Lactam synthesis cycloadditions

Cycloaddition to endocyclic unsaturation has been used by many researchers for the preparation of isoxazoUdinyl adducts with y-lactams derived from pyrogluta-minol and is discussed later in this chapter as a synthesis of unusual amino acids (Scheme 1.20, Section 1.6) (79,80). A related a,p-unsaturated lactam has been prepared by a nitrone cycloaddition route in the total synthesis of the fungal metabolite leptosphaerin (81). A report of lactam synthesis from acyclic starting materials is given in the work of Chiacchio et al. (82) who prepared isoxazolidine (47) via an intramolecular nitrone cycloaddition reaction (Scheme 1.11). 

Scheme 12 Synthesis of 4-substituted amino-rrani-P-lactams by cycloaddition reaction...

Compared with the single-bond construction approach of (3-lactam synthesis, the ketene-imine cycloaddition, which includes carbenoid insertion and the Staudinger reaction, have been widely used [56, 65]. Due to the ready availability of both imines and ketenes, the Staudinger reaction has provided a useful and economical approach for the synthesis of (3-lactams. In addition, the ketene-imine cycloaddition is efficient, which constructs the (3-lactam four-member ring in just one-step... 

As a Chiral Starting Material in p-Lactam Synthesis. Various p-lactams have been prepared via [2 + 2] cyclization of ket-enes with aryl or benzyl imines derived from the reagent. Thus the para-methoxyphenyl imine derived from condensation of the corresponding aniline and the reagent underwent [2 + 2] cycloadditions with various ketenes to afford p-lactams in moderate yields but with very high stereoselectivity (eq 14). ... 

The electron-rich dialkenes (191) can be used as components for [2 -1- 2]-cycload-ditions. A particularly interesting application is the use of the [2 -1- 2]-cycloaddition as part of a fi-lactam synthesis, wherein the jl-lactam (192) was released from the resin upon intramolecular alkylation (Scheme 42) [271, 272]. 

The majority of reported solid-phase combinatorial syntheses of the lactam core utilize a [2-i-2] cycloaddition reaction of ketenes with resin-bound imines [33-41]. A further development of the Staudinger reaction was reported by Mata and coworkers using Mukaiyama s reagent [42]. In addition, a stereoselective synthesis of chi-rally pure P-lactams has been performed as a first utilization of polymer-supported oxazolidine aldehydes [43]. Other strategies include an ester enolate-imine condensation [44], an Hg(OCOCF3)2-mediated intramolecular cydization [45], and Miller hydroxamate synthesis [46]. Because of the variability derived from the scaffold synthesis, not many attempts have been made to derivatize the resin-bound lactam template [47]. One of the most detailed descriptions of a versatile (3-lactam synthesis on a resin employed amino acids tethered as esters on Sasrin resin [48]. 

Many methods have been developed for p-lactam synthesis, including cyclisation of the corresponding amino acids. The most widely used methods are two-component couplings, which occur via concerted cycloaddition or two-step mechanisms. Another simple route to 3-functionalised azetidinones is the reaction of aziridine-2-carboxylic acid sodium salt with oxalyl chloride or thionyl chloride. ... 

Induced stereoselectivity can also be obtained with chiral ketenes. Since most studies have been directed toward the synthesis of /1-lactam antibiotics, cycloadditions of protected aminoketenes have been extensively explored to produce intermediates for penicillin and cephalosporin synthesis and cycloadditions of protected hydroxyethylketenes have been used to produce intermediates for carbapenem synthesis. 

Absolute stereochemistry is a central problem in the synthesis of such biologically significant natural products as )S-lactams. The cycloaddition of an enantiomerically pure a-hydroxy-A-(trimethylsilyl)imine 114, prepared from the mandelic aldehyde 113, constitutes a useful approach to the complete enantio- and diastereoselective synthesis of optically pure azetidinones. 

In a continuation of his studies on asymmetric P-lactam synthesis, Evans [42] utilized a,P-epoxyaldehydes 49a and 49b, prepared in two steps from achiral allylic alcohols via Sharpless asymmetric epoxidation and Swern oxidation, as chiral glyoxal synthons for the ketene-imine cycloaddition. Diastereosel-ection was excellent, ranging from 90 10 to 97 3 with overall yield of 50 up to 84% (for Schiff base formation and cycloaddition) after recrystallization or chromatographic purification of the major diastereomer. The sense of asymmetric induction correlated with that obtained in the analogous glyceraldehyde reaction, as established by periodic acid cleavage to aldehydes 51. 

A similar cycloaddition is the stereospeciflc /3-lactam synthesis from an acid chloride—base—thioimidate system [57]. This method has been employed successfully for the synthesis of closer analogues of cephalosporins than the previously-mentioned 1-azaoctams [58]. 

Aza-P-lactams are accessible by ketene [2 + 2] cycloadditions with azo-compounds, as in the formation of 152 from the ketene 151 generated by photochemical Wolff rearrangement with nitrogen migration (Eqn (4.93)). Stereoselective aza-p-lactam synthesis is achieved by the reaction of 153 using the chiral ferrocenyl based catalyst 154 (Eqn (4.94)). ... 

A few typical examples indicate the large variety of five-membered heterocycles, which can be synthesized efficiently by [2 + 3]-cycloadditions. [2 + 2]-Cycloadditions are useful in the synthesis of certain four-membered heterocycles (H. Ulrich, 1967), e.g. of 8-lactams (J.R. 

Other approaches to (36) make use of (37, R = CH ) and reaction with a tributylstannyl allene (60) or 3-siloxypentadiene (61). A chemicoen2ymatic synthesis for both thienamycia (2) and 1 -methyl analogues starts from the chiral monoester (38), derived by enzymatic hydrolysis of the dimethyl ester, and proceeding by way of the P-lactam (39, R = H or CH ) (62,63). (3)-Methyl-3-hydroxy-2-methylpropanoate [80657-57-4] (40), C H qO, has also been used as starting material for (36) (64), whereas 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of a chiral nitrone with a crotonate ester affords the oxa2ohdine (41) which again can be converted to a suitable P-lactam precursor (65). 

Asymmetric synthesis of 3-amino (3-lactams via Staudinger ketene-imine cycloaddition reaction 98KGS1448. 

Stereocontrolled synthesis of oxabicyclic (3-lactam antibiotics via [2- -2] cycloaddition of isocyanates to sugar vinyl ethers 96CC2689. 

Whereas there are numerous examples of the application of the products from diastereoselective 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction in synthesis [7, 8], there are only very few examples on the application of the products from metal-catalyzed asymmetric 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction in the synthesis of potential target molecules. The reason for this may be due to the fact that most metal-catalyzed asymmetric 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction have been carried out on model systems that have not been optimized for further derivatization. One exception of this is the synthesis of a / -lactam by Kobayashi and Kawamura [84]. The isoxazoli-dine endo-21h, which was obtained in 96% ee from the Yb(OTf)3-BINOL-catalyzed... 

Reductive ring opening of the [i-lactam 10 (X = O), obtained by [2 + 2] cycloaddition of chloro-sulfonyl isocyanate and tetraphenylcyclopentadiene followed by treatment with /7-cresol, with sodium hydride in anhydrous tetrahydrofuran yields 3,5,6,7-tetraphenyl-2//-azepin-2-one (11, X = O).41 Surprisingly, similar treatment of the reduced /Mactam 10 (X = H2) is reported to yield 3,5,6,7-letraphenyl-2//-azepine (11, X = H2), the first monocyclic 277-azepine to be isolated and characterized. Physical data for this compound, however, are inconclusive and attempts to reproduce this synthesis have failed.291... 

Dipolar cycloaddition of azides with olefins provides a convenient access to triazolines, cyclic imines, and aziridines and hence is a valuable technique in heterocyclic synthesis. For instance, tricyclic -lactams 273 - 276 have been synthesized using the intramolecular azide-olefin cycloaddition (lAOC) methodology (Scheme 30) [71]. 

Berlin JM, Eu GC (2008) Enantioselective nucleophilic catalysis the synthesis of Aza-P-lactams through [2 -I- 2] cycloadditions of ketenes with azo compounds. Angew Chem Int Ed 120 7156-7158... 

Recent research deals with stereoselective 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions of nitrones for the syntheses of alkaloids and aza heterocycles asymmetric synthesis of biologically active compounds such as glycosidase inhibitors, sugar mimetics, /3-lactams, and amino acids synthesis of peptido-mimetics and peptides chemistry of spirocyclopropane heterocycles synthesis of organic materials for molecular recognition and photochemical applications. 

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