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These resulting polymers are solid, linear, internally cyclized, thermoplastic structures containing unreacted allylic groups spaced at regular intervals along the polymer chain. 

Elfamycins having 4-hydroxy-2-pyridone moieties (1—6,12) readily undergo reversible internal cyclizations by conjugate addition of either oxygen functionahty on the pyridone ring at C-9. These products can be isolated as exemplified by isoefrotomycin (58). 

Coum rinic Acid Compounds. These synthetic phyUoquinone derivatives and congeners have been employed as anticoagulants since the isolation of 3,3 -methylenebis(4-hydroxy-2H-l-benzopyran-2-one) [66-76-2] (bis-4-hydroxycoumarin or dicoumarol) (1) from spoiled sweet clover in 1939. The ingestion of the latter was responsible for widespread and extensive death of bovine animals at that time. The parent compound for the synthesis of many congeners is 4-hydrocoumarin, which is synthesized from methyl salicylate by acetylation and internal cyclization. The basic stmctures of these compounds are shown in Figure 2, and their properties Hsted in Table 6 (see Coumarin). 

Intramolecular versions of the Diels-Alder reaction are well known, and this is a powerful method for the synthesis of mono- and polycyclic compounds.There are many examples and variations. One interesting internal Diels-Alder reaction links the diene and dienophile by a C—O—SiR2—or a C—O—SiR2—O—C linkage. Internal cyclization to give a bicyclic product is followed by cleavage of the O-Si unit to give a monocyclic alcohol. 

Following the enzymatic cleavage, azaquinone methide was rapidly eliminated and decarboxylation occurred, leading to internal cyclization that released a urea derivative and phenol 35. The latter was disassembled as previously described to generate two equivalents of phenol 36, which was further fragmented to release the four reporter groups. 

Mannich base. This step was followed by reaction of 125 with a second molecule of formaldehyde to give 126, which undergoes internal cyclization under the reaction conditions used. A fluorous derivative of this ring system has also been published <2005ZOR441> reaction of 3-mercapto[l,2,4]triazole 127 with perfluoro 5-aza-4-nonene gave the bis-perfluoropropyl substituted ring-closed compound 128. 

Fig. 1.3 Analysis of TRH (a) analogs by the active-analog approach by Font and Marshall led to a proposal for the receptor-bound conformation compatible with internal cyclization to generate polycyclic analogs (b).

The mechanism of this conversion was formulated to occur by an initial addition of the ammonia at position 2 and of the anion of the keto compound (or the enamine) at position 6, i.e., formation of 124. It is of course possible that this addition pattern can be reversed addition of the ammonia at position 6 and of the anion at position 2. In both addition products an internal cyclization occurs by attack of the nitrogen of the amino group on the keto function, yielding the tricyclic intermediate 125. Aromatization occurs by loss of A-methyl-a-nitroacetamide (Scheme III.62). 

It seems reasonable to assume that the open-chain compound 5-(formyl-amino)-4-[(A -/3-aminoethyl)formamidino]imidazole (70) is intermediate for the formation of both products 68 and 69. RecycUzation can occur to either the N -derivative 68 or to 5-(formylamino)-4-(2-aminoimidazolin-2-yl)imidazole (71). A subsequent internal cyclization between the NH group and the carbonyl functionality gives the ethano derivative 69 (Scheme IV.30). Support for this mechanism comes from the observation that adenosine 67, being N-labeled on the 6-amino group, yields unlabeled 69 [95H(41)1399]. 

Friedel-Crafts acylation of dibenzothiophene with succinic anhydride is known to occur in the 2-position, yielding y-oxo-2-dibenzothiophene-but3Tic acid (135a). Subsequent Wolff-Kishner reduction and internal cyclization yields 7-keto-7,8,9,10-tetrahydrobenzo[6]naphtho[2,3-d]thio-phene (136a). - This reaction has been extended to 4-methyldibenzo-... 

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INTERNAL CYCLIZATION—CARBON FIBERS AND RELATED MATERIALS... 

Often these internal cyclizations are incomplete giving products with mixed moieties. Even so, such internal cyclization is the source of a number of interesting and important polymers. A number of ladderlike structures have been synthesized from the internal cyclization of polymers. Following are several examples that illustrate this. The most important commercial products are those utilized to form the so-called carbon fibers. 

The carbonyl ylide 1 can undergo an internal cyclization reaction to generate the corresponding epoxide 2, which is in fact an equilibrium process, and epoxides themselves have frequently served as precursors to carbonyl ylides. Other pathways such as concerted rearrangements and internal proton transfers have also been observed to neutralize the charged ylide intermediate and give substituted ethers as represented by 3. Perhaps the best known studies and most synthetically useful... 

Napper, S. Delbaere, L.T.J. Waygood, E.B. The aspartyl replacement of the active site histidine in histidine-containing protein, HPr, of the Escherichia coli phosphoenolpyruvate sugar phosphotransferase system can accept and donate a phosphoryl group. Spontaneous dephosphorylation of acyl-phosphate autocatalyzes an internal cyclization. J. Biol. Chem., 274, 21776-21782 (1999)... 

P,y-Diamino analogues 49 of statine are prepared stereoselectively starting from the O-methyl hydroxamate derivative of N-protected statine. The reaction sequence involves the formation of a p-lactam intermediate obtained by internal cyclization under Mitsunobu conditions.184 Alternatively, direct amination of either a p-oxo ester 31 followed by reduction of the resulting enamine 50, 85 or by reduction of the corresponding ,p-unsaturated ester, 88 gives an enantiomeric mixture of the corresponding unprotected p-amine, which is protected by a carbamate prior to chromatographic separation (Scheme 20). 

The formation of oxazolidines 54 or oxazolidinones 55 is currently utilized to assign the absolute stereochemistry of diastereomers of 1,2-amino alcohols, based on H NMR analysis of the H4 and H5 protons of these heterocycles. In the case of y-amino-p-hydroxy acids, the internally cyclized pyrrolidinone 56 is also suitable for determination of the relative configurations of the y-amino and p-hydroxy groups (Scheme 23). 

Final proof for the inferred structure (1) for cyclosporin A and a first insight in the shape of the molecule resulted from X-ray analysis and high-resolution NMR spectra. The preparation of a crystallized derivative containing a heavy atom was achieved by an addition reaction using iodine and thallium(I) acetate. Instead of the expected iodoacetoxy derivative, the cyclic product (11) was obtained. Obviously, the reaction proceeded by a selective addition of iodine to the double bond of the MeBmt unit followed by an internal cyclization with the participation of the OH group. Iodocyclosporin A (11) reverted easily with Zn powder in acetic acid into genuine cyclosporin A by rranr-elimination. X-ray analysis [6] revealed that iodocyclosporin A assumes a rather rigid backbone conformation. The amino acids 1-6 adopt an antiparallel, markedly twisted /i-pleated sheet conformation, whereas the residues 7-11 form a loop. 

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