Nitroalkenes chiral

Sinnlarly, f-i- -casuralme, a pentahydroxy pyrrolizidine alkaloid, is prepared by a tandem [4-i-3 /[3-i-3 cycloadchdon involving nitroalkene, chiral vinyl ether, and vinyl silane This process creates five of the six stereocenters present in this potent glycosidase inhibitor fScheme 8 35 ... 

The chiral enamines provide the opportunity for the enandoselecdve Michael addidon to nitroalkenes, as shown in Eq. 4.68, where the ketone is obtained as a single diastereomer with anee>90%. ... 

A chiral sulfoxide can be used as a leaving group for the asymmetric inducdon via addidon-eliminadonprocess. 5-Lactam enolates are converted into the corresponding nitroalkenes subsdnited with lactams fEq. 4.101. ... 

Node and coworkers have used this aromadzadon strategy for the synthesis of (-) aphanor-phineThe Diels-Alder reacdon of chiral nitroalkene, prepared by the asymmecdc nitrooleft-nation reacdon of ct-methyl-o-valerolactone, with the Danishefsky s diene followed by aromadzadon is used as a key step for this total synthesis, as shown in Scheme 8 6... 

Node and Fuji have developed a new chiral synthesis of various alkaloids using chiral nitroalkene, fS -( - -3-methyl-3-( 3 -nitrovinyl -o-valerolactone Scheme 8 11 shows a total synthesis of f-i-physosdgmine, a principM alkriloid of the CMabar bean The key nitroalkene is prepared by asymmetric nitroolefinadon of ct-methyl-o-lactone using a chirM enamine fsee... 

The addition of (Z)-3-(alkylamino)-2-butenoic acid esters to nitroalkenes derived from open-chain sugars gave a 50 50 mixture of diastereomeric products 32. The reaction of chiral 2-sub-stituted l-(2-nitroethenyl)pyrrolidines with zinc enolates of 3-substituted tetrahydro-2//-pyran-2-oncs in 1,2-dimethoxyethane at — 78 °C afforded the corresponding 3,3-disubstituted products in 82-96% ee via an addition-elimination process33. The stereochemical course of the reaction was determined by chemical correlation of (S)-( )-3-ethyltetrahydro-3-(2-ni-troethenyl)-2//-pyran-2-one with ( + )-quebrachamine. 

Another combination of hetero-Diels-Alder reactions and a [3+2] cycloaddition of a nitroalkene was described by Avalos and coworkers [46]. Using the chiral substrate 4-134 derived from a sugar, the domino process can be performed as a three-component transformation using an electron-rich dienophile and an electron-poor... 

The Michael addition of phosphine nucleophiles to nitroalkenes provides novel P-nitro phosphonates, as in Eq. 4.32.38 Yamashita and coworkers have shown that the nucleophilic addition of Ph2POH to chiral nitroalkenes derived from sugars proceeds stereoselectively to the S- -isomer (Eq. 4.32) in high diastereoselectivity (ds 11 1). 

Recently, very effective asymmetric conjugate addition of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds to nitroalkenes has been reported, as shown in Scheme 4.10. The reaction of ethyl acetoacetate with nitrostyrene is carried out in the presence of 5 mol% of the preformed complex of magnesium triflate and chiral bis(oxazoline) ligands and a small amount ofW-methylmorpholine (NMM) to give the adduct with selectivity of 91%. The selectivity depends on ligands. The effect of ligands is presented in Scheme 4.10.63... 

Asymmetric Michael addition of chiral enolates to nitroalkenes provides a useful method for the preparation of biologically important compounds. The Michael addition of doubly deprotonated, optically active P-hydroxycarboxylates to nitroalkenes proceeds with high dias-tereoselectivity to give erythro-hydroxynitroesters (Eq. 4.58).76... 

Chiral enolates of l,3-dioxalan-4-ones, methyl l,3-oxazolidine-4-carboxylates, and 1,3-imi-dazolidine-4-ones derived from chiral natural sources such as (S )-proline, (Sj-serine, and (S )-threonine are added to nitroalkenes in high diastereoselectivity (Scheme 4.12).77... 

Thus, (5)-chiral auxiliary gives rise to combination of the trigonal centers of enolate and nitroalkene with Si/Si topicity.79... 

Seebach and coworkers have developed enantioselective conjugate additions of primary dialkylzinc reagents to 2-aryl- and 2-heteroaryl-nitroalkenes mediated by titanium-TADDO-Lates (Eq. 4.90). x a TADDOLs and their derivatives are excellent chiral auxiliaries.9611... 

A radical approach to asymmetric aldol synthesis, which is based on the radical addition of a chiral hydroxyalkyl radical equivalent to a nitroalkene, has been reported, as shown in Eq. 4.93.113 The radical precursor is prepared from the corresponding carboxylic add by the Barton reaction,114 which has been used for synthesis of new (3-lactams.115... 

Asymmetric Diels-Alder reactions have been performed by using either chiral dienophiles or chiral dienes in the presence or the absence of catalysts.47 The progress in this field is remarkable catalytic asymmetric Diels-Alder reactions are generally carried out either by the use of chiral dienophiles or by the use of chiral dienes. Here, the reactions of chiral nitroalkenes with dienes or the reactions of nitroalkenes with chiral dienes are discussed. Many different chiral auxiliaries are now available, and some of them have been used in asymmetric Diels-Alder reactions of nitroalkenes. 

Nitroalkenes with Chiral Auxiliaries The use of carbohydrates as chiral auxiliary in Diels-Alder reactions for the stereoselective preparation of carbocyclic and heterocyclic chiral rings is well documented.48 For example, D-manno-nitroalkene reacts with 2,3-dimethyl-1,3-butadiene to give a 65 35 mixture of adducts, as shown in Eq. 8.29. The configurations at C-4 and C-5 have been determined to be (4R,5R) and (45,55), respectively. Hydrolysis of the product followed by degradative oxidation of the sugar side chains leads to enantiomerically... 

Asymmetric Diels-Alder reactions using chiral sulfinylalkenes have been extensively studied by Koizumi and coworkers.55 Fuji and coworkers have extended this strategy to chiral l-(alkyl-sulfinyl)-2-nitroalkenes. Such nitroalkenes react with reactive dienes such as Danishefsky s dienes to produce an adduct with a high enantiomeric excess (ee) (see Eqs. 8.34 and 8.35).57... 

Simple dienes are not reactive enough toward chiral l-(alkylsulfinyl)-2-nitroalkenes. To resolve this problem, the reaction of optically active l-(alkylsulfinyl)-2-nitroalkenes with simple... 

Dienes with Chiral Auxiliaries The use of dienes with the chiral auxiliary attached to the C-l position of the dienes is the most popular in asymmetric Diels-Alder reactions.59 In 1980, Trost reported high asymmetric induction in the Diels-Alder reaction using l-(S)-0-methylmandeloxy-l,4-butadiene59a However, the result obtained by Trost et al. has remained unique for more than a decade, at least in terms of enantioselectivity. The asymmetric Diels-Alder reaction of chiral diene-amines with nitroalkenes gives aminocyclohexenes with good diastereoselectivity (Eq. 8.37).60 The development in the area of chiral dienes is slow it may be due to the difficulty of preparing these compounds. 

The strategy based on tandem cycloaddition leads to a short and efficient asymmetric synthesis of the pyrrolizidine necine base (-)-hastanecine, as shown in Scheme 8.32.163 Pyrrolizidine alkaloids have a long history for attracting the interest of synthetic chemists because of their physiological properties. The method of Denmark shown in this scheme is very simple and applied to synthesis of various alkaloids. The Lewis acid-promoted [4+2] cycloaddition between 2-acyloxy nitroalkene and chiral vinyl ether gives a nitronate that... 

The simplest nitroalkene, nitroethene, undergoes Lewis acid-promoted [4+2] cycloaddition with chiral vinyl ethers to give cyclic nitronates with high diastereoselectivity. The resulting cyclic nitronates react with deficient alkenes to effect a face-selective [3+2] cycloaddition. A remote acetal center controls the stereochemistry of [3+2] cycloaddition. This strategy is applied to synthesis of the pyrrolizidine alkaloids (+)-macronecine and (+)-petasinecine (Scheme 8.33).165... 

Asymmetric tandem cycloaddition of a chiral carbohydrate nitroalkene with ethyl vinyl ether in the presence of electron-withdrawing alkenes produces a facile assembly of bicyclic systems, which can further be selectively cleaved to give homologated carbohydrates (Eq. 8.110).176... 

The extremely high selectivity for tandem cycloaddition, the ease of manipulation of the nitroso acetals, and the release of the vinyl ether appendage in the hydrogenolytic cleavage constitute ideal features for asymmetric modifications of the cycloadditions with chiral vinyl ethers. As discussed in Section 8.3.2.1 (Inter [4+2]/inter [3+2] cycloadditions of nitroalkenes), the stereochemical course depends on the Lewis acids. The results are summarized in Scheme 8.38.179 The high levels and complementary selectivity with three chiral vinyl ethers and two kinds of Lewis acids (Ti- and Al-based Lewis acids) are presented in this scheme. 

The synthesis of (+)-crotanecine is accomplished in 10 steps in a 10.2% overall yield, as shown in Scheme 8.42. The key step in the asymmetric synthesis is a Lewis acid-promoted, tandem inter [4+2]/intra [3+2] cycloaddition between a (fumaroyloxy)nitroalkene and chiral [J-silylvinyl ether, in which the substituted silanes are used as hydroxy synthons.181... 

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