Ketenimines cycloaddition

Site selectivity in ketenimine cycloadditions has been studied using photoelectron helium (Hel) spectra.3723... 

An intramolecular 2 + 2-imine-ketenimine cycloaddition has been reported (Scheme 2).4... 

The cycloaddition of nitrones with ketenes produced 5-isoxazolidinones as well as oxazolones, as shown in Scheme 162 (78H(9)457, 79JOC2961). In a similar fashion, nitrones also react with ketenimines to generate the 5-isoxazolidinone imines (75JHC175, 68JHC881). 

The 27T-electrons of the carbon-nitrogen double bond of 1-azirines can participate in thermal symmetry-allowed [4 + 2] cycloadditions with a variety of substrates such as cyclo-pentadienones, isobenzofurans, triazines and tetrazines 71AHC(13)45). Cycloadditions also occur with heterocumulenes such as ketenes, ketenimines, isocyanates and carbon disulfide. It is also possible for the 27r-electrons of 1-azirines to participate in ene reactions 73HCA1351). 

A variety of 1-azirines are available (40-90%) from the thermally induced extrusion (>100 °C) of triphenylphosphine oxide from oxazaphospholines (388) (or their acyclic betaine equivalents), which are accessible through 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of nitrile oxides (389) to alkylidenephosphoranes (390) (66AG(E)1039). Frequently, the isomeric ketenimines (391) are isolated as by-products. The presence of electron withdrawing functionality in either or both of the addition components can influence the course of the reaction. For example, addition of benzonitrile oxide to the phosphorane ester (390 = C02Et) at... 

An unusual domino process was observed by Biehl and coworkers [69] in the reaction of 2-bromo-l-naphthol 4-196 with arylacetonitriles in the presence of LDA or LiTMP by employing 3-thienylacetonitrile 4-197, the tetracyclic compound 4-200 was obtained in 57% yield (Scheme 4.43). The reaction probably includes the formation of an aryne and a ketenimine which undergo [2+2] cycloaddition to give 4-198, followed by rearrangement and allylic addition to the intermediately formed aryl cyano compound 4-199. 

N-Vinyl heterocumulenes represent a new, highly reactive 2-azadiene species, which react, in general, with electron-rich alkenes and alkynes. Accordingly, we think it is of interest to complement the utility of electron-poor 2-azadienes in [4 + 2] cycloadditions by showing some examples involving A-vinyl isocyanates, -isothiocyanates, -carbodiimides, and -ketenimines. 

Some examples dealing with the [4 + 2] cycloaddition of ketenimines have been recorded (Scheme 58). Thus, thioketones and ynamines reacted with N-aryl ketenimines 257 through the carbon—nitrogen and the conjugated aromatic carbon—carbon double bonds to yield benzothiazine derivatives 258 (80JOC3766 82JOC3998) and substituted quinolines 259 (73JA5417), respectively. Simple ketenimines 261 were formed by reaction... 

Thermal and photochemical cycloaddition reactions of 27r-electron species represent an important synthetic approach to four-membered rings. The reactions summarized in this section include 2 + 2 cycloaddition reactions of thioketones, thioketenes, isothiocyanates, sulfenes and iminosulfenes with alkenes, allenes, ketenes, ketenimines and alkynes. 

A reported example (12) of this ring system was prepared by Woemer et al. (71CB2789) by the cycloaddition of the ketenimine 11 to 3-phenyl-2//-... 

Diazetidinones are prepared by the thermal [2 + 2] cycloaddition of ketene with diazo compounds (Scheme 3) (83HC(42)443). Use of ketenimines instead of ketene furnished imino derivatives (67JHC155). 

More modern syntheses utilize the interaction of 2-chloromethylphenylisocyanates (184) and amines (Scheme 67) (78S377) and AH- 3,1 -benzothiazines are prepared by cycloadditions between thioketones and ketenimines (Scheme 68) (80JOC3766). 

The Paterno-Biichi reaction has been employed in the synthesis, often in high yield, of a large variety of substituted oxetanes. In addition to simple aliphatic and aromatic alkenes, cycloaddition of ketones to, for example, fumaronitrile,284 l,3-diacetylimidazolin-2-one288 [Eq. (73)], and allenes286 has been reported. Allenes yield both 1,5- and l,6-dioxaspiro[3.3]heptanes as well as the 2-alkylidene-oxetane this is illustrated for benzophenone and tetramethylallene in Eq. (74). Cycloaddition of ketones to ketenimines to form 2- and... 

Ab initio calculations indicate that in the gas phase the reaction of ketene inline and formaldehyde is concerted but asynchronous whereas in dichloromethane it is a two-step zwitterionic reaction.38 The 2 + 2-cycloadditions of keteniminium triflates with imines yields 2-azetidiniminium salts with cis stereoselectivity.39 The intramolecular 2 + 2-cycloaddition of ketenimines with imines (24) provides a novel synthesis of azeto[2,l-Z>]quinazolines (25) (Scheme 9).40... 

Fabian examined the geometries of the possible cycloaddition products between ketenimine and acrolein as well as of the respective transition states by ab initio calculations at the MP2/6-31G level <1997JA4253>. Two of the 12 possible products of [4+2] and [2+2] cycloaddition are oxazetidines 3 and 4 (Scheme 1). With respect to the site selectivity of the heterodiene, the [2+2] products resulting from the addition of the ketenimine onto the dienic C=C... 

In a manifestation of the reaction shown above, quinoline rings have also been formed by the cycloaddition of /V-arylketenimines 543 with 3,4-dihydro-2//-pyran 455 under high-pressure conditions (Scheme 100) <2001H(55)1971>. The reaction is proposed to proceed via the initial formation of 544 by attack of the enol ether on the protonated ketenimine subsequent electrophilic aromatic substitution gives 545. Protonation of the enamine to give 546 is followed by elimination to produce 547. Protection of the alcohol with 455 gives 548. 

Monocyclic imino-ketenimines, in which the reactive functionalities are linked by an allylic or vinylic tether connecting the imino and ketenimino nitrogen atoms, undergo a formal intramolecular [2+2] cycloaddition to yield fused tricyclic 2-iminoazetidines, namely, azeto[l,2-a][l,3]thiazolo[4,5-rf] [pyrimidines 10 <02EJO4222>, and azeto[l,2-... 

Another possibility for the preparation of bicyclic systems such as III/47 from three-membered rings can be realized by a [2+2] cycloaddition of the cyclopropene, III/41, and an unsaturated molecule, III/46, such as alkene, alkyne, ketene, ketenimine, ketone, isocyanate, etc. A large number of examples of this reaction type have been reviewed recently [55]x). 

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