Eight-membered rings synthesis

In this chapter we provide an overview of studies originating from the above work and directed at the design and development of three new metal-catalyzed cycloaddition reactions, namely the [5+2] cycloaddition of vinylcyclopropanes (VCPs) and rc-systems, the [6+2] cycloaddition of vinylcyclobutanones and re-systems, and the three-component, [5+2+1] cycloaddition of VCPs, rc-systems, and CO. These new reactions provide fundamentally new approaches to a range of problems in seven- and eight-membered ring synthesis. 

Cycloadclition Approaches for Eight-Membered Ring Synthesis 291... 

Scheme 13.18 Representative examples of transition metal-mediated cycloadditions for eight-membered ring synthesis.

VCPs and 27r-components and the subsequent development of the first [5-i-2-i-l] three-component cycloaddition approach to eight-membered ring synthesis. 

Nickel catalysts for the syntheses of cyclic compounds were first successfully utilized by Reppe, who was able to prepare cyclooctatetraene from acetylene (65). This eight-membered ring synthesis, and also the preparation of cyclic products from strained olefins (e.g., bicycloheptene and norbornadiene) and acrylonitrile, have been adequately reviewed elsewhere (7) and will therefore not be considered further. A short account of the cyclization reactions of butadiene using nickel-containing catalysts has appeared previously in this series (/). The discovery of new synthetic possibilities and a deeper understanding of the mechanism of these reactions justify a more extensive treatment. 

Synthesis of camptothecin (163) is another example[133]. The iboga alkaloid analog 164 has been synthesized smoothly by the intramolecular coupling of iodoindole and unsaturated ester to form an eight-membered ring. Af-Methyl protection of the indole is important for a smooth reaction[134]. An efficient construction of the multifunctionalized skeleton 165 of congeners of FR900482 has been achieved[135]. 

Besides simple condensation reactions, valence isomerization reactions, in particular, arc used for the synthesis of unsaturated, eight-membered-ring azaheterocycles. These isomeriz-ations mainly involve rearrangements of nitrogen-containing bicyclo[4.2.0]octatriene or semi-bullvalene systems. 

An important method for the synthesis of 1,3-diazocines consists of the reaction of pyrimidines 1 with ynamines to give [2 + 2] cycloadducts, which rearrange to the eight-membered-ring compounds 2 by valence tautomerization.2-3... 

There is only one reported synthesis of a bcnzannulated 1,2,4-triazocine system. 2-Phenylbenz-azete (1), which can be generated from 4-phenyl-l,2,3-benzotriazine by pyrolysis, is reacted with tetrazine 2 to give a [4 + 2] adduct, which loses nitrogen and finally results in the eight-membered-ring derivative after valence isomerization.2... 

Besides the formation of carbenes from diazo compounds and the hydroformyla-tion, rhodium (as described previously for palladium) has also been used as catalyst in domino processes involving cycloadditions. Thus, Evans and coworkers developed a new Rh(I)-catalyzed [4+2+2] cycloaddition for the synthesis of eight-membered rings as 6/2-105 using a lithium salt of N-tosylpropargylamines as 6/2-104, allyl carbonates and 1,3-butadiene (Scheme 6/2.22) [221]. The first step is an al-... 

The [4+ 4]-cycloaddition reaction of tethered bis-dienes has been used by Wender and co-workers in total synthesis as exemplified in syntheses of ( )-salsolene oxide and (-l-)-asteriscanolide (Scheme 28). In the synthesis of ( )-salsolene oxide, a nickel(0)-catalyst cleanly effects the cycloaddition of the two conjugated dienes in compound 93 to afford the bicyclo[5.3.1]undecadiene in a good yield and with moderate selectivity.99 The first synthesis of (-l-)-asteriscanolide was accomplished in only 13 steps. The key [4+ 4]-cycloaddition reaction efficiently set the requisite eight-membered ring of (-l-)-asteriscanolide in good yield and with excellent diastereoselectivity.100 The diastereoselective [4 + 4]-cycloaddition has also been applied to the synthesis of the core ring system found in several sesterterpenes such as the ophiobolins (Scheme 28).101... 

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