1.3- dipolar cycloaddition reactions diazomethane preparation

The 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction of diazoalkanes with alkenes has also been reported (395). Kanemasa and Kanai (395) used the chiral DBFOX-Ph ligand with various metals such as Ni, Zn, and Mg for the preparation of 255a-c. The reaction of TMS-diazomethane 171 with alkene 241 was catalyzed by 10 mol% of 255b to afford the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition product 296 in good yields and enantioselectivities of up to 99% ee (Scheme 12.96). Also, the Ni-catalyst 255a and the Mg-catalyst 255c were excellent catalysts for the reaction, resulting in >90% ee in both cases. 

Pyrazolopyrazolopyrazines can be prepared from a stereoselective dipolar cycloaddition between the alkene group of 284 and diazomethane (Equation 45). Ten equivalents of diazomethane are used in this reaction when only 1 equiv is used, the corresponding methyl ester of the starting material was formed <20020L773>. 

The reaction between alkynes and diazomethane, or monosubstituted diazomethanes, has been known for almost a century to yield l//-pyrazoles7 and is an important method for preparing these compounds.2,5,6 It proceeds via a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition (Scheme 1) giving initially a 3//-pyrazole (4),... 

Diazo compounds have also been used as precursors in the preparation of pyrazoles and indazoles. The copper-promoted cycloaddition reaction of lithium acetylides 18 with diazocarbonyl compounds 19 provided a direct and efficient approach to the synthesis of pyrazoles 20 <07AG(I)3242>. A facile, efficient, and general method for the synthesis of 1-arylated indazoles 22 and A-unsubstituted indazoles 23 by the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of benzynes, generated from 21, with diazomethane derivatives has been reported <07AG(I)3323>. Reaction of diazo(trimethylsilyl)methylmagnesium bromide with aldehydes or ketones gave 2-diazo-2-(trimethylsilyl)ethanols, which were applied to the synthesis of di- and trisubstituted pyrazoles via [3+2] cycloaddition reaction with ethyl propiolate or dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate <07S3371>. 

Unfortunately, several important classes of a-diazo ketones cannot be prepared in good yield via these standard methods. a -Diazo derivatives of a.p-unsaturated ketones, for example, have previously proved to be particularly difficult to prepare.1113 12 The acylation of diazomethane with a.p-unsaturated acid chlorides and anhydrides is generally not a successful reaction because of the facility of dipolar cycloaddition to conjugated double bonds, which leads in this case to the formation of mixtures of isomeric pyrazolines. Also problematic are diazo transfer reactions involving base-sensitive substrates such as certain a,p-enones and heteroaryl ketones. Finally, the relatively harsh conditions and lack of regioselectivity associated with the thermodynamically controlled Claisen formylation step in the "deformylative" diazo transfer procedure limit the utility of this method when applied to the synthesis of diazo derivatives of many enones and unsymmetrical saturated ketones. 

The synthesis and relative stability of 3,5-diacyl-4,5-dihydro-l//-pyrazoles prepared by dipolar cycloaddition of enones and a-diazoketones has been published <2004JOC9085>. 3-Acyl-4-aryl-2-pyrazolines have been synthesized by the reaction of a,/3-unsaturated ketones with diazomethane <1996IJB1091>. Ethyl diazoacetate added to 1,3-diarylpropenones in a regioselective fashion to give the intermediate 4,5-dihydto-3//-pyrazole derivative 1,3-hydride shift in the latter led to the formation of the isomeric ethyl 4-aryl-5-aroyl-4,5-dihydro-l//-pyrazole-3-carboxylate and ethyl 4-aryl-3-aroyl-4,5-dihydro-l/7-pyrazole-5-carboxylate in a ratio of 5 1 <2001RJ01517>. 1,3-Dipolar cycloaddition of 2-diazopropane with diarylideneacetones afforded diastereomeric bis-A -pyrazolines <1999T449>. 

Diazo reagents have also been utilized in the preparation of pyrazoles. 1,3-Dipolar cycloaddition of 2-diazopropane with propargyl alcohols led to the regioselective synthesis of 3//-pyrazoles <05EJO3526>. Reactions of diazomethane or diazoethane with activated sulfoxides 47 in the presence of Yb(OTf)3 produced a stereocontrolled synthesis of bicyclic pyrazoles 48 <05JOC8942>. 

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