Cycloadditions efficient syntheses

Tandem epoxide or aziridine ring opening by azide/copper catalyzed [3+2] cycloaddition efficient synthesis of 1,2,3-triazolo P-hydroxy or P-tosylamino functionality motif. 

Takasu, Ihara and coworkers described an efficient synthesis of ( )-paesslerin A (4-73) using a combination of a [4+2] and a [2+2] cycloaddition (Scheme 4.16) [25], Reaction of 4-71 and propargylic acid methyl ester in the presence of the Lewis acid EtAlCl2 led to 4-72 in 92 % yield, which was converted in six steps into the desired natural product 4-73 by transformation of one of the ester moieties into a methyl group, hydrogenation of one double bond, removal of the other ester moiety, and exchange of the TIPS group for an acetate. 

An efficient synthesis of rigid tricyclic (5 5 5) nitrogen heterocycles 64 has been achieved via sequential and tandem Ugi/intramolecular Diels-Alder (IMDA) cycloaddition of pyrrole derivatives <2004JOC1207> and the trienes 477 were prepared by the acylaton of amines 475 with the anhydride 476. The amines 475 were in turn prepared starting from pyrrole-2-carbaldehyde. The triene 477 on heating in toluene at 80 °C for 15 h underwent the IMDA to afford the tricyclic compound 64 as a single diastereomer in quantitative yield. The sterically bulky N-substitutent on the triene 477 promoted cycloaddition under milder condition at 65 °C in toluene to provide the tricyclic compound 64 in quantitative yield (Scheme 108). 

Efficient synthesis of the mycotoxin asteltoxin 189 was accomplished beginning with the cycloaddition between 3,4-dimethylfuran and 3-benzyloxypropanal, which furnished pho-toaldol 183 in 63% yield (Scheme 42)84. Epoxidation from the convex face of this adduct, with subsequent epoxide opening, afforded 184, which was then elaborated through a series of steps to 185. The side chain was introduced via lithiosulfoxide 186 to furnish, after double sigmatropic rearrangement, 187. Hydrolysis of this afforded 188, which was oxidized and elaborated to 189 in two steps. 

So-called domino or cascade reactions have become more and more important for the efficient synthesis of complex organic molecules [1211. In this respect methyl 2-chloro-2-cyclopropylideneacetate (1-Me) has been used as a dieno-phile to trap cyclic dienes which were produced by intramolecular Heck reactions in Diels-Alder cycloadditions. Thus, the spirocyclopropanated functionalized bicyclo[4.3.0lnonenes 248,250 (Fig. 11) were obtained from the bromo-diene 247 or enynes 249 in 56-83% yield (Scheme 71) [122,1231. 

The synthetic viability of this protocol was demonstrated by the efficient synthesis of an isoindole alkaloid from the Mexican sponge Reniera. a-Cyanosi-lylamine (9) was treated with AgF, in the presence of dipolarophile 10 to furnish the requisite cycloadduct in 68%. An advanced intermediate in the synthesis of nicotine was also prepared by cycloaddition of 11 with phenylvinylsulfone giving the requisite adduct 12 in a 3 1 diastereomic mixture (Schem 3.3). 

An efficient synthesis of the l-aUyl-6-(l, 2, 3 -triazolyl) analogue 170 of 1-[2-hydroxyethoxy)methyl]-6-(phenylthio)thymine (KEPT), an anti-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) reverse transcriptase inhibitor, was reported using an intermolecular 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of the azide 169 with acetylenes (35) (Scheme 9.35). Azidouracil (169), when refluxed with an acetylene in equimolar proportions in toluene, gave the corresponding triazoles (170) in excellent yield. 

Fukuyama and Yang (49) developed a highly efficient synthesis of the tetracyclic intermediate 241, used in a total synthesis of mitomycin A (Scheme 9.49). The required azide 240 was produced from 239 in several steps. Upon heating in refluxing toluene, the azide 240 underwent smooth intramolecular cycloaddition with the unsaturated lactone followed by extrusion of nitrogen to give aziridine 241 in 85% yield. 

The anti-tumour properties of cryptopleurine (33) continue to stimulate synthetic work in this area, and two new syntheses have been reported this year. Snieckus and co-workers25 have described a short, efficient synthesis of the alkaloid, utilizing a benzamide-directed metallation reaction (Scheme 6). In the other synthesis,26 the piperidine derivative (35), prepared by a nitrone cycloaddition reaction, is cyclized... 

A highly efficient synthesis of tricyclic amines in good yield (72-74%) via a novel cyclization/cycloaddition cascade utilizing a substrate in which a dipolarophile is tethered to... 

Intramolecular exocyclic transannular cycloaddition of TMM can provide a viable route to propel-lanes, such as the sesquiteipene modhephene (144). TTiis methodology is demonstrated in an efficient synthesis of a [3.3.3]propellane (145) (equation 149)." The methylenecycloprtqtane approach is preferred in this case because it works well with dialkyl-substimted systems. 

A particularly short and efficient synthesis of the lycopodium al oid (+)-luciduline (303) features as the first step the [4 + 2] cycloaddition of butadiene to optically pure cyclohexenone (299) opposite to the homoallylic methyl group (Scheme 73). To achieve this excellent face discrimination the presence of SnCl4 was requir which, however, provoked an epimerization at C-8a yielding mainly the undesired rmns-fused product (301). Oximation, under epimerizing conditions, easily rectified this problem by channelling both isomers (300) and (301) to a single cij-fused oxime (302) which was converted to the enantiomerically pure alkaloid (303). 

The utility of such cycloadditions has been demonstrated by the elaboration of the cycloadducts to complex natural products [60]. For example, the adduct derived from a cyclopentadiene having a 2-bromoallyl sidechain has been converted to an intermediate employed in a previous (racemic) synthesis of gibberel-lic acid. As illustrated in Scheme 12, an exceptionally efficient synthesis of cassi-ol is realized by the successful execution of a rather difficult endo-selective Diels-Alder reaction using a slightly modified oxazaborolidine (11). The high catalyst loading is balanced by the fact that all the carbons and the quaternary center of the natural product are introduced in a single step. 

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