5-membered ring system

Condensation of 2-azido-P-phenethylamine with 4-chloro- or 4-nitrobenzaldehyde followed by reaction with diphenylketene in refluxing toluene gives the ketenimine 59 which undergoes an intramolecular [2tc + 27t] cyclisation to the azeto[2,l-6][l,3]benzodiazepines 60 <97T13449>. The method may be used also to synthesise azeto[2,l- )]quinazolines, the main thrust of the publication, but the tether cannot be increased further as the respective 8- and 9-membered ring systems could not be formed. UV irradiation of 4,6-diazido-3-methylisoxazolo[4,5-c]pyridine gives two products which have been identified and isoxazolo-... 

Figure 7-2. Strain energies [kj/mol] of three-membered ring systems.

A large amount of data are available on the C spectra of saturated six-membered ring systems. The subject has been reviewed in detail by Eliel and Pietrusziewicz (79MI20101). 

The synthesis of these five-membered ring systems has classically been discussed in terms of the ring system formed. In recent years many synthetic procedures have been classified in terms of the bonds being formed and the position and nature of the heteroatoms involved. Both methods have their advantages, and also their drawbacks. 

The possible variations among the three atoms comprising this reactive component make this the largest group and the one with the most potential for further development. They are particularly useful in the synthesis of five-, six- and seven-membered ring systems. They also may be conveniently considered according to their atom composition, and the hybridization state of any carbon atoms involved. 

Dipolarophiles utilized in these cycloadditions leading to five-membered heterocycles contain either double or triple bonds between two carbon atoms, a carbon atom and a heteroatom, or two heteroatoms. These are shown in Scheme 9 listed in approximate order of decreasing activity from left to right. Small rings containing a double bond (either C=C or C=N) are also effective dipolarophiles, but these result in six- and seven-membered ring systems. 

Several five-membered ring systems readily available by 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions are shown in Scheme 10. The dotted line indicates how the system was constructed, the line bisecting the two new bonds being formed in the cycloaddition. The majority of chapters in these volumes make some reference to 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions. 

Scheme 10 Some five-membered ring systems available by 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions...

Ring expansion of five- to six-membered rings such as oxazole —> pyridine derivatives via a Diels-Alder reaction is a well-established procedure. However, the conversion of a six-membered heterocycle into a five-membered ring system has not been exploited to any great extent, and those systems that have been studied usually involve a cationic species. 

Phosphorus heterocyclic compounds, 1, 493-538 five-membered ring systems, 1, 513-523 nomenclature, 1, 496 six-membered ring systems, 1, 497-513 Photoaromatization oxirenes from, 7, 125-126 Photobleaching chromenes in, 3, 880 Photochemical reactions heterocyclic compound synthesis from, 5, 159 reviews, 1, 56 heterocyclic compounds reviews, 1, 71, 72... 

Polyaza six-membered ring systems, 3, 1039-1086 Poly-e-caprolactone production, 7, 589 Polycyclic compounds nomenclature, 1, 14-28 Polyfuroxans, 6, 426 Polygermacyclopentanes, 1, 609... 

Polythia six-membered ring systems, 3, 1039-1086 Polythiazides as diuretic, 1, 174 Polythiiranes, 7, 182 Polytopal rearrangements phosphoranes, 1, 529-530 rules, 1, 530 Polyurethanes curing agents... 

Substituent effects (electronegativity, configuration) influence these coupling constants in four-, five- and seven-membered ring systems, sometimes reversing the cis-tmns relationship so that other NMR methods of structure elucidation, e.g. NOE difference spectra (see Section 2.3.5), are needed to provide conclusive results. However, the coupling constants of vicinal protons in cyclohexane and its heterocyclic analogues (pyranoses, piperidines) and also in alkenes (Table 2.10) are particularly informative. 

Reaction type 3 (equation 10), where the complete hetero-l,3-diene skeleton is incorporated into the newly formed ring system, occurs with compounds having both a nucleophilic center and an electrophilic center If these two functionalities are in positions 1 and 2, various types of six-membered ring systems become accessible 4,4-Bis(trifluoromethyl)-I,3-diaza-1,3-butadienes require only room temperature to react with acetyl cyanide to yield l,4,5,6-tetrahydropynmidin-6-ones [96] Likewise, certain open-chain 1,3-diketones (acetylacetone and acetoacetates) and the heterodiene form six-membered nng systems [97] (equation 19)... 

Three skeleton atoms of a hetero-l,3-diene are incorporated into a five-membered ring system on reaction with 1,2 [n,n] compounds (e.g., hydrazines, reaction type 4, equation 10). On further heating in the presence of azobisiso-butyronitrile (AIBN), the bis(trifluoromethyl)-substituted 1,2,4-triazolines are transformed into 5-tnfluoromethyl-l,2,4-triazoles in high yield [t02 (equation 22). 

Five-membered ring systems are also formed on transfer of single-skeletona-tom fragments, usually in a stepwise process CR2 from diazo alkanes [28], NH from azourude (hydrazoic acid) [134], O from peroxy acids [/ii], S from phos-... 

Five-membered ring systems can be obtained from hetero-l,3-dienes on reaction with oxiranes and thiiranes. To avoid competition from a possible 1,4-addition, the nucleophilic attack of the terminal heteroatom of the diene has to be sterically or electronically hindered by incorporation of the heteroatom into... 

Likewise, trifluoromethyl-substituted nitrile imines [172] and nitnle oxides [173,174, 7 75] have been used to synthesize tnfluoromethyl substituted five-membered ring systems of the pyrazole, isomzole, isoxazohne, and 1,2,4-oxadiazole... 

Oxiranes exhibit 1,3 [e,n] capacity. Therefore, seven-membered ring systems can be synthesized on reaction with hetero-1,3-dienes. The reaction is catalyzed by 4-dimethylaminopyridine. On catalysis with boron trifluonde, the regioche-mistry is reversed [263] (equation 58). 

Formation of five-membered ring systems (1,2-addition) can compete with formation of the seven-membered heterocycles (1,4-addition). If the first step of the reaction sequence, namely the nucleophilic attack of the terminal heteroatoin of the diene, is hindered by steric or electronic effects, the five-membered ring product is formed exclusively. 

Treatment of hexafluoroacetone with a P(lll) species results either in formation of five membered ring systems via reductive CC coupling of two molecules of hexafluoroacetone [275, 276 277, 278, 279 280, 281] (equation 60) or in reductive fluoride elimination [282] (equation 61)... 

Perhaps the most notable difference between S-N and N-O compounds is the existence of a wide range of cyclic compounds for the former. As indicated by the examples illustrated below, these range from four- to ten-membered ring systems and include cations and anions as well as neutral systems (1.14-1.18) (Sections 5.2-5.4). Interestingly, the most stable systems conform to the well known Htickel (4n -1- 2) r-electron rule. By using a simple electron-counting procedure (each S atom contributes two electrons and each N atom provides one electron to the r-system in these planar rings) it can be seen that stable entities include species with n = 1, 2 and 3. 

IV. Transmission of Substituent Effects through Heterocyclic Systems A. Six-Membered Ring Systems... 

The problem of applying the Hammett equation to five-membered ring systems has been extensively treated by Imoto and co-workers. All the problems discussed in the preceding section naturally recur the possible orientations not involving a vicinal relation between substituent and side-chain are ... 

All the reactions discussed in this review are aromatic nucleophilic substitutions in the ordinary sense. These reactions are briefiy described in the following sections with respect to their general kinetic features and mainly involve aza-activated six-membered ring systems, although a few studies of other heteroaromatic compounds are also available. 

Great progress has been made in the experimental and theoretical investigation of tautomerism of five-membered ring systems since 1975, and a number of reviews dealing partly or entirely with this subject have appeared since then. In Table I some pertinent references are given. 

The second chapter concerns the tautomerism of five-membered ring systems with a single heteroatom concentrating mainly on pyrroles, furans, and thiophenes. It is authored by Professor W. Friedrichsen and Dr. T. Traulsen (University of Kiel, Germany) together with Drs. J. Elguero and A. R. Katritzky. 

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