2-Pyridones 3.4- dihydro

Asymmetric synthesis and synthetic utility of 2,3-dihydro-4-pyridones 99JHC1491. 

The fluoboric acid-catalyzed aza-Diels-Alder reaction of aldimine and Danishefsky s diene proceeds smoothly to afford dihydro-4-pyridones in high yields [90] (Equation 4.16). Unstable aldimines generated from aliphatic aldehydes can be prepared in situ and allowed to react under one-pot reaction conditions. This one-pot Bronsted acid-catalyzed three-component aza-Diels-Alder reaction affords the adducts in good to high yields. 

The oxidation of silyl enol ethers 111 with palladium(n) acetate is a convenient nnethod for the preparation of synthetically useful 2,6-disubstituted 2,3-dihydro-4-pyridones 112 <95TL(36)9449>. 

As in the case of Diels-Alder reactions, aqueous aza-Diels-Alder reactions are also catalyzed by various Lewis acids such as lanthanide triflates.113 Lanthanide triflate-catalyzed imino Diels-Alder reactions of imines with dienes or alkenes were developed. Three-component aza-Diels-Alder reactions, starting from aldehyde, aniline, and Danishefsky s diene, took place smoothly under the influence of HBL4 in aqueous media to afford dihydro-4-pyridone derivatives in high yields (Eq. 12.46).114... 

The montmorillonite KlO-catalyzed aza-Diels-Alder reaction of Danishefsky s diene with aldimines, generated in situ from aliphatic aldehydes and p-anisidine, proceeded smoothly in H20 or in aqueous CH3CN to afford 2-substituted 2,3-dihydro-4-pyridones in excellent yields (Eq. 12.47).115 Also, complex [(PPh3)Ag(CBiiH6Br6)] was shown to be an effective and selective catalyst (0.1 mol% loading) for a hetero-Diels-Alder reaction with Danishefsky s diene and the reaction showed a striking dependence on the presence of trace amounts of... 

Similar aza-Diels-Alder reactions of Danishefsky s diene with imines or aldehydes and amines in water took place smoothly under neutral conditions in the presence of a catalytic amount of an alkaline salt such as sodium triflate or sodium tetraphenylborate to afford dihydro-4-pyridones in high yields (Eq. 12.49).117 Antibodies have also been found to catalyze hetero-Diels-Alder reactions.118... 

In Scheme 6.230, the multistep synthesis of 2,3-dihydro-4-pyridones is highlighted [411]. The pathway described by Panunzio and coworkers starts from a dioxin-4-one precursor, which is readed with 2 equivalents of benzyl alcohol under solvent-free microwave conditions to furnish the corresponding /1-diketo benzyl esters. Subsequent treatment with 1 equivalent of N,N-dimethylformamide dimethyl acetal (DMFDMA), again under solvent-free conditions, produces an enamine, which is then cyclized with an amine building block (1.1 equivalents) to produce the desired 4-pyridinone produds. All microwave protocols were conducted under open-vessel conditions using power control. 

Figure 3.31. Scope of Rh/(i )-binap-catalyzed asymmetric 1,4-addition of ArZnCl to 2,3-dihydro-4-pyridones.

The aza-Diels-Alder reaction of Danishefsky s diene with imines provides a convenient method for the synthesis of 2-substituted 2,3-dihydro-4-pyridones, a compound class that has important synthetic applications. Kobayashi and co-workers have studied the reaction in detail using ytterbium (III) triflate as the Lewis acid30. Although the reaction is often run at low temperature (—78°C to 0°C) for a number of hours, we have found that the reaction also worked well at elevated temperatures (150°C) in the microwave for a few minutes (J. Westman and A. Hurynowics, unpublished results) (see Scheme 5.15). The imines could either be preformed prior to the addition of the Danishefsky s diene or the reaction could be performed as a multi-component protocol, where all components were added at once. 

Acyl-2-alkyl-2,3-dihydro-4( 1 //)-pyridones A are readily available heterocycles in both racemic and chiral form. l-Acyl-2-alkyl-l,2-dihydropyridines B are much less readily accessible, especially enantiopure, but are much sought after building blocks for alkaloid synthesis. A very efficient (83-96%) and simple procedure has now been developed for the A — B transformation, illustrated as follows treatment of l-allyloxycarbonyl-2-cyclohexyl-2,3-dihydro-4-pyridone with one equivalent of the Vilsmeier reagent in trichloroethylene at room temperature gave l-allyloxycarbonyl-4-chloro-2-cyclohexyl-l,2-dihydropyridine in 92% yield. 

A simple diastereoselective route to 2,3,6-trisubstituted-2,3-dihydro-4-pyridones from a diketoester, aryl aldehydes, and ammonium acetate has been reported (Equation 168) <2005TL5511>. 

Although the mechanism of chlorination of pyridine A-oxides by the action of phosphorus oxychloride, phosphorus pentachloride, or sulfuryl chloride has not been established, it seems most likely that some of these reactions involve intra- or inter-molecular attack by chloride ion or potential chloride ion following complexing at oxygen (see Sections II and IV). With a few exceptions, they are therefore more appropriately discussed under the heading of nucleophilic substitutions (Section IV, A, 3). One such exception may be the reaction of A-hydroxy-4-pyridone with sulfuryl chloride, which ultimately gives l,2,2,3,3,5,6-heptachloro-2,3-dihydro-4-pyridone (65). It has been proposed that the first step in this reaction is the formation of 3,5-dichIoro-AT-hydroxy-4-pyridone.157 If this is so, then it must involve electrophilic attack at the two /3-positions, followed by the more usual nucleophilic substitutions. 

Phenylacetylene on heating with NIS in methanol and catalytic amounts of HTI was transformed to the diiodo acetal PhC(OMe)2CHI2 (95%) under similar conditions, iodo-phenylacetylene afforded PhC(OMe)2COOMe (86%) [56]. Other reactions using NBS or NIS and catalytic HTI resulted in bromination and iodination of, respectively, polyalkylbenzenes [57] and A-acyl-2,3-dihydro-4-pyridones [58]. 

Conjugate addition.s The key step in a stereocontrolled synthesis of the Lyth-raceae alkaloid lasubine II (4) is the conjugate addition of an alkylcopper complexed with BF3 to the N-acyl-2,3-dihydro-4-pyridone 1 to give the d.v-product 2 in 56% yield and >96% stereoselectivity. Hydrogenation in the presence of Li2C03 effects cyclization and deprotection of nitrogen to give the ketone 3, which is reduced stereoselectively by lithium trisiamylborohydride to the desired alcohol 4. 

The acetoxy group was hydrolyzed using hydrazine to give (46). Nucleophilic substitution of the fluorine atom produced the tricyclic /3 lactam (47). A diastereoselective aza-Diels-Alder reaction was used in a synthesis of (-)-lasubine (I). Tin tetrachloride mediated reaction of complex (48) with Danishefsky s diene afford 2,3-dihydro-4-pyridone (49) as a single diastereomer (Scheme 86). Chiral benzaldehyde imines can be aUylated with high diastereoselectivity to give optically active homoaUyhc amines (Scheme 87). 

Lewis acid-promoted asymmetric conjugate addition of an aUylsilane to a series of 8-arylmentbol-derived iV-acyl-2,3-dihydro-4-pyridones (122) has been reported to lead to 2-aUyl-4-piperidones with moderate to high levels of asymmetric induction the highest levels were attained with Ar = 2-naphthyl. The stereochemical course of the reaction was attributed to 7t-stacking and the method was applied to the asymmetric synthesis of (—)-iV-methylconiine. ... 

Wang, Y., Wilson, S. R. Solid phase synthesis of 2,3-dihydro-4-pyridones reaction of Danishefsky s diene with polymer-bound imines. Tetrahedron Lett. 1997, 38,4021-4024. 

Cycloadditions. Both hetero-Diels-Alder reactions of polymer-bound aldimines with Danishefsky s diene to afford 2-aryl-2,3-dihydro-4-pyridones and 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions of nitrones with a, 3-unsaturated amides are catalyzed by YbfOTflj. Remarkable switch in diastereoselectivity by solvent is observed in the latter reactions. 

Under thermal conditions the heterocyclic spiro[2.4]heptene system undergoes rearrangement to a 5,6-dihydro-4-pyridone. This reaction is very useful when alkanenitrile oxides with appropriate leaving groups in the side chain are used because they lead to annulated dihydro-4-pyridones with a bridgehead nitrogen atom. - ... 

Akiyama et al. have reported that the cycloaddition of 102 to imines is effectively accelerated by 10 mol% of a Bronsted acid such as HBF4 in aqueous media, affording dihydro-4-pyridones in good to high yield (Scheme 10.109) [295]. This catalytic system is applicable to three-component synfhesis of dihydro-4-pyridones from aldehydes, anilines, and 102. The three-component coupling can be achieved efficiently in water without any organic solvent by using SDS as surfactant. 

The same strategy has been used to prepare trans bicyclic enones. The protected C5 phosphonylated aldehyde is obtained in 84% yield by a CuBr SMe2-mediated Michael addition of the Grignard reagent derived from 4-chlorobutyraldehyde diethyl acetal to a 5-phosphonylated 2,3-dihydro-4-pyridone in THF. Subsequent room-temperature hydrolysis of the acetal using aqueous oxalic acid in THF affords a near-quantitative yield of the crude aldehyde, which undergoes an intramolecular Homer-Wadsworth-Emmons reaction under treatment with Et3N/LiCl in THF at room temperature (89%). ... 

Comins, D.L., and Olhnger, C.G., Inter- and intramolecular Homer-Wadsworth-Emmons reactions of 5-(diethoxyphosphoryl)-l-acyl-2-alkyl(aryl)-2,3-dihydro-4-pyridones, Tetrahedron Lett., 42, 4115, 2001. 

A Yb(OTf)3-catalyzed three-component aza Diels-Alder reaction of a diene with aldehydes and benzhydrylamine to provide 2,5-disubstituted 2,3-dihydro-4-pyridones has been developed <05SL1018, 05T9594>. A catalytic asymmetric aza Diels-Alder reaction of acylhydrazones 183... 

Dihydro-4-pyridones. These tion of Danishefsky s diene and imines. temperature in the presence of Bi(OTf),... 

Hetero-Diels-Alder reaction. The condensation of Danishefsky s diene with imines to generate TV-substituted 2-aryl-2,3-dihydro-4-pyridones at room temperature is effected by this salt. A mixture of aldehydes, amines, and the dehydrant MgS04 can be employed instead of imines. 

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