Isomerization cycloisomerization

Okamoto et al. [31] reported an enantioselective Rh-BINAP-catalyzed allyl ether isomerization-cycloisomerization domino sequence of phenol- or naphthol-linked 1,7-enynes 17 to give dihydrobenzofurans and dihydronaphtho-furans 18 (Scheme 12.9). 

Scheme 12.9 Enantioselective sequentially Rh(l)-BINAP-catalyzed allyl ether isomerization-cycloisomerization reaction.

Buchwald and co-workers56 found that ( )-olefins cycloisomerized upon exposure to [Cp2Ti(GO)2] giving exclusively the 1,4-diene Alder-ene products (Equation (46)). In contrast to the palladium conditions developed by Trost (see Section 10.12.4.1), the 1,4-diene is formed exclusively, even from substrates containing a tertiary carbon at the allylic position 75. It was noted, however, that heating the reaction mixture for an extended period of time in some instances led to olefin isomerization, forming 1,3-dienes. The mechanism of this titanium-catalyzed... 

Stereoinduction was observed, as in the formation of 74 (Equation (46)) as a single diastereomer 1,3-stereo-induction was not successful. Most substrates contained only methyl-substituted olefins, leading to terminal alkenes. In the case of the cycloisomerization of an //-propyl-substituted enyne, a modicum of selectivity with respect to olefin geometry was exhibited 73 was produced in an isomeric ratio of 1 3.5. The authors do not specify whether the (E)- or (Z)-geometry was preferred. 

Malacria and co-workers76 were the first to report the transition metal-catalyzed intramolecular cycloisomerization of allenynes in 1996. The cobalt-mediated process was presumed to proceed via a 7r-allyl intermediate (111, Scheme 22) following C-H activation. Alkyne insertion and reductive elimination give cross-conjugated triene 112 cobalt-catalyzed olefin isomerization of the Alder-ene product is presumed to be the mechanism by which 113 is formed. While exploring the cobalt(i)-catalyzed synthesis of steroidal skeletons, Malacria and co-workers77 observed the formation of Alder-ene product 115 from cis-114 (Equation (74)) in contrast, trans-114 underwent [2 + 2 + 2]-cyclization under identical conditions to form 116 (Equation (75)). 

This system was described in one report and has been synthesized by a copper-assisted cycloisomerization of alkynyl imines. The authors proposed the following mechanism at first, 372 could undergo a base-induced propargyl-allenyl isomerization to form 373 next, coordination of copper to the terminal double bond of the allene (intermediate 374) would make it subjected to intramolecular nucleophilic attack to produce a zwitterion 375. The latter would isomerize into the more stable zwitterionic intermediate 376, which would be transformed to the thiazole 377 (Scheme 55) <2001JA2074>. 

Under catalysis of Ag+, 2,3-allenylamines can undergo cycloisomerization to afford N-containing heterocycles [135,136]. Such metal-mediated isomerizations are discussed in detail in Chapter 15. 

The proposed mechanism of the above cycloisomerizations are depicted in Scheme 11.30. The oxidative coupling of a metal to an enyne yields a bicyclic metaUacyclopentene, which is a common intermediate. The reductive elimination and subsequent retro-[2+2] cycloaddition gave vinylcyclopentene derivatives, while the two patterns of P-elimination and subsequent reductive eUmination gave cychc 1,3- and 1,4-dienes, respectively. The existence of a carbene complex intermediate might explain the isomerization of the olefinic moiety. 

Mild Ni(0)-catalysed rearrangements of l-acyl-2-vinylcyclopropanes to substituted dihydrofurans have been developed.86 The room temperature isomerizations afford dihydrofuran products in high yield. A highly substituted, stereochemically defined cyclopropane has been employed in the rearrangement to evaluate the reaction mechanism. The Cu(II)-catalysed cycloisomerization of tertiary 5-en-l-yn-3-ols with a 1,2-alkyl shift affords stereoselectively tri- and tetra-cyclic compounds of high molecular complexity (Scheme 29).87 A proposed mechanism has been outlined in which... 

Cycloisomerization or metathesis also occurs, which can be understood as the formation of cyclobutene 326 by reductive elimination of 321. The metathesis product 327 is formed by isomerization of 326. The metatheses involving metal-carbene complexes are discussed in Section 7.2.6. They are closely related, but somewhat different from the metathesis explained here. Balance between the ene and the metathesis reactions seems to be delicate. 

Reaction of a 40 60 mixture of 4,4 -bi(boracyclohexa-2,5-diene) 115 and the isomeric 2,2 -bi(boracyclohexa-2,5-diene) 116 with 2-alkynylpyridines results in the isolation of biphenanthrenyl analogs 117 and 118 through a coordination-cycloisomerization sequence <2007JOC5234>. The products exhibited interesting fluorescence properties with emission colors from green to red similar compounds made by the same workers were shown to emit blue light <20070L1395>. 

Heterocyclization reactions with saturated moieties (alcohols, amines, thiols, etc.) or acids on unsaturated counterparts (alkenes, allenes, alkynes, etc.) are not covered in this chapter since they are addition, and not isomerization, reactions. Silver is also widely used as an activating agent for producing highly reactive metallic cations (anion metathesis), which, in turn, may catalyze cycloisomerization reactions. This aspect is covered only when the silver control experiments give substantial positive results. 

The first such reaction published in 1908 by Ciamician and Silber was the light induced carvone —> carvonecamphor isomerization, corresponding to type b [1]. Between 1930 and 1960 some examples of photodimerizations (type c) of steroidal cyclohexenones and 3-alkylcyclohexenones were reported [2-5]. In 1964, Eaton and Cole accomplished the synthesis of cubane, wherein the key step is again a type b) photocycloisomerization [6]. The first examples of type a) reactions were the cyclopent-2-enone + cyclopentene photocycloaddition (Eaton, 1962) and then the photoaddition of cyclohex-2-enone to a variety of alkenes (Corey, 1964) [7,8]. Very soon thereafter the first reviews on photocycloaddition of a,(3-unsaturated ketones to alkenes appeared [9,10]. Finally, one early example of a type d) isomerization was communicated in 1981 [11]. This chapter will focus mainly on intermolecular enone + alkene cycloadditions, i.e., type a), reactions and also comprise some recent developments in the intramolecular, i.e., type b) cycloisomerizations. 

The ruthenium-catalyzed cycloisomerization of a variety of <5-enallenes was also achieved, forming cyclic 1,3-dienes or 1,4-dienes depending on the substrates and reaction conditions [32] (Eq. 22). This intramolecular coupling of the C=C bond and allenes can be envisioned by the initial hydrometallation of the allene moiety followed by intramolecular olefin insertion and isomerization. 

Furthermore, the choice of enyne substrates can lead to cyclized products that contain other functionalities than dienes. Very recently, Muller and Kressierer [148] have shown that yne allyl alcohols 200 can be rapidly cyclo-isomerized by a Pd2dba3-W-acetyl phenyl alanine catalyst system to furnish heterocyclic enals 202 in excellent yields (Scheme 82). The intermediate product of the enyne cycloisomerization in this case is the enol 201, which rapidly tautomerizes to the aldehyde 202. 

In the presence of appropriate ruthenium catalyst precursors, diallyl and allyl homoallyl ethers do not lead to the expected metathesis or cycloisomerization products, but undergo first isomerization to form allyl vinyl ethers, and then a Claisen rearrangement which gives unsaturated aide-... 

The selective consecutive cycloisomerization/isomerization of 1,6-dienes to form exocyclic and then endocyclic olefinic compounds is not a common transformation. At 80 °C, with RuCl2(p-cymene)(N-mesitylmethylbenzi-midazole) activated by reaction with diphenylpropynol in the presence of AgOTf as the catalyst, as an attempt to generate allenylidene intermediate, diallyl tosylamide is selectively transformed into 3-mclhyl-4-mclhylene-N-tosylpyrrolidine. When this catalytic cycloisomerization is completed, the isomerization into 3,4-dimethyl-AMosylpyrrolidine starts without external modification of the catalytic system (Scheme 27) [68]. 

The mechanism of these transformations seems to be substrate-dependent and only the cycloisomerization of aryl and primary iodides was thought to proceed as shown in Scheme 31. The stereoselectivity of the isomerization of 110 to 111 is better accommodated with the intermediacy of l-methyl-5-hexenyl radical59. Later, it was proposed that the isomerization of 6 to 109 also proceeds via a radical-mediated atom transfer process initiated by homolytic fragmentation of an ate-complex intermediate 112 (Scheme 32)60. 

The success of cycloisomerization reactions of this type is critically dependent on factors that influence the conformational mobility of the side chain bearing the alkene moiety. Additionally, functional groups which are able to serve as ligands at palladium may also be of importance. As an example, neither the (E)- nor the (Z)-crotonate derivative ( -IS or (Z)-13 gives rise to the formation of bicyclic products on treatment with bis(dibenzylideneacetone)palladium/tri-isopropyl phosphite. Instead, the corresponding isomeric substituted butadienes, methyl (2E or 2Z,6 )-7,8-dimethylnona-2,6,8-trienoate (14) and methyl (2E or 2Z)-8-methyl-7-methyl-enenona-2,8-dienoate (15), are formed. 

A special case of a transannular cycloisomerization occurs with the ethyl acrylate derivative 22. lO a.b Nickel(O), as well as palladium(O), catalysts effect this reaction in generally high yields, leading to the formation of the [3.3.3]propellane derivative 23. Even in the nickel(0)-catalyzed reaction, no isomeric compound arising from proximal cleavage of the methylenecyelopropane is formed, presumably due to activation of the distal bond arising from the tetrasubstitution of the methylene group. 

We reported that the palladium-catalyzed intramolecular cyclization of the A/L(o-alkynylphenyl)-imines 54 gave the 3-alkenylindoles 55 in good to high yields (Scheme 19).100 A hydridopalladium species, generated in situ through the reaction of Pd-(OAc)2, P(n-Bu)3, and H20, reacts with alkynes to produce 56, which undergoes the cycloisomerization via the carbopalladation— -elimination—olefin isomerization. 

Kel in et al. reported that the copper-assisted cycloisomerization of the alkynyl imines 320 gave the pyrroles 321 in high yields (Scheme 101).169 Mechanistic studies revealed that this reaction proceeded via the propargyl-allenyl isomerization of 320 to the... 

Shortly after the discovery of enyne metathesis, Trost began developing cycloisomerization reactions of enynes using Pd(ll) and Pt(ll) metallacyclic catalysts (429-433), which are mechanistically divergent from the metal-carbene reactions. The first of these metal catalyzed cycloisomerization reactions of 1,6-enynes appeared in 1985 (434). The reaction mechanism is proposed to involve initial enyne n complexation of the metal catalyst, which in this case is a cyclometalated Pd(II) cyclopentadiene, followed by oxidative cyclometala-tion of the enyne to form a tetradentate, putative Pd(IV) intermediate [Scheme 42(a)]. Subsequent reductive elimination of the cyclometalated catalyst releases a cyclobutene that rings opens to the 1,3-diene product. Although this scheme represents the fundamental mechanism for enyne metathesis and is useful in the synthesis of complex 1,3-cyclic dienes [Scheme 42(fe)], variations in the reaction pathway due to selective n complexation or alternative cyclobutene reactivity (e.g., isomerization, p-hydride elimination, path 2, Scheme 40) leads to variability in the reaction products. Strong evidence for intermediacy of cyclobutene species derives from the stereospecificity of the reaction. Alkene... 

Cycloisomerization. Homopropargyl alcohols give, after mild oxidation, dihy-drofurans. The (EtjNlMofCO) complex, obtained by photochemically induced ligand exchange, promotes the isomerization of epoxyalkynes to furans. ... 

Further silver(l)-catalyzed syntheses of pyrroles include the cycloisomerization of W-allyl-W-propargylamines to afford 3-vinylidenepyrrolidines, which can be isomerized to 3-vinyl-3-pyrrolines [44]. The reaction of /1-alkynylketones with primary amines in the presence of silver(l) or gold(l) catalysts provides functionalized pyrroles in good yields [45]. 

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