Bicyclo octane 6-oxide

Base-induced rearrangement of bicyclo[2.2.2]octane oxide 67 gives predominantly bicyclo[2.2.2]octanone 68 (Scheme 5.15), which once again indicates that close proximity between the carbenoid center and the C-H bond into which it may insert is important if such an insertion is to occur [30]. In comparison, the sense of product distribution is reversed for the related substrate bicyclo[2.2.2]octadiene oxide 70 on treatment with LDA [15, 22], alcohol 72 being the favored product. 

Treatment of ris-cyclooctene oxide (15) with lithium diethylamide in ether at reflux gave endo-ris-bicyclo[3.3.0]octan-2-ol (16) in 70% yield. Under identical conditions, trons-cyclooctene oxide (17) gave exo-as-bicyclo[3.3.0]octan-2-ol (18) in 55-60% yield (Scheme 5.6) [7]. In each case, the reaction is completely stereospe-cific, with neither of the epimeric alcohols being observed, which suggests that the reactions proceed through insertion of a carbenoid (rather than the same a-li-... 

Scheme 13.17 depicts a synthesis based on enantioselective reduction of bicyclo[2.2.2]octane-2,6-dione by Baker s yeast.21 This is an example of desym-metrization (see Part A, Topic 2.2). The unreduced carbonyl group was converted to an alkene by the Shapiro reaction. The alcohol was then reoxidized to a ketone. The enantiomerically pure intermediate was converted to the lactone by Baeyer-Villiger oxidation and an allylic rearrangement. The methyl group was introduced stereoselec-tively from the exo face of the bicyclic lactone by an enolate alkylation in Step C-l. 

Olah and co-workers reported the synthesis of 3,3,7,7-tetranitro-cw-bicyclo[3.3.0]octane (139) from the diketone (137).Inthis synthesis treatment of the dioxime of (137) with abuffered solution of peroxytrifluoroacetic acid gives 3,7-dinitro-cw-bicyclo[3.3.0]octane (138), which on oxidative nitration yields (139) in 76 % yield. 

The Cj - and 54-symmetric tetraesters of tricyclo[3.3.0.0 ]octane (430 and 431) have been prepared by oxidation of diene 429 To access the parent hydrocarbon (435), acid chloride 432 was transformed to the derived ketene which undergoes intramolecular [2+2] cycloaddition The resulting cyclobutanone (433) serves as precursor to perester 434 whose thermal decomposition proceeds with chain transfer in competition with cleavage The unique arrangement of the carbon atoms in 435 is such that the smallest rings are all five-membered. The highly symmetric structure may be viewed as a constrained cisoid bicyclo[3.3.0]octane (as well as the symbol of NATO). 

The last synthesis to evolve which is due to Ito and his coworkers is interesting in that it relies on a stereospecific skeletal rearrangement of a bicyclo[2.2.2]octane system which in turn was prepared by Diels-Alder methodology (Scheme XLVIII) Heating of a toluene solution of cyclopentene 1,2-dicarboxylic anhydride and 4-methylcyclohexa-l,4-dienyl methyl ether in the presence of a catalytic quantity of p-toluenesulfonic acid afforded 589. Demethylation was followed by reduction and cyclization to sulfide 590. Desulfurization set the stage for peracid oxidation and arrival at 591. Chromatography of this intermediate on alumina induced isomerization to keto alcohol 592. Jones oxidation afforded diketone 593 which had earlier been transformed into gymnomitrol. 

The full paper on the synthesis of onikulactone and mitsugashiwalactone (Vol. 7, p. 24) has been published.Whitesell reports two further useful sequences (cf. Vol. 7, p. 26) from accessible bicyclo[3,3,0]octanes which may lead to iridoids (123 X=H2, Y = H) may be converted into (124) via (123 X = H2, Y = C02Me), the product of ester enolate Claisen rearrangement of the derived allylic alcohol and oxidative decarboxylation/ whereas (123 X = 0, Y = H) readily leads to (125), a known derivative of antirride (126) via an alkylation-dehydration-epoxi-dation-rearrangement sequence. Aucubigenin (121 X = OH, R = H), which is stable at —20°C and readily obtained by enzymic hydrolysis of aucubin (121 X = OH, R = j8-Glu), is converted by mild acid into (127) ° with no dialdehyde detected sodium borohydride reduction of aucubigenin yields the non-naturally occurring isoeucommiol (128 X=H,OH) probably via the aldehyde (128 X = O). ... 

Likewise, polycyclic derivatives of bicyclo[4.2.0]octane-l,6-diol were oxidized by periodate to give derivatives of cyclooctane-1,4-dione.37,157... 

The novel arenium ion 95 was synthesized266 by one-electron oxidation of the triphenylene-based starting compound to form a radical cation which abstracted a chlorine atom with a concomitant rearrangement to yield the hexachloroantimonate salt. The arenium ion character is apparent from the 13C spectrum (three signals at 813C 212.9, 187.6, and 173.6) and from the bond distances, which are very close to those shown for ion 91. Cation 95 can be stored at room temperature for months. This exceptional stability was attributed to the annelation to the two bicyclo[2.2.2]octane units and the spiroconjugation effect of the fluorenyl moiety.267... 

Bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane (norbomane) and bicyclo[2.2.2]octane, when treated with nitronium tetrafluoroborate in nitrile-free nitroethane, unexpectedly gave no nitro products. Instead, only bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane-2-one and bicyclo[2.2.2]octan-l-ol were isolated, respectively.500 Observation of bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane-2-yl nitrite as an intermediate and additional information led to the suggestion of the mechanism depicted in Scheme 5.48. In the transformation of norbomane the first intermediates are the 2-norbornyl cation 126 formed by hydride abstraction and nonclassical cation 127 formed through insertion of N02+ into the secondary C—H bond. In the case of bicyclo [2.2.2]octane, the oxidation of bridgehead tertiary C—H bond takes place and no further transformation can occur under the reaction conditions. Again these electrophilic oxygenation reactions testify to the ambident character of the nitronium ion. 

The palladium-catalysed intramolecular 3 + 2-cycloaddition of alk-5-enylidene-cyclopropanes produced a variety of bicyclo[3.3.0]octane systems with up to three stereocentres.62 The oxidative addition of cyclopropyl phenyl ketone to Ni(Pcy3) gave nickeladihydropyran, which is a key intermediate in the Ni(0)-catalysed homo-... 

Interestingly, zirconacyclopentane 246 formed by the reaction of 1,6-heptadiene with the Zr complex has the firms ring junction mainly [108]. It should be noted that the preparation of the trans ring junction in the bicyclo[3.3.0]octane system by other means is difficult. Carbonylation of 246 affords trans-fuzed bicyclo[3.3.0]octanone 247 [109,111]. The diacetoxy compound 248 is obtained by oxidative cleavage of 246. Protonation affords the frans-dimethylcyclopentane skeleton. Similar reactions occur with 1,6-enynes, and Pauson Khand-type cyclopentenone synthesis is possible by carbonylation. 

The utility of tandem oxidative cyclizations is clearly demonstrated in substrates in which both additions are to double bonds [12]. Oxidative cydization of 20 with two equivalents of Mn(OAc)3 and of Cu(OAc)2 in acetic acid at 25 °C affords 86 % bicyclo[3.2.1]octane 25. Oxidation affords the a-keto radical 21, which cyclizes exclusively 6-endo in the conformation shown to afford the tertiary radical 22 with... 

The external bonds in bicyclo[4.2.0]octan-2-ones can be cleaved both by reductive and oxidative processes, both reactions affording disubstituted cyclohexanones. This is illustrated (Sch. 18) by the SmI2-promoted formation of 3-alkyl-3-ethylcyclohexanones 69 from 6-alkylbicyclo[4.2.0]-octan-2-ones 70 [73], and by the formation of 2-alkyl-3-acylcyclohexanones 71 from 7-trimethylsilyloxybicyclo[4.2.0]octan-2-ones 72 via single electron oxidation [74]. 

Methyl-2,6,7-trioxa-1 -phospha-bicyclo[2,2,2]octane-l-oxide O-Ethyl... 

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