Alkylation cyclohexenes

When using a bifunclional catalyst combining a hydrogenation function (Pl,Pd,Ni) and a Bransted acid support (silica-alumina, zeolite) good selectivities to cyclohexylbcnzene are obtained upon hydrogenating benzene [66], Apparently the intermediate cyclohexene alkylates benzene (present in excess). Cyclohexylbcnzene is of interest because it can be... 

Progress has been made toward enantioselective and highly regioselective Michael type alkylations of 2-cyclohexen-l -one using alkylcuprates with chiral auxiliary ligands, e. g., anions of either enantiomer of N-[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl]ephedrine (E. J. Corey, 1986), of (S)-2-(methoxymethyl)pyrrolidine (from L-proline R. K. EHeter, 1987) or of chiramt (= (R,R)-N-(l-phenylethyl)-7-[(l-phenylethyl)iinino]-l,3,5-cycloheptatrien-l-amine, a chiral aminotro-ponimine G. M. Villacorta, 1988). Enantioselectivities of up to 95% have been reported. 

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. 

This procedure illustrates a new method for the preparation of 6-alkyl-a,g-unsaturated esters by coupling lithium dialkylcuprates with enol phosphates of g-keto esters. The procedure for the preparation of methyl 2-oxocyclohexanecarboxylate described in Part A Is based on one reported by Ruest, Blouin, and Deslongcharaps. Methyl 2-methyl-l-cyc1ohexene-l-carboxylate has been prepared by esterification of the corresponding acid with dlazomethane - and by reaction of methyl 2-chloro-l-cyclohexene-l-carboxyl ate with lithium dimethylcuprate. -... 

Cyclohexyl bromide, for exfflnple, is converted to cyclohexene by sodium ethoxide in ethanol over 60 times faster than cyclohexyl chloride. Iodide is the best leaving group in a dehydrohalogenation reaction, fluoride the poorest. Fluoride is such a poor leaving group that alkyl fluorides are rarely used as starting materials in the preparation of alkenes. 

The 2,2 -dialkylation of enamines has been used for the synthesis of novel bi- and trieyeloketones (id). Alkylation of 1-N-pyrrolidino-l-cyclohexene (28) with 1,4-diiodobutane gave a 15% yield of bicyelo[1.3.4]-10-decanone (35), while alkylation with o-xylylenedibromide gave a 31 % yield of 2,6-o-xylyleneeyelohexanone (36). 

At higher temperatures the mixture of 10 and methyl vinyl ketone yields the 1,4-carbocyclic compound as described previously. Methyl isopropenyl ketone (5), ethyl acetylacrylate (d), 2-cyclohexenone (21), and 1-acetyl-1-cyclohexene (22) also undergo this type of cyclization reaction with enamines at higher temperatures. This cycloalkylation reaction occurs with enamines made of strongly basic amines such as pyrrolidine, but the less reactive morpholine enamine combines with methyl vinyl ketone to give only a simple alkylated product (7). Chlorovinyl ketones yield pyrans when allowed to react with the enamines of either alicyclic ketones or aldehydes (23). 

In general the Stork reaction gives moderate yields with simple alkyl halides better yields of alkylated product are obtained with more electrophilic reactants such like allylic, benzylic or propargylic halides or an a-halo ether, a-halo ester or a-halo ketone. An example is the reaction of 1-pyrrolidino-l-cyclohexene 6 with allyl bromide, followed by aqueous acidic workup, to yield 2-allylcyclohexanone ... 

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]. 

The two most common elimination reactions arc dehydroUalogenalion—the loss of HX from an alkyl halide—and dehydration—(he loss of water from an alcohol. Dehydrohalogenation usually occurs by reaction of an alkyl halide with strong base such as potassium hydroxide. For example, bromocvclohexane yields cyclohexene when treated with KOH in ethanol solution. 

The alkylation reaction is limited to the use of primary alkyl bromides and alkyl iodides because acetylide ions are sufficiently strong bases to cause dehydrohalogenation instead of substitution when they react with secondary and tertiary alkyl halides. For example, reaction of bromocyclohexane with propyne anion yields the elimination product cyclohexene rather than the substitution product 1-propynylcyclohexane. 

Another method for preparing alkyl halides from alkenes is by reaction with jV-brotnosuccinimide (abbreviated NBS) in the presence of light to give products resulting from substitution of hydrogen by bromine at the allylic position—the position next to the double bond. Cyclohexene, for example, gives 3-bromo-cyclohexene. 

There are three sorts of C-H bonds in cyclohexene, and Table 5.3 gives an estimate of their relative strengths. Although a typical secondary alkyl C-H bond has a strength of about 400 kj/mol (96 kcal/mol) and a typical vinylic C-H bond has a strength of 445 kj/mol (106 kcal/mol), ail allylic C-H bond has a strength of only about 360 kj/mol (87 kcal/mol). An allylic radical is therefore more stable than a typical alkyl radical with the same substitution by about 40 kj/mol (9 kcal/mol). 

Here s an example how might we prove that E2 elimination of an alkyl halide gives the more highly substituted alkene (Zaitsev s rule, Section 11.7) Does reaction of 1-chloro-l-methylcyclohexane with strong base lead predominantly to 1-methyl cyclohexene or to methylenecyclohexane ... 

Cyclohexanones, 2-alkyl-5 methyl-, 56 Cyclohexene, 34 Cyclohexene, 1,6-dibromo-, 34 CYCLOHEXENE, 3-METHYL-, 101 Cyclohexene, 1-phenyl- [Benzene, (1-eyclohexen-l-yl)-], 106 2-Cyclohexen-l-ol, 2-bromo-, 34 2-Cyclohexen-l-ol, 3-methyl-, 101 2-Cyclohexen-l-one, 2-allyl-3-methyl-[2-Cyclohexen-l-one, 3-methyl-2-(2-piopenyl)-], 55... 

Few racemic alkyl p-tolyl sulphoxides were prepared in rather low yields (16—40%) by the reaction of Grignard reagents with mixed anhydrides 108, 109 and compound HO formed in situ from p-toluenesulphinic acid and 3-phthalimidoxy-l,2-benzoisothiazole 1, 1-dioxide167 (equation 59). The mixed anhydrides 109 or 110 when reacted with cyclopen-tene and cyclohexene enamines 111 gave the corresponding a-ketocycloalkyl sulphoxides 112 in low yields (10-41%) along with small amounts of several by-products such as disulphides and thiosulphonates167 (equation 60). 

A low ion pair yield of products resulting from hydride transfer reactions is also noted when the additive molecules are unsaturated. Table I indicates, however, that hydride transfer reactions between alkyl ions and olefins do occur to some extent. The reduced yield can be accounted for by the occurrence of two additional reactions between alkyl ions and unsaturated hydrocarbon molecules—namely, proton transfer and condensation reactions, both of which will be discussed later. The total reaction rate of an ion with an olefin is much higher than reaction with a saturated molecule of comparable size. For example, the propyl ion reacts with cyclopentene and cyclohexene at rates which are, respectively, 3.05 and 3.07 times greater than the rate of hydride transfer with cyclobutane. This observation can probably be accounted for by a higher collision cross-section and /or a transmission coefficient for reaction which is close to unity. 

R = H, Alkyl, R = H, Alkyl, Allyl, c-Alkenyl Reagent = EtgSiH, MegAl, TMS-allyl, 3-TMS-Cyclohexen (-penten) Lewis acid = TiCl4, SnCl4, SnBr4, TfOH Scheme 13 (Table 3)... 

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). 

The shape selective catalysis was examined by choosing five kinds of the reactions, Eqs. (1) - (5), that is, dehydration of 2-hexanol, decompositions of three kinds of esters and alkylation of 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene with cyclohexene. 

The water-insoluble salts such as Cs2,5Ho., iPWi204o efficiently catalyse dehydration of 2-propanol in the gas phase and alkylation of m-xylene and trimethyl benzene with cyclohexene this catalyst is much more active than Nafion-H, HY-zeolite, H-ZSM-5, and sulphated zirconia (Okuhara et al., 1992). 

C/H-insertions have been reported to occur in copper-catalyzed reactions between diazomalonates and cyclohexene as well as some alkylated derivatives 9,57. Some acyclic alkenes behave similarly9, but not so 1,1-dicyclopropylethylene150), An abstraction/recombination mechanism via intermediates of type 103 has been proposed53 which would account not only for the three insertion products 104-106... 

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