Furan 2 + 2 cycloadduct

The periselectivity of the reaction of a given diene with tropone is critically dependent on temperature. The variable course of the cycloaddition of ( )-l-trimethylsilyloxybutadiene with tropone as a function of reaction temperature is a Carnatic illustration of this phenomenon. At 80 C the major adduct is bicy-clo[4.4.1]undecenone (10), whereas in refluxing xylene the [4 + 2] cycloadduct (11) prevails as a mixture of regioisomers. A further example of the dichotomy between [6 + 4] and [4 + 2] reaction pathways can be seen with (Z)-l-acetoxybutadiene, which provides some [6 + 4] cycloadduct along with larger quantities of various [4 -i- 2] pr ucts as depicted in equation (1). In contrast to these results, dienes such as ethyl 2,4-hexadienoate and furan do not yield any [6 + 4] or [4 2] products when heated with tropone. The latter result, in particular, may be reflective of the reversibility of the furan cycloadducts. Various furan derivatives do provide modest yields of mixtures of endo and exo [4 + 2] cycloadducts with tropone when reacted together at 3 kbar and 130 C. ... 

In addition, [2.2]paracyclophane was transformed into reactive bis-dienes. By reaction of the furan cycloadducts 49 with tetraphenylcyclopentadienone and thermal retro-Diels-Alder reaction [2.2](4,7)isobenzofuranophane 51 was obtained [38]. The highly reactive molecule was trapped in situ with para-ben-zoquinone. The more stable tetraphenylisobenzofuranophane 57 was synthesized via the classical procedure to [2.2]paracyclophanes of Hopf [39] the reaction of 1,2,4,5-hexatetraene 53 with dibenzoylacetylene 54 gave 4,5,12,13-tetra-benzoyl[2.2]paracyclophane (56), that was reduced and cyclized to the target molecule 57 [38]. 

High pressures are especially effective in furan cycloadditions since the desirable forward reaction is accelerated and the undesirable retro reaction, which is especially easy in furan cycloadducts, is also suppressed, although in this case the catalysed 1 bar reaction would probably be the reaction chosen for large-scale synthesis. 

Tab. 10.28. High pressure synthesis of the furan cycloadduct in solvophobic media. ...

From the facts that on irradiation of the same thiinone in furan/methanol only the furan cycloadducts are formed, and that the formation of these cycloadducts is quenched on addition of -stilbene, it was stated [58] that the thiinone represents the first monocyclic cyclohexenone analogue undergoing... 

The IMDA-Grob fragmentation strategy that starts with an allene cycloaddition reaction is illustrated in Scheme 43. The allene-furan cycloadduct was formed together with the other exoadduct which had the opposite configuration at the i-propyl group. Partial isomerization of the other product into the thermodynamic product shown and conversion into the 10-membered ketone constituted a formal synthesis of periplanone-B <88TL650l> since that ketone had been used in an... 

The Diels-Alder reaction of oxazoles with alkynes has become a preferred method for the synthesis of substituted furans with diverse applications. A large number of early examples of this reaction have been tabulated. Activated dienophiles such as acetylenic ketones and esters can be used, although unactivated alkyl, aryl, and silyl alkynes have been used as well. In particular, the reaction of 4-phenyloxazole with substituted acetylenes is frequently used for preparing 3,4-disubstimted furans. Cycloadducts derived from 4-phenyloxazole typically decompose under milder conditions than 4-alkyloxazoles, allowing the synthesis of a wider range of functionalized furans. Several examples are shown below. 

Interestingly, when the number of equivalents of t-butyllithium was reduced from 4.0 to 1.1, all three benzyne-furan cycloadducts (i.e., 97a, 102, and 103) resulting from the three possible dibromoindole starting materials (lOOa-c) were isolated in excellent yields (Scheme 28). It is noteworthy that while the ortho dichlOTO- and dibromo-substituted indoles (94, lOOa-c) resulted in clean formation of the aryne species, the ortho difluoro derivatives lOOd-f did not behave in the same way. The attempted Diels-Alder reactions with 4,5 and 6,7-difluoroindoles lOOe and lOOf resulted only in the recovery of starting material. However, in the case of 5,6-difluoroindole lOOd, the cycloaddition resulted in the formation of 103,... 

Higher-order pyrrole cycloadducts could be accessed in a similar manner to furan cycloadducts, by employment of excess of pyrrole, as shown by Warrener (Scheme 24) [38]. However, in contrast to the furan additions, the 2 1... 

The unusual benzodifuran quinone 166 is formed by the retro-Diels— Alder elimination of ethane from 165, itself obtained by hydrogenation of a bis(aryne-furan) cycloadduct (Scheme 33) a similar approach gives the analogs 167-169 (2007T12621). 

An example of an acetylenic furan cycloaddition reaction was reported by Ho and Wong [14]. While in some cases, the reaction of furans with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate (DMAD) leads to ring opening and aromatization (see below), the addition of 3,4-bis(trimethylsilyl)furan to DMAD at 75 °C gave furan-3,4-dicarboxylate 13, presumably by extrusion of bis(trimethylsilyl)acetylene from the initially formed cycloadduct 12. Stable [47t-l-27i] furan cycloadducts were also obtained using the highly reactive bis(terf-butylsulfonyl)acetylene [15], as well as nitro(trime thylsilyl)acetylene (Scheme 13.5) [16]. 

Electron-deficient alkenes add stereospecifically to 4-hydroxy-THISs with formation of endo-cycloadducts. Only with methylvinyl-ketone considerable amounts of the exo isomer are produced (Scheme 8) (16). The adducts (6) may extrude hydrogen sulfide on heating with methoxide producing 2-pyridones. The base is unnecessary with fumaronitrile adducts. The alternative elimination of isocyanate Or sulfur may be controlled using 7 as the dipolarenOphile. The cycloaddition produces two products, 8a (R = H, R = COOMe) and 8b (R = COOMe, R =H) (Scheme 9) (17). Pyrolysis of 8b leads to extrusion of furan and isocyanate to give a thiophene. The alternative S-elimi-nation can be effected by oxidation of the adduct and subsequent pyrolysis. 

Hydroxy-THISs react with electron-deficient alkynes to give nonisol-able adducts that extrude carbonyl sulfide, affording pyrroles (23). Compound 16 (X = 0) seems particularly reactive (Scheme 16) (25). The cycloaddition to benzyne yields isoindoles in low- yield. Further cyclo-addition between isoindole and benzyne leads to an iminoanthracene as the main product (Scheme 17). The cycloadducts derived from electron-deficient alkenes are stable (23, 25) unless highly strained. Thus the two adducts, 18a (R = H, R = COOMe) and 18b (R = COOMe, R = H), formed from 7, both extrude furan and COS under the reaction conditions producing the pyrroles (19. R = H or COOMe) (Scheme 18). Similarly, the cycloadduct formed between 16 (X = 0) and dimethylfumarate... 

Photolysis of a mixture of furan and benzene gives mainly the [4 + 4] cycloadduct (141) a substantial amount of the adduct (142) derived by addition of carbons 2 and 5 of furan and 1 and 3 of benzene is also obtained (81JOC2674. ... 

Dihydrofuran (376) and 2,5-dihydrofuran (377) react with nitrile oxides to give furo[2,3-6 ]isoxazoles (378) and furo[3,4-rf]isoxazoles (379), respectively, as cycloadducts. The double bonds of furan, pyrrole and thiophene also react when the nitrile oxide is generated in situ. Thus furan and benzonitrile oxide gave (380), and with 2-methyl-2-oxazoline the cycloadduct (381) was obtained (71AG(E)810). These and related cycloadditions are discussed in Chapter 4.36. 

The borane catalyst 4 is also effective in the Diels-Alder reaction of furan (Scheme 1.11). In the presence of a catalytic amount of this reagent a-bromoacro-lein or a-chloroacrolein reacts with furan to give the cycloadduct in very good chemical yield with high optical purity [6d]. 

When the bicyclic thiirene oxide 180164 is dissolved in excess furan, a single crystalline endo-cycloadduct (182) is formed stereospecifically (equation 71)164. This is the first propellane containing the thiirane oxide moiety. Clearly, the driving force for its formation is the release of the ring strain of the starting fused-ring system 180. In contrast, 18a did not react with furan even under forcing conditions. 

The reactivity of heterocyclic dienes is determined by the nature and number of heteroatoms and, in the case of heteroaromatic compounds, also by the aromatic character. Furans undergo Diels-Alder reactions with strong dienophiles and generally afford cxo-cycloadducts which are thermodynamically more stable than the kinetically favoured c z/o-adducts. 

Thiophenes are less reactive than furans and therefore react with very reactive dienophiles. They behave somewhat differently from furans and in many cases the intermediate addition products are unstable and undergo cheleotropic extrusion of sulfur [30]. Thiophenes 30 undergo cycloaddition reactions with DMAD (Equation 2.11) to afford bicyclic cycloadducts which lead to phthal-ates by sulfur extrusion, thus offering a one-pot synthesis of dimethylphthalates [31]. 

Vinyl- and 3-vinylthiophene (73b and 77) are less reactive than the corresponding furans and show a notable preference for extra-annular addition due to the higher reactivity of the diene system, including the side-chain double bond. 2-Vinylthiophene is less reactive than 3-vinylthiophene. Whereas 2-vinylthiophene (73b) reacted with maleic anhydride and 1,4-benzoquinone to give cycloadducts in reasonable yield, 3-vinylthiophene (77) gave a higher yield of the cycloadduct [76, 77] (Scheme 2.31). 

Intramolecular cycloadditions of furans are a useful method for creating an oxygenated cyclohexane ring in rigid cycloadducts. Thus, a MeAICI2-catalyzed intramolecular reaction [40] of compounds 34 leads stereoselectively to tricyclic cycloadducts (Equation 3.8). The reaction yield is strongly dependent on the quantity of the catalyst and the type of substituent at the olefmic double bond. Cycloadduct 35 (R = R2 = Me, Ri = R3 = R4 = H) was then converted [40b] into 1,4-epoxycadinane (36). 

Sulfinylacrylate 41 has been successfully used in the enantioselective synthesis of pseudo-sugar [46, 47]. Cycloaddition of (S)-3-(2-pyridylsulfinylacrylate) (41) with furan and 3,4-dibenzyloxyfuran under Et2AlCl catalysis afforded cycloadducts 42, 43 and 44 (Equation 3.12) which were converted into pseudo-manno-pyranoses 45, 46 and 47 (Figure 3.5). 

Cycloaddition of 125 with buckminsterfullerene (Ceo) at 3 kbar allowed the adduct [48] to be obtained, preventing a retro Diels-Alder process (Scheme 5.19). Cycloadditions of tropone (125) with furans 134 gave mixtures of 1 1 endo-dcad exo-monocycloadducts 135 and 136, respectively [49a], together with some bisadducts. In this case furan reacts solely as the 27t component in spite of its diene system. Whereas 2-methoxy furan gave mainly the kinetically controlled product 135 (R= OMe Ri =R2 =H), under the same conditions 3,4-dimethoxy furan afforded the thermodynamically controlled cycloadduct 136 (R=H Ri =R2 =OMe) as the major product (Scheme 5.19). 

Diels-Alder reactions of furans are markedly reversible because of the aromatic character of the furan nucleus [la]. The lability of the cycloadducts, even at relatively low temperatures, as well as the sensitivity to acidic conditions of both furans and cycloadducts, preclude the use of strong Lewis acids and have therefore given importance to the high pressure technique. 

High pressure cycloaddition of cytraconic anhydride (140) with 2-substituted furans 142 afforded, cxo-diastereoselectively but unregioselectively, bicyclic cycloadducts 143 and 144 that have been used in straightforward routes to CD-ring fragment of paclitaxel [55] (Scheme 5.22). The cycloadducts were then... 

Azadienes undergo Diels-Alder reactions to form pyridine, dihydro- and tetrahydropyridine derivatives. N-Vinyl lactim ethers undergo Diels-Alder reactions with a limited set of dienophiles. " Thioketones react with dienes to give Diels-Alder cycloadducts. The carbonyl group of lactams have also been shown to be a dienophile. Certain heterocyclic aromatic rings (among them furans) can also behave as dienes in the Diels-Alder reaction. Some hetero dienes that give the reaction are -C=C-C=0, 0=C-C=0, and N=C-C=N. ... 

Attempts to prepare the corresponding tetrameric para-PAM from 62 were unsuccessful. Dehydrobromination in furan afforded a symanti mixture of cycloadducts 65, that were subsequently transformed to the known dibenzodiyne (66). Formation of 65 is likely to arise from stepwise elimination/cycloaddition rather than to involve the intermediacy of the highly strained tetrameric PAM. 

Slee and LeGoff performed further investigations on the reaction of dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate 4-20 with an excess of furan 4-21, as first described by Diels and Alder (Scheme 4.5) [la]. At 100 °C, 4-24 and 4-25 were not produced (as proposed), but rather 4-22 and 4-23, since at elevated temperature an equilibrium takes place and the primarily formed 4-24 and 4-25 isomerize to give a 6 1-mixture of the exo-endo and the exo-exo products 4-22 and 4-23, respectively. However, at lower temperature, in the primarily formed [4+2] cycloadduct the double bond substituted with the two carbomethoxy group acts as the dienophile to give the two products 4-24 and 4-25 in a 3 1 ratio with 96% yield within five weeks, as has been shown by Diels and Olsen [la,lc]. For a differentiation of these two types of adducts, Paquette and coworkers [7] used a domino and pincer product . The Cram group [8] described one of the first examples of a reaction of a tethered bisfuran 4-26 with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate 4-20a to give 4-27. 

The IMDAF (intramolecular Diels-Alder furan) precursors 492 were prepared via Michael addition of nucleophiles possessing an unsaturated tether 491 to furoyl nitroalkene 490. Furyl nitroalkene 490 was prepaperd via the nitroaldol (Flenry) reaction. Compound 492 was heated in appropriate solvent such as toluene, xylene, etc., to provide the IMDAF cycloadducts 65 and 66 (Table 16) <2005JOC2235>. 

Furans react readily with 4 in [4 + 2] cycloadditions, but the reactivity depends on the nature of the heterocyclic diene. Whereas the parent furan (7) reacts with neat 4 affording excellent yields of a 1.4 1 endo/exo mixture of cycloadducts 60c (entry 3, Table 5) [16], and 2-methylfuran (87a) afforded the corresponding endo-fSSa and exo-88a as a 1.5 1 mixture in 76% yield, 2,5-dimethylfuran (87b) reacted much more slowly, and after 120 h gave only 5% conversion to endo/exo- 88b (2 1) (Table 9). 

Reaction mixtures of isomeric cycloadducts from furans 87d and 87e gave, after purification by column chromatography on both silica gel and neutral alumina, mixtures of diastereomeric hydrolysed products 90 and 91 (Scheme 17) [16]. 

Reacting with the methylene dihydrofuran derivative 192 as trapping reagent, 34d gave rise to a mixture of [4 + 2] cycloadduct 193 and furan 194, which could be separated and obtained in 25% and 37% yields, respectively. Upon further heating, 193, whose configuration has not been determined, isomerized completely to the more stable 194 (Scheme 31) [47]. 

The unstable 2-cyclopropylidene-l,3-cycloalkanediones 34a,c,d were trapped in situ by isocyanides 391 to give [4 + 1] cycloadducts under mild reactions conditions to afford 3-spirocyclopropane furans or pyrroles (Table 32) [95]. In the case of 34a, the primary cycloaddition products 392 and 394 decomposed very easily to give the stable pyrrolidindiones 393 and 395, respectively, as a single stereoisomer, upon addition of methanol (entries 1-2). Compounds 34c and 34d gave the expected adducts in moderate to good yields (Table 32, entries 3-7). 

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