Imidazoles addition reactions

Azirine, trans-2-methyl-3-phenyl-racemization, 7, 33, 34 1-Azirine, 2-phenyl-reactions, 7, 69 with carbon disulfide, S, 153 1-Azirine, 3-vinyl-rearrangements, 7, 67 Azirines, 7, 47-93 cycloaddition reactions, 7, 26 fused ring derivatives, 7, 47-93 imidazole synthesis from, 5, 487-488 photochemical addition reactions to carbonyl compounds, 7, 56 photolysis, 5, 780, 7, 28 protonated... 

Imidazole, l-methyl-2,4,5-triphenyl-photochemical addition reactions, 4, 421 Imidazole, nitro-applications, 5, 498 IR spectra, 5, 358 mass spectra, 5, 359 quatemization, 5, 386 reactions, 5, 441 reduction, 5, 441 UV spectra, 5, 356 Imidazole, 1-nitro-reactions, 5, 454 Imidazole, 2-nitro-, S, 415 applications, 5, 498 reactions, 5, 96 reduction, 5, 441 synthesis, 5, 378, 395 Imidazole, 4-nitro-deuteration, 5, 417 methylation, 5, 383, 388, 389... 

Besides high effectiveness in the diastereoselective control of nucleophilic addition reactions, another major goal in the design of chiral auxiliaries is the use of readily available, chiral starting materials. The hexahydro-l//-pyrrolo[l,2-c]imidazole derivatives 9a-e are examples which use the inexpensive amino acid L-proline (7) as starting material. 

Ketones and aromatic aldehydes undergo facile addition reactions with CDI (A) or better with A -sulfmyldiimidazole (B) to give diimidazolylmethanes and N-alkylene-imidazoles, depending on the presence of hydrogen atoms a to the carbonyl group ... 

In a similar vein, reaction of Z>w-cyanoethylamine (93-2) with flra-chloro-phenylisocyanate (93-1) gives the urea addition product (93-3), in this case as an isolable product. Heating that compound leads to an analogous addition reaction to form the imidazole ring. The product nimazone (93-4) [99] displays anti-inflamatory activity. 

The carbon atoms of azole rings can be attacked by nucleophilic (Section 3.4.1.6), electrophilic (Section 3.4.1.4) and free radical reagents (Section 3.4.1.9.2). Some system, for example the thiazole, imidazole and pyrazole nuclei, show a high degree of aromatic character and usually revert to type if the aromatic sextet is involved in a reaction. Others such as the isoxazole and oxazole nuclei are less aromatic, and hence more prone to addition reactions. 

The active ester methodology, which is widely used in peptide chemistry, has found only limited application in depsipeptide synthesis. A more vigorous activation of the carboxy component is apparently required to form an ester bond compared to the peptide analogue. Nevertheless, active esters have been utilized for this purpose in combination with some catalyst additives. The first successful attempt in this direction was described by Mazur.1103 The modification of the 4-nitrophenyl ester procedure included addition of 1-10 equivalents of imidazole to the reaction mixture. This accelerated technique presumably involves formation of the highly reactive intermediate imidazolide. The reaction resulted in the preparation of model benzyloxycarbonyl didepsipeptide esters in good yields within several hours at room temperature from 4-nitrophenyl esters of Z-amino acids and the pentamethylbenzyl ester of glycolic acid, while in the absence of imidazole this reaction failed to give any product. 

Imidazole, l,2,5-trimethyl-4-nitro-mass spectra, 5, 359 Imidazole, 1-trimethylsilyl-reactions, 5, 454 with acid chlorides, 5, 391 Imidazole, 1-trimethylstannyl-reactions, 5, 454 Imidazole, 2,4,5-trinitro-reactions, 5, 98 synthesis, 5, 395 Imidazole, 1,2,4-triphenyl-UV spectra, 5, 356 Imidazole, 1,2,5-triphenyl-UV spectra, 5, 356 Imidazole, 2,4,5-triphenyl-chemiluminescence, 5, 381, 406 irradiation, 5, 433 oxidation, 5, 376, 406 photochemical addition reactions, 5, 421 synthesis, 5, 467, 483 UV spectra, 5, 356, 357 Imidazole, 1-trityl-rearrangement, 5, 377 Imidazole, vinyl-Michael addition, 5, 437 polymers, 1, 281 Imidazole, 1-vinyl-reactions, 5, 450 thermal rearrangement, 5, 450 Imidazole, 2-vinyl-oxidation, 5, 437 Imidazole, l-(D-xylofuranosyl)-synthesis, 5, 491 277-Imidazole, 2,2-dialkyl-rearrangement, 5, 422 277-Imidazole, 4,5-dicyano-2,2-dimethyl-synthesis, 5, 472... 

Scheme 4. Synthesis of (S)-ipsenol using the proline-catalyzed direct aldol addition reaction as key transformation, (a) L-Proline (10-20mol%), acetone (solvent), 3-7days, 34% (73% ee). (b) TBSCI, imidazole ...

Table 5.5 Proline-catalyzed intramolecular MBH reaction of hept-2-endial with and without imidazole additive.

Vinyl and ethynyl groups attached to an imidazole ring can be catalytically reduced to the saturated (or less unsaturated) species and cleaved by oxidation. The corresponding 4-carbaldehyde is formed in 71% yield when l-methyl-2,5-diphenyl-4-styrylimidazole is oxidized with osmium tetroxide. However, they may not react like aliphatic alkenes and alkynes not all addition reactions occur normally, Michael additions are known, and the compounds can act as dienophiles in DielsAlder reactions (e.g., Scheme 132). 

Benzotriazole was found to be an efficient ligand for the Cu(I) iodide-catalyzed N-arylation of imidazoles with aryl and heteroaryl halides <07TL4207>. The first enantioselective conjugate addition reaction of I //-benzotriazole with a variety of enones catalyzed by a cinchona alkaloid thiourea affords Michael adducts in good yields with moderate to good enantioselectivities has been reported <07S2576>. 

The imidazole aryne l-methyl-4,5-dehydroimidazole undergoes ready addition reactions at the 4,5-bond.465... 

The reactions of 2-lithio- and 2-sodio-imidazoles and -benzimidazoles are not particularly novel. The compounds do, however, prove a means of introducing a variety of functional groups into the 2-position of the heterocyclic ring. Such metalation reactions at C-2 can only occur readily when there is no alternative site for the metal. Therefore, only N-substituted imidazoles are of synthetic utility, and it may be necessary to select an N-substituent which can be removed later. For this reason, benzyl (removed by reductive or oxidative methods), benzenesulfonyl (removed by ammoniacal ethanol), trityl (hydrolyzed by mild acid treatment) and alkoxymethyl (easily hydrolyzed in acid or basic medium) groups have proved useful in this context. A typical reaction sequence is shown in Scheme 136 <78JOC438l, 77JHC517). In addition, reactions with aldehydes and ketones (to form alcohols), with ethyl formate (to form the alcohol) and with carbon dioxide (to form carboxylic acids) have found application (B-76MI40701). 

UV studies suggest that in 1-vinyl-imidazoles and -benzimidazoles there is conjugation with the heteroaromatic ring. Certainly the reactivities of such compounds would indicate that they are not normal alkenes, nor are the alkynyl compounds typical of other alkynes. They are very prone to polymerization processes, and electrophilic addition reactions are often quite difficult to accomplish. When 1-styrylimidazoles are prepared, the trans compound is much more likely to eventuate as the more stable isomer 73CJC3765, 76JCS(PD545). 

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