Alkynes ethynyl

Besides processes (1) and (2), the reader should be aware that nucleophilic attacks on alkynes are treated in other chapters of this book, dealing with rearrangements, cyclizations, polyacetylenes, cyclic acetylenes and perhaps others. A number of publications overlap with ours in different ways and at different levels -. They treat individual alkynes or families " , e.g. acetylene, diacetylenes , acetylene dicarboxylic esters haloacetylenes , alkynyl ethers and thioethers > ynamines , fluoro-alkynes ethynyl ketpnes , nitroalkynes , etc. synthetic targets, e.g. pyrazoles , if-l,2,3-triazoles , isothiazoles , indolizines S etc. reagents, e.g. nitrones , lithium aluminium hydride , heterocyclic A -oxides - , azomethine ylids - , tertiary phosphorus compounds , miscellaneous dipolar nucleophiles - , etc. The reader will appreciate that all of these constitute alternate entries into our subject. 

Oligopyridine two-dimensional ligands connected by alkyne spacers with 1-4 ethynyl groups as photoactive conductors of molecular size 96CC1707. 

All of the ethynylated cyclobutadienes are completely stable and can be easily manipulated under ambient conditions, as long as the alkyne arms carry substituents other than H. For the deprotected alkynylated cyclobutadiene complexes, obtainable by treatment of the silylated precursors with potassium carbonate in methanol or tetrabutylammonium fluoride in THF, the stability is strongly dependent upon the number of alkyne substitutents on the cyclobutadiene core and the nature of the stabilizing fragment. In the tricarbonyUron series, 27b, 27c, 29 b, and 28b are isolable at ambient temperature and can be purified by sublimation or distillation under reduced pressure. The corresponding tetraethynylated complex 63 e, however, is not stable under ambient conditions as a pure substance but can be stored as a dilute solution in dichloro-methane. It can be isolated at 0°C and kept for short periods of time with only... 

The anti-Markovnikov product was formed with >95% regioselectivity at 35°C. The examples in Scheme 5-21, Eq. (1) show that cyano and hydroxyl functional groups are tolerated by the catalyst, and diphenylphosphine oxide can be added to both C=C bonds in a di-alkyne. The reaction also worked for internal alkynes (Scheme 5-21, Eq. 2). Unusual Markovnikov selectivity was observed, however, for 1-ethynyl-cyclohexene (Scheme 5-21, Eq. 3) [17]. 

Vasudevan et al. have reported a microwave-promoted hydroami-nation of alkynes. Heating a mixture of l-ethynyl-4-methoxybenzene and 4-bromoaniline in water at 200°C in a microwave reactor for 20 minutes without any catalyst gave an imine product in 87% yield (Eq. 4.45).81... 

In the direct synthesis of aryl terminal alkynes via Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling of aryl halides with ethynylmetals, formation of diarylethynes is one of the potential side reactions. Indeed, the Kumada coupling of 2-iodo-5-methylthiophene (29) with ethynylmagnesium chloride gave the desired 2-ethynyl-5-methylthiophene (30) in only 35% yield, along with 24% of bis(5-methyl-2-thienyl)ethyne (31) [29], The high propensity for H-Mg exchange reaction to occur was blamed for the diarylethyne formation. 

The (trimethylsilyl)ethynyl group of the products can undergo further transformation to furnish substituted dienes or even alkynes. 

Alkynes react with haloethenes [38] to yield but-l-en-3-ynes (55-80%), when the reaction is catalysed by Cu(I) and Pd(0) in the presence of a quaternary ammonium salt. The formation of pent-l-en-4-ynes, obtained from the Cu(I)-catalysed reaction of equimolar amounts of alk-l-ynes and allyl halides, has greater applicability and versatility when conducted in the presence of a phase-transfer catalyst [39, 40] although, under strongly basic conditions, 5-arylpent-l-en-4-ynes isomerize. Symmetrical 1,3-diynes are produced by the catalysed dimerization of terminal alkynes in the presence of Pd(0) and a catalytic amount of allyl bromide [41]. No reaction occurs in the absence of the allyl bromide, and an increased amount of the bromide also significantly reduces the yield of the diyne with concomitant formation of an endiyene. The reaction probably involves the initial allylation of the ethnyl carbanion and subsequent displacement of the allyl group by a second ethynyl carbanion on the Pd(0) complex. 

The final part of this particular alkyne study108,109,144 involved the electron-rich alkynes ethyl ethynyl ether and diethylpropynylamine. Upon reaction of 221.a or 221.e with ethyl ethynyl ether, the expected adducts 247.j and 247.k were formed. Note that the electron-donating substituent is located... 

The complex [(tpy)Ru(/i-276)Ru(tpy)]" + has been prepared and characterized both in solution and the solid state structural data confirm a single-stranded helicate and reveal that the ethynyl bridge suffers from severe bending. Other alkyne-containing bridging ligands impose rigidity... 

In some cases 0-substituted oximes reacted with azomethine ylides. Thus, reaction of 0-substituted oxime (NC)2C=NOTs 139 with azomethine yhde derived from aziridine 140 afforded imidazoline 141 in 44% yield (equation 61). Addition of lithium derivative of silylated alkyne to oxime ethers 142 leads to 4-ethynyl-Af-hydroxy-2-imidazolines 143 in 49-72% yields (equation 62) . 

As terminal alkynes and ethynyl alcohols are the convenient sources to generate ruthenium vinylidene and allenylidene intermediates, many carbocyclizations have been achieved via nucleophilic addition and other activations at the two intermediates. Most reported carbocyclizations appear to be synthetically useful, not only because of their chemoselectivities but also because of their tolerance toward organic functional groups. Additional examples of catalytic carbocyclization based on ruthenium vinylidenes are still growing, and on the basis of the concepts developed here one can expect to see many new applications in the near future. 

A series of 4-heteroaryl-5,6-di(2,5-dimethyl-3-thienyl)-2-phenyM//-l,6-thiazines 54 with photochromic properties was prepared by reacting 3-(2-(2,5-dimethylthiophen-3-yl)ethynyl)-2,5-di ethylthiophene with thiobenzamide and aldehydes <2005CHE86, 2005PS1503>. The acid-catalyzed cyclocondensation of cyclopentanone, aromatic aldehydes, ArCHO, and thiourea affords the cyclopenta[t ]l,3-thiazines 37 <2006PS1655>. Two equivalents of the aldehyde are required. The same products are isolated when 2,5-dibenzylidenecyclopentanones are treated with thiourea under the same conditions. 2-Amino-4i/-l,3-thiazines 184 are easily synthesized in one pot by the reaction of aromatic alkynes, R feCH, aromatic aldehydes, R CHO, and thiourea in the presence of TFA/acetic acid <2005OL3797>. 

The related cyclization of 2-ethynylanilines 67 also represents one of the usefiil methods for the synthesis of 2-substituted indoles since the precursors are easily prepared from 2-haloanilines 66 by Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling with terminal alkynes. Althou cyclizations of such alkynes are normally effected using Cu(I) or Pd(II) species, Sakamoto showed that in the absence of such metals, base catalysis (e.g., NaOEt) alone can accomplish the same goal. This author now reports that tetrabutylammonium fluoride (TBAF) is capable of inducing cyclization to the indoles 68 without affecting functionalities such as bromo, cyano, ethoxycarbonyl, and ethynyl <99JCS(P1)529>. 

The bromination with alkali hypobromite in aqueous solution gives good results with (hetero)arylacetylenes, enynes (RCH=CHOCH) and diynes (RC=CC=CH) all acetylenes that are more acidic than those acetylenes in the aliphadc or cycloaliphatic series with an isolated triple bond. For the conjugated systems the hypobromite method is superior to the reaction of metallated acetylenes with bromine. Various acetylenic alcohols are also brominated smoothly, which can be explained in part by their better solubility in water. Since in the case of primary and secondary ethynyl alcohols, oxidation of the alcohol can occur, the use of an excess of hypobromite should be avoided. The best procedure is drop wise additon of a small shot measure of hypobromite ro a mixture of alcohol and water. If the bromoalkynes to be prepared are not too volatile, small amounts of THF or dioxane may be added to effect a better solubility of the alkyne in the aqueous phase. Addition of a co-solvent may also be desired when the starting compound is a solid (e.g. ethynylcyclohexanol). 

Alkynes are less common in nature than alkenes, but some are made naturally by some plants and bacteria. A few are used in drugs, including ethynyl estradiol, which is a synthetic female... 

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