Oxidation reactions alkyne derivatives

Since the targeted streptazolin-related natural products have a C2-unit at the C6-position, we first prepared the 2-oxazolone-alkyne derivative 82 with the simplest C2-unit, an ethyl group, at the triple bond terminus to not only identify suitable ring-closing conditions, but also to determine the level of stereoselectivity that could be expected in the intramolecular Pauson-Khand reaction. Thus, the 2-oxazolone-alkyne derivative 82, required for the intramolecular Pauson-Khand reaction in our retrosynthesis, was easily prepared from the known alcohol 78 by conventional means, as shown in Scheme 18. Oxidation of 78 was... 

ABSTRACT. Alkynes, when activated by an electron-rich d Re, Mo or W phosphinic centre, undergo hydrogen shift reactions (to give, e.g., vinylidene species) or oxidatively add to the metal (forming alkynyl--hydrido or alkynyl complexes). These alkyne-derived products undergo 3-protonation to afford a variety of carbyne-fluoro or -chloro complexes, whereas aminocarbynes are obtained upon 3-electrophilic attack (e.g., by a protic or a Lewis acid) at isocyanides when ligating such metal sites. Mechanistic studies, by stopped-flow spectrophotometry, are also indicated. 

Aldehydes and ketones have a central role in organic synthesis, and efficient procedures for their preparation are of great importance. Such compounds are synthesized in a number of ways, including hydration or hydroboration-oxidation of alkynes (Eqs. 16.10 and 16.11, respectively, and Chap. 11) and reaction of carboxylic acids or their derivatives with organometallic reagents or reducing agents... 

A thorough study on the complexation of 1-alkynes and internal alkynes to Pd(0) has been reported. The reaction of alkynes with the Pd(0) complex Pd(dPr pe)(C2H4) leads to Pd(dPr pe)(77 -alkyne) derivatives, as shown in Scheme 46. Pd(0) complexes of terminal alkynes were believed to be unstable due to facile oxidative addition of the C-H bond of the alkyne to give an alkynyl(hydrido)palladium(n) complex that could undergo further alkyne... 

Reactions with alkynes may lead to the formation of cyclized products. The reaction of iodobenzenes with two equivalents of an alkyne has been shown to give naphthalene derivatives in the presence of cobalt catalyst with a manganese reduc-tant. The process, shown in Scheme 15, is thought to involve oxidative addition of the aryliodide to cobalt followed by double alkyne insertion. The cobalt-catalysed annulation step probably involves an pathway. The cyclopentadienyl-rhodium-catalysed annulation of benzoic acids with alkynes has been used to form isocoumarin derivatives, such as (126). The process is thought to involve cyclorhodation at the ortho-position of a rhodium benzoate intermediate, followed by alkyne insertion to form a seven-membered rhodacycle and reductive elimination The silver-catalysed annulations of diphenylphosphine oxides with alkynes proceed in the absence of rhodium. Benzophosphole oxides such as (127), formed with diphenylethyne, are produced. Here, the proposed mechanism involves homolytic cleavage of the phosphorus-hydrogen bond to give a radical which can add to the alkyne and subsequently cyclize. ... 

General Reaction Chemistry of Sulfonic Acids. Sulfonic acids may be used to produce sulfonic acid esters, which are derived from epoxides, olefins, alkynes, aHenes, and ketenes, as shown in Figure 1 (10). Sulfonic acids may be converted to sulfonamides via reaction with an amine in the presence of phosphoms oxychloride [10025-87-3] POCl (H)- Because sulfonic acids are generally not converted directiy to sulfonamides, the reaction most likely involves a sulfonyl chloride intermediate. Phosphoms pentachlotide [10026-13-8] and phosphoms pentabromide [7789-69-7] can be used to convert sulfonic acids to the corresponding sulfonyl haUdes (12,13). The conversion may also be accompHshed by continuous electrolysis of thiols or disulfides in the presence of aqueous HCl [7647-01-0] (14) or by direct sulfonation with chlorosulfuric acid. Sulfonyl fluorides are typically prepared by direct sulfonation with fluorosulfutic acid [7789-21-17, or by reaction of the sulfonic acid or sulfonate with fluorosulfutic acid. Halogenation of sulfonic acids, which avoids production of a sulfonyl haUde, can be achieved under oxidative halogenation conditions (15). 

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