Dipole structures nitrile oxides

Similarly, other cycloadducts of nitrile oxides with C6o were synthesized. The cycloadducts were characterized by 13C NMR spectroscopy and high-resolution fast atom bombardment (FAB) mass spectrometry. It should be mentioned that X-ray structure determination of the 3-(9-anthryl)-4,5-dihydroisoxazole derivative of C6o, with CS2 included in the crystals, was achieved at 173 K (255). Cycloaddition of fullerene C60 with the stable 2-(phenylsulfonyl)benzonitrile oxide was also studied (256). Fullerene formed with 2-PhSC>2C6H4CNO 1 1 and 1 2 adducts. The IR, NMR, and mass spectra of the adducts were examined. Di(isopropoxy)phosphorylformonitrile oxide gives mono- and diadducts with C60 (257). Structures of the adducts were studied using a combination of high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), semiempirical PM3 calculations, and the dipole moments. 

A number of intramolecular cycloadditions of alkene-tethered nitrile oxides, where the double bond forms part of a ring, have been used for the synthesis of fused carbocyclic structures (18,74,266-271). The cycloadditions afford the cis-fused bicyclic products, and this stereochemical outcome does not depend on the substituents on the alkene or on the carbon chain. When cyclic olefins were used, the configuration of the products found could be rationalized in terms of the transition states described in Scheme 6.49 (18,74,266-271). In the transition state leading to the cis-fused heterocycle, the dipole is more easily aligned with the dipolarophile if the nitrile oxide adds to the face of the cycloolefin in which the tethering chain resides. In the trans transition state, considerable nonbonded interactions and strain would have to be overcome in order to achieve good parallel alignment of the dipole and dipolarophile (74,266). 

The use of alkenyl nitrile oxides is an effective method for the construction of bland polycyclic isoxazolines (2,4,200,236,237). Due to the rigid linear structure of the nitrile oxide, the reaction of alkenyl nitrile oxides almost always proceeds to give bicyclo[X,3,0] derivatives for X = 3-5. Most frequently, the diastereoselec-tivities are controlled by a chiral center on the link between the alkene and the dipole groups. 

Fig. 2.3 shows the core structures of the most important 1,3-dipoles, and what they are all called. As with dienes, they can have electron-donating or withdrawing substituents attached at any of the atoms with a hydrogen atom in the core structure, and these modify the reactivity and selectivity that the dipoles show for different dipolarophiles. Some of the dipoles are stable compounds like ozone and diazomethane, or, suitably substituted, like azides, nitrones, and nitrile oxides. Others, like the ylids, imines, and carbonyl oxides, are reactive intermediates that have to be made in situ. Fig. 2.4 shows some examples of some common 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions, and Fig. 2.5 illustrates two of the many ways in which unstable dipoles can be prepared. 

It is well established that 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions are an important method for the synthesis of five-membered ring heterocycles. In particular, for the l,4-oxa/thia-2-azole system, nitrile oxides or nitrile sulfides are usually employed as the 1,3-dipoles and C=0 and/or C=S groups as the dipolarophiles. There are many examples of all possible dipole-dipolarophile combinations leading to azoline derivatives 176-179 and also to compounds of the general structures... 

One of the resonance structures of the nitrile oxides is represented by a 1,3-dipole. With alkynes as dipolarophiles, a concerted [3+2] cycloaddition occurs to give isoxazoles 8 ... 

The following 1,3-dipoles will be considered (a) aryl azides (b) diazoalkanes (c) aryl nitrile oxides (d) nitrile imines (e) azomethine imines (/) azomethine oxides (g) azomethine ylides. (a) to (d) represent 1,3-dipoles with a double bond in their sextet structure, while the last three, from (e) to (g), are without a double bond . All of them have nitrogen as the central atom of the 1,3-dipole. They will be formulated as allyl-like systems, having their negative charge distributed (according to an unspecified balance) at the two sides of the positive nitrogen, e.g. 

MBH adducts and their derivatives derived from methyl acrylate and aldehydes undergo stereoselective cycloadditions with diazomethane and benzonitrile oxide to give the corresponding cycloadducts in good yields (Scheme 3.214). The stereochemical outcome can be explained by the so-called inside alkoxy elfect theory.However, in the case of diazomethane cycloadditions, electrostatic factors play a reduced role compared to the corresponding nitrile oxide reactions, while steric elfects are of major importance in governing the stereoselectivity. This dilferent behavior of the two 1,3-dipoles has been rationalized by analysis of the atomic charges, as calculated at the RHF/3-21G level of theory, for the transition structure of these reactions. 

In this (3 + 2)-cycloaddition, nitrile oxide reacts simultaneously as a 1,3-dipole and a dipolarophile, thus reflecting the electronic structure of nitrile oxides including a high energy HOMO and a low energy LUMO. 

Above we saw a criss-cross addition of benzalazine with MA involving two 1,3-dipoles. A number of other reagents which fall in the class of 1,3-dipoles, e.g., diazoalkanes, nitrile oxides, and azides, also react with MA to yield intermediates with unique structural features. Many of these products are formed in good yields, thus increasing their importance as intermediates for the synthesis of other compounds, such as pharmaceuticals and monomers. 

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