Fused Rings Systems

Only relatively few examples of interesting target molecules containing rings are known. These include caryophyllene (E.J. Corey, 1963 A, 1964) and cubane (J.C. Barborak, 1966). The photochemical [2 + 2]-cycloaddition applied by Corey yielded mainly the /ranr-fused isomer, but isomerization with base leads via enolate to formation of the more stable civ-fused ring system. 

Intramolecular reactions between donor and acceptor centres in fused ring systems provide a general route to bridged polycyclic systems. The cts-decalone mesylate given below contains two d -centres adjacent to the carbonyl function and one a -centre. Treatment of this compound with base leads to reversible enolate formation, and the C-3 carbanion substitutes the mesylate on C-7 (J. Gauthier, 1967 A. Belanger, 1968). 

Buckminster Fuller was the inventor of self-supporting polygon frameworks, e.g., of pavilions. Synonyms (root)ballene, buckminsterfullerenc( BF ), carbosoccer, soo r(ball)ene, spherene. The proposed bridged-fused ring system and von-Baeyer names and numberings vary. 

The reaction of the allylic acetate with a diene system 784 affords the poly-fused ring system 785 by three repeated alkene insertions[487]. An even more strained molecule of the [5.5.5.5] fenestrane 788 has been constructed by a one-pot reaction in a satisfactory yield by the Pd-catalyzed carbonylation-cycliza-tion of 786 without undergoing elimination of /3-hydrogen in the cr-alkylpalla-dium intermediate 787 owing to unfavorable stereochemistry for syn elimination[488]. 

Pyrazoles, Indazoles, and their Derivatives as Starting Materials for the Syntheses of Fused Ring Systems... 

Fused ring systems containing a pyrazole unit can be prepared either from the heterocyclic moiety by formation of a pyrazole ring or from the reaction between a pyrazole derivative and a suitably functionalized reagent. The ring systems thus obtained are discussed in detail in other chapters (Chapters 4.05, 4.35, 4.36) but it is of interest to discuss here those methods which start from a pyrazole derivative as the reactions involved can be considered as examples of the reactivity of pyrazoles. The most widely studied fused ring systems are the [5.6] systems and the examples described in this section will be chosen from this group and, occasionally, from [5.5] and [5.7] systems. 

Table 34 Synthesis of Fused Ring Systems from Pyrazoles and Indazoles...

While HiickeTs 4n + 2 rule applies only to monocyclic systems, HMO flieory is applicable to many other systems. HMO calculations of fused-ring systems are carried out in much the same way as for monocyclic species and provide energy levels and atomic coefficients for the systems. The incorporation of heteroatoms is also possible. Because of the underlying assumption of orthogonality of the a and n systems of electrons, HMO dieory is restricted to planar molecules. 

The formal procedures for analysis of alternative modes of disconnection of fused-ring systems are facilitated by the use of a standard nomenclature for various types of key bonds in such structures. A number of useful terms are illustrated in formulas 111-114, which have been constructed arbitrarily using rings of the most common sizes, 5 and 6. Structures are shown for... 

This chapter will deal exclusively with three-membered rings containing the hetero atoms O, S and N, and fused to the steroid skeleton. Because of the conformational requirements in steroids, not all of the usual methods of synthesis of three-membered rings are applicable to the fused ring system. For the synthesis of steroids to which an aziridine, oxirane or thiirane is attached either in the side chain or at a ring position but not directly fused to the nucleus, the methods discussed in this chapter, as well as others, are applicable. 

Carboxylic acids and their anhydrides acy late a variety of benzene derivatives, fused ring systems, and heterocyclic compounds. An improved procedure for the preparation of l,4-difluoroanthracene-9,10-dione involves reacting phthalic anhydride and 1,4-difluorobenzene to prepare an intermediate carboxylic acid [35] Intramolecular acylation in polyphosphonc acid completes the synthesis (equahon 24). 

Cholesterol is a principal component of animal cell plasma membranes, and much smaller amounts of cholesterol are found in the membranes of intracellular organelles. The relatively rigid fused ring system of cholesterol and the weakly polar alcohol group at the C-3 position have important consequences for the properties of plasma membranes. Cholesterol is also a component of lipoprotein complexes in the blood, and it is one of the constituents oiplaques that form on arterial walls in atherosclerosis. 

Fused ring systems. Here, the above situations (cf. 1-4) are repeated and some new cases arise. 

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