroboration methods. Under optimized conditions, good yields and high stereoselectivity (>90 10) were achieved for a variety of alkenylboronates (Table 9.8). The best selectivities were generally obtained with the use of catecholborane and Et3N as an additive. As in related reactions, the presence of base seems to suppress undesired reaction pathways. 

Other methods to prepare magnesinm enolates were also reported. They involve the addition to carbon-carbon multiple bonds. Two different mechanisms are possible (a) the addition-elimination sequence to a carbon-carbon double bond, (b) the addition to a carbon-carbon of a ketene. 

Condensation of anthrandic acid (77-1) with an iminoether represents another method for preparing quinazolones. The reaction with the iminoether (77-2) from 2-cyano-5-nitrofuran and ethanohc acid can be visualized as proceeding through the formation of the amidine from addition-elimination of anthranilic acid cycliza-tion then affords the observed product (77-3). This is then converted to chloride (77-4) in the usual way. Displacement of the newly introduced chlorine with diethanolamine leads to the formation of nifurquinazol (77-5) [86], one of the antibacterial nitrofmans (see Chapter 8). 

Conversion of an amide a thioamide enhances the reactivity of that function since it favors the enol form and provides a better leaving group for addition-elimination reactions (mercaptide vs. hydroxide). Thioamides obtained by treatment of diazepi-none such as (15-1) or (16-1) with phosphorus pentasulhde provide starting materials for further modihcation of the benzodiazepine nucleus. (More recently developed reagents such as Lawesson s Reagent or hw(tricyclohexyltin) sulhde provide more convenient methods for that transformation.) Thus, reaction of the thioamide (15-2) with (9-allylhydroxylamine leads directly to the amidine, probably via an addition-elimination sequence of the thioenol tautomer of (15-2). There is thus obtained the antianxiety agent uldazapam (15-3) [17]. 

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