Hetero Diels-Alder reaction Michael addition

As already described for the all-carbon-Diels-Alder reaction, a hetero-Diels-Alder reaction can also be followed by a retro-hetero-Diels-Alder reaction. This type of process, which has long been known, is especially useful for the synthesis of heterocyclic compounds. Sanchez and coworkers described the synthesis of 2-aminopyridines [48] and 2-glycosylaminopyridines 4-144 [49] by a hetero-Diels-Alder reaction of pyrimidines as 4-143 with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate followed by extrusion of methyl isocyanate to give the desired compounds (Scheme 4.30). This approach represents a new method for the synthesis of 2-aminopyridine nucleoside analogues. In addition to the pyridines 4-144, small amounts of pyrimidine derivatives are formed by a Michael-type addition. 

The groups of Rueping [25] and Gong [26] have developed the aza-hetero-Diels-Alder reaction of aryl imines and cyclohexenone to give isoquinuclidines in good endojexo selectivities and high yields and ee s by 1 and la, respectively (Scheme 5.13). In the presence of acid, cyclohexenone enolizes to afford the dienol which subsequently undergoes a Mannich reaction with the protonated aldimine followed by intramolecular aza-Michael addition to produce the formal Diels-Alder adducts. 

Other applications of oxazolines have also been discovered. Anomeric oxazolines have now emerged as useful glycosyl acceptors in the glycosylation of sugars. 2-Alkenyloxazolines have been found to undergo asymmetric Michael addition and hetero-Diels-Alder reactions. Further explorations in these areas of oxazoline chemistry will undoubtedly continue and the list of new applications will grow. 

One approach to tetrahydropyridinones is the Lewis acid mediated hetero-Diels-Alder reaction of electron-rich dienes with polystyrene-bound imines (Entries 3 and 4, Table 15.23). The Ugi reaction of 5-oxo carboxylic acids and primary amines with support-bound isonitriles has been used to prepare piperidinones on insoluble supports (Entry 5, Table 15.23). Entry 6 in Table 15.23 is an example of the preparation of a 4-piperidinone by amine-induced 3-elimination of a resin-bound sulfinate followed by Michael addition of the amine to the newly generated divinyl ketone. The intramolecular Pauson-Khand reaction of propargyl(3-butenyl)amines, which yields cyclopenta[c]pyridin-6-ones, is depicted in Table 12.4. 

Apart form the aforementioned highly enantioselective hetero-Diels-Alder reactions, that proceed with very low catalyst loadings, the catalytically accessible enolates have also been used for related intramolecular Michael reactions (Philips et al. 2007) and for the desym-metrization of 1,3-diketones yielding cyclopentenes via an intramolecular aldol reaction (Wadamoto et al. 2007). The formation of cyclopentenes, however, presents a special case, so—depending on the stereochemical nature of the enone substrates (s-cis or s-trans) and the stereochemistry of the final products—two different mechanisms are discussed in the literature. Whereas /ran.v-cycl open (cries are proposed to be available upon conjugate addition of a homoenolate to chalcones,... 

When trifluoromethyl substituents are attached to the /i-carbon oF a./J-ethylenic ketones, they lower the LUMO level and allow [4 + 2] hetero-Diels-Alder reactions. Despite the enhanced coefficient of the a-carbon, a rcgiospecific /+attack occurs. Considering possible competitive reactions, such as [2 + 2] cycloadditions and Michael additions, the reaction is fairly chemoselec-tive. e.g. formation of 4. ... 

Hetero-Diels-Alder reactions of l-oxa-l,3-butadienes with vinyl ethers, which lead to 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran derivatives, are synthetically equivalent to Michael type conjugate additions. Wada and coworkers presented the first examples of a catalytic asymmetric intermolecular hetero-Diels-Alder reaction by the use of ( )-2-oxo-l-phenylsulfonyl-3-alkenes 25 and vinyl ethers 26 (Table 3) [25]. 

In 2009, Feng and coworkers developed new guanidine catalysts with an amino amide skeleton [139]. Among the various catalysts tested, guanidine 49 was found to be the most active for the enantioselective Michael reaction of a (i-ketoester with nitroolefins (Scheme 10.46). The conjugate addition products were obtained in high yields and excellent diastereo- and enantioselectivities. The same researchers used bis-guanidine catalysts for the enantioselective inverse-electron-demand hetero-Diels-Alder reaction of chalcones with azlactones (Scheme 10.47) [140] and enantioselective Mannich-type reaction of a-isothiocyanato imide and sulfonyl imines (Scheme 10.48) [141]. 

Hetero substituted 2-cyclopropylideneacetates are ring-strain activated acrylates, highly reactive dienophiles in Diels-Alder reactions, but also powerful Michael acceptors. The reactivity of these compounds is enhanced by the same strain release in the Diels-Alder cycloadditions as well as in the 1,4-additions, and indeed the borderline between tandem Michael-cyclization and Diels-Alder-type cycloaddition is not well defined in many cases. 

In an attempt to further elucidate the mechanism of this process, these workers monitored the reaction between propiophenone enolsilane and fumaroylimide by in situ infrared (IR) spectroscopy, Scheme 25 (240). In the absence of alcoholic additives, the accumulation of an intermediate is observed prior to appearance of product. When i-PrOH is introduced, immediate decomposition of the intermediate occurs with concomitant formation of product. Evans suggests that the intermediate observed in this reaction is dihydropyran (374). Indeed, this reaction may be viewed as a hetero-Diels-Alder cycloaddition followed by alcohol induced decomposition to the desired Michael adduct. That 374 may be acting as a competent inhibitor was suggested by an observed rate reduction when this reaction was conducted in the presence of IV-methyloxazolidinone. 

Although carbohydrates are cheap and readily available chiral compounds, their application in stereoselective synthesis was for a long time limited to ex-chiral-pool syntheses [3]. They have been considered too complex compared to other chiral auxiliaries, for example a-pinene in borane-chemistry [4] or BINAP-derivatives in reduction chemistry [5]. However, it has been shown during the past few years that carbohydrates can be successfully applied as stereodifferentiating tools in many different reaction types such as aldol- [6], hydrogenation- [7], carbonyl addition- [8], Michael- [9], Diels-Alder- [10], hetero-Diels-Alder [11], and rearrangement reactions [12]. 

Besides Michael additions the mild reaction conditions of CIR are also compatible with cycloadditions. Since chalcones can also be considered as heterodienes, Diels-Alder reactions with inverse electron demand are suitable elementary steps that are applicable for heterocycle synthesis. Therefore, after CIR of electron-deficient (hetero)aryl halides 11 and (hetero)aryl propargyl alcohols 12, (hetero) cyclic and acyclic morpholino enamines 98 are added and, finally, after adding... 

Further extension of the reaction pool of Schilf bases 138 was achieved by their reaction with tran -l-methoxy-3-(trimethylsilyloxy)-1,3-butadiene (Danishefsky s diene) to give 2-substituted 5,6-didehydro-piperidin-4-ones 164 [135,136] (Scheme 10.54). The reaction is considered to be a sequence of an initial Mannich reaction between the imine and the silyl enol ether, followed by an intramolecular Michael addition and subsequent elimination of methanol. If the reaction was terminated by dilute ammonium chloride solution, then the Mannich bases 163 could be isolated and further transformed to the dehydropiperidinones 164 by treatment with dilute hydrochloric acid. This result proved that the reaction pathway is not a concerted hetero Diels-Alder type process between the electron-rich diene and the activated imine. The use of hydrogen chloride as a terminating agent resulted in exclusive isolation of the piperidine derivatives 164 formed with... 

Nafion resins have been used not only for the opening of epoxides but also for their isomerization to aldehydes or ketones [137]. Various other rearrangements and isomerizations are catalyzed by this solid acid, in some cases with selectivities higher than those obtained with other solid catalysts [138-140]. Other reactions that have been studied include the Peterson methylenation of carbonyl compounds [141], hetero-Michael additions to unsaturated ketones [142], the Koch-type carbon-ylation of alcohols to form carboxylic acids [143], dimerization of a-methylstyrene [144], addition of carboxylic acids to olefins [145] and Diels-Alder reactions [146]. Notably, in most cases, reutilization of the catalyst is considered but only after an appropriate washing protocol to regenerate its acidity/activity. 

FIGURE 2.32. Representative processes mediated by hydrogen-bond donors nucleophilic additions to (a) carbonyls, (b) imines, (c) epoxide, (d) hetero-Diels-Alder, (e) Claisen rearrangement reactions, and (f) Michael additions. 

Michael addition reactions (Hetero) Diels-Alder Aldol reactions Addition of ZnR2 to RCHO Formation of cyanohydrin Cross coupling... 

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