Aldehyde/alkyne cyclization

A strong ligand dependence was also found in aldehyde/alkyne cyclization Ni(COD)2 catalyzes alkylative cydizations efSdently with a variety of organozinc reagents and Ni(COD)2/PBu3 catalyzes reductive cydizations with dialkylzinc that possesses a j8-hydrogen [186]. 

Although the titanium-based methods are typically stoichiometric, catalytic turnover was achieved in one isolated example with trialkoxysilane reducing agents with titanocene catalysts (Scheme 28) [74], This example (as part of a broader study of enal cyclizations [74,75]) was indeed the first process to demonstrate catalysis in a silane-based aldehyde/alkyne reductive coupling and provided important guidance in the development of the nickel-catalyzed processes that are generally more tolerant of functionality and broader in scope. 

Recently, four-component coupling reactions of aldehydes, alkynes, dienes, and dimethylzinc catalyzed by a nickel complex have been reported (Equation (78)).435 Similarly, l,c< -dienynes react with carbonyl compounds and dimethylzinc in the presence of an Ni catalyst to afford the corresponding cyclized products. 

Silylfunctionalizations. The reaction of alkynes with this reagent combination can give P-silylacrylamides, a-silylmethyl a. -unsaturated aldehydes, or cyclization products, depending on reaction conditions (additives) and substrate structures. 

The Ni(COD)2-catalyzed intramolecular cyclizations of aldehyde and alkyne in the presence of vinylzirconiums proceed smoothly to give azadecalin in satisfactory yield. Interestingly, the regiochemistry of alkyne insertion is opposite to that of aldehyde/alkyne/organozinc three component couplings [199]. 

Several ways to suppress the 2-oxonium-[3,3]-rearrangements might be envisioned. Apart from the introduction of a bulky substituent R at the aldehyde (Scheme 23) a similar steric repulsion between R and R might also be observed upon introduction of a bulky auxiliary at R. A proof-of-principle for this concept was observed upon by using of a trimethylsilyl group as substituent R in the alkyne moiety (Scheme 25, R = TMS). This improvement provided an efficient access to polysubstituted dihydropyrans via a silyl alkyne-Prins cyclization. Ab initio theoretical calculations support the proposed mechanism. Moreover, the use of enantiomerically enriched secondary homopropargylic alcohols yielded the corresponding oxa-cycles with similar enantiomeric purity [38]. 

Scheme 25 Silyl alkyne-Prins cyclization of secondary homopropargylic alcohols and aldehydes using FeXs as a promoter...

A plausible mechanism for this new alkyne aza-Prins cyclization is outlined in Scheme 27. Thus, reaction of the homopropargyl tosyl amine with an aldehyde promoted by ferric halide generates the W-sulfonyl iminium ion. This intermediate evolves to the corresponding piperidine, via the vinyl carbocation. Ah initio theoretical calculations support the proposed mechanism. 

The initially proposed mechanism [14], and one that continues to be considered as the likely pathway for most variants, involves the oxidative cyclization of a Ni(0) complex of an aldehyde and alkyne to a metallacycle (Scheme 18). Metallacycle formation could proceed independently of the reducing agent via metallacycle 19, or alternatively, metallacycle 20a or 20b could be formed via promotion of the oxidative cyclization transformation by the reducing agent. Cleavage of the nickel-oxygen bond in a o-bond metathesis process generates an alkenyl nickel intermediate 21. In the variants involv-... 

A few additional Pd-catalyzed schemes have been employed for Ilac type cyclization chemistry. Palladium-phenanthroline complexes were used by the Ragaini group to prepare indoles via the intermolecular cyclization of nitroarenes and alkynes in the presence of carbon monoxide <06JOC3748>. Jia and Zhu employed Pd-catalysis for the annulation of o-haloanilines with aldehydes <06JOC7826>. A one-pot Ugi/Heck reaction was employed in the preparation of polysubstituted indoles from a four-component reaction system of acrylic aldehydes, bromoanilines, acids, and isocyanides <06TL4683>. 

Enantioselective catalysts have been developed for cyclization of dienyl aldehydes and coupling of aldehydes with alkynes (Equations (74) and (75)). For reactions with dienes see Refs 433 and 433a, and for reactions with alkynes see Refs 433b I33e. Chiral monodentate phosphines have proved to be effective. 

The inter- and intramolecular catalytic reductive couplings of alkynes and aldehydes recently have experienced rapid growth and are the topic of several recent reviews.5 h-8k 107 With respect to early transition metal catalysts, there exists a single example of the catalytic reductive cyclization of an acetylenic aldehyde, which involves the titanocene-catalyzed conversion of 77a to ethylidene cyclopentane 77b mediated by (EtO)3SiH.80 This process is restricted to terminally substituted alkyne partners (Scheme 53). 

The very first example of the catalytic reductive cyclization of an acetylenic aldehyde involves the use of a late transition metal catalyst. Exposure of alkynal 78a to a catalytic amount of Rh2Co2(CO)12 in the presence of Et3SiH induces highly stereoselective hydrosilylation-cyclization to provide the allylic alcohol 78b.1 8 This rhodium-based catalytic system is applicable to the cyclization of terminal alkynes to form five-membered rings, thus complementing the scope of the titanocene-catalyzed reaction (Scheme 54). 

The mechanism was proposed to involve the formation of a nickel metallacycle by the oxidative cyclization of Ni(0) with the aldehyde and alkyne, followed by conversion of the metallacycle to product by a transmetalation/reductive elimination sequence. If R possesses a P-hydrogen, then P-hydride elimination after the transmetalation step generates the product with R = H in some instances. The mechanism was shown to be ligand dependent, and the mechanism depicted below is undoubtedly oversimplified. ... 

Avalos et al. (223,224) also found that simpler 2-aminothioisomiinchnones react with nitroalkenes to give dihydrothiophenes and other products, work that includes detailed MO calculations that rationalize both the reactivity of the thioisomilnch-nones and the observed regioselectivity (224). These same thioisomtinchnones (324) react with aryl aldehydes to provide p-lactams 325 following fragmentation and subsequent cyclization of the primary cycloadducts (225). Novel 1,2,4-triazines are produced when 324 is exposed to diethyl azodicarboxylate (226), and detailed synthetic and mechanistic studies have been reported for the reactions of 324 with alkynes (227) and chiral 1,2-diaza-l,3-butadienes (228). 

Aldehydes constitute useful electrophilic partners in such nickel-catalyzed reactions because the condensation between alkynes, aldehydes and diorganozinc compounds can afford stereodefined cyclic or acyclic ally lie alcohols67-69, as illustrated by the stereoselective cyclization of 111 to the corresponding 3-hydroxypyrrolidine (equation 46). Allenes or 1,3-dienes instead of alkynes also lead to similar reactivity70. 

The so-called trimerization of propynal in the presence of piperidine acetate provides a synthesis of 4-ethynyI-4//-pyran-3,5-dicarbaldehyde (149) (50LA(568)34> it should be noted that the structure proposed for the product in the original work has been corrected (64CB1959). In the absence of moisture, the reaction fails and it seems likely that the synthesis involves hydration of the alkyne to the divinyl ether. Finally, condensation with the third molecule of the aldehyde results in cyclization to the product (Scheme 20). 

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