Epoxidation, vinyl groups

For the construction of the I ring, the vinylic group introduced to activate the y-hydroxy epoxide moiety of 28 towards cyclization is an acrylic ester residue, which concomitantly allows cyclization on the allylic position, with formation of the tricyclic compound 29 containing the IJK fragment of the natural product, and fur-... 

Scheme 10.1 gives some representative examples of laboratory syntheses involving polyene cyclization. The cyclization in Entry 1 is done in anhydrous formic acid and involves the formation of a symmetric tertiary allylic carbocation. The cyclization forms a six-membered ring by attack at the terminal carbon of the vinyl group. The bicyclic cation is captured as the formate ester. Entry 2 also involves initiation by a symmetric allylic cation. In this case, the triene unit cyclizes to a tricyclic ring system. Entry 3 results in the formation of the steroidal skeleton with termination by capture of the alkynyl group and formation of a ketone. The cyclization in Entry 4 is initiated by epoxide opening. 

A series of 2-vinyl-3-silyloxybicyclo[3.2.0]heptan-6-ones has also been converted to prostanoid lactones in excellent yield but variable regioselectivity. Some of the best regioselectivity was obtained using H202 in trifluoroethanol (see p. 1097).241 The strained cyclobutanone ring and the relatively unreactive terminal vinyl group favor the desired reaction in preference to alkene epoxidation. 

Bogy o s group developed several ABPs for cysteine proteases with epoxide, vinyl sulfone, and acyloxymethyl ketone reactive groups [42,43]. Particularly noteworthy is DCG04 (4), a biotinylated papain-family protease inhibitor with an epoxide reactive group that targets... 

The transformations discussed in Sects. 2.2-2.3 highlight several important features of the RCM process. Firstly, the compatibility of the ruthenium initiator 3 with a wide range of functional groups including epoxides, vinyl iodides, thia-zoles and alcohols is demonstrated. The versatility of 3 is further illustrated in Sect. 2.3, where it is used to effect RCM of polymer-bound substrates. Previously, the molybdenum complex 1 has been reported to be more sensitive than 3 [19]. Experiments reported here are consistent with this view (Sect. 2.2.3) [14b]. 

Carbohydrates as well as proteins are effectively coupled to divinyl-sulfone-activated agaroses. This variant is often more favorable then the activation by epoxides. As further advantage, the resulting vinyl group serves as a spacer. 

Three different principles of selectivity are required to achieve this result. First, the difference in rate of epoxidation by the catalyst of a disubstituted versus a monosubstituted olefin must be such that the propenyl group is epoxidized in complete preference to the vinyl group. The effect of this selectivity is to reduce the choice of olefinic faces to four of the two propenyl groups. Second, the inherent enantiofacial selectivity of the catalyst as represented in Figure 6A.1 will narrow the choice of propenyl faces from four to two. Finally, the steric factor responsible for kinetic resolution of 1-substituted allylic alcohols (Fig. 6A.2) will determine the final choice between the propenyl groups in the enantiomers of 80. The net result is the formation of epoxy alcohol 81 and enrichment of the unreacted allylic alcohol in the (35)-enantiomer. 

The mechanism of titanocene (TiCp2Cl2)-mediated 3-exo cyclization of vinyl epoxides containing carbonyl, phenyl, and vinyl groups has been determined by DFT calculations and experimental studies (Scheme 52).86 The reaction is exothermic and reversible, in contradiction to an earlier mechanistic proposal. The energies of activation for ring closure are among the lowest known for radical reactions. The crucial step for a successful completion of the reaction is rapid trapping of the cyclopropylcarbinyl... 

The vinyl group of the 2-methyl-5-vinyltetrazole 390 is stable on treating with hydrogen peroxide and tert-butyl hydroperoxide. However, 2-methyl-5-vinyltetrazole 390 with trifluoroperacetic acid gave epoxide 391 in 30% yield <1997MI98> (Equation 69). 

Animals. The major metabolic routes are epoxidation of the vinyl group, followed by hydration of the intermediate epoxide, and by hydrolytic cleavage of the heterocyclic ring. Eliminated in approximately equal proportions in the urine and feces, with the principal metabolite being Af-(3,5-dichlorophenyl)-2-methyl-2,3, 4-trihydroxybutanamide... 

The polymerizable groups include methacryloyl, styrenic, epoxide, vinyl ether, and others, among which the methacryloyl-capped macromonomers are most widely available from vinyl ethers, styrene, and its derivatives. For example, the a-end methacryloyl group can be introduced by the functional initiator method, with the hydrogen halide-adduct of 2-... 

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