Organic synthesis cyclization/cycloaddition reactions

The domino cycloaddition-iV-acyliminium ion cyclization cascade has been extensively reviewed. Tandem reactions combining Diels-Alder reactions and sigma-tropic rearrangement reactions in organic synthesis have been extensively reviewed. The tandem Diels-Alder reaction between acetylenedicarboxaldehyde and N,N -dipyrrolylmethane has been extensively studied at the RHT/3-21G and RHF/6-31G levels.The molecular mechanism of the domino Diels-Alder reaction between hexafluorobut-2-yne and A,A -dipyrrolylmethane has been studied using density functional theory. 

In contrast, intramolecular versions of the metallo-ene process may be regio- and stereo-selective as well as entropically favored and are thus more efficient, similar to intramolecular ene reactions (Volume 5, Chapter 1.1) and [4 + 2] cycloadditions (Volume 5, Chapter 4.4). This holds for two different modes of cyclization in which the enophile is linked by a suitable bridge, either to the terminal carbon atom C-3 (type I) or to the central carbon aton C-2 (type II) of the metallo-ene unit (Scheme 18). The prc nsity of the cyclized alkylmetal intermediates (F) and (H) for further functionalizations and cycli-zations, involving the metallated and two alkenic sites, offers a considerable potential in organic synthesis. 

Useful reviews on redox transformations of thiophen derivatives (179 references), on the stereochemistry of carbonyl derivatives of five-membered heterocycles (257 references), on synthetic approaches to dihydrothiophens (135 references), and on biosteric thiophens" have been published. Aspects of thiophen chemistry have been treated in reviews on the synthesis of heterocycles by thermal [2 + 2] cycloaddition reactions of acetylenes and on aspects and perspectives of organic heterocyclic chemistry. A review comparing the chemistry of thieno[2,3-h]- and thieno [3,2-i ]-thiophen with that of benzo[ft] thiophen and quinoline has been published. In Advances in Heterocyclic Chemistry, the development of benzo[6] thiophen from 1968 to 1980 and of selenophen from 1970 to 1980 was presented. Other aspects of thiophen chemistry are treated in chapters on Dewar Heterocycles," on Cyclizations under Vilsmeier Conditions, on Polyfluoroheteroaromatic Compounds, and on Reactions of Benzyne with Heterocyclic Compounds. " Several dissertations treating various aspects of thiophen chemistry have appeared. " ... 

Azetidines are compounds of interest in the field of agricultural and pharmaceutical chemistry. They are also useful as monomers and cross-linkers in polymer industry. Due to ring strain associated with it, azetidines are also useful S5mthons in organic chemistry. The common methods for S5mthesis of azetidines are cyclizations of y-amino alcohols, y-amino halides, 3-amino allenes, reactions of 1,3-dielectrophiles with amines, metal-catalyzed cyclizations in diazocarbonyls, cycloaddition reactions, and reduction of 2-azetidinones. There are several reports in literature on the S5mthesis of azetidines in aqueous media. A diastereoselective synthesis of azetidines is reported by the reaction of azazirconacyclopentane derivatives with iodine followed by treatment with aqueous potassium carbonate [26]. 

Albrecht, E., Averdung, J., Bischof, E.W., Heidbreder, A., Kirschberg, T, Muller, F, and Mattay, J., Photoinduced electron transfer (PET) in organic synthesis. [3 -I- 2]-Type cycloaddition, cyclization and C-C bond cleavage reactions, /. Photochem. Photobiol. A Chem., 82, 219,1994. 

Enyne metathesis is unique and interesting in synthetic organic chemistry. Since it is difficult to control intermolecular enyne metathesis, this reaction is used as intramolecular enyne metathesis. There are two types of enyne metathesis one is caused by [2+2] cycloaddition of a multiple bond and transition metal carbene complex, and the other is an oxidative cyclization reaction caused by low-valent transition metals. In these cases, the alkyli-dene part migrates from alkene to alkyne carbon. Thus, this reaction is called an alkylidene migration reaction or a skeletal reorganization reaction. Many cyclized products having a diene moiety were obtained using intramolecular enyne metathesis. Very recently, intermolecular enyne metathesis has been developed between alkyne and ethylene as novel diene synthesis. 

Copper(I) catalysis has demonstrated its long-held reputation in asymmetric synthesis over the past decade. The moderate Lewis acidity and coordination property of Cu(l) salts make it a versatile metal center in various metal-ligand complex systems and thereby have broad applications in the area of organic chemistry, especially in the asymmetric catalysis field. This chapter summarizes the recent developments of Cu(l)-catalyzed asymmetric cycloaddition and cascade addition-cyclization reactions since 2010. A wide range of asymmetric transformations catalyzed by chiral Cu(l) complexes are discussed, such as the 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions, including [3+2], [3+3], and [3+6] cycloadditions. Other cycloadditions and cascade addition-cyclization reactions are also discussed. 

As an alternative, iridium complexes show exciting catalytic activities in various organic transformations for C-C bond formation. Iridium complexes have been known to be effective catalysts for hydrogenation [1—5] and hydrogen transfers [6-27], including in enantioselective synthesis [28-47]. The catalytic activity of iridium complexes also covers a wide range for dehydrogenation [48-54], metathesis [55], hydroamination [56-61], hydrosilylation [62], and hydroalkoxylation reactions [63] and has been employed in alkyne-alkyne and alkyne - alkene cyclizations and allylic substitution reactions [64-114]. In addition, Ir-catalyzed asymmetric 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of a,P-unsaturated nitriles with nitrone was reported [115]. 

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