Hydrazones carbon

Thus to permit cyclization, there must be at least one hydrogen a to the C=N bond. If there is only one, the product will be a 3,3-disubstituted-3H-indole. However, if both substituents at the hydrazone carbon have one or more a-hydrogens, product mixtures can result. Generally, it is expected that the more branched substituent is more likely to be involved in cyclization, so typically phenylhydrazones derived from methyl alkyl ketones give 2-methylindoles. However, the selectivity is subject to the reaction conditions and with certain reagents the selectivity can be reversed to favor the 2-alkylindole. 

A useful variant of this chemistry involves the radical cyclization onto an A-aziridinyl hydrazone. Fragmentation of the intermediate nitrogen-centred radical to release nitrogen gas and an alkene (typically styrene or stilbene) results in the formation of a new carbon radical at the original hydrazone carbon atom. Thus, in a synthesis of the sesquiterpene a-cedrene, the radical species 80, formed from the thiocarbonyl compound 79, cychzes onto the hydrazone to give the nitrogen-centred... 

DAB 155a-c and 2,3-DAN 235 on the terminal carbon of the heterodiene system of 1,2-diaza-l,3-butadienes 246 with the formation of the hydrazone 1,4-adduct (Michael type) 250. The subsequent nucleophilic attack of the second amino group at the hydrazone carbon with the loss of a hydrazine carboxylate residue results in 2-phosphorylated quinoxalines 251a-i. This strategy affords a very efficient entry to quinoxaline phosphine oxides 251a, c, e-h and phosphonates 251b,... 

Clearly, the acid-catalyzed E to Z isomerization of the hydrazone carbon-nitrogen bond in 28 must precede cych-zation. There are two possibiUties for the mechanism that can either be described as a 6ji-electrocyclization or as an... 

An interesting feature of the A-aziridinylimine radical chemistry developed by Lee et al. is the unique ability of the precursor hydrazone carbon to serve as both radical acceptor and donor in a domino process. This is illustrated by the synthesis of a-cedrene in which two consecutive C—C bonds are formed generating a quaternary center in the sequence from 65 to 66 (Scheme 25.29). a-Cedrene, a major constituent of the sesquiterpene fraction of cedar-wood oil, is of great interest as perfumery material. 

Anomalous Fischer cyclizations are observed with certain c-substituted aryl-hydrazones, especially 2-alkoxy derivatives[l]. The products which are formed can generally be accounted for by an intermediate which w ould be formed by (ip50-substitution during the sigmatropic rearrangement step. Nucleophiles from the reaction medium, e.g. Cl or the solvent, are introduced at the 5-and/or 6-position of the indole ring. Even carbon nucleophiles, e.g. ethyl acetoacelate, can be incorporated if added to the reaction solution[2]. The use of 2-tosyloxy or 2-trifluoromethanesulfonyloxy derivatives has been found to avoid this complication and has proved useful in the preparation of 7-oxygen-ated indoles[3]. 

The mechanism of the reaction can be interpreted as involving a mesomeric effect of the 2-hydrazone group that leads to a negative charge on the 5-carbon (Scheme 46). 

Carbon—nitrogen double bonds in imines, hydrazones, oximes, nitrones, azines, and substituted diazomethanes can be cleaved, yielding mainly ketones, aldehydes and/or carboxyHc acids. Ozonation of acetylene gives primarily glyoxal. With substituted compounds, carboxyHc acids and dicarbonyl compounds are obtained for instance, stearoHc acid yields mainly azelaic acid, and a smaH amount of 9,10-diketostearic acid. 

The most important synthesis of pyrazolones involves the condensation of a hydrazine with a P-ketoester such as ethyl acetoacetate. Commercially important pyrazolones carry an aryl substituent at the 1-position, mainly because the hydrazine precursors are prepared from readily available and comparatively inexpensive diazonium salts by reduction. In the first step of the synthesis the hydrazine is condensed with the P-ketoester to give a hydrazone heating with sodium carbonate then effects cyclization to the pyrazolone. In practice the condensation and cyclization reactions are usually done in one pot without isolating the hydrazone intermediate. 

Methylindole has been prepared from the a5-methylphenyl-hydrazone of pyruvic acid, by the action of sodium amide or sodium hydride on indole followed by methyl iodide at elevated temperatures,by treatment of indole with methyl p-toluene-sulfonatc and anhydrous sodium carbonate in boiling xylene, and by the action of inelhyl sulfate on indole previously treated... 

According to a detailed mechanistic study, the first step is the abstraction of the relatively acidic hydrazone proton (93- 97). This is followed by hydride attack on the trigonal carbon of the C=N bond, mainly from the a-side at C-3, together with the concomitant loss of the tosylate anion (97 -> 98). Expulsion of nitrogen from the resulting intermediate (98) yields a fairly insoluble anion-metal complex (99) which upon decomposition with water provides the methylene derivative (100). 

Katritzky and co-workers studied the mechanism of this reaction in detail. His work involved a NMR study of 16 reactions of methyl-, phenyl-, 1,2-dimethyl-, and l-methyl-2-phenylhydrazine with /3-keto esters. In many cases starting materials, intermediates, and products were detected simultaneously. Most reactions proceed by nucleophilic addition of the less hindered hydrazine nitrogen atom to the keto carbon of the keto ester. For example, the pathway given in Scheme 3 for the reaction of methyl 3-oxobutanoate 9 with methyl- or phenyUiydrazine 2 (R = Me or Ph) was found to be dominant. The initially formed addition product 10 dehydrates to hydrazone 11, which then isomerizes to hydrazone 12. Intermediate 12 then cyclizes to pyrazol-3-one 13, which tautomerizes to the kinetically more stable pyrazol-3-otie 14 [87JCS(P2)969]. 

In an altogether different type of approach, the hydrazone is formed in situ as a lithium salt. Wilson et al. (80JHC389) described this approach in the one-pot synthesis of 5-aryl-2-phenylpyrazol-3-ones 72a-f from the corresponding hydrazones 65a-f (Scheme 20). The latter were obtained by condensing ketones 64a-f with phenylhydrazine. Treatment of hydrazones 65a-f with n-butyllithium in dry THF, followed by the addition of half a molar equivalent of diethyl carbonate 67 and then quenching the reaction mixture with hydrochloric acid, produced pyrazol-3-ones 72a-f, along with products 71. The yields of the products 72 are in the range 22-97%. Four intermediates—66a-f, 68a-f, 69a-f, and 70a-f— were proposed for this reaction. 

Chloroformates or carbonyl chloride react with 2-piperidone hydrazones to give triazolopyridine-3-ones (86JAP(K)69776), and there are further examples of the production of 3-thiols from a hydrazine and carbon disulfide (83USP4419516, 88EUP254623). 

Base abstracts a weakly acidic N-H proton, yielding a hydrazone anion. This anion has a resonance form that places the negative charge on carbon and the double bond between nitrogens. 

Protonation of the hydrazone anion takes place on carbon to yield a neutral intermediate. 

Removal of the carbonate ring from 7 (Scheme 1) and further functional group manipulations lead to allylic alcohol 8 which can be dissected, as shown, via a retro-Shapiro reaction to give vinyl-lithium 9 and aldehyde 10 as precursors. Vinyllithium 9 can be derived from sulfonyl hydrazone 11, which in turn can be traced back to unsaturated compounds 13 and 14 via a retro-Diels-Alder reaction. In keeping with the Diels-Alder theme, the cyclohexene aldehyde 10 can be traced to compounds 16 and 17 via sequential retrosynthetic manipulations which defined compounds 12 and 15 as possible key intermediates. In both Diels-Alder reactions, the regiochemical outcome is important, and special considerations had to be taken into account for the desired outcome to. prevail. These and other regio- and stereochemical issues will be discussed in more detail in the following section. 

Cyclization of the hydrazone derivatives of 4-benzoyl[ 1,2,3]triazole 695 by reaction with one carbon inserting agent such as an orthoester, an aldehyde, a ketone, or a phosgene afforded triazolotriazine 696 or 697 (88JHC743). The newly created C—N bond displays particular sensitivity due to the electron-attracting effect of the triazole ring (Scheme 147). 

Hydrazine 835 underwent ring closure with one carbon cyclizing reagents to afford 837 and/or /V-acyl derivatives 836. The N-acyl derivatives underwent cyclization on treatment with phosphorus oxychloride. They were also prepared by the reaction of hydrazones 838 with thionyl chloride (84JHC1565). Compound 835 underwent ring closure with carbon disulfide and ethyl chloroformate to give 839 (Scheme 169). 

Hydrogen shifts are often observed in thermal isomerizations of vinylaziridines. Heating of compounds 221 at 180 °C produced mixture of 3-pyrrolines 222 and hydrazones 223 (Scheme 2.54) [87]. The formation of 223 can be explained in terms either of a concerted hydrogen shift as depicted in 224 or of diradical intermediates 225, both of which would be followed by thermal isomerization of the (Z)-carbon-carbon double bonds to provide the ( ) isomers 223. 

Acyclic Hydrazones 1.4.1.4.1.1, Substrate-Induced Diastereoselection Stereogenic Center at Carbon... 

Aliphatic azo compounds in which the carbon containing the azo group is attached to a hydrogen are unstable and tautomerize to the isomeric hydrazones (15), which are therefore the products of the reaction. 

Carbons adjacent to a Z group (as defined on p. 548) can be nitrosated with nitrous acid or alkyl nitrites. The initial product is the C-nitroso compound, but these are stable only when there is no tautomerizable hydrogen. When there is, the product is the more stable oxime. The situation is analogous to that with azo compounds and hydrazones (12-7). The mechanism is similar to that in 12-7 R—H —> R + N=0 — R—N=0. The attacking species is either NO or a carrier of it. When the substrate is a simple ketone, the mechanism goes through the enol (as in halogenation 12-4) ... 

However, in some cases azines can be converted to hydrazones by treatment with excess hydrazine and NaOH. Arylhydrazines, especially phenyl, p-nitrophenyl, and 2,4-dinitrophenyl, are used much more often and give the corresponding hydrazones with most aldehydes and ketones.Since these are usually solids, they make excellent derivatives and are commonly employed for this purpose. Cyclic hydrazones are also known, ° as are conjugated hydrazones. a-Hydroxy aldehydes and ketones and ot-dicarbonyl compounds give osazones, in which two adjacent carbons have carbon-nitrogen double bonds ... 

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