Cyclohexene oxidations

Epoxides and aziridines are also capable of electrophilic subsitution of indoles. Indolylmagncsium bromide and cyclohexene oxide react to give 3-(lrans-2-hydroxycyclohexyl)indole[14]. Reaction of indoles with epoxides also occurs in the presence of Lewis acids. For example, indole reacts with methyl 2S,3R-epoxybutanoate at C3 with inversion of configuration[15]. 

The cycloahphatic products are generally Hquids of lower viscosity than the standard glycidyl ether resins. The peroxidized resins contain no chlorine and low ash content and their ring-contained oxirane group (cyclohexene oxide type) reacts more readily with acidic curing agents than the bisphenol A-derived epoxy resins. 

Photolysis of pyridazine IV-oxide and alkylated pyridazine IV-oxides results in deoxygenation. When this is carried out in the presence of aromatic or methylated aromatic solvents or cyclohexane, the corresponding phenols, hydroxymethyl derivatives or cyclohexanol are formed in addition to pyridazines. In the presence of cyclohexene, cyclohexene oxide and cyclohexanone are generated. 

Propylene oxide 1,2-Epoxypropane 2-Methyloxirane 2-Methyloxacyclopropane Cyclohexene oxide 1,2-Epoxycyclohexane 7-Oxabicyclo[4.1.0]heptane ... 

Oxirane on thermolysis or photolysis suffers C—O homolysis to give a plethora of products (Scheme 2). Substituted oxiranes behave similarly on thermolysis although some C—C cleavage is observed (Scheme 3). Cyclopentene and cyclohexene oxides undergo only C—O cleavage (Scheme 4). 

Nucleophilic attack on oxirane carbon usually proceeds with inversion of configuration (Scheme 44) as expected for Sn2 reactions, even under acid conditions (Scheme 45). Scheme 45 also illustrates the fact that cyclohexene oxides open in a fran5-diaxial manner this is known as the Fiirst-Plattner rule (49HCA275) and there are very few exceptions to it. 

Hydroxymethylmethyldiazirine (209 unprotonated) formed propionaldehyde as the sole product by thermal nitrogen extrusion 4-hydroxy-l,2-diazaspiro[2.5]oct-l-ene (218) formed a mixture of cyclohexanone (73%), cyclohexenol (21%) and cyclohexene oxide (5%). Thermal decomposition of difluorodiazirine (219) was investigated intensively. In this case there is no intramolecular stabilization possible. On heating for three hours to 165-180 °C hexafluorocyclopropane and tetrafluoroethylene were formed together with perfluorofor-maldazine 64JHC59). 

Cyclohexene oxide [286-20-4] M 98.2, b 131-133 /atm, dj 0.971, n 1.452. Fractionated through an efficient column. The main impurity is probably H2O. Dry over MgS04, filler and distil several limes (b 129-134 /aim). The residue is sometimes hard to remove from the distilling flask. To avoid this difficulty, add a small amount of a mixture of ground NaCl and Celite (1 1) to help break the residue particularly if H2O is added. [Org Synth Coll Vol I 185 7945.]... 

Several mechanisms for the polymerization of vinyl ether and epoxies have been suggested [20,22,23,25,27,28,33-35]. On irradiation with gamma rays or electrons, pure epoxies polymerize via a cationic mechanism [35]. However, this cationic polymerization is inhibited by just traces of moisture, as shown below for cyclohexene oxide in reaction 5. 

Asymmetric ring-opening of saturated epoxides by organoctiprates has been studied, hut only low enantioselectivities f -c 1596 ee) have so far been obtained [49, 50]. Muller et al., for example, have reported that tlie reaction between cyclohexene oxide and MeMgBr, catalyzed by 1096 of a chiral Schiffhase copper complex, gave froiis-2-metliylcyclohexanol in 5096 yield and with 1096 ee [50]. 

Treatment of the piperidine 74, obtainable from an aminonitrile such as 73, under N-methylation conditions leads to the dimethylamino derivative 75. The carbobenzoxy protecting group is then removed by catalytic hydrogenation. Reaction of the resulting secondary amine 76 with cyclohexene oxide leads to the alkylated trans aminoalcohol. There is thus obtained the anti-arrhythmic agent transcainide (77) [18]. 

Cyclohexadiene has been prepared by dehydration of cyclohexen-3-ol,3 by pyrolysis at 540° of the diacetate of cyclohexane-1,2-diol,4 by dehydrobromination with quinoline of 3-hromocyclohexene,6 by treating the ethyl ether of cyclohexen-3-ol with potassium bisulfatc,6 7 by heating cyclohexene oxide with phthalic anhydride,8 by treating cyclohexane-1,2-diol with concentrated sulfuric acid,9 by treatment of 1,2-dibromocyclo-hexane with tributylamine,10 with sodium hydroxide in ethylene glycol,10 and with quinoline,6 and by treatment of 3,6-dibromo-cyclohexene with sodium.6... 

NOL-based systems for addition of (substituted) anilines to meso epoxides. Hou found that a ytterbium-BI NO L complex catalyzed desymmetrization of cyclohexene oxide in up to 80% ee [15], Shibasaki demonstrated that a praseodymium-BINOL complex could promote addition of p-anisidine to several epoxides in moderate yields with modest enantioselectivities (Scheme 7.7) [16]. 

An alternative method for generating enriched 1,2-diols from meso-epoxides consists of asymmetric copolymerization with carbon dioxide. Nozaki demonstrated that a zinc complex formed in situ from diethylzinc and diphenylprolinol catalyzed the copolymerization with cyclohexene oxide in high yield. Alkaline hydrolysis of the isotactic polymer then liberated the trans diol in 94% yield and 70% ee (Scheme 7.20) [40]. Coates later found that other zinc complexes such as 12 are also effective in forming isotactic polymers [41-42]. 

Although enolates, their equivalents, and otherwise stabilized carbanions would be interesting candidates for ARO of weso-epoxides, no efficient catalytic method has been developed to date. Crotti reported that 20 mol% of (salen)Cr-Cl complex 2 promoted the addition of the lithium enolate of acetophenone to cyclohexene oxide with moderate ees (Scheme 7.26) [50], However, the very low yields obtained... 

The potential of such reaction sequences for the generation of molecular diversity was also demonstrated by the synthesis of a library of heterocycles. Epoxide ring-opening with hydrazine and subsequent condensation with (3-diketones or other bifunctional electrophiles gave rise to a variety of functionalized heterocyclic structures in high purity [34]. A selection based on the substrate derived from cyclohexene oxide is shown in Scheme 12.12. 

Cyclohexanone, 23,35 Cyclohexene oxide, 137 Cyclohcxyl methyl ether, 137 l-Cydohexyl-2-methylpropene, 68-9 ( )-l-Cyclohexyl-2-trimethyl ilylethene, 12 (Z)-l-Cyclohexyl-2-trimethylsilylelhene, 12 l-Cydohcxyl-2-trimethylsilylethyne, 12 (2-Cyclohexylidene-eihyl)trimethylsilane, 29 Cyclopentadec-2-ynone, 48 Cydopentadiene, 25 Cyclopentanone, 72 Cyclopentenones, 15 Cyclopropanone, 133... 

Conversion of epoxides into /3-hydroxy isocyanides—preparation of trans-2-isocyanocyclohexanol, using TMSCN to open cyclohexene oxide with trans stereochemistry, followed by KF/MeOH cleavage of the intermediate silyl ether. 

By studying the NMR spectra of the products, Jensen and co-workers were able to establish that the alkylation of (the presumed) [Co (DMG)2py] in methanol by cyclohexene oxide and by various substituted cyclohexyl bromides and tosylates occurred primarily with inversion of configuration at carbon i.e., by an 8 2 mechanism. A small amount of a second isomer, which must have been formed by another minor pathway, was observed in one case (95). Both the alkylation of [Co (DMG)2py] by asymmetric epoxides 129, 142) and the reduction of epoxides to alcohols by cobalt cyanide complexes 105, 103) show preferential formation of one isomer. In addition, the ratio of ketone to alcohol obtained in the reaction of epoxides with [Co(CN)5H] increases with pH and this has been ascribed to differing reactions with the hydride (reduction to alcohol) and Co(I) (isomerization to ketone) 103) (see also Section VII,C). 

In the same study, several ligands variously functional on both the nitrogen and the sulfur atoms have been developed, providing a new class of cyclo-hexylamino sulfide ligands derived from cyclohexene oxide. All the ligands depicted in Scheme 9.7 were evaluated for the Ir-catalysed hydride-transfer reduction of acetophenone in the presence of i-PrOH as the hydrogen donor, providing enantioselectivities of up to 70% ee. 

The role of oxygen on the allyhc oxidation of cyclohexene over the FePcCli6-S/TBHP catalytic system was determined by using 2 labelled oxygen. Since more than 70% of the main cyclohexene oxidation products, 4,11, and 12, had labelled oxygen, we can assure that molecular oxygen acts as co-oxidant. However, under the reaction conditions the over-oxidation of 4 seems to be unavoidable. Labelled 2, 3- epoxy-l-cyclohexanone (13), 2-cyclohexen-l, 4-dione (14), and 4-hydroxy-2-cyclohexen-l-one (15) were detected as reaction products. 

Figure 49.3. UV-vis spectra of FePcCli -S before and after cyclohexene oxidation.

Epoxide-derived radicals are generated under very mild reaction conditions and are therefore valuable for intermolecular C-C bond-forming reactions [27,29]. The resulting products, 5-hydroxyketones, 5-hydroxyesters or 5-lactones constitute important synthetic intermediates. The first examples were reported by Nugent and RajanBabu who used a variety of epoxides, such as cyclohexene oxide and a Sharpless epoxide (Scheme 7). 

Reactions of 1 with epoxides involve some cycloaddition products, and thus will be treated here. Such reactions are quite complicated and have been studied in some depth.84,92 With cyclohexene oxide, 1 yields the disilaoxirane 48, cyclohexene, and the silyl enol ether 56 (Eq. 29). With ( )- and (Z)-stilbene oxides (Eq. 30) the products include 48, ( > and (Z)-stilbenes, the E- and Z-isomers of silyl enol ether 57, and only one (trans) stereoisomer of the five-membered ring compound 58. The products have been rationalized in terms of the mechanism detailed in Scheme 14, involving a ring-opened zwitterionic intermediate, allowing for carbon-carbon bond rotation and the observed stereochemistry. 

The formation of crystal inclusion of 47 and 48 with cyclic ketones of suitable ring size (cyclopentanone, cyclohexanone) and with cyclohexene oxide are also important facts. Corresponding inclusion compounds with alcohols or amines could not be obtained. With reference to the heterocyclic guest molecules, the suitability of the ring size is likely to be the decisive factor for guest inclusion. 

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