Cycloaddition fragmentation sequence

Cycloadditions have been carried out to 37/-indoles (222, 223) (125,126), N-arylmaleimides (224) (127,128), l,2), -azaphospholes (225) (129), 5(47/)-oxazo-lones (226) (130), and 4,5-dihydrooxazoles (230) (131). The primary cycloadducts from the reaction of oxazolones (e.g., 226 with diaryl nitrile imines), derived from tetrazoles in refluxing anisole, do not survive. They appear to lose carbon dioxide and undergo a dimerization-fragmentation sequence to give the triazole 228 and the diarylethene 229 as the isolated products (130). In cases where the two aryl substituents on the oxazole are not the same, then, due to tautomerism, isomeric mixtures of products are obtained. 

The [2 + 2] cycloaddition reaction continues to dominate the synthesis of cyclobutanes, and a timely review on the intramolecular [2 -t- 2] photoaddition-cyclobutane fragmentation sequence has appeared. The first stable crystalline /rarts-fused cyclobutanone has been reported to be the ketone (16), which does not readily epimerize to the cis-fused isomer. The product is formed by photolysis of the enone (14) and the ketene acetal (15) followed by mild hydrolysis. ... 

Winkler has extensively examined stereoselective (2 + 2]-cycloaddition reactions in the context of complex molecule synthesis (see also Scheme 18.36). In a fundamental study, intramolecular cycloadditions of tethered enones proved to be highly diastereoselective. Thus, the presence of the stereogenic center on the tether connecting the enone to the dioxinone in 198 controls the stereochemical outcome of the reaction as shown in Scheme 18.31 [133,134). Cycloadduct 200 was isolated in 95 % yield and with superb levels of asymmetric induction (dr= 95 5). A subsequent fragmentation sequence transformed 200 into the neurotoxin perhydrohistrionitoxin (201), an alkaloid isolated from neotropical poison frogs [134]. 

The nonsymmetrical quinolizidine 373 was obtained from the acyclic symmetrical precursor 372 by means of a reaction sequence comprising azide formation, intramolecular 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition, thermal triazoline fragmentation to a diazoalkane, and Michael addition individual steps, as shown in Scheme 85 <2005CC4661>. 

The synthesis of new 11-deoxyprostaglandin analogs with a cyclopentane fragment in the oo-chain, prostanoid 418, has been accomplished by a reaction sequence involving nitrile oxide generation from the nitromethyl derivative of 2-(oo-carbomethoxyhexyl)-2-cyclopenten-l-one, its 1,3-cycloaddition to cyclopenten-l-one and reductive transformations of these cycloadducts (459). Diastereoisomers of a new prostanoid precursor 419 with a 4,5,6,6a-tetrahydro-3aH-cyclopent[d isoxazole fragment in the oo-chain have been synthesized. Reduction of 419 gives novel 11-deoxyprostanoids with modified a- and oo-chains (460). 

The mechanism of this reaction has not been studied in detail. However, it can be represented as a sequence of reactions. The first reaction is, in fact, [3+ 2]-cycloaddition of olefin to furoxan (161). Under severe conditions, the resulting intermediate A undergoes fragmentation to give five-membered cyclic nitronate B. The latter is involved in the usual addition reaction with an excess of olefin to form isolable bicyclic product (162) (301, 378, 379). 

A more advanced, direct route to the core structure of CP-263,114 (me-1) has recently been published by Wood et al., who used carbon-based fragmentation after a phenolic oxidation/ intramolecular Diels-Alder sequence [10], In addition, various cycloadditions for the synthesis of the central bicyclic skeleton have been established [11], Further methods to construct the bicyclic backbone by means of a Diels-Alder reaction [12] and by an exciting multi-step domino reaction [13] are introduced in the next sections, in the context of the total syntheses of the phomoidrides by Nicolaou and Shair, respectively [14]. 

The ready availability of starting materials, such as dienes and alkenes, has contributed to the popularity of the Diels-AIder reaction. Unfortunately, this is not true in [3 + 2] cycloadditions. While die C2 unit is well represented by simple unsaturated molecules as in the Diels-AIder reactions, the source of the odd-numbered Att fragment is less obvious because it is not a common stable entity. Hence, the success of using the [3 + 2] methodology in a synthetic sequence depends critically on the effective generation, reactivity and selectivity of this Cs synthon. 

Ito and coworkers developed a mild and efficient procedure for generating o-quinodimethanes" as reactive intermediates in [4 -I- 2] cycloadditions. The key step in the sequence, illustrated here by the synthesis of Estrone methyl ether (146 Scheme 53) involves a fluoride-induced fragmentation of the o-[a-(trimethylsilyl)alkyl]benzyltrimethylammonium iodide (144) to give the o-quinodimethane (145), which underwent stereoselective intramolecular [4 + 2] cycloaddition to give the desired tetracyclic framework in (146). The entire process was conducted at room temperature. The annulation reaction is not limited to intramolecular cycloadditions intermolecular versions of the reaction proceed equally well. 

A novel fragmentation of iV-arylidene- or Al-(aLkylideneamino)- 8-lactams can be induced by ozone to lead to various enol ethers after a reductive workup with sodium borohydride. The starting 8-lactams can be prepared via [2 + 2] cycloaddition of alkoxy ketenes and an azine and upon treatment with ozone at low temperature, yield the expected secondary ozonides (eq 59). Reduction of the ozonide leads to the corresponding N-nitroso intermediate, which is susceptible to fragmentation of the C4—N1 bond to give a zwitterion intermediate that rearranges to yield the product enol ethers. In the reaction sequence, fra 5- 8-lactams yield predominantly the E-enol ether while the d5- 8-lactams preferentially form the Z-configured enol ethers. 

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