Cyclic enole derivatives

The extended cyclic enolate derived from a simple pyrrol-3-en-2-one (butenolac-tam) has been deuterated at the 5-position with very high diastereoselectivity if the (g) nitrogen atom carries a a-methyl-p-methoxybenzyl group (de > 99 l).27 A similar diastereoselective protonation has been observed in a pyrrol-3-en-2-one formed by dearomatizing cyclization of a pyrrole. 

The Michael reaction is of central importance here. This reaction is a vinylogous aldol addition, and most facts, which have been discussed in section 1.10, also apply here the reaction is catalyzed by acids and by bases, and it may be made regioselective by the choice of appropriate enol derivatives. Stereoselectivity is also observed in reactions with cyclic educts. An important difference to the aldol addition is, that the Michael addition is usually less prone to sterical hindrance. This is evidenced by the two examples given below, in which cyclic 1,3-diketones add to o, -unsaturated carbonyl compounds (K. Hiroi, 1975 H, Smith, 1964). 

Note 1. The term glycal is a non-preferred, trivial name for cyclic enol ether derivatives of sugars having a double bond between carbon atoms 1 and 2 of the ring. It should not be used or modified as a class name for monosaccharide derivatives having a double bond in any other position. 

The enolates derived from cyclic ketones are necessarily /(-isomers. The enolate of cyclohexanone reacts with benzaldehyde to give both possible stereoisomeric products. The stereoselectivity is about 5 1 in favor of the anti isomer under optimum... 

The general trend is that boron enolates parallel lithium enolates in their stereoselectivity but show enhanced stereoselectivity. There also are some advantages in terms of access to both stereoisomeric enol derivatives. Another important characteristic of boron enolates is that they are not subject to internal chelation. The tetracoordinate dialkylboron in the cyclic TS is not able to accept additional ligands, so there is no tendency to form a chelated TS when the aldehyde or enolate carries a donor substituent. Table 2.2 gives some typical data for boron enolates and shows the strong correspondence between enolate configuration and product stereochemistry. 

Li s group prepared a series of substituted 2-(hydroxyalkyl)tetrahydroquinohne derivatives 2-619 and 2-620 starting from anilines 2-617 and cyclic enol ethers 2-618 in the presence of catalytic amounts of InCl3 (Scheme 2.141) [322], Good yields of 73-90 % were obtained with an electron-donating or no substituent R at the aniline moiety. 

Tetrabutylammonium peroxydisulfate-mediated oxidative cycloaddition was recently discovered to be a convenient method for the realization of fused acetal derivatives. It is believed that the reactive intermediate is the cyclic enol ethers of the 1,3-diketones. An example is presented below <00S1091>. 

A total synthesis of functionalized 8,14-seco steroids with five- and six-membered D rings has been developed (467). The synthesis is based on the transformation of (S)-carvone into a steroidal AB ring moiety with a side chain at C(9), which allows the creation of a nitrile oxide at this position. The nitrile oxides are coupled with cyclic enones or enol derivatives of 1,3-diketones, and reductive cleavage of the obtained cycloadducts give the desired products. The formation of a twelve-membered ring compound has been reported in the cycloaddition of one of the nitrile oxides with cyclopentenone and as the result of an intramolecular ene reaction, followed by retro-aldol reaction. 

An interesting approach to form a divinylcyclopropane structure capable of rearranging into seven-membered functionalized derivatives consists of the silyloxylation of cyclic ketones 541 followed by a spontaneous Cope rearrangement to produce the cyclic enol esters 542 which then hydrolyzed to ketones 543 (equation 2 1 3)265. 

The synthesis in Scheme 13.30 uses stereoselective aldol condensation methodology. Both the lithium enolate and the boron enolate method were employed. The enol derivatives were used in enantiomerically pure form, so the condensations are examples of double stereodifferentiation (Section 2.1.3). The stereoselectivity observed in the reactions is that predicted for a cyclic transition state for the aldol condensations. 

Zhang J, Li C-J (2002) InCl3-catalyzed domino reaction of aromatic amines with cyclic enol ethers in water a highly efficient synthesis of new L2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline derivatives. J Org Chem 67 3969-3971... 

Steric control elements are also important for the diastereoselectivity in alkylations of mono-cyclic cyclohexanone enolates. However, electronic control becomes more evident in these systems compared to monocyclic cyclopentanone enolates The flexibility of the six-membered ring system, and the large number of possible ring conformations, makes predictions of the diastereoselectivity difficult. In general, one may conclude that the diastereoselectivity in alkylations of enolates derived from monocyclic cyclohexanones is not as high as in alkylations of cyclopentanone enolates. The syntheses of compounds 21-27 demonstrate the effect of substitution in each position of the six-membered ring49,61 -7°. 

Magnesium enolates derived from /S-dicarbonyl compounds can be easily obtained by metallation with l-PrMgBr. A stable cyclic chelate is obtained. As example, the magnesium enolate of mixed malonate is shown in equation 48. 

The magnesium amides of choice for the preparation of magnesium enolates via met-allation are the Hauser bases, such as 39 and 40, or (bis)amidomagnesium reagents, such as 46 and 47. The reaction has been successfully applied to the preparation of enolates derived from cyclic, acyclic and a-siloxyketones, benzyUc ketones, aldehydes, carboxylic esters and amides, even with the less hindered Hauser bases. 

The synthesis of chiral cyclobutanone 3 involving asymmetric induction in the a-alkylation of the chiral cyclic transition metal acyl enolate derived from 1 has been reported. The resulting aldol product 2 can be demetalated to the cyclobutanone with 100% ee.24... 

Cyclic enol ethers such as 8 are also easily epoxidized. R. Daniel Little of the University of California, Santa Barbara has found (J. Org. Chem. 2005, 70, 5249) that such an epoxide is reduced with Tifffl) regioselectively to the radical, that adds with remarkable diastereocontrol to enones such as 7 to give the adduct 9. Reductive cyclization converted 9 to the tricyclic ether 10. The C-Br bond of 10 was stable both to the Et,SiH conditions, and to the free radical removal of the xanthate derived from the alcohol. 

Carbon-13 shift of common non-aromatic heterocycles with endo- and exocyclic double bonds are reviewed in Table 4.66 [416-432], - Deshieldings of / -carbons induced by carbonyl groups in heterocyclic a, /1-enones due to (—)-M electron withdrawal (e.g. 2-pyrones, coumarins) and shieldings of [ carbons in cyclic enol ethers arising from (+ )-M electron release (e.g. 2,3-dihydrofuran and oxepine derivatives in Table 4.66) fully correspond to the effects described for the open-chain analogs. Outstandingly large shift values are observed for the lithiated carbon in cyclic a-lithium enol ethers (Table 4.66). In terms of its a and / carbon-13 shifts, 2,7-dimethyloxepine is also a typical enol ether [420], Further, 2,6-dimethyl-4-pyrone [421] and flavone [422] display similiar shift values for the a, /1-enone substructure. 

Instead of enol triflate, the enol phosphate 334, derived from lactone 333, is used for the coupling to afford the cyclic enol ether 335. No coupling of phenyl phosphate... 

Structurally representative series of 1,2-cyclic sulfamidates react with enolates derived from methyl cr-phenylthio-acetate to give 5-substituted cr-phenylthiolactams <20060BC1868>. With the enantiomerically pure 1,2-cyclic sulfamidates, this reaction proceeds with no detectable loss of stereochemical integrity affording product 178 (Equation 48). 

We mentioned the dimer of ketene 6 itself at the start of this chapter it is a cyclic enol ether and a good acylating agent. Nucleophiles attack the carbonyl group 39 expelling the enolate 40 of the acetoacetyl derivative 41. The disconnection is shown on 41 and the ketene dimer represents synthon 42. 

Manganese acetate-promoted oxidative addition of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds (351) to endo-cyclic enol ethers (352) and enol lactones (353) gives 2,3,3a,6a-tetrahydrofuro[2,3-6]furan derivatives (354) and (355) <87CL223, 91TL711, 91TL7107). 

The treatment of cyclic enol ethers with alkyl nitrites or with nitrosyl chloride gave oximino macrolides in almost quantitative yield [100] [102], The furan derivatives are inert to hydrolytic nitrosation [100]. 

The ketone component can be replaced by cyclic enol ethers, which react with phenylhydrazines to give phenylhy-drazones, as has been demonstrated by a large-scale synthesis of 5-fluorohomotryptophol derivatives from 4-fluorophe-nylhydrazine hydrochloride and tetrahydropyran <19970PD300>. The Grandberg modification of the Fischer synthesis involves the use of an acetal as the ketone equivalent <2001T1041>. 

Recently, studies were carried out to explain the exo/endo selectivity the Patemo-Buchi reaction [30]. These studies were carried out mostly achiral or racemic substrates. Excited monocyclic aromatic aldehydes 33 re in their 3n,/rr state with cyclic enol ether derivatives like 2,3-dihydrofuran (Scheme 8) [31]. In these cases, the sterically disfavored endo isomer 35a obtained as major product. This result was explained by the fate of the trip biradical intermediate G. In order to favor cyclization to the oxetanes 35a,b, radical p-orbitals have to approach in a perpendicular fashion to increase spin-orbit coupling needed for the triplet to singlet intersystem crossing [32]. sterically most favored arrangement of this intermediate is depicted as G. encumbering Ar substituent is orientated upside and anti to the trihydrofur moiety. Cyclization from this conformation yields the major isomer 35a. 

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