Enones ozonolysis

The anions (BuLi) of 1 and 2 undergo enantioselective 1,4-addition to enones. Ozonolysis of the adducts provides optically active keto aldehydes in 70-75% ee. 

Cyclic enones can be oxidatively cleaved by a range of reagents to yield keto acids. As ozonolysis can be quite hazardous for large-scale preparations with the build up of ozonides, the procedure has been modified using quaternary ammonium salts to catalyse the transfer of peroxide anion for a rapid oxidative work-up [32]. Two methods are available but, in the safer procedure (10.7.15.A), there is no effective build-up of the ozonide. 

Method B Ozonolysis of the enone is conducted at -78 °C and the H202, NaOH and Adogen is then added. The products are isolated as described in 10.7.15.A. 

The synthesis of the non-racemic cyclopentanone (+)-93 is outlined in Scheme 15. Starting with 2-methyl-cyclopent-2-enone (90), sequential cuprate addition and enolate alkylation afforded the racemic cyclopentanone rac-92 as a single diastereomer. The double bond was cleaved by ozonolysis, the resulting aldehyde chemoselectively reduced in the presence of the keto function and the primary hydroxyl function was subsequently protected as a silyl ether to provide racemic rac-93. This sequence has been applied fre-... 

Sha et al. (45) reported an intramolecular cycloaddition of an alkyl azide with an enone in an approach to a cephalotaxine analogue (Scheme 9.45). Treatment of the bromide 205 with NaN3 in refluxing methanol enabled the isolation of compounds 213 and 214 in 24 and 63% yields, respectively. The azide intermediate 206 underwent 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition to produce the unstable triazoline 207. On thermolysis of 207 coupled with rearrangement and extrusion of nitrogen, compounds 213 and 214 were formed. The lactam 214 was subsequently converted to the tert-butoxycarbonyl (t-Boc)-protected sprrocyclic amine 215. The exocyclic double bond in compound 215 was cleaved by ozonolysis to give the spirocyclic ketone 216, which was used for the synthesis of the cephalotaxine analogue 217. 

Conjugate addition to 1 proceeded across the open face of the bicyclic system to give an enolate, condensation of which with the enantiomerically-pure aldehyde 8 gave the enone 9. Conjugate reduction of the enone also removed the benzyl ether, to give the alcohol. Conversion of the alcohol to the azide gave 10. Ozonolysis followed by selective reduction then gave 2. 

The enone lactone 410 could also be obtained in a single operation from the ozonolysis in methanol of hemi-ketal [3 (118). In this reaction, 41 produced first the diketone 14 which underwent an internal aldol condensation to 415 which is nicely set up to give K) vi a the intermediate 416. 

Known bicyclo[4.3.1]enone 15758 was converted into vinylsilane 158 with bis(trimethylsilyl)methyl lithium.55 Diene 158 underwent selective ozonolysis at the cis-olefin under conditions to produce differentially oxidized termini 90 alde-hydo-ester 159 was homologated with a phosphine oxide anion91 to enol 160. Subsequent hydrolysis of 161 provided substrate 162, which after tandem ozonolysis-acidification gave racemic 6,9-desmethyl analogue 155. Unfortunately, initial efforts failed to resolve 155 into its two optical isomers with cellulose triacetate.92 However, the antimalarial activity of racemate 155 is intriguing, as discussed in a later section. 

This last example makes it clear that we shall normally have to make the cyclohexenes we need for oxidative cleavage and one of the best routes to such compounds is the Diels-Alder reaction (Chapter 17). A generalised example would be ozonolysis of the alkene 21, the adduct of butadiene and the enone 20. The product 22 has a 1,6-relationship between the two carboxylic acids. Since Diels-Alder adducts have a carbonyl group outside the ring (the ketone in 21) the cleavage products 22 also have 1,5- and 1-4-diCO relationships and would be a matter for personal judgement which of these should be disconnected instead if you choose that alternative strategy. 

Diketone 12 must be condensed with a third, doubly functionalized octahydroacridine unit in the last step of the torand synthesis (cf Scheme 6.1). The following protocols (8-10) describe the three-step synthesis of torand precursor 15 from octahydroacridine 5. The reagents involved in these three steps are shown in Scheme 6.11. According to Protocol 8, octahydroacridine is condensed with benzaldehyde in the presence of acetic anhydride,24 as in the second stage of Protocol 2 (cf Scheme 6.3). The crystalline product 13 precipitates from the reaction mixture in high yield and purity. Ozonolysis of 13 (Protocol 9) is conducted by the method described in Protocol 7 for conversion of 11 to diketone 12 (cf. Scheme 6.10) and the same precautions apply. The product diketone 1425 requires no further purification after removal of benzaldehyde by trituration with diethyl ether. The third octahydroacridine unit is then readied for torand cyclization in Protocol 10 by condensing diketone 14 with Bredereck s reagent, r-butoxybis(dimethylamino)methane,26 which is commercially available. The bis[p-(dimethylamino)]enone product 15 is easily purified by precipitation from ether/dichloromethane. 

Oxygen-bridged dioxocin 213 reacted with methanolic NaOH to give the enone 214 in 90% yield. The reaction went through the intermediacy of the ketoaldehyde 215 by cleavage of the 0-0 bond (Scheme 43). The base catalyzed not only the deformylation but also the aldolization and dehydration. When the base was added to the corresponding nonacetylated derivative obtained from the crude ozonolysis mixture, the yield was 42% <1995JA9927>. 

In a total synthesis of (+)-brefeldin A, the reagent was elaborated into the a,(3-enone shown, which participated in a palladium-mediated cyclopentene-forming reaction to afford the cxo-olefin. Stereoselectivity in the ring-forming reaction was 3.5 1 in favor of the desired isomer over the alternative trans-cyclopentene. Ozonolysis and reduction of the resulting ketone, followed by protection afforded the MEM ether shown, where all the relevant stereocenters of the final target were established (eq 18). ... 

The Pd-catalyzed BCR cycloaddition is highly diastereoselective. For example, exclusive addition at the least-hindered face of the 5-oxaeneone (102) is observed (equation 113). Similarly, the six-mem-bered ring sulfone (103) also gives essentially a single adduct (104). This compound can be readily transformed, via ozonolysis and sulfone elimination, to a bicyclic enone that is equivalent to a cyclopen-... 

Swem oxidation, provides enone 476. After reduction of ketone 476 to the ally lie alcohol, ozonolysis and reduction give triol 477, which is oxidatively cleaved to 2,3 4,5-di-0-isopropylidene-L-glucose. On treatment with acid, L-glucose is released [213a]. 

Another synthesis of side-chain-hydroxylated cholesta-5,7-dien-3/S-ol derivatives uses the aldehyde (386), prepared by ozonolysis of the adduct of ergosteryl acetate with 4-phenyl-l,2,4-triazoline-3,5-dione. An aldol condensation between the aldehyde (386) and the pre-formed enolate of 3-methyl-3-tetrahydro-pyranyloxybutan-2-one (387) led to the enone (388), after acidic work-up. Reduc-... 

Carretero and co-workers found that dqjrotection and cyclization of the vinyl-sulfone 294 produced a 4 1 mixture of 2,3-cu-disubstituted pyrrolidine 295 and its tram isomer (Scheme 40). A/-Alkylation of the nuxture. with 3-chloro-2-chloro-methylprop-l-ene followed by chromatogttqjhy led to isolation of the pure 2,3-c/s product 296, silylation and base-initiated cyclization of which gave indolizidine 297. Ozonolysis and elimination of the sulfone group yieldied another pivotal intermediate, the bicyclic enone 298. Reduction with L-Selectride afforded an inseparable nuxture of two diastereomeric alcohols 299 (9 1). Separation was accomplished only after dihydroxylation with osmium tetroxide and peracetylation of the resdting tetrols. The synthesis of ( )-241 was completed by hyc lysis of the m or tetraacetate 300. 

Yoshikoshi s synthesis15 of nootkatone (then supposed to be the flavouring principle of grapefruit) uses an optically active enone 52 prepared from P-pinene 48 by ozonolysis to (+)-nopinone 49 and a chemo- and regioselective aldol condensation using the silyl enol ether 50. Though the aldol reaction produces a mixture of diastereoisomers of 51, all dehydrate to the same enone E-52. 

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