Nitroacetates, addition

Aluminum oxide catalyzed addition of ethyl nitroacetate to racemic 2,3-cpoxy aldehydes 7 affords substituted 4,5-dihydroisoxazole 2-oxides through a regio- and stereospecific tandem nitroaldol cyclization process. High diastereoselectivities are observed in the reaction of cis-epoxyaldehydes to yield the ethyl, vi7 -4.5-dihydro-4-hydroxy-5-( I -hydroxyalkyl)-3-isoxazole-carboxylate 2-oxides, with tram configuration at the ring positions, whereas reactions of trans-and 3,3-disubstituted 2,3-epoxyaldehydes proceed with lower selectivities28. 

The ethyl ester can also be prepared from ethyl acetoacetate (ethyl 3-oxobutanoate) by the method of Rodionov8 as well as via Steinkopf s method.3 Ethyl nitroacetate can be prepared in >70% yields from the dipotassium salt, ethanol, and sulfuric acid, with the addition of anhydrous magnesium sulfate in order to avoid the Nef reaction.9 The propyl and 2-propyl esters can also be obtained by this method. 

There are many reports for nitration of alkenes using various nitrating agents, which proceeds via an ionic or radical addition process.49 Nitration of cyclohexene with acetyl nitrate gives a mixture of 3-and y-nitrocyclohexenes, 1,2-nitroacetate, and 1,2-nitronitrate. This reaction is not a simple ionic or radical process instead, [2+2] cycloaddition of nitryl cation is proposed.50... 

P. Borrachero, M. J. Dianez, M. D. Estrada, M. Gomez-Guillen, A. Gomez-Sanchez, A. Lopez-Castro, and S. Perez-Garrido, Silica gel-catalysed addition of methyl nitroacetate to 1, 2 3, 4-di-O-isopropylidene-a-D-ga/acto-hexodialdo-... 

Zard and coworkers have developed a synthesis of substituted dienes by reductive elimination of allylic nitroacetates (equation 33)66. Allylic nitroacetates can be prepared by condensation of nitromethane with the carbonyl compound followed by addition of formaldehyde and acetylation67. Reductive elimination can be carried out by employing either chromous acetate or samarium iodide. 

In addition to conventional generation of carbenes from nitrodiazo compounds (22) (79), target intermediates C can be prepared by oxidation of functionalized AN CH2XNO2 with phenyliodonium diacetate. The reactions of Rhodium intermediates with certain olefins afford the corresponding cyclopropanes (23). The cycloaddition reaction was performed in the presence of a catalyst. (The successful synthesis of nitrocyclopropanes from trinitromethane derivatives and nitroacetic ester was also documented (81)). 

However, certain facts contradict this interpretation. For example, the silylation of AN with BSA was accelerated after addition of triethylamine, which facilitates AN ionization (185). Besides, the addition of 1,1-dinitroethane leads to an increase in the rate of silylation of methyl nitroacetate with a deficient amount of DPSU. At the same time, the silylation of 1,1-dinitroethane by itself, taken separately with DPSU, occurs faster than silylation of MeC>2CCH2NC>2 (204). Apparently, this is accounted for by the higher nucleophilicity of methyl nitroacetate compared to that of 1,1-dinitroethane. (A separate experiment demonstrated that silyl aci-dinitroethane does not react with methyl nitroacetate.)... 

However, this multistep procedure is experimentally complex. A simpler variation described in 199127 consists of the reaction of an aldehyde and a nitro compound in the presence of triethylamine, TBAF and tert-butyl-dimethylsilyl chloride. Under these conditions, nitro sugars are obtained in good yieds and higher diastereoselectivities than those afforded by the standard conditions. This procedure was used in several synthesis of 2-nitro-2-deoxyaldoses, as for the condensation of l,l-diethoxy-2-nitroethane and l,2 3,4-di-0-isopropylidene-a-D-galacto-hexodialdo-l,5-piranose.28 More recently, it was applied to the addition of ethyl nitroacetate to the D-glucose derived aldehyde 18, to give nitro sugar derivatives 26, key precursors of polysubstituted cyclohexane a-amino acids (Scheme 10).29... 

Scheme 7.23. Enantioselective conjugate addition to , -unsaturated nitroacetates 87.

Commercially available ethyl nitroacetate is an interesting pronucleophile, because it can serve as the synthetic equivalent of either nitromethane or glycine. The ethoxycarbonyl group can also be considered as a protecting group against dialkylation. The allylic alkylation with ethyl nitroacetate did not require an additional base (salt-free conditions). As a consequence of the high acidity of the chirality center a to N, 1 1 mixtures of epimers were formed. 

Table 1.10 Michael 1,4-addition of nitroalkanes and nitramines with 2-nitroacetates (nitroalkene precursors)...

The utility of ethyl nitroacetate as the methylene component for cyclizing additions has been demonstrated with several dialdehydes. 

Reaction at the C atom of nitronate salts is known with a variety of electrophiles, such as aldehydes (Henry reaction) and epoxides (191-193). Thus the incorporation of the nitro moiety and the cyclization event can be combined into a tandem sequence. Addition of the potassium salt of dinitromethane to an a-haloaldehyde affords a nitro aldol product that can then undergo intramolecular O-alkylation to provide the cyclic nitronate (208, Eq. 2.17) (59). This process also has been expanded to a-nitroacetates and unfunctionalized nitroalkanes. Other electrophiles include functionalized a-haloaldehydes (194,195), a-epoxyaldehydes (196), a-haloenones (60), and a-halosulfonium salts (197), (Chart 2.2). In the case of unsubstituted enones, it is reported that the intermediate nitronate salt can undergo formation of a hemiacetal, which can be acetylated in moderate yield (198). 

The N-N bond of polystyrene-bound hydrazines, which are prepared by reaction of organolithium compounds with resin-bound hydrazones [457], can be cleaved by treatment with borane to yield a-branched, primary amines (Entry 9, Table 3.23). An additional example of reductive cleavage to yield amines is shown in Entry 10 (Table 3.23), in which a resin-bound a,a-disubstituted nitroacetic ester undergoes decarboxylation and reduction to the primary amine upon treatment with lithium aluminum hydride. 

Shibasaki made several improvements in the asymmetric Michael addition reaction using the previously developed BINOL-based (R)-ALB, (R)-6, and (R)-LPB, (R)-7 [1]. The former is prepared from (R)-BINOL, diisobutylaluminum hydride, and butyllithium, while the latter is from (R)-BINOL, La(Oz -Pr)3, and potassium f-butoxide. Only 0.1 mol % of (R)-6 and 0.09 mol % of potassium f-butoxide were needed to catalyze the addition of dimethyl malonate to 2-cy-clohexenone on a kilogram scale in >99% ee, when 4-A molecular sieves were added [15,16]. (R)-6 in the presence of sodium f-butoxide catalyzes the asymmetric 1,4-addition of the Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reagent [17]. (R)-7 catalyzes the addition of nitromethane to chalcone [18]. Feringa prepared another aluminum complex from BINOL and lithium aluminum hydride and used this in the addition of nitroacetate to methyl vinyl ketone [19]. Later, Shibasaki developed a linked lanthanum reagent (R,R)-8 for the same asymmetric addition, in which two BINOLs were connected at the 3-positions with a 2-oxapropylene... 

The nitroacetate (pA"a = 6.79) protonates the tertiary amine functionality of indole 7.39, facilitating the elimination of methylamine to give cation 7.46. Conjugate addition of the nitroacetate anion then produces 7.40. 

The -nitroketone 151, prepared by Michael addition of ethyl nitroacetate to the appropriate enone, reacts with formamidinesulfinic acid and triethylamine to afford pyrrole-2-carboxylate 153, presumably via the oxime or imine 152 (Scheme 80) <1995TL9469>. 

Scheme 7.23. E nan tios elective conjugate addition to a, y -un saturated nitroacetates 87.

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