Azatricyclic compound

The synthesis of Ilia starts from the unknown 4-nitrocyclohexanone, which was achieved by a Diels-Alder reaction between nitroethylene and 2-(trimethylsilyloxy)-l,3-butadiene, and following the sequence depicted in Scheme 34, vinyl bromide 112a was obtained. This amino-tethered ketone vinyl halide was treated with 0.2 equiv of Pd(PPh3)4 and 1.5 equiv of KOt-Bu at reflux temperature (THF) for 30 min to give the azatricyclic compound 111a in 54% yield. 

In a synthesis of the tricychc skeleton of FR901483 (45), Bonjoch and Sole reported a TMG (3) promoted conjugate addition reaction of nitroalkane to methyl acrylate. Reaction of methyl acrylate (40) and nitro acetal 41 [9,10], obtained from Diels-Alder reaction between nitroethylene and 2-(trimethylsilyloxy)-l,3-butadiene, gave nitro ester 42 in 71% yield. The ester 42 was further converted to the spiro compound 43, and a palladium promoted cyclization reaction led to the azatricyclic skeleton 44 (Scheme 7.7). 

In 2014, an intramolecular atom transfer radical cyclisation (ATRC) between a trichloroacetamide and an anisole or enol acetate moiety was applied to the synthesis of highly functionalized 2-azaspiro[4.5]decanes or morphan compounds, respectively, using the second-generation Grubbs catalyst 20. The procedure was further employed to construct the azatricyclic framework of the immunosuppressant FR901483 by the elaboration of its azatricyclic core [eqn (7.15)]. 

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