Diels -Alder reaction precursor

In Diels-Alder reactions a nitroolefin may function as an electron-deficient ene com-onent or a 1,2-dihydropyridine derivative may be used as a diene component. Both types of iactants often yield cyclic amine precursors in highly stereoselective manner (R.K. Hill, 1962 i. BOchi, 1965, 1966A). 

Elastomers. Ethylene—propylene terpolymer (diene monomer) elastomers (EPDM) use a variety of third monomers during polymerization (see Elastomers, ethyiene-propylene-diene rubber). Ethyhdenenorbomene (ENB) is the most important of these monomers and requires dicyclopentadiene as a precursor. ENB is synthesized in a two step preparation, ie, a Diels-Alder reaction of CPD (via cracking of DCPD) with butadiene to yield 5-vinylbicyclo[2.2.1]-hept-2-ene [3048-64-4] (7) where the external double bond is then isomerized catalyticaHy toward the ring yielding 5-ethyhdenebicyclo[2.2.1]-hept-2-ene [16219-75-3] (ENB) (8) (60). 

Molecular orbital calculations indicate that cyclo C-18 carbyne should be relatively stable and experimental evidence for cyclocarbynes has been found [25], Fig. 3B. Diederich et al [25] synthesised a precursor of cyclo C-18 and showed by laser flash heating and time-of flight mass spectrometry that a series of retro Diels-Alder reactions occurred leading to cyclo C-18 as the predominant fragmentation pattern. Diederich has also presented a fascinating review of possible cyclic all-carbon molecules and other carbon-rich nanometre-sized carbon networks that may be susceptible to synthesis using organic chemical techniques [26]. 

Literature articles, which report the formation and evaluation of difunctional cyanoacrylate monomers, have been published. The preparation of the difunctional monomers required an alternative synthetic method than the standard Knoevenagel reaction for the monofunctional monomers, because the crosslinked polymer thermally decomposes before it can revert back to the free monomer. The earliest report for the preparation of a difunctional cyanoacrylate monomer involved a reverse Diels-Alder reaction of a dicyanoacrylate precursor [16,17]. Later reports described a transesterification with a dicyanoacrylic acid [18] or their formation from the oxidation of a diphenylselenide precursor, seen in Eq. 3 for the dicyanoacrylate ester of butanediol, 7 [6]. 

The Boekelheide reaction has found utility in other synthetic methodology. An approach to 2,3-pyridynes made use of this chemistry in the preparation of the key intermediate 30. Treatment of 28 with acetic anhydride produced the desired pyridone 29. Lithiation was followed by trapping with trimethylsilyl chloride and exposure to triflic anhydride gave the pyridyne precursor 30. Fluoride initiated the cascade of reactions that resulted in the formation of 2,3-pyridyne 31 that could be trapped with appropriate dienes in Diels-Alder reactions. 

A domino reaction,in this case consisting of an inter- and an intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction, is a key step in the synthesis of the hydrocarbon pago-dane 30, reported by Prinzbach et al When the bis-diQnQ 27 is treated with maleic anhydride 4, an initial intermolecular reaction leads to the intermediate product 28, which cannot be isolated, but rather reacts intramolecularly to give the pagodane precursor 29 ... 

Nitro compounds have been converted into various cyclic compounds via cycloaddidon reactions. In particular, nitroalkenes have proved to be nsefid in Diels-Alder reactions. Under thermal conditions, they behave as electron-deficient alkenes ind react v/ith dienes to yield 3-nitrocy-clohexenes. Nitroalkenes c in also act as heterodienes ind react v/ith olefins in the presence of Lewis acids to yield cyclic alkyl nkronates, which undergo [3- 2 cycloaddidon. Nitro compounds are precursors for nitnie oxides, alkyl nitronates, and trialkylsilyl nitronates, which undergo [3- 2 cycloaddldon reacdons. Thus, nitro compounds play important roles in the chemistry of cycloaddidon reacdons. In this chapter, recent developments of cycloaddinon chemistry of nitro compotmds and their derivadves are summarized. 

The combination of the Diels-Alder reaction of fi-sulfonylnitroethylene and the Barton-Zard reaction provides a new synthesis of pyrroles fused with polycyclic skeletons fEq 10 31 Pyrroles fused with bicycle [3 3 3 Qctodiene are important precursors for synthesis of isoindoles via the retro Diels-Alder reaction fEq 10 33 ... 

Removal of the carbonate ring from 7 (Scheme 1) and further functional group manipulations lead to allylic alcohol 8 which can be dissected, as shown, via a retro-Shapiro reaction to give vinyl-lithium 9 and aldehyde 10 as precursors. Vinyllithium 9 can be derived from sulfonyl hydrazone 11, which in turn can be traced back to unsaturated compounds 13 and 14 via a retro-Diels-Alder reaction. In keeping with the Diels-Alder theme, the cyclohexene aldehyde 10 can be traced to compounds 16 and 17 via sequential retrosynthetic manipulations which defined compounds 12 and 15 as possible key intermediates. In both Diels-Alder reactions, the regiochemical outcome is important, and special considerations had to be taken into account for the desired outcome to. prevail. These and other regio- and stereochemical issues will be discussed in more detail in the following section. 

Phthalocyanines with side groups which can undergo Diels-Alder reactions can be synthesized as precursors for ladder polymers (see pp772, 773).344-345 For these kinds of compounds an intrinsic conductivity is predicted.346 Both dienophilic and enophilic phthalocyanines have been prepared. The possibility to undergo a Diels-Alder reaction was tested with fumaronitrile and 2,3-dimethylbutadiene.345 Via a Diels-Alder reaction, a connection between a phthalocyanine and [60]fullercne was also achieved.336... 

Due to the two electron-donating groups in the bicyclic product 150 and the unhydrolyzed precursor of 148, they should be quite reactive dienes in Diels-Alder reactions. However, such [4+2] cycloadditions were observed only for the cyclohexane-annelated cyclopentadienes 151b, which equilibrate with the more reactive isomers 154 by 1,5-hydrogen shifts (Scheme 33). The [4+2] cycload-... 

Wang recently reported [30] that thermolysis of carbodiimides 15 (Scheme 1.5) in aromatic solvents is an efficient route to indoloquinolines 18 used as precursors for synthesizing naturally occurring alkaloids [31], The cyclization is thought to occur through a two-step biradical Diels-Alder reaction that gives 17, which then tautomerizes to 18. 

The first example of an oxide-anion accelerated retro Diels Alder reaction was reported by Papies and Grimme [52]. The adduct 19 (Equation 1.23) treated with tetra-w-butylammonium fluoride (TBAF) in THE at room temperature is immediately converted into 20, in contrast to the parent 21 (Equation 1.24) which undergoes cycloreversion into 22 at 100 °C. The dramatic oxide-anion acceleration (> 10 ) was ascribed to the loss of basicity of about 8pK, units in the transformation of alcoholate ion of precursor 19... 

Various o-quinodimethanes, generated in situ from o-alkenylbenzyltributyl-stannane precursors, have been used to synthesize functionalized polycycles by Diels Alder reaction with maleic anhydride, methylacrylate, dimethylfumarate and N-phenyl maleimide in the presence of electrophiles [37] (Scheme 2.16). 

The Diels-Alder reaction of 2-vinylfurans 73 with suitable dienophiles has been used to prepare tetrahydrobenzofurans [73, 74] by an extra-annular addition these are useful precursors of substituted benzofurans (Scheme 2.29). In practice, the cycloadditions with acetylenic dienophiles give fully aromatic benzofurans directly, because the intermediate cycloadducts autoxidize during the reaction or in the isolation procedure. In the case of a reaction with nitro-substituted vinylbenzofuran, the formation of the aromatic products involves the loss of HNO2. 

Gassman [92] has been a pioneer of ionic Diels-Alder reactions that proceed via in situ generation of cationic species (allylic cations) from olefinic precursors... 

Enantiomers (M)- and (P)-helicenebisquinones [32] 93 have been synthesized by high pressure Diels-Alder reaction of homochiral (+)-(2-p-tolylsulfo-nyl)-l,4-benzoquinone (94) in excess with dienes 95 and 96 prepared from the common precursor 97 (Scheme 5.9). The approach is based on the tandem [4 + 2] cycloaddition/pyrolitic sulfoxide elimination as a general one-pot strategy to enantiomerically enriched polycyclic dihydroquinones. Whereas the formation of (M)-helicene is explained by the endo approach of the arylethene toward the less encumbered face of the quinone, the formation of its enantiomeric (P)-form can be the result of an unfavourable interaction between the OMe group of approaching arylethene and the sulfinyl oxygen of 94. 

SsO may also function as a precursor for S2O units. However, it should be noticed that free S2O has never been detected directly in liquid solutions and that the isolated products most probably arise from a reaction of the S2O precursor with the trapping reagent since the reaction temperature is always 20 °C (e.g., by a transition-metal-induced retro-Diels-Alder reaction) [52, 53]. An exception may be the thermal decomposition of the substituted tetrathiolane-2,3-dioxide shown in Scheme 2 this compound evidently... 

Jorgensen et al. [84] studied how solvent effects could influence the course of Diels-Alder reactions catalyzed by copper(II)-bisoxazoline. They assumed that the use of polar solvents (generally nitroalkanes) improved the activity and selectivity of the cationic copper-Lewis acid used in the hetero Diels-Alder reaction of alkylglyoxylates with dienes (Scheme 31, reaction 1). The explanation, close to that given by Evans regarding the crucial role of the counterion, is a stabilization of the dissociated ion, leading to a more defined complex conformation. They also used this reaction for the synthesis of a precursor for highly valuable sesquiterpene lactones with an enantiomeric excess superior to 99%. 

Much effort has been directed at developing aqueous Diels-Alder reactions toward the syntheses of a variety of complex natural products. Grieco employed micellar catalysis and pure water as the solvent for the Diels-Alder reaction of dienecarboxylate with a variety of dienophiles. For example, when the Diels-Alder reaction in Scheme 12.3 was carried out in water, a higher reaction rate and reversal of the selectivity were observed, compared with the same reaction in a hydrocarbon solvent (Scheme 12.3).81 Similarly, the reaction of 2,6-dimethylbenzoquinone with sodium ( )-3,5-hexadienoate (generated in situ by the addition of 0.95 equiv sodium bicarbonate to a suspension of the precursor acid in water) proceeded for 1 hour to give a 77% yield of the adduct... 

The hetero-Diels-Alder reaction has also utilized dienophiles in which both reactive centers are heteroatoms. Kibayashi reported that the intramolecular hetero-Diels-Alder cycloaddition of chiral acylnitroso compounds, generated in situ from periodate oxidation of the precursor hydroxamic acid, showed a marked enhancement of the trans-selectivity in an aqueous medium compared with the selectivity in nonaqueous conditions (Eq. 12.55).125 The reaction was readily applied to the total synthesis of (—)-pumiliotoxin C (Figure 12.5).126... 

A traceless linker for solid-phase homo- and hetero-Diels-Alder reactions was based upon resin bound quinodimethane precursors... 

In the field of polymer chemistry the regio- and stereoselectivity of the Diels-Alder reaction is used for the concerted synthesis of structurally homogeneous double-stranded ladder polymers [39], which are useful materials with nonlinear optical properties and high electrical conductivity. It has turned out that the repeated Diels-Alder method is superior to an alternative two-step process, in which first an open chain precursor is formed followed by polymer ring closure as structural defects can occur [40]. 

Very recently, the Alcaide group constructed fused tricyclic systems from mono-cyclic precursors by a novel and elegant domino mesylation/[3,3] sigmatropic rearrangement/Diels-Alder reaction [467]. This domino process will be described in Chapter 4. 

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