Dimethyl reaction with isocyanates

Functionalization of Ni(MeCOCHCOMe)2 occurs in reactions with isocyanates, diethyl azodi-carboxylate and dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate, which proceed by formal insertion of the methine C—H unit into the substrate multiple bonds to form respectively amides and ester-substituted hydrazines and alkenes. Similar additions of acetylacetone to these electrophiles is catalyzed by nickel acetylacetonate.217,218... 

The year has seen a considerable extension of the principles of hypervalent phosphorus chemistry into the fields of other elements notably Si, Sn, Ge and Sb and in this context the well-known Martin ligand has proved to be especially valuable. Particularly interesting contributions have been provided by Ju et al on the relative rates of reaction of pentoses and hexoses with pentacoordinate phosphorus, by Bentrude et on the mechanism of the reaction of hy-dridophosphoranes with dimethyl disulfide and by Kawashima et alP on the isolation of two carbaphosphatranes containing covalent P-C bonds. Holmes et al report on the fluxional properties of propeller shaped phosphoranes and Buono et have also demonstrated the utility of hydridophosphoranes in some highly diastereoselective reactions with isocyanates. In summary, although the number of reports was small, the year was noteworthy for some very sophisticated contributions to the field. 

Adducts from various quaternary salts have been isolated, in reactions with aldehydes, a-ketoaldehydes, dialkylacylphosphonates and dialkyl-phosphonates, isocyanates, isothiocyanates, and so forth (Scheme 15) (36). The ylid (11) resulting from removal of a Cj proton from 3.4-dimethyl-S-p-hydroxyethylthiazolium iodide by NEtj in DMF gives with phenylisothiocyanate the stable dipolar adduct (12) that has been identified by its NMR spectrum and reactional product, such as acid addition and thiazolidine obtention via NaBH4 reduction (Scheme 16) (35). It must be mentioned that the adduct issued from di-p-tolylcarbodiimide is separated in its halohydrogenated form. An alkaline treatment occasions an easy ring expansion into a 1,4-thiazine derivative (Scheme 17) (35). 

Other polyamine derivatives are used to break the oil/water emulsions produced at times by petroleum wells. Materials such as polyether polyols prepared by reaction of EDA with propylene and ethylene oxides (309) the products derived from various ethyleneamines reacting with isocyanate-capped polyols and quaternized with dimethyl sulfate (310) and mixtures of PEHA with oxyalkylated alkylphenol—formaldehyde resins (311) have been used. 

In a manner analogous to classic nitrile iinines, the additions of trifluoro-methylacetonitrile phenylimine occur regiospecifically with activated terminal alkenes but less selectively with alkynes [39], The nitnle imine reacts with both dimethyl fumarate and dimethyl maleate m moderate yields to give exclusively the trans product, presumably via epimenzation of the labile H at position 4 [40] (equation 42) The nitrile imine exhibits exo selectivities in its reactions with norbornene and norbornadiene, which are similar to those seen for the nitrile oxide [37], and even greater reactivity with enolates than that of the nitnle oxide [38, 41], Reactions of trifluoroacetomtrile phenyl imine with isocyanates, isothiocyanates, and carbodiimides are also reported [42]... 

The reaction of isocyanates with enamines disubstituted at the -carbon gives -amino- -lactams (107,108). Thus the enamine (16) reacted exothermally with phenylisocyanate to give (33) dimethyl-l-phenyl-4-dimethylamino-2-acetidinone (157), which was converted by acid hydrolysis to 2-formyl-2-methyl propionanilide (158). 

Trimethylsilylketene and acyl isocyanates generate 4-trimethylsiloxy-l,3-oxazin-6-ones 12 in situ, which smoothly react with the enamines of cycloalkanones to give bicyclic 2-pyridones 13 <96TL(37)4977>. The heterocycles 12 also undergo the Diels-Alder reaction with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate or methyl propiolate to furnish substituted 2-pyridones <96TL(37)4973>. 

Dimethylphenylthiourea, 46, 70 Dimethylphosphine, 46, 103 Dimethylphosphinic acid, 46, 103 Dimethylphosphinyl chloride, 46, 103 N,N-Dimethyl-l,3-propanediamine, reaction with ethyl isocyanate, 48, S3... 

Cycloaddition of methyl orotate or its 1,3-dimethyl derivative with 2,6-dichlorobenzonitrile oxide (generated in situ Scheme 79), or with the corresponding isocyanate, gives an oxazolo[4,5-d]pyrimidine. This intermediate undergoes ring opening under the reaction conditions, and recyclization occurs to provide a pyrimido[5,4-r/][l,2]oxazine <1992H(34)1423>. 

Zirconium and hafnium dialkylamides are highly reactive compounds. They undergo (i) protolytic substitution reactions with reagents such as alcohols, cyclopentadiene and bisftrimethylsilyOamine 63 64 (ii) insertion reactions with C02, CS2, COS, nitriles, phenyl isocyanate, methyl isothiocyanate, carbodiimides and dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate 69-72 and (iii) addition reactions with metal carbonyls.73 These reactions are summarized with reference to Zr(NMe2)4 in Scheme 1. 

When acrylonitrile or ethyl acrylate was used as the dipolarophile, the azomethine adducts (134) and (135) were formed no thiocarbonyl ylide addition products were isolable in refluxing toluene or xylene, although the isoindoles (136a) and (136b) derived from them were isolated. In contrast to the reactions with fumaronitrile or AT-phenylmaleimide, the azomethine adducts (134) and (135) were still present at higher reaction temperatures — almost 50% in toluene and 4-5% in xylene. Under the same reaction conditions other electron-deficient dipolarophiles like dimethyl fumarate, norbornene, dimethyl maleate, phenyl isocyanate, phenyl isothiocyanate, benzoyl isothiocyanate, p-tosyl isocyanate and diphenylcyclopropenone failed to undergo cycloaddition to thienopyrrole (13), presumably due to steric interactions (77HC(30)317). 

A typical example of the reaction of isocyanates with formamidines is shown in equation (92). Alkyl isocyanates can react in a similar way, but there can be mixed products formed under certain circumstances, as in the reaction of methyl isocyanate with N,N- dialkyl-N 1-arylformamidines (166). The predicted product (167 equation 93) is formed except when AT,AT-dimethyl-N-arylformamidines are used. In the latter case a mixture of (168) and (169) is formed (equation 94). The mechanism of the formation of (169) is shown in Scheme 104 (73HCA776). 

Acylations at nitrogen include N-acetylation using acetic anhydride (82H1595) and N-mesylation (84TL4223), as well as the N-carboxyalk-ylation of 81 and reaction of 82 with isocyanates or isothiocyanates to afford 83 (Scheme 2) (76JAP76-65757). Alkylations include methylation to yield N-methyl and N,N -dimethyl-l,2-diazocines (69JOC3237). An in-... 

The most common synthetic approaches to both types of pyrimidopyrimidine have been described in CHEC-I and in review articles by Delia . In addition some new strategies in the preparation of pyrimido[4,5-rf]pyrimidines have been developed in the last few years. A new approach is the aza-Wittig-type reaction of iminophosphoranes of 5-aminouracils with aromatic isocyanates which leads to functionalized pyrimido[4,5-rf]pyrimidines. Ethyl 1,3-dimethyl-6-(triphenylphosphoranylideneamino)-uracil-5-carboxylate (105) reacts with isocyanates via adduct (106a) intermediates to afford 7-ethoxypyrimido[4,5-. 

Also, reaction of (5,5-dimethyl-3-oxo-l-cyclo-hexenyl)iminotriphenylphosphorane 7 with isocyanates affords N-(5,5-dimethyl-3-oxo-l-cyclohexenyl)-N -phenylcarbodimide 8.1 ... 

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