Intermolecular annulation

The 1,5- and 1,6-dialdehydes 22 and 24 undergo the annulative pinacol coupling to give the cyclic vzc-diols 23 and 25, respectively (Scheme 13) [29]. The vanadium-catalyzed intramolecular coupling reaction of 1,5-diketone 26 also proceeds with excellent selectivity (Scheme 14) although the intermolecular coupling of ketones such as acetophenone results in low diastereoselectivity under these conditions [21]. 

Conversion of the A-ring aldehyde 50 to hydroxyallylsilane 57 is accomplished in a three-step sequence involving addition of allylstannane 49 followed by oxidation-reduction for diastereomeric enrichment at Cll. With both hydroxyallylsilane 57 and aldehyde 51 in hand, intermolecular Prins pyran annulation proceeds smoothly to furnish the tricyclic compound 58 in 61 % isolated yield. 

A few additional Pd-catalyzed schemes have been employed for Ilac type cyclization chemistry. Palladium-phenanthroline complexes were used by the Ragaini group to prepare indoles via the intermolecular cyclization of nitroarenes and alkynes in the presence of carbon monoxide <06JOC3748>. Jia and Zhu employed Pd-catalysis for the annulation of o-haloanilines with aldehydes <06JOC7826>. A one-pot Ugi/Heck reaction was employed in the preparation of polysubstituted indoles from a four-component reaction system of acrylic aldehydes, bromoanilines, acids, and isocyanides <06TL4683>. 

Homolytic annulation of Schiff bases 56, via an intermolecular free-radical addition of its arylimidoyl radicals 57 to the azo group of diethyl azodicarboxylate (89CC757) in the presence of diisopropylperoxy dicarbonate (DPDC), gave 1,2-diethoxycarbonyl pyrido[l,2,4]triazines 60 via 58 and 59. No trace of the other isomer could be detected. 

An intramolecular heteroaryl Heck was the pivotal step in the synthesis of 5-butyl-1-methyl-l//-imidazo[4,5-c]quinolin-4(5//)-one (63), a potent antiasthmatic agent [46], The optimum yield was obtained under Jeffery s ligand-free conditions, echoing Ohta s observation for the intermolecular version. Once again, the Caryi—Caryi bond was constructed at the C(5) position of the imidazole ring. Another intramolecular heteroaryl Heck cyclization of pyrrole and imidazole derivatives was also reported to assemble annulated isoindoles [47]. 

A number of other ring systems have been prepared by intramolecular bis-annulation procedures. Pyrrolothiadiazolines 174 were prepared by condensation between hydrazides and compound 173 (Equation 14) <1998JPR676>. The thermally induced intra-intermolecular criss-cross cycloaddition of azine 175 in the presence of phenyl isocyanate leads to heterocyclic compound 176 containing three fused five-membered rings (Equation 15) <2002TL6431>. 

The reactivity of cage-annulated carbene (53) was found to depend markedly on the method of its formation." Pyrolysis of the corresponding tosylhydrazone sodium salt gave products of intramolecular CH insertion or H-abstraction. Photolysis of a diazirine precursor gave only azine products by reaction of the carbene with the precursor or diazo compound. Treatment of the m-dibromoalkane with BuLi gave products due to intermolecular insertion of the carbene into CH bonds of the solvent. 

These catalysts are among the first to exhibit the ability to catalyze the intermolecular [4+2] annulation over a broad range of substrates, requiring neither strongly electron-withdrawing nor donating functionahty. 

As previously mentioned, Chung and co-workers have also developed a highly efficient coordinatively unsaturated catalyst system, which has general applicability to multiple heteroatom tethers (Scheme 12.8) [7]. This was the first example of a single rhodium catalyst system capable of facilitating [4-1-2] annulations for all three of the most common tethers (O, N, and C), including some intermolecular examples. 

Many aspects of intramolecular nitrile oxide cycloadditions are similar to those of the intermolecular ones. Due to the proximity of the reacting groups, however, there are also several items that differ significantly. While HOMO-LUMO interactions and steric effects direct the intermolecular nitrile oxide cycloaddition to 1-alkenes to produce 5-substituted isoxazolines, the intramolecular cases often show a different behavior. With most of them, regioselectivity is determined by geometric constraints and cycloadditions occur in the exo mode to furnish the annulated bicycle (Scheme 6.42). 

Gilchrist and co-workers (91TL125) have reported on the inter- and intramolecular cycloaddition of a,/3-unsaturated acylhydrazones 58 (Scheme 15). Heating at 160°C a mixture of ALphenylmaleimide and aza-dienes 58 in mesitylene furnished annulated pyridines 59 in yields higher than 90%. Significantly, the intermolecular cycloaddition to this deficient... 

The diastereoselectivity of intermolecular Michael additions was first examined in two areas the Robinson annulation using ( )-3-penten-2-one (249 equation 51)62 and the reaction of enamines of cyclic... 

In addition to these intermolecular processes, intramolecular versions of the Claisen (Dieckmann) reaction and the mixed Claisen and the aldol reaction (Robinson annulation) are also well known. In all cases the same structural classes of products are formed. 

Methyl thiosalicylate provides both electrophilic and nucleophilic sites for annulation of arynes generated from silylaryl triflates in the presence of CsF. An initial intermolecular nucleophilic coupling to afford a diaryl sulfide 529 is followed by an intramolecular electrophilic cyclization and thioxanthones result. The use of THF as solvent suppresses the competitive proton abstraction which leads to methyl 2-thiophenoxybenzoate (Scheme 211) <2005OL4273>. 

An effect of high pressure on the diastereoselectivity is also observed for intramolecular hetero Diels-Alder reactions as found for the cycloaddition of the benzylidene-isoxazolone 8-23 to afford the cis-annulated 8-24 as the major product together with the frans-diastereomer 8-25 (Fig. 8-8) [549], However, the difference in activation volume with AAV =1.6 0.2 cm3 mol"1 is rather small. The activation volume with AV = 19.6 0.5 cm3 mol-1 at 343 K lies significantly below the usual values found for intermolecular cycloadditions of 1-oxa-1,3-butadienes, indicating that this reaction may be on the border line to a two-step reaction but see also below. 

Both xanthones and thioxanthones are available through CsF-promoted coupling of arynes with salicylates and thiosalicylates. The synthesis proceeds through sequential intermolecular nucleophilic substitution and intramolecular electrophilic cyclisation (Scheme 39) <07JOC583>. The Pd-catalysed annulation of 3-iodoflavone with the same triflate results in the dibenzo[a,c]xanthone (Scheme 39) <07JOC223>. 

Summary Sequential intermolecular 1,2-addition/intramolecular 1,4-addition-reactions of 4-silyloxy-l-benzothiopyrylium-salts with 2-silyloxy-1,3-butadienes highly diastereo-selectively give annulated thiochromanones. 

Amuilations of pyridinium- and quinolinium-salts however have not been reported so far. From the addition reactions of C-nucIeophiles like Grignard, organozinc and organotin reagents to pyridinium- and quinolinium-salts have been reported to be valuable methods for the construction of substituted dihydropyridine [4a-4d] and dihydroquinoline-derivatives [4d-4e] results of our studies in the field of benzothiopyrylium-salts [5] we concluded that the sequential intermolecular 1,2-addition/intramolecular 1,4-addition of 4-silyloxyquinolinium-salts 1 with 2-silyloxy-l,3-butadienes 2 might be useful for the diastereoselective preparation of annulated quinolones 3. 

From a mechanistic point of view the annulations may either proceed as a stepwise, sequential intermolecular 1,2-addition/intramolecular 1,4-addition process or as a one-step intermolecular Diels-Alder reaction. Currently, we are performing experiments to differentiate between these mechanistic alternatives. 

In essence, the ideology of this synthesis is similar to that employed in the Robinson annulation. In fact, here again the carbanionic intermediate 99 (formed upon the initial addition of arylmagnesium cuprate reagent 100 at the double bond of Michael acceptor 98) is treated with a carbon electrophile (allyl bromide) to give the final adduct 97 with two new C-C bonds. The only essential difference lies in the fact that the quenching of the enolate intermediate 99 with the electrophile occurs as an intermolecular reaction (in contrast to the Robinson annulation where this step proceeds intramolecularly). 

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