Macrocyclic acetals synthesis

Intramolecular allylation has wide application in the synthesis of macrocycles [57]. Synthesis of humulene (107) by the cyclization of allyl acetate 105 to give 106 is an early example [58]. The 14-membered ring 109 was obtained from 108 and converted to cembranolide 110 [59]. 

The polymerization of macrocyclic acetals is a very active field for Schulz (105-107). The polymerization of 4H, 7H-1,3-dioxepin (106) is of particular interest in the synthesis of functional polyethers. 

The Stille reaction has been successfully applied to a number of macrocyclic ring closures.207 In a synthesis of amphidinolide A, the two major fragments were coupled via a selective Stille reaction, presumably governed by steric factors. After deprotection the ring was closed by coupling the second vinyl stannane group with an allylic acetate.208... 

Macrocyclic ligands 1,4,7-triazacyclonona-iV-acetate 221 and iV-(2-hydroxybenzyl)-l,4,7-cyclononane 225 have been prepared from l,4,7-triazacyclio[5.2.1.04 10]decane 40 and were subsequently used for the synthesis of a series of mono- and dinuclear complexes of vanadium(rv) and (v) (Scheme 35) <1995ICA(240)217>. 

A simple and rapid synthesis of tetrapyrrolic macrocycle has been achieved under dry media conditions with microwave activation. Pyrrole and benzaldehyde adsorbed on silica gel afford tetraphenylporphyrin within 10 min (Scheme 8.26), whereas with conventional methods (e. g. acetic acid in the presence of pyridine) 24 h were necessary. 

The synthesis of the Ni(n) complex of the 13-membered (anionic) macrocycle (78) is also achieved using an in situ procedure (Cummings Sievers, 1970) in which triethylenetetramine, acetic acid, acetylacetone, and nickel acetate are heated in water at the reflux. Addition of iodide ion and adjustment of the pH of the solution to approximately 10, leads to crystallization of the Ni(n) complex of the required cyclized product (78) as its iodide salt. The reaction type has been extended to include Cu(ii) as the template metal (Martin, Wei Cummings, 1972) and has also been... 

Synthesis. The first example of a stable, soluble pz peripherally substituted with a heteroatomic moiety involved appended thioether groups, M[pz(.V-Mc)8, as reported in 1980 by Schramm and Hoffman (2) (Scheme 9, 45-48). Mg[pz(5 -Me)s], 46, was prepared in a 60% yield by a magnesium templated macrocyclization of dinitrile, 45. Demetalation with sulfuric acid gave H2[pz(5 -Me)8], 47 (65%) and remetalation with the anhydrous acetate salts of copper and nickel gave 48 (80%) and 49 (65%). 

Only two general methods have been developed for the synthesis of the macrocyclic annulenes.9 The first of these, developed by Sondheimer and co-workers, involves the oxidative coupling of a suitable terminal diacetylene to a macrocyclic polyacetylene of required ring size, using typically cupric acetate in pyridine. The cyclic compound is then transformed to a dehydroannulene, usually by prototropic rearrangement effected by potassium i-butoxide. Finally, partial catalytic hydrogenation of the triple bonds to double bonds leads to the annulene. 

In the area of allenic non-natural product chemistry, the synthesis of the [34]alle-nophane 14 (Scheme 2.4) is particularly noteworthy, with all four of its allenic bridges being formed through subsequent SN2 substitution reactions of propargylic acetates with a methyl magnesium cuprate [14] (see Section 2.5 for an alternative synthesis of macrocyclic allenes). 

The group of Samuel Danishefsky at the Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research in New York has also been active in the synthesis of the natural epothilones and biologically active analogs. One of these syntheses also uses the olefin metathesis reaction (not shown). The synthesis in Scheme 13.51 uses an alternative approach to create the macrocycle. One of the key steps is a Suzuki coupling carried out at step H-(l,2) between a vinylborane and vinyl iodide. The macrocyclization is an aldol addition reaction at step H-4. The enolate of the acetate adds to the aldehyde, creating the C(2)-C(3) bond of the macrolactone and also establishing the stereocenter at C-3. 

Kraft, D., Cacciapaglia, R., Bohmer, V.. El-Eadl, A.A., Harkema, S., Mandolini. L., Reinhoudt, D.N., Verboom, W. and Vogt, W. (1992) New crown ether-like macrocycles containing a nitrophenol unit. Synthesis and metal ion effects on the reactivity of their acetates in transcylation reactions. J. Org. Chem., 57, 826. 

Isoxazolines can be transformed into a,p-enones by several methods from the initial aldol product. This strategy was applied by Barco et al. (285) toward the synthesis of (—)-pyrenophorin (98), a macrocyclic 6 (enone-lactone) with antifungal properties. The hydroxy group was introduced from the nitrile oxide component (95), while the carboxy function was derived from the acrylate dipo-larophile. Thus, cycloaddition of the optically active nitropentyl acetate 94 to methyl acrylate 95 afforded isoxazoline 96 as a mixture of optically active diastereomers. Reductive hydrolysis using Raney nickel/acetic acid gave p-hydro-xyketone (97), which was subsequently utilized for the synthesis of (—)-pyreno-phorin (98) (Scheme 6.63) (285). 

Alkanes and cycloalkanes. Obviously a variety of acyclic and cyclic hydrocarbon structures can be synthesized from the appropriate alkyl- or aryl-thiophenes (Scheme 46). The reaction is especially useful for the construction of macrocycles (Scheme 47). One of the most interesting applications of this reaction is in the synthesis of the chiral hydrocarbon butylethylmethylpropylmethane (210) (80JOC2754). The chiral acid (209) was the precursor, in which the thiophene was the potential n-butyl group. Raney nickel desulfurization, followed by standard manipulations to convert the acetic acid unit into an ethyl group, gave the hydrocarbon (210) (Scheme 48) this had [a]578 = -0.198°. It was established that... 

Neutral nickel(II) complexes with a number of deprotonated porphyrins have been prepared in most cases by the direct reaction of a nickel salt, usually Ni(ac)2-4H20, with the preformed diacid macrocycle, using media such as DMF, MeC02H or PhCl at refluxing temperature. Recently, the template synthesis of the complex with tetraalkylporphyrins has been reported (Scheme 61).2883 On the other hand the condensation reaction of 1,3,4,7-tetraalkylisoindole and nickel acetate tetrahydrate gives the [Ni(omtbp)] complex (omtbp = octamethyltetrabenzoporphyrinate dianion), 2884... 

Holm and co-workers have reported a non-template synthesis of bis(P-iminoamine) macrocycles with 14-, 15-, and 16-membered rings (Scheme l).101 The complexes Co[HPhH(en)2], Co[HPhHen,tn], and Co[HPhH(tn)2] were obtained by reaction of the ligand with hydrated metal acetate in DMF under nitrogen. 

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