Heterocyclic compounds unsaturated

Pd-cataly2ed reactions of butadiene are different from those catalyzed by other transition metal complexes. Unlike Ni(0) catalysts, neither the well known cyclodimerization nor cyclotrimerization to form COD or CDT[1,2] takes place with Pd(0) catalysts. Pd(0) complexes catalyze two important reactions of conjugated dienes[3,4]. The first type is linear dimerization. The most characteristic and useful reaction of butadiene catalyzed by Pd(0) is dimerization with incorporation of nucleophiles. The bis-rr-allylpalladium complex 3 is believed to be an intermediate of 1,3,7-octatriene (7j and telomers 5 and 6[5,6]. The complex 3 is the resonance form of 2,5-divinylpalladacyclopentane (1) and pallada-3,7-cyclononadiene (2) formed by the oxidative cyclization of butadiene. The second reaction characteristic of Pd is the co-cyclization of butadiene with C = 0 bonds of aldehydes[7-9] and CO jlO] and C = N bonds of Schiff bases[ll] and isocyanate[12] to form the six-membered heterocyclic compounds 9 with two vinyl groups. The cyclization is explained by the insertion of these unsaturated bonds into the complex 1 to generate 8 and its reductive elimination to give 9. 

The NMR spectra of heterocyclic compounds with seven or more ring members are as diverse as the shape, size and degree of unsaturation of the compounds. NMR is perhaps the most important physical method to ascertain the structure, especially the conformational statics and dynamics, of large heterocycles. Proton-proton coupling constants provide a wealth of data on the shape of the molecules, while chemical shift data, heteroatom-proton coupling constants and heteronuclear spectra give information of the electronic structure. Details are found in Chapters 5.16-5.22. Some data on seven-membered rings are included in Table 10. 

Carbocyclic compounds are very usefully divided into (a) saturated (alicyclic) compounds, (b) aromatic compounds and (c) the intermediate partially unsaturated (alicyclic) compounds. Heterocyclic compounds can be subdivided in exactly the same way, and equally usefully. 

When a mixture of p-anisaldehyde and dimethyl sulfone was treated with excess potassium t-butoxide in DMF at 60-65 °C, bis-unsaturated sulfone 277 was obtained. In the reaction at 50 °C using a small amount of base, the main product was a heterocyclic compound, i.e., 2,4-di-p-methoxyphenyl-l,4-oxathiane 4,4-dioxide 278358. 

Propiolaldehyde diethyl acetal has found numerous synthetic applications in the literature which may be briefly summarized. The compound has been utilized in the synthesis of unsaturated and polyunsaturated acetals and aldehydes by alkylation of metal-lated derivatives, " by Cadiot-Chodkiewicz coupling with halo acetylenes, " and by reaction with organocuprates. Syntheses of heterocyclic compounds including pyrazoles, isoxazoles, triazoles, and pyrimidines have employed this three-carbon building block. Propiolaldehyde diethyl acetal has also been put to use in the synthesis of such natural products as polyacetylenes " and steroids. ... 

In this article, a description has been given of recent investigations in the field of thiepin chemistry which are important for the major seven-membered unsaturated heterocyclic compounds. While the properties of these sulfur heterocycles have been determined quite well, some important questions still remain unexplored. Our current research efforts involve attempts to understand more generally the substituent effects on the thermal stability of the thiepin. 

Heterocyclic derivatives such as 59 provide a convenient route to the synthesis of many cyclic germanium compounds87. For instance, photolysis of 59 in the presence of alkynes 60 or 61, or allenes 62, produces the unsaturated heterocyclic compounds 63 or 64, respectively. 

Cycloaddition with nitrile oxides occur with compounds of practically any type with a C=C bond alkenes and cycloalkenes, their functional derivatives, dienes and trienes with isolated, conjugated or cumulated double bonds, some aromatic compounds, unsaturated and aromatic heterocycles, and fullerenes. The content of this subsection is classified according to the mentioned types of dipolarophiles. Problems of relative reactivities of dienophiles and dipoles, regio- and stereoselectivity of nitrile oxide cycloadditions were considered in detail by Jaeger and... 

Cycloadditions and cyclization reactions are among the most important synthetic applications of donor-substituted allenes, since they result in the formation of a variety of carbocyclic and heterocyclic compounds. Early investigations of Diels-Alder reactions with alkoxyallenes demonstrated that harsh reaction conditions, e.g. high pressure, high temperature or Lewis acid promotion, are often required to afford the corresponding heterocycles in only poor to moderate yield [12b, 92-94]. Although a,/3-unsaturated carbonyl compounds have not been used extensively as heterodienes, considerable success has been achieved with activated enone 146 (Eq. 8.27) or with the electron-deficient tosylimine 148 (Eq. 8.28). Both dienes reacted under... 

Cycloaddition reactions of electron-rich allenes with some heterodienes take place at the C1-C2 bond of the allene to yield heterocycles, a,Unsaturated carbonyl compounds 185 react with the internal C=C bond of ethoxyallene to afford dihydro-pyrans in moderate yields [150]. 

This condensation is completely analogous to that of ethyl diazoacetate, mentioned on p. 281, and, in general, azides and aliphatic diazo-compounds are strikingly similar in the manner in which they react with unsaturated substances like acetylenes, olefine derivatives, and hydrogen cyanide to yield heterocyclic compounds. 

Polyamino acids are easy to prepare by nucleophUe-initiated polymerisation of amino acid JV-carboxyanhydrides. Polymers such as poly-(L)-leucine act as robust catalysts for the epoxi-dation of a wide range of electron-poor alkenes, such as y-substituted a,Ji-unsaturated ketones. The optically active epoxides so formed may be transformed into heterocyclic compounds, polyhydroxylated materials and biologically active compounds such as dUtiazem and taxol side chain. 

The synthesis of oxygen- and nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds by anionic cyclization of unsaturated organolithium compounds has been reviewed recently. " Broka and Shen reported the first intramolecular reaction of an unstabilized a-amino-organolithium compound using reductive lithiation of an A,5-acetal derived from a homoaUylic secondary amine (Scheme 21). Just one example was reported treatment with lithium naphthalenide gave the pyrrolidine product, predominantly as the cis isomer. 

Unsaturated and heterocyclic compounds AgNO, ch,c n-h,o MeOH-ILO Octadecyl 240... 

The species which are unknown and have not been identified as one of the major chemical lump such as alkanes, phenols and aromatics are lumped together as unidentified. However, the species in this lump include saturated and unsaturated cycloalkanes with or without side chains, which resembles the naphthenes, a petroleum refinery product group. A number of well known species in coal liquid are not mentioned in this lumping scheme. Such as heterocyclic compounds with sulfur, nitrogen or oxygen as the heteroatom, and other heteroatora containing species. Some of these compounds appear with aromatics (e.g. thiophenes, quinolines) and with phenols (e.g. aromatic amines), and most of them are lumped with the unidentified species lump. 

Many fully unsaturated heterocyclic compounds are described as aromatic, and some have a close similarity to benzene and its derivatives. For example, pyridine (azabenzene) is formally derived from benzene through the replacement of one CH unit by N. As a result, the consti-... 

The 5-oxazolones or oxazolin-5-ones are very interesting heterocyclic compounds that have been used as intermediates in the synthesis of a variety of organic molecules. Two structural classes are possible, the 5(27T)-oxazolones (or 3-oxazo-lin-5-ones) and 5(47T)-oxazolones (or 2-oxazolin-5-ones). These structures differ only in the position of the double bond. Apart from the presence of the heteroatoms (N and O), the carbonyl group and the double bond, the 2- or 4-position, respectively, can be saturated or unsaturated. The isomeric 5-oxazolones are... 

Synthesis oe Heterocyclic Compounds. In some cases, dehydroamino acids obtained from unsaturated 5(477)-oxazolones have been used as intermediates to prepare other heterocyclic compounds. For example, reaction of 2-benzoylamino-3-substituted-2-alkenoic acids 485 with alkyl or arylisothiocyanates affords 4-aryl-methylene-l,2-disubstituted-5-oxo-4,5-dihydroimidazoles 486 (Scheme 7.155). ... 

In general, the reaction of unsaturated 5(4//)-oxazolones 497 with nitrogen nucleophiles effects ring opening to give the corresponding unsaturated acylamino amides 498 (Scheme 7.158). Depending on the nucleophile, for example, amines, hydrazines, oximes, and so on, the products obtained can be cyclized and this process allows the synthesis of a wide variety of new heterocyclic compounds. 

Reaction of unsaturated 5(4//)-oxazolones with bis(nucleophiles) opens the way for the preparation of diverse heterocyclic compounds depending on the nucleophilic atoms of the reagent. First, if we consider nitrogen-containing bis(nucleo-philes), the reaction of anthranilic acid with unsaturated oxazolones 550 gives rise to substituted 3,l-benzoxazin-4-ones 551 (Scheme 7.174). " °... 

Both reactions have been utilized to prepare heterocyclic compounds such as pyrazoles 681 (X = A -Ph) and isoxazoles 681 (X = O) as shown in Scheme 7.214. " Starting from an unsaturated 5(4//)-oxazolone 677, either a cycloaddition-ring-opening reaction sequence (677 678 680) or a ringopening-cycloaddition reaction sequence (677 679 680) affords the same product. 

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