1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions reactivity

In a more recent study on 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions the use of succi-nimide instead of the oxazolidinone auxiliary was introduced (Scheme 6.19) [58]. The succinimide derivatives 24a,b are more reactive towards the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction with nitrone la and the reaction proceeds in the absence of a catalyst. In the presence of TiCl2-TADDOLate catalyst 23a (5 mol%) the reaction of la with 24a proceeds at -20 to -10 °C, and after conversion of the unstable succinimide adduct into the amide derivative, the corresponding product 25 was obtained in an endojexo ratio of <5 >95. Additionally, the enantioselectivity of the reaction of 72% ee is also an improvement compared to the analogous reaction of the oxazolidinone derivative 19. Similar improvements were obtained in reactions of other related nitrones with 24a and b. 

Ethoxycaibonylation of the 7-methylpyrrolotetrazolide ion gave the Nl-substituted product 18 preferentially <96JOC5646>. The 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions of 19 with alkenes was investigated <96JHC335> as was the formation and reactivity of the tetrazoyl(benzotriazol-l-yl)methane 20 <96JHC1107>. 

Reactivity of diazo compounds towards 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions with 1 -[1,2,3]-, 2H-[1,2,3]-, [1,3,2]-, and [l,2,4]diazaphospholes has been rationalized by FMO approach using DFT calculations [107], In most of the cases, HOMODipole-LUMOn. . .. interaction has been found to control the reactivity and among... 

Thiolactams 622 treated with carbon suboxide provide mesoionic compounds 623. Their 1,4-dipolar cycloaddition reaction with highly reactive PTAD gives compounds 624, formed by the cycloaddition followed by extrusion of COS, in quantitative yield (Scheme 100) <1995T6651, 1995H(41)1631>. 

Type G syntheses are typified by the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions of nitrile sulfides with nitriles. Nitrile sulfides are reactive 1,3-dipoles and they are prepared as intermediates by the thermolysis of 5-substituted-l,3,4-oxathiazol-2-ones 102. The use of nitriles as dipolarophiles has resulted in a general method for the synthesis of 3,5-disubstituted-l,2,4-thiadiazoles 103 (Scheme 11). The thermolysis is performed at 190°C with an excess of the nitrile. The yields are moderate, but are satisfactory when aromatic nitrile sulfides interact with electrophilic nitriles. A common side reaction results from the decomposition of the nitrile sulfide to give a nitrile and sulfur. This nitrile then reacts with the nitrile sulfide to yield symmetrical 1,2,4-thiadiazoles <2004HOU277>. Excellent yields have been obtained when tosyl cyanide has been used as the acceptor molecule <1993JHC357>. 

These routes are dimerization to furoxans 2 proceeding at ambient and lower temperatures for all nitrile oxides excluding those, in which the fulmido group is sterically shielded, isomerization to isocyanates 3, which proceeds at elevated temperature, is practically the only reaction of sterically stabilized nitrile oxides. Dimerizations to 1,2,4-oxadiazole 4-oxides 4 in the presence of trimethylamine (4) or BF3 (1 BF3 = 2 1) (24) and to 1,4,2,5-dioxadiazines 5 in excess BF3 (1, 24) or in the presence of pyridine (4) are of lesser importance. Strong reactivity of nitrile oxides is based mainly on their ability to add nucleophiles and particularly enter 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions with various dipolarophiles (see Sections 1.3 and 1.4). 

Individual aspects of nitrile oxide cycloaddition reactions were the subjects of some reviews (161 — 164). These aspects are as follows preparation of 5-hetero-substituted 4-methylene-4,5-dihydroisoxazoles by nitrile oxide cycloadditions to properly chosen dipolarophiles and reactivity of these isoxazolines (161), 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions of isothiazol-3(2//)-one 1,1-dioxides, 3-alkoxy- and 3-(dialkylamino)isothiazole 1,1-dioxides with nitrile oxides (162), preparation of 4,5-dihydroisoxazoles via cycloaddition reactions of nitrile oxides with alkenes and subsequent conversion to a, 3-unsaturated ketones (163), and [2 + 3] cycloaddition reactions of nitroalkenes with aromatic nitrile oxides (164). 

First, all these classes of compounds are 1,3-dipoles, that is, they serve as the starting reagents in 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions, which can be considered as a modem powerful method for the synthesis of various heterocyclic and polyfunctional compounds (5). All three dipoles have the common reactive fragment ... 

The rhodium( 11)-catalyzed formation of 1,3-dipoles has played a major role in facilitating the use of the dipolar cycloaddition reaction in modern organic synthesis. This is apparent from the increasing number of applications of this chemistry for the construction of heterocyclic and natural product ring systems. This chapter initially focuses on those aspects of rhodium(II) catalysis that control dipole formation and reactivity, and concludes with a sampling of the myriad examples that exist in the Hterature today. 

In addition to the role of substituents in determining regioselectivity, several other structural features affect the reactivity of dipolarophiles. Strain increases reactivity. Norbomene, for example, is consistently more reactive than cyclohexene in 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions. Conjugated functional groups also usually increase reactivity. This increased reactivity has most often been demonstrated with electron-attracting substituents, but for some 1,3-dipoles, enamines, enol ethers, and other alkenes with donor substituents are also quite reactive. Some reactivity data for a series of alkenes with a few 1,3-dipoles are given in Table 6.3. Scheme 6.5 gives some examples of 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions. 

The meso-ionic l,3-dithiol-4-ones (134) participate - in 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions giving adducts of the general type 136. They show a remarkable degree of reactivity toward simple alkenes including tetramethylethylene, cyclopentene, norbomene, and norbor-nadiene as well as toward the more reactive 1,3-dipolarophilic olefins dimethyl maleate, dimethyl fumarate, methyl cinnamate, diben-zoylethylene, A -phenylmaleimide, and acenaphthylene. Alkynes such as dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate also add to meso-ionic 1,3-dithiol-4-ones (134), but the intermediate cycloadducts are not isolable they eliminate carbonyl sulfide and yield thiophenes (137) directly. - ... 

The higher reactivity of ring-strained olefins has been exploited by several workers in 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions of milnchnones. Thus, Kato and co-workers (112) reported that miinchnone 38 reacts with 1,2,3-triphenyl-1//-phosphirene (202) to give l-methyl-2,3,4,5-tetraphenylpyrrole (203) (45% yield). Control experiments demonstrated that phosphirene 202 does not decompose to diphenylacetylene appreciably under the reaction conditions. Moreover, the reaction of diphenylacetylene and miinchnone 38 afforded only a 21% yield of pyrrole 203. 

The reader was given a taste of the power of isomiinchnone dipolar cycloaddition chemistry in Section 10.2.1. As discussed by Potts (1) and Gingrich and Baum (10), the isomiinchnone ring system—a masked carbonyl dipole—is exceptionally reactive as a 1,3-dipole in 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions. In the intervening years since these two excellent reviews the major research efforts in isomiinchnone chemistry have entailed synthetic applications to specific targets such as alkaloids and other natural and unnatural products. 

Enhanced reactivity as well as high endo-selectivity based on the rigid transition structure of N-metalated azomethine ylides is attractive for asymmetric 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions. There are several reports known for the design of effective chiral nucleophiles in asymmetric cycloadditions. 

Suga et al. (197) reported the first stereocontrolled 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions of carbonyl ylides with electron-deficient alkenes using a Lewis acid catalyst. Carbonyl ylides are highly reactive 1,3-dipoles and cannot be isolated. They are mainly generated through transition metal carbenoid intermediates derived in situ from diazo precursors by treatment with a transition metal catalyst. When methyl o-(diazoacetyl)benzoate is treated with A-methylmaleimide at reflux... 

The structural requirements of the mesomeric betaines described in Section III endow these molecules with reactive -electron systems whose orbital symmetries are suitable for participation in a variety of pericyclic reactions. In particular, many betaines undergo 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions giving stable adducts. Since these reactions are moderately exothermic, the transition state can be expected to occur early in the reaction and the magnitude of the frontier orbital interactions, as 1,3-dipole and 1,3-dipolarophile approach, can be expected to influence the energy of the transition state—and therefore the reaction rate and the structure of the product. This is the essence of frontier molecular orbital (EMO) theory, several accounts of which have been published. 16.317 application of the FMO method to the pericyclic reactions of mesomeric betaines has met with considerable success. The following section describes how the reactivity, electroselectivity, and regioselectivity of these molecules have been rationalized. 

Regiospecific 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions of dihydropyridines and some organic azides lead to high yields of fused aziridines—2,7-diazabicy-cli[4.1.0]hept-3-enes 337 [365, 366, 367] (Scheme 3.112). The reaction proceeds via the preliminary formation of an intermediate 336 and the elimination of nitrogen. Reaction of pyrimidine 334 with less reactive methoxycarbonyl and benzoyl azides does not occur [367]. Compounds 337 exhibit significant analgesic, antibacterial and antifungal activities [367]. 

Thermolysis of oxazolidinone 82 gives the reactive azomethine ylide 83 (Equation 7) which readily takes part in 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions (see Section 2.04.6.3). 

Heteropentalenes with a nonclassical ring structure have been observed to partake in interesting dipolar cycloaddition reactions <75ACR139,77T3203). It is believed that by increasing the number of heteroatoms in the ring the resultant chemical reactivity decreases as a consequence of increased stability of the system. This hypothesis was reinforced when no evidence was found for cycloaddition of dipolarophiles to 6-methyl-4-phenylpyrazolo[3,4-c][l,2,5]thiadiazole (24a) <8UOC4065>. 

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