Diazoester, vinyl-substituted

In further studies of vinyl-substituted diazoesters, Davies has made some remarkable observations pertaining to their reaction chemistry with dienes (Scheme 15.22) [99]. Interestingly, when 187 and cyclohexadiene 188 were allowed to react in the presence of Rh(I) catalyst 78, product 189 was obtained in 99% ee. Carefiil investigations of this transformation ruled out 189 being formed by a sequence involving C-H insertion followed by Cope rearrangement. Davies speculated that its formation proceeded through an intercepted C-H insertion process or an ene-like reaction of... 

Kobayashi et al. found that lanthanide triflates were excellent catalysts for activation of C-N double bonds —activation by other Lewis acids required more than stoichiometric amounts of the acids. Examples were aza Diels-Alder reactions, the Man-nich-type reaction of A-(a-aminoalkyl)benzotriazoles with silyl enol ethers, the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of nitrones to alkenes, the 1,2-cycloaddition of diazoesters to imines, and the nucleophilic addition reactions to imines [24], These reactions are efficiently catalyzed by Yb(OTf)3. The arylimines reacted with Danishefsky s diene to give the dihydropyridones (Eq. 14) [25,26], The arylimines acted as the azadienes when reacted with cyclopentadiene, vinyl ethers or vinyl thioethers, providing the tet-rahydroquinolines (Eq. 15). Silyl enol ethers derived from esters, ketones, and thio-esters reacted with N-(a-aminoalkyl)benzotriazoles to give the /5-amino carbonyl compounds (Eq. 16) [27]. The diastereoselectivity was independent of the geometry of the silyl enol ethers, and favored the anti products. Nitrones, prepared in situ from aldehydes and N-substituted hydroxylamines, added to alkenes to afford isoxazoli-dines (Eq. 17) [28]. Addition of diazoesters to imines afforded CK-aziridines as the major products (Eq. 18) [29]. In all the reactions the imines could be generated in situ and the three-component coupling reactions proceeded smoothly in one pot. 

Ducept and Marsden described a general synthesis of 5-ethoxy-2-substituted 4-(triethylsilyl)oxazoles 176 from the rhodium(II)octanoate-catalyzed diazo-transfer reaction of ethyl (triethylsilyl)diazoacetate 175 and nitriles (Scheme 1.48). The reaction conditions tolerate a wide variety of functional groups on the nitrile, including alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, vinyl, carbonyl, sUyloxy, and dialkylamino. Desilylation of 176 with TBAF afforded the corresponding 2-alkyl(aryl)-5-ethoxy-oxazoles 177, which are normally inaccessible from diazoesters using conventional rhodium-carbene methodology. The authors noted that carbonyl groups in the 2 position of 176 are not compatible with TBAF deprotection. 

Silyl enol ethers of P-amido substituted cyclohexanone give [2+2] cyclisadons to form N-heterocycles, fluoroalkyl amides convert cyclohexanones to the enol ether, C N02)4 witii benzocyclohexanone gives a-nitroketones, and with diazoesters give optically active siloxycyclopropanes. Pb(OAc)4 gives acetoxy derivatives, deracemisation by enantioselective protonation demonstrated, methyl vinyl ketones added to give a,e-diones, and... 

The first total synthesis of (+/—)-isostemofoline (224) (Scheme 22) was accomplished in 27 steps and in less than 0.1% overall yield from 1,2-hexanediol featuring a [4 + 3] cycloaddition of a substituted iV-Boc pyrrole and a vinyl diazoester, the use of a furyl substituent as a surrogate of a carboxylic acid residue, and the formation of an ( )-conjugate butenolide via dehydration of the corresponding alcohol 81). 

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