Mesoionic compounds 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions

The mesoionic compound 3-phenylsydnone (10) (see Houben-Weyl, Vol. E8c, p 398ff) reacts with benzocyclobutadiene (9), generated by the action of zinc on /ra x-l, 2-dibrotno-l, 2-dihy-drobenzocyclobutadiene(8), to give 3-phenyl-3//-2,3-benzodiazepine(13). The process involves sequential 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition to give 11, decarboxylation to 12 and, finally, valence... 

Tetrazolium ylides are quite reactive and are easily alkylated.168 The mesoionic tetrazolium thiolate 117 readily adds bromine to yield 174 which can then react with a number of active methylene compounds to give mesoionic compounds, e.g., 175.293,294 They also undergo 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition with olefins and acetylenes to yield bicyclic tetrazolo-thiazolines... 

Thiolactams 622 treated with carbon suboxide provide mesoionic compounds 623. Their 1,4-dipolar cycloaddition reaction with highly reactive PTAD gives compounds 624, formed by the cycloaddition followed by extrusion of COS, in quantitative yield (Scheme 100) <1995T6651, 1995H(41)1631>. 

The stereochemical characterization of the adduct 53 follows from its NMR spectrum and a comparison with that of the l-(2-thienyl) compound (54). The aSY-exo configuration for the adducts 51 and 52 is consistent with the NMR spectra (hydrogen atoms at C-2, C-3, C-5, and C-6 all equivalent), with the proposed mechanism of formation, and with the failure of the related tetramethyl ester to xmdergo N-acetylation even in very vigorous conditions. N-substituted derivatives of compounds such as 51-53 may be obtainable directly from similar dipolar cycloaddition reactions of mesoionic N-substituted oxazolium 5-oxides, although the formation of only the N-methyl derivative of (52) has so far been reported. ... 

In the nearly 20 years since the publication of the outstanding review of mesoionic ring systems in 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition Chemistry by Potts (1), the mystique surrounding these fascinating molecules has evaporated to reveal a collection of remarkably versatile compounds that are powerful 1,3-dipoles in cycloaddition chemistry. The main focus of this chapter consists of the synthetic... 

Mesoionic compounds have been known for many years and have been extensively utilized as substrates in 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions.158-160 Of the known mesoionic heterocycles, munchnones and sydnones have generated the most interest in recent years. These heterocyclic dipoles contain a mesoionic aromatic system i.e. 206) which can only be depicted with polar resonance structures.158 Although sydnones were extensively investigated after their initial discoveiy in 1935,160 their 1,3-dipolar character was not recognized until the azomethine imine system was spotted in the middle structure of (206). C-Methyl-N-phenylsydnone (206) combines with ethyl phenylpropiolate to give the tetrasub-... 

The synthesis of various heterocyclic systems via 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions of 1,3-oxazolium-5-oxides (32) with different dipolarophiles was reported. The cycloaddition reactions of mesoionic 5H,7H-thiazolo[3,4-c]oxazolium-l-oxides (32), which were prepared from in situ N-acyl-(/J)-thiazolidine-4-carboxyIic acids and N,N -dicyclohexylcarbodiimide, with imines, such as N-(phenylmethylene)aniline and N-(phenylmethylene)benzenesulfonamide, gave 7-thia-2,5-diazaspiro[3,4]octan-l-one derivatives (33) and lH,3H-imidazo[ 1,5-cJthiazole derivative (35). The nature of substituents on imines and on mesoionic compounds influenced the reaction. A spirocyclic p-lactam (33) may be derived from a two-step addition reaction. Alternatively, an imidazothiazole (35) may be obtained from a typical 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition via a tricyclic adduct (34) which loses carbon dioxide and benzenesulfinic acid. [95T9385]... 

Anhydro-5-hydroxyoxazolium hydroxides lacking substituents at C(4) dimerize spontaneously by a process in which one molecule acts as an electrophile and the other as a nucleophile (Scheme 21). This accounts for the fact that dimeric products of this type are obtained by the action of dicyclohexylcarbodiimide on acylamino acids of the general formula R1C0NR2CH2C02H. Substituents at position 4 stabilize the mesoionic system the first compounds to be prepared were the acetyl derivatives (220) (B-49MI41800) and (221) (58Cl(L)46l) and much of the more recent work has been carried out with the relatively stable methyldiphenyl compound (222). This miinchnone decomposes above 115 °C to yield the allene (225) with loss of carbon dioxide. The mechanism proposed for this remarkable reaction (Scheme 22) involves valence isomerization to the ketene (223), which undergoes a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition with the miinchnone. The product loses carbon dioxide to form a new betaine (224), which collapses to the allene as shown. 

Mesoionic compounds of this series may participate in 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions they may also undergo photochemical rearrangements. 

Mesoionic compounds may undergo 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions. Thus anhydro-1 -hydroxythiazolo[3,2-a]guinolinium hydroxide (396) is a substrate for the reaction with DMAD. The formation of the pyrrolo[l,2-a]quinoline (397) from this reaction involves COS elimination from the initial adduct. Ethyl propiolate also reacts in the same fashion. The orientation in the cycloadduct can be arrived at from the ylide form (396a). With fumaronitrile, however, the fused pyridinone (398) is formed by loss of sulfur from the primary cycloadduct (78JOC2700). 

Cycloaddition reactions of the C(3)=N bond of azirines are common (Scheme 45) <71AHC(13)45, B-83MI 101-03,84CHEC-I(7)47>. Azirines can participate in [4 + 2] cycloadditions with dienes including cyclopentadienones, isobenzofurans, triazines, and tetrazines. They also participate in 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions with azomethine ylides, nitrile oxides, mesoionic compounds, and diazomethane. Cycloadditions with heterocumulenes, benzyne, and carbenes are known. Azirines also participate in other pericyclic reactions, such as ene reactions. 

A new approach to 4,5-dihydro-9//-pyrido[l,2-a]thieno(3,2-c]pyrimidine-4,9-di-ones 198 is based on 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of the above-mentioned mesoionic compounds with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate (2001JCR(S)304). 

Mesoionic five-membered heterocycles are also an important group of heterocyclic compounds. These compounds are very useful intermediates in organic synthesis because they react as dipolar components in 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions. They are photochemically isomerized to other dipolar compounds via Dewar-type intermediates. These dipolar compounds are converted to products different from those formed in the thermal reaction (118) U8). (Concerning this type of reaction, see ref.102).)... 

Recent developments in the chemistry of mesoionic compounds85 include cycloaddition-elimination reactions, which afford novel synthetic routes to a variety of heterocyclic systems. These reactions may be seen as involving 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions, following Huisgen,86 or alternatively as 1,4-cycloadditions to heterodiene systems,87 depending on the choice of canonical structure to represent the mesoionic compound. Benzyne has been employed in such reactions less frequently than more stable acetylenic or ethylenic dipolarophiles. 

If there is any one feature that characterises mesoionic compounds it is that their dipolar structures lead to reactions in which they serve as 1,3-dipoles in cycloadditions. 

The mesoionic compounds 3 give six-membered ring systems on reaction with 2tt-dipolar-ophiles. The addition reaction involves a sequential cycloaddition and sigmatropic rearrangement. None of the desired intermediates were isolated or detected. 

Phenylsydnone is the prototype of that class of mesoionic compounds called sydnones. On acidic hydrolysis it produces phenylhydrazine, whereas basic hydrolysis regenerates N-nitroso-N-phenylglycine. This sydnone undergoes a variety of electrophilic substitutions,3,4 8-19 including mercuration n-13,16 and formylation,19 with an ease comparable to thiophene, and a number of 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions with numerous alkenes,18 18 alkynes,17 and quinones8 to form, with loss of carbon dioxide, a variety of pyrazole derivatives. 

Dipolar cycloaddition of mesoionic l,3-dithiolium-4-olanes 147 and alkynes 148 should be mentioned among other methods of synthesis the 3-perfluoroalk-ylthiophenes involving acyclic starting compounds. Various triaryl-3-trifluoro-methylthiophenes 149 and 150 were synthesized using this method. ... 

Initial 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of the mesoionic compound (87) to (86), followed by extrusion of carbon dioxide, leads to the 1,2-thiazepine derivatives (88) and (89) in low yields (Equation (13)) <85MI 907-01>. 

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