5- -2-cyclohexenone

Total Synthesis. Poor yields encountered duriag the manufacture of vitamin D stimulated early attempts to synthesize vitamin D. In 1959 Inhoffen synthesized vitamin from 3-methyl-2-(2-carboxyethyl)-2-cyclohexenone (40), uskig the Wittig reaction extensively (103). 

The synthesis of this series involved the reaction of disubstituted or benzo fused 6-keto(formyl)-2-cyclohexenones with hydroxylamine (Scheme 176), Base degradation gave a-cyanoketones which can be further degraded to diacids (67AHC(8)277, 80IJC(B)406). 

The preparation of 3-ethoxy-2-cyclohexenone is described elsewhere in this volume. ... 

The 2-cyclohexenone obtained by an ordinary distillation at this point is contaminated with lower-boiling impurities (see Note 5), primarily ether and ethanol. 

The purity of the 2-cyclohexenone may be assayed by gas chromatography on an 8 mm. x 215 cm. column heated to 125° and packed with di-(2-ethylhexyl) sebacate suspended on ground firebrick. This method of analysis indicates that the 3-cyclo-hexenone in the product amounts to no more than 3%. The fore-run from this fractional distillation contains substantial amounts of 2-cyclohexenone accompanied by ether, ethanol, and minor amounts of other lower-boiling impurities. Additional quantities of pure 2-cyclohexenone can be recovered by redistillation of this fore-run. The preparation of 2-cyclohexenone has been run on twice the scale described with no loss in yield. The ultraviolet spectrum of an ethanol solution of the 2-cyclohexenone obtained has a maximum at 226 m/i (s = 10,400). 

Cyclohexenone has been prepared by dehydrohalogenation of 2-bromocyclohexanone, by the hydrolysis and oxidation of 3-chlorocyclohexene, by the dehydration of a-hydroxycyclohexa- ione, by the oxidation of cyclohexene with chromic acid or hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a vanadium catalyst, by I lie addition of acroleiti to ethyl acetoacctate followed by cycliza-lion, hydroly.sis, and decar])oxylation, by the reduction of N,N-dimelliyliiniline with sodium and ethanol itt liquid ammonia... 

In a 2-1. flask fitted with a total-reflux, variable-take-off distillation head is placed a solution of 53 g. (0.472 mole) of dihydroresorcinol (Note 1), 2.3 g. of -toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate and 250 ml. of absolute ethanol in 900 ml. of benzene. The mixture is heated to boiling and the azeotrope composed of benzene, alcohol, and water is removed at the rate of 100 ml. per hour. When the temperature of the distilling vapor reaches 78° (Note 2), the distillation is stopped and the residual solution is washed with four 100-ml. portions of 10% aqueous sodium hydroxide which have been saturated with sodium chloride. The resulting organic solution is washed with successive 50-ml. portions of water until the aqueous washings are neutral and then concentrated under reduced pressure. The residual liquid is distilled under reduced pressure. The yield of 3-ethoxy-2-cyclohexenone (Note 3), b.p. 66-68.5°/0.4 mm. or 115-121°/11 mm., Mq 1.5015, is 46.6-49.9 g. (70-75%). 

Ethoxy-2-cyclohexenone has been prepared by reaction of the silver salt of dihydroresorcinol with ethyl iodide and by the reaction of dihydroresorcinol with ethyl orthoformate, ethanol and sulfuric acid." The acid-catalyzed reaction of dihydroresorcinol with ethanol in benzene solution utilized in this preparation is patterned after the procedure of Frank and Hall. ... 

Ethoxy-2-cyclohexenone is a useful intermediate in the synthesis of certain cyclohexenones. The reduction of 3-ethoxy-2-cyclohexenone with lithium aluminum hydride followed by hydrolysis and dehydration of the reduction product yields 2-cyclo-hexenone. Similarly, the reaction of 3-ethoxy-2-cyclohexenone with Grignard reagents followed by hydrolysis and dehydration of the addition product affords a variety of 3-substituted 2-cyclo-hexenones. ... 

The alkylation of 3-methyl-2-cyclohexenone with several dibromides led to the products shown below. Discuss the course of each reaction and suggest an explanation for the dependence of the product structure on the identity of the dihalide. 

The Y appendage of 2-cyclohexenone 191 cannot be directly disconnected by an alkylation transform. (y-Extended enolates derived from 2-cyclohexenones undergo alkylation a- rather than y- to the carbonyl group). However, 191 can be converted to 192 by application of the retro-Michael transform. The synthesis of 192 from methoxybenzene by way of the Birch reduction product 193 is straightforward. Another synthesis of 191 (free acid) is outlined in... 

Leonard and Musliner (50) found that the reaction of 2-cyclohexenone with pyrrolidine in the presence of p-toluenesulfonic acid led to the dimeric enamine (102). 

Substituted /J--cvclohexenoaes such as 3,5,5-trimethyl-2-cyclohexenone (104) gave with pyrrolidine the corresponding enamine (105) (50a). 

Displacement of Vinyl fluorine or chloride by secondary amines has given some unusual enamines as illustrated for the preparation of 1,1-difluoro-2-piperidino-3-phenyl-2-cyclobutene (151) (US), l,l-difluoro-2,4-dipiperidino-3-phenyl-2-cyclobutene (152) (114), and 2-phenyl-3-(l -aziridinyl)-2-cyclohexenone (153) (115). 

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). 

The parent TMM precursor (1), now commercially available, has played a pivotal role in the execution of many synthetic plans directed at natural and unnatural targets. Reaction of (1) with 2-(methoxycarbonyl)cyclohexenone (14, R=C02Me) in the presence of palladium acetate and triethyl phosphite produced the adduct (15) in near quantitative yield. This cycloadduct is a critical intermediate in the total synthesis of a hydroxykempenone (16), a component of the defensive substances secreted by termites (Scheme 2.5) [12]. In accord with a previous observation by Trost that unactivated 2-cyclohexenone reacts poorly with TMM-Pd [13], the substrate (14, R=Me) was essentially inert in the cycloaddition. 

The Robinson annulation of ethyl acetoacetate and trans-chalcone proceeded smoothly to give 6-ethoxycarbonyl-3,5-diphenyl-2-cyclohexenone in 48 % yield. The product was separated from the ionic liquid by solvent extraction with toluene. In both these reactions, the ionic liquid [HMIM][PF6] was recycled and reused with no reduction in the product yield. 

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