One-pot procedures

In a second attempt to extend the scope of Lewis-acid catalysis of Diels-Alder reactions in water, we have used the Mannich reaction to convert a ketone-activated monodentate dienophile into a potentially chelating p-amino ketone. The Mannich reaction seemed ideally suited for the purpose of introducing a second coordination site on a temporary basis. This reaction adds a strongly Lewis-basic amino functionality on a position p to the ketone. Moreover, the Mannich reaction is usually a reversible process, which should allow removal of the auxiliary after the reaction. Furthermore, the reaction is compatible with the use of an aqueous medium. Some Mannich reactions have even been reported to benefit from the use of water ". Finally, Lewis-acid catalysis of Mannich-type reactions in mixtures of organic solvents and water has been reported ". Hence, if both addition of the auxiliary and the subsequent Diels-Alder reaction benefit from Lewis-acid catalysis, the possibility arises of merging these steps into a one-pot procedure. 

Gestodene has been prepared in several ways (85). The route that provides the highest yield is shown in Eigure 8. Microbial oxidation of (55) with Penicillium raistrickii results in the 15-alcohol (56). Protection of the alcohol as the acetate (57) and protection of the ketone as a dienolether provides (58). In a one-pot procedure (58) is treated with lithium acetyUde and subjected to a hydrolytic work-up to provide gestodene (54) (86). 

A further improvement in the cuprate-based methodology for producing PGs utilizes a one-pot procedure (203). The CO-chain precursor (67) was first functionalized with zirconocene chloride hydride ia THF. The vinyl zirconium iatermediate was transmetalated direcdy by treatment with two equivalents of / -butyUithium or methyUithium at —30 to —70° C. Sequential addition of copper cyanide and methyUithium eUcited the /V situ generation of the higher order cyanocuprate which was then reacted with the protected enone to give the PG. 

The parent compound, cyclic diazomethane , was first obtained from formaldehyde, ammonia and chloramine by dichromate oxidation of the initially formed higher molecular diaziridine-formaldehyde condensation product (61TL612). Further syntheses of (44) started from Schiff bases of formaldehyde, which were treated with either difluoramine or dichloramine to give (44) in a one-pot procedure. Dealkylation of nitrogen in the transient diaziridine was involved (65JOC2108). 

Another one-pot procedure has given chlorodiazirines in many cases. Amidines are reacted with hypochlorite to form, for example, chlorophenyldiazirine (289) from (288) (65JA4396). 

To prepare alkylhydrazlnes, cyclohexanone is treated with a primary amine and hydroxyl-amine-O-sulfonic acid in a one-pot procedure hydrolysis to the alkylhydrazine is carried out without isolation of the diaziridine (68JPR(37)257). Yields are between 60 and 70%. 

A very efficient one-pot procedure for the production of 3-hydroxy-3-cephems (45) has been developed which gives the desired product in almost 80% overall yield from (43a) which is readily available from penicillin. TTie sequence of reactions is (1) mesylation to give (43b), (2) formation of enamine (43c), (3) bromination to afford (44) and (4) hydroly-sis/cyclization with hydrochloric acid in methanol to afford (45) which, in some cases, crystallizes directly from the reaction mixture (B-82MI51000). 

The in situ cyanosilylation of p-an1saldehyde is only one example of the reaction which can be applied to aldehydes and ketones in general. - The simplicity of this one-pot procedure coupled with the use of inexpensive reagents are important advantages over previous methods. The silylated cyanohydrins shown in the Table were prepared under conditions similar to those described here. Enolizable ketones and aldehydes have a tendency to produce silyl enol ethers as by-products in addition to the desired cyanohydrins. The... 

Okahara and his coworkers have made a number of contributions to the synthesis of crown ethers using a one-pot method (see Sect. 3.13). These methods have been applied largely to the preparation of simple aliphatic crown ether systems. In addition, this group has prepared macrocyclic ester compounds using a one-pot procedure. Although... 

At-Phenyltriflamide is a useful reagent for the mdd oxidation of alkyl halides to carbonyl compounds through a multistep one-pot procedure [II2] (equation 56)... 

In a useful extension to the Meth-Cohn quinoline synthesis, pyridoquinolin-2-ones 27 are readily prepared in a one-pot procedure by sequential treatment of an acetanilide 3, firstly with the Vilsmeier reagent from DMF and POCI3 to afford the intermediate 16, which is then further reacted in situ with another secondary amide. ... 

One-pot procedures were utilized for the preparation of hydroxymethylfurox-ancarboxylic acid derivatives 91 and 92 starting from the cyclic glyoxime 73a (Scheme 42) [94GEP(O)4307105, 94WO20478, 95W019355]. 

When asymmetric epoxidation of a diene is not feasible, an indirect route based on asymmetric dihydroxylation can be employed. The alkene is converted into the corresponding syn-diol with high enantioselectivity, and the diol is subsequently transformed into the corresponding trans-epoxide in a high-yielding one-pot procedure (Scheme 9.5) [20]. No cpirricrizalion occurs, and the procedure has successfully been applied to natural product syntheses when direct epoxidation strategies have failed [21]. Alternative methods for conversion of vicinal diols into epoxides have also been reported [22, 23]. 

A one-pot procedure from aldehydes, through Wittig olefmation and a subsequent epoxidation, was also reported. Aldehydes could be converted into a,P,y,8-unsaturated N-acyl pyrroles, which were epoxidized in the same pot to give N-acyl pyrrole-substituted vinylepoxides [32]. 

Recently, a simple one-pot procedure for both removal of the auxiliary and deprotection of the amino group without any racemization was reported13. 

Method B (one-pot procedure)-. 5 g (33 mmol) of L-arabinose. 12 mL of ethanol and 4mL (36.7 mmol) of bcnzylaminc arc heated on a steam bath for 5 to 10 min to give a clear solution. After cooling, 2.5 mL of anliyd hydrogen cyanide are added. Spontaneous crystallization of the product begins within a few minutes. After cooling for 2 h with an ice-bath, the product is isolated by filtration and washed with ethanol yield 7.0-7.5g (79-85%) nip 129-131 C after recrystallization from ethanol mp 130-132 C. 

An alternative method for the preparation of AL(l-alkoxylalkyl)amides is the sodium borohy-dride reduction of A -acylimidates. Acyclic A-acylimidates are conveniently obtained by reaction of an acid chloride with an imidate47 in the presence of triethylamine. For acid-labile carboxylic acids a mild one-pot procedure has been developed48. 

Another occasionally used method for the preparation of acyclic A-(l-alkoxyalkyl)amides (or carbamates) proceeds via addition of reactive carboxylic acid derivatives to aldimines. In a one-pot procedure, treatment of the imine with the acid chloride (or ethyl chloroformate) and subsequent (m)ethanolysisofthe intermediary a-chloroamide leads to the oc-alkoxyamide56-58. 

The combination of carbonylate dianions with silicon tetrachloride leads in high yields to the p-Si compounds 22-24. As already mentioned, the reaction can be performed either stepwise with isolation of the dichlorosilylene complex or in a one-pot procedure. The resulting products show a surprisingly high thermal... 

The selectivity for two-alkyne annulation can be increased by involving an intramolecular tethering of the carbene complex to both alkynes. This was accomplished by the synthesis of aryl-diynecarbene complexes 115 and 116 from the triynylcarbene complexes 113 and 114, respectively, and Danishefsky s diene in a Diels-Alder reaction [70a]. The diene adds chemoselectively to the triple bond next to the electrophilic carbene carbon. The thermally induced two-alkyne annulation of the complexes 115 and 116 was performed in benzene and yielded the steroid ring systems 117 and 118 (Scheme 51). This tandem Diels-Alder/two-alkyne annulation, which could also be applied in a one-pot procedure, offers new strategies for steroid synthesis in the class O—>ABCD. 

The present procedure describes conditions, which allow for the formation of 5-bromoisoquinoline in good yield and high purity using easily available and inexpensive starting materials. In order to obtain the desired product, it is important to ensure careful temperature control to suppress the formation of 8-bromoisoquinoline, which is difficult to remove. By choosing sulfuric acid as solvent for the bromination, a convenient one-pot procedure to prepare 5-bromo-8-nitroisoquinoline, without prior isolation of 5-bromoisoquinoline, has been developed. Finally, the method can easily be scaled up from grams to kilograms of the title compounds. 

The procedure described herein is an improved version of our previously reported synthesis,2 circumventing the need for an intermediate aqueous work-up, thereby providing the title compound in a one-pot procedure. 

A one-pot procedure [9] based on the cycloaddition of 4-aryl-2-silyloxybuta-dienes 7 and bisdiene 8 with alkynes, followed by oxidative aromatization of the cycloadducts, opened a route to polycyclic phenols without isolating the cyclo-hexadiene derivative intermediates (Scheme 2.5). 

Trichlorinated tropones [10] have been prepared by a one-pot procedure based on thermal cycloaddition of tetrachlorocyclopropene 9 with electron-rich butadienes (Scheme 2.6) followed by spontaneous ring-expansion/dehydro-chlorination of the resulting cycloadducts. 

Benzo[c]furans (isobenzofurans) are very reactive but generally unstable dienes which are prepared in situ and trapped. The in ihu-generated isobenzo-furan 33 was trapped by cycloaddition reaction with bis(methyl (S)-lactyl) ester 34 to afford [32] optically active naphthols (Equation 2.12). The cycloaddition was carried out in the presence of a catalytic amount of glacial acetic acid and represents a facile one-pot procedure to synthesize substituted naphthols. 

Selenoaldehydes 104, like thioaldehydes, have also been generated in situ from acetals and then directly trapped with dienes, thus offering a useful one-pot procedure for preparing cyclic seleno-compounds [103,104], The construction of a carbon-selenium double bond was achieved by reacting acetal derivatives with dimethylaluminum selenide (Equation 2.30). Cycloadditions of seleno aldehydes occur even at 0 °C. In these reactions, however, the carbon-selenium bond formed by the nucleophilic attack of the electronegative selenium atom in 105 to the aluminum-coordinated acetal carbon, may require a high reaction temperature [103], The cycloaddition with cyclopentadiene preferentially gave the kinetically favorable endo isomer. 

Harano and colleagues [48] found that the reactivity of the Diels-Alder reaction of cyclopentadienones with unactivated olefins is enhanced in phenolic solvents. Scheme 6.28 gives some examples of the cycloadditions of 2,5-bis-(methoxycar-bonyl)-3,4-diphenylcyclopentadienone 45 with styrene and cyclohexene in p-chlorophenol (PCP). Notice the result of the cycloaddition of cyclohexene which is known to be a very unreactive dienophile in PCP at 80 °C the reaction works, while no Diels-Alder adduct was obtained in benzene. PCP also favors the decarbonylation of the adduct, generating a new conjugated dienic system, and therefore a subsequent Diels-Alder reaction is possible. Thus, the thermolysis at 170 °C for 10 h of Diels-Alder adduct 47, which comes from the cycloaddition of 45 with 1,5-octadiene 46 (Scheme 6.29), gives the multiple Diels-Alder adduct 49 via decarbonylated adduct 48. In PCP, the reaction occurs at a temperature about 50 °C lower than when performed without solvent, and product 49 is obtained by a one-pot procedure in good yield. 

The 2- and 3-halogenoquinoxalines may be converted into the corresponding quinoxalinethiones by treatment with sodium hydrogen sulfide, sodium thiosulfate, thioacetic acid (with concomitant decarboxylation), or (indirectly) by treatment with thiourea followed by alkaline hydrolysis of the thiouronio intermediate (usually as a one-pot procedure). The same substrates furnish corresponding alkylthio-, arylthio-, or arylsulfonylquinoxalines by treatment with a salt of the appropriate alkanethiol, thiophenol, or benzenesulfinic acid. The following classified examples illustrate such processes. 

The authors have also elaborated a microwave-enhanced one-pot procedure [90] for the Huisgen 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction. In a typical procedure, a pyrazinone with a triple bond connected to the core via C - O linkage, was reacted with a suitable benzylic bromide and NaNs in presence of the Cu(I) catalyst in a t Bu0H/H20 system under microwave irradiation (Scheme 26). The cycloaddition was found to proceed cleanly and with full regioselectivity. As the azide is generated in situ, this procedure avoids the isolation and purification of hazardous azides, which is especially important when handling the ahphatic ones, which are known to be toxic and explosive in nature. 

Scheme 26 Synthesis of 2(lff)-pyrazinone-triazoles using a one-pot procedure...

Some examples in the area of nucleoside chemistry are the reductions of bromide 10, chloride 11, and selenide 12 in 94, 92, and 87% yields, respectively, at 80 °C using AIBN as the radical initiator.Multiple dehalogenations are possible in a one-pot procedure by using the corresponding equivalents of (TMSlsSiH. ... 

Starting from readily available substrates, a new one-pot procedure has been devised to prepare polycyclic lactams and sultams. 2-Pyrrolines 48 were obtained... 

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