Cycloaddition reactions 3 + 2 and

Extrapolation from the known reactivity of cyclobutadiene would suggest that azetes should be highly reactive towards dimerization and as dienes and dienophiles in cycloaddition reactions and the presence of a polar C=N should impart additional reactivity towards attack by nucleophiles. Isolation of formal dimers of azetes has been claimed as evidence for the intermediacy of such species, but no clear reports of their interception in inter-molecular cycloaddition reactions or by nucleophiles have yet appeared. 

Cycloaddition involves the combination of two molecules in such a way that a new ring is formed. The principles of conservation of orbital symmetry also apply to concerted cycloaddition reactions and to the reverse, concerted fragmentation of one molecule into two or more smaller components (cycloreversion). The most important cycloaddition reaction from the point of view of synthesis is the Diels-Alder reaction. This reaction has been the object of extensive theoretical and mechanistic study, as well as synthetic application. The Diels-Alder reaction is the addition of an alkene to a diene to form a cyclohexene. It is called a [47t + 27c]-cycloaddition reaction because four tc electrons from the diene and the two n electrons from the alkene (which is called the dienophile) are directly involved in the bonding change. For most systems, the reactivity pattern, regioselectivity, and stereoselectivity are consistent with describing the reaction as a concerted process. In particular, the reaction is a stereospecific syn (suprafacial) addition with respect to both the alkene and the diene. This stereospecificity has been demonstrated with many substituted dienes and alkenes and also holds for the simplest possible example of the reaction, that of ethylene with butadiene ... 

Predict the regiochemistiy and stereochemistiy of the following cycloaddition reactions and indicate the basis for your prediction. 

Al-Heterocycles, formation from olefins and acetylenes in a metallocomplex-catalyzed cycloaddition reaction and further transformations 98IZV816. 

A few computational studies focus on the saturated analog of 4//-l,4-oxazine, i.e., morpholine [98JCS(P2)1223, 00JCS(P2)1619, 00TL5077]. These cover the structure of lithium morpholide, cycloaddition reactions, and molecular complexes with genistein. 

A pericyclic reaction is one that takes place in a single step through a cyclic transition state without intermediates. There are three major classes of peri-cyclic processes electrocyclic reactions, cycloaddition reactions, and sigmatropic rearrangements. The stereochemistry of these reactions is controlled by the symmetry of the orbitals involved in bond reorganization. 

Lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO), 500, 1181 cycloaddition reactions and. 1188-1189... 

Stabilised sulphur ylides react with alkenylcarbene complexes to form a mixture of different products depending on the reaction conditions. However, at -40 °C the reaction results in the formation of almost equimolecular amounts of vinyl ethers and diastereomeric cyclopropane derivatives. These cyclopropane products are derived from a formal [2C+1S] cycloaddition reaction and the mechanism that explains its formation implies an initial 1,4-addition to form a zwitterionic intermediate followed by cyclisation. Oxidation of the formed complex renders the final products [30] (Scheme 8). 

As complex 40 proved to be active in cycloaddition reactions and is isoelectronic to Rh(+1), which is a potent catalyst for [2 + 2 + 2] cycloadditions [20, 21], it was expected that 40 might also be active in those reactions, which is indeed the case. Triyne 54 could be converted to the [2 + 2 + 2]-cycloaddition product 55 in good yield (eq. 3 in Scheme 11). Mechanistically, this reaction is also assumed to proceed via a metallacyclic intermediate. 

A theoretical study based on PM3 frontier molecular orbital (FMO) and potential energy surface (PES) analysis at the restricted Hartree-Fock (RHF)/6-31+G level was performed to examine the reaction of l-amino-2-ethoxycarbonyl-pyridinium mesitylenesulfonate and acrylonitrile in the presence of Hilnig s base leading to the formation of l,2-dihydropyrido[l,2-A]pyridazinium inner salt 17 <1999JOC9001>. The calculations indicated that both the [3+2] cycloaddition reaction and the ring expansion occurred in a concerted manner rather than through a stepwise mechanism via a zwitterionic intermediate 16 (Scheme 1). 

In contrast to some analogous structures, pyrido[2,l-f][l,2,4]triazine 108 is quite stable toward atmospheric oxygen. It reacts, however, with singlet oxygen in a cycloaddition reaction, and the intermediate 109 thus formed loses nitrogen resulting in the pyridone 110 (Scheme 8) <2001JHC205>. 

A variety of triazole-based monophosphines (ClickPhos) 141 have been prepared via efficient 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of readily available azides and acetylenes and their palladium complexes provided excellent yields in the amination reactions and Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reactions of unactivated aryl chlorides <06JOC3928>. A novel P,N-type ligand family (ClickPhine) is easily accessible using the Cu(I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition reaction and was tested in palladium-catalyzed allylic alkylation reactions <06OL3227>. Novel chiral ligands, (S)-(+)-l-substituted aryl-4-(l-phenyl) ethylformamido-5-amino-1,2,3-triazoles 142,... 

Synthesis of Dialkylboryl Nitronates Approaches to the synthesis of boryl nitronates are similar to the strategy for the synthesis of silyl nitronates developed in more detail (see Section 3.2.3). However, only four studies have dealt with the synthesis of boryl nitronates (217, 229-231). The absence of interest in this class of compounds is apparently attributed to the fact that they are not involved in 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions and, consequently, are unlikely to find use in organic synthesis. 

This chapter focuses on some typical examples, starting with the usual cycloaddition reactions and then the catalytic asymmetric Diels-Alder reactions, hetero Diels-Alder reactions, retro Diels-Alder reactions, and intramolecular... 

From a theoretical viewpoint, the effect of aqueous solvation in organic reactions has received considerable attention in recent years. These studies have gone a step beyond analysis of simple models to consider reactions such as SN1, SN2, cycloaddition reactions and Claisen rearrangement, for instance, with more realistic models. 

The disilagermirenes shown in Equation (190) react rapidly with SnCl2 to give the disilagermastannetene as orange crystals, with 5119Sn = 439.3, which is indefinitely stable in solution and in the solid state. The Sn=Ge bond readily undergoes addition and cycloaddition reactions, and, with carbon tetrachloride, the tetrachloro derivative is formed.582... 

The antara-supra processes, even if less studied than the more common supra-supra reactions are frequently encountered in recent works on cycloaddition reactions and confirm in their turn the utility of orbital symmetry considerations. 

The use of iminium ion activation in cycloaddition reactions has some precedent with synthetic and biogenetic examples. Baum showed that acetylinic iminium compounds underwent facile [4+2] and [3+2] cycloaddition reactions and describes them to be among the best partners within these reactions" [25]. Baldwin has also proposed an iminium ion accelerated [4+2] cycloaddition in the biosynthesis of the Galbulimina type I alkaloids, highlighting the facile nature of these stoichiometric reactions [26-28],... 

Also propiogeninic type macrolide moieties should be accessible via this inverse type hetero-Diels-Alder methodology. This was recently exhibited starting from cis-propenylether as heterodienophile (Schmidt, R.R. Haag-Zeino, B. Hoch, M. Liebigs Ann. Chem., in press). In a highly endo-selective cycloaddition reaction and in subsequent diastereoselective transformations of the methyl substituted dihydropyran obtained a 2,4-dimethyl-... 

The interpretation of chemical reactivity in terms of molecular orbital symmetry. The central principle is that orbital symmetry is conserved in concerted reactions. An orbital must retain a certain symmetry element (for example, a reflection plane) during the course of a molecular reorganization in concerted reactions. It should be emphasized that orbital-symmetry rules (also referred to as Woodward-Hoffmann rules) apply only to concerted reactions. The rules are very useful in characterizing which types of reactions are likely to occur under thermal or photochemical conditions. Examples of reactions governed by orbital symmetry restrictions include cycloaddition reactions and pericyclic reactions. 

Wordy Over the past few years, we have encountered numerous examples of water as the perfect solvent. We observed this first in osmium-catalyzed dihydroxylation reactions and also in nucleophilic ring-opening reactions of epoxides. We also observed this in cycloaddition reactions and in most oxime ether, hydrazone, and aromatic heterocycle condensation processes.Finally, we observed it in formation reactions of an amide from a primary amine and an acid chloride using aqueous Schotten-Baumann conditions. ... 

Other mechanistic possibilities also exist for the [5-1-2] cycloaddition reaction and cannot be mled out at this point In addition to the stepwise pathways depicted in Scheme 13.8, it is also possible that coordination of the 27r-component to 42 could lead directly to 48 through simultaneous insertion and cleavage. Variations on these events, such as direct insertion into the cyclopropane to form a metaUacyclobutane, are also possible. 

Complex 93 was tested in a variety of [5+2] cycloaddition reactions and compared, where relevant, with some other effective catalysts (Tab. 13.6). Excellent results were obtained with VCPs tethered to terminal and internal alkynes, alkynoates, and aUcenes. 

While the perfluorinated acetates do prefer insertion, they are still capable of forming 1,3-dipoles and have demonstrated interesting effects on the regioselectivity of intramolecular cycloaddition reactions, presumably through Lewis acid-mediated effects on the dipolarophile [83]. Other chemoselectivity effects have been noted in the intramolecular cycloaddition reactions and may or may not be partially induced by conformation and sterics [84]. It was further demonstrated thaL when possible, O-H insertion is the predominant outcome over other types of insertion for rhodium]II)-car-benes, independently of the catalyst. However, cycloaddition reactions have been demonstrated to be hgand-dependent [85]. 

Phenylsulfonyl-1,3-dienes are versatile synthetic intermediates. They can participate in cycloaddition reactions and Michael-type additions leading to adducts which can be further functionalized. In the latter case the resulting allylic sulfone can be functionalized by electrophiles, nucleophiles, or both (Figure 1). 

H-stacking interactions have also been exploited to orientate olefinic moieties in a geometry suitable for photochemical cycloaddition reactions, and have been invoked by Coates et al. to explain the photodimerization and photopolymerization of mono- and diolefins carrying phenyl and perfiuorophenyl groups [43]. Matsumoto et al. reported the photodimerization of 2-pyridone in co-crystals with naphthalene-substituted monocarboxyhc acids, where the stacking of the naphthalene rings provides carbon-carbon distances appropriate for [4+4] cycloaddition [44]. 

Thiophene is present in the benzene fraction from the distillation of coal tar. As with pyrrole and furan, the same type of resonance forms contribute to its overall molecular constitution, and the compound is aromatic in character. There is a difference between thiophene and furan, however, because sulfur is less electronegative than oxygen. Thus, the chemistry of thiophene tends to be closer to that of pyrrole than to that of furan. For example, thiophene does not enter easily into [4 + 2] cycloaddition reactions and quite severe conditions, high pressure (15 bar) and a temperature of 100 C, are necessary in order to force a cycloaddition between it and maleic anhydride. 

The Lewis acid-mediated reactions of 2-aza-l,3-dienes and aldehydes, resulting in tetrahydro-l,3-oxazin-4-one derivatives, were explained in terms of the competitive existence of two reaction pathways a [4+2] hetero-Diels-Alder cycloaddition reaction and a Mukaiyama aldol reaction <2001TA439>. 

Another review concerning the synthesis of cyclic peroxides has been published and a solid-supported catalyst 231 for both cycloaddition reactions and singlet oxygen ene reactions was synthesized and demonstrated to be an efficient, mild, and recyclable alternative to solution-phase photooxygenation catalysts <2006JOC724>. 

One strategy to prepare saturated 5(4//)-oxazolones from unsaturated oxazo-lones takes advantage of the reactivity of the exocyclic double bond. In this context, numerous reactions have been explored including reductions, Michael reactions, cycloaddition reactions, and many others. These reactions will be discussed in the context of the reactivity of the exocyclic double bond of the unsaturated oxazolones and will be described in Section 7.4.3. 

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