Aldose, cyclization

Aldoses exist almost exclusively as their cyclic hemiacetals very little of the open chain form is present at equilibrium To understand their structures and chemical reac tions we need to be able to translate Fischer projections of carbohydrates into their cyclic hemiacetal forms Consider first cyclic hemiacetal formation m d erythrose To visualize furanose nng formation more clearly redraw the Fischer projection m a form more suited to cyclization being careful to maintain the stereochemistry at each chirality center... 

Ketoses are characterized by the ending ulose m their name Most nat urally occurring ketoses have their carbonyl group located at C 2 Like aldoses ketoses cyclize to hemiacetals and exist as furanose or pyranose forms... 

In a similar manner, starting from 2-methylchloride-naphtho[l,8-de][l,2,3]triazine and magnesium, via a novel sonication-promoted Barbier reaction, an a-aminomethyl carbanion equivalent is generated which reacts in situ with a variety of carbonyl compounds. Subsequent catalytic hydrogenolysis of the triazine moiety yields the corresponding amines <00TL4685>. Sterically controlled regiospecific cyclization of aldose-5-ethyl-l,2,4-... 

OZTs from aldoses and ketoses. The second and the oldest-as well as the less studied—method is based on the condensation of O-unprotected sugars with thiocyanic acid, generated in situ from potassium thiocyanate and a protic acid. The reaction involves the free anomeric position and a y- or (5-hydroxyl group able to promote intramolecular cyclization of a transient open-chain isothiocyanate, to form the thermodynamically most stable OZT. The first results obtained by Zemplen in d-gluco and D-Fru series reported the formation of OZTs fused to pyran backbones (Scheme 20).42... 

In view of the stability of the cyclic (hemiacetal) form of the aldoses, it is reasonable to assume that the open-chain aldehydo structure, formed by elimination of the nitrile group, will be more stable if cyclization is inhibited (by acyloxy groups on carbon atoms 4 or 5) than if cyclization may readily occur (hydroxyl groups on carbon atoms 4 or 5). 

Hydrazone formation of pyridazine-3-hydrazines with aldoses, dialdofuranoses, and dialdopyranoses was studied by Stanovnik and co-workers. The respective hydrazones could be cyclized with Bt2 in MeOH or Pb(OAc)4 to j-triazolo[4,3-3]pyridazin-3-yl substituted polyols <1997JHC1115, 1998JHC513>. Similarly, 4-[(dimethylamino)-methylene]-l,8,8-trimethyl-2-oxabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-3-one was reacted with pyridazine-3-hydrazines and the resulting mixtures were subsequently treated with Pb(OAc)4. Besides j-triazolo[4,3-3]pyridazine formation also diazenes were obtained. This can be rationalized by the enehydrazine-hydrazone mixtures observed in the first reaction. For phthalazin-l-hydrazines only diazenes were obtained after oxidation <2005TA2927>. Also cyclizations of... 

Schnur and colleagues at Pfizer " " prepared a wide variety of 2,4-oxazoli-dinediones that have been evaluated as hypoglycemic agents and as aldose reductase inhibitors (Tables 6.8, Fig. 6.17 6.9, Fig. 6.18 Fig. 6.19). Several approaches were evaluated including a trimethylsilylcyanide-mediated synthesis of cyanohydrins that were then converted to the corresponding imidates in situ followed by cyclization and work-up. This methodology has been successfully... 

Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) chemists " prepared a novel series of spirocyclic 2,4-oxazolidinediones 243 derived from 7-substituted isatins (Scheme 6.54). The key intermediate a-acyloxy amides 242 were readily prepared from 241 in three steps. Base-catalyzed cyclization of 242 then afforded the target compounds that were reported to be potent inhibitors of aldose reductase. Pfizer chemists approached 5-substituted isatin spirocyclic analogues 243 via a-hydroxy esters 244 that were converted to the corresponding a-carbamyloxy esters 245 in good yield using chlorosulfonyl isocyanate. Cyclization of 245 with potassium ferf-butoxide then produced 243 in acceptable yield (Scheme 6.54 Table 6.10, Fig. 6.20). 

The proportion of the acyclic form also increases with increasing temperature this is true for aldoses and ketoses,16,31 as well as for simple hydroxyketones.74 This would be expected from considerations of entropy, as the acyclic form has a greater degree of freedom, but studies on y- and d-hydroxyketones show that change in enthalpy contributes even more to the changing position of the equilibrium with increasing temperature. Evidently, cyclization of hydroxyketones is exothermic, and is favored by lower temperatures.74... 

Hydrazones 10 derived from aldose monosaccharides (9) and 2-hydrazinopyrimidine (8) gave, upon oxidative cyclization with bromine in methanol, the corresponding 3-(alditol-l-yl)-l,2,4-triazolo[4,3-a]pyrim-idines 11 [97JHC(34)1115] (Scheme 7). 

One cyclization procedure that depends on this approach has been described in an earlier section. A further method that affords double activation of a methylene group at C-6 of aldose derivatives, and simultaneous release of an aldehydic group, leads to C-6- to C-l-bonding under extremely mild conditions and is compatible with the presence of most O-protecting groups (Scheme 11). For this reason, and because the cyclization step is normally very efficient and stereoselective, this strategy has been used extensively, ft... 

Of the several types of enals derivable from aldoses (see 80 and 81), the 5,6-dideoxy-hex-5-enoses are of particular significance because of the efficient cyclization to give cyclopentane derivatives that they undergo on treatment with A-alkylhydroxylamines. The reactions are spontaneous and involve intramolecular 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions undergone by intermediate nitrones. For example, compound 272, made by treatment of 6-bromo compound 271 with zinc in moist alcohol, on reaction with A-methylhydroxylamine gives the bicyclic product 273 in 80% yield (Scheme 28).256 This process gives simple access to many functionalized cyclopentanes. 

This Cl homologation of osones proved to be valuable in the preparation of L-ascorbic acid analogues (16) as well as in the preparation of radiolabeled L-ascorbic acid (17-20), This synthesis was greatly improved when aldoses were discovered to be directly oxidized to osones with cupric acetate (Equation 1) (21), Subsequently, the conditions were modified so that D-xylose could be oxidized to D-xylosone in 50-55% yield with cupric acetate in methanol. The intermediacy of the imino ether was proved by the isolation of 7 when D-glucosone was treated with potassium cyanide (16), The initial cyanohydrin adduct (3a) easily undergoes cyclization to the imino ether intermediate (aqueous solution for 10 min at room temperature. Scheme 5). This feature will be compared with the conditions required for the lactonization of other intermediates. 

Carbohydrates are either polyhydroxyaldehydes (aldoses, oses) or polyhydroxyke-tones (ketoses, uloses) there is an electron gap at their carbonyl carbon atom. Typically, aldehydes and ketones accept nucleophiles such as water to form hydrates or alcohols to form hemiketals (5.1 and 5.3) and hemiacetals (5.4 and 5.6), respectively. In pentoses, pentuloses, hexoses, hexuloses, and higher carbohydrates, one of the hydroxyl groups can play the role of internal nucleophile. Thus, open-chain structure (5.2 and 5.5) cyclizes into internal hemiacetals and ketals, all with either five- (5.1 and 5.3) or six- (5.4 and 5.6) membered cycles. 

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