Diazo compounds cycloadditions

From Diazo Compounds via 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition. This method has been utilized widely in heterocychc chemistry. Pyrazohne (57) has been synthesized by reaction of ethyl diazoacetate (58) with a,P-unsaturated ester in the presence of pyridine (eq. 12) (42). 

On the other hand, unsaturated diazo compounds are thermally transformed by 1,1-cycloaddition into a bicyclic pyrazqle (141). Although reversibility of this cycloaddition is... 

A large number of pyridazines are synthetically available from [44-2] cycloaddition reactions. In one general method, azo or diazo compounds are used as dienophiles, and a second approach is based on the reaction between 1,2,4,5-tetrazines and various unsaturated compounds. The most useful azo dienophile is a dialkyl azodicarboxylate which reacts with appropriate dienes to give reduced pyridazines and cinnolines (Scheme 89). With highly substituted dienes the normal cycloaddition reaction is prevented, and, if the ethylenic group in styrenes is substituted with aryl groups, indoles are formed preferentially. The cycloadduct with 2,3-pentadienal acetal is a tetrahydropyridazine derivative which has been used for the preparation of 2,5-diamino-2,5-dideoxyribose (80LA1307). 

Although the most general cycloaddition reaction of diazo compounds is that they react as 1,3-dipoles, recently some reactions have been reported in which they react as 1,2-dipoles,... 

It was not their reactivity but their chemical inertness that was the true surprise when diazirines were discovered in 1960. Thus they are in marked contrast to the known linear diazo compounds which are characterized by the multiplicity of their reactions. For example, cycloadditions were never observed with the diazirines. Especially surprising is the inertness of diazirines towards electrophiles. Strong oxidants used in their synthesis like dichromate, bromine, chlorine or hypochlorite are without action on diazirines. Diazirine formation may even proceed by oxidative dealkylation of a diaziridine nitrogen in (186) without destruction of the diazirine ring (75ZOR2221). The diazirine ring is inert towards ozone simple diazirines are decomposed only by more than 80% sulfuric acid (B-67MI50800). 

Gothelf presents in Chapter 6 a comprehensive review of metal-catalyzed 1,3-di-polar cycloaddition reactions, with the focus on the properties of different chiral Lewis-acid complexes. The general properties of a chiral aqua complex are presented in the next chapter by Kanamasa, who focuses on 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions of nitrones, nitronates, and diazo compounds. The use of this complex as a highly efficient catalyst for carbo-Diels-Alder reactions and conjugate additions is also described. 

Danishefsky s diene 154 DBFOX 232 dendrimers 229 DPT calculations 308 diacetone glucose derived-titanium(IV) 178 diastereoselectivity 216 diazo compounds 242 diazoalkane cycloadditions 278 diazoalkanes 213, 231 (R,R)-4,6-dibenzofurandiyl-2,2 -bis(4-phenylox-azoline) 250... 

Other interesting three-component cycloadditions are the following Sulfur dioxide and diazo compounds lead to episulfones (equation 75)436—in a special case to 4,5-dihydrothiepine S,S-dioxides437 sulfur dioxide, ketene, and arylimine lead to thiazole derivatives438 (equation 76) sulfur dioxide, quinone, and alkenes lead to benzoxathiane derivatives439 (equation 77). 

The best known of metal carbene reactions, cydopropanation reactions, have been used since the earliest days of diazo chemistry for addition reactions to the carbon-carbon double bond. Electron-donating groups (EDG) on the carbon-carbon double bond facilitate this catalytic reaction [37], whereas electron-withdrawing groups (EWG) inhibit addition while facilitating noncatalytic dipolar cycloaddition of the diazo compound [39] (Scheme 5). There are several reviews that describe the earlier synthetic approaches [1, 2,4, 5,40-43], and these will not be duplicated here. Focus will be given in this review to control of stereoselectivity. 

Cycloadditions of nitrones, nitrile oxides or diazo compounds to thiete dioxides do not show the high stereoselectivity observed with acyclic vinyl sulfones, and mixtures of the two possible adducts are formed . The charge-transfer stabilization energy calculated according to the Klopman-Salem perturbational approach is able to account for the experimental trends of the isomer ratio in terms of the major stereochemical structural differences between the acyclic vinyl sulfones and the four-membered ring sulfones (see Section IV.B.3). 

These results can be interpreted in terms of competition between recombination of the diradical intermediate and conformational equilibration, which would destroy the stereochemical relationships present in the azo compound. The main synthetic application of azo compound decomposition is in the synthesis of cyclopropanes and other strained-ring systems. Some of the required azo compounds can be made by 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions of diazo compounds (see Section 6.2). 

Normally, the dominant reaction between acyl diazo compounds and simple ,(l-unsalurated carbonyl compounds is a cycloaddition. 

If an aliphatic amino group is next to an electron-withdrawing group such as CO2R, CN, CHO, COR and has a hydrogen, reaction with aqueous nitrous acid gives a diazo compound (Eq. 11.4). Such compounds are used widely in 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions, which will be covered in Chapter 12. 

Wiberg had also described a number of [2+3] cycloadditions of his silenes with 1,3-dipolarophiles such as N20, diazo compounds, and azides.98... 

The Davies group has described several examples of a rhodium-catalyzed decomposition of a diazo-compound followed by a [2+1] cycloaddition to give divinyl cyclopropanes, which then can undergo a Cope rearrangement. Reaction of the pyrrol derivative 6/2-51 and the diazo compound 6/2-52 led to the tropane nucleus 6/2-54 via the cyclopropane derivative 6/2-53 (Scheme 6/2.11) [201]. Using (S)-lactate and (R)-pari lolaclorie as chiral auxiliaries at the diazo compound, a diastereoselectivity of around 90 10 could be achieved in both cases. 

Besides the formation of carbenes from diazo compounds and the hydroformyla-tion, rhodium (as described previously for palladium) has also been used as catalyst in domino processes involving cycloadditions. Thus, Evans and coworkers developed a new Rh(I)-catalyzed [4+2+2] cycloaddition for the synthesis of eight-membered rings as 6/2-105 using a lithium salt of N-tosylpropargylamines as 6/2-104, allyl carbonates and 1,3-butadiene (Scheme 6/2.22) [221]. The first step is an al-... 

Alkinyloxy)diazoacetic esters 11 give rise to product mixtures that could be separated only partially. The isolated products result from a tandem intramolecular cyclopropenation/cyclopropene —> vinylcarbene isomerization (12, 14) and from a twofold intermolecular (3+2)-cycloaddition of the intact diazo compound (13). 

Reactivity of diazo compounds towards 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions with 1 -[1,2,3]-, 2H-[1,2,3]-, [1,3,2]-, and [l,2,4]diazaphospholes has been rationalized by FMO approach using DFT calculations [107], In most of the cases, HOMODipole-LUMOn. . .. interaction has been found to control the reactivity and among... 

With calicenes, diazoalkanes were found293 to react in a different manner from other triafulvenes. Thus, dibenzocalicene 497 together with diazomethane gives the product of addition of two moles of the diazo compound 558, which is likely to arise from primary attack of the 1,3-dipole via (3 + 2) cycloaddition to the triafulvene C3/C4 bond (557). 

The synthesis of 1,2,3-selenadiazole derivatives has been reported. The reaction of aroyl chlorides such as 102 with potassium isoselenocyanate and ethyl diazoacetate yielded 5-(aroylimino)-2,5-dihydro-l, 2,3-selenadiazole-4-carboxylate esters such as 104. A reaction mechanism via the initial formation of the corresponding aroyl isoselenocyanate 103 followed by a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of the diazo compound with the C=Se bond is proposed <00HCA539>. 

Enol ether additives were used to probe the protonation of 3-cyclopen-tenylidene (127). Treatment of A-nitroso-A-(2-vinylcyclopropyl)urea (124) with sodium methoxide generates 2-vinylcyclopropylidene (126) by way of the labile diazo compound 125 (Scheme 25). For simplicity, products derived directly from 126 (allene, ether, cycloadduct) are not shown in Scheme 25. The Skat-tebpl rearrangement of 126 generates 127 whose protonation leads to the 3-cyclopentenyl cation (128). In the presence of methanol, cyclopentadiene (130) and 3-methoxycyclopentene (132) were obtained.53 With an equimolar mixture of methyl vinyl ether and methanol, cycloaddition of 127 (—> 131)... 

Based on his previous work on the catalytic double addition of diazo compounds to alkynes173 using Cp RuCl(COD),174 Dixneuf has developed an efficient one-step synthesis of alkenyl bicyclo[3.1.0]-hexane derivatives of type 163 from enyne precursors 162 (Scheme 43). The catalytic cycle starts with the formation of an Ru=CHR species. It then adds to an alkyne to form ruthenacyclobutene 166, which evolves into vinylcarbene 167. [2 + 2]-Cycloaddition of 167 gives ruthenacyclobutane 168. The novelty in this transformation is the subsequent reductive elimination to give 170 without leading to the formation of diene 169. This can be attributed to the steric hindrance of the CsMes-Ru group. 

C6 and C9 are at opposite ends of a four-carbon unit, but since one of these atoms (C7) is saturated and quaternary, a Diels-Alder reaction is unlikely (can t make diene). The combination of a diazo compound with Rh(II) generates a carbenoid at C9. The nucleophile 06 can add to the empty orbital at C9, generating the 06-C9 bond and a carbonyl ylide at C6-06-C9. Carbonyl ylides are 1,3-dipoles (negative charge on C9, formal positive charge on 06, electron deficiency at C6), so a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition can now occur to join C2 to C6 and Cl to C9, giving the product. Note how a relatively simple tricyclic starting material is transformed into a complex hexacyclic product in just one step ... 

The reaction of (trialkylsilyl)vinylketenes with nucleophilic carbenoid reagents, such as sulfur ylides and diazo compounds, has been used for synthesis of substituted cyclopentenones by stereoselective 4 + 1-annulation (Scheme 12). The strategy relies on the remarkable ability of silyl substituents to stabilize ketenes and suppress their tendency to undergo dimerization and 2 - - 2-cycloaddition. 

As with any modern review of the chemical Hterature, the subject discussed in this chapter touches upon topics that are the focus of related books and articles. For example, there is a well recognized tome on the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction that is an excellent introduction to the many varieties of this transformation [1]. More specific reviews involving the use of rhodium(II) in carbonyl ylide cycloadditions [2] and intramolecular 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions have also appeared [3, 4]. The use of rhodium for the creation and reaction of carbenes as electrophilic species [5, 6], their use in intramolecular carbenoid reactions [7], and the formation of ylides via the reaction with heteroatoms have also been described [8]. Reviews of rhodium(II) ligand-based chemoselectivity [9], rhodium(11)-mediated macrocyclizations [10], and asymmetric rho-dium(II)-carbene transformations [11, 12] detail the multiple aspects of control and applications that make this such a powerful chemical transformation. In addition to these reviews, several books have appeared since around 1998 describing the catalytic reactions of diazo compounds [13], cycloaddition reactions in organic synthesis [14], and synthetic applications of the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition [15]. 

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