Cycloadditions Huisgen

The first application we found was the Huisgen [3+2]-cycloaddition, between a terminal alkyne and an azide, to date the most practical and useful click reaction, regioselectively affording 1,4-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazoles (Schane 5.14). 

We have also shown that copper(I)-modified zeolites can be used as catalysts for the [3+2] cycloaddition of pyrazol-3-one ylides with alkynes. This heterogeneous method offers a mild and efficient access to tetrahydropyrazolo[l,2-a]pyrazol-3-ones with a reasonably wide scope, tolerating various functional groups, and with high regioselectivity. 

Pyrazoline heterocycles and specially dihydropyrazolones are widely used as dyes for various applications in food, textile, photography and cosmetics industries. Some of these heterocycles exhibit useful biological properties, and for example, phenazone was one of the first synthetic drugs. The corresponding saturated pyrazolidin-3-ones exhibit similar properties, as exemplified with the anti-inflammatory drug phenylbutazone. Moreover, this heterogeneous copper(I)-modified zeolite catalyst can be reused six times without significant loss of activity. 

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The NHCs have been used as ligands of different metal catalysts (i.e. copper, nickel, gold, cobalt, palladium, rhodium) in a wide range of cycloaddition reactions such as [4-1-2] (see Section 5.6), [3h-2], [2h-2h-2] and others. These NHC-metal catalysts have allowed reactions to occur at lower temperature and pressure. Furthermore, some NHC-TM catalysts even promote previously unknown reactions. One of the most popular reactions to generate 1,2,3-triazoles is the 1,3-dipolar Huisgen cycloaddition (reaction between azides and alkynes) [8]. Lately, this [3h-2] cycloaddition reaction has been aided by different [Cu(NHC)JX complexes [9]. The reactions between electron-rich, electron-poor and/or hindered alkynes 16 and azides 17 in the presence of low NHC-copper 18-20 loadings (in some cases even ppm amounts were used) afforded the 1,2,3-triazoles 21 regioselectively (Scheme 5.5 Table 5.2). 

Normally, copper-catalysed Huisgen cycloadditions work with terminal alkynes only. The formation of a Cu-acetylide complex is considered to be the starting point of the catalyst cycle. However, the NHC-Cu complex 18 was able to catalyse the [3-1-2] cycloaddition of azides 17 and 3-hexyne 23 (Scheme 5.6). 

Ramachary, D.B. Barbas, C.R III (2004) Towards Organo-Click Chemistry Development of Organocatalytic Multicomponent Reactions Through Combinations of Aldol, Wittig, Knoevenagel, Michael, Diels-Alder and Huisgen Cycloaddition Reactions. Chemistry A European Journal, 10, 5323-5331. 

The 1,3-dipolar eyeloaddition, also known as the Huisgen cycloaddition, is a elassie reaetion in organic chemistry consisting in the reaetion of a dipolar-ophile with a 1,3-dipolar compound that allows the produetion of various five-membered heteroeyeles. This reaction represents one of the most productive fields of modern synthetic organic chemistry. Most dipolarophiles are alkenes, alkynes, and molecules possessing related heteroatom functional... 

The reaction of 1,2,3-triazolium-l-aminides 3 with propiolate esters led to fluorescent 2,5-dihydro-1,2,3-triazine derivatives 4 in one pot, involving a Huisgen cycloaddition followed by a sequence of rearrangements <06JOC5679 06TL1721>. These reactions can be carried out in acetone, in water, or under solvent-free conditions. 

V. V. Rostovtsev, L. G. Green, V. V. Fokin, and K. B. Sharpless, A stepwise Huisgen cycloaddition process Copper(I)-catalysed regioselective ligation of azides and terminal alkynes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 41 (2002) 2596-2599. 

H. Isobe, K. Cho, N. Solin, D. B. Werz, P. H. Seeberger, and E. Nakamura, Synthesis of fullerene glycoconjugates via a copper-catalyzed Huisgen cycloaddition reaction, Org. Lett., 9 (2007) 4611-4614. 

Finally, several groups have reported irreversible chemistries that work selectively in the presence of proteins or even whole cells. These include the Huisgen cycloaddition recently improved by Sharpless and others,1146-481 chemical ligation,1491 the formation of oximes or hydrazones and the Staudinger ligation.1501... 

The reaction chosen to connect the tethers in situ was the Huisgen azide-alkyne cycloaddition (Scheme 10.5). The Huisgen cycloaddition forms 1,2,3-triazoles as a nearly 1 1 mixture of regioisomers (10.28 and 10.29). The reaction is slow at room temperature. However, if the azide and alkyne are positioned ideally, such as when bound in close proximity by AChE, then the reaction occurs at room temperature. 

The Huisgen Cycloaddition (or 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition) is the reaction of a dipolarophile with a 1,3-dipolar compound that leads to 5-membered (hetero)cycles. Examples of dipolarophiles are alkenes and alkynes and molecules that possess related heteroatom... 

The reaction has been modified to a more regioselective, copper-catalyzed stepwise process by the Sharpless group, which is no longer a classic Huisgen Cycloaddition. Another approach prefers the use of a directing electron withdrawing group, which is removable later ... 

Figure 3.42 a General reaction scheme for the thermal Huisgen cycloaddition b the copper-catalyzed reaction between phenyl propargyl ether (phenyl 2-propynyl ether) and benzyl azide. The catalytic reaction is performed in the presence of a reductant (sodium ascorbate) and gives just one of the product isomers in high yield. 

Rostovtsev, V.V., Green, L.G., Fokin, V.V., and Sharpless, K.B. (2002). A stepwise huisgen cycloaddition process copper(I)-catalyzed regioselective hgation of azides and terminal alkynes Angew Chem Int Ed 33 45. 

Cycloaddition reactions between azides and alkynes—exemplified by the Huisgen 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition—have tremendous potential for the development of biomolecules and have been employed for conjugation of sugars to peptides [184]. Drawbacks of the Huisgen cycloadditions, however, are poor regioselectivity and incompatibility with physiological conditions. These limitations, which hinder MOE applications in living cells, were first overcome by cop-... 

A recent very flexible approach for the preparation of TSOS has been published by Liebscher [34], It relies on a two step procedure with one so-called click chemistry step, which is a regioselective copper catalyzed [3 + 2] Huisgen cycloaddition between an azide and a terminal alkyne, followed by quatemarisation of resulting triazoles. Both reagents can be functionalized prior to cyclisation and furthermore such triazolium synthesis can tolerate a large variety of substituents owing to its chemoselectivity (Fig. 14). 

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