Functionalized cyclopentanones

A synthesis of descarboxylquadrone (621) has been described The presence of the a, p-unsaturated carbonyl system causes this substan< to be biologically active, presumably in parallel with the latent a-methylene cyclopentanone functionality believed responsible for the cytotoxic activity of quadrone. 

An interesting example of a facile anionic multi-step one-pot reaction is the condensation of 2-ethylpropenal with substituted cyclopentanones using DBU as base to give functionalized cyclohep-... 

Marchand and co-workers ° synthesis of 5,5,9,9-tetranitropentacyclo[5.3.0.0 .0 °.0 ] decane (52) reqnired the dioxime of pentacyclo[5.3.0.0 .0 °.0 ]decane-5,9-dione (49) for the incorporation of the four nitro groups. Synthesis of the diketone precursor (48) was achieved in only five steps from cyclopentanone. Thus, acetal protection of cyclopentanone with ethylene glycol, followed by a-bromination, and dehydrobromination with sodium in methanol, yielded the reactive intermediate (45), which underwent a spontaneous Diels-Alder cycloaddition to give (46). Selective acetal deprotection of (46) was followed by a photo-initiated intramolecular cyclization and final acetal deprotection with aqueous mineral acid to give the diketone (48). Derivatization of the diketone (48) to the corresponding dioxime (49) was followed by conversion of the oxime groups to gem-dinitro functionality using standard literature procedures. 

The structural similarity between claenone (42) and stolonidiol (38) enabled Yamada to exploit an almost identical strategy for the total synthesis of (-)-stolonidiol (38) [40]. A short retrosynthetic analysis is depicted in Fig. 12. An intramolecular HWE reaction of 68 was successfully applied for the macrocyclization. The highly substituted cyclopentanone 69 was made available by a sequence that is highlighted by the sequential Michael-Mi-chael addition between the enolate 53 and the a, -unsaturated ester 70 followed by a retro-aldol addition. However, as is the case for the claenone (42) synthesis, the synthesis of stolonidiol (38) is characterized by numerous functional and protecting group transformations that are a consequence of Yamada s synthetic strategy. 

The synthesis of the non-racemic cyclopentanone (+)-93 is outlined in Scheme 15. Starting with 2-methyl-cyclopent-2-enone (90), sequential cuprate addition and enolate alkylation afforded the racemic cyclopentanone rac-92 as a single diastereomer. The double bond was cleaved by ozonolysis, the resulting aldehyde chemoselectively reduced in the presence of the keto function and the primary hydroxyl function was subsequently protected as a silyl ether to provide racemic rac-93. This sequence has been applied fre-... 

Alai/r[(Z)-CF=C]-Pro containing N, 0-diacylhydroxamic acid type protease inhibitors have been prepared as shown in Scheme 18 [63,64], The synthesis is based upon the use of fert-butyl-a-fluoro-trimethylsilylacetate in a variation of the Peterson olefination procedure to construct the necessary functionalized fluoroolefin. Treatment of 51 with 4 equiv. of lithium diisopropylamide (LDA) and 6equiv. of chlorotri-methylsilane at 78°C formed 52 in 71% yield. The key step is the Peterson olefination reaction of the TBDMS-protected 2-(hydroxymethyl)cyclopentanone (53) with tert-butyl-a-fluoro-a-trimethylsilylacetate (52). The fluoroolefin product was obtained as a mixture of (Z) (E) isomers (54). Separation of the double-bond isomers by column chromatography provided (Z) isomer (54) in 43% yield. Further... 

A new method for the synthesis of 2-substituted, as well as 2,4- and 2,5-disubstituted, cyclopentanones in 53-93% yield has been reported.81 For example, the Lewis acid catalyzed transformation of l-propanoyl-l-(4-tolylsulfanyl)cyclobutane gave 2-ethyl-2-(4-tolylsulf-anyl)cyclopentanone (1) in 93 % yield. The formation of the cyclopentanone is best explained by a mechanism which involves initial coordination of aluminum trichloride to the carbonyl oxygen, followed by ring expansion to form the sulfur-stabilized carbocation. Finally, migration of the ethyl group to the carbocation center regenerates concomitantly the carbonyl function.81... 

The procedure reported here provides a convenient method for the a-hydroxylation of ketones which form enolates under the reaction conditions. The reaction has been applied successfully to a series of para-substituted acetophenones, 1-phenyl-1-propanone, 3-pentanone, cyclopentanone, cyclohexanone, cycloheptanone, cyclododecanone, 2-methyl cyclohexanone, 2-norbornanone and benzalacetone. In the case of a steroidal example it was shown that a carbon-carbon double bond and a secondary hydroxyl group are not oxidized. A primary amino function, as in the case of p-aminoacetophenone, is not affected.5 Similarly, a tertiary amino ketone such as tropinone undergoes the a-hydroxy at ion reaction.5... 

N-Methyl-2-hydroxypyrroIidine (246) is derived biosynthetically from ornithine (245). It functions as a source of the N- methylpyrrolinium ion (247), which in turn functions as a precursor of alkaloids such as tropine (248). The pyrrolidine enamine of cyclopentanone undergoes an interesting ring closure reaction with DMAD, resulting in the formation of a pyrrolizine (Scheme 92) (78TL1351). 

The addition of lithium alkoxydienolates to a,P-enones occurs exclusively in the l,4(a)-mode. For example, alkoxydienolate (202), obtained from ethyl senecioate, adds efficiently, in a tandem conjugate addition-allylation protocol, to cyclopentenone to afford the a,(3-functionalized cyclopentanone (203),153 In contrast, the lithium dienolate (204), from 5-methylbutenolide, affords exclusive y-alkylation,154 b while the analogous phthalide enolates (206) can be exploited to accomplish regiospecific polynuclear aromatic syntheses (Scheme 76).l54c ... 

A wide range of donor ketones, including acetone, butanone, 2-pentanone, cyclopentanone, cyclohexanone, hydroxyacetone, and fluoroacetone with an equally wide range of acceptor aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes were shown to serve as substrates for the antibody-catalyzed aldol addition reactions (Chart 2, Table 8B2.6). It is interesting to note that the aldol addition reactions of functionalized ketones such as hydroxyacetone occurs regioselectively at the site of functionaliztion to give a-substitutcd-fi-hydroxy ketones. The nature of the electrophilic and nucleophilic substrates utilized in this process as well as the reaction conditions complement those that are used in transition-metal and enzymatic catalysis. 

Imidazolium salt (91) is an enantioselective catalyst for crossed aldehyde-ketone benzoin cyclization.267 Most examples involve 6-oxoaldehydes giving a-hydroxycyclo- hexanones, although a 5-oxo- to -cyclopentanone case is also illustrated. Considerable variation in functional group type - aromatic, aliphatic, alicyclic - is tolerated. 

Once the tetradeuterated cyclopentanone has been prepared, functional group transformations are employed to convert it to the desired products. 

Reduction of the imide proceeds with lithium aluminium hydride (LiAlH4) in refluxing THF. Even the ketone moiety in the cyclopentanone-ring is reduced generating 50, which causes subsequent Swern oxidation of this secondary alcohol to receive the ketone functionality again. 

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