Ketones cyclization

Ishwarane (371) has been isolated from the petals of Cymbopetalum penduli-forum (Dunal) Baill. Last year, Kelly et al. reported the synthesis of isoish-warane (372) which they have now extendedto the synthesis of ishwarane itself. The enone (373) was converted in five steps into the ketol (374). Treatment of the tosylate of (374) with dimsyl sodium afforded the cyclized ketone (375) which gave ishwarane on Wolff-Kishner reduction. The complete details of the elegant synthesis of hinesol (376) by Marshall and Bradyhave now been published. 

The product must be the cyclized ketone, formed in an intramolecular Friedel-Crafts acylation. 

A novel approach has been developed towards the total synthesis of (+ )-allopumiliotoxin 339A (112), a minor consituent of skin extracts from the family of Panamanian poison frogs Dendrobates auratus, based on an intramolecular chromium(II)-mediated cyclization. Ketone 107, after a Homer—Emmons condensation, DIBAL reduction, and conversion to the bromide 109, is homologated based on Evans alkylation procedure [45] and transformed through a series of efficient reactions into the iodoolefin 110. 

No product derived from the transannular hydrogen abstraction is observed in the addition of bromotrichloromethane, because bromine atom abstraction is sufficiently rapid to prevent effective competition by the hydrogen-abstraction process. Another example of transannular cyclization of unsaturated radicals is found in the reaction of 1,4-cyclooctadiene with acetaldehyde in the presence of benzoyl peroxide, which gives a cyclized ketone by a process involving an intramolecular addi-... 

Since the reaction proceeds under an atmosphere of carbon monoxide in the usual cases, we can use a balloon that is filled with carbon monoxide and is connected to the top of the reaction vessel. If compounds have these functional groups and the hydroxyl and amino groups or organometallic complexes in a tether, lactams, lactones, and cyclized ketones are produced. Pd-catalyzed reactions can be classified into two types Pd(0)-catalyzed reactions and Pd(ll)-mediated or -catalyzed reactions. In each case, we can obtain the desired esters and amides. In the former reaction, a catalytic amount of palladium catalyst is required. In the latter reactions, a stoichiometric amount of palladium complex is required, but the reaction proceeds by a catalytic amount of Pd(ll) complex in the presence of oxidizing agents such as CuCl2 or benzoquinone. 

The reaction of alkenyl iodides or triflates, alkenylstannanes, and CO affords divinyl ketones[397,398]. Thus the capnellene skeleton 538 has been synthesized by the carbonylation of the cyclopentenyl triflate 536 with the alkenyltin 537[392], The macrocyclic divinyl ketone 540 has been prepared in a moderate yield by the carbonylative cyclization of 539[399]. 

Allylic carbonates are most reactive. Their carbonylation proceeds under mild conditions, namely at 50 C under 1-20 atm of CO. Facile exchange of CO2 with CO takes place[239]. The carbonylation of 2,7-octadienyl methyl carbonate (379) in MeOH affords the 3,8-nonadienoate 380 as expected, but carbonylation in AcOH produces the cyclized acid 381 and the bicyclic ketones 382 and 383 by the insertion of the internal alkene into Tr-allylpalladium before CO insertion[240] (see Section 2.11). The alkylidenesuccinate 385 is prepared in good yields by the carbonylation of the allylic carbonate 384 obtained by DABCO-mediated addition of aldehydes to acrylate. The E Z ratios are different depending on the substrates[241]. 

GENERATION AND CYCLIZATIVE CONDENSATION OF o-AMINOBENZYL ALDEHYDES AND KETONES... 

Both o-aminobenzyl aldehydes and ketones rapidly cyclize and undergo dehydration to indoles. The generation of these carbonyl compounds therefore represents a quite reliable route to indoles. The complication is that while there... 

The final step can involve introduction of the amino group or of the carbonyl group. o-Nitrobenzyl aldehydes and ketones are useful intermediates which undergo cyclization and aromatization upon reduction. The carbonyl group can also be introduced by oxidation of alcohols or alkenes or by ozonolysis. There are also examples of preparing indoles from o-aminophcnyl-acetonitriles by partial reduction of the cyano group. 

Another category Ic indole synthesis involves cyclization of a-anilino aldehydes or ketones under the influence of protonic or Lewis acids. This corresponds to retro.synthetic path d in Scheme 4.1. Considerable work on such reactions was done in the early 1960s by Julia and co-workers. The most successful examples involved alkylation of anilines with y-haloacetoacetic esters or amides. For example, heating IV-substituted anilines with ethyl 4-bromoacetoacetate followed by cyclization w ith ZnClj gave indole-3-acetate esterfi]. Additional examples are given in Table 4.3. 

The main Uab synthetic pathway is illustrated in Scheme 6.1 and corresponds to C-acylation of an o-aminobenzyl carbanion equivalent. Acylation is normally followed by in situ cyclization and aromatization. This route is therefore closely related to the cyclizations of o-aminobenzyl ketones described in Section 2.3 but the procedures described here do not involve isolation of the intermediates. 

Retrosynthesis a in Scheme 7,1 corresponds to the Fischer indole synthesis which is the most widely used of all indole syntheses. The Fischer cyclization converts arylhydrazones of aldehydes or ketones into indoles by a process which involves orf/io-substitution via a sigmatropic rearrangement. The rearrangement generates an imine of an o-aminobenzyl ketone which cyclizes and aromatizes by loss of ammonia. 

The Fischer cyclization has proved to be a very versatile reaction which can tolerate a variety of substituents at the 2- and 3-positions and on the aromatic ring. An extensive review and compilation of examples was published several years ago[3]. From a practical point of view, the crucial reaction parameter is often the choice of the appropriate reaction medium. For hydrazones of unsymmetrical ketones, which can lead to two regioisomeric products, the choice of reaction conditions may determine the product composition. 

The issue of regioselectivity arises with arylhydrazones of unsymmetrical ketones which can form two different enehydrazine intermediates. Under the conditions used most commonly for Fischer cyclizations, e g. ethanolic HCI, the major product is usually the one arising from the more highly substituted enehydrazine. Thus methyl ketones usually give 2-methy indoles and cycliz-ation occurs in a branched chain in preference to a straight chain. This regioselectivity is attributed to the greater stability of the more substituted enhydrazine and its dominance of the reaction path. 

Another issue of regioselectivity arises with meta-substituted arylhydrazones from which either 4- or 6-substitutcd indoles can be formed. Robinson has tabulated extensive data on this point[9]. A study comparing regioselectivity of cyclization as catalysed by HCl/EtOH and ZnClj was carried out for several m-substituted arylhydrazones of diethyl ketone[10]. The results given in Table 7.1 show some dependence on catalyst but mixtures are obtained under all conditions studied. 

Gassman and co-workers developed a synthetic route from anilines to indoles and oxindoles which involves [2.3]-sigmatropic rearrangement of anilinosul-fonium ylides. These can be prepared from Ai-chloroanilines and ot-thiomcthyl-ketones or from an aniline and a chlorosulfonium salt[l]. The latter sequence is preferable for anilines with ER substituents. Rearrangement and cyclizalion occurs on treatment of the anilinosulfonium salts with EtjN. The initial cyclization product is a 3-(methylthio)indole and these can be desulfurized with Raney nickel. Use of 2-(methylthio)acetaldehyde generates 2,3-unsubstituled indoles after desulfurization[2]. Treatment of 3-methylthioindoles with tri-fiuoroacetic acid/thiosalieylie acid is a possible alternative to Raney nickel for desulfurization[3]. 

The only method that yields the 2-unsubstituted thiazoie derivatives directly involves the condensation of a-haloketones with thioformamide. As in the case of previously reported a-haloaldehydes, yields are better when more reactive bromoketones are used instead of a-chloroketones. Cyclization can be achieved by adding ketones dissolved in dioxane in small quantities to the thioformamide formed in situ at below 40°C. The temperature is kept below 70°C during the addition, and then the... 

Using a,P-unsaturated acyl halides, alkenes are acylated to give a,P,a, P -unsaturated ketones, which undergo spontaneous intramolecular Na2arov cyclizations to cyclopentenones, important precursors of natural products (173). 

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