Enamines, reaction with quinones

Enamines, reaction with quinones, 20, 3 Enantioselective aldol reactions, 67, 1 allylation and crotylation, 73, 1 Ene reaction, in photosensitized oxygenation, 20, 2 Enolates ... 

The formation of heterocycles derived from quinones is an important synthetic technique. The reaction may be intramolecular, eg, the reaction of (92). Either nitrogen products, eg (93) (yields of 85—91% for R = H, CH, and C H ) or oxygen products (94) are obtained (92,93). Reactions with enamines have been especially important. 

Arylation of enamines with p-benzoquinones takes a somewhat different course (70). The enamine (16) reacts exothermally with p-benzoquinone in benzene solution to give 2-(dimethylamino)-2,3-dihydro-3,3-dimethyl-5-benzofuranol (92). The reaction of enamines with quinone dibenzenesul-fonimide proceeds similarly (68). The product from the enamine (28) is the tetrahydrocarbazole derivative (93). 

The reactions of enamines with positively activated olefins have been extended to arylations with />-quinones (350,362-369) and quinone sulfoni-mides (365-368,370). Thus a new pathway for the facile formation of benzofurans and indoles became available. 

At least two pathways have been proposed for the Nenitzescu reaction. The mechanism outlined below is generally accepted." Illustrated here is the indolization of the 1,4-benzoquinone (4) with ethyl 3-aminocrotonate (5). The mechanism consists of four stages (I) Michael addition of the carbon terminal of the enamine 5 to quinone 4 (II) Oxidation of the resulting hydroquinone 10 to the quinone 11 either by the starting quinone 4 or the quinonimmonium intermediate 13, which is generated at a later stage (HI) Cyclization of the quinone adduct 11, if in the cw-configuration, to the carbinolamine 12 or quinonimmonium intermediate 13 (IV) Reduction of the intermediates 12 or 13 to the 5-hydroxyindole 6 by the initial hydroquinone adduct 7 (or 8, 9,10). 

The Nenitzescu reaction generally occurs under relatively mild reaction conditions. Moreover mono-, di-, and tri-substituted quinones react with equal facility. Many enamines including p-aminoacrylonitriles, p-aminoacrylamides, and p-amino-a,p-unsaturated ketones react with quinones to form indole nuclei as well. The mild reaction conditions and the availability of the starting material render it attractive even in those instances where the yield of the product is low. ... 

The best yields of 5-hydroxyindoles are obtained when equimolar amounts of the quinone and enamine are used. An excess of enamine gives rise to non-indolic products derived from reaction of two enamine units and one quinone unit or the product which results from the initial Michael addition of the enamine to the quinone. Use of excess quinone has been reported less frequently, but limited studies indicate no advantage. When 2,5-dichloro-l,4-benzoquinone (32) was treated with a 50% excess of ethyl 3-... 

Derivatives of o-quinones react with enamines to form oxazines. In this reaction, o-quinones themselves form dioxanes [88JCS(P1)151]. The authors assume that the reaction proceeds by a stepwise [4 + 2]-cycloaddition with the formation of intermediates 242. Dioxanes are also formed by... 

The use of quinone monoketals in the reaction with an exocyclic enaminoester is a new variation150. It is not a typical Nenitzescu reaction since an enamine anion is used. Tricyclic intermediates are obtained, which nevertheless formally give typical Nenitzescu products in high yield and regioselectively (equation 58). In this way annelated indoles of mitomycin type become accessible. 

An enantioselective aryloxylation of aldehydes is based on their prior conversion to an enamine through reaction with a chiral secondary amine catalyst. A subsequent inverse HDA reaction with o-quinones leads to 3-alkyl-2-hydroxy-l,4-benzodioxins with ee ca. 80% (Scheme 47). Manipulation allows the synthesis of (S)-2-alkyl-2,3-dihydro-l,4-benzodioxins <07TL1605>. In like manner, racemic nitidanin, which possesses antimalarial properties, has been synthesised through a regioselective cycloaddition of an o-quinone with a protected 3-arylpropen-l-ol <07TL771>. 

One-pot syntheses of annulated derivatives of furan, pyrrole, pyridine, pyrane, and thiophene based on reactions of quinones with enamines 04YGK811. 

The o-quinone heterodienes generated electrochemically from pyrogallols undergo in situ regiospecific inverse electron demand DA reactions with enamines leading to a wide range of... 

The thermal and photochemical [4 + 2] cycloadditions of o-quinones with olefinic and acetylenic dienophiles have been extensively reviewed4,5,200 and include their 4tt heterodiene Diels-Alder reactions with olefins,201-204 vinyl ethers,205 enamines,206 selected dienes,207-209 dipheny-lketenimines,210 ketenes,209,210 fulvenes,211 and selected heterocycles including furan,207-209,212 benzofuran,209,212,215 indoles,213 azepines,214 and 1,2-diazepines.214 The tetrahalo-substituted o-quinones, tetrachloro- and tetrabromo-o-quinone, generally participate in heterodiene [4 + 2] cycloadditions at an increased rate over the unsubstituted systems and generally provide higher overall yields of the Diels-Alder products.4,5 With simple olefins, the dienophile geometry is maintained in the course of the thermal [4 4- 2] cycloadditions [Eq. (52)],203,204... 

For an example of an a-selenenylation of enolizable aldehydes in the presence of polystyrene-supported imidazolidin-4-ones see Reference [22]. Dixon and coworkers described an aryloxylation process of aldehydes using an inverse electron demand hetero-Diels-Alder reaction of in situ generated enamines and o-quinone [23]. Enantioenriched a-oxygenated products were isolated with good yields. 

The addition of p-quinone to enamines normally produces furan derivatives, especially when the enamine possesses a 3 hydrogen (see Section III. A). 1,2 Cycloaddition is claimed to take place to give a cyclobutane derivative when p-quinone and an enamine with no jS hydrogens are allowed to react at low temperatures (51). However, little evidence is reported to verify this structural assignment, and the actual structure probably is a benzofuranol (52). Reaction of a dienamine (formed in situ) with p-quinone in the presence... 

The reaction of isobenzofuroxan (131) with the morpholine enamine of cyclohexanone results in a 1,4 cycloaddition to form quinoxaline-di-N-oxide 132 (777). Quinone dibenzenesulfonimide has been found to undergo... 

Benzo[6]furans and 2,3-dihydrobenzo[6]furans have been obtained by condensation of quinones with compounds having an active methylene group (B-74MI31201) and 2-aminobenzo[6 ]furan derivatives are obtained with malononitrile (68M2359). The reaction of p-benzoquinone with enamines also affords benzo[6]furans. 

Reactions of enamines with monoimines of o-quinones afford polycylic compounds 228 with an oxazine ring (86MI2).Trifluoroacetylation of enamines with trifluoroacetic acid takes place in the /3-position of the enamine. Ketones (229) thus formed in an acidic medium afford fused 1,3-oxazines (230) (82JOC3339). Treatment of amines with silyl isothiocyanate gives not only pyrimidine derivatives but also l,3-oxazine-4-thiones (231) (81CCC2696). 

Aminochromans also arise from the reaction of phenolic Mannich bases with enamines (70JHC1311). The route is attractive for a number of reasons the starting materials are readily available its scope is considerable since the enamines may be aldehyde or ketone based and the Mannich bases may be aromatic or heteroaromatic and the products themselves are precursors of hydroxychromans and 4//-chromenes. Mechanistically, the synthesis proceeds through a quinone methide followed by addition to the enamine and cyclization, which may be a concerted process (Scheme 71). 

Benzoquinones reacted with four equivalents of isonitriles to form benzo[c c ]dipyrroles <84LA1003>, and variations of the Nenitzescu reaction, i.e. of quinones with enamines, have been useful synthetic approaches to benzo[l,2-6 4,5-6 ]dipyrroles <71T503J, 73T921). 

Bis[4-methoxyphenyl] tellurium oxide was found to be a mild and highly selective oxidizing agent for the conversion of thiocarbonyl groups to carbonyl groups, thiols to disulfides, arylhydrazines to arenes, and 1,2- or 1,4-dihydroxyarenes to quinones. No reaction was observed with simple phenols, alcohols, enamines, amines (including pyrrole, indole, tryptophan, tyrosine, aniline, and dimethylaniline), oximes, dithiolanes, isonitriles, and 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazones4. 

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