Cyclobutene 3-methyl

A more conventional cycloaddition occurs with activated acetylenes, however, the intermediate cyclobutene adducts undergo rearrangement to give insertion of two carbon atoms into the enamine chain (55). Thus the enamine (16) reacted with methyl propiolate to give the dienamino ester (73), presumably via the cycloaddition product (65a). 

The synthesis of 2-chloro-2,3,3-trifluorocyclobutyl acetate illustrates a general method of preparing cyclobutanes by heating chlorotrifluoroethylene, tetrafluoroethylene, and other highly fluorinated ethylenes with alkenes. The reaction has recently been reviewed.11 Chlorotrifluoroethylene has been shown to form cyclobutanes in this way with acrylonitrile,6 vinylidene chloride,3 phenylacetylene,7 and methyl propiolate.3 A far greater number of cyclobutanes have been prepared from tetrafluoroethylene and alkenes 4,11 when tetrafluoroethylene is used, care must be exercised because of the danger of explosion. The fluorinated cyclobutanes can be converted to a variety of cyclobutanes, cyclobutenes, and butadienes. 

Since 3-methylenecyclobutane-l,2-dicarboxylic anhydride is easily converted to 3-methyl-2-cydobutene-l,2-dicarboxylic acid, it is an intermediate to a variety of cyclobutenes. The dimethyl ester of 3-methylenecyclobutane-l,2-dicarboxylic acid is also a versatile compound on pyrolysis it gives the substituted allene, methyl butadienoate, and on treatment with amines it gives a cyclobutene, dimethyl 3-methyl-2-cyclobutene-l,2-di-carboxylate. ... 

Scheme 10.2 gives some examples of ene and carbonyl-ene reactions. Entries 1 and 2 are thermal ene reactions. Entries 3 to 7 are intermolecular ene and carbonyl-ene reactions involving Lewis acid catalysts. Entry 3 is interesting in that it exhibits a significant preference for the terminal double bond. Entry 4 demonstrates the reactivity of methyl propynoate as an enophile. Nonterminal alkenes tend to give cyclobutenes with this reagent combination. The reaction in Entry 5 uses an acetal as the reactant, with an oxonium ion being the electrophilic intermediate. 

Reinhoudt et al.53) have reported the first synthesis of a monocyclic thiepin stabilized by electronic effects of the substituents. This synthesis utilizes the idea described in Section 2.3.3. 3-Methyl-4-pyrrolidinothiophene (85a) was treated in deuteriochloroform at —30 °C with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate. H-NMR monitoring of the reaction indicated that a [2 + 2]cycloaddition proceeded slowly at this temperature giving the 2-thiabicyclo[3.2.0]heptadiene (86a) which rearranged via ring opening of the cyclobutene moiety to the 4-pyrrolydinylthiepin (87a). At the... 

Tributylstannyl)-3-cyclobutene-1,2-diones and 4-methyl-3-(tributylstan-nyl)-3-cyclobutene-l,2-dione 2-ethylene acetals undergo the palladium/copper-catalyzed cross coupling with acyl halides, and palladium-catalyzed carbon-ylative cross coupling with aryl/heteroaryl iodides [45]. The coupling reaction of alkenyl (phenyl )iodonium triflates is also performed by a palladium/copper catalyst [46],... 

The sesquiterpenes (+)-10-epijuneol466, (4.54) and ( )-calameon467) (4.55) have been obtained via addition of 6-isopropyl-3-methyl-2-cyclo-hexenone to cyclobutene derivatives. A similar sequence has been applied for the synthesis of an eudesmane precursor (4.56)468). 

Scheme 26 Formation of 1 -metallo-2-methyl-1 -cyclobutenes by the reaction of 1 -metallo-4-halo-1 -butynes with Me3AI-ZrCp2Cl2.

Good levels of regioselectivity were observed, however, when analogous cyclic substrates containing a hydroxy (51) or methyl substituent (52) projecting from the exo-face of the cyclobutene were used. Formation of exclusively tram double bonds in the major regioisomers was also observed with these substrates (Eq. 37) (Table 4). 

Irradiation of a mixture of dimethyl cyclobutene-1,2-dicarboxylate (372) and 3-methyl-2-cyclohexenone (373) gave the adduct (374), which was then pyrolyzed to give the diene (375). Hydrogenation afforded the keto diester (376). On the other hand, when the compound (374) was reduced by NaBH4, y-lactone (377) was... 

Close examination of Table 6 reveals several points of interest. The isomerization of 3-methylcyclobutene yields only diene with none of the cis-isomer. With the transition state suggested for the isomerization of cyclobutene, either isomer could be formed. However, the methyl group away from the ring rather than towards it, with less steric repulsion. 

Bei der Bestrahlung von 1-Methyl-cyclobuten (25) in Aceton mit Licht der Wellenlange A = 254 m[ji werden nur Carbonyl-Verbindungen isoliert, unter denen das 6-Methyl-5-hepten-2-on (26) das Hauptprodukt darstellt. 

Bi s (tri methyl si lyloxy )cyclobut-l-ene Silane, (1 -cyclobuten-1,2-ylenedioxy)bis[trimethyl- Silane, [1-cyclobutene-1,2-diylbis(oxy)]bis[trimethy1- (17082-61-0), 65, 17 Boron trifluoride etherate Ethyl ether, compd. with boron fluoride (BFj) (1 1) Ethane, 1,1 -oxybis-, compd. with trifluoroborane (1 1) (109-63-7), 65, 17... 

Asymmetric deprotonation of monocyclic cycloalkanones is not restricted to cyclohexanones. Thus, deprotonation of 3-phenylcyclobutanone with lithium bis[(S)-l-phenylethyl]amide in THF at — 100 °C in the presence of chlorotriethylsilane affords (—)-(/ )-3-pheny 1-1 -(triethylsi-lyloxy)-l-cyclobutene with 92% ee in 70% yield59d. Interestingly, with lithium (/ )-2,2-dimethyl-A-[( / )-2-(4-methyl-l-piperazinyl)-l-phenylethyl]propylamidc in THF/HMPA an ee value of only 47 % for the enol ether is recorded. 

The construction of the tricyclo[5.2.0.02,6]nonane (26, n = 1) and tricyclo[6.2.0.02,7]decane (26, n = 2) frameworks involved the [2 4- 2] cycloaddition of readily accessible31,32 l,2-bis(trimethyl-siloxy)cyclobutene and cnone 25, n = 1 or 2, respectively.33 The yields (75-80%) were good for adducts 26a, c, e, and g. Lower yields (40-50%) were observed for adducts 26b and 26f, while adduct 26d was only isolated in a trace amount. The most interesting and important reaction, related to the total synthesis of eudesmane sesquiterpenes, was the photochemical reaction of (-)-piperitone (25g) with l,2-bis(trimethylsiloxy)cyclobutene, which gave c/.v,(5wf/u W-2/j,7/i-dimethyl-4/ -isopropyl-l f ,8Jf -bis(triniethylsiloxy)tricyclo[6.2.0.0z 7]dec-3-one (26g) with the relative cis configuration of the methyl (R2) and isopropyl (R3) groups.33,34 Some of the other photochemical [2 + 2] cycloaddition reactions utilizing l,2-bis(trimethyl-siloxy)cyclobutene are shown by the formation of 2735,36 and 28.37... 

The kinetics of the ethanolysis of l-methyl-2-(nonafluorobutanesulfonyloxy)cyclobutene have been studied. Of great interest was its solvolysis in 50% ethanol, which produced 2-methylcy-clobutanone (31) as the major product (94.5%), together with acetylcyclopropane and 1-ethoxy-2-methylcyclobutene in 1 and 4.5% yield, respectively.40... 

Examples of this are the photocycloaddition reactions of 3-methylcyclohex-2-enone with ethene96 and isophoronc with l-propen-2-yl acetate.97 The cycloaddition of isophorone to methyl cyclobutene-1-carboxylate98 or of ( —)-piperitone (28) to 1,2-bis(trimethylsiloxy)cyclo-butene (29)99 affords tricyelo[4.4.0.02 5]deean-7-ones, used as starting compounds in fragmentation reactions. 

Byproducts of this rearrangement are cyclobutenes, cyclopropane derivatives and allenic alcohols. The ratio of these products depends on the substitution of the substrate and on the reaction conditions. For example, 3-methyl-5-tosyloxypenta-l,2-diene (3) gives 75% of 1-methyl-2-methylenecyclobutanol (4) upon hydrolysis with water and calcium carbonate at 100 °C, while acetolysis with acetic acid/sodium acetate at 80 °C, and subsequent treatment with lithium aluminum hydride, provides only 37% of the cyclobutanol.12... 

Several cyclobutenes can be synthesized by elimination of selenoxides from the corresponding methyl- or phenylselanyl derivatives 58 or by elimination of dimethyl selenide from the corresponding selenonium salts 60. The results of these conversions are summarized in Table l.23 The cyclobutenes have been used as precursors for substituted butadienes.23... 

Table 1. Cyclobutenes from Methyl- or Phenylselanylcyclobutanes and Cyclobutyldimethylsclcnonium Salts23...

In the area of reaction energetics. Baker, Muir, and Andzehn have compared six levels of theory for the enthalpies of forward activation and reaction for 12 organic reactions the unimolecular rearrangements vinyl alcohol -> acetaldehyde, cyclobutene -> s-trans butadiene, s-cis butadiene s-trans butadiene, and cyclopropyl radical allyl radical the unimolecular decompositions tetrazine -> 2HCN -F N2 and trifluoromethanol -> carbonyl difluoride -F HF the bimolecular condensation reactions butadiene -F ethylene -> cyclohexene (the Diels-Alder reaction), methyl radical -F ethylene -> propyl radical, and methyl radical -F formaldehyde -> ethoxyl radical and the bimolecular exchange reactions FO -F H2 FOH -F H, HO -F H2 H2O -F H, and H -F acetylene H2 -F HC2. Their results are summarized in Table 8.3 (Reaction Set 1). One feature noted by these authors is... 

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