Double-bond migration isoprene

In some cases double-bond migration was noted, as for isoprene. 

Another molecule which takes part in the cocyclization [see Eq. (67)] is arylisocyanate. The C=N double bond, rather than the C=0 double bond in phenylisocyanate, reacts with butadiene to give 3-ethylidene-l-phenyl-6-vinyl-2-piperidone (114) in 75% yield. In this reaction, the double bond migration to the conjugated position took place (101). With isoprene, the selective head-to-head dimerization-cyclization took place at 100°C to give 3,6-diisopropenyl-l-phenyl-2-piperidone (115). 

This is the most dubious in the case of Pd catalysts, which have high activity in isomerization and double-bond migration. From studies of the half hydrogenation and the isomerization of isoprene130 with Pd, Pt and Ni, the Pd catalyst led to the highest extent of isomerization. From the results of the reduction of isoprene it appears that 1,4-addition as well as 1,2- and 3,4-additions took place, because a significant amount of 2-methyl-2-butene was formed with all catalysts. 

Hydrocarbons, The reaction of isoprene with toluene eihylhen/eoe. or isopropylbenzene is catalyzed by sodium or potassium. The pioducts are chielly moiiopeniens laled in the side chain, and no oilormation can he obtained on whether the addition is 1,4- or 1.2-. because under these conditions the double bond migrates. 

Hydrocarbons. The reaction of isoprene with toluene, ethylbenzene, or isopropylbenzene is catalyzed by sodium or potassium (72). The reactions are carried out at 125°C in a pressure autoclave by adding the isoprene slowly to the alkylarene in which the alkali metal is dispersed along with a trace quantity of 0-chlorotoluene which is used as a chain initiator. The products are chiefly monopentenylated in the side chain, and no information can be obtained on whether the addition is 1,4- or 1,2- since under these conditions the double bond migrates. The alkene products subsequently are reduced to alkanes by hydrogenation using 5% palladium on charcoal as catalyst. 

Not all terpene synthases catalyse complex reactions. Isoprene synthase converts DMAPP to the hemiterpene (G5), isoprene (Fig. 5.1), a comparatively simple process involving the ionization of the diphosphate group, followed by double-bond migration and proton elimination (Silver and Fall, 1991). Present in chloroplasts in both stromal and thylakoid-bound forms, isoprene synthase is a homodimer that differs from other terpene synthases in many properties, such as subunit architecture, optimum pH and kinetic parameters... 

The Pt(CH2 = CH2)(PPh3)2-catalyzed dehydrogenative double silylation of olefins and dienes with o-bis(dimethylsilyl)benzene was also examined by Tanaka and co-workers.61 The major product of the reaction with dienes, such as isoprene and penta-1,2-diene, is a result of 1,2-addition to the less substituted double bond. The reaction pathway for simple alkenes, shown in Eq. (19), appears to be dependent on the alkene substrate and, in some cases, on reaction temperature. Products resulting from 1,2-addition, 1, and 1,1-addition, 2, are detected for various substrates. In addition, hydrosilylation may occur to give the simple hydrosilylated product, 3, or a by-product, 4, derived from 1,4-migration of a methyl group in 3. 

Although various transition-metal complexes have reportedly been active catalysts for the migration of inner double bonds to terminal ones in functionalized allylic systems (Eq. 3.2) [5], prochiral allylic compounds with a multisubstituted olefin (Rl, R2 H in eq 2) are not always susceptible to catalysis or they show only a low reactivity [Id]. Choosing allylamines 1 and 2 as the substrates for enantioselective isomerization has its merits (1) optically pure citronellal, which is an important starting material for optically active terpenoids such as (-)-menthol, cannot be obtained directly from natural sources [6], and (2) both ( )-allylamine 1 and (Z)-allylamine 2 can be prepared in reasonable yields from myrcene or isoprene, respectively, The ( )-allylamine 1 is obtained from the reaction of myrcene and diethylamine in the presence of lithium diethylamide under Ar in an almost quantitative yield (Eq. 3.3) [7], The (Z)-allylamine 2 can also be prepared with high selectivity (-90%) by Li-catalyzed telomerization of isoprene using diethylamine as a telomer (Eq. 3.4) [8], Thus, natural or petroleum resources can be selected. 

Microstructural changes of an accelerated sulfur vulcanisation of HR with TMTD/ZnO/ sulfur has been studied by solid-state 13C NMR spectroscopy [47]. The HR containing 2% isoprene and 98% isobutylene were formulated using EV and cured at 160 °C for several cure times. The resonances at 20.3 and 24.4 ppm, which are due to trans isoprene units in the HR, decrease with cure, while the resonances at 26.9 and 25.2 ppm which arise from cis isoprene units increase with cure times. The cis trans ratio increases up to a maximum ratio of approximately 4 1 at a cure time of 60 minutes. New resonances are observed at 15, 21, 23.6 and 49 ppm. The peak at 49 ppm is assigned to the mixture of the isoprene units in czs-IIR, polysulfidic Alt and polysulfidic Ale structures. The resonance peaks at 15, 21 and 23.6 ppm are assigned to the isoprene units in mono- and polysulfidic Bit, mono- and polysulfidic Blc and polysulfidic Alt structures, respectively. No reaction occurs in the isobutylene units. No migration of the double bond saturation, internal cyclisation or sulfurisation resulting in Clt and Clc structures is observed. 

A number of molecules with two conjugated double bonds, such as 1,3-butadiene or 2-methyl-1,3-butadiene (isoprene), can undergo a 1-4 polymerization with the migration of the doubie bond in the 2 position. The resulting polymer contains isolated double bonds, but their presence leads to the possibility of having cis- and trans- forms, as shown below ... 

Cholesterol is synthesized mainly in the liver by a three-stage process. All 27 carbon atoms in the cholesterol molecule are derived from acetyl-CoA. The first stage is the synthesis of the activated five-carbon isoprene unit, isopentenyl pyrophosphate. Six molecules of isopentenyl pyrophosphate then condense to form squalene in a sequence of reactions that also synthesize isoprenoid intermediates that are important in protein isoprenylation modifications. The characteristic four-ring structure of cholesterol is then formed by cycUzing of the linear squalene molecule. Several demethylations, the reduction of a double bond, and the migration of another double bond result in the formation of cholesterol. Figure 34-1 provides an overview of cholesterol biosynthesis. 

Sesquiterpenoids contain three isoprene units and the precursor for them all, in nature, is famesyl pyrophosphate as shown in Fig. 8.3. Because there are now three double bonds in the molecule, as opposed to the two of monoterpenoids, the variety of possible cyclic structures is much greater, as shown in Fig. 8.6. Skeletal rearrangements, migrations of methyl groups, and even loss of carbon atoms to produce norsesquiterpenoids all contribute further to the variety. There are probably >3000 sesquiterpenes that have been isolated and identified in nature. A large number of sesquiterpenoids possess interesting biological activities, but most are of academic interest only and have no commercial application outside folk medicine. 

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