Alcohols phenyl propargyl, cyclization

Consecutive ruthenium cyclization reactions of phenyl propargyl alcohols give cyclic... 

The Cu(I)-catalyzed cyclization for the formation of ethyl ( )-tetrahydro-4-methylene-2-phenyl-3-(phenylsulfonyl)furan-3-carboxylate 82 has been accomplished starting from propargyl alcohol and ethyl 2-phenylsulfonyl cinnamate. Upon treatment with Pd(0) and phenylvinyl zinc chloride as shown in the following scheme, the methylenetetrahydrofuran 82 can be converted to a 2,3,4-trisubstituted 2,5-dihydrofuran. In this manner, a number of substituents (aryl, vinyl and alkyl) can be introduced to C4 <00EJO1711>. Moderate yields of 2-(a-substituted N-tosyIaminomethyl)-2,5-dihydrofurans can be realized when N-tosylimines are treated with a 4-hydroxy-cis-butenyl arsonium salt or a sulfonium salt in the presence of KOH in acetonitrile. The mechanism is believed to involve a new ylide cyclization process <00T2967>. 

Nitrogen Systems.—Monoaza-compounds. Treatment of the azapentalene anion (745) with dichloromethane and butyl-lithium yields a mixture of indolizine (746 R = H) and compound (747) it has been established that the latter is not a precursor of indolizine.3-Diethylaminoindolizine (746 R = NEt2) is formed by the reaction of 2-bromopyridine with propargyl alcohol and diethylamine in the presence of bis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(ll) dichloride and copper(i) iodide. The pyridinium ylide (748) undergoes 1,5-dipolar cyclization to the tran -dihydroindolizine (749). As in previous years, there have been several reports on the synthesis of the indolizine ring system from pyridinium ylides the methide (750 R = H, R = Ph) adds benzylideneacetophenone to form the tetrahydroindolizine (751), the action of phenyl vinyl sulphoxide. 

Nilsson and Hacksell isolated 2,5-dimethyl-4-phenyloxazole 245 (Ri = CH3, R2 = CeHs) as the only product from methylation of N-(l-phenyl-2-propynyl)acet-amide 244 (Ri = CH3, R2 = CeHs). The authors found that propargyl amides could be cyclized to 2,5-disubstituted and 2,4,5-trisubstituted oxazoles (Scheme 1.67). Thus a propargyl alcohol 243 was converted to the corresponding amide 244 in... 

The stereo-defined benzylidenecyclopentane 132 was obtained by trans addition of a phenyl group and a carbanion to the terminal alkyne 131. The cyclization proceeds via trans carbopalladation [43]. As a related reaction, stereo-defined 3-arylidenetetrahydrofuran 134 was prepared by the reaction of iodobenzene, propar-gyl alcohol, and Michael acceptor 133. The reaction is understood in terms of Michael addition of propargyl alcohol to 133, followed by carbopalladation of the triple bond as shown by 135 [44]. 

Braslau and coworkers [83] synthesized cyclic PSTY through the combination of nitroxide-mediated radical polymerization (NMRP) and CuAAC click reaction. The synthesis procedure was relatively complex compared with other strategies. 1 - [4-(Chloromethyl)phenyl] ethyl alkoxyamine was used to mediate the styrene polymerization, followed by successive azidation and oxidative cleavage with ammonium cerium(IY) nitrite in the presence of propargyl alcohol. The azide and alkyne groups were then introduced to each end of the polymer. Finally, the cyclization reaction was carried out in toluene with CuBr and PMDETA as catalyst at 100°C (Scheme 35). The cyclization results showed about 64% click product, as derived from Gaussian curve fitting. 

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