Phenyl cyclopropane

The allylic esters 189 and 191 conjugated with cyclopropane undergo regio-selective reactions without opening the cyclopropane ring. The soft carbon nucleophiles are introduced at the terminal carbon to give 190, and phenylation with phenylzinc chloride takes place on the cyclopropane ring to form 192[120]. 

In other cases, sulfenic acid elimination can involve y-hydrogen atoms with the formation of cyclopropane derivatives. y-Klimination is favored when DMSO is the reaction solvent. An example involving l-methylsulfinyl-2-ethyl-3-phenyl propane [14198-15-3] is shown in equation 13 (45) ... 

There has been new information on the products of photolysis of derivatives of compound 1. Low temperature irradiation of the ester 254 gives a ketene (93JACS8621) the isolation of an isomeric ketene from a 3-pyridyldiazo ester suggests the involvement of the open chain form 255. Photolysis of the 3-phenyl derivative 256 in the presence of cyclopentadiene gives exo and endo cyclopropanes and a dipyridylstilhene, suggesting the intermediacy of the carhene 257 (99JOC6635). 

More useful for synthetic purposes, however, is the combination of the zinc-copper couple with methylene iodide to generate carbene-zinc iodide complex, which undergoes addition to double bonds exclusively to form cyclopropanes (7). The base-catalyzed generation of halocarbenes from haloforms (2) also provides a general route to 1,1-dihalocyclopropanes via carbene addition, as does the nonbasic generation of dihalocarbenes from phenyl(trihalomethyl)mercury compounds. Details of these reactions are given below. 

A solution of the above ester (207.8 grams) and 64.5 grams of sodium hydroxide in 80 cc of water and 600 cc of ethanol is refluxed for 9 hours. The carboxylic acid of 2-phenyl-cyclopropane is liberated with 200 cc of concentrated hydrochloric acid. The 2-phenyl-cyclopropanecarboxylic acid contains 3 to 4 parts of the trans isomer to 1 part of the cis isomer. The acid is recrystallized from hot water. The pure trans isomer comes out as crystalline material (solid) while the cis isomer stays in solution. 

The phenyl substitution provides both the chromophore necessary for photoactivity and the stabilization of the initially formed radical. The reported photochemical extrusion of SO from 2,2,4,4-tetraacetylthietane263b to give the corresponding cyclopropane appears to be a unique case associated with the particular features of the irradiated molecule. 

The cyclopropane cyclizations by elimination of triflinic acid (CF3S02H) are readily effected by basic treatment of triflones (trifluoromethyl alkyl sulfones) with activated /-protons (equations 46 and 47)39. The cyclopropane diesters 45 are formed on treatment of 44 with potassium hydride in DMSO or sodium methoxide in methanol (equation 48). In contrast, the monoester 46 failed to give the desired cyclopropane40. Addition of carbanions derived from /f, y-unsaturated phenyl sulfones to a, /i-unsaturated carboxylic esters and subsequent elimination of benzenesulfinate ion give cyclopropanes possessing the unsaturated side chain and the ester function in trans positions (equation 49)41. 

The conjugate addition of 103 to phenyl vinyl sulfone (53) proceeds under phase-transfer conditions. The yield of cyclopropanes in the following cyclization is low for synthetic purposes (equation 84)69. 

Bromo-l-propenyl phenyl sulfone (104) can serve as a Michael acceptor to Grignard reagents to give cyclopropyl phenyl sulfones in good yields, (equation 85)70. Cyclopropanes prepared by this method are listed in Table 8. However, with methyl, ethyl or t-butyl... 

Cyclopentane, 1-cyano-l-phenyl-, 55, 94 Cyclopentane, methyl-, 55, 62, 112 Cyclopropane, 1-acetyl-1-phenyl-, 55, 94... 

Cyclohexene-l,4-dione, 2,3,5-tiichloro-3, 6-bis(l,l-dimethylethyl)- [5-Cyclo-hexcne-1,4-dione, 2,3,5-tnchloio-3,6-dwert-butyl-], 55, 33 Cyclopentadiene, 55, 15,16 Cyclopentane acetyl-,55,25 Cyclopentane 1-cyano-l-phenyl-, 55,94 Cyclopentane methyl-, 55, 62 Cyclopropane, 1-acetyl-l-phenyl-, 55 94... 

Aluminiumhydrid reduziert Zimtsaure-ester nur zu den Zimtalkoholen4. In sieden-dem 1,2-Dimethoxy-athan werden mit Lithiumalanat Phenyl-cyclopropane gebildet (s.S. 219)5. 

Benzyl-cyclopropane aus Cyclopropyl-phenyl-ketonen allgemeine HerstellungsvorschrifC 25 mMol Keton werden unter Stickstoff in 10 ml abs. THF gelost und bei 0° mit 12,5 m/ m Diboran-Losung in THF versetzt. Man riihrt 1 Stde. bei 20°, gibt 0,31 ml (2,5 mMol) Bortrifluorid-Atherat zu, riihrt einige Stdn. weiter und arbeitet wie iiblich auf. 

Durch Pyrolyse der aus Zimtaldehyd oder den (2-Aryl-vinyl)-alkyl- bzw. -aryl-ketonen mit Lithiumalanat erhaltlichen Komplexe werden Phenyl-cyclopropane erhalten (vgl. S. 173 u. 219). Als Nebenprodukte bilden sich gesattigte und ungesattigte offenkettige Kohlenwasserstoffe. 

Chlor-2-phenyl-propen —> Phenyl-cyclopropan 55% d. Th. Kp4S 86°... 

Beim BenzoyI-cyclopropan(- 1,38 V) erhalt man dagegen neben 1-Oxo-l-phenyl-butan iiberwiegend infolge Dimerisierung 1,2-Dicyclopropyl- , 2-diphenyl-glykolb. 

Muller et al. have also examined the enantioselectivity and the stereochemical course of copper-catalyzed intramolecular CH insertions of phenyl-iodonium ylides [34]. The decomposition of diazo compounds in the presence of transition metals leads to typical reactions for metal-carbenoid intermediates, such as cyclopropanations, insertions into X - H bonds, and formation of ylides with heteroatoms that have available lone pairs. Since diazo compounds are potentially explosive, toxic, and carcinogenic, the number of industrial applications is limited. Phenyliodonium ylides are potential substitutes for diazo compounds in metal-carbenoid reactions. Their photochemical, thermal, and transition-metal-catalyzed decompositions exhibit some similarities to those of diazo compounds. 

Ahn et al. [20] reported the synthesis of homochiral bis(oxazolinyl)-biferrocene ligands (structure 11 in Scheme 7), which also have both planar and central chirality. With these complexes, 2-(phenyl)cyclopropane carboxy-lates were obtained in up to 99% ee and a trans/cis ratio of 88/12. 

It is concluded from these results that with this kind of non-C2 symmetric ligand (that led necessarily to poor enantioselectivities in homogeneous phase), it is possible to exploit support effects to change the trans/cis selectivity and to improve the enantioselectivity. This is demonstrated for the trans-cyclopropanes obtained with ligand 10a in styrene. Due to the relative disposition of the ester and phenyl groups in the transition state, support ef-... 

Aryldiazomethane can also be used for iron porphyrin-catalyzed alkene cyclopropanation [55]. For example, the treatment of p-tolyldiazomethane with styrene in the presence of [Fe(TTP)] afforded the corresponding arylcyclopropapane in 79% yield with a high transicis ratio of 14 1 (eq. 1 in Scheme 11). Interestingly, when bulkier mesityldiazomethane was used as carbene source, ds-selectivity was observed (cisitrans = 2.0 1). Additionally, mesityldiazomethane was found to react with frans-p-styrene, the latter was found not to react with EDA or trimethyl-silyldiazomethane under the similar reaction conditions, to give l-mesityl-2-methyl-3-phenylcyclopropane in 35% yield. Trimethylsilyldiazomethane is also an active carbene source for [Fe(TTP)]-catalyzed cyclopropanation of styrene, affording l-phenyl-2-trimethylsilylcyclopropane in 89% yield with transicis ratio of 10 1 (eq. 2 in Scheme 11). 

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