Carbonylation lactamization

Termination of cyclic carbopalladation of alkynes using carbonylative lactamization can be achieved with alkenyl or aryl halides containing an w-carboxamido or tu-sulfonamido group and can be used in the synthesis of piperidines (Equation 173) <1996T11529>. 

As might be expected, cyclic carbopalladation of alkynes can also be terminated by carbonylative lactamization. Some representative experimental results " are summarized in Scheme 10, and the following features are noteworthy. 

Reactions of racemic as well as optically pure 2 -carbonyl-/ -lactams with indium and allyl halides offer a convenient asymmetric entry into densely functionalized hydroxy-/ -lactams, with good regio- and stereocontrol (Eq. 4.29). A highly stereoselective indium allylation was used for asymmetric synthesis of a highly functionalized THE derivative (Eq. 4.30). ... 

Carbonylation of halides in the presence of primary and secondary amines at I atm affords amides[351j. The intramolecular carbonylation of an aryl bromide which has amino group affords a lactam and has been used for the synthesis of the isoquinoline alkaloid 498(352], The naturally occurring seven-membered lactam 499 (tomaymycin, neothramycin) is prepared by this method(353]. The a-methylene-d-lactam 500 is formed by the intramolecular carbonylation of 2-bromo-3-alkylamino-l-propene(354]. 

Allylic phosphates are used for carbonylation in the presence of amines under pressure. Carbonylation of diethyl neryl phosphate (389) affords ethyl homonerate (390), maintaining the geometric integrity of the double bond[244]. The carbonylation of allyl phosphate in the presence of the imine 392 affords the /3-lactam 393. The reaction may be explained by the formation of the ketene 391 from the acyl phosphate, and its stereoselective (2 + 2] cycloaddition to the imine 392 to give the /3-lactam 393(247],... 

Allylamines are not easily cleaved with Pd catalysts, but the carbonylation of the allylic amine 395 proceeds at 110 C to give the /3,7-unsaturated amide 396 by using dppp as a ligand[252], Dccarboxylation-carbonylation of allyl diethyl-carbamate under severe conditions (100 C, 80 atm) affords /3,7-unsaturated amides[2531. The 3-vinylaziridine 397 is converted into the a-vinyl-J-lactam 398 under mild conditions[254]. 

In addition to alcohols, some other nucleophiles such as amines and carbon nucleophiles can be used to trap the acylpalladium intermediates. The o-viny-lidene-/j-lactam 30 is prepared by the carbonylation of the 4-benzylamino-2-alkynyl methyl carbonate derivative 29[16]. The reaction proceeds using TMPP, a cyclic phosphite, as a ligand. When the amino group is protected as the p-toluenesulfonamide, the reaction proceeds in the presence of potassium carbonate, and the f>-alkynyl-/J-lactam 31 is obtained by the isomerization of the allenyl (vinylidene) group to the less strained alkyne. 

The a-methylene-/3-lactam 103 is obtained by the carbonylation of the inethyleneaziridine 102 under mild conditions[91]. The azirine 104 undergoes an interesting dimerization-carbonylation to form the fused )3-lactam 105[92]. 

Oxidative cleavage of P-aminoacyl complexes can yield P-amino acid derivatives (320,321). The rhodium(I)-catalyzed carbonylation of substituted aziridines leads to P-lactams, presumably also via a P-aminoacyl—metal acycHc compound as intermediate. The substituent in the aziridine must have 7T or electrons for coordination with the rhodium (322,323). 

Cross-linked PVP can also be obtained by cross-linking the preformed polymer chemically (with persulfates, hydrazine, or peroxides) or with actinic radiation (63). This approach requires a source of free radicals capable of hydrogen abstraction from one or another of the labile hydrogens attached alpha to the pyrrohdone carbonyl or lactam nitrogen. The subsequently formed PVP radical can combine with another such radical to form a cross-link or undergo side reactions such as scission or cyclization (64,65), thus ... 

Properties. Thienamycin is isolated as a colorless, hygroscopic, zwitterionic soHd, although the majority of carbapenems have been obtained as sodium salts and, in the case of the sulfated olivanic acids, as disodium salts (12). Concentrated aqueous solutions of the carbapenems are generally unstable, particularly at low pH. AH the substituted natural products have characteristic uv absorption properties that are often used in assay procedures. The ir frequency of the P-lactam carbonyl is in the range 1760 1790 cm . ... 

Spectral Characteristics. The iafrared stretching frequency of the penicillin P-lactam carbonyl group normally occurs at relatively high frequencies (1770 1815 cm ) as compared to the absorptions for the secondary amide (1504-1695 cm ) and ester (1720-1780 cm ) carbonyl groups. 

Penicillins are also degraded by aqueous acids via initial reaction of the sidechain carbonyl group with the P-lactam. PeniciEenic acids (33) are obtained when hydrolysis is carried out at pH 4, penillic acids (34) at pH 2. 

The most informative feature of the IR spectra of azetidin-2-ones is generally the /3-lactam carbonyl absorption, the frequency of which is affected by substitution and by fusion of the ring (c/. Table 3). Thus, IR spectra of simple monocyclic /3-lactams generally have absorption maxima in the region 1730-1760 cm while the fused 2- and 3-cephem systems (60) and (61) show IR maxima in the regions 1772-1784 and 1782-1792 cm S respectively (b-72MI50900 p. 318). 

The higher frequencies of the /3-lactam carbonyl absorption in fused systems has been attributed to increased inhibition of amide resonance as the /3-lactam ring becomes less planar (b-72mI50900 p. 303). For the 3-cephems (61) there is also the possibility of enamine resonance which could further reduce the ability of the /3-lactam nitrogen to contribute to amide resonance. 

IR spectra of systems related to /3-lactams show the expected trends in the frequency of the carbonyl absorption, where present. For example, the presence of an exocyclic double bond at C-4 in an azetidin-2-one raises the value of vc=o considerably. Thus the 4-thioxoazetidin-2-one (62 Z=S) and the derived 4-alkylidene systems (62 Z = CR R ) exhibit /3-lactam carbonyl absorptions at 1835 and 1800-1810 cm respectively (80JOC1477, 80JOC1481), while the 4-iminoazetidin-2-ones (63) have vc=o at 1800-1825 cm (81CC41). Additional spectral data for these and similar systems may be found in the references in Table 5. 

There appear to be few examples of the formation of azetidin-2-ones by closure of the C(2) —C(3) bond. One reaction which fits into this category involves reaction of the iron carbonyl lactone complexes (144) with an amine to give the allyl complexes (145) which on oxidation are converted in high yield to 3-vinyl-/3-lactams (146) (80CC297). 

One of the major differences between penicillins and cephalosporins is the possibility for a concerted elimination of the C-3 substituent in the case of cephalosporins (6->7). There is now considerable evidence to support the idea that an increase in the ability of the C-3 substituent to act as a leaving group results in an increased reactivity of the 8-lactam carbonyl (75JMC408). Thus, both the hydrolysis rate of the 8-lactam and antibacterial activity... 

The role of IR spectroscopy in the early penicillin structure studies has been described (B-49MI51103) and the results of more recent work have been summarized (B-72MI51101). The most noteworthy aspect of a penicillin IR spectrum is the stretching frequency of the /3-lactam carbonyl, which comes at approximately 1780 cm" This is in contrast to a linear tertiary amide which absorbs at approximately 1650 cm and a /3-lactam which is not fused to another ring (e.g. benzyldethiopenicillin), which absorbs at approximately 1740 cm (the exact absorption frequency will, of course, depend upon the specific compound and technique of spectrum determination). The /3-lactam carbonyl absorptions of penicillin sulfoxides and sulfones occur at approximately 1805 and 1810 cm respectively. The high absorption frequency of the penicillin /3-lactam carbonyl is interpreted in terms of the increased double bond character of that bond as a consequence of decreased amide resonance, as discussed in the X-ray crystallographic section. Other aspects of the penicillin IR spectrum, e.g. the side chain amide absorptions at approximately 1680 and 1510 cm and the carboxylate absorption at approximately 1610 cm are as expected. 

Under approximately neutral conditions, where the degradation rate is independent of pH for a range of pH values characteristic of the individual penicillin, hydrolysis appears to occur through a general base-catalyzed attack of a water molecule (77JPS861) on the /3-lactam carbonyl. 

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