Cyclization with enamines

Bifunctional molecules undergo intermolecular cyclizations with enamines through simple alkylations 112-114) and acylations 115). For example, the reaction between l-(N-pyrrolidino)cyclopentene and 1,4-diiodobutane produces, after hydrolysis, ketospirans 92 and 93 113). 

A very efficient one-pot procedure for the production of 3-hydroxy-3-cephems (45) has been developed which gives the desired product in almost 80% overall yield from (43a) which is readily available from penicillin. TTie sequence of reactions is (1) mesylation to give (43b), (2) formation of enamine (43c), (3) bromination to afford (44) and (4) hydroly-sis/cyclization with hydrochloric acid in methanol to afford (45) which, in some cases, crystallizes directly from the reaction mixture (B-82MI51000). 

The following compounds have been obtained from thiete 1,1-dioxide Substituted cycloheptatrienes, benzyl o-toluenethiosulfinate, pyrazoles, - naphthothiete 1,1-dioxides, and 3-subst1tuted thietane 1,1-dioxides.It is a dienophile in Diels-Alder reactions and undergoes cycloadditions with enamines, dienamines, and ynamines. Thiete 1,1-dioxide is a source of the novel intermediate, vinylsulfene (CH2=CHCH=SQ2). which undergoes cyclo-additions to strained olefinic double bonds, reacts with phenol to give allyl sulfonate derivatives or cyclizes unimolecularly to give an unsaturated sultene. - Platinum and iron complexes of thiete 1,1-dioxide have been reported. 

Fluorme-containing Michael addition acceptors have been used as synthons, a portion of a molecule recognizably related to a simpler molecule, for the introduction of fluorine into the organic molecules Their reactions with enamines and ketones lead to a condensarion-cyclization process... 

At higher temperatures the mixture of 10 and methyl vinyl ketone yields the 1,4-carbocyclic compound as described previously. Methyl isopropenyl ketone (5), ethyl acetylacrylate (d), 2-cyclohexenone (21), and 1-acetyl-1-cyclohexene (22) also undergo this type of cyclization reaction with enamines at higher temperatures. This cycloalkylation reaction occurs with enamines made of strongly basic amines such as pyrrolidine, but the less reactive morpholine enamine combines with methyl vinyl ketone to give only a simple alkylated product (7). Chlorovinyl ketones yield pyrans when allowed to react with the enamines of either alicyclic ketones or aldehydes (23). 

The alkylation of enamines with nitroolefins, which gives intermediates for reductive cyclization (6S2), also provided an example of a stable cycliza-tion product derived from attack of the intermediate imonium function by the nitro anion (683). A previously claimed tetrasubstituted enamine, which was obtained from addition of a vinylsulfone to morpholinocyclohexene (314), was shown to be the corresponding cyclobutane (684). Perfluoro-olefins also gave alkylation products with enamines (685). Reactions of enamines with diazodicarboxylate (683,686) have been used diagnostically for 6-substituted cyclohexenamines. In a reaction of 2-penten-4-one with a substituted vinylogous amide, stereochemical direction was seen to depend on solvent polarity (687). 

While esters do not usually react with enamines and can, in fact, be substituents in the azeotropic preparation of enamines, they can be used in acylation reactions when these involve intramolecular cyclizations. Such reactions have been observed even at room temperature when they lead to the formation of five- and six-membered vinylogous lactams (362). Applications to precursors for azasteroids (40S) and alkaloids (309,406) are key steps in synthetic sequences. 

We have previously discussed that keto-aldehydes react with anilines first at the aldehyde carbon to form the aldimine. Subsequent condensation with another aniline formed a bis-imine or enamino-imine. The aniline of the ketimine normally cyclizes on the aldimine (24 —> 26). Conversely, cyclization of the aldimine could be forced with minimal aniline migration to the ketimine using PPA (30 —> 31). The use of unsymmetrical ketones has not been thoroughly explored a few examples are cited below. One-pot enamine formation and cyclization occurred when aniline 48 was reacted with dione 49 in the presence of catalytic p-TsOH and heat. Imine formation occurred at the less-hindered ketone, and cyclization with attack on the reactive carbonyl was preferred. ... 

The Conrad-Limpach reaction is a sequence of the following reactions (a) condensation of an arylamine 1 with the ketone or aldehyde of a 3-ketoester or a-formylester 2 providing enamine 3, and (b) cyclization with loss of alcohol to yield 4-hydroxy-quinoline 4. 

The intramolecular cyclization of enolate of l-tryptophyl-3-((3-ketobutyl) pyridinium bromide (160) afforded enamine 161, which undergoes stereoselective acid cyclization with cone. HCl to give the pentacyclic ketone 162 (Catalytic hydrogenation of 162 led to (d,l)-pseudoyohimbone (163) (76JA3645). Again, H3-H15 were found to have the tmns configuration in 162. 

The Michael reaction with enamines is exemplified in this procedure. In a second (spontaneous) step of the reaction, an aldol-type condensation occurs resulting in cyclization. Finally, the morpholine enamine of the product forms and is hydrolized by the addition of water to yield a mixture of octalones, which is separated by fractional crystallization. J -Octalone-2 can be reduced by lithium in anhydrous ammonia to the saturated tra/i5-2-decalone (Chapter 3, Section III). 

The intramolecular Heck reaction presented in Scheme 8 is also interesting and worthy of comment. Rawal s potentially general strategy for the stereocontrolled synthesis of the Strychnos alkaloids is predicated on the palladium-mediated intramolecular Heck reaction. In a concise synthesis of ( )-dehydrotubifoline [( )-40],22 Rawal et al. accomplished the conversion of compound 36 to the natural product under the conditions of Jeffery.23 In this ring-forming reaction, the a-alkenylpalladium(n) complex formed in the initial oxidative addition step engages the proximate cyclohexene double bond in a Heck cyclization, affording enamine 39 after syn /2-hydride elimination. The latter substance is a participant in a tautomeric equilibrium with imine ( )-40, which happens to be shifted substantially in favor of ( )-40. 

Radical cyclization is compatible with the presence of other functional groups. Treatment of XCH2CON(R)-C(R )=CH2 derivatives (X = Cl, Br, 1) with Ph3SnH and AIBN led to formation of a lactam via radical cyclization. " Cyclization of N-iodoethyl-5-vinyl-2-pyrrolidinone led to the corresponding bicyclic lactam, " and there are other examples of radical cyclization with molecules containing a lactam unit " or an amide unit. Radical cyclization occurs with enamines as well. Photochemical irradiation of A,A-dialIyl acrylamide leads to formation of a lactam ring, and in this case thiophenol was added to generate the phenylthio derivative. Phenylseleno N-allylamines lead to cyclic amines. co-Iodo acrylate esters cyclize to form lactones. " ... 

In Scheme 6.230, the multistep synthesis of 2,3-dihydro-4-pyridones is highlighted [411]. The pathway described by Panunzio and coworkers starts from a dioxin-4-one precursor, which is readed with 2 equivalents of benzyl alcohol under solvent-free microwave conditions to furnish the corresponding /1-diketo benzyl esters. Subsequent treatment with 1 equivalent of N,N-dimethylformamide dimethyl acetal (DMFDMA), again under solvent-free conditions, produces an enamine, which is then cyclized with an amine building block (1.1 equivalents) to produce the desired 4-pyridinone produds. All microwave protocols were conducted under open-vessel conditions using power control. 

An efficient synthesis of ( )-yohimbine has been published by Stork and Guthikonda (222). Reaction of the pyrrolidine enamine of A-methylpiperidone with methyl 3-oxo-4-pentenoate gave 411 in good yield. Reduction of 411 with lithium in liquid ammonia furnished trans-TV-methyldecahydroisoquinolone 412. This building block was transformed in simple reaction steps to secoyohimbane 413 from which ( )-yohimbine could be obtained by oxidative cyclization with... 

A related Heck reaction of substituted o-bromoacetanilides with styrenes followed by selenium-induced cyclization of the resulting o-styiylacetanilides gives 2-arylindoles [378], Substituted o-bromonitrobenzenes react with ethyl vinyl ether under the influence of Pd(OAc)2 to give the corresponding o-ethoxyethenylnitrobenzenes. Zinc reduction then yields indoles [379]. The one-step Pd-catalyzed conversion of o-bromoanilines to indoles 302 with enamines (or with A/-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone) has been reported [380]. 

Hydrolytic conditions are tolerated by dihydrobenzoxazines, and this allows the selective hydrolysis of the ester group of 243 into the free acid with 10% sodium hydroxide <1983JHC45>. The nitrile of 244 was converted into the iminium salt followed by hydrolysis to give the ester 70 <1987M273>. Conversion of 245 into an iminium salt followed by base treatment to give the a-ethoxy enamine then allows cyclization with an aldehyde to give product 246 as shown in Scheme 27 <1986H(24)3483>. 

Hydrolysis of the enamine 14 furnishes citronellal (15) in high optical purity (ca. 99% ee) which gives 17 via ene cyclization with zinc bromide as catalyst. The diastereoselectivity of this step is the result of simple diastereoselection in a trans-decalin-like transition state 16. Catalytic hydrogenation converts the olefin 17 into (—)-menthol (18). Despite its elegance this novel route has not been able to replace the older resolution-based procedure described earlier in this section. 

A further synthesis of thieno[2,3-6]pyridines (79JHC603) resembles quite closely the preparation of pyrrolo[2,3-fc]pyridines (76AP597). 2-Amino-3-cyanothiophenes (e.g. 268 Scheme 62) were reacted with ethyl aminocrotonate to give enamines, which were cyclized with sodium ethoxide yielding 4-aminothieno[2,3-5]pyridines. 

The reaction of vinyl isocyanates of type 123 with enamines gives intermediates containing the enaminoamide moiety, which subsequently undergoes an intramolecular cyclization and affords phenanthridine derivatives (84JOC4569). Numerous polyheterocycles were synthesized similarly (89JOC224). 

Enaminonitriles (154) easily react with esters of acetylenedicarboxylic acid or propiolic acid. The first step is an electrophilic attack of the reactant on the /3-position of the enamine, and this is followed by cyclization with... 

Salicylaldehyde also reacts with enamines to form chromans, although these have not usually been isolated but rather have been oxidized directly to a chromone (66JOC1232). The synthesis has been applied to both cyclic and acyclic enamines and to 2-hydroxy-1-naphthaldehyde. The initial intermediate undergoes an intramolecular cyclization involving participation of the neighbouring hydroxyl group. 

Aminochromans also arise from the reaction of phenolic Mannich bases with enamines (70JHC1311). The route is attractive for a number of reasons the starting materials are readily available its scope is considerable since the enamines may be aldehyde or ketone based and the Mannich bases may be aromatic or heteroaromatic and the products themselves are precursors of hydroxychromans and 4//-chromenes. Mechanistically, the synthesis proceeds through a quinone methide followed by addition to the enamine and cyclization, which may be a concerted process (Scheme 71). 

Stork and Guthikonda (15) have shown that the cyclization of iminium ion 46 (produced in situ) gave ( )-B-yohimbine (47) and Wenkert and co-workers (22) have further observed that the acid-catalyzed cyclization of enamines of type 48 yielded exclusively product 50 via the cyclization of iminium ion 49. In the last two examples, formation of the C —C bond is the result of a trans-addition on the iminium double-bond in agreement with the principle of stereoelectronic control. 

For double cyclization of enamine 500 in DMSO in the presence of K2C03 at 70 °C for 4 h, at 120 °C for 2 h yielded 7-oxo-2,3-dihydro-7H-pyrido[l,2,3-de][l,4]benzoxazine-6-carboxylate374in75% yield (05MIP2). When enamine 500 was treated with crushed pellets of KOH under icecooling for 1.5 h, 10% aqueous KOH was added and the reaction mixture was heated at 85 °C for another 2 h the appropriate 9,10-difluoro-3,3-dimethyl-7-oxo-2,3-dihydro-7H-pyrido[l,2,3-de][l,4]benzoxazine-6-car-boxylic acid was obtained in 83% yield (09WOP2009/035634). 7-Oxo-2,3-dihydro-7H-pyrido[l,2,3-de][l,4]benzoxazine-6-carboxylate 502 (R = Et, R1 = H, R2 = F, R3 = Me) and its racemic form was obtained similarly from... 

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