Free radical cyclization synthesis

Free-radical cyclization in the synthesis of N-heterocycles 97T17543. 

Allenes have also been used as substrates in free radical cyclizations. Dener and Hart demonstrated that such entries are valuable in constructing pyrrolizidine and indolizidine ring systems [71]. In a total synthesis of pyrrolizidine base (+)-heliotri-dine (340), compound 338 possessing an allene functionality was used as a key intermediate (Scheme 19.62). Tri-n-butyltin radical-mediated carbon-selenium bond homolysis of 338 followed by the addition of the free radical to the allene moiety... 

A free radical cyclization of oxime ethers tethered to an aldehyde has been used in the synthesis of azepine derivatives . For example, oxime ether 389 is cyclized to azepine 390 by reaction with Sml2 in HMPA and f-BuOH at —78°C (equation 170) . Similar free radical cyclization of oxime ethers can be carried out also in the presence of Bu3SnH/AIBN in benzene . Oxime 0-methyl ether 391 underwent thermal cyclization in refluxing o-dichlorobenzene (ODCB) leading to the mixture of two products 392 and 393 in ratio 69 31 in overall yield of 91% (equation 171) °. Rearrangement of oxime 0-tosylates in the presence of piperidine also leads to azepine ring formation . ... 

Sam Zard of the Ecole Polytechnique in Paliseau has developed elegant and affordable free-radical methods for C-C bond construction. In the context of the total synthesis of pleuromutilin, he recently reported (Organic Lett. 5 325, 2003) that the free radical cyclization of 12 proceeded smoothly to give the eight-membered ring product 13. The ketone 12 is easily prepared from m-toluic acid. It is a tribute to the efficacy of the cyclization procedure that the conformation drawn, the conformation required for cyclization, is the less stable chair available to 12. 

X. Zhen, P. Agback, J. Plavec, A. Sandstrom, and J. Chattopadhyaya, New stereocontrolled synthesis of isomeric ( -branched [1 D-nucleosides by intramolecular free-radical cyclization— opening reactions based on temporary silicon connection, Tetrahedron 48 349 (1992). 

Removable cation-stabilizing auxiliaries have been investigated for polyene cyclizations. For example, a silyl-assisted carbocation cyclization has been used in an efficient total synthesis of lanosterol. Other conditions for the cyclization of polyenes and of ene-ynes to steroids have been investigated. Oxidative free-radical cyclizations of polyenes produce steroid nuclei with exquisite stereocontrol Besides the aforementioned A-ring aromatic steroids and contraceptive agents, partial synthesis from steroid raw materials has also accounted for the vast majority of industrial-scale steroid synthesis. 

For an advanced discussion of intramolecular free-radical cyclizations in synthesis see M. B. Smith, Organic Synthesis, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1994, pp. 1423-1432. 

Free-radical cyclization of phenyl selenide 15 to indolizidinone 16 represented a key step in the total synthesis of (—)-slaframine (equation 52). The two pairs of diastereomers were first separated and then hydrolyzed to the corresponding alcohols in 76% overall yield77. (TMS)3SiH-mediated acyl radical reactions from phenylseleno esters 17 have recently been utilized for the stereoselective synthesis of cyclic ethers78. In fact, the experimental conditions reported in equation 53 are particularly good for both improving cis diastereoselectivity and suppressing decarbonylation. 

A concise free radical cyclization process has been applied to the synthesis of new cyclopentanone-annulated azepines 204 from chiral vinylogous amides (Scheme 26). The free radical was generated from the phenylselenide group in 203 (made in turn by N-acylation of 202) using Bu3SnH and l,l -azobis(cyclohexanecarbonitrile) (ACN), as the initiator <2004SL1917>. 

Under oxidative conditions, treatment of chiral menthyl (3-ketoesters (55) with Mn(OAc)3/Yb(OTf)3 (Lewis acid) in CF3CH2OH generates the corresponding cyclized products with high diastereoselectivity. Eq. 10.26 shows the treatment of chiral menthyl (3-keto esters (55) with Mn(OAc)3-mediated oxidative free radical cyclization to form a single isomer (56a) predominantly. This method can be applied to the enantioselective synthesis of (+)-triptophenolide with 90%e.e., which is a biologically active natural product. 

Cyclizations of the type (156) - (151) include the conversion of (a) carboxylic acids (218 X = O, S) into diones (219) (34% yield) under acidic conditions <74MI 715-01) (b) pyridine derivative (220) into the pyrano[3,2-c]pyridine (221) (72% yield) via an intramolecular Grignard reaction <82JCS(P1)93> and (c) a 1 1 mixture of diastereoisomers (222) into a 1 1 mixture of diastereoisomeric pyranopyrans (223) via a HSnBu3-mediated free radical cyclization <93LA629>. The diethyl ethoxymethylenemalonate (EMME) synthesis of 3-ethoxycarbonyl-4-naphthyridone derivatives has been discussed in CHEC-I <84CHEC-i(2)58i>. 

Narciprimine and Arolycoricidine. According to the route described in the synthesis of anhydrolycorine (77), arolycoricidine (44) and narciprimine (46) were synthesized by the routes of oxidative photocyclization of enamide 43 and free radical cyclization of o-bromoenamide 45 under irradiation (42) (Scheme 33). 

R)-(-)-2,2-Diphenylcyclopentanol (1) is a highly effective chiral auxiliary in asymmetric synthesis. Hydrogenation of chiral 0-acetamidocrotonates derived from this alcohol has afforded the corresponding 0-amido esters with high diastereoselectivity (96% de).6 In addition, (R)-1 has been used as a chiral auxiliary in Mn(lll)-based oxidative free-radical cyclizations to provide diastereomerically enriched cycloalkanones (60% de).7 Our interest in (R)-(-)-2,2-diphenylcyclopentanol is its utility as a chiral auxiliary in Lewis acid-promoted, asymmetric nitroalkene [4+2] cycloadditions. The 2-(acetoxy)vinyl ether derived from alcohol (R)-1 is useful for the asymmetric synthesis of 3-hydroxy-4-substituted pyrrolidines from nitroalkenes (96% ee).8 In a similar fashion, a number of enantiomerically enriched (71-97% ee) N-protected, 3-substituted pyrrolidines have been prepared in two steps from 2-substituted 1-nitroalkenes and (R)-2,2-diphenyl-1-ethenoxycyclopentane (2) (see Table).9... 

In their enantioselective total synthesis of (+)-triptocallol (3-79), a naturally occurring terpenoid, Yang and coworkers made use of a concise Mn(OAc)rmediated and chiral auxiliary-assisted oxidative free-radical cyclization [39]. Reaction of 3-77, bearing a (R)-pulegone-based chiral auxiliary, with Mn(OAc)3 and Yb(OTf)3 yielded tricyclic 3-78 in a twofold ring closure in 60% yield and a diastereomeric ratio of 9.2 1 (Scheme 3.20). A further two steps led to (-i-)-triptocallol (3-79). For the interpretation of the stereochemical outcome, the authors proposed the hypothetical transition state TS-3-80, in which chelation of the (3-keto ester moiety with Yb(OTf)3 locks the two carbonyl groups in a syn orientation. The attack of the Mn -oxidation-generated radical onto the proximate double bond is then restricted to the more accessible (si)-face, as the (re)-face is effectively shielded by the 8-naphthyl moiety. 

In addition to cationic cyclizations, other conditions for the cyclization of polyenes and of ene-ynes to steroids have been investigated. Oxidative free-radical cyclizations of polyenes produce steroid nuclei with exquisite stereocontrol. For example, treatment of (259) and (260) with Mn(III) and Cu(II) afford the D-homo-5a-androstane-3-ones (261) and (262), respectively, in approximately 30% yield. In this cyclization, seven asymmetric centers are established in one chemical step (226,227). Another intramolecular cyclization reaction of iodo-ene poly-ynes was reported using a carbopaUadation cascade terminated by carbonylation. This carbometalation—carbonylation cascade using CO at 111 kPa (1.1 atm) at 70°C converted an acycHc iodo—tetra-yne (263) to a D-homo-steroid nucleus (264) [162878-44-6] in approximately 80% yield in one chemical step (228). Intramolecular aimulations between two alkynes and a chromium or tungsten carbene complex have been examined for the formation of a variety of different fiised-ring systems. A tandem Diels-Alder—two-alkyne annulation of a triynylcarbene complex demonstrated the feasibiHty of this strategy for the synthesis of steroid nuclei. Complex (265) was prepared in two steps from commercially available materials. Treatment of (265) with Danishefsky s diene in CH CN at room temperature under an atmosphere of carbon monoxide (101.3 kPa = 1 atm), followed by heating the reaction mixture to 110°C, provided (266) in 62% yield (TBS = tert — butyldimethylsilyl). In a second experiment, a sequential Diels-Alder—two-alkyne annulation of triynylcarbene complex (267) afforded a nonaromatic steroid nucleus (269) in approximately 50% overall yield from the acycHc precursors (229). 

Over the past decades, radical chemistry has been developed into an important and integral part of organic chemistry. Radical cyclization becomes a facile and useful strategy for stereo-and regioselective C-C bond formation, affording useful chiral synthons for the synthesis of C-branched sugar derivatives [56,57]. The reactions in this section are divided into intramolecular and intermolecular free radical cyclization. 

Synthesis of carbocyclic systems intramolecular free-radical cyclization, the Diels-Alder reaction, and ring-closing metathesis... 

Free-radical cyclization reactions (i.e., the intramolecular addition of an alkyl radical to a C=C ir bond) have emerged as one of the most interesting and widespread applications of free-radical chemistry to organic synthesis. Free-radical cyclizations are useful because they are so fast. The cyclization of the 5-hexenyl radical to the cyclopentylmethyl radical is very fast, occurring at a rate of about 1.0 X 105 s-1. In fact, the rate of formation of the cyclopentylmethyl radical is much faster than the rate of cyclization to the lower energy cyclohexyl radical. This stereoelectronic effect is derived from the fact that the overlap between the p orbital of the radical and the rr MO of the double bond is much better when Cl attacks C5 than when it attacks C6. The relative rates of 5-exo and 6-endo ring closures are strongly dependent on the nature of the substrate and especially on the amount of substitution on the ir bond. Cyclization of the 6-heptenyl radical in the 6-exo mode is also very favorable. 

The Liu synthesis of Aa-methyl-A18-isokoumidine (137) (214) starts from L-tryptophan (138), which was transformed to intermediate 139 in six steps. The Dieckmann condensation of 139 afforded the /3-ketoester 140. Oxidative free radical cyclization of /3-ketoester 140, initiated with Mn(0Ac)3, H20/Cu/(0Ac)2 H2O, followed by the removal of the Na-protecting group, led almost quantitatively to 141. Hydrolysis and decarboxylation using the Barton method afforded, via compound 142, intermediate 143. Treatment of 143 with (CH3)2S = CH2/dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) THF yielded the epoxy derivative 144, which was reduced with A1H2C1 in THF to the, not yet naturally found, jVa-methyl-A18-isokoumidine (137) (Scheme 12). 

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