3-nitrostyrene hydrogenation

Hydroxy-3-methoxy-y -nitrostyrene hydrogenated with 10%-Pd-on-carbon in aq. HCl at 85 /35 atm. until the theoretical amount of Hg has been absorbed 4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenethylamine hydrochloride. Y 82%. A. Brossi, J. Van Burik, and S. Teitel, Helv. 51, 1965 (1968). 

Retrosynthetic path e in Scheme 2.2 requires a regioselective oxidation of an o-nitrostyrene to the corresponding phenylacetaldehyde. This transformation has been accomplished hy Wacker oxidation carried out in such a way as to ensure the desired regioselectivity. The required o-nitrostyrenes can be prepared by Heck vinylation. One procedure for oxidation uses 1,3-propaiiediol to trap the product as a l,3-dioxane[15]. These can then be hydrogenated over Rh/C and cyclized by treatment with dilute HCl,... 

A somewhat more complex application of this notion is represented by the CNS stimulant fencamfine (83). Diels-Alder addition of cyclopentadiene and nitrostyrene affords the norbomene derivative, 80. Catalytic hydrogenation reduces both the remaining double bond and the nitro group (81). ° Condensation with acetaldehyde gives the corresponding imine (82) a second reduction step completes the synthesis of fencamfine (83). ... 

Nitrostyrene requires from 60-90 hours for the uptake of 1 mole of hydrogen. The product, l-phenyl-2-nitroethane, is purified by distillation, bp 76-7770.5 mm. 

Heat 3-nitrophthalic anhydride with ammonium carbonate to get 3-nitrophthalimide (I). Dissolve 4.3 g (I) in 50 ml 90% methanol and add 1.9 g sodium borohydride over 30 minutes while stirring vigorously at room temperature. Stir 2 hours, acidify with 20% HCI, evaporate in vacuum and treat the dry residue with acetone. Evaporate in vacuum to get 3.9 g (88%) 3-OH-4-nitrophthal-imidine (II) (recrystallize from acetone). Dissolve 3.9 g (II) in 40 ml 20% HCI and stir for 10 hours on water bath at 80-90°. Distill off HCI and stir residue with acetone. Filter and evaporate in vacuum to get 3.4 g 3-OH-4-nitrophthalide (III) (recrystallize from CHC 3 and can purify on column). Prepare an ether solution of CH2N2 and add to 1.93 g (III) in a 100 ml flask until a reaction is no longer evident. Add acetic acid to decompose excess diazomethane and evaporate in vacuum to get about 2 g of 2-methoxycarbonyl-6-nitrostyrene oxide (IV) (can purify on column). Dissolve 560 mg (IV) in 50 ml absolute methanol, add 50 mg Pt02 and hydrogenate as described elsewhere here (other reducing methods should work). Filter,... 

Another classical case with respect to ort/zo-effects is found for 2-nitrostyrene78. The conceivable regio- and stereo-specifically labelled 2-nitrostyrenes have, in addition to the ring-labelled isotopomer, been studied by collision activation mass spectrometry79. Undoubtedly, the most striking result was the nearly equal contribution of both (in the neutral molecule diastereotopic) hydrogens of the fi-carbon. 

If the addition of hydrogen takes place in a 1,2-mode the products are oximes, hydroxylamines, amines, and carbonyl compounds resulting from the hydrolysis of the oximes [567], Oximes and carbonyl compounds also result from reductions of a,/3-unsaturated compounds with iron [569, 570] and an oxime was prepared by catalytic hydrogenation of a )S-nitrostyrene derivative over palladium in pyridine (yield 89%) [571]. 

Scheme 6.61 Mechanistic proposals of the 12-catalyzed asymmetric Michael addition of diethyl malonate to trans-P-nitrostyrene proposed by the Takemoto group (A, B, and C) and initial enolate complex (D) with the ammonium group as additional hydrogen-bond donor initiating an alternative mechanism suggested by Sods, Ptipai, and coworkers.

Figure 6.26 Multiple hydrogen-bonding tertiary amine-functionalized thioureas screened in the asymmetric Michael reaction between trans-P-nitrostyrene and acetylacetone at 10mol% loading.

Dixon et al. screened cinchonine-derived thioureas 117-120 for their performance in the dimethyl malonate Michael addition to tra s-(5-nitrostyrene in dichlo-romethane at room temperature and at -20°C [274]. As shown in Figure 6.38, all candidates revealed comparable activity, but monodentate hydrogen-bond donor 118 exhibited very low asymmetric induction producing the desired Michael... 

Figure 6.46 (A) Hydroxy-protected thiourea 141 and 142 lacking the hydroxy function and their catalytic efficiency in the Friedel-Crafts alkylation of indole with frans-P-nitrostyrene (139 78% yield 85% ee under identical conditions). (B) Proposal for the key hydrogen-bonding interactions between 139 and the model substrates.

In addition to the proton marked Ha in m-nitrostyrene in Figure 13.20, there are two other vinylic protons. Assuming that the coupling constant between the two geminal protons in ArCH=CH2 is 2 Hz and the vicinal coupling constants are 12 Hz (cis) and 16 Hz (trans), describe the splitting pattern for each of these other two vinylic hydrogens. 

Hydrogen donor Reaction tempera- ture °C Products of P-nitrostyrene reduction mol % Products of 3-nitrobenzaldehyde reduction mol ... 

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