Cyclopropanation cyclic

The reaction profiles of the [1+2] addition of EH2 and EF2 (E = C, Si, Ge, Sn) in the (xAi) singlet state to ethylene yielding the cyclopropanes cyclic-C2H4EH2 and cyclic-C2H4EF2, respectively, have been calculated by Sakai at the MP2 and MP4 levels of theory87. Figure 42 shows stationary points which were found for the reaction EH2 +... 

In general, halodifluoroniethanessuch as dibromodifluoromethane, difluorodiiodomethane and dichlorodifluoromethane are very poor sources of difluorocarbene for the synthesis of cyclopropanes.Cyclic systems 5-8 contain a difluoromclhyl group which can be added to multiple bonds. 

Treatment of geminal dihalocyclopropyl compounds with a strong base such as butyl lithium has been for several years the most versatile method for cumulenes. The dihalo compounds are easily obtained by addition of dihalocarbenes to double--bond systems If the dihalocyclopropanes are reacted at low temperatures with alkyllithium, a cyclopropane carbenoid is formed, which in general decomposes above -40 to -50°C to afford the cumulene. Although at present a number of alternative methods are available , the above-mentioned synthesis is the only suitable one for cyclic cumulenes [e.g. 1,2-cyclononadiene and 1,2,3-cyclodecatriene] and substituted non-cyclic cumulenes [e.g. (CH3)2C=C=C=C(CH3)2]. 

Incorporation of stereogenic centers into cyclic structures produces special stereochemical circumstances. Except in the case of cyclopropane, the lowest-eneigy conformation of the tings is not planar. Most cyclohexane derivatives adopt a chair conformation. For example, the two conformers of cis-l,2-dimethylcyclohexane are both chiral. However, the two conformers are enantiomeric so the conformational change leads to racemization. Because the barrier to this conformational change is low (lOkcal/mol), the two enantiomers arc rapidly interconverted. 

The addition of nucleophiles to cyclic fluoroolefins has been reviewed by Park et al. [2 ]. The reaction with alcohols proceeds by addition-elimination to yield the cyclic vinylic ether, as illustrated by tlie reaction of l,2-dichloro-3,3-di-fluorocyclopropene Further reaction results in cyclopropane ring opening at the bond opposite the difluoromethylene carbon to give preferentially the methyl and ortho esters of (Z)-3-chloro-2-fluoroacrylic acid and a small amount of dimethyl malonate [29] (equation 8). 

In addition to unsaturated fatty acids, several other modified fatty acids are found in nature. Microorganisms, for example, often contain branched-chain fatty acids, such as tuberculostearic acid (Figure 8.2). When these fatty acids are incorporated in membranes, the methyl group constitutes a local structural perturbation in a manner similar to the double bonds in unsaturated fatty acids (see Chapter 9). Some bacteria also synthesize fatty acids containing cyclic structures such as cyclopropane, cyclopropene, and even cyclopentane rings. 

In Corey and Chaykovsky s initial investigation, a cyclic ylide 79 was observed from the reaction of ethyl cinnamate with ylide 1 in addition to 32% of cyclopropane 53. In a similar fashion, an intermolecular cycloaddition between 2-acyl-3,3-bis(methylthio)acrylnitrile 80 and 1 furnished 1-methylthiabenzene 1-oxide 81. Similar cases are found in transformations of ynone 82 to 1-arylthiabenzene 1-oxide 83 and N-cyanoimidate 84 to adduct ylide 85, which was subsequently transformed to 1-methyl-lX -4-thiazin-l-oxide 86. ... 

In 1963, Dauben and Berezin published the first systematic study of this syn directing effect (Scheme 3.15) [37]. They found that the cyclopropanation of 2-cyclohexen-l-ol 32 proceed in 63% yield to give the syn isomer 33 as the sole product. They observed the same high syn diastereoselectivity in a variety of cyclic allylic alcohols and methyl ethers. On the basis of these results, they reasonably conclude that there must be some type of coordinative interaction between the zinc carbenoid and the substrate. 

Because of their cyclic structures, cycloalkanes have two faces as viewed edge-on, a "top" face and a "bottom" face. As a result, isomerism is possible in substituted cycloalkanes. For example, there are two different 1,2-dimethyl-cyclopropane isomers, one with the two methyl groups on the same face of the ring and one with the methyls on opposite faces (Figure 4.2). Both isomers are stable compounds, and neither can be converted into the other without breaking and reforming chemical bonds. Make molecular models to prove this to yourself. 

A few studies have been carried out on the parent four- and five-membered cyclic sulfones—for thietane 1,1-dioxide (30) by Scala and Colon65 and for thiolane 1,1-dioxide (sulfolane) (31) by Honda and coworkers66 and, later, by Schuchmann and von Sonntag67. In the former compound, the major photochemical process, in the vacuum UV range, is the initial production of a trimethylene (C3H6) biradical and S02 (equation 9). In both the solid- (77 K) and gas-phase photolyses, formation of a triplet biradical appears to be favored. As well as the expected cyclopropane and propylene, ethylene is also obtained during these photolyses, presumably by a cycloreversion process (equation 10). 

J-Oxygen-functionalised sp3 organolithium compounds react with alkenyl-carbene complexes to generate the corresponding cyclic carbene complexes in a formal [3+3] process (see Sect. 2.8.1). In those cases where the organolithium derivative contains a double bond in an appropriate position, tricyclic ether derivatives are the only products isolated. These compounds derive from an intramolecular cyclopropanation of the corresponding cyclic carbene complex intermediate [89] (Scheme 83). 

It might be expected that the strain in cyclopropane, in which the C-C-C bond angles are distorted from 109°28 to 60°, would weaken the bonds and thus lead to an increase in the bond distance. This effect is not observed, however, the carbon-carbon distance in cyclopropane being the same as in the other hydrocarbons to within the accuracy of the investigation. There is even some small indication that the C-C distance in cyclic aliphatic hydrocarbons is slightly smaller (by about 0.01 A.) than the normal distance, the three values reported being 1.53, 1.52, and 1.53 A. 

When free radicals are added to 1,5- or 1,6-dienes, the initially formed radical (9) can add intramolecularly to the other bond, leading to a cyclic product (10). When the radical is generated from an precursor that gives vinyl radical 11, however, cyclization leads to 12, which is in equilibrium with cyclopropylcarbinyl radical 13 via a 5-exo-trig reaction. A 6-endo-trig reaction leads to 14, but unless there are perturbing substituent effects, however, cyclopropanation should be the major process. 

This procedure illustrates a new three-step reaction sequence for the one-carbon ring expansion of cyclic ketones to the homologous tt,/3-unsaturated ketones. The key step in the sequence is the iron(III) chloride-induced cleavage of the central bond of trimethyl-silyloxycyclopropanes which me obtained by cyclopropanation of trimethylsilyl enol ethers. The procedure for the preparation of 1-trimethylsilyloxycyclohexene from cyclohexanone described in Part A is that of House, Czuba, Gall, and Olmstead. ... 

The present procedure for ring expansion has also been applied to l,2-bis(trimethylsilyloxy)bicyclo[n.l.0]alkanes, which are prepared by cyclopropanation of l,2-bis(silyloxy)cycloalkenes. The latter are readily available from acyloin condensations in the presence of chlorotrimethylsilane. " This reaction provides a new route to cyclic 1,3-diketones and macrocyclic compounds containing two 1,3-diketone units in the ring. 

Carbocation-carbanion zwitterionic intermediates were proposed for the thermal cleavage of several cyclic compounds. In most of these reactions the ionically dissociating bond belongs to one of four strained ring systems, i.e. cyclopropane (13), cyclobutane (14), cyclobutene (15) or norbornadiene (16). The mechanism is distinguished from the formation of a diradical intermediate through homolysis in terms of solvent and substituent effects... 

Dendrimers 5-8 were obtained by taking advantage of the versatile regiose-lective reaction developed in the group of Diederich [24], which led to macro-cyclic bis-adducts of Cgg by a cyclization reaction at the C sphere with bis-mal-onate derivatives in a double Bingel cyclopropanation [25]. Reaction of the dendritic malonates with Cgg, I2, and l,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene (DBU) in toluene at room temperature afforded the corresponding cyclization products 5-8 (Fig. 2). The relative position of the two cyclopropane rings in 5-8 on the Cgo core was determined based on the molecular symmetry deduced from the and NMR spectra (Cs) as well as on their UV/Vis spectra. It is well estabhshed... 

More recently, Pola203 has suggested that hydroxymethylsilylene 100 is involved in cycloaddition to dimethylsilene 1, with the resulting disila-cyclopropane then rearranging to the observed cyclic disiloxane 101. 

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