Diazo 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction

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. 

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. 

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... 

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]. 

Diazo-substituted 1,2,3-triazoles undergo regiospecific dipolar cycloaddition reactions with electron-rich unsaturated compounds. Thus, 4-diazo-5-phenyl-4//-1,2,3-triazole (272, R = Ph) reacts with 1 -morpholinyl-2-nitroethene (273) in CH2CI2 at 20 °C by a net 1,7-cycloaddition and elimination of morpholine to give the product (274) (Scheme 53). 4-Diazo-5-cyano-4/f-1,2,3-triazole (272, R = CN) similarly adds to phenylacetylene to form compound (275) <87JOC5538>. 

Due to space limitations, it is not possible to provide a comprehensive coverage of all 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition chemistry carried out using diazo compounds over the past two decades. Rather, attention will be given to the most significant developments, including the synthesis of novel heterocyclic systems, the preparation of well-established heterocycles (such as pyrazoles and pyrazolines) with novel functionalities, as well as stereoselective cycloadditions. A discussion of the theoretical, mechanistic, and kinetic aspects of these 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions will be kept to a minimum, but references to important work in these areas will be given at appropriate places. Authoritative reviews dealing with the... 

Second, the formation of the diazobenzazocine derivatives 264a-e represents an unprecedented reaction for intramolecular 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions of diazo compounds. Note that diazo compounds such as 247a (305) and 248 (307) also give bridged diazabicyclo[n.2.1]alkenes rather than fused diazabi-cyclo[ .3.0]aUcenes upon treatment with Bp3-etherate, but these transformations... 

Gowravaram and Gallop (169) adapted the rhodium-catalyzed generation of isomiinchnones from diazo imides to the solid-phase synthesis of furans, following a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction with alkynes. A variety of furans were prepared in this fashion. With unsymmetrical electron-deficient alkynes (e.g., methyl... 

Suga et al. (197) reported the first stereocontrolled 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions of carbonyl ylides with electron-deficient alkenes using a Lewis acid catalyst. Carbonyl ylides are highly reactive 1,3-dipoles and cannot be isolated. They are mainly generated through transition metal carbenoid intermediates derived in situ from diazo precursors by treatment with a transition metal catalyst. When methyl o-(diazoacetyl)benzoate is treated with A-methylmaleimide at reflux... 

Kerth and Maas have reported reactions of 2-acyl-l,2,3-diazaphospholes 73 with diazo ketones 71 to form bicyclic compounds 74, the products of a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction of diazoalkenes 72, which are in equilibrium with diazo ketones 71 (Scheme 3) <1999EJ02633>. 

Diazo-substituted 1,2,3-triazoles undergo regiospecific dipolar cycloaddition reactions with electron-rich unsaturated compounds. Thus, 4-diazo-5-phenyl-4//-l,2,3-triazole 410 reacts with l-morpholinyl-2-nitroethene by a net 1,7-cycloaddition and elimination of morpholine to give the product 411. 

Prompted by our earlier work dealing with the internal dipolar cycloaddition reaction of mesoionic oxazolium ylides of type 74, we subsequently studied the rhodium(II) catalyzed reactions of the related a-diazo ketoamide system 154 <97JOC2001 04OL3241 05JOC2206>. Attack of the amido oxygen at the rhodium carbenoid produces a push-pull carbonyl ylide dipole (i.e., 155) that is isomeric with the isomiinchnone class of mesoionic betaines. 

Diazoacetic acid silyl esters can be prepared by fra t-esterification of tert-butyl diazoacetate with trialkylsilyl triflate <1985JOM33>. Analogously prepared (alkenyloxy)silyl 203 and (alkynyloxy)silyl diazoacetates 206 underwent silicon-tethered 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions as shown in Scheme 37 and Equation (38). Compound 205 resulted from a lateral criss-cross cycloaddition of the intermediate azine 204, which was formed from two molecules of 203 by diazo + diazo or diazo + carbene reaction <2000T4139>. On the other hand, when silyl diazoacetates 206 were kept in xylene at 142 °C for 1 h, bicyclic pyrazoles 207 were obtained (Equation 38). 

Similarly small rate factors were obtained for 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions between diphenyl diazomethane and dimethyl fumarate [131], 2,4,6-trimethylbenzenecarbonitrile oxide and tetracyanoethene or acrylonitrile [811], phenyl azide and enamines [133], diazomethane and aromatic anils [134], azomethine imines and dimethyl acetylenedi-carboxylate [134a], diazo dimethyl malonate and diethylaminopropyne [544] or N-(l-cyclohexenyl)pyrrolidine [545], and A-methyl-C-phenylnitrone and thioketones [812]. Huisgen has written comprehensive reviews on solvent polarity and rates of 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions [541, 542]. The observed small solvent effects can be easily explained by the fact that the concerted, but non-synchronous, bond formation in the activated complex may lead to the destruction or creation of partial charges, connected... 

Related to Diels-Alder [2 + 2]cycloadditions are 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions, which are known to be far less solvent-dependent cf. Eq. (5-44) in Section 5.3.3. Nagai et al [169] found that the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction of diazo-diphenylmethane to tetracyanoethene (TONE) is an exception it is 180 times faster in nonbasic trichloro-methane than in the EPD solvent 1,2-dimethoxyethane cf. Eq. (7-25). The second-order... 

Due to the electrophilic character of carbenes, they are not expected to easily react with electron-poor alkenes, and the only reported examples concern reactions with diazo compounds (i.e., diazomethane, 56 157 diazofluorenc.158 ethyl diazoacetate,159 and phenyldiazomethane160). However, depending on the reaction conditions, carbenes arc not always the reactive species. Cyclopropanes are often obtained by decomposition of pyrazolines which arise from 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions (see Section 2.1.1.6.2.3.1.). Even when reactions are performed under irradiation, pyrazolines can be obtained as the result of a diradical addition.156... 

In 2006, Delfoume et al. repotted the syntheses of two aza-analogs of wakayin and tsitsikammamines A and B based on a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction between the indole-4,7-dione 48 and a diazo-aminopropane derivative 49 (Scheme 15). One of the two analogs partially inhibits human topoisomerase I, whereas the synthetic intermediates inhibit the enzyme DNA cleavage activity at a concentration comparable to that of the control drug camptothecin [69, 70]. 

Padwa and Prein presented an extensive experimental and theoretical study of the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions of isomunchnones with olefinic dipolaro-philes. The a-diazo carbonyl isomunchnone precursors were synthesized in the usual fashion from amides and diazoethylmalonyl chloride. For example, isomunchnone 457 was readily generated from 456 using rhodium catalysis to form... 

Independently, Harwood also demonstrated the role of chiral-templated isomunchnones in 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions. Thus using the rhodium(II)-catalyzed decomposition of diazo carbonyl compounds, Harwood and co-workers explored cycloadditions of isomunchnone derivatives of (5R)- and (55)-phenyloxazin-2,3-dione. Along with the work of Padwa (vide supra), these reactions appear to represent the first examples of chiraUy templated isomunctmone 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions. For example, reaction of 471 under standard rhodium acetate conditions in the presence of NPM affords a mixture of endo-472 and exo-473 adducts (Fig. 4.146). A-Methylmaleimide and DMAD react with 471 similarly. 

Padwa and co-workers effected intramolecular 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions of isomunchnones tethered with other examples of Ji-systems. Several substrates with tethers of varying lengths were examined in this study. For example, reaction of diazo imide 527, readily assembled from the appropriate >-alkenyl... 

The Padwa group has further demonstrated the utility of the intramolecular dipolar cycloaddition reaction in the course of their total synthesis of aspidophytine [62, 63]. Treatment of the diazo imide 111 with rhodium(II) acetate gives the key polycyclic intermediate 113 in 97% yield (Scheme 28). 

It also participates in dipolar cycloaddition reactions, for example with diazo-compounds [221], nitrile oxides [222], nitril-imines [223] and sulphenes [224]. A mixture of products may be isolated including rearrangement products from the original adducts. 

The synthesis of biologically important trifluoromethyl-substituted diox-olanes has been accomplished via 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction of an intermolecularly generated carbonyl yhde with an aryl aldehyde. For example, the reaction of methyl diazo(trifluoromethyl)acetate (25) with two equivalents of aryl aldehydes afforded dioxolanes 27,28 [71]. The diastereoselectivity of these reactions depends on the substituent present on the aryl aldehyde (Scheme 8). 

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