Nitrone reactions compounds

Alkyl Nitronates In spite of the low stability of acyclic alkyl nitronates, these compounds were rather extensively studied in [3 + 2]-addition reactions with various alkenes (9, 18, 28, 49, 300, 301, 306, 307, 338b-354) (Chart 3.11). 

Such studies have, thus far, been restricted to the reactions of selected alkynyliodonium salts with limited sets of nitrile oxides, nitrones, diazocarbonyl compounds and organo-... 

Nowadays a broad range of different 1,3-dipoles, ozone, azides ° and diazoalkanes on the one hand as well as dipoles like nitrones, nitro compounds, carbonyl ylides, nitrile oxides, nitrile imines and ylides on the other hand, are well-established. The addition of these 1,3-dipoles to an alkene is one of the most frequently used cycloaddition reactions in organic synthesis. ... 

Diacetates of 1,4-butenediol derivatives are useful for double allylation to give cyclic compounds. l,4-Diacetoxy-2-butene (126) reacts with the cyclohexanone enamine 125 to give bicyclo[4.3.1]decenone (127) and vinylbicy-clo[3.2.1]octanone (128)[85,86]. The reaction of the 3-ketoglutarate 130 with cij-cyclopentene-3,5-diacetate (129) affords the furan derivative 131 [87]. The C- and 0-allylations of ambident lithium [(phenylsulfonyl)methylene]nitronate (132) with 129 give isoxazoline-2-oxide 133, which is converted into c -3-hydroxy-4-cyanocyclopentene (134)[S8]. Similarly, chiral m-3-amino-4-hyd-roxycyclopentene was prepared by the cyclization of yV-tosylcarbamate[89]. 

A newer method for the preparation of nitronic esters, namely utilizing the (9-trimethyl-silyl ester, has been reported and these are prepared by the reaction of alkylnitro compounds and (V,(V-bis(trimethylsilyl)acetamide. These nitronic esters also undergo cycloaddition with alkenes to produce isoxazolidines (equation 54) (74MIP41601, 74DOK109, 78ACS(B)ll8). 

Alicyclic hydroxamic acids undergo several specific oxidative cleavage reactions which may be of diagnostic or preparative value. In the pyrrolidine series compounds of type 66 have been oxidized with sodium hypobromite or with periodates to give y-nitroso acids (113). Ozonolysis gives the corresponding y-nitro acids. The related cyclic aldonitrone.s are also oxidized by periodate to nitroso acids, presumably via the hydroxamic acids.This periodate fission was used in the complex degradation of J -nitrones derived from aconitine. 

Cycloaddition reactions of nitro compounds, nitrones, and nitrile oxides 99JCS(P1)749. 

Reaction of 2-chloromethyl-4//-pyrido[l,2-u]pyrimidine-4-one 162 with various nitronate anions (4 equiv) under phase-transfer conditions with BU4NOH in H2O and CH2CI2 under photo-stimulation gave 2-ethylenic derivatives 164 (01H(55)535). These alkenes 164 were formed by single electron transfer C-alkylation and base-promoted HNO2 elimination from 163. When the ethylenic derivative 164 (R = R ) was unsymmetrical, only the E isomer was isolated. Compound 162 was treated with S-nucleophiles (sodium salt of benzyl mercaptan and benzenesulfinic acid) and the lithium salt of 4-hydroxycoumarin to give compounds 165-167, respectively. 

Gothelf presents in Chapter 6 a comprehensive review of metal-catalyzed 1,3-di-polar cycloaddition reactions, with the focus on the properties of different chiral Lewis-acid complexes. The general properties of a chiral aqua complex are presented in the next chapter by Kanamasa, who focuses on 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions of nitrones, nitronates, and diazo compounds. The use of this complex as a highly efficient catalyst for carbo-Diels-Alder reactions and conjugate additions is also described. 

One of the problems related to the Lewis acid activation of a,/ -unsaturated carbonyl compounds for the reaction with a nitrone is the competitive coordination of the nitrone and the a,/ -unsaturated carbonyl compound to the Lewis acid [30]. Calculations have shown that coordination of the nitrone to the Lewis acid can be more feasible than a monodentate coordination of a carbonyl compound. However, this problem could be circumvented by the application of alkenes which allow a bidentate coordination to the Lewis acid which is favored over the monodentate coordination. 

The Lewis acid-catalyzed 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction of nitrones to a,/ -un-saturated carbonyl compound in the presence of Lewis acids has been investigated by Tanaka et al. [31]. Ab-initio calculations were performed in a model reaction of the simple nitrone 18 reacting with acrolein 1 to give the two cycloadducts 19 and 20 (Scheme 8.7). 

The conversion of a primary or secondary nitro alkane 1 to a carbonyl compound 3 via an intermediate nitronate 2 is called the Nef reaction. Since carbonyl compounds are of great importance in organic synthesis, and nitro alkanes can on the other hand be easily prepared, the Nef reaction is an important tool in organic chemistry. 

Nitro compounds have been converted into various cyclic compounds via cycloaddidon reactions. In particular, nitroalkenes have proved to be nsefid in Diels-Alder reactions. Under thermal conditions, they behave as electron-deficient alkenes ind react v/ith dienes to yield 3-nitrocy-clohexenes. Nitroalkenes c in also act as heterodienes ind react v/ith olefins in the presence of Lewis acids to yield cyclic alkyl nkronates, which undergo [3- 2 cycloaddidon. Nitro compounds are precursors for nitnie oxides, alkyl nitronates, and trialkylsilyl nitronates, which undergo [3- 2 cycloaddldon reacdons. Thus, nitro compounds play important roles in the chemistry of cycloaddidon reacdons. In this chapter, recent developments of cycloaddinon chemistry of nitro compotmds and their derivadves are summarized. 

Nitrones arc generally more stable than nitroso-compounds and arc therefore easier to handle. However, the nitroxides formed by reaction with nitrones [e.g. phenyl /-butyl nitrone (109)]483 484 have the radical center one carbon removed from the trapped radical (Scheme 3.86). The LPR spectra are therefore less sensitive to the nature of that radical and there is greater difficulty in resolving and assigning signals. Nitrones are generally less efficient traps than nitroso-compounds.476... 

Many nitrones and nitroso-compounds have been exploited as spin traps in elucidating radical reaction mechanisms by EPR spectroscopy (Section 3.5.2.1). The initial adducts are nitroxides which can trap further radicals (Scheme 5.17). 

The most widely employed methods for the synthesis of nitrones are the condensation of carbonyl compounds with A-hydroxylamines5 and the oxidation of A+V-di substituted hydroxylamines.5 9 Practical and reliable methods for the oxidation of more easily available secondary amines have become available only recently.10 11 12 13. These include reactions with stoichiometric oxidants not readily available, such as dimethyldioxirane10 or A-phenylsulfonyl-C-phenyloxaziridine,11 and oxidations with hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by Na2W044 12 or Se02.13 All these methods suffer from limitations in scope and substrate tolerance. For example, oxidations with dimethyldioxirane seem to be limited to arylmethanamines and the above mentioned catalytic oxidations have been reported (and we have experienced as well) to give... 

The cycloadducts formed from the Diels-Alder reaction of 3-amino-5-chloro-2(17/)-pyrazinones with methyl acrylate in toluene are subject to two alternative modes of ring transformation yielding either methyl 6-cyano-l,2-dihydro-2-oxo-4-pyridinecarboxylates or the corresponding 3-amino-6-cyano-l,2,5,6-tetrahydro-2-oxo-4-pyridinecarboxylates. From the latter compounds, 3-amino-2-pyridones can be generated through subsequent loss of HCN <96 JOC(61)304>. Synthesis of 3-spirocyclopropane-4-pyridone and furo[2,3-c]pyridine derivatives can be achieved by the thermal rearrangement of nitrone and nitrile oxide cycloadducts of bicyclopropylidene <96JCX (61)1665>. 

The condensation of nitro compounds and imines, the so-called aza-Henry or nitro-Mannich reaction, has recently emerged as a powerful tool for the enantioselective synthesis of 1,2-diamines through the intermediate /3-amino nitro compounds. The method is based on the addition of a nitronate ion (a-nitro carbanion), generated from nitroalkanes, to an imine. The addition of a nitronate ion to an imine is thermodynamically disfavored, so that the presence of a protic species or a Lewis acid is required, to activate the imine and/or to quench the adduct. The acidic medium is compatible with the existence of the nitronate anion, as acetic acid and nitromethane have comparable acidities. Moreover, the products are often unstable, either for the reversibility of the addition or for the possible /3-elimination of the nitro group, and the crude products are generally reduced, avoiding purification to give the desired 1,2-diamines. Hence, the nitronate ion is an equivalent of an a-amino carbanion. 

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