Alkenes cerium ammonium nitrate

Pyranone 127 reacts with alkenes in the presence of cerium ammonium nitrate via a cyclization reaction that leads to the formation of furo[2,3-3]- and furo[3,2-f]-pyranones in moderate yields (Equation 60). This reaction can be extended to the synthesis of furoquinolinones <1999H(51)2881>. Dihydropyran 128, with either / -diketones or /3-keto esters, undergoes cycloaddition reactions promoted by ceric ammonium nitrate to generate furo[2,3-3]pyrans in good yields (Equation 61) <1996T12495>. 

As an example, this apply to enols or tautomeric enols such as maleic acid derivatives. While with a chemical reagent (cerium ammonium nitrate) the only process occurring is oxidative dimerization, when aromatic nitriles are used as the photochemical oxidant, selective trapping of the radicals by an electrophilic alkenes or by the nitrile itself occurs. Under these conditions, both the alkylation of alkenes and the oxidative alkylation/dimerization of dienes have been smoothly obtained (see Scheme 8) and side processes such as double alkylation or polymerization often occurring with other methods have been avoided. A three-component (Nucleophile-Olefin Combination, Aromatic Substitution) process is also possible. ... 

Ammonium cerium(IV) nitrate on reaction with acetone or acetophenone generates acetyl- or benzoylformonitrile oxides, respectively (99). These nitrile oxides dimerize to furoxans and give, in the presence of alkenes and alkynes, 3-acetyl- or 3-benzoyl-4,5-dihydroisoxazoles and 3-acetyl- or 3-benzoylisoxazoles, respectively the yield of the isoxazole derivatives was improved on using ammonium cerium(III) nitrate tetrahydrate-formic acid (99). 

An alternative, but effective, method for preparing furo[2,3-r/ pyrimidines with the potential for polysubstitution in the furan ring is shown in Equation (108). Here -dimethylbarbituric acid 299 is treated with a variety of alkenes in MeCN containing cerium(iv) ammonium nitrate to produce 300 with complete regioselectivity (Equation 108) <2000SC4277>. 

Furopyranopyrandiones have been prepared by the cerium(iv) ammonium nitrate-mediated reaction of 4-hydroxy-277,577-pyrano[4,3- ]pyran-2,5-diones with alkenes (Scheme 14) <2003H(60)939>. 

Hydroxycoumarin can react with alkenes in the presence of cerium(iv) ammonium nitrate (CAN) to form a mixture of furochromones and furocoumarins in modest yield (Equation 316) <1999H(51)2881>. 

Using ammonium cerium(IV) nitrate (CAN) as the oxidant for the azide anion, the azido radicals are trapped by alkenes, to form, ultimately, /i-azido nitrates84 cerium azide species may be considered as intermediates. Alkenes conjugated with carbonyl groups are recovered intact. The stereochemistry of the adducts from acenaphthylene and indene was trans, as shown by H-NMR studies (/AX < 2 Hz for the acenaphthylene adduct), but with (-Eyi-phenyl-l-propene both syn and anti additions were formed. 

Acetyl- and 3-benzoylisoxazoles 389 (and isoxazolines) have been prepared by one-pot reactions of alkynes (and alkenes) with ammonium cerium(iv) nitrate (CAN(lv)) or ammonium cerium(lll) nitrate tetrahydrate (CAN(m))-formic acid, in acetone or acetophenone. These processes probably involve 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of nitrile oxides produced via nitration of the carbonyl compound by cerium salts. The existence of nitrile oxides as reaction intermediates was proved by the formation of the dimer furoxan 390 when the above reaction was carried out in absence of any dipolarophile (Scheme 95) <2004T1671>. An analogous improved procedure has been applied to alkynyl glycosides as dipolarophiles for the preparation of carbohydrate isoxazoles <2006SL1739>. 

Oxidation of the hydroxymalonic acid ene adducts with cerium(IV) ammonium nitrate in aqueous acetonitrile or sodium periodate results in oxidative didecarboxylation to give an allylcarboxylic acid. The two step process ene reaction with diethyl oxomalonate and oxidative didecarboxylation provides a general procedure for the conversion of alkenes to allylcarboxylic acids. 

The reactions of several alkenes and alkynes with ammonium cerium(lV) nitrate [CAN(IV)] or ammonium cerium(III) nitrate tetrahydrate [CAN(III)]-formic acid in acetone under reflux gave 3-acetyl-4,5-dihydroisoxazoles 4 (R = Me) and 3-acetylisoxazoles 5 (R = Me), respectively through nitrile oxide 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition (1,3-DC). The... 

Oxidative functionalization of alkenes. Activated by cerium(IV) ammonium nitrate in methanol Ph2Se2 initiates addition to an alkene. Some unsaturated alcohols undergo phenylselenocycloetherification, and in case that the activation is by a photoinduced electron transfer process the phenylseleno group of the products can be replaced. 

Generation of Homoenolate Radicals. The homoenolate radical produced by Cerium(IV) Ammonium Nitrate (CAN) undergoes a fast oxidative addition to electron-rich alkenes such as... 

The oxidative cycloaddition of 4-hydroxycoumarins with alkenes are also promoted by cerium(IV) ammonium nitrate (CAN) [85-87]. However, as shown in the examples given in Scheme 16, mixtures of the desired dihydrofuro[3,2-c]coumarins and their linear isomers are usually formed as the result of the nonregioselective addition of the in situ formed a,a-dicarbonyl radical to the C=C bond of the olefin [85]. 

The photochemical cyclisation of p.y-unsaturated ketoximes to 2-isoxazolines, e.g., 16—>17, has been reported <95RTC514>. 2-Isoxazolines are obtained from alkenes and primary nitroalkanes in the presence of ammonium cerium nitrate and formic acid <95MI399>. Treatment of certain 1,3-diketones with a nitrating mixture generates acyl nitrile oxides, which can be trapped in situ as dipolar cycloadducts (see Scheme 3) <96SC3401>. 

Like the double bond, the carbon-carbon triple bond is susceptible to many of the common addition reactions. In some cases, such as reduction, hydroboration and acid-catalyzed hydration, it is even more reactive. A very efficient method for the protection of the triple bond is found in the alkynedicobalt hexacarbonyl complexes (.e.g. 117 and 118), readily formed by the reaction of the respective alkyne with dicobalt octacarbonyl. In eneynes this complexation is specific for the triple bond. The remaining alkenes can be reduced with diimide or borane as is illustrated for the ethynylation product (116) of 5-dehydro androsterone in Scheme 107. Alkynic alkenes and alcohols complexed in this way show an increased structural stability. This has been used for the construction of a variety of substituted alkynic compounds uncontaminated by allenic isomers (Scheme 107) and in syntheses of insect pheromones. From the protecting cobalt clusters, the parent alkynes can easily be regenerated by treatment with iron(III) nitrate, ammonium cerium nitrate or trimethylamine A -oxide. ° ... 

Oxalic and malonic acids, as well as a-hydroxy acids, easily react with cerium(IV) salts (Sheldon and Kochi, 1968). Simple alkanoic acids are much more resistant to attack by cerium(IV) salts. However, silver(I) salts catalyze the thermal decarboxylation of alkanoic acids by ammonium hexanitratocerate(IV) (Nagori et al., 1981). Cerium(IV) carboxylates can be decomposed by either a thermal or a photochemical reaction (Sheldon and Kochi, 1968). Alkyl radicals are released by the decarboxylation reaction, which yields alkanes, alkenes, esters and carbon dioxide. The oxidation of substituted benzilic acids by cerium(IV) salts affords the corresponding benzilic acids in quantitative yield (scheme 19) (Hanna and Sarac, 1977). Trahanovsky and coworkers reported that phenylacetic acid is decarboxylated by reaction with ammonium hexanitratocerate(IV) in aqueous acetonitrile containing nitric acid (Trahanovsky et al., 1974). The reaction products are benzyl alcohol, benzaldehyde, benzyl nitrate and carbon dioxide. The reaction is also applicable to substituted phenylacetic acids. The decarboxylation is a one-electron process and radicals are formed as intermediates. The rate-determining step is the decomposition of the phenylacetic acid/cerium(IV) complex into a benzyl radical and carbon dioxide. 

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