Formaldehyde Diels-Alder reaction

Reaction of 2-aminopyridines with formaldehyde and electron rich styrenes 383 permitted the synthesis of 3,4-dihydro-2//-pyrido[l,2-n]pyr-imidines 384 (96TL2615). First imines 382 formed they are involved in a formal aza-Diels-Alder reaction to give compounds 384. 

The transition-state structure of the hetero-Diels-Alder reaction is generally found to be unsymmetrical. Houk et al. have for the reaction of formaldehyde with 1,3-butadiene calculated the C-C and C-0 bond lengths to be 2.133 A and 1.998 A, respectively, in the transition state using ab-initio calculations shown in Fig. 8.12 [25 bj. The reaction of formaldimine follows the same trend for the transition-state structure. 

The hetero-Diels-Alder reaction of formaldehyde with 1,3-butadiene has been investigated with the formaldehyde oxygen atom coordinated to BH3 as a model for a Lewis acid [25 bj. Two transition states were located, one with BH3 exo, and one endo, relative to the diene. The former has the lowest energy and the calculated transition-state structure is much less symmetrical than for the uncatalyzed reaction shown in Fig. 8.12. The C-C bond length is calculated to be 0.42 A longer, while the C-0 bond length is 0.23 A shorter, compared to the uncatalyzed reac-... 

Fig. 8.12 Calculated transition-state structure for the hetero-Diels-Alder reaction of formaldehyde with butadiene [25 bj...

To determine the preferred pathway for the [4-r-2]-hetero-Diels-Alder reaction model reactions using formaldehyde (R =H for 12 in Scheme 8.5) as the carbonyl compound and 2-azabutadiene (R -R" = H for 13 in Scheme 8.5) for the hetero... 

Simple imines are poor dienophiles and must be activated by protonation or by attaching an electron-withdrawing group to the nitrogen atom. Scheme 6.10 illustrates the Diels-Alder reactions of benzyliminium ion 25, generated in situ from an aqueous solution of benzylamine hydrochloride and commercial aqueous formaldehyde, with methylsubstituted 1,3-butadienes [22]. This aqueous Diels-Alder reaction combines three components (an aldehyde, an amine... 

The starting material was prepared with the modification on the epibatidine bicychc ring system by repositioning the nitrogen atom to a methylene group. We carried out the Hetero-Diels Alder reaction of cyclopentadiene and iminium ion generated from ammonium chloride and formaldehyde in the aqueous medium and protected resulted unstable secondary amine with benzoyl chloride to provide (3) in good yields [5] (Scheme 38.1). 

Simple unactivated Immonlum salts generated In situ from formaldehyde and primary alkyl amines undergo a facile aza Diels-Alder reaction with cyclopentadlene at ambient temperature to afford novel N-alkylated 2-azanorbornenes. The procedure described above Is general and can be applied to a number of primary alkyl amines. Yields of N-alkyl substituted 2-azanorbornenes are good to excellent. Use of ammonium chloride and... 

The synthesis of a range of benzoxazines (35) from 34 using AgBp4 in anhydrous ether has been described . Thermolysis of these in a melt resulted in a retro-Diels-Alder reaction with loss of formaldehyde giving the azaxylylenes (36), which undergo spontaneous electrocyclization to give the 2-aIkyl-41/-3,1-benzoxazines (37) in excellent yields (Scheme 5). 

In the area of reaction energetics. Baker, Muir, and Andzehn have compared six levels of theory for the enthalpies of forward activation and reaction for 12 organic reactions the unimolecular rearrangements vinyl alcohol -> acetaldehyde, cyclobutene -> s-trans butadiene, s-cis butadiene s-trans butadiene, and cyclopropyl radical allyl radical the unimolecular decompositions tetrazine -> 2HCN -F N2 and trifluoromethanol -> carbonyl difluoride -F HF the bimolecular condensation reactions butadiene -F ethylene -> cyclohexene (the Diels-Alder reaction), methyl radical -F ethylene -> propyl radical, and methyl radical -F formaldehyde -> ethoxyl radical and the bimolecular exchange reactions FO -F H2 FOH -F H, HO -F H2 H2O -F H, and H -F acetylene H2 -F HC2. Their results are summarized in Table 8.3 (Reaction Set 1). One feature noted by these authors is... 

Ab initio and density functional theoretical studies of the 4 + 2-cycloaddition of 2-azabutadiene with formaldehyde predict a concerted reaction that agrees well with experimental evidence.184 The azadiene A-plienyl-l-aza-2-cyanobuta-l,3-diene reacts with electron-rich, electron-poor, and neutral dipolarophiles under mild thermal conditions.185 5,6-Diliydro-4//-1,2-oxazines have been shown to be usefiil as synthon equivalents of 2-cyano-l-azabuta-1,3-dienes.186 The intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction of 1-aza-l,3-butadienes (106) can be activated by a 2-cyano substituent (Scheme 37).187 Stereoselectivity in the hetero-Diels-Alder reactions of heterobutadienes, nitrosoalkenes, and heterodienophiles has been extensively reviewed.188 The azadiene l-(f-butyldimethylsilyloxy)-l-azabuta-1,3 -diene (107) reacts with halobenzo-quinones, naphthoquinones, and A-phcnylmalcimidc to yield low to good yields of various pyridine heterocycles (108) (Scheme 38).189 The 4 + 2-cycloaddition of homophthalic anhydride with A-(cinnamylidcnc)tritylaminc produces the 3,4-adduct whereas with A -(cinnamylidcnc)bcnzylidinc the 1,2-adduct is produced.190... 

Dihydropyrane synthesis." A novel synthesis of a dihydropyrane intermediate (2) for a synthesis of pseudomonic acid (3) involves an ene reaction of formaldehyde with a 1,4-diene, followed by a quasi intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction with formaldehyde as dienophile, both reactions being catalyzed by ethylaluininum dichloride. Thus, reaction of 1 with CH20 (3 equiv.) and C2H5A1C12 (4.5 equiv.) gives 2 in 35-40% yield via a number of intermediates. 

Silyloxy-2-aldehydes can undergo hetero-Diels-Alder reaction with aldehydes to give useful heterocycles.350 A model reaction, H2C=C(OSiH3)-N=CH2 with formaldehyde, has been explored theoretically. Lewis acids such as boron trifluoride catalyse the reaction by coordinating to the aldehyde oxygen, making the aldehyde more electrophilic. Concerted and stepwise mechanisms for this process are considered. 

A DFT study on the oxa-Diels-Alder reaction of buta-1,3-diene with formaldehyde, catalysed by Co(II) and Co(III) complexes, has shown that axial coordination of an... 

Further calculations were performed on 2,3-diaza-1,3-butadiene with different heterodienophiles such as ethene, formaldehyde and formaldimine showing the same exo oxygen or nitrogen lone pair preference [49] as well as on the nitro-soethene/ethene system [50]. Recently, ab initio studies have also been performed for the Lewis acid catalysed hetero Diels-Alder reaction of isoprene and sulfur dioxide by Sordo [51]. 

Lewis acid catalysis for aza Diels-Alder reactions of 2-aza-l,3-butadienes [254], In analogy to the hitherto discussed aza Diels-Alder reactions, evidence for a non-concerted mechanism of these transformations has emerged. Thus, Mellor et al. have found that under suitable conditions azaanthraquinone 3-34 does not only form the expected cycloadduct 3-37 upon treatment with a-methylstyrene and formaldehyde, but the tertiary alcohol 3-36 is also generated presumably via cation 3-35. Alcohol 3-36 is easily converted into the cycloadduct 3-37 and 3-35 is therefore supposed to act as intermediate in a non-concerted multistep sequence (Fig. 3-12) [255,256]. More recent studies on N-arylimines performed by Laschat et al. have corrobated the assumption that non-concerted processes represent a noteworthy mechanistic pathway in reactions of 2-aza-l,3-buta-dienes with suitable dienophiles [257]. 

The Regioselectivity ofHetero Diels-Alder Reactions. In a few cases, carbonyl, nitrosyl, cyano, and other double bonds with one or more electronegative heteroatoms have acted as dienophiles in Diels-Alder reactions. The carbonyl group has a HOMO and a LUMO as shown in Fig. 1.51. The energies of both orbitals are relatively low, and most of their Diels-Alder reactions will therefore be guided by the interaction between the HOMO of the diene and the LUMO of the carbonyl compound. This explains the regioselectivity in the cycloaddition of dimethylbutadiene 6.176 and formaldehyde, and between 1-substitituted butadienes 6.177 and nitrosobenzenes. 

A novel Mannich reaction between A -alkoxycarbonylpyrroles 739, formaldehyde, and primary amine hydrochlorides catalyzed by Y(OTf)3 gave a monoaminoalkylation product 741 some times in good yield (14-81%) in aqueous media (Scheme 146) <2001TL461>. When formaldehyde was replaced by acetaldehyde or benzaldehyde, no reaction occurred. There was no formation of the 2,7-diazabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-ene 740 (through the aza-Diels-Alder reaction of an N-protected pyrrole with an aldehyde and amine salts by catalysis with triflate). 

Sakai, S. Theoretical analysis of concerted and stepwise mechanisms of the hetero-Diels-Alder reaction of butadiene with formaldehyde and thioformaldehyde. THEOCHEM 200Z, 630, 177-185. 

The aza-Diels-Alder reaction combines three components (an aldehyde, an amine salt and a diene) to produce heterocyclic products which are useful synthetic intermediates. Grieco first reported that such a reaction could occur in water. Preliminary studies focused on the reaction of dienes with iminium ions generated by an amine hydrochloride and 37% aqueous formaldehyde solution [59]. When dienylamine hydrochlorides are treated with aqueous formaldehyde at 50 °C, bicyclic ring systems are formed (Scheme 9). 

Scheme 9. Use of an aqueous formaldehyde solution in an aza-Diels-Alder reaction...

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