Alkene derivatives stable reactions

Hydroxy-THISs react with electron-deficient alkynes to give nonisol-able adducts that extrude carbonyl sulfide, affording pyrroles (23). Compound 16 (X = 0) seems particularly reactive (Scheme 16) (25). The cycloaddition to benzyne yields isoindoles in low- yield. Further cyclo-addition between isoindole and benzyne leads to an iminoanthracene as the main product (Scheme 17). The cycloadducts derived from electron-deficient alkenes are stable (23, 25) unless highly strained. Thus the two adducts, 18a (R = H, R = COOMe) and 18b (R = COOMe, R = H), formed from 7, both extrude furan and COS under the reaction conditions producing the pyrroles (19. R = H or COOMe) (Scheme 18). Similarly, the cycloadduct formed between 16 (X = 0) and dimethylfumarate... 

Various substitution reactions with other amines can be carried out, and with alkenes remarkably stable alkyl derivatives, for example, [RhQHs am5]S04, can be obtained. The structure of [RhH am5](C104)2 shows a distinct hydridic trans weaken-... 

Thus, a new type of Lewis acid, lanthanide triflates, is quite effective for the catalytic activation of imines, and has achieved imino Diels-Alder reactions of imines with dienes or alkenes. The unique reactivities of imines which work as both dienophiles and azadienes under certain conditions were also revealed. Three-component coupling reactions between aldehydes, amines, and dienes or alkenes were successfully carried out by using Ln(OTf)3 as catalysts to afford pyridine and quinoline derivatives in high yields. The triflates were stable and kept their activity even in the presence of water and amines. According to these reactions, many substituted pyridines and quinolines can be prepared directly from aldehydes, amines, and dienes or alkenes. A stepwise reaction mechanism in these reactions was suggested from the experimental results. 

Tandem GM-RGM (see Scheme 20) can be employed for the synthesis of complex ring systems from simple starting materials. A very noteworthy example of this reaction serves as the cornerstone for the total synthethis of the natural product cyclindrocyclophane. The GM-RGM reaction of diene 182 was completely selective for formation of the head-to-tail isomer 183. The selectivity was attributed to thermodynamic control the head-to-head dimer 184 is considerably less stable. In an effort to synthesize pyrenophorin derivatives, the formation of cyclic dimers (e.g., 186) and trimers (e.g., 187) from treatment of acrylate ester-alkene derivatives (e.g., 185) with various ruthenium metathesis catalysts was examined.The product distribution was very time and concentration dependent higher concentrations favor the trimer over the dimer. 

The term of alkene (olefin) metathesis was introduced by Calderon and coworkers in 1967 [13] to describe a reaction in which 2-pentene is converted to 2-butene and 3-hexene in the presence of tungsten hexachloride, ethanol, and ethyl aluminum dichloride (Scheme 6.1). Nowadays, this term covers all reactions associated with the exchange of carbene (alkylidene) groups between alkenes, and the reaction has become a key process in polymer chemistry, as well as in fine and basic chemical synthesis, including petrochemistry [14, 15]. Alkene metathesis only takes place in the presence of an appropriate catalyst, and considerable research efforts have been devoted to design more active, selective, and stable catalysts [16-24]. In this field, computational chemistry has contributed considerably by bringing information that could not be derived from experimental studies. 

As described in Section 2.3.2, vinylaziridines are versatile intermediates for the stereoselective synthesis of (E)-alkene dipeptide isosteres. One of the simplest methods for the synthesis of alkene isosteres such as 242 and 243 via aziridine derivatives of type 240 and 241 (Scheme 2.59) involves the use of chiral anti- and syn-amino alcohols 238 and 239, synthesizable in turn from various chiral amino aldehydes 237. However, when a chiral N-protected amino aldehyde derived from a natural ot-amino acid is treated with an organometallic reagent such as vinylmag-nesium bromide, a mixture of anti- and syn-amino alcohols 238 and 239 is always obtained. Highly stereoselective syntheses of either anti- or syn-amino alcohols 238 or 239, and hence 2,3-trans- or 2,3-as-3-alkyl-2-vinylaziridines 240 or 241, from readily available amino aldehydes 237 had thus hitherto been difficult. Ibuka and coworkers overcame this difficulty by developing an extremely useful epimerization of vinylaziridines. Palladium(0)-catalyzed reactions of 2,3-trons-2-vinylaziri-dines 240 afforded the thermodynamically more stable 2,3-cis isomers 241 predominantly over 240 (241 240 >94 6) through 7i-allylpalladium intermediates, in accordance with ab initio calculations [29]. This epimerization allowed a highly stereoselective synthesis of (E) -alkene dipeptide isosteres 243 with the desired L,L-... 

Carbanions derived from phosphine oxides also add to carbonyl compounds. The adducts are stable but undergo elimination to form alkene on heating with a base such as sodium hydride. This reaction is known as the Horner-Wittig reaction.268... 

The reactions of Cl2Si=CHCH2CMe3 with several aldehydes have been described by Auner.197 It is believed that [2+2]-siloxetane adducts 92 were formed in the reaction but were not stable. Evidence for the formation of the siloxetanes lay in the isolation of the anticipated alkene 93 derived by a retro-[2+2] reaction with elimination of Cl2Si—O. Interestingly, significant quantities of isomeric products 94 were observed if the reactions were carried out at -40°C instead of —78°C, as shown in Eq. (32). 

Addition of a boron-boron bond across a carbon-carbon triple bond is known for some 40 years since the finding that diboron tetrahalides add to alkenes and alkynes in the absence of catalysts.36 Although the reaction seemed to be potentially attractive, the instability of diboron tetrahalides was the critical drawback for the practical use in synthesis. In 1993, much more stable pinacol ester derivative of diboron was found to add to alkynes in the presence of platinum catalysts such as Pt(PPh3)4, Pt(CH2=CH2)(PPh3)2, and Pt(CO)2(PPh3)2 (Figure 1, Scheme 2).37,38 Other... 

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