Cyclization reactions Subject

Addition of allylic zinc bromides to nitrones, generated in situ from allylbro-mides and zinc powder in THF (670), allyltributylstannane (671) and lithiated allyl ferf-butyldimethylsilyl ether (672), proceeds regioselectively in good yields and is used to synthesize homoallyl hydroxylamines (Scheme 2.189). The latter were subjected to an iodo cyclization reaction (see Scheme 2.186). 

To gain insight into this remarkably efficient cyclization reaction (77—>76), and to determine the extent to which existing stereogenic centers preorganize diene precursor 77, we examined the catalytic RCM of 79 and 82. When 79 was subjected to 25 mol% 2 (50°C, 18 h), <2% 80 was formed (Scheme 20). Instead, dimer 81 was obtained in 52% yield (3 1 mixture of olefin isomers identity of major product not determined). When diene 82 was treated with identical conditions, macrolactam 83 was obtained in 41% isolated yield [33] along with 20% of the... 

Alkynes are interesting radical acceptors for cyclization reactions because the products contain double bonds that can be subjected to further transformations. In the case of terminal alkynes, the desired products can be obtained in high yields as single isomers. With non-terminal alkynes as acceptors, the alkene products are generated as mixtures of ( )- and (Z)-isomers in high yields but with low selectivity [36],... 

The reaction of 2-amino-guanidine-1 -acetic acid hydroiodide 331 with carbon disulfide, heating the substrates in DMF at 130-140 °C for 12 h, produces compound 332 in 76% yield. This compound was subjected to cyclization reaction with acetic anhydride to give 6,7-dihydro-5-oxo-imidazo[2,l-f][l,2,4]triazole 102 in 76% yield (Scheme 32) <1998MI1>. 

Reaction with a first aldehyde transforms 176 into the vinylphosphonium chloride 177, which for practical reasons is subjected to an anion-exchange process, leading to the phosphonium salt 178. From this, phenyllithium treatment liberates the allenic phosphorane 179, an intermediate that has previously been used to prepare allenes from aldehydes [69], in the present case providing the products 180. The same protocol has also been applied to o-alkynylbenzaldehydes to yield allenes of interest as model compounds for the study of Schmittel and Myers-type cyclization reactions [70]. 

Thermolysis of 44 produced products derived from the Myers-Saito cyclization reaction. However, when 43 having a trimethylsilyl substituent at the acetylenic terminus was subjected to heating in the presence of 1,4-CHD at 70 °C for 3 h, the 1H-cyclobut[a]indene 46 was produced. A reaction mechanism involving an initial Schmittel cyclization to generate the benzofulvene biradical 45 followed by an intramolecular radical-radical coupling was proposed to account for the formation of the formal [2 + 2]-cycloaddition product 46. 

Zimmerman and Hoffacker also observed a regioselective reaction subjecting various aryl-substituted 1,4-pentadienes to photoinduced electron transfer using DCN and DCA. The radical cations produced underwent a regioselective cyclization wherein one electron-deficient aryl group of one diarylvinyl moiety bonds to the (3-carbon of the second diarylvinyl group (Scheme 30) [41]. 

Fagnou et al. reported the synthesis of mukonine (11) starting from methyl vanillate (644). This synthesis uses both a palladium(0)-catalyzed intermolecular direct arylation and an intramolecular cyclization reaction. Triflation of methyl vanillate (644) afforded the aryl triflate 645. Using a Buchwald-Flartwig amination protocol, the latter was subjected to direct arylation with 2-chloroaniline (646) to furnish the corresponding diarylamine 647. Finally, intramolecular cyclization of 647 afforded mukonine (11). To date, this is the best synthesis (three steps, 75% overall yield) available for mukonine based on commercially available methyl vanillate (644) (582) (Scheme 5.45). 

In view of the enormous impact which symmetry-based rules concerning the stereochemistry of concerted addition and cyclization reactions (Wood-ward-Hoffmann rules) have had in recent years a detailed introduction to this subject has been added. 

A very short and elegant synthesis of the 16-rtiembered dilactone ( )-pyrenophorin (515) has been accomplished by the dipolar cycloaddition reaction of a trialkylsilyl nitronate (81TL735). Nitromethane was added to 3-buten-2-one and the carbonyl group of the product reduced with sodium borohydride. The nitro alcohol (511) was converted to the acrylate (512) which was then subjected to a dimerization-cyclization reaction by treatment with chlorotrimethylsilane and triethylamine in dry benzene. Hydrogenation of the mixture of isoxazoline products (513) over palladium on charcoal followed by double dehydration of the intermediate bis-/3-hydroxyketone (514) led to ( )- and meso-pyrenophorin (Scheme... 

The above described total synthesis shows the application of the (7-carbonyl radical-initiated tandem cyclization reaction for the first generation of (+)-paniculatine. With this method starting from 2-substituted-5-(R)-cyclohexenone 5 Sha and co-workers obtained 15 (=1) in 21 steps. Furthermore the HBr-salt of this alkaloid was prepared and subjected to a single X-ray analysis, which unambiguously confirmed the structure and stereochemistry of this synthetic (+)-paniculatine. 

Yang and Burton observed a clean cyclization reaction when diallyl ether 65 was subjected to iododifluoroacetate 37 catalyzed by NiCl2 in the presence of zinc as a stoichiometric reductant and small amounts of water (Fig. 14). The difluorinated functionalized tetrahydrofurans 66 were isolated in 53-74% yield as a 3.4-4 1 cist trans-diastereomeric mixture [91]. 

Baylis-Hillman adducts such as 55 and 56 derived from 2-nitrobenzaldehydes were shown to function as useful precursors to functionalized (1H)-quinol-2-ones and quinolines. Treatment of 55 and 56 with iron and acetic acid at 110 °C afforded 57 and 58, respectively <02T3693>. A variety of other cyclization reactions utilized in the preparation of the quinoline scaffold were also reported. An iridium-catalyzed oxidative cyclization of 3-(2-aminophenyl)propanols afforded 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinolines <02OL2691>. The intramolecular cyclization of aryl radicals to prepare pyrrolo[3,2-c]quinolines was studied <02T1453>. Additionally, photocyclization reactions of /rans-o-aminocinnamoyl derivatives were reported to provide 2-quinolones and quinolines <02JHC61>. Enolizable quinone and mono- and diimide intermediates were shown to provide quinolines via a thermal 6jt-electrocyclization <02OL4265>. Quinoline derivatives were also prepared from nitrogen-tethered 2-methoxyphenols. The corresponding 2-methoxyphenols were subjected to a iodine(III)-mediated acetoxylation which was followed by an intramolecular Michael addition to afford the quinoline OAc O... 

When propargyl allyl ethers are subjected to transition metal-catalyzed enyne cyclization reactions, 3-alkylidene-substituted tetrahydrofurans are usually formed. A useful variation of this scheme is the Pd(0)-catalyzed tandem enyne cyclization/Suzuki coupling reaction with various arylboronic acids (Equation 90) <2005JOC1712>. The stereoselectivity of this reaction is explained by invoking a chairlike transition state. 

Lewis acid templation between an epoxide and an adjacent hydroxyl function sets the stage for an intramolecular addition process using an alkyne as a nucleophile <1995TL7145>. Cyclization reactions wherein the regioselectivity of the addition reaction is dictated by a proximal hydroxyl function is the subject of a review <2000T8779>. 

SCHEME 10.83 Cyclization reactions of P-anomeric allenes are subject to influence by chiral auxiliaries. 

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