Cyclic radical, five-membered

Tne kinetic advantages of five-membered rings over other izes are well illustrated by the radical reaction leading to cyclic amine (3) used on p T 247. Chlori-... 

Lastly, the radical inter- and intramolecular cyclizations in the presence of one-electron oxidizing agents as a procedure for the synthesis of five-membered cyclic nitronates can be considered. Radical oxidation of a-nitro ketones (19) in the presence of disubstituted olefins under the action of Mn(OAc)3 was documented (72a) (Scheme 3.22, Eq. 1). 

Secondary alkyl selenides are reduced by (TMS)3SiH, as expected in view of the affinity of silyl radicals for selenium-containing substrates (Table 4.3) [40]. Reaction (4.23) shows the phenylseleno group removal from the 2 position of nucleoside [50]. Similarly to 1,3-dithiolanes and 1,3-dithianes, five- and six-membered cyclic selenoacetals can be monoreduced to the corresponding selenides in the presence of (TMS)3SiH [51]. The silicon hydride preferentially approached from the less hindered equatorial position to give transicis ratios of 30/70 and 25/75 for the five-membered (Reaction 4.24) and six-membered cyclic selenoacetals, respectively. 

Scheme 6.13 A stepwise pathway via five-membered cyclic intermediate radical 66 in the 1,2 migration of an acyloxy group...

A more comprehensive study on the behavior of 5-acetylenic iodides in the presence of zinc was later reported21 and clearly revealed that when iodide 14 was treated with acid-washed zinc (pre-treated with Mel for activation and removal of traces of moisture) in a mixture of benzene and DMF, the acyclic organozinc iodide 21 and the cyclic vinyl iodide 22 were both produced. The amount of 22 increased significantly when the reaction mixture was sonicated rather than stirred or if a zinc-copper couple was used. The accumulation of compound 22 was consistent with its inability to be converted to an alkenyl organozinc species by reaction with metallic zinc under these conditions. However, no substantial cyclization of the open-chain organozinc 21 was observed. The formation of the five-membered ring compound 22 was attributed to a free-radical process... 

The five-membered cyclic amide pyrrolidone has achieved widespread attention in the area of heterocyclic polymers since the first preparation and polymerization reactions of l-vinylpyrrolidin-2-one (1) were reported in the early 1940s. Poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (2) and its copolymers are among the most thoroughly studied heterocyclic addition polymers (B-74MI11100). Monomer (1) is readily polymerized (B-77MI11100) both free radically and ionically (Scheme 1). The former method is by far the most important, and allows the preparation of a wide variety of copolymers. Interestingly, in the homopolymerization of vinylpyrrolidone (1), the molecular weight of the polymer obtained does not appear to be influenced by the initiator concentration or the reaction temperature. 

From our discussion of intermolecular additions, we would not expect these cyclizations of carbon radicals to occur in the elimination direction, and indeed cyclic radicals in five-membered or larger rings do not ordinarily open according to Equation 9.115. If the ring is small or highly strained, on the other hand,... 

The five-membered hypervalent iodine heterocycles, benziodoxoles, are commonly used as convenient radical precursors [3,33]. The main advantage of benziodoxoles over the non-cyclic hypervalent iodine reagents is the higher thermal stability allowing the preparation of otherwise unstable derivatives with I-Br, I-OOR, I-N3, and I-CN bonds. The stable cyanobenziodoxoles 36-38 are prepared in one step by the reaction of cyanotrimethylsilane with the respective hydroxybenziodoxoles 35 (Scheme 16) [34, 35], or from acetoxybenziodoxole... 

In this chapter the dithiadiazole family is reported for the very first time. Since these fascinating five-membered heterocyclic cations, radicals, and dimers were not covered in CHEC-I(1984) and CHEC-II(1996), the discussion encompasses all available literature rather than focusing solely on publications post-1995. Before any further discussion, an appreciation of the two isomeric forms and the nomenclature associated with each is essential. The 671 cyclic systems of 1,2,3,5-dithiadiazolium chloride 1 and 1,3,2,4-dithiadiazolium chloride 2 are shown below. As this chapter demonstrates, the 1,2,3,5-isomeric form dominates the literature in this field, reflecting the wider synthetic opportunity and stability associated with it. 

Free radical polymerization of cyclic ketene acetals has been used for the synthesis of polyfy-butyrolactone), which cannot be prepared by the usual lactone route due to the stability of the five-membered ring. The polymerization of 2-methylene-l,3-dioxalane at high temperatures (above 120 °C) gave a high molecular mass polyester [59,79]. Only 50% of the rings opened when the polymerization was carried out at 60 °C, and this led to the formation of a random copolymer. The presence of methyl substituents at the 4- or 5-position facilitated the reaction. The free radical initiators generally used in such polymerizations are ferf-butyl hydroperoxide, ferf-butyl peroxide, or cumene hydroperoxide. The various steps involved are described in Scheme 5 [59]. 

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