Cyclization acyliminium-mediated

Propargyltrimethylsilanes give allenyl derivatives on reaction with -acyliminium precursors. - On the other hand, application of allenyl-silanes or -stannanes provides access to propargyl-substituted lactams. All reactions proceed with high regio- and stereo-selectivity (equations 54 and 55). 4-Allenyl-azetidinones can be cyclized to A -carbapenem systems, mediated by Ag or Pd salts. - The reactions of ethoxylactams with allenylsilanes can be modified in such a way that bicyclic systems are obtained in one step (equation 56). ... 

A remarkable observation is the cyclization of biscarbamate (194) to y-lactone (195) mediated by methanesulfonic acid (equation 133). No trace of the expected 8-lactone is formed, presumably because of the unfavorable ester geometry in the transition state required for six-membered ring formation. Such problems with 8-lactone formation have been observed also in Diels-Alder chemistry. A nice example related to A-acyliminium chemistry is the thermal hetero Diels-Alder reaction of acylimine precursor (196) to bicyclic -y-lactone (197) in good yield. The corresponding intramolecular cycloaddition of (198) fails. Finally, Lewis acid mediated cyclization of allylsilane (199) is unsuccessful, although lactonization of (200) proceeds very well (equation 135, cf. equation 119). ... 

Another efficient synthesis of 3-demethoxyerythratidinone has been reported by the Zard group (Eq. 23) [51]. Trichloracetamide 77 was prepared in 3 steps from the monoketal of cyclohexan-l,4-dione. Treatment of 77 with excess nickel in acetic acid gave 78 in 49% yield. An A-acyliminium ion cyclization converted 78 to 79, and the synthesis was then completed via a 2-step sequence. This nickel-mediated cyclization-oxidation chemistry has also been used in model studies directed toward ( )-mesembrine [52]. 

New modifications of the traditional approach to isoquinoline synthesis via carbocation intermediates continue to be reported. Abnormal products of the Bischler-Napieralski reaction were observed <97JCS(P1)2217>. A stereoselective introduction of a quaternary carbon center in the A-acyliminium cyclization (Scheme 14) of the chiral enamide 46 affords an asymmetric synthesis of tetrahydroisoquinolines <97T2449,3045>. An asymmetric Pictet-Spengler reaction has been developed mediated by the chiral urethane 47 <97T16327>. A Pummerer reaction of A-acyl-A-(aryl)methyl-2-(phenylsulfinyl)ethylamine allows cyclization to the 4-phenylthio-... 

As a (simplified) mechanistic rationale it is postulated that primarily the N-alkyhrnine is acylated and that the acyliminium system 49 undergoes Pd-mediated and liCl-assisted CO-transfer to afford an N-acylketene (50). Cyclization of 50 gives rise to a Miinchnone (51) (cf p. 175), which delivers the imidazole 48 after 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition and... 

Two unselective approaches to the two alkaloids are illustrated in Scheme 50. A straightforward synthesis by King relied on acid-induced intramolecular Mannich reaction of ammoketone 396, prepared from 5-aminopentanal diethyl acetal and pent-3-en-2-one, to give a mixture of ( )-394 (55%) and ( )-395 (20%) (367). The synthesis by Pilli et at. involved a one-pot trimethylsilyl triflate-catalyzed condensation between pent-3-en-2-one and the acyliminium ion derived fium JV-Boc-2-ethoxypiperidine (397) (368,369). Under the reaction conditions, the intermediate 398 underwent spontaneous V-deprotection and cyclization to give a 5.5 1 mixture of ( )-394 and ( )-395 (67%). In the same Scheme is also shown the much shorter stereoselective synthesis of ( )-394 by Beckwith et al, who used a radical-mediated cyclization on the V-acylated 2,3-dihydropyridin-4-one 399 to give the bicyclic product 400 as the sole diastereomer (91%) (370). Compound 400 was readily converted into the target alkaloid by reduction of both carbonyl groups with lithium aluminum hydride followed by reoxidation of the secondary alcohol at C-2. 

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