Cycloalkenes ethylene derivatives

Scheme 6.87 Trapping products of cephalosporin derivative 417 with cycloalkenes and 1,2-disubstituted ethylenes.

Hoveyda et al. reported a novel method for synthesizing of chromene 71 by ROM-RCM of cycloalkene 70 bearing the phenyl ether at the 3-position [Eq. (6.48)]." ° The yield is improved when the reaction is carried out under ethylene gas. In the case of cyclopentene 70a (n = 0) or cyclohexene 70b (n = 1), the yield is poor because the starting cycloalkene is in a state of equihbrium with the product and a thermodynamic product should be formed under these reaction conditions. They obtained enantiomeric ally pure cycloheptene derivative (5)-70e using zirconium-catalyzed kinetic resolution of 70e developed by their group, and chromene 71c was synthesized as a chiral form via ROM-RCM using lb [Eq. (6.49)] ... 

When a CH2CI2 solution of 119a is stirred in the presence of 10 mol % of Ic under ethylene gas (1 atm) at room temperamre, pyrrolidine derivative 120a is obtained in high yield. Various cycloalkene-ynes 119b-c are examined, and pyrrolidine derivative 120b-c is formed in each case. Formally, the double bonds of cycloalkene and ethylene are cleaved, and each methylidene part of ethylene is combined with the cycloalkene and alkyne carbons, respectively, and bond formation between the double and triple bonds occurs to give pyrrolidine derivative 120 ... 

If quinoline derivatives are expected to be synthesized by this procedure, the starting cycloalkene should contain a cyclobutene ring. When cyclobutene derivative 65c is reacted with Ig under ethylene gas, isoquinoline derivative 66c is obtained in 60% yield. Furthermore, cyclic amino acid ester 66d is obtained from glycine derivative 65d in 75% yield by a one-step reaction. Various isoquinolone derivatives 66e-66i are also synthesized from cyclobutenyl amides... 

Use for resolution of cycloalkenes. W s-Cycloalkenes of intermediate size (Cg-Cjo) should be capable of existing in enantiomeric forms because of the inability of the trans double bond to rotate with respect to the remainder of the molecule. But in the absence of salt-forming groups, resolution cannot be accomplished by the usual methods of forming derivatives. However, Cope et al.s found that the strong tendency of an alkene to complex with a platinum compound provides an effective method of resolution. The complex of ethylene with platinous chloride and (+) or (-)-a-methylbenzylamine exists in only one form since ethylene is symmetrical. But addition of the base to a solution of the platinum complex of trans-cyclooctene opens the way for formation of the diastereoisomeric complexes derived from the R- and S-forms of the base. Fractional crystallization at —20° (liquid at 25°) effected separation. Liberation of the (—)-hydrocarbon from the complex with potassium cyanide gave a product of aD — 411°. 

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