Azomethine imines 1.3-dipolar

The azomethine imines exhibit the typical cycloaddition behavior expected of 1,3-dipolar species [fSJ] Numerous [3+2] cycloaddition reactions have been performed [201 204] Tetracyanoethylene adds to azomethine imines across the nitnle function instead of the C=C double bond This reaction is a rare example of this type of periselectivity [208] (equation 47)... 

Asymmetric dipolar cycloaddition of azomethine imines derived from diazoal-kane-pyridazine cycloadducts 98JHC1187. 

The azomethine imine 6.39 reacts readily to give various 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition products (Huisgen and Eckell, 1977 for the naming of cycloadditions see Huisgen 1968). 

Dipolar cycloaddition reaction of suitable dipolarophiles to azomethine imines is a well-known method leading to the pyrazolo[l,2-tf]pyrazole ring system and the methodology was duly reviewed in CHEC-II(1996) <1996CHEC-II(8)747>. During the covered period, some new applications have appeared. 

Thermolysis of 6-substituted l,5-diazabicyclo[3.1.0]hexanes 326, easily available from 325, leads to a diaziridine ring opening and to the intermediate formation of labile azomethine imines 327. These compounds can be stabilized by a proton shift to form 1-substituted 2-pyrazolines 328. However, when the thermolysis is carried out in the presence of a 1,3-dipolarophile, the corresponding products of dipolar cycloaddition can be obtained. For example, iV-arylmaleimides provide mixtures of the major trans- and minor air-products 329 and 330, respectively (Scheme 47) C1999RJO110, 2001RJ0841, 2003RJ01338, 2004RJ067>. 

Pyrazolo[l,2- ][l,2,4]triazolo[3,4-f][l,2,4]benzotriazines 485-487, containing the title substmcture, can be prepared by application of a well-known strategy using 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition to suitable azomethine imines... 

H(65)1889, 2005EJO3553>. Starting dihydro[l,2,4]triazolo[3, 4-4]benzo[l,2,4]triazines 482 readily react with aromatic aldehydes to yield iminium salts 483. These salts treated with a base (e.g., triethylamine) are deprotonated to reactive 1,3-dipolar azomethine imines 484. In contrast to related five-membered heterocycles, these compounds are relatively unstable on storage in the solid form and particularly in solution. Fortunately, this obstacle can be easily circumvented by their in situ preparation and subsequent 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition. These compounds can participate in 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions with both symmetric and nonsymmetric dipolarophiles to give the expected 1,3-cycloadducts in stereoselective manner. Selected examples are given in Scheme 82. 

High levels of asymmetric induction (97-74% ee) along with high diastereoselectivity (>99 1-64 36) were reported for asymmetric 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions of fused azomethine imines 315 and 3-acryloyl-2-oxazolidinone 709 leading to 711 using a chiral BINIM-Ni(n) complex 710 as a chiral Lewis acid catalyst (Equation 100) <20070L97>. 

The benzocinnolinium azomethine imines 76 (R = Ph, OEt) react readily with DEAZD by 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition to give the corresponding tetra-zolidine derivatives (Eq. 10).124 The masked azomethine imine 77 is particularly unreactive as a 1,3-dipole, although PTAD reacts cleanly where other dipolarophiles either failed to react or gave complex mixtures (Eq. 11).125... 

Although formally the product of 1,4-addition of the carbene to the ADC 4n unit, 1,3,4-oxadiazolines probably arise via initial nucleophilic attack of the diazo compound to give, after loss of N2, a dipolar intermediate. This intermediate azomethine imine can collapse directly to give the oxadiazoline,... 

Similarly, Yli-Kauhaluoma and co-workers have studied the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of polymer-bound alkynes to azomethine imines, generated in situ from A-ami nopyridine iodides, in the synthesis of pyrazolopyridines <06JCC344>. 

The thermal hydrazone-azomethine imine isomerization can be easily performed under microwave irradiation in the absence of solvent. The subsequent 1,3-dipolar cydoadditions with electron-defident dipolarophiles occur in only a few minutes to afford the corresponding cycloadducts. The use of pyrazolyl hydrazones 205 leads to valuable compounds, such as bipyrazoles 213, in good yields and this provides a new approach to the preparation of these heterocyclic derivatives [116] (Scheme 9.67). Reactions undertaken with dassical heating under comparable reaction conditions (time and temperature) lead to cydoadduct yields that are considerably lower and, indeed, several dipolarophiles do not react at all. 

From the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of nitrile oxides to azomethines (imines) 291... 

The exact stmcture of a cycloadduct 39 obtained by dipolar cycloadditions of a [l,2,4]triazolo[3,4-c]benzo[l,2,4]triazine-based azomethine imine has been determined by X-ray investigation <2005EJO3553> (Scheme 4). The data supported the unambiguous connectivity of the particular atoms (i.e., attachment of the />-anisyl carbon atom to N-l) and, furthermore, the fact that the central triazine ring had a quasi-envelope stmcture with the N l atom at the top. 

Some 4,5-dihydro[l,2,4]triazolo[3,4-r-]benzo[l,2,4]triazines 57 easily reacted with aromatic aldehydes to result in the formation of synthetically valuable azomethine imines 58 <2005EJO3553>. The transformation took place at room temperature in the presence of tetrafluoroboric acid in 10 min in high yields. The product 58 was conveniently prepared and stored in the form of tetrafluoroborate salt, and was subjected to further reactions (e.g., 1,3-dipolar cycoadditions see Section 11.19.5.4.) by in situ liberation of the free base prior to transformation. 

Triphenylthieno[3,4-c]pyrazole (414) can be presented as a hybrid of dipolar-contributing azomethine imine ylide (415) or thiocarbonyl ylide canonical forms 416. Upon reacting this ylide with electron-poor olefins, it behaved like a thiocarbonyl ylide. Thus, with maleimide, a mixture of endo (419) and exo adducts (420) were obtained (74JA4276), which resulted from addition at the thiocarbonyl moiety. The reaction of 414 with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate gives the desulfurized indazole 418 in addition to the adduct 417 (Scheme 41). 

These dipolar adducts are donor-acceptor stabilized azomethine imines and their structure was ascertained by x-ray crystallography <90HCA492>. 

The use of chiral azomethine imines in asymmetric 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions with alkenes is limited. In the first example of this reaction, chiral azomethine imines were applied for the stereoselective synthesis of C-nucleosides (100-102). Recent work by Hus son and co-workers (103) showed the application of the chiral template 66 for the formation of a new enantiopure azomethine imine (Scheme 12.23). This template is very similar to the azomethine ylide precursor 52 described in Scheme 12.19. In the presence of benzaldehyde at elevated temperature, the azomethine imine 67 is formed. 1,3-Dipole 67 was subjected to reactions with a series of electron-deficient alkenes and alkynes and the reactions proceeded in several cases with very high selectivities. Most interestingly, it was also demonstrated that the azomethine imine underwent reaction with the electronically neutral 1-octene as shown in Scheme 12.23. Although a long reaction time was required, compound 68 was obtained as the only detectable regio- and diastereomer in 50% yield. This pioneering work demonstrates that there are several opportunities for the development of new highly selective reactions of azomethine imines (103). 

Cyclobut[f]thiophene is a poor dipolarophile and requires prolonged reaction times to produce the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition product 84 on reaction with diazomethane (Equation 44) <1999J(P1)605>. Reactions with nitrile imines or azomethine imines fail to provide cycloadducts. 

Mesoionic compounds have been known for many years and have been extensively utilized as substrates in 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions.158-160 Of the known mesoionic heterocycles, munchnones and sydnones have generated the most interest in recent years. These heterocyclic dipoles contain a mesoionic aromatic system i.e. 206) which can only be depicted with polar resonance structures.158 Although sydnones were extensively investigated after their initial discoveiy in 1935,160 their 1,3-dipolar character was not recognized until the azomethine imine system was spotted in the middle structure of (206). C-Methyl-N-phenylsydnone (206) combines with ethyl phenylpropiolate to give the tetrasub-... 

Azine approach. Examples of this heterocyclic ring system have been prepared from 3,4-dihydroisoquinoline azomethine imines (706) and sulfenes by 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions. The products are l,5,6,10b-tetrahydro-3H-[l,2,3]thiadiazolo[4,3-a]isoquinoline 2,2-dioxide derivatives (707) (75JOC2260). 

Lactones of azocarboxylic acids are remarkably reactive. In the presence of phenyl isocyanate, the imino isocyanate formed from reactive 2-hydrazono-A3-l,3,4-oxadiazolines via a 1,3-dipolar cycloreversion is intercepted to give [l,2,4]triazolo[l,2-a]-[l,2,4]triazole-l,3,5-triones by means of two subsequent [2 + 3] cycloadditions via azomethine imine intermediates (Scheme 10) (76T2685). 

The concept of intramolecular 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction has been extended to include azides, azomethine imines, nitrile oxides, nitrile imines and azomethine ylides. Such reactions are summarized in Table 1. 

Enamines possessing /7-hydrogen atoms add hexafluoroacetone azine to form transient dipolar azomethine imines 9, as evidenced by low-temperature 19F NMR spectroscopy, which rearrange to hydrazones. If there is no hydrogen atom in the /7-position the betaines cyclize to unstable derivatives 10 of azetidine (equation 7)24. 

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