Imines cyclization onto

As predicted, l,2,3,4-13C-labeled acetone dicarboxylate (15) provided an intact three-carbon chain into lycopodine. It also helped to explain why two molecules of pelletierine (12) were not incorporated (Scheme 6.3) [12]. As before, lysine (6) is converted to piperideine (8) via a decarboxylation. Then a Mannich reaction of labeled 15 with 8 provides pelletierine 12. The other half of the molecule to be incorporated must be pelletierine-like (12-CC>2Na), still containing one of the carboxylates. An aldol reaction of the two pelletierine fragments and a series of transformations leads to phlegmarine 9. Oxidation of 9 involving imine formation between N-C5, isomerization to the enamine and then cyclization onto an imine (at N-C13), provides lycopodine 10. Phlegmarine 9 and lycopodine 10 are proposed as... 

Cinnoline-2-imine 436 with DMAD yields a mixture of the tautomeric adducts 438 and 439.426 They are clearly formed by initial cycliza-tion onto the 1-nitrogen atom (437), followed by ring scission as shown. The alternative mode of cyclization, onto carbon, although favored in the pyridazine series, is not possible here unless the resonance of both rings is disrupted. 

Imines have been employed as radical acceptors in the preparation of nitrogen heterocycles [95AJC291]. A highly selective 6-endo-trig radical cyclization onto a chiral aldehyde imine has been developed by Werstiuk et al. Reductive cyclization of 218 provides a 3.8 1 diastereomeric mixture of the tetrahydroisoquinoline 219. A minor amount of 220, a product arising from a 5-exo cyclization is also produced. 

Photolysis of these derivatives (at 300 nm in either acetic acid or acetonitrile in the presence of 1 M trifluoroacetic acid) produces a loss of C02. Intramolecular cyclization onto the imine moiety then leads to annulated compounds 72 (Scheme 12.21) [48],... 

In view of the nucleophilic character usually exhibited by acyl radicals in their additions to C-C multiple bonds, these cyclizations are unusual, since the addition takes place at the more electron-rich nitrogen atom. However, reactions at higher concentrations of tin hydride clearly show that the 5-exo mode of cycliza-tion is kinetically as well as thermodynamically favored. A further mechanistic possibility involves nucleophilic attack by the lone pair of the imine nitrogen electrons on the acyl radical, a process which is not a radical cyclization, but rather an ionic cyclization onto the carbonyl of an acyl radical. 

Unlike the 4-alkenyl/CO system, the following two cyclization systems, based on C-N double bonds, are completely selective and favor a five-membered ring (Scheme 8). Fallis and Brinza who used a diphenylhydrazone derivative as an acyl radical trap [32] reported the first example in this series. As shown in the first two examples in Table 3, radical carbonylation gave 2-hydrazinocyclopentanones in good yields. Ryu, Komatsu and coworkers reported acyl radical cyclization onto N C double bond, which proceeds exclusively in a 5-exo manner to give pyrrolidi-nones in good yield (runs 3-5) [33]. For an aromatic substrate, it is necessary to use a ketimine rather than an aldimine, since aromatic radical abstracts an imine hy-... 

Radical reactions are not restricted to cyclizations onto alkenes or alkynes. Increasingly popular is the use of an imine or imine derivative, such as an oxime or hydrazone. ° Most examples involve 5- or 6-exo-trig cyclization to give cyclopentane or cyclohexane ring systems. Thus, treatment of the bromide 77 withtributyltin hydride gave the cyclopentane 78 (4.66). The stereoselectivity of the cyclization is in line with that expected on the basis of a chair-like transition state (compare with Scheme 4.53). 

A silyl enol ether was employed as the nucleophile in a synthesis of lycopladine A 6.211 (Scheme 6.93). ° Gold-catalysed cyclization onto an iodoalkyne 6.208 gave a vinyl iodide 6.209 then allowed a Suzuki coupling to install an a, 3-unsaturated imine. After coupling, the imine 6.210 underwent an electrocyclic ring closure to form the pyridine ring of the natural product. Another synthesis of this alkaloid is presented in Scheme 9.62. 

The ability of the intermediate aminyl radicals to rearrange was exploited by several authors. For instance, macrocyclic lactams are obtained in excellent yields via a ring expansion process developed by Kim (Scheme 8.41, top)." Preparation of cychc imines via a tin hydride promoted radical cyclization onto an hydrazone is also possible (Scheme... 

Radical cyclizations are often used in ring formations and are an effective methodology in the synthesis of piperidines. The intramolecular cyclization of an oxime ether, such as 63 onto an aldehyde or ketone gives a new entry into cyclic amino alcohols <99JOC2003, 99H(51)2711>. Similarly, reaction of a terminal acetylene with BujSnH generates a vinyl radical, which will cyclize with an imine moiety to give 3-methylenepiperidine <99TL1515>. The indolizidine alkaloid ipalbidine was prepared by a sulfur-controlled 6-exo-selective radical cyclization of an a/p/ia-phenylthio amide <99H(50)31>. 

Iminodithiazoles 108 prepared from Appel salt 20 and o-aminobenzyl- and o-aminophenethyl-alcohols can be converted into 3,1-benzoxazine 109a and 3,1-benzoxazepine 109b by treatment with sodium hydride in THF (Equation 22) <1997SL704>. The oxygen-containing heterocycles 109 are apparently formed by cyclization of the alkoxide from dithiazole 108 onto the imine bond, followed by loss of S2 with generation of the cyano group. 

The Pictet-Spengler reaction, the cyclization of an electron-rich aryl or heteroaryl group onto an imine electrophile, is the established method for the synthesis of tetrahydroisoquinoline and tetrahydro-/ -carboline ring systems. Catalytic asymmetric approaches to these synthetically important structures are mostly restricted to asymmetric hydrogenations of cyclic imines [77, 78]. In a noteworthy... 

Indolines can also be prepared by radical cyclization. For example, the precursor 62 was annulated to the indoline 63 with incorporation of a N-substituent originating from the ketone component (Equation 16). This reaction seems to proceed via aryl radical addition onto an initially formed imine <20010L1009>. 

Furthermore, we also performed kinetic studies for alkyl radical additions onto different types of C=N bonds such as imines and oxime ethers. The kinetic data are summarized in Figure S. Kinetic analysis of the intramolecular addition of alkyl radicals to C=N bonds provides several experimentally important results. First, alkyl radical additions to C=N bonds are much faster than the corresponding additions to C=C bonds, indicating that C=N bonds are much better radical acceptors than C=C bonds. Furthermore, 5-exo cyclization is faster than 6-exo cyclization. Second, the intramolecular additions of alkyl radicals to C=N bonds are essentially irreversible. Third, alkyl radical additions to oxime ethers and hydrazones are faster than alkyl radical additions to imines, suggesting the possibility of a dependence of the cyclization rate on the electron density at the carbon atom of the radical acceptor. 

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