Cyclopentadiene complexes adducts

Hawkins and Loren--- reported simple chiral arylalkyldichloroborane catalysts 352 which were effectively used in the cycloadditions of acrylates 11b and 350 to cyclopentadiene, affording adducts 351a and 351b, respectively (equation 99). A crystal structure of the molecular complex between methyl crotonate and the catalyst allowed the authors to rationalize the outcome of the reaction. One face of methyl crotonate is blocked by n-n donor-acceptor interactions, as becomes clear from the structure of complex 353. The cycloadducl of methyl acrylate and cyclopentadiene (5 equivalents) was obtained with 97% ee, using the same catalyst. Three years later, the authors reported that the cycloadduct was obtained willi 99.5% ee in the presence of 10 equivalents of cyclopentadieiie-- . 

The possibility that Ru(II) can form Jt-complexes with the aromatic side-chains of proteins is an intriguing one. Such complexes are known for simple amino acids derivatives of e.g. tryptophan [50], but have yet to be characterized for protein adducts ofRu(II) arenes. They are known for cyclopentadiene complexes. Reaction of strapped cyclopentadienyl complexes [(ri -C5,Ti -N-C5H4(CH2)nNH2)-Ru(CH3CN)2] (n = 2,3) with proteins such as the hormone secretin in water can lead to sandwich complexes by ruthenation of the arene side chain of the phenylalanine residue (Fig. 2.19) [103]. 

Of particular interest is the oxidation of the complexes Fea CjoH R Og (XXXI R = R = CH3 or H) with aqueous ferric chloride to give a product of composition (RC2R)Fe(CO)6 [190). Oxidation of the dimethyl derivative with cold concentrated nitric acid gives dimethylmaleic anhydride (XXXII). The derivative (HC2H)Fe(CO)6 forms a Diels-Alder adduct (XXXIII) with cyclopentadiene the adduct may be oxidized to succinic acid. All of these data indicate that the derivatives (RC2R)Fe(CO)6 are cyclic derived from maleic acid derivatives. Four of the six carbonyl groups are metal... 

Figure 1.2. Endo and exo pathway for the Diels-Alder reaction of cyclopentadiene with methyl vinyl ketone. As was first noticed by Berson, the polarity of the endo activated complex exceeds that of the exo counterpart due to alignment of the dipole moments of the diene and the dienophile K The symmetry-allowed secondary orbital interaction that is only possible in the endo activated complex is usually invoked as an explanation for the preference for endo adduct exhibited by most Diels-Alder reactions.

Fortunately, in the presence of excess copper(II)nitrate, the elimination reaction is an order of magnitude slower than the desired Diels-Alder reaction with cyclopentadiene, so that upon addition of an excess of cyclopentadiene and copper(II)nitrate, 4.51 is converted smoothly into copper complex 4.53. Removal of the copper ions by treatment with an aqueous EDTA solution afforded in 71% yield crude Diels-Alder adduct 4.54. Catalysis of the Diels-Alder reaction by nickel(II)nitrate is also... 

Evans s bis(oxazolinyl)pyridine (pybox) complex 17, which is effective for the Diels-Alder reaction of a-bromoacrolein and methacrolein (Section 2.1), is also a suitable catalyst for the Diels-Alder reaction of acrylate dienophiles [23] (Scheme 1.33). In the presence of 5 mol% of the Cu((l )-pybox)(SbF5)2 catalyst with a benzyl substituent, tert-butyl acrylate reacts with cyclopentadiene to give the adduct in good optical purity (92% ee). Methyl acrylate and phenyl acrylate underwent cycloadditions with lower selectivities. 

Fujisawa et al. [Ill] have reported that the magnesiiun complex prepared from chiral 2-[2-[(tolylsulfonyl)amino]phenyl]-4-phenyl-l,3-oxazoline 81 and methyl-magnesium iodide was efficient, in a stoechiometric amount, for promoting the enantioselective Diels-Alder reaction of 3-alkenoyl-l,3-oxazohdin-2-one with cyclopentadiene (Scheme 45) leading exclusively to the endo adducts in up to 92% ee. The use of 10 mol% of the complex led to an important decrease in enantioselectivity of the product (51% ee). 

Zeijden [112] used chiral M-functionalized cyclopentadiene ligands to prepare a series of transition metal complexes. The zirconium derivative (82 in Scheme 46), as a moderate Lewis acid, catalyzed the Diels-Alder reaction between methacroleine and cyclopentadiene, with 72% de but no measurable enantiomeric excess. Nakagawa [113] reported l,T-(2,2 -bis-acylamino)binaphthalene (83 in Scheme 46) to be effective in the ytterbium-catalyzed asymmetric Diels-Alder reaction between cyclopentadiene and crotonyl-l,3-oxazolidin-2-one. The adduct was obtained with high yield and enantioselectivity (97% yield, endo/exo = 91/9, > 98% ee for the endo adduct). The addition of diisopropylethylamine was necessary to afford high enantioselectivities, since without this additive, the product was essentially... 

A chiral NHC-Ru complex 158 was used in the Diels-Alder reaction between methacrolein 156 and cyclopentadiene 157 (Scheme 5.41) [47]. The adduct 159 was obtained in an excellent yield under mild conditions, albeit with low enantioselectivity. 

These studies were extended to hydrosilation of cyclopentadiene with trichlorosilane (52). This is most difficult with platinum catalysts. Palladium complexes favored production of 1 1 adducts as a mixture of 3- and 4-trichlorosilylcyclopentene. Nickel complexes produced substantial amounts of 1 2 adducts as trichlorosilyl-substituted 4,7-methylene-4,7,-8,9-tetrahydroindanes, with the exception of nickel tetracarbonyl, which was very active and selectively formed almost exclusively 3-trichlorosi-lylcyclopentene with no 1 2 adduct. 

In the presence of a catalytic amount of chiral lanthanide triflate 63, the reaction of 3-acyl-l,3-oxazolidin-2-ones with cyclopentadiene produces Diels-Alder adducts in high yields and high ee. The chiral lanthanide triflate 63 can be prepared from ytterbium triflate, (R)-( I )-binaphthol, and a tertiary amine. Both enantiomers of the cycloaddition product can be prepared via this chiral lanthanide (III) complex-catalyzed reaction using the same chiral source [(R)-(+)-binaphthol] and an appropriately selected achiral ligand. This achiral ligand serves as an additive to stabilize the catalyst in the sense of preventing the catalyst from aging. Asymmetric catalytic aza Diels-Alder reactions can also be carried out successfully under these conditions (Scheme 5-21).19... 

Evans and coworkers262 demonstrated the utility of bis(oxazolidine)copper(II) complexes 425 as Lewis acid catalysts in Diels-Alder reactions of iV-enoyl-l,3-oxazolidin-2-ones 423 with cyclopentadiene, which gave adducts 424 (equation 128, Table 25). Their best results were obtained using catalyst 425c. Surprisingly, only 30% ee was obtained in the reaction between cyclopentadiene and 17a when catalyzed by 425a. Similar results were obtained for the thiazolidine-2-thione analogs of the iV-enoyl-l,3-oxazolidin-2-ones. 

Copper(II) complexes of amino acids have been explored as chiral Lewis acid catalysts in the Diels-Alder reaction of 3-phenyl-l-(2-pyridyl)-2-propen-l-one with cyclopentadiene. The best results were obtained using /V-methyl-/.-tryptophan, but more interestingly, the highest ee values for the major endo adduct were achieved in aqueous solution273. 

The cationic aqua complexes of the C2-symmetric trans-chelating tridentate ligand 447 proved also highly effective chiral catalysts. The complexes involving the metal(II) perchlorates of iron, cobalt, nickel, copper and zinc produced the main endo adduct of cyclopentadiene and N - aery loy 1-1,3 -oxazo I i din -2 -one with very high ee values281. 

The Diels-Alder reaction of ethyl 2-benzoylacrylate (450) with cyclopentadiene was effectively catalyzed by magnesium(II) complexes of bis(oxazolidine) 448 and oxazolidine 449 (equation 134). When the catalysts were prepared in refluxing acetonitrile, adduct 451 was obtained with virtually complete endo selectivity for the ethoxycarbonyl group and up to 87% ee282. 

The addition of bromine chloride (BrCl) and amine-bromine chloride complexes to cyclopentadiene, isoprene and cis- and fraws-l,3-pentadienes has been also investigated74,77. The amine-bromine chloride complexes react with these dienes to give mixtures of bromochlorides in ratios markedly different from those obtained with BrCl. In particular, in analogy with Br2, BrCl gives significantly more 1,4-addition and the complexes give more anti 1,2-addition. Only Markovnikov 1,2-adducts have been reported for BrCl addition to these dienes. Furthermore, in the case of cyclopentadiene, 1,2-addition proceeds completely anti whereas 1,4-addition gives predominantly the cis adducts (equation 45). 

The product was shown to be the THE adduct, but a later modification of the procedure by E. 0. Fischer and H. Fischer (99), using benzene or diethyl ether in place of THE and the potassium salt in place of the sodium salt of cyclopentadiene, produced solvent-free complexes of Tb, Ho, Tm and Lu. The remaining tricyclopentadienides have since been made by various workers using similar methods (53, 100, 101). All of the complexes behave similarly. They are very air- and moisture-sensitive, are stable to heat, and sublime, except for the europium derivative, at elevated temperatures. They are insoluble in cyclohexane, benzene... 

Further experiments (159), including gas titrations, reactivity studies, and spectroscopic evidence, led to the formulation of the intermediate, earlier postulated (158) to be an oxygenated cobaltocene adduct, as the organic peroxide structure 63, in which the dioxygen bridge once again links the cyclopentadiene ligands in an exo fashion. This complex... 

The sodium salt of cyclopentadiene has been reported to condense readily with ethylene oxide, but the reaction appears to be exceedingly complex, 1,w The initial adduct shown in Eq. (894) can react further with ethylene oxide, undergo DieLa-Alder dimerization, or isomerise to give two more j -hydroxyethy]cyolopeDtadienee. Each of... 

Reactions of the HNiL3CN complex with 1,3-cyclopentadiene, 1,3-cyclo-hexadiene, and 1,3-cyclooctadiene gave intermediates with decreasing stabilities in that order the 1,3-cyclooctadiene intermediate was not spectroscopically observable. The cyclohexadiene adduct was shown to be the cyclohexadienyl complex 12 by its proton spectra, with resonances of H , Hb, and —(CH2)3— at 14.53, 6.06, and 8.47, respectively these values are close to the chemical shifts found earlier (51) for 13 14.52,5.86, and 8.48. The reaction of DNi[P(OMe)3]X with cyclopentadiene gives 13-d, with addition of D and Ni to the same side of the ring (52). Backvall and Andell (55) have shown, using Ni[P(OPh)3]4 and deuterium cyanide (DCN), that addition of D and CN to cyclohexadiene is stereospecifically cis, as expected for jt-allyl intermediate 12. 

The dimethyl sulfide-sulfur trioxide complex also functions as a thiosulfenylating agent, e.g. converting 1,5-cyclooctadiene into a single adduct, presumably of trans stereochemistry (Scheme 26),37 giving the trans adduct of 2-butyne (equation 6),38 and 1,4-adducts with acyclic 1,3-dienes (Scheme 26).37 With cyclopentadiene both 1,2- and 1,4-addition occurs (Scheme 26).37... 

Enantioselective Diels-Alder reaction. Highly stereoselective Diels-Alder reactions can be achieved by use of the 4,4 -diphenylbis(oxazoline) 2b, prepared from (+)-phenylglycinol, as a chiral, bidentate ligand for iron salts. Thus reaction of Fel3 with 2b and I2 in CH3CN forms a complex presumed to be I-Fel3, which can catalyze reaction of 3-acryloyl-l,3-oxazolidin-2-one with cyclopentadiene at —50° to give the endo-adduct in 95% yield. The product is the 2R-enantiomer (82% ee). 

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