Michael addition dicarbonylation

The rather complex BINOL-quinine-squaramide (393) has been reported as an optimal catalyst for the Michael addition / -dicarbonyls to nitroalkenes, attaining <99%... 

Krohnke observed that phenacylpyridinium betaines could be compared to 3-diketones based on their structure and reactivity, in particular, their ability to undergo Michael additions. Since 3-dicarbonyls are important components in the Hantzsch pyridine synthesis, application of these 3-dicarbonyl surrogates in a synthetic route to pyridine was investigated. Krohnke found that glacial acetic acid and ammonium acetate were the ideal conditions to promote the desired Michael addition. For example, N-phenacylpyridinium bromide 50 cleanly participates in a Michael addition with benzalacetophenone 51 to afford 2,4,6-triphenylpyridine 52 in 90% yield. 

The 1,4-addition of an enolate anion 1 to an o ,/3-unsaturated carbonyl compound 2, to yield a 1,5-dicarbonyl compound 3, is a powerful method for the formation of carbon-carbon bonds, and is called the Michael reaction or Michael addition The 1,4-addition to an o ,/3-unsaturated carbonyl substrate is also called a conjugate addition. Various other 1,4-additions are known, and sometimes referred to as Michael-like additions. 

Second, an enamine from a mowoketone can be used in the Michael addition, whereas enoJate ions only from fi-dicarbonyl compounds can be used. 

Strategy The overall result of an enamine reaction is the Michael addition of a ketone as donor to an cr,/3-unsaturated carbonyl compound as acceptor, yielding a 1,5-dicarbonyl product. The C—C bond made in the Michael addition step is the one between the a- carbon of the ketone donor and the /3 carbon of the unsaturated acceptor. 

Example The lactone (8>, needed for a natural product synthesis, might be made from (6) via epoxide (7) and so a synthesis for (6) was required. Wittlg disconnection reveals a 1,5-dicarbonyl compound (9), best made by Michael addition of a substituted malonate (11) to enone (10). The enone was made by the simple but reliable Grignard route rather than risking a Mannich reaction of unknown regloselectivity. 

Diester (20) could be made by the usual 1,5-dicarbonyl route involving Michael addition to (21), but we can use its symmetry to devise an alternative route from malonate adduct (22). 

In a similar way, lipases catalyze Michael addition of amines, thiols [110], and even 1,3-dicarbonyl derivatives [111, 112] to a,/ -unsaturated carbonyl compounds (Scheme 5.21). 

Version (b) has a four-channel flow guidance that encompasses two mixing tees in two simple mixing tees (Figure 4.5) [8]. An example of this function is the flow guidance for the Michael addition. In a first step, the base and 1,3-dicarbonyl compound streams merge. The enolate stream thus formed is then mixed with the Michael acceptor. Microporous silica frits are set into the channels to minimize... 

The reactions [OS 52], [OS 53], [OS 54] and [OS 55] were chosen as test reactions among a wide class of reagents employed for Michael additions. 1,3-Dicarbonyl compounds were chosen because of their relatively high acidity since they enable one to use weak bases instead of strong bases such as sodium efhoxide. The latter is labile to moisture and can react with the Michael acceptor [8]. Diisopropylethyl-amine was chosen as a weak base. 

Ethyl ethylthiomethyl sulphoxide anion 325 has been found to give better yield of 1,4-adducts compared with its methyl analogue . This anion has been used by Schlessinger and coworkers as a key reagent in the synthesis of 1,4-dicarbonyl precursors of naturally occurring cyclopentenones, e.g. dihydrojasmone 379 (equation 219). Michael addition of the anion of optically active (-l-)-(S)-p-tolyl p-tolylthiomethyl sulphoxide 380 to the properly substituted cyclopentenone constitutes an important step in the asymmetric synthesis of optically active cyclopentenone 381, which is a precursor of 11-deoxy-ent-prostanoids (equation 220). The reaction proceeds with a high and y-asymmetric induction (92%), but with a poor a-stereoselection (52 48). 

It is assumed that the overall process is initiated by a Michael addition of the 1,3-dicarbonyl compound onto the ci,(5-uri saturated carbonyl derivative. There follows the formation of either an aminal and an iminium intermediate which is followed by the formation of two N.O-acetals. 

The asymmetric Michael addition of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds to nitrostyrene is promoted by chiral alkaloid catalysts to give the addition products in good chemical yield, but the enantioselectivity is rather low (Eq. 4.47).62... 

The Michael addition of nitroalkanes to a,P-unsaturated ketones followed by the Nef reaction has been extensively used as a method for the conjugated addition of acyl anions to enones (see Section 6.1, Nef Reaction). This strategy is one of the best methods for the preparation of 1,4-dicarbonyl compounds.156a h Various natural products have been prepared via this route.157 For example, r/.v-jasmone is prepared from readily available materials, as shown in Scheme 4.19.156f... 

The high acidity of a-nitroketones makes it possible to perform the Henry reactions or Michael additions under extremely mild conditions. The reaction proceeds in the presence of catalytic amounts of Ph3P to give the C-C bond formation products under nearly neutral conditions. Thus, 1,5-dicarbonyl compounds78 and a-methylenecarbonyl compounds79 are prepared by the denitration of a-nitroketones, as shown in Eqs. 7.67 and 7.68, respectively. 

The use of oxygen-containing dienophiles such as enol ethers, silyl enol ethers, or ketene acetals has received considerable attention. Yoshikoshi and coworkers have developed the simple addition of silyl enol ethers to nitroalkenes. Many Lewis acids are effective in promoting the reaction, and the products are converted into 1,4-dicarbonyl compounds after hydrolysis of the adducts (see Section 4.1.3 Michael addition).156 The trimethylsilyl enol ether of cyclohexanone reacts with nitrostyrenes in the presence of titanium dichloride diisopropoxide [Ti(Oi-Pr)2Cl2], as shown in Eq. 8.99.157 Endo approach (with respect to the carbocyclic ring) is favored in the presence of Ti(Oi-Pr)2Cl2. Titanium tetrachloride affords the nitronates nonselectively. 

Dicarbonyl compounds can be converted into furans by methods other than the classical Feist- Benary method, the essential feature of which is alkylation by a haloketone or similar species. A curious variation is provided by the use of trichloronitroethene, Cl2C=CCIN02, which condenses with two moles of a 1,3-dicarbonyl compound by Michael addition followed by elimination of two chloride ions the third chloride is lost at the aroma-tization step so that, for example, methyl 3-oxobenzenepropanoate is converted into the nitrofuran 38."... 

As depicted in the following scheme, in the presence of sodium iodate and pyridine, several 5,6-dihydroxylated benzofuran derivatives were synthesized via an oxidation-Michael addition of P-dicarbonyl compounds to catechols in a one-pot procedure <06TL2615 06JHC1673>. A novel additive Pummerer reaction of 2-benzo[fc]furan sulfilimines with carbon nucleophiles derived from P-dicarbonyl compounds was also employed to the synthesis of 2,3-disubstituted benzo[b]furans <06TL595>. 

The reaction with the siloxy derivative 29 is an interesting example because the product 30 is a 1,5-dicarbonyl derivative (Equation (36)).96 1,5-Dicarbonyls are classically prepared by a Michael addition, but the synthesis of 30 by a Michael addition is not possible because it would require addition to the keto form of 1-naphthol. The acetoxy derivative 31 resulted in a different outcome, leading to the direct synthesis of the naphthalene derivative 32 (Equation (37)).96 In this case, the combined C-H activation/Cope rearrangement intermediate was aromatized by elimination of acetic acid before undergoing a reverse Cope rearrangement. 

Selective formation of 1,5-dicarbonyl compounds by 1,4-addition (Michael addition) of enolates to enones is facilitated by the use of enol silyl ethers as enolate equivalents [37]. The reaction is catalyzed by... 

During the coverage period of this chapter, reviews have appeared on the following topics reactions of electrophiles with polyfluorinated alkenes, the mechanisms of intramolecular hydroacylation and hydrosilylation, Prins reaction (reviewed and redefined), synthesis of esters of /3-amino acids by Michael addition of amines and metal amides to esters of a,/3-unsaturated carboxylic acids," the 1,4-addition of benzotriazole-stabilized carbanions to Michael acceptors, control of asymmetry in Michael additions via the use of nucleophiles bearing chiral centres, a-unsaturated systems with the chirality at the y-position, and the presence of chiral ligands or other chiral mediators, syntheses of carbo- and hetero-cyclic compounds via Michael addition of enolates and activated phenols, respectively, to o ,jS-unsaturated nitriles, and transition metal catalysis of the Michael addition of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds. ... 

Dicarbonyl compounds are widely used in organic synthesis as activated nucleophiles. Because of the relatively high acidity of the methylenic C—H of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds, most reactions involving 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds are considered to be nucleophilic additions or substitutions of enolates. However, some experimental evidence showed that 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds could react via C—H activations. Although this concept is still controversial, it opens a novel idea to consider the reactions of activated C H bonds. The chiral bifunctional Ru catalysts were used in enantioselective C C bonds formation by Michael addition of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds with high yields and enantiomeric excesses. ... 

Scheme 5.20. Asymmetric Michael addition of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds.

The asymmetric allylic C-H activation of cyclic and acyclic silyl enol ethers furnishes 1,5-dicarbonyl compounds and represents a surrogate of the Michael reaction [136]. When sufficient size discrimination is possible the C-H insertion is highly diastereoselective, as in the case of acyclic silyl enol ether 193 (Eq. 22). Reaction of aryldia-zoacetate 192 with 193 catalyzed by Rh2(S-DOSP)4 gives the C-H insertion product 194 (>90% de) in 84% enantiomeric excess. A second example is the reaction of the silyl enol ether 195 with 192 to form 196, a product that could not be formed from the usual Michael addition because the necessary enone would be in its tautomeric naphthol form (Eq. 23). 

Keywords 1,3-Dicarbonyls, Biginelh reaction, Hantzsch reaction, Heterocyclic chemistry, Knoevenagel condensation, Mannich reaction, Michael addition, Multi-component reactions... 

Interestingly enough, a closely related protocol was successfully proposed for the synthesis of spirooxindoles-containing tetrahydrochromene skeletons when aromatic aldehydes were switched for isatin derivatives. This high-yielded reaction was performed with dimedone, 4-hydroxycoumarin, or barbituric acids in water using triethylbenzylammonium chloride (TEBA) as catalyst (Scheme 36) [125]. A Knoevenagel condensation occurred first between isatin and malonitrile derivative, followed by Michael addition of 1,3-dicarbonyl substrates and cyclization to the cyano moiety. 

In its original form, the Michael addition consisted on the addition of diethyl malonate across the double bond of ethyl cinnamate in the presence of sodium ethoxide to afford a substituted pentanedioic acid ester. Currently, all reactions that involve a 1,4-addition of stabilized carbon nucleophiles to activated 7i-systems are known as Michael additions. Among the various reactants, enolates derived from p-dicarbonyl compounds are substrates of choice due to their easy deprotonation under mild conditions. Recently, Michael addition-based MCRs emerged as highly potential methodologies for the synthesis of polysubstituted heterocycles in the five- to seven-membered series. 

Our own group is also involved in the development of domino multicomponent reactions for the synthesis of heterocycles of both pharmacologic and synthetic interest [156]. In particular, we recently reported a totally regioselective and metal-free Michael addition-initiated three-component substrate directed route to polysubstituted pyridines from 1,3-dicarbonyls. Thus, the direct condensation of 1,3-diketones, (3-ketoesters, or p-ketoamides with a,p-unsaturated aldehydes or ketones with a synthetic equivalent of ammonia, under heterogeneous catalysis by 4 A molecular sieves, provided the desired heterocycles after in situ oxidation (Scheme 56) [157]. A mechanistic study demonstrated that the first step of the sequence was a molecular sieves-promoted Michael addition between the 1,3-dicarbonyl and the cx,p-unsaturated carbonyl compound. The corresponding 1,5-dicarbonyl adduct then reacts with the ammonia source leading to a DHP derivative, which is spontaneously converted to the aromatized product. 

Lieby-Muller F, Simon C, Constantieux T, Rodriguez J (2006) Current developments in Michael addition-based multicomponent domino reactions involving 1,3-dicarbonyls and derivatives. QSAR Comb Sci 25 432 38... 

Lieby-Muller F, Allais C, Constantieux T, Rodriguez J (2008) Metal-free Michael addition initiated multicomponent oxidative cyclodehydration route to polysubstituted pyridines from 1,3-dicarbonyls. Chem Commun 4207-4209... 

This procedure is an excellent method to prepare 1,4-dicarbonyl compounds 163 (Scheme 7.48) and, using triethylamine, has been extended to include other activated double bonds.Thus, the starting a-amino acids can be considered as nucleophilic acyl equivalents. Representative examples of 5(47/)-oxazolones prepared via Michael additions are shown in Table 7.18 (Fig. 7.20). 

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