And Claisen rearrangement

A heterocyclic ring induces partial double-bond fixation in a fused benzene ring. Hence, for example, diazo coupling occurs at the 7-position of 6-hydroxyindazole (349), and Claisen rearrangement of 6-allyloxy-2-methylbenzothiazole (350) gives the 7- and 5-allyl products in a ratio of 20 1. 

This section deals with Bronsted acid and Lewis acid catalyzed reactions, excluding Friedel-Crafts reactions, but including reactions such as nitrations, halogenations, and Claisen rearrangements. Friedel-Crafts reactions are discussed in the subsequent Sections 5.1.2.2 and 5.1.2.3. 

Both Cope and Claisen rearrangements involve reorganization of an odd number of electron pairs (two tt bonds and one a bond), and both react by suprafacial pathways (Figure 30.13). 

For example /-butyl phenyl ether with aluminium chloride forms para-t-butyl phenol155. Often the de-alkylated phenol is also formed in considerable quantity. The reaction formally resembles the Fries and Claisen rearrangements. Like the Fries rearrangement the question of inter- or intramolecularity has not been settled, although may experiments based on cross-over studies156, the use of optically active ethers157 and comparison with product distribution from Friedel-Crafts alkylation of phenols158 have been carried out with this purpose in view. 

SCHEME 19. Activation volumes of Cope and Claisen rearrangements in polar 1,5-hexadiene systems... 

From a theoretical viewpoint, the effect of aqueous solvation in organic reactions has received considerable attention in recent years. These studies have gone a step beyond analysis of simple models to consider reactions such as SN1, SN2, cycloaddition reactions and Claisen rearrangement, for instance, with more realistic models. 

In addition to the numerous pericyclic aromatic TSs, other reactions deserve attention. These include the Cope and Claisen rearrangements, the pericyclic reactions with Mobius TSs, the Bergman cyclizations [77,116], and the TSs for 1,5-H shifts [100,117],... 

Therefore, the [3, 3] sigmatropic rearrangement has become a useful tool in synthetic organic chemistry. The following are some examples which include Cope and Claisen rearrangement. 

So we find that both Cope and Claisen rearrangements are [3, 3] sigmatropic rearrangements and proceed by suprafacial-suprafacial pathway. 

Scheme 4.23 Chiral allene synthesis via asymmetric aldol reaction and Claisen rearrangement.

This section will focus on recent examples of asymmetric [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangements involving dienes and polyenes. Attention will be given to Cope and Claisen rearrangements, as well as to several of their variants. For more exhaustive reviews of the subject, the reader is referred elsewhere69,70. 

One potentially interesting aspect of this particular system, and Claisen rearrangements in general, is the close structural resemblance of the transition state to the tetrahydropyran ring. 

The Cope and Claisen rearrangements are important sigmatropic reactions. Both... 

In this section, the aliphatic Cope and Claisen rearrangements, as depicted in the transformation of I to 2 in Scheme 2, are discussed, as well as variations of the latter (i.e.. Johnson-Claisen, Ireland-Claisen, Reformatsky Claisen, F.schenmoser-Claisen. Ficini Claisen, and hetero-Claisen rearrangements). When X is oxygen, replacement of Cl and C2 with an aromatic ring... 

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