Lactams nitrone 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions

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). 

Dimethyl-3-methylenepyrrolidine-2-thione, which reacts with nitrones regio- and stereoselectively at its exocyclic C=C bond to give only spirocy-cloadducts 116, behaves more complicatedly with nitrile oxides. The latter undergo 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition both to the exocyclic C=C and C=S double bonds with subsequent cycloreversion and formation of spiro-lactams 117 (281). 

Diastereoselective intramolecular 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions of alkylidene-cyclopropyl nitrones provide spirocyclopropylisoxazolidines. These compounds have been shown to undergo either thermally induced ring expansion to octahydro[l]pyrindin-4-ones or to acid induced ring contraction into fS-lactams with concomitant loss of ethylene (Scheme 2.218) (710-716). Use of chiral auxiliaries, that is (L)-2-acetoxylactate can lead to enantiomerically enriched heterocycles (715). 

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. 

Dideoxyhex-2-enono-1,5-lactone derivatives (penten-5-olides) have been prepared (255-258) and employed as starting compounds in synthesis. Thus, Michael addition of benzylhydroxylamine to racemic 6-0-acetyl-2,3,4-trideoxy-D,L-g/ycerohex-2-enono-1,5-lactone (267) took place ster-eoselectively to give the unstable benzyloxyamino-2-pyrone 268, which was readily converted into the /Mactam derivative 269, a precursor of thienamy-cin (259). / -Lactams were also obtained (260) by 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of nitrone 270 to the unsaturated 1,5-lactone 267, followed by hydrogenoly-sis and subsequent cyclization to the /Mactam 271, having a polyol side-chain at the C-3 position. 

Taking this into account, Meijere and Brandi [117] together explored the effect of microwave heating during the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of nitrones, generated in situ and bicyclopropylidene 182 for the synthesis of these spiro-p-lactams 184 (Scheme 43). The reaction of Ai-substituted hydroxylamine hydrochlorides 185,... 

Alcaide and coworkers have reported in 2002 the synthesis of various types of racemic and homochiral 1,3,4-trisubstituted- or fused polycyclic (3-lactams (III and IV, respectively, Fig. 9) via intermolecular 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction of 2-azetidinone-tethered nitrones with a variety of alkenes or alkynes [264]. 

I. Panfil, C. Belzecki, and M. Chmielewski, An entry to the optically pure jS-lactam skeleton based on 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of nitrones to 4,6-di-0-acetyl-2,3-dideoxy-D-t/ireo-hex-2-enono-l,5-lactone, J. Carbohydr. Chem., 6 (1987) 463 170. 

The intramolecular 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions of racemic as well as enantiopure 2-azetidinone-tethered nitrones with substituted alkenes and alkynes yielded isoxazolinyl-, or isoxazolidinyl-P-lactams 20, exhibiting good regio- and facial stereoselectivity <02JOC7004>. 

The asymmetric 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of nitrones to 3-(( )-2-butenoyl)-2-oxazoli-dinone [214] is catalyzed by nickel(II) [215] and palladium(II) [216] complexes (Sch. 66). The resulting isoxazolidines are of interest because they are readily converted into y-amino alcohols, precursors to alkaloids and /3-lactam antibiotics. 

In contrast to the complete regioselectivity observed in the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of nitronate 16b and methyl crotonate 42 or methyl cinnamate 44 shown in Scheme 9.14, the [3 -t 2] cycloaddition of yS-nitrostyrene (15a) and nitronate intermediate 16a was not completely regioselective. Regio-isomers 46 and 47 were formed in 83 % yield, as mixtures of diastereomers, in a 7 3 ratio after the high pressure-promoted domino cycloaddition of enol ether 14 with 2 equiv. fi-nitrostyrene (15a) (15 kbar, RT, 18 h, Scheme 9.15). The formation of regio-isomer 46 as major product was rather unexpected, since comparable 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions of nitrones and nitroalkenes [25] showed the opposite regio-isomer to be formed predominantly. This nitroso acetal (46) was converted to )S-lactam (48) via a base-catalyzed rearrangement (Scheme 9.16). This conversion appeared applicable to different hi- and tricyclic nitroso acetals and led to the formation of a novel class of bi- and tricyclic yS-lactams [26]. 

Keto aldehyde 6 should be easily formed from lactam acetal ester 7, which should be readily available from isoxazolidine 8. The latter can be constructed by a convergent 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of nitrone 9 with ethyl acrylate. This strategy to spirocyclic lactams is precedented with nitrones derived from A -benzylhydroxylamine [15]. 

Condensation of hydroxylamine rac-10 with 1,4-cyclohexanedione monoethylene acetal provided nitrone rac-9, which was treated with ethyl acrylate to give 74% of a 8-9 1 mixture of isoxazolidine rac-8 and its diastereomer. Reduction of this mixture with hydrogen afforded 8-9 1 of a mixture of lactam rac-1 and its diastereomer (Scheme 7). After crystallization, X-ray analysis of the major product confirmed that its stereochemistry is the one required for carrying out the synthesis of FR901483. The excellent stereoselectivity observed in the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of nitrone rac-9 was attributed to the substitution pattern in the stereogenic center adjacent to the nitrogen atom. These substituents stabilize one chair conformer relative to the other and thus allow a good... 

Dipolar cycloadditions between nitrones and alkenes are most useful and convenient for the preparation of isoxazolidine derivatives, which are readily converted to 1,3-amino alcohol equivalents under mild reducing conditions (Tufariello 1984, Torssell 1988). In spite of the importance of chiral amino alcohol units for the synthesis of biologically important alkaloids, amino acids, 3-lactams, and amino sugars, etc. (for a review see Frederickson 1997), catalytic enantioselective 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions remain relatively unexplored (Seerden et al. 1994, 1995, Gothelf and Jorgensen 1994, Gothelf et al. 1996, Hori et al. 1996, Seebach et al. 1996, Jensen et al. 1997). Catalytic enantioselective... 

Jakowiecki, J. Loska, R. Makosza, M. S3mthesis of a-trifluoromethyl-P-lactams and esters of P-amino acids via 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of nitrones to fluoroalkenes. J. Org. Chem. 2008, 75(14), 5436-5441. 

Because of the extraordinary interest of carbapenam antibiotics several other approaches have been described for their formal or total synthesis. For example, appropriately substituted 3-[(/ )-l-hydroxyethyl)] P-lactams have been synthesized from a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of nitrones with crotonates [103]. Formation of P-amino-8-lactones 261 (Fig. 8), and their transformation into carbapenems 259 have also been reported [104]. 

The conversion of the amide group in 34 into the carboxy group via 35 seems to be a promising way to solve the "cunide problem" of B-lactam syntheses by 4CC (refs. 2,21). The conversion of B-lactam amides into the carboxylic acids via the esters was very successful in the hands of Hofheinz and Isenring (ref. 22) who worked with the N-benzhydryl amides of nocardicin derivatives. The stereoselective and regiose-lective 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of chiral nitrones to benzyl crotonate is a key step in our approach to thienamy-cine (ref. 23) and related carbapenam derivatives. Besides chiral 2-phenylethyl hydroxylamine (ref. 24) the 1-hydro-xylamino derivative of 2,3-5,6-diacetone mannose (ref. 25) is a promising source of chiral nitrones for such enantiose-lective cycloadditions. 

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