Alkynes 4+2 cyclo addition

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... 

Table 7 [2+2] and [4+2] cyclo additions of cyclopentadienes 151 with alkynes (see Scheme 33)... 

The mechanism of [3 + 2] reductive cycloadditions clearly is more complex than other aldehyde/alkyne couplings since additional bonds are formed in the process. The catalytic reductive [3 + 2] cycloaddition process likely proceeds via the intermediacy of metallacycle 29, followed by enolate protonation to afford vinyl nickel species 30, alkenyl addition to the aldehyde to afford nickel alkoxide 31, and reduction of the Ni(II) alkoxide 31 back to the catalytically active Ni(0) species by Et3B (Scheme 23). In an intramolecular case, metallacycle 29 was isolated, fully characterized, and illustrated to undergo [3 + 2] reductive cycloaddition upon exposure to methanol [45]. Related pathways have recently been described involving cobalt-catalyzed reductive cyclo additions of enones and allenes [46], suggesting that this novel mechanism may be general for a variety of metals and substrate combinations. 

The cyclo addition of the alkene to the ruthenium vinylidene species leads to a ruthenacyclobutane which rearranges into an allylic ruthenium species resulting from / -elimination or deprotonation assisted by pyridine and produces the diene after reductive elimination (Scheme 16). This mechanism is supported by the stoichiometric C-C bond formation between a terminal alkyne and an olefin, leading to rf-butatrienyl and q2-butadienyl complexes via a ruthenacyclobutane resulting from [2+2] cycloaddition [62]. 

Azine approach. 4,5-Dihydro-6//- 1,2-oxazine 2-oxides undergo 1,3-dipolar cyclo-addition reacting with appropriately substituted alkenes and alkynes to form isoxazolo-[2,3-Z>][l,2]oxazines. With styrene as the dipolarophile in the reaction with the oxazine (87), the product (88) with cis methyl and phenyl groups is formed. With acrylonitrile and methyl acrylate, some trans isomer is formed, but the cis isomer is predominant. The rings are always c/s-fused (77IZV211). 

In general, synthesis of 4-isoxazolines is accomplished via three routes 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of nitrones to alkynes or by the oximation of a,i -ethylenic ketones, a-alkynic ketones and aldehydes or from the selective reduction of isoxazolium salts. The nitrone (262) underwent tandem cyclo-addition-[2,3]sigmatropic rearrangement with allenyl sulfoxide (263). And it resulted in 4-isoxazoline (264) (Equation (46)) <89TL663>. 

These examples show how the combinatorial peptoid approach holds enormous potential for the discovery of novel lead structures for drug development. In this context a postmodification on solid-phase of peptoid side chains, bearing alkene and alkyne moieties, via [3 + 2] cyclo-addition of nitrile oxides, enhances further the molecular diversity and the possibility to find new therapeutic agents [11]. Moreover, polymers of N-substituted glycines containing chiral side chains display interesting conformational preferences [12]. NMR and CD data indicate that the major species adopts in methanol a stable right-handed helical structure with o. v-amidc bonds. 

Some examples are known of 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions of trifluoromethyl-substituted alkenes and alkynes with other dipoles (see Table 12), such as diazomethane.103 108 nitrile imines, )<> u,9J 1(1 nitronates,111 and munchones.112 Depending on reaction conditions, cyclo-additions may occur via a two-step process. 

Fig. 9. Bis-adducts of C70 with chiral functionalization patterns, resulting from [2 + 2]cyclo-addition of alkynes and from transition metal complex formation...

The reaction is thought to commence with cyclo-addition of the amino-alkyne across the 3 and 4 and the 5 and 8 sites of the azulene ring. 

Scheme 10.3 Cyclo addition reaction of fluorine-containing alkynes (partially reproduced from Ref [24]).

A highly chemo- and regioselective [2 -i- 2 -l- 2] sequential cyclo addition of alkynes and 1,3-butadiynes catalyzed by Pd(0) complexes as an elegant de novo synthesis of tetrasubstituted benzenes 216 (Scheme 88) and pen-... 

The reactions initiated by the addition of a carbon-carbon multiple bond to the cation pool bring in unique one-pot transformations otherwise difficult to realize, because the reactive carbocations are existing in the solution in relatively high concentration. For example, a sequential one-pot three-component coupling reactions have been developed (Scheme 5) [9, 10]. [4 -f 2] cyclo addition reactions in which an N-acyliminium ion was used as a hetero diene [11], and cationic carbohydroxylation of alkenes and alkynes using the cation pool method [12] were also accomplished. 

Recently, other groups have also examined the chemistry of trifluoromethylated alkynes, such as 1,3-dipolar cyclo-addition, the reaction of Cp3-containing titanacycle with various electrophiles, Ru3(CO)/PPh3-catalyzed addition of carboxylic acids, and Ru3(CO)i2/2-DPPBN-catalyzed... 

The types of cycloadditions discovered for enamines range through a regular sequence starting with divalent addition to form a cyclopropane ring, followed by 1,2 addition (i) of an alkene or an alkyne to form a cyclo-cyclobutane or a cyclobutene, then 1,3-dipolar addition with the enamine the dipolarophile 4), and finally a Diels-Alder type of reaction (5) with the enamine the dienophile. 

However, through quartz at 95% conversion, a mixture of I (62%) and l-carboxymethyl-2-phenylcyclooctatetraene (IT) (38%) was obtained. Compound n could be obtained exclusively (92%) from triplet-sensitized irradiation of I with high-energy sensitizers or from the sensitized reaction of methyl phenylpropiolate with benzene. From their experiments with sensitizers, the authors concluded that the primary adduct is formed from triplet alkyne (ET < 69 kcal/mol 1) and ground-state benzene and that the formation of I also proceeds via a triplet state in a two-step radical reaction. Hanzawa and Paquette [64] have also used the photochemical addition of an alkyne to benzene to produce a derivative of tetra-cyclo[3.3.0.02,4.03 6]oct-7-ene. 

The double-addition products of type XVI are surprisingly stable. Complex 36 i, e.g., can be crystallized from CH2Cl2/MeOH in the presence of hydrochloric acid without substantial decomposition. The most striking property of 36i is the conversion into the cyclobutadiene complex 33 (R = Ph), which is more conveniently prepared from 28a and PhC2Ph at 150 °C. As already mentioned, the reaction proceeds by a stepwise mechanism through complexes XIV—XVI. This reaction offers a new, facile preparation of 33. The cyclo-dimerisation of alkynes other than diphenylacetylene could not been substantiated, however. 

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