Intramolecular reactions with alkenes

An efficient carboannulation proceeds by the reaction of vinylcyclopropane (135) or vinylcyclobutane with aryl halides. The multi-step reaction is explained by insertion of alkene, ring opening, diene formation, formation of the TT-allylpalladium 136 by the readdition of H—Pd—I, and its intramolecular reaction with the nucleophile to give the cyclized product 137[I08]. 

Intramolecular reactions with alkenes. While the intermolecular reaction is limited to unhindered alkenes, the intramolecular version permits the participation of even hindered substituted alkenes, and various cyclic compounds are prepared by the intramolecular Heck reaction. Particularly the... 

Radical intermediates are also trapped by intramolecular reaction with an alkene or alkyne bond. At a mercury cathode this process competes with formation of the dialkylmercury [51], At a reticulated vitreous carbon cathode, this intramolecular cyclization of radicals generated by reduction of iodo compounds is an important process. Reduction of l-iododec-5-yne 5 at vitreous carbon gives the cyclopentane... 

In contrast to the intermolecular cyclopropanation, the dirhodium tetraprolinates give modest enantioselectivities for the corresponding intramolecular reactions with the do-nor/acceptor carbenoids [68]. For example, the Rh2(S-DOSP)4-catalyzed reaction with al-lyl vinyldiazoacetate 32 gives the fused cyclopropane 33 in 72% yield with 72% enantiomeric excess (Eq. 4) [68]. The level of asymmetric induction is dependent upon the substitution pattern of the alkene cis-alkenes and internally substituted alkenes afford the highest asymmetric induction. Other rhodium and copper catalysts have been evaluated for reactions with vinyldiazoacetates, but very few have found broad utility [42]. 

Indolylacyl radicals are extremely useful reactive intermediates that participate in inter-and intramolecular reactions with alkenes and (hetero)aromatic systems. This radical methodology gives easy access to a wide range of indolic structures, including simple indolyl ketones as well as more complex polycyclic compounds embodying the 2-acylindole moiety. 

Titanocene(n) species promote the conversion of unsaturated thioacetals to cyclic compounds. This cyclization proceeds with the loss of the terminal alkene carbon. Treatment of the thioacetal 83 with the low-valent titanium species Cp2Ti[P(OEt)3]2 (3 equiv) in refluxing THF afforded benzoxocines 86 and 87 (by isomerization of 86) in 61% yield (Scheme 14) <1999SL354>. Using 4 equiv of the titanocene(n), the yield is higher (70%) but the selectivity is lower (the ratio 86 87 becomes 82 18). The mechanism or the reaction probably involves the formation of the titanium carbene complex 84, its intramolecular reaction with the double bond to form titanocyclobutane 85, and the subsequent elimination of methylidenetitanocene <1999SL354>. 

Cycloaddition of 7-oxanorbomadiene derivatives has been reported (Scheme 247). 5-Bromo-7-azanorbomenes undergo regioselective Pauson-Khand reaction to give (168). The bromine is lost during the reaction (Scheme 248). A-Protected alkynylamides undergo intramolecular reactions with alkenes to give 2-amidocyclopentenones (Scheme 249). 

Mixed coupling reactions, using two different carbonyl compounds, can be effected, but they generally lead to mixtures of products and are of limited use in synthesis. Intramolecular reactions with dicarbonyl compounds, on the other hand, provide a good route to cyclic alkenes. The keto-aldehyde 80, for example, gave the cyclic diterpene kempene-2, despite the presence of a saturated ketone... 

From these two reviews [16, 18], this section shows aUcenylations (reactions with alkenes), alkynylations (reactions with alkynes), acylations, carbonylations, isocya-nations, and halogenations as applications for organometallic intramolecular-coordination five-membered products, as seen in Eqs. (7.14)-(7.44) and Schemes 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 7.10, 7.11, and 7.12. 

The complexity of this reaction scheme already points out the necessary time-balance between oxidative addition, CO insertion versus deinsertion (decarbonylation), acylpalladation, carbopaUadation, and dehydropalladation events to have a selective acylpallada-tion-type reaction. This has been more recently addressed by selecting acyl chlorides that could not readily undergo dehydropalladation, hence stabilizing the organopalladium intermediates to favor their intramolecular reaction with alkenes. For instance, Pd(OAc)2 catalyzes the reaction of benzoyl chloride derivatives with enol ethers (R = OEt, Scheme 3) to give the corresponding acylpalladation products typically in 40-77% yields. " ... 

Intramolecular reactions with both alkenes and alkynes can also be achieved under correctly chosen conditions, especially when the aldehyde contains a second donor atom that can chelate the rhodium, as in the (3-thioaldehyde 3.70 (Scheme 3.33). " Ruthenium catalysts have been used with dienes (Scheme 3.34). ... 

Conjugated nitroso alkenes in reactions with heterocycles 98UK523. Intramolecular cycloaddition reactions of allyhc cations with participation and/ or formation of heterocycles, mainly [4+3]-cycloaddition to furan system ... 

Intramolecular Reaction with Alkenes. Palladium r-allyl complexes can undergo intramolecular insertion reactions with alkenes to produce five- and six-membered rings through a metallo-ene-type cycUzation. This reaction produces good... 

An a-halosulfone 1 reacts with a base by deprotonation at the a -position to give a carbanionic species 3. An intramolecular nucleophilic substitution reaction, with the halogen substituent taking the part of the leaving group, then leads to formation of an intermediate episulfone 4 and the halide anion. This mechanism is supported by the fact that the episulfone 4 could be isolated. Subsequent extrusion of sulfur dioxide from 4 yields the alkene 2 ... 

For reactions of A-acyliminium ions with alkenes and alkynes one has to distinguish between A-acyliminium ions locked in an s-trans conformation and those which (can) adopt an s-cis conformation. The former type reacts as a (nitrogen stabilized) carbocation with a C —C multiple bond. Although there are some exceptions, the intramolecular reaction of this type is regarded as an anti addition to the 7t-nucleophile, with (nearly) synchronous bond formation, the conformation of the transition state determining the product configuration. 

The 2-azadiene system of the pyrazinone scaffold undergoes inter- and intramolecular cycloaddition reactions with a variety of (functionalized) alkenes forming bicyclic adducts, leading to the stereoselective generation of a variety of natural product analogues as well as peptidomimetics [58]. These bicyclic compounds could serve as key intermediates in the synthesis... 

Iodine is a very good electrophile for effecting intramolecular nucleophilic addition to alkenes, as exemplified by the iodolactonization reaction71 Reaction of iodine with carboxylic acids having carbon-carbon double bonds placed to permit intramolecular reaction results in formation of iodolactones. The reaction shows a preference for formation of five- over six-membered72 rings and is a stereospecific anti addition when carried out under basic conditions. 

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