Bicyclic cyclopentenones

A 2-step route to oxygenated bicyclo[n.3.0]alkanes via bicyclic 4-pyrones such as 133 has been reported (equation 2)62. Irradiation in hydroxy lie solvents caused ring contraction to the zwitterion, followed by solvent incorporation to give fused bicyclic cyclopentenone 134. Good regioselectivity in favor of solvent capture at the more substituted oxyallyl terminus was seen in differentially substituted examples, presumably due to increased... 

Co complexes, Buchwald reported the Ti-catalyzed carbonylative coupling of enynes-the so-called Pauson-Khand-type reaction [28]-and realized the first such catalytic and enantioselective reaction using a chiral Ti complex [29]. Here, a variety of enynes were transformed into bicyclic cyclopentenones with good to high ee-values however, several steps were required to prepare the chiral Ti catalyst, while the low-valent complex proved to be so unstable that it had to be treated under oxygen-free conditions in a glove box. 

The Ir-tolBINAP catalyst also functions well in the desymmetrization of dienynes, where a highly enantioselective and diastereoselective Pauson-Khand-type reaction proceeded to give vinyl-substituted bicyclic cyclopentenones with two chiral centers (Scheme 11.19) [31]. 

Allenyne represents an interesting substrate for the intramolecular Pauson-Khand(-type) reaction, where an allene moiety acts as an ene component. Here, there are two possible reaction pathways (Scheme 11.21) (i) the reaction of an external tr-bond of allene moiety gives a bicyclic dienone (type A) or (ii) the reaction of an internal 7i-bond gives a bicyclic cyclopentenone with an alkylidene substituent (type B). 

Although all of the reported Rh-catalyzed reactions of allenynes were of type A, an Ir catalyst resulted in a different regioselectivity. That is, when allenynes with two substituents on the allene terminus were used under a low partial pressure of CO, the type B reaction proceeded exclusively such that bicyclic cyclopentenones with an aLkylidene substituent were obtained (Scheme 11.22) [34]. However, when [RhCl(CO)(PPh3)2] was used as a catalyst under the same reaction conditions in place of [IrCl(CO)(PPh3)2], the type A reaction was predominant These results imply that the metal centers of the catalysts control the regioselectivity of two ole-finic moieties of allene to some extent... 

The Ir(lll) complex also funchoned as a catalyst in a tandem Nazarov cyclization-Michael addition. The reaction of monocyclic a-alkylidene-P-keto-y.b-unsaturated ester with nitroalkene gave bicyclic cyclopentenones which possessed an alkyl side chain, with high yield and diastereoselectivity (Scheme 11.36) [47]. 

Davis et al. [88] described the asymmetric synthesis of a-substituted primary sulfonamides involving the diastereoselective a-alkylation of N-sulfonylcamphor-imine dianions, while Huart and Ghosez reported an enantioselective synthesis of bicyclic cyclopentenones via a stereoselective 1,4-addition of metallated enan-tiopure sulfonamides to cyclic enones [89]. 

Cyclopentenone annelation (cf. 10,444). The reagent undergoes a Nazarov-type cyclization with an a,/S-unsaturated acid chloride to give an annelated 3-phenylthio-cyclopentenone. This reaction was used to prepare the bicyclic cyclopentenone 3, a useful intermediate in synthesis of cyclopentenoid natural products, such as hirsutene (4).3... 

Moreto and coworkers have made improvements to the Chiusoli reaction, the Ni(CO)4-mediated carbonylation cyclization of allyl halides and alkynes, by conducting it in methanol403. It has subsequently been applied in the synthesis of methylenomycin B, in an intramolecular sense to provide bicyclo[3.3.0]octenones, and in intermolecular cases to form both fused bicyclic cyclopentenones and spirocyclopentenones (equations 203 and 204)403-405. 

When enyne cycloisomerization takes place in the presence of an unsaturated molecule an insertion reaction can occur. Thus, Ru3(CO)12 catalyzes the cycloisomerization of 1,6-enynes under a CO atmosphere to give an insertion of carbon monoxide and the formation of bicyclic cyclopentenones as a catalytic Pauson-Khand reaction [78] (Eq. 57). 

An intramolecular reaction of 1,5- and 1,6-enynes with isonitriles takes place in the presence of Ni(COD>2 (COD = 1,5-cyclooctadiene) and phosphines, giving bicyclic cyclopentenone imines (equation 5). Stereochemical characteristics in substituted systems appear to pardlel those in the intramolecular Pauson-Khand enynes with substituents in propargylic positions cyclize preferentially to products in which those substituents occupy exo positions relative to the newly created ring fusion. It is likely that these reactions proceed via similar mechanisms involving insertion into bonds of metallacycles, although the order of incorporation of the three two-electron systems into the precursor to the final product is open to question in the nickel system. 

When an enyne is reductively coupled in an intramolecular fashion with Zr or Ti, the metallacyclopentene that is obtained initially may be carbonylated to the corresponding bicyclic cyclopentenone with CO. The reaction proceeds by insertion of CO and reductive elimination. In Ti-promoted cyclization, in fact, under certain conditions the Ti(II) fragment produced by reductive elimination can promote reductive coupling of another enyne, providing a basis for a variant of this reaction that is catalytic in Ti. 

A practical titanium-catalyzed synthesis of bicyclic cyclopentenones and allylic amines is described. The process converts enyne substrates to iminocyclopentenes using 10 mol% of the air- and moisture-stable pre-catalyst Cp2TiCl2 in the presence of LiBu" and triethylsilyl cyanide.1... 

Pd catalyzed cyclization of 1,6-dienes or 6-en-1-ynes to mono- or bicyclic cyclopentenones with CO insertion. 

Bicyclic cyclopentenones. Cyclization of the Pauson-Khand type from enynes is achievable with Ni(cod)j (12 examples, 38-85%). A bulky bis-ketimine ligand and a CO equivalent are present in the reaction medium. For the latter (i-Pr)3SiCN is adequate. The silyl cyanide is in equilibrium with the isocyanide. The primary products are the cyclopentenone imines, which undergo hydrolysis on workup. 

Pauson-Khand-type reaction. The commercially available compound (also readily prepared from Cp TiCl ) is the first early transition metal reagent reported for this ttansformation of enynes into bicyclic cyclopentenones (14 examples, 58-94%). 

An intramolecular version of decarbonylative annulation was catalyzed by rhodium(l) - PPhj catalysts to provide bicyclic cyclopentenones (Scheme 3.55) [64]. 

A formyl group can serve as a CO surrogate by exploiting the decarbonylation reaction [28]. When the 1,6-enyne 50 was treated with 2-naphthaldehyde in the presence of a rhodium catalyst, a Pauson-Khand-type reaction proceeded to give the bicyclic cyclopentenone 51 together with naphthalene (Scheme 7.19) [28a]. 

Zirconocene or titanocene mediated intramolecular cyclization reactions of enynes followed by CO insertion into their corresponding five-membered metallacycles led to the formation of bicyclic cyclopentenones (Eqs.40,41) [37,38]. Intermolecular coupling of alkynes, alkenes, and CO mediated by zirconocene or titanocene affording cyclopentenone derivatives have also been achieved (Eq. 39) [18, 39, 40]. It is noteworthy that, in order to obtain the desired cyclopentenones from the reaction of zirconacyclopentenes with CO, termination of the reaction mixture with I2 is necessary. Alcohols are normally formed if the reaction mixture is treated with aqueous acid. However, in case of titanacy-clopentenes, quenching with 3 N HCl gave cyclopentenones exclusively [18]. 

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