Cyclization decarboxylative

Formation of cyclopentanones by cyclization-decarboxylation of adipic acids r COjH... 

Secondary reactions usually proceed in addition to template polymerization of the system template-monomer-solvent. They influence both kinetics of the reaction and the structure of the reaction products. Depending on the basic mechanism of reaction, typical groups of secondary reactions can take place. For instance, in polycondensation, there are such well known reactions as cyclization, decarboxylation, dehydratation, oxidation, hydrolysis, etc. In radical polymerization, usually, in addition to the main elementary processes (initiation, propagation and termination), we have the usual chain transfer to the monomer or to the solvent which change the molecular weight of the product obtained. Also, chain transfer to the polymer leads to the branched polymer. 

Ergot Alkaloids.—In connection with the biosynthesis of the ergot alkaloids it is of interest to note that 7V-methyl-4-dimethylallyltryptophan (49) has been isolated from cultures of Claviceps fusiformis grown anaerobically the presence of (49) could not be detected in cultures grown under normal aerobic conditions. An early stage in the biosynthesis of the alkaloids is the introduction of the allylic hydroxy-group, e.g. (50)- (51) whether the -methylation precedes or follows hydroxyla-tion is not known, but it seems certain that iV-methylation occurs before the cyclization-decarboxylation stage that results in formation of the tricyclic chano-clavines. 

The first iodine-catalyzed synthesis of 2-alkyl substituted oxazoles 130 by a decarboxylative domino reaction was reported. Aryl methyl ketones 128 were transformed in situ into a-iodo ketones and then, by the Kornblum oxidation, into 1,2-diketones. After the addition of the a-amino acid 129, an l2-mediated cyclization/decarboxylation gave oxazoles 130. The reaction proceeds better if the Ar has electron-donating substituents and if the R group is a branched alkyl chain or phenyl residue. The reaction used oxone to regenerate iodine (13JOC6065). 

Depending on the basic mechanism of the template process, secondary reactions can take place. For instance, in polycondensation, there are such well-known reactions as cyclization, decarboxylation, dehydration, oxydation, and hydrolysis. 

Cydopentane reagents used in synthesis are usually derived from cyclopentanone (R.A. Ellison, 1973). Classically they are made by base-catalyzed intramolecular aldol or ester condensations (see also p. 55). An important example is 2-methylcydopentane-l,3-dione. It is synthesized by intramolecular acylation of diethyl propionylsucdnate dianion followed by saponification and decarboxylation. This cyclization only worked with potassium t-butoxide in boiling xylene (R. Bucourt, 1965). Faster routes to this diketone start with succinic acid or its anhydride. A Friedel-Crafts acylation with 2-acetoxy-2-butene in nitrobenzene or with pro-pionyl chloride in nitromethane leads to acylated adducts, which are deacylated in aqueous acids (V.J. Grenda, 1967 L.E. Schick, 1969). A new promising route to substituted cyclopent-2-enones makes use of intermediate 5-nitro-l,3-diones (D. Seebach, 1977). 

Barrelene was obtained via a double Diels-Alder reaction from a-pyrone with methyl acrylate (H.E. Zimmerman, I969A). The primarily forming bicyclic lactone decarboxylates in the heat, and the resulting cyclohexadiene rapidly undergoes another Diels-Alder cyclization. Standard reactions have then been used to eliminate the methoxycarbonyl groups and to introduce C—C double bonds. Irradiation of barrelene produces semibullvalene and cyclooctatetraene (H.E. Zimmerman. 1969B). 

A special application of the Japp-Klingemann/Eischer sequence is in the preparation of tryptamines from piperidone-3-carboxylate salts, a method which was originally developed by Abramovitch and Shapiro[2]. When the piperidone is subjected to Japp-Klingemann coupling under mildly alkaline conditions decarboxylation occurs and a 3-hydrazonopiperidin-2-one is isolated. Fischer cyclization then gives 1-oxotetrahydro-p-carbolines which can be hydrolysed and decarboxylated to afford the desired tryptamine. 

Probably first obtained by Hantzsch and Arapides (105) by condensation of a,/3-dichlorether with barium thiocyanate, and identified by its pyridine-like odor, thiazole was first prepared in 1889 by G. Popp (104) with a yield of 10% by the reduction in boiling ethanol of thiazol-2-yldiazonium sulfate resulting from the diazotization of 2-aminothiazole. prepared the year before by Traumann (103). The unique cyclization reaction affording directly the thiazole molecule was described in 1914 by Gabriel and Bachstez (106). They applied the method of cyclization, developed by Gabriel (107, 108), to the diethylacetal of 2-formylamino-ethanal and obtained thiazole with a yield of 62% - Thiazole was also formed in the course of a study on the ease of decarboxylation of the three possible monocarboxylic acids derived from it (109). On the other... 

Ornithine-Derived Alkaloids. Ornithine (23) undergoes biological decarboxylation reductively to generate either putrescine [110-60-1] (36), or its biological equivalent, and subsequent oxidation and cyclization gives rise to the pyrroline [6724-81-2], (37), C H N. 

Fig. 2. Synthesis of uma2enil (18). The isonitrosoacetanihde is synthesized from 4-f1iioroani1ine. Cyclization using sulfuric acid is followed by oxidization using peracetic acid to the isatoic anhydride. Reaction of sarcosine in DMF and acetic acid leads to the benzodiazepine-2,5-dione. Deprotonation, phosphorylation, and subsequent reaction with diethyl malonate leads to the diester. After selective hydrolysis and decarboxylation the resulting monoester is nitrosated and catalyticaHy hydrogenated to the aminoester. Introduction of the final carbon atom is accompHshed by reaction of triethyl orthoformate to...

In acid solution, the double bond of (203) is hydrogenated to the trans-fused sulfone (204). Presumably, this hydrogenation goes through a cis-fused intermediate that is rapidly epimerized to (204) under the acidic conditions of the reaction. Condensation of the sodium salt of 7,7-ethylenedioxy-3-oxooctanoate (205) with (204) produces (206). Cmde (206) is cyclized, hydroly2ed, and decarboxylated, producing the tricycHc compound (207). Hydrogenation of (207) followed by ketal hydrolysis and cyclization affords (208) in an overall yield of 35% from hydrindandione (203). 

The intermediacy of an aci-nitro compound has been proposed for the sulfuric acid cyclization of o-nitrophenylacetic acid to yield a mixture of 2,1-benzisoxazole and 2,1-benzisoxazole-3-carboxylic acid. The acid does not decarboxylate under the reaction conditions. The proposed aci-nitro intermediate cyclized to an A/ -hydroxy compound which decomposed to the products (Scheme 179) (70JCS(C)2660). 

Other interactions of /3-lactams with electrophiles include the oxidative decarboxylation of the azetidin-2-one-4-carboxylic acid (85) on treatment with LTA and pyridine (81M867), and the reaction of the azetidin-2-one-4-sulfinic acid (86) with positive halogen reagents. This affords a mixture of cis- and trans-4-halogeno-/3-lactams (87), the latter undergoing cyclization to give the bicyclic /3-lactam (88) (8UOC3568). 

Imidazole-4-carboxylic acid, 5-amino-cyclization, 5, 583 decarboxylation, 5, 434—435 ethyl ester diazotization, 5, 414 synthesis, 5, 477... 

During electrochemical fluorination retention of important functional groups or atoms in molecules is essential. Acyl fluorides and chlorides, but not carboxylic acids and anhydrides (which decarboxylate), survive perfluorination to the perfluorinated acid fluorides, albeit with some cyclization in longer chain (>C4) species [73]. Electrochemical fluorination of acetyl fluoride produces perfluoro-acetyl fluoride in 36-45% yields [85]. Electrochemical fluorination of octanoyl chloride results in perfluorinated cyclic ethers as well as perfluorinated octanoyl fluonde. Cyclization decreases as initial substrate concentration increases and has been linked to hydrogen-bonded onium polycations [73]. Cyclization is a common phenomenon involving longer (>C4) and branched chains. a-Alkyl-substituted carboxylic acid chlorides, fluorides, and methyl esters produce both the perfluorinated cyclic five- and six-membered ring ethers as well as the perfluorinated acid... 

In contrast to other acids, anhydrous hydrogen fluoride does not cause hydroly SIS and decarboxylation of the malonic acid residues in these reactions [5]. It is a good reagent for the cyclization of a-benzamidoacetophenones to 2,5 diphenyl-oxazoles [6] (equation 7) The same reaction with concentrated sulfuric acid gives cyclic product with only a 12% yield [6]... 

The Gould-Jacobs reaction is a sequence of the following reactions (1) condensation of an arylamine 1 with either alkoxy methylenemalonic ester or acyl malonic ester 2 providing the anilidomethylenemalonic ester 3 (2) cyclization of 3 to the 4-hydroxy-3-carboalkoxyquinoline 4 (3) saponification to form acid 5, and (4) decarboxylation to give the 4-hydroxyquinoline 6. All steps of this process will be described herein with emphasis on the formation of intermediates like 3 and 4. 

The preparation and use of derivatized Meldrum s acid has led to an alternative preparation of 2-substituted quinolines (49 and 50) and the preparation of pyridopyrimidines (52). When Meldrum s acid derivatives are used (as shown in this example) decarboxylation occurred under the cyclization conditions. Three component coupling has been used to readily assemble the desired 3-anilino-acrylate from reaction of Meldrum s acid, (EtO)3CH and an aniline (e.g. 54 or 55).< ... 

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