Bicyclo 3.2.1 octan-8-ones

Scheme 10.12 Synthesis of tetrasubstituted bicyclo[3.2.1]octan-8-ones through hydrogenbonding-activation mode.

Soon after, both Zhao and co-workers [33] and Rueping et al. [34] reported a similar reaction using cyclic 1,2-diones. The final bicyclo[3.2.1]octan-8-ones were obtained in good yields and stereoselectivities. 

The squalestatins, e.g. 6.28, also known as the zaragozic adds, have attracted considerable interest as inhibitors of squalene synthase and hence of cholesterol biosynthesis and lipid deposition in the circulatory system. They are also inhibitors of farnesyl protein transferase and thus they may have other potentially useful biological applications. They are formed by Phoma spedes and also by Setosphaeria khartoumensis. The squalestatins are characterized by a dioxabicyclo-octane core bearing three carboxyl groups and two polyketide chains, one of which is attached as an ester. The biosynthetic incorporation of succinic acid into part of the bicyclo-octane, together with its oxygenation pattern, indicate that it may be derived via oxaloacetic acid. Both the polyketide chains have several pendant methyl groups attached to them, which arise from methionine, whilst benzoic add ads as a starter unit for one of the chains. These complex structures are thus the summation of several biosynthetic pathways. 

D) Bicyclo[3.3.0]octane one hydrogen in each of the methylene groups adjacent to the bridge-head hydrogen is eclipsed widi it, so all hydrogen atoms are exchangeable. 

Photolysis of bicyclo[2.2.2]octan-2-one (A) gives B in good yield. When A labeled as shown is used, the aldehyde group carries deuterium to the extent of 51.7%. Write a mechanism to account for the overall transformation. Calculate the isotope effeet for the step in which hydrogen-atom transfer occurs. What mechanistic conclusion do you... 

The fluoraza reagents consist of two types of compounds one in which a fluorine atom is bound to the nitrogen atom of an amide or, more often, a sulfonamide and one in which a fluorine atom is bound to the nitrogen atom of a tertiary amine such as pyridine, quinuclidine, or triethylenediamine 1,4-diaza-bicyclo[2 2.2]octane. The positive charge on the nitrogen is counterbalanced by a non-nucleophilic anion such as triflate or tetrafluoroborate. 

When formation of either the five- or six-membered ring was possible for N-chloroamine 37, only the five-membered ring was conducive under the Hofmann-Ldffler-Freytag reaction conditions, forming exclusively 6-ethyl-6-aza-bicyclo[3.2.1]-octane (38). No 2-ethyl-2-aza-bicyclo[2.2.2]-octane (39) was observed. On the other hand, 2-methyl-2-aza-bicyclo[2,2.2]octan-6-one (41) was installed by UV irradiation of a solution of A -chloroamine 40 in TFA. Ironically, when the ketone functionality on 40 was protected as its ethylene ketal group, the resultant steric interactions completely prohibited the classic Hofmann-Loffler-Freytag reaction. 

In an approach to the AB rings of rubrolone 65, Boger examined the use of oxazinones as a replacement for triazines. Reaction of l,3-oxazin-6-one 66 with enamines 67 produced the corresponding pyridines 70. The reaction proceeds in a manner analogous to the triazines however, instead of losing nitrogen, these systems lose CO2 via the intermediate bicyclo[2.2.2]octanes 68. The resultant 69 then loses pyrrolidine as in the triazine example. 

B. exo-cis-Bicyclo[3.3.0]octane-2-carboxylic acid. A mixture of 100 g. (0.440 mole) of 2-(trichloromethyl)bicyclo[3.3.0]octane and 500 ml. of 85% phosphoric acid is put into a 1-1. three-necked flask equipped with a mechanical stirrer, a reflux condenser, and a thermometer. The mixture is stirred and heated at 150° for 16 hours, during which time it evolves hydrogen chloride and darkens. The product is then allowed to cool and is poured into a separatory funnel. One liter of water is added and the resulting mixture is extracted with four 250-ml. portions of ether. The combined ether extract is then extracted with four 250-ml. portions of 2% aqueous sodium hydroxide (Note 9), and the resulting alkaline extract is washed with 100 ml. of ether to remove any neutral material (Note 10). The alkaline extract is acidified (to pH 2-3) with concentrated hydrochloric acid, and the oil which precipitates is extracted with three 250-ml. portions of ether. The resulting ether extract is dried with 15 g. of magnesium sulfate, filtered, and evaporated at 50° (30 mm.). The residue is then distilled at reduced pressure to obtain 29-32 g. 

This two step procedure appears to be by far the most convenient one for preparing exo-ch-bicyclo[3 3 0]octane-2-car-boxylic acid from the readily available starting materials The first step of the procedure is also illustrative of the method of obtaining 2-substituted bicyclo[3 3 Ojoctanes4,6 from cis cn-1,5-cyclooctadiene. 

Exclusive exo (equatorial) attack is also observed with bicyclo[3.2.1]octan-3-one (5), whereas addition of methylmagnesium iodide to bicyclo[3.2.1]octan-2-one (7) affords the diastereomeric products in almost equal amounts5i. The cyclohexanone moiety of both bicyclic ketones 5 and 7 adopts a chair conformation and therefore the 3,5-diaxialethano bridge in... 

Mehta et al. also studied the facial selectivities of 5,6-exo,eji o-disubstituted bicyclo[2.2.2]octan-2-ones 18 [75, 78]. These systems are related to the 2,3-exo,ex( -disubstituted 7-norbomanones 14, but differ in the direction of the carbonyl n face. Hydride reduction of 5,6-exo,ex( -disubstituted bicyclo[2.2.2] octan-2-ones (18) with NaBH and DIBAL-H and methylation with MeLi were smdied [75, 78],... 

One of the advances in the field of PET is the design of molecular devices, in which D and A pairs are ingeniously linked by covalent bridges (B) to form D-B-A dyads. Electron transfers between D and A across B in a controlled manner may thus display useful functionalities, such as molecular rectifiers [25], switches [26], biosensors [27], photovoltaic cells [28], and nonlinear optical materials [29]. Spacers that have been utilized are versatile, including small molecules, such as cyclohexane [30], adamantane [31], bicyclo[2.2.2]octane [32], steroids [33], and oligomers of... 

The triselenadiborolanes 3,5-R2-l,2,4,3,5-Se3B2 R=Et (33), Pr readily formed coordination adducts with two equivalents of pyridine, 3,5-dime-thylpyridine, and 3-chloropyridine.168 With one equivalent of base, only one of the B atoms became coordinated, and surprisingly, the system was not fluxional at room temperature.168 The addition of two equivalents of pyrazole to 33 (Scheme 7) resulted in a brown suspension and a yellow solution. Crystals of a B2N4Se2-bicyclo[2.2.2]octane were formed upon cooling this solution to —80 °C. With bulkier pyrazole derivatives (phenyl-pyrazole), the B2N4Se-bicyclo[2.2.1] heptanes were formed.169... 

M Suarez and GB Schuster, Photoresolution of an axially chiral bicyclo[3.3.0]octan-3-one phototriggers for a liquid-crystal-based optical switch, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 117 6732-6738, 1995. 

The pKR+ value for the parent tri(l-azulenyl)methyl cation (2a+) is 11.3. Hydrocarbon-based carbocations, which comprise only of carbon and hydrogen, are generally very reactive species. Some extremely stable hydrocarbon carbocations, which exist even under basic conditions, were reported in the literature (5). However, most of these examples are cyclic cations, such as cyclopropenylium or tropylium ions (Figure 8). The tropylium ion 8+ annelated to three bicyclo[2.2.2]octane units is one of the most stable hydrocarbon-based carbocation ever reported (9). 

In bridgehead-substituted bicyclo[2.2.2]octanes 113 (R = H, Ph) the LEF treatment failed to rationalize observed 8-SCS(X) values (189,248). Since the X-C and C -R bonds are collinear, one expects upheld shifts, with absolute values decreasing in the order F > Cl > Br > I. The opposite, however, is found experimentally, so it was concluded that magnetic-field effects are probably responsible for these 8-effects (189). 

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