6-Membered rings Subject

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). 

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. 

During studies on ditryptophan derivatives, an interesting acid-induced cy-cHzation has been discovered. The 10-membered ring 37 was thus subjected to acidic conditions to produce the indolocarbazole derivative 38 (Scheme 6). Interestingly, calculations performed on the precursor 37 indicated that the lowest energy conformation resembled that of the diastereomer of 38, which was never observed. An additional experiment furnished the parent system 1 on treatment of 38 with a catalytic amount of acid. A TFA-induced formation of an indolo[2,3-<3]carbazole was also observed from a related acyclic 2,2 -connected tryptophan dimer (99JOC8537). 

The volume ends with a chapter by B. Stanovnik and M. Tisler of the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, and A. R. Katritzky and O. V. Denisko of the University of Plorida on the annular tautomerism of six-membered ring heterocycles. This represents a further installment in our comprehensive update of heteroaromatic tautomerism, which was the subject of several chapters in Volumes 79 and 80 of this series. 

Bimetallic silylene-bridged complexes have been known for a long time and numerous articles related to this subject have appeared. Several compounds have been characterized, some of them also by x-ray structure analysis [165-171], For instance, the complex Mn2(CO)8(Si(C6H5)2)2 shows a distorted (MnSi)2 four-membered ring with a Mn-Mn bond [169], In the following section selected examples which have been described recently or are of particular interest in the present context will be discussed. 

The intramolecular version of ester condensation is called the Dieckmann condensation.217 It is an important method for the formation of five- and six-membered rings and has occasionally been used for formation of larger rings. As ester condensation is reversible, product structure is governed by thermodynamic control, and in situations where more than one product can be formed, the product is derived from the most stable enolate. An example of this effect is the cyclization of the diester 25.218 Only 27 is formed, because 26 cannot be converted to a stable enolate. If 26, synthesized by another method, is subjected to the conditions of the cyclization, it is isomerized to 27 by the reversible condensation mechanism. 

Z)-enolates. The product was subjected to selective deprotection of the C4,C4 -methyl ethers with Mgl2, providing the natural structure of hypocrellin A as the major product. The two newly formed stereocenters in the 7-membered ring were determined to conform to the predicted helical (/ -stereochemistry and the syn-aldol stereochemistry. The minor ( )-enolate afforded the anti aldol product, which matched the diastereomeric natural product shiraiachrome A (8). With this step, the first total syntheses of hypocrellin A and shiraiachrome A (symanti = 10 1 syn diastereomer, 92 % ee) were completed. 

A complexation-initiated reaction was realized for the first time as depicted below. Thus, the octacarbonyldicobalt complex of furan is subjected to silica gel and gives rise to the adduct with a seven-membered ring owing to bending of the triple bond to a structure with an angle of around 140° when the alkyne is allowed to react with Co2(CO)8 at room temperature . 

The [4 + 3]-cycloaddition is a commonly used method for the synthesis of seven-membered rings.9 Many of these reactions involve metals, principally in the role of a Lewis acid as exemplified in Equation (10). These Lewis acid-catalyzed [4 + 3]-cycloadditions have been reviewed by Rigby,62 Sarhan,63 Harmata,64,65 and Hoffmann,66 and will not be reviewed here due to the role of the metal as a Lewis acid. Several computational papers on this subject have also been published.67-71... 

The H NMR data refer to at least one saturated five-membered ring moiety. The following compounds have been subjected to detailed study by 1H NMR spectroscopy. 

In contrast with the conjugated system, the reactivity of hexahydro-oxazolo[3,4- ]pyridines has been the subject of considerably more attention, which can most certainly be attributed to their greater synthetic potential, as demonstrated with the synthesis of many complex natural products. However, most of the reactions reported since 1996 have been known for many years, and the last decade was in fact characterized by their use in syntheses or optimization. After a brief survey of the thermal reactions, procedures involving the opening of the five-membered ring will be surveyed and the last part of this section will be devoted to the functionalization of the C-6 and C-7 positions. 

In Scheme 38, two novel cyclizations are shown where the five-membered ring is formed during the reactions. Thus, some 2-amino[l,3,5]triazines 242 were subjected to ring closure by reaction with various halomethylcarbonyl compounds... 

A-allylamine 23 (obtained by standard transformations of 6-iodogluco-side 22) underwent cyclization into the monocycle 24. However, when the amine was in situ protected as a Boc derivative it could be subjected to the RCM process. The products were further converted into the bicyclic aza sugar 26.19 A similar approach to eight-membered ring aza sugars was recently reported (Fig. 9).20... 

The formation of heterocycles by cycloaddition reactions of conjugated dienes is the subject of this chapter. Almost the entire account is devoted to the Diels-Alder reaction of dienes with heterodienophiles to yield six-membered ring compounds (equation 1). Many such reactions have been reported and there is a plethora of reviews. Somela p are general others are cited at appropriate places in the text. This account is highly selective, concentrating on recent work with particular regard to the stereochemistry of these processes. 

Coumarin (7.88) is a well-known 6-lactone (six-membered ring) of natural origin found in various preparations such as some tobaccos, alcoholic beverages, and cosmetics. Besides reactions of oxidation, reduction, and conjugation, coumarin is also subject to lactone hydration in vivo and in the presence of microsomes [170-174], The resulting metabolites include ortho-coumaric acid (7.89) formed directly from coumarin, 3-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-propionic acid (7.91) formed following reduction of coumarin to dihydrocou-... 

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