Enynes benzannulation

The fact that pentacarbonyl carbene complexes react with enynes in a chemo-selective and regiospecific way at the alkyne functionality was successfully applied in the total synthesis of vitamins of the Kj and K2 series [58]. Oxidation of the intermediate tricarbonyl(dihydrovitamin K) chromium complexes with silver oxide afforded the desired naphthoquinone-based vitamin K compounds 65. Compared to customary strategies, the benzannulation reaction proved to be superior as it avoids conditions favouring (E)/(Z)-isomerisation within the allylic side chain. The basic representative vitamin K3 (menadione) 66 was synthesised in a straightforward manner from pentacarbonyl carbene complex 1 and propyne (Scheme 38). 

A Dotz benzannulation reaction was utilized in the synthesis of the furo[2,3- >]furan core of aflatoxin B2 as illustrated below <06TL2299>. Synthesis of polynuclear aromatic compounds was achieved by using [5+5] cycloaddition of 2-alkynylarylcarbene complexes and enyne-aldehyde derivatives <06TL5303>. 

The ability of (Z)-l,2,4-heptatrien-6-ynes (enyne-allenes) and the benzannulated derivatives to undergo cyclization reactions under mild thermal conditions to produce biradicals has been the main focus of their chemical reactivities [1-5]. With the development of many synthetic methods for these highly conjugated allenes, a variety of biradicals are readily accessible for subsequent chemical transformations. Cyclization of the enyne-allene 1 could occur either via the C2-C7 pathway (Myers-Saito cyclization) leading to the a,3-didehydrotoluene/naphthalene biradical 2 [6-10] or via the C2-C6 pathway (Schmittel cyclization) producing the fulvene/benzofulvene biradical 3 [11] (Scheme 20.1). 

The aryl bromide 40, prepared from cross-coupling between 1,2-dibromobenzene and (trimethylsilyl)acetylene, was converted to the corresponding arylzinc halide 41a and arylboronic acid 41b for subsequent coupling with the haloallenes 42 to produce the benzannulated enyne-allene 43 in -40% yield (Scheme 20.10) [38]. Desilylation with tetrabutylammonium fluoride (TBAF) then afforded 44 in 67% yield. 

Scheme 20.10 Synthesis of benzannulated enyne-allenes via Pd-catalyzed couplings.

The benzannulated enyne-allenes 48 were likewise synthesized in situ from coupling between 41b and the bromoallene 47 (Scheme 20.11) [39]. Under the reaction conditions, 48 presumably underwent a spontaneous cation-mediated Myers-Saito cyclization reaction with a concomitant 1,2-shift of the trimethylsilyl group to give the naphthalene derivatives 49. 

The use of l-iodo-9-fluorenone (59) for cross-coupling with phenylacetylene produced 60, which on treatment with 51 gave the benzannulated enyne-allenes 61 (Scheme 20.14) [43], Thermolysis of 61 in 1,4-CHD at 75 °C promoted the Myers-Saito cyclization reaction, leading to 63 in excellent yields. Again, the benzylic radical center in 62 is a stabilized triarylmethyl radical. 

The benzannulated analogs were also found to behave in a similar fashion. Attachment of a pendent olefin to the benzannulated enyne-allene system as depicted in 89 allowed the aryl radical in 90 to be captured in a 5-exo radical cyclization reaction leading to 91 and then the dihydrobenz[e]indene 92 (Scheme 20.20) [55, 56]. 

The propargylic alcohol 102, prepared by condensation between 100 and the lithium acetylide 101, was efficiently reduced to the hydrocarbon 103, which on treatment with potassium tert-butoxide was isomerized to the benzannulated enyne-allene 104 (Scheme 20.22) [62], At room temperature, the formation of 104 was detected. In refluxing toluene, the Schmittel cyclization occurs readily to generate the biradical 105, which then undergoes intramolecular radical-radical coupling to give 106 and, after a prototropic rearrangement, the llJ-f-benzo[fo]fluorene 107. Several other HJ-f-benzo[fo]fluorenes were likewise synthesized from cyclic aromatic ketones. 

The benzannulated analog 115 was likewise synthesized from 114 (Scheme 20.24) [56, 63], However, unlike 109, thermolysis of 115 resulted in its slow decomposition without the formation of the cycloaromatized adduct 116. The lack of propensity for 115 to undergo the Myers-Saito cyclization reaction was attributed to unfavorable steric interactions between the diphenylphosphinyl group and the aryl ring of the benzannulated enyne-allene system, causing the allenic moiety to be rotated out of the plane defined by the aryl ring and preventing the cyclization reaction. 

Scheme 20.24 Synthesis of phosphorus-substituted benzannulated enyne-allenes.

The enyne-allenylphosphine oxides 120 and the benzannulated and naphthannu-lated analogs 121 and 122 having the diphenylphosphinyl group at the allenic terminus were readily prepared from the corresponding enediynyl propargylic alcohols 117,118 and 119 (Scheme 20.25) [64]. Without the unfavorable steric interactions, these conjugated derivatives smoothly underwent the Myers-Saito cyclization reaction. 

Scheme 20.26 Schmittel cyclization reactions of benzannulated enyne-allenes.

Treatment of the propargylic alcohol 144, readily prepared from condensation between benzophenone (143) and the lithium acetylide 101, with thionyl chloride promoted a sequence of reactions with an initial formation of the chlorosulfite 145 followed by an SNi reaction to produce in situ the chlorinated and the benzannulated enyne-allene 146 (Scheme 20.30) [62], A spontaneous Schmittel cyclization then generated the biradical 147, which in turn underwent a radical-radical coupling to form the formal [4+ 2]-cycloaddition product 148 and subsequently, after a prototropic rearrangement, 149. The chloride 149 is prone to hydrolysis to give the corresponding 11 H-bcnzo h fluoren-ll-ol 150 in 85% overall yield from 144. Several other llff-benzo[fc]fluoren-ll-ols were likewise synthesized from benzophenone derivatives. 

Scheme 20.31 Intramolecular [2 + 2]-versus [4 + 2]-cycloaddition reactions of benzannulated enyne-allenes.

Similarly, the benzannulated enyne-allenes 172 and 173 were prepared from the propargylic acetates 171 by cuprate addition or by Pd-catalyzed addition of arylzinc chloride (Scheme 20.35) [49]. The presence of a butyl group and a p-anisyl group at the allenic terminus of 173a and 173b permits competition between a formal ene reaction and a formal Diels-Alder reaction leading to 174 and 175, respectively. 

A nucleophilic attack on the acetylenic ketone functionality of golfomycin A (184) was proposed as a potential pathway to form the benzannulated enyne-allene 185 (Scheme 20.38) [71]. Subsequent biradical formation has been postulated as a possible mechanism to account for its DNA-cleaving properties and antitumor activity. 

A completely new benzannulation reaction of conjugated enynes and alkynes catalysed by Pd complexes to give substituted benzenes has been developed recently. When the 1,3-enyne 150 is treated with a Pd(0) catalyst, homocyclodimerization of the enyne takes place to give the 2,6-disubstituted styrenes 151 as a single product in good yield [64], An interesting application of this reaction is the preparation of paracyclophane 153 by the intramolecular reaction of the bis-enyne 152 [65],... 

Also, the [4+2] benzannulation of enyne 154 with diyne 155 proceeds chemo- and regioselectively to afford 156 [66], A similar reaction of enyne silyl enol ether 157 with the diyne offers a good synthetic route to polysubstituted phenols 159 via 158 [67]. In this reaction enol silyl ethers having the (E) configuration as shown in 157 give satisfactory results. 

A palladium-catalyzed intramolecular benzannulation of bis-enynes 1135 proceeds chemoselectively to afford dihydroisocoumarins 1136 (Equation 441) <2002JOC2653>. A reaction sequence involving ruthenium-catalyzed yne-ene cross-metathesis of a polystyrene supported undecynoic acid ester followed by a Diels-Alder cycloaddition reaction with DMAD provides the basis for a combinatorial approach to dihydroisocoumarins featuring a variety of side chains at C-6 and C-8 <1999SL1879>. 

Saito S, Yamamoto Y (2002) Palladium-Catalyzed Benzannulation Reactions of Conjugated Enynes and Diynes. In Negishi E, de Meijere A (eds) Handbook of Organopalladium Chemistry for Organic Synthesis. Wiley, New York, p 1635... 

Kawasaki [113] (Scheme 57). The enyne intermediate 150, which is formed by Sonogashira coupling, undergoes a thermal benzannulation in the sense of a [4 + 2]-cycloaddition followed by rearrangement to the aromatic system. 

Mechanistically, this unusual multicomponent trimerization can be rationalized as a sequence of a Pd-catalyzed alkyne dimerization [154,155] giving rise to the regioselective formation of the enyne 218, which undergoes subsequent Pd-catalyzed [4 + 2]-benzannulation [158,159] with a butadiyne as an enynophile to furnish the benzene 216 via an allenyl-Pd species 219 (Scheme 90). Upon submitting an electron-deficient alkyne together with a terminal alkyne in equimolar amounts to the sequence, the unsymmetri-cal alkyne dimerization gives a trisubstituted enyne to set the stage for the formation of pentasubstituted benzene derivatives 217. 

Several substituted benzo[ ]furans were synthesized efficiently in one-pot procedures by reaction of salicyaldehydes and ethyl diazoacetate in the presence of HBF/EtjO in high yields as shown below. A plausible mechanism was also given <0681711>. Two types of naphtha[2,3-fc]furan derivatives were made respectively by Lewis acid and HCl catalyzed ring cyclizations <06T8045>. AuBrj-catalyzed [4+2] benzannulation between enynal units and enol ethers was also applied to prepare benzo[Z)]furans <06JOC5249>. 

Inter- and intramolecular palladium-catalyzed [4 - - 2] homocycloaddition reactions (i.e., benzannulation reaction) of conjugated enynes and bis-(enynes) have been reported by Yamamoto and co-workers (10, 507-509). Reaction of two-substituted conjugated enynes in the presence of Pd(PPh3)4 (2mol%) smoothly undergoes [44-2] intermolecular homocycloaddition to afford 1,4-disubstituted benzenes in good yields (10) (Scheme 73). 

Cyclopropanation of the alkene unit by the alkyne moiety in the enynes 28 yields the cycloprop[c]pyrans 29 which on treatment with acid afford chromans. This new benzannulation presumably proceeds by a retro DA opening of the pyran ring followed by cyclisation and dehydration <04OL3191>. 

The aniline derivative 208 was obtained by cross-benzannulation of the amino-enyne 207 with dodeca-5,7-diyne (50) [64]. Cross-benzannulation of the 1,4-disubstituted enyne 209 with fte diyne 50 afforded the 1,2,3,4-tetrasubstituted benzene 210 [63]. Pentasubstituted benzene 212 can be synthesized by the coupling of the trisubstituted l-buten-3-yne 211 with the diyne 50 [63]. 

Intermolecular enyne-diyne cross-benzannulation offers a convenient synthetic method for cyclophanes. The cyclic enyne 213 reacted smoothly with 12-carbon-tethered cyclic diyne 214, and the meto-cyclophane having both 15- and 16-membered rings 215 was prepared in high yield (72 %) [65],... 

The benzannulation and oxyanion of enyne-allenes to facilitate the Schmittel cyclization can be considered as modifications of this reaction. 

IV.10.2 Palladium-Catalyzed Benzannulation Reactions of Conjugated Enynes and Diynes... 

TABLE 4. Pd-Catalyzed Cross-Benzannulation Between 4-Snbstitnted Conjngated Enynes... 

Another type of benzannulation, which might be related to the benzannulation of conjugated enynes, is the Pd-catalyzed cyclotrimerization of 1,3-diynes (Scheme 1,3-Diynes cyclotrimerize in the presence of a Pd catalyst to give 1,3.5-trisubstituted benzene derivatives. In this reaction, too, the regioselectivity is perfectly controlled as shown in Scheme 4, and other products were never isolated. The reaction of various diynes is summarized in Table 7. Some functional groups such as olefins and ether linkages may be present in the side chain. An example for the cross-cyclotrimerization of a diyne and an aUcyne has also been reported (Scheme... 

D. [4 + 2] ANNULATION OF CONJUGATED ENYNES WITH DIYNES (CROSS-BENZANNULATION)... 

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