Aqueous media intramolecular

The intramolecular /zetero-Diels-Alder reactions of 4-O-protected acyl-nitroso compounds 81, generated in situ from hydroxamic acids 80 by periodate oxidation, were investigated under various conditions in order to obtain the best endo/exo ratio of adducts 82 and 83 [65h] (Table 4.15). The endo adducts are key intermediates for the synthesis of optically active swainsonine [66a] and pumiliotoxin [66b]. The use of CDs in aqueous medium improves the reaction yield and selectivity with respect to organic solvents. 

Engberts [3e, 9] has extensively investigated the Diels Alder reaction in aqueous medium. Recently Engberts and colleagues reported [9c] a kinetic study of a Diels Alder reaction of N-alkyl maleimides with cyclopentadiene, 2,3-dimethyl-1,3-butadiene and 1,3-cyclohexadiene in different solvents. The reaction rates of the cycloadditions with the open-chain diene relative to w-hexane are reported in Table 6.3. The aqueous medium greatly accelerates the Diels Alder reaction and the acceleration increases as the hydrophobic character of the alkyl group of the dienophile increases. These and other kinetic data [3e, 9], along with the observation that the intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction is also accelerated in... 

The nitroso moiety of the N-acylnitroso function is a powerful dienophile and therefore N-acylnitroso compounds are trapped rapidly, especially in an intramolecular reaction, with a diene allowing the Diels Alder reaction to occur also in water, although N-acylnitroso compounds are short-lived in aqueous medium. 

The hetero-Diels-Alder reaction has also utilized dienophiles in which both reactive centers are heteroatoms. Kibayashi reported that the intramolecular hetero-Diels-Alder cycloaddition of chiral acylnitroso compounds, generated in situ from periodate oxidation of the precursor hydroxamic acid, showed a marked enhancement of the trans-selectivity in an aqueous medium compared with the selectivity in nonaqueous conditions (Eq. 12.55).125 The reaction was readily applied to the total synthesis of (—)-pumiliotoxin C (Figure 12.5).126... 

An intramolecular hetero-Diels-Alder reaction of enantiomerically pure iV-acyl nitroso derivatives 78, prepared from hydroxamic acids 77 by oxidation on treatment with Pr4NI04 in an aqueous medium, afforded a mixture of diastereomeric pyrido[l,2-A][l,2]oxazin-8-ones 79 and 80 (Scheme 5) <1996J(P1)1113, 20000L2955,... 

A photolytic study with a 5-azidotetrazole derivative also led to the formation of a tetrazolo[l,5-/z]quinazoline compound, although the yield was fairly low. Araki et al. published findings that irradiation of 110 in aqueous medium resulted in formation of the mesoionic enolate 112 in 8% yield <2000JHC1129> (Scheme 20). The authors concluded that the formation of the tricyclic structure can be rationalized by an intramolecular insertion of the triplet nitrene formed from 110 to a C-H bond of an ortho-methyl group to give at first intermediate 111, which was converted under the applied reaction conditions to produce 112. 

For the reaction leading to the 2,5-anhydride, it has been postulated that initial esterification to give the 5-sulfonic ester is followed by intramolecular displacement of the 5-substituent by 0-2, either directly or during processing of the reaction mixture in an aqueous medium.67 Another hypothesis, which supposes a dehydration without passage through an intermediate sulfonic ester, has also been advanced.73... 

Wittig-Homer reaction with 1,4- and 1,5-dialdehydes.1 Reaction of these aldehydes with 1 equiv. of a Wittig-Horner phosphonate in an aqueous medium with K2C03 as base is accompanied by an intramolecular aldolization to provide five- or six-membered cycloalkenols. 

A study of the decomposition of /f-hydroxy-/V-chloroamines in aqueous medium has established that pre-equilibrium formation of the conjugate alcoholate is a prerequisite feature of the competing fragmentation and intramolecular elimination paths (Scheme 13).98 A very high effective molarity (EM = 2 x 105 M) has been estimated for the intramolecular process, which cannot occur in the case of (/V-chloro)butylethanolaminc. For reaction of (A-c h I o ro )ct hy I cth an o I am i nc kmln/k g = 6.1 and the solvent isotope effect ( oh- /koo- )obs = 0.68 is consistent with pre-equilibrium deprotonation followed by a unimolecular reaction in which there is no participation by solvent. 

The ESIPT of 2-(2 -hydroxyphenyl)-4-methyloxazole (HPMO) (27) has been explored by Douhal and co-workers [166] for its probe characteristics in a variety of organized media which include cyclodextrin, calixarene, micelle, and HSA. The incorporation of HPMO into hydrophobic cavities in an aqueous medium involves the rupture of its intermolecular hydrogen bond to water and formation of an intramolecular hydrogen bond in the sequestered molecule. Upon excitation (280-330 nm) of this entity, a fast intramolecular proton-transfer reaction of the excited state produces a phototautomer (28), the fluorescence of which (Xm = 450 170 nm) shows a largely Stokes-shifted band. Because of the existence of a twisting motion around the C2—C bond of this phototautomer, the absorption and emission properties of the probe depend on the size of the host cav-... 

Drastic changes in regioselectivities were observed when intramolecular Heck-type cyclization was performed in an aqueous medium using Pd (OAc)2/tppts as the catalyst the selective formation of the e do-cyclized compound was observed instead of the exo compound obtained in a usual organic medium [Eq. (16)] [105]. 

Cross-coupling in homogeneous aqueous medium.1 A catalyst 1 prepared from Pd(OAc)2 and TPPTS (5 1) is soluble in HiO-CH CN or H20-cthanol. It is highly effective in various reactions that have been effected with Pd(OAc)2. It is effective for inter- and intramolecular Heck reactions, for coupling of vinyl or aryl iodides with terminal alkynes, and for allylic substitution. 

Lemaire-Audoire, S., Savignac, M., Dupuis, C. and Genet, J.-P. (1996) Intramolecular Heck-type reactions in aqueous medium. Dramatic change in regioselectivity. Tetrahedron Lett., 37, 2003-6. 

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