Diastereoselectivity cyclopentenes

A highly diastereoselective alkcnylation of c/s-4-cyclopentene-l,3>diols has been achieved with 0-protected (Z)-l-iodo-l-octen-3-ols and palladium catalyst (S. Torii, 1989). The ( )-isomers yielded 1 1 mixtures of diastcrcomcric products. The (Z)-alkenylpalladium intermediate is thought to undergo sy/i-addition to the less crowded face of the prochiral cyclopentene followed by syn-elimination of a hydropalladium intermediate. 

The dicarboxylation of cyclic alkenes is a useful reaction. All-c.vo-methyl-7-oxabicyclo(2.2.1]heptane-2,3,5,6-tetracarboxylate (233) was prepared from the cyclic alkene 232 using Pd on carbon and CuCh in MeOH at room temperature with high diastereoselectivity[216]. The dicarbonylation of cyclopentene... 

Fischer alkenylcarbene complexes undergo cyclopentannulation to alkenyl AT,AT-dimethylhydrazones (1-amino-1-azadienes) to furnish [3C+2S] substituted cyclopentenes in a regio- and diastereoselective way along with minor amounts of [4S+1C] pyrrole derivatives. Enantiopure carbene complexes derived from (-)-8-(2-naphthyl)menthol afford mixtures of trans,trans-cycloipentenes and ds,ds-cyclopentenes with excellent face selectivity [75]. The mechanism proposed for the formation of these cyclopentene derivatives is outlined in Scheme 28. The process is initiated by nucleophilic 1,2-attack of the carbon... 

An interesting strategy for the diastereoselective synthesis of five-membered carbocycles was achieved by the reaction of alkenylcarbene complexes and lithium enolates derived from simple methyl ketones [79]. The use of more or less coordinating solvents (THF or Et20) or the presence of cosolvents such as PMDTA allows the selective synthesis of one or the other diastereoisomer of the final cyclopentene derivative (Scheme 32). 

Nair and co-workers have demonstrated NHC-catalysed formation of spirocyclic diketones 173 from a,P-unsaturated aldehydes 174 and snbstitnted dibenzylidine-cyclopentanones 175. Where chalcones and dibenzylidene cyclohexanones give only cyclopentene products (as a result of P-lactone formation then decarboxylation), cyclopentanones 175 give only the spirocychc diketone prodncts 173 [73]. Of particular note is the formation of an all-carbon quaternary centre and the excellent level of diastereoselectivity observed in the reaction. An asymmetric variant of this reaction has been demonstrated by Bode using chiral imidazolium salt 176, obtaining the desymmetrised product with good diastereo- and enantioselectivity, though in modest yield (Scheme 12.38) [74],... 

Novel thermal and metal-catalyzed di-tert-butylsilylene 161 transfer reactions have been reported by Woerpel < / /.308-312 The transfer reactions required the inital preparation of cyclohexene-derived silacyclopropanes 169-171, which has been achieved by trapping of di-fert-butylsilylenoid, generated from /-Bu2SiCl2 and lithium, with cyclohexenes (Scheme 26).305 It is noteworthy that these reactions occur with remarkably high diastereoselectivities when 2-substituted cyclohexenes are used. The silacyclopropanation of 169 with functionalized cyclopentenes under thermal conditions (115°C) has provided /razy-silacyclopropanes, such as 172, with diastereoselectivities up to 96 4, whereas no silacyclopropanes were obtained from the direct reaction of the same cyclopentenes with /-Bu2SiCl2 in the presence of lithium (Scheme 26).308... 

The prochiral meso form of 2-cyclopenten-l,4-diol (101) reacts with the (Z)-alkenyl iodide 102 to give the 3-substituted cyclopentanone 103 with nearly complete diastereoselectivity (98 2)[92], The reaction is used for the synthesis of prostaglandin. The alkenyl iodide 102 must be in the Z form in order to obtain the high diastereoselectivity. The selectivity is low when the corresponding ( >alkenyl iodide is used[93]. 

Tomislav Rovis of Colorado State University has reported (Angew. Chem. Ini. Ed. 2005,44, 3264) the diastereoselective Lewis acid-mediated 1,3-rearrangement of dihydrooxepins such as 10 to the cyclopentene carboxaldehyde II. It is particularly convenient that the precursor aldehyde 9 is also converted into 11 under the same conditions. As there are many ways to construct alkenyl cyclopropanes such as 9 with control of both relative and absolute configuration, this is an important addition to methods for the stereocontrolled construction of cyclopentanes,... 

On treatment with LDA followed by quenching with iodomethane, 3,6-dihydro-2/7-thiopyrans bearing an electron-withdrawing group at the 2-position ring contract to cyclopentenes (Equation 47). The diastereoselectivity of the process is dependent on the substituents both at C-2 and elsewhere in the thiopyran. Under controlled conditions, it is possible to isolate vinyl cyclopropanes, suggesting that these may be intermediates in the formation of the cyclopentenes (Equation 48) <1996JOC4725>. 

The formation of trans-products is observed to a lesser extent in the reaction of 3-alkoxycarbonyl-substituted cyclohexenones, in the reaction with electron-deficient alkenes and in the reaction with olefinic reaction partners, such as alkynes and allenes, in which the four-membered ring is highly strained (Scheme 6.11). The ester 26 reacted with cyclopentene upon irradiation in toluene to only two diastereomeric products 27 [36]. The exo-product 27a (cis-anti-cis) prevailed over the endo-product 27b (cis-syn-cis) the formation of trans-products was not observed. The well-known [2 + 2]-photocycloaddition of cyclohexenone (24) to acrylonitrile was recently reinvestigated in connection with a comprehensive study [37]. The product distribution, with the two major products 28a and 28b being isolated in 90% purity, nicely illustrates the preferential formation of HH (head-to-head) cyclobutanes with electron-acceptor substituted olefins. The low simple diastereoselectivity can be interpreted by the fact that the cyano group is relatively small and does not exhibit a significant preference for being positioned in an exo-fashion. 

Simple diastereoselectivities are observed in the reaction of cyclo-alkenones with cyclic alkenes, e.g., cyclopentene, wherein the transoid tricycle is formed preferentially. Whereas cyclopent-2-enone (7) affords 36 selectively, the more flexible cyclohex-2-enone (8) gives a 3 1 mixture of diastereoisomers 37 and 38 [7,61]. A stereogenic center in the cycloalkenone also has a strong impact on the product ratio as shown for the reactions of 4-alkylcyclohex-2-enones 39 and 40 with acyclic alkenes wherein the major diastereoisomer formed is the one in which the enone-alkyl group is trans to the new ring forming C-C bonds, i.e., 41t and 42t, respectively (Sch. 12) [62,63]. Cycloadducts 42 have been further converted to the pheromone periplanone-B. 

During the photocycloaddition of 88 with cyclopentene (Reaction 1), de of the major isomer 89 increased from 30% in nonpolar solvents up to 68 in a mixture of methanol and acetic acid. When prochiral enone 91 was irradia in the presence of a cyclopentene linked to the 8-phenylmenthol (Reaction the best selectivity was now obtained in nonpolar solvents. To explain this eff< it was proposed that the facial selectivity is high in every case and that diastereoselectivity depends on an s-cis s-trans ratio of the conjugated es influenced by hydrogen bonding [65]. Similar results were obtained with c... 

These results have been interpreted in terms of the stereodivergent nature of the two fast-equilibrating and differently reactive envelope conformations of such cyclopentenes. Specifically, torsional effects may dictate the ul topicity of the former substrates, whereas normal steric factors may account for the opposite diastereoselection of the latter cases. A similar syn selectivity has been observed in the osmylation of other cyclopentene derivatives103 and of f/.v-disubstituted cyclobutenes102. 

Addition of cyclopentene to JV-chloro carbamates gives lower yields and a smaller cis/trans ratio than cyclohexene. The addition of ethyl chlorocarbamate to l-methylcyclohexene was efficient and had better diastereoselectivity than the comparable addition to cyclohexene, however, the reaction did not occur with complete regioselectivity giving 5 and 6 8. The stereochemistry of the minor trans-isomers was shown by conversion to the corresponding aziridines. Ethyl bromocarbamate and /V-halo amides are less selective. 

New and efficient procedures for the direct episulfidation of alkenes have been developed. Addition of triphe-nylmethylthiosulfenyl chloride to cyclopentene leads to the adduct 88, which by reduction of the disulfide with LiAlH4 give episulfide 87 in high yield (Scheme 48) <2000SUL131, 1998JOC8654>. The analogous reaction with norbornene yields the jco-episulfide 89 in a diastereoselective fashion. 

Use of cyclopentene, frans-hex-3-ene and frans-oct-4-ene afforded the ene adducts in good yield with a diastereomeric excess of 86 14 in each case. The diastereoselectivity observed using di-(—)-( / ,25)-2-phenyl-l-cyclohexyl diazenedicarboxylate as a chiral azo-enophile offered a significant improvement over the use of di-(-)-menthyl azodicarboxylate where the level of asymmetric induction achieved in Lewis acid-mediated ene reactions with simple alkenes was not impressive. Moreover, it proved difficult to cleave the N-N bond in the menthyl ester azo-ene adducts whereas sodium/liquid ammonia was used to smoothly cleave the N-N bond in the diacylhydrazine adducts formed using di-(—)-(l/ ,25)-2-phenyl-l-cyclohexyl diazenedicarboxylate as azo-enophile. 

The TiCLt-catalyzed reaction of 1 with crotylsilanes proceeds with high diastereoselectivity to give the (35)-products (eq 6). Reaction of 2-(phenylsulfinyl)-2-cyclopenten-l-one with LiOO-f-Bu gives the epoxide with low diastereoselectivity. ... 

Alkenylsilanes and -stannanes, and arylsilanes and -stannanes are useful reagents for transfer of an sp -carbon unit to electrophiles under titanium catalysis. Epoxides are opened by TiCE to generate cationic carbon, which is successfully trapped with bis(trimethylsilyl)propene as an aUcenylsilane (Eq. 122) [305]. Other Lewis acids, for example ZnCla, SnCU, and BF3 OEt2, proved less satisfactory. Cyclic epoxides such as cyclopentene and cyclohexene oxides gave poorer yields. An intramolecular version of this reaction proceeded differently (Eq. 123) [305]. Eqs (124) and (125) illustrate diastereoselective alkenylation and arylation of (A,0)-acetals that take advantage of the intramolecular delivery of alkenyl and aryl groups [306], Cyclic ethers... 

An intemnolecular [2+2] cycloaddition using an enantiomerically pure enone substrate is described by M. Demuth. His menthone derived bicyclic acetal adds to cyclopentene with high diastereoselectivity (with both diastereoisomers obviously being enantiomerically pure). This chiral auxiliary also has been used in several syntheses of (+) and (-)-grandisol, a potent aggregation pheromone of the boll weevil. 

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