Alkenes macrocyclic compounds

Since then, the metathesis reaction has been extended to other types of alkenes, viz. substituted alkenes, dienes and polyenes, and to alkynes. Of special interest is the metathesis of cycloalkenes. This gives rise to a ring enlargement resulting in macrocyclic compounds and eventually poly-... 

There are two directions in the development of supramolecular catalytic compositions, that is, (1) creation of systans based on macrocyclic compounds as host molecules that bind substrates with their hydrophobic cavity and (2) development of the systems that bind substrates using aggregates formed by am-phiphihc compounds. Compounds that form host-guest complexes like modified cahxarenes are able to aid transport of substrates into the aqueous phase. This approach has been implemented in the Wacker oxidation [40,41], oxidation of alkylaromatic compounds [42], hydroxylation of aromatic compounds [43], hydrogenation [44,45], hydroformylation [45-48], and carbonylation [49]. In this case, the substrate is transported into the aqueous phase in the form of the corresponding inclusion complex. This not only affects the activity of the catalyst, but also provides selectivity of the process. Thus, in the Wacker oxidation of 1-alkenes the maximum yield of methyl ketone was achieved when 1-hexene is used, and for systems based on calix[6]arene with 1-octene among catalytic systems with modified calix[4]arenes [50]. 

An obvious drawback in RCM-based synthesis of unsaturated macrocyclic natural compounds is the lack of control over the newly formed double bond. The products formed are usually obtained as mixture of ( /Z)-isomers with the (E)-isomer dominating in most cases. The best solution for this problem might be a sequence of RCAM followed by (E)- or (Z)-selective partial reduction. Until now, alkyne metathesis has remained in the shadow of alkene-based metathesis reactions. One of the reasons maybe the lack of commercially available catalysts for this type of reaction. When alkyne metathesis as a new synthetic tool was reviewed in early 1999 [184], there existed only a single report disclosed by Fiirstner s laboratory [185] on the RCAM-based conversion of functionalized diynes to triple-bonded 12- to 28-membered macrocycles with the concomitant expulsion of 2-butyne (cf Fig. 3a). These reactions were catalyzed by Schrock s tungsten-carbyne complex G. Since then, Furstner and coworkers have achieved a series of natural product syntheses, which seem to establish RCAM followed by partial reduction to (Z)- or (E)-cycloalkenes as a useful macrocyclization alternative to RCM. As work up to early 2000, including the development of alternative alkyne metathesis catalysts, is competently covered in Fiirstner s excellent review [2a], we will concentrate here only on the most recent natural product syntheses, which were all achieved by Fiirstner s team. 

Singlet oxygen reacts with electron rich or highly strained alkenes to form 1,2-dioxetanes. These four-membered ring peroxides decompose on warming to two carbonyl compounds (or moieties), usually with appearance of light emission (chemiluminescence). The macrocyclic bis-lactone in (6.17)608>, a musk fragrance, has been synthesized via such a sequence. 

Phomopsis sp. strain endophytes of the medicinal plant Erythrina crista-galli continue to yield novel compounds (Table 1). New phenyl-propane, pyronol, benzoic acid, phenylpyran, macrocyclic, and alkene compounds were discovered, as well as the known compounds clavatol, 4-hydroxymellein, mellein, mevalonolactone, mevinic acid, nectriapyrone, phomol, scytalone, and tyrosol. The new compounds were phomopy-ronol (101), 3-phenylpropane-l,2-diol (102), 4-(2,3-dihydroxypropoxy) benzoic acid (103), 2-(hydroxymethyl)-3-propylphenol (104), 2-... 

Compound 1 was first analyzed its possible prepaiation from of alkene 4. Further retrosynlhetic dismembering was directed toward construction of the 14-memhered macrocycle. Ring closure via macrolactami/ation represented one possibility, but that would have required selective construction of the trisubstiluted alkene 6. Hove-da regarded this synthesis as sufficiently difficult that he instead utilized an alternative cyclization. This led him to compound 5.2 The precise nature of the cyclization and the pathway to the enan-tiomerically and diaslercomcncally pure precursor molecule 5 is the subject of this chapter. 

Ring-closing metathesis (RCM) of the 6,6 -diallyl ether afforded macrocyclic alkenes,314 which can be reduced (H2/Pd) to saturated compounds with simultaneous removal of all benzyl protecting groups (Scheme 35).68... 

Dienes are cyclized by intramolecular metathesis. In particular, cyclic alkenes 43 and ethylene are formed by the ring-closing metathesis of the a,co-diene 46. This is the reverse reaction of ethenolysis. Alkene metathesis is reversible, and usually an equilibrium mixture of alkenes is formed. However, the metathesis of a,co-dienes 46 generates ethylene as one product, which can be removed easily from reaction mixtures to afford cyclic compounds 43 nearly quantitatively. This is a most useful reaction, because from not only five to eight membered rings, but also macrocycles can be prepared by RCM under high-dilution conditions. However, it should be noted that RCM is an intramolecular reaction and competitive with acyclic diene metathesis polymerization (ADMET), which is intermolecular to form the polymer 47. In addition, the polymer 47 may be formed by ROMP of the cyclic compounds 43. 

All the above Mn111 compounds of (196) are stable as solids under dry nitrogen although they slowly decompose in air.535 They also decompose in aqueous base but in acid undergo reversible protonation. The protonation site is probably the alkenic carbon of the /1-diketone fragment equation (20). Ni" complexes of related macrocyclic ligands have been reported to undergo similar protonation reactions.716,717... 

The second sapphyrin analog reported by Sessler and coworkers is derived directly from macrocycle 6.26. Here, subjecting the alkyne-containing macrocycle 6.26a to Lindlar reduction conditions was found to afford a near quantitative conversion to the partially reduced macrocycle 6.27a (Scheme 6.3.3). As inferred from H NMR spectroscopic analysis, the specific structure of this reduction product is the tra 5-alkene 6.27. This compound may formally be regarded as being a true isomer of pentaazasapphyrin, and is thus referred to as [22]sapphyrin-(2.1.0.0.1) or [22]pentaphyrin- 2.1.0.0.1). 

Thermal decomposition of dispiro[2.2.2.2]deca-4,9-diene, in the presence of conjugated dienes or styrenes, yielded [8]paracyclophanes, or [4.4]paracyclophanes, respectively. The paracyclophanes were formed when the fully ring-opened diradical intermediate from the dispiro compound was trapped by the alkenes in a macrocyclization process (see Section 2.4.1.5.2.8.). 

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