Intramolecular hetero Diels-Alder reaction

The versatility of the Diels-Alder reaction becomes especially obvious, when considering the hetero-variants. One or more of the carbon centers involved can be replaced by hetero atoms like nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur. An illustrating example is the formation of the bicyclic compound 31, by an intramolecular hetero-Diels-Alder reaction ... 

The domino reaction consists of a Knoevenagel condensation giving an intermediate which immediately undergoes an intramolecular hetero-Diels-Alder reaction with inverse electron demand [18]. 

Tietze, L. F., Pfeiffer, T., Schuffenhauer, A., 1998, Stereoselective Intramolecular Hetero Diels-Alder Reactions of Cyclic Benzylidenesulfoxides and DFT Calculations on the Transition Structures , Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2733. 

The hetero-Diels-Alder reaction has also utilized dienophiles in which both reactive centers are heteroatoms. Kibayashi reported that the intramolecular hetero-Diels-Alder cycloaddition of chiral acylnitroso compounds, generated in situ from periodate oxidation of the precursor hydroxamic acid, showed a marked enhancement of the trans-selectivity in an aqueous medium compared with the selectivity in nonaqueous conditions (Eq. 12.55).125 The reaction was readily applied to the total synthesis of (—)-pumiliotoxin C (Figure 12.5).126... 

A new noncarbohydrate-based enantioselective approach to (—)-swainsonine was developed in which the key step was an aqueous intramolecular asymmetric hetero-Diels-Alder reaction of an acylni-troso diene (Eq. 12.57).128 Under aqueous conditions there was significant enhancement of the trans stereoselectivity relative to the reaction under conventional nonaqueous conditions. 

Scheme 2.140. Domino transetherification/intramolecular hetero-Diels-Alder reaction.

One very fascinating domino reaction is the fivefold anionic/pericydic sequence developed by Heathcockand coworkers for the total synthesis of alkaloids of the Daphniphyllum family [351], of which one example was presented in the Introduction. Another example is the synthesis of secodaphniphylline (2-692) [352]. As depicted in Scheme 2.154, a twofold condensation of methylamine with the dialdehyde 2-686 led to the formation of the dihydropyridinium ion 2-687 which underwent an intramolecular hetero- Diels-Alder reaction to give the unsaturated iminium ion 2-688. This cydized, providing carbocation 2-689. Subsequent 1,5-hydride shift afforded the iminium ion 2-690 which, upon aqueous work-up, is hydrolyzed to give the final product 2-691 in a remarkable yield of about 75 %. In a similar way, dihydrosqualene dialdehyde was transformed into the corresponding polycyclic compound [353]. 

As the name implies, the first step of this domino process consists of a Knoevenagel condensation of an aldehyde or a ketone 2-742 with a 1,3-dicarbonyl compound 2-743 in the presence of catalytic amounts of a weak base such as ethylene diammonium diacetate (EDDA) or piperidinium acetate (Scheme 2.163). In the reaction, a 1,3-oxabutadiene 2-744 is formed as intermediate, which undergoes an inter- or an intramolecular hetero-Diels-Alder reaction either with an enol ether or an alkene to give a dihydropyran 2-745. 

So far, only those domino Knoevenagel/hetero-Diels-Alder reactions have been discussed where the cycloaddition takes place at an intramolecular mode however, the reaction can also be performed as a three-component transformation by applying an intermolecular Diels-Alder reaction. In this process again as the first step a Knoevenagel reaction of an aldehyde or a ketone with a 1,3-dicarbonyl compound occurs. However, the second step is now an intermolecular hetero-Diels-Alder reaction of the formed 1 -oxa-1,3 -butadiene with a dienophile in the reaction mixture. The scope of this type of reaction, and especially the possibility of obtaining highly diversified molecules, is even higher than in the case of the two-component transformation. The stereoselectivity of the cycloaddition step is found to be less pronounced, however. 

An intramolecular hetero-Diels-Alder reaction of enantiomerically pure iV-acyl nitroso derivatives 78, prepared from hydroxamic acids 77 by oxidation on treatment with Pr4NI04 in an aqueous medium, afforded a mixture of diastereomeric pyrido[l,2-A][l,2]oxazin-8-ones 79 and 80 (Scheme 5) <1996J(P1)1113, 20000L2955,... 

A diastereoselective intramolecular hetero-Diels-Alder reaction of optically active 428 gave unstable 1,3,4,8,9,9a-hexahydropyrido[2,l-f][l,3]oxazin-l-one 429 (X = 0), and l,3,4,8,9,9a-hexahydropyrido[l,2-(z]pyrazin-l-one 429 (X = NTs) (Equation 80) <2003JA4970, 2004T10277>. In the case of pyrido[l,2- ]pyrazine, the reaction was carried out in the presence of 2,6-di- /-butyl-4-methylphenol. 

Similarly, Motorina described the intramolecular hetero-Diels-Alder reaction of N-alkyl-2-cyano-l-azadienes 86 (Scheme 9.26) [76] although the reaction had already been performed by heating the reactants in benzene overnight in a sealed tube at 110 °C, it was found that reaction time could be reduced to 14 min in a microwave oven at 650 W. 

Methods for the synthesis of substituted pyridines remains an intense topic of research. One of the most popular approaches to substituted pyridines remains cycloaddition reactions. While this strategy is not new and many examples are in the current literature <00TL10251>, the state-of-the-art has been expanded. Weinreb and co-workers have reported the regioselective synthesis of pyridines (3) via intramolecular oximino malonate hetero Diels-Alder reactions (1 - 2) <00OL4007>. Similarly, the intramolecular [4 + 2] cycloaddition of... 

This chapter focuses on some typical examples, starting with the usual cycloaddition reactions and then the catalytic asymmetric Diels-Alder reactions, hetero Diels-Alder reactions, retro Diels-Alder reactions, and intramolecular... 

An example for the combination of mechanistically different reactions is the anionic-pericydic process such as the domino-Knoevenagd-hetero-Diels-Alder reaction. In the inter-intramolecular version of this process an aldehyde 1 containing a dienophile moiety and a 1,3-dicarbonyl compound 2 can be mixed together to give unusual heterocycles of diversified structures such as 4 via the intermediate formation of an 1-oxa-l,3-butadiene 3 (scheme 1).[41... 

An extensive review of the hetero-Diels-Alder reactions of 1-oxabuta-1,3-dienes has been published. Ab initio calculations of the Diels-Alder reactions of prop-2-enethial with a number of dienophiles show that the transition states of all the reactions are similar and synchronous.Thio- and seleno-carbonyl compounds behave as superdienophiles in Diels-Alder reactions with cyclic and aryl-, methyl-, or methoxy-substituted open-chain buta-1,3-dienes.The intramolecular hetero-Diels-Alder reactions of 4-benzylidine-3-oxo[l,3]oxathiolan-5-ones (100) produce cycloadducts (101) and (102) in high yield and excellent endo/exo-selectivity (Scheme 39). A density functional theoretical study of the hetero-Diels-Alder reaction between butadiene and acrolein indicates that the endo s-cis is the most stable transition structure in both catalysed and uncatalysed reactions.The formation and use of amino acid-derived chiral acylnitroso hetero-Diels-Alder reactions in organic synthesis has been reviewed. The 4 + 2-cycloadditions of A-acylthioformamides as dienophiles have been reviewed. ... 

The structural diversity (and complexity) of the products obtained by the MCR between tertiary isocyano amides, aldehydes, and amines could be increased to various heterocyclic scaffolds by combining the initial 2,4,5-tiisubstituted oxazole MCR with in situ intramolecular tandem processes (Fig. 17). Most tandem processes reported are based on the reactivity of the oxazole ring toward C=C or C=C bonds in hetero Diels-Alder reactions followed by ring opening reactions generating the rather complex heterocyclic products with high degrees of variation. 

A method was developed for preparation of the tetracyclic carboline alkaloids iso-canthine, isocanthin-6-one and l-methylisocanthin-3-one by an intramolecular hetero-Diels-Alder reaction. For example, oxime 317 in sulfolane at 285 °C afforded isocanthine 318 in 8% yield (equation 137) . 

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. 

The intramolecular hetero-Diels-Alder reactions in functionalized 2(17/)-pyrazinones to give bicyclo adducts were found to undergo a significant rate enhancement using controlled microwave irradiation in ionic liquid doped solvents <2002JOC7904>. 

Reaction of thiazoline-5-thiones with epoxycycloalkenes to give spiio thiazoline/oxathiolane products 75 has been described <99HCA1458> and intramolecular hetero Diels-Alder reactions based on 1,3-oxathiolane 5-oxides such as 76 going to 77 have been reported <98MI2733>. 

Furo[3,4-f]pyranones are produced by an intramolecular hetero-Diels-Alder reaction of a,/3-unsaturated 7-keto esters, 81. The Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reaction of phosphonates with a-diketones is used to assemble compounds 81 (Scheme 17) <2004TL4297>. 

An intramolecular hetero-Diels-Alder reaction of o-thiobenzoquinone methides, generated in situ from bis(2-formyl-phenyl)disulfide and alkenols in the presence of iodine, has been used to prepare thiochromans (Scheme 22) <2003TL6513>. 

Bismuth(lll) chloride catalyzes the intramolecular hetero-Diels-Alder reaction of aldimines, generated in situ from aromatic amines and the A -allyl derivative of o-aminobenzaldehyde, in acetonitrile at reflux to generate [l,6]naphthyridine derivatives <2002TL1573>. The hetero-Diels-Alder reaction of 3-aryl-2-benzoyl-2-propeneni-triles and enol ethers yields 2-alkoxy, 6-diaryl-3,4-dihydro-2//-pyran-5-carbonitriles (Scheme 29) <1997M1157>. 

An intramolecular hetero-Diels-Alder reaction has been used to prepare octahydro-14//-benzo[g]quinolino[2,3- 7]-quinolidines (Scheme 38) <1998BML2881>. The same researchers have published a major study on the mechanism of this hetero-Diels-Alder reaction and have shown that under Lewis acid-catalyzed conditions it proceeds via a stepwise mechanism <1996T955>. 

Sheldrake and co-workers devised an elegant approach to interesting cage compounds based on an intramolecular hetero Diels-Alder reaction (88CC1482) (Scheme 51). The [4 + 2] cycloaddition of triazines 223 to 1,5-cyclooctadiene at M0°C resulted in the formation of 7-azatetracyclo[7.3.0.02 6.05 lo]dodec-7-ene derivatives 225 in 44-66% yield. The initial formation of 224 followed by the intramolecular cycloaddition of the electron-poor 2-azadiene moiety to the second carbon—carbon double bond of the cyclooctadiene system accounts well for the process. The dienophile unit can be placed just over the diene system favoring... 

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