Ozonolysis Oxidative cleavage

The stereochemical consequences of the vicinal syn dihydroxylation of alkenes are conplementary to those of vicinal anti dihydroxylation. Show the products (indicate stereochemistry) of the vicinal 

In Summary Osmium tetroxide, either stoichiometrically or catalytically together with a second oxidizing agent, converts alkenes into iyn-l,2-diols. A similar reaction of purple potassium permanganate is accompanied by decolorization, a result that makes it a useful test for the presence of double bonds. 

Although oxidation of alkenes with osmium tetroxide breaks only the tt bond, other reagents may rupture the o- bond as well. The most general and mildest method of oxidatively cleaving alkenes is through the reaction with ozone, ozonolysis. The products are carbonyl compounds. 

is produced in the laboratory in an instrument called an ozonator, in which an arc discharge generates 3 % ozone in a dry oxygen stream. The gas mixture is passed through a solution of the alkene in methanol or dichloromethane. The first isolable intermediate is a species called an ozonide, which is reduced directly in a subsequent step by exposure to zinc in acetic acid or by reaction with dimethyl sulfide. The net result of the ozonolysis-reduction sequence is the cleavage of the molecule at the carbon-carbon double bond oxygen becomes attached to each of the carbons that had originally been doubly bonded. 

Ozone is a blue gas that condenses to a dark blue, highly unstable liquid. Ozone is a powerful bacte-riocide. As a result, ozonators are used for disinfecting water in pools and spas. 

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This disconnection suggests that 147 is prepared by enolate alkylation of cyclopentanone (Section 22.9). If a Dieckmann condensation is planned, the precursor to cyclopentanone is 148, which in turn is derived from diester 149. Another ester may be chosen at this point (methyl, etc.). Diester 149 is derived from the dicarboxylic acid, which is prepared by oxidative cleavage (ozonolysis) of cyclohexene. Bromocyclohexane 146 is now the clear precursor to cyclohexene by an E2 reaction (Chapter 12, Section 12.1). 

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. 

Fatty acids, both saturated and unsaturated, have found a variety of applications. Brassilic acid (1,11-un-decanedicarboxylic acid [BA]), an important monomer used in many polymer applications, is prepared from erucic acid (Scheme 2), obtained from rapeseed and crambe abyssinica oils by ozonolysis and oxidative cleavage [127]. For example, an oligomer of BA with 1,3-butane diol-lauric acid system is an effective plasticizer for polyvinylchloride. Polyester-based polyurethane elastomers are prepared from BA by condensing with ethylene glycol-propylene glycol. Polyamides based on BA are known to impart moisture resistance. 

Alkenes with at least one vinjdic hydrogen undergo oxidative cleavage when treated with ozone, yielding aldehydes (Section 7.9). If the ozonolysis reaction is carried out on a cyclic alkene, a dicarbonyl compound results. 

The obvious Vfittig disconnection gives stabilised ylid (5fi) and keto-aldehyde (57). We have used many such long-chain dicarbonyl compounds in this Chapter and they are mostly produced from available alkenes by oxidative cleavage (e.g. ozonolysis). In this case, cyclic alkene (58) is the right starting material, and this can be made from alcohol (59) by elimination,... 

The oxidative cleavage of alkenes is a common reaction usually achieved by ozonolysis or the use of potassium permanganate. An example of NHC-coordina(ed Ru complex (31) capable of catalysing the oxidative cleavage of alkenes was reported by Peris and co-workers (Table 10.9) [44]. Despite a relatively limited substrate scope, this reaction reveals an intriguing reactivity of ruthenium and will surely see further elaboration. 

The ozonolysis of carotenoids was employed in order to obtain oxygenated cleavage products for biological tests, for example, for lycopene. In this case, among a series of products, one product formed by a double oxidative cleavage was purified and characterized as ( , ,/ )- 4 - methyl - 8 -oxo-2,4,6-nonatrienal, and it was shown to be active in the induction of apoptosis in HL-60 cells (Zhang et al. 2003). 

The ozonolysis of cyclobutene derivatives in the preparation of 1,4-diketones was also applied to the total synthesis of eyclopentanoid antibiotics 161 162k The oxidative cleavage of (470) by ozone and reductive work-up yielded the diketone (471) in 73 % yield. Diketone (471) underwent intramolecular aldol cyclization to give the key intermediate (472), which was used to synthesize ( )-xanthocidin161,162), (+)-epi-xanthocidin 162), ( )-p-isoxanthocidin161,162) as well as ( )-desdihydroxy-4,5-didehydroxanthocidin162). 

Cyelobutanone has been prepared by (1) reaction of diazomethane with ketene,4 (2) treatment of methylenecyclobutane with performic acid, followed by cleavage of the resulting glycol with lead tetraacetate,s (3) ozonolysis of methylenecyclobutane, (4) epoxidation of methylene-cyclopropane followed by acid-catalyzed ring expansion,7 and (5) oxidative cleavage of cyclobutane trimethylene thioketal, which in turn is prepared from 2-(co-chloropropyl)-l,3-dithiane.8... 

Oxidative cleavage of the terminal double bond of 49 by ozonolysis to the aldehyde followed by permanganate oxidation to the acid and esterification with diazomethane produced the methyl ester 50. Dieckmann cyclisation of 50, following the procedure developed in Holton s laboratory (LDA, THF, -78 °C, 0.5 h, then HOAc, THF), gave the enol ester 5J in 93% yield (90% conversion). Decarbomethoxylation of 5J. was carried out by temporarily protection of the secondary alcohol (p-TsOH, 2-methoxypropene, 100%), and heating the resulting compound 52 with PhSK in DMF, at 86 °C (3 h) to provide 53a or, after an acidic workup, the hydroxy ketone 53b. 92% yield. 

Beside being a source of C-22 chemicals, erucic acid is a natural source of C-13 and C-9 chemicals made by cleavage at the site of the double bond. Ozonolysis of erucic acid followed by oxidative cleavage of the ozonide to form brassylic acid (BA) and pelargonic acid (Chart I) has been demonstrated on the pilot plant scale.[2,3] Yield of 99% pure brassylic acid was 72 to 82% of theoretical. 

A method for the catalytic oxidative cleavage of alkenes using [OSO4] and oxone in DMF has been reported. " This method provides a safer alternative to ozonolysis (Equation (1)). 

SAMP/RAMP-Hydrazones are cleaved oxidatively by ozonolysis in dichloromethane at — 78 °C3. This method proceeds within 15 to 30 minutes/10 mmol in quantitative yield without racemization. The endpoint of the cleavage reaction is indicated by the green color of the yellow nitrosamine with blue ozone. Besides the desired carbonyl compound, one quivalent of (S)- or (/J)-2-methoxymethyl-l-nitrosopyrrolidine is formed. 

The treatment of an alkene by 5yn-hydroxylation, followed by periodic acid (HIO4) cleavage, is an alternative to the ozonolysis, followed by reductive work-up. 5yn-diols are oxidized to aldehydes and ketones by periodic acid (HIO4). This oxidation reaction divides the reactant into two pieces, thus it is called an oxidative cleavage. 

Oxidative cleavage of alkenes to aldehydes, ketones or carboxylic acids is an important transformation usually carried out by ozonolysis or oxidation with stoichiometric oxidants, i.e. OSO4, MnO 1 etc.199. The serious drawbacks of most of these reagents,... 

Ozonolysis of cyclic olefins in the presence of carbonyl compounds gives the corresponding cross-ozonides.1329 In the ozonation of 1,2,4,5-tetramethyl-1,4-cyclohexadiene, oxidative dehydrogenation (formation of 1,2,4,5-tetramethylben-zene) was found to compete with oxidative cleavage because of steric hindrance.1330 Secondary ozonides (the 76 1,2,4-trioxolanes) are formed in high yields in the gas-phase, low-temperature ozonation of terminal and disubstituted alkenes.1331... 

N-Methylated y-amino-p-hydroxy acids are accessible by the usual synthetic sequences, i.e. aldol condensation or y-amino-P-oxo ester reduction, starting from the corresponding N-methylated a-amino acids, but are obtained with low diastereoselectivity. 61-63 Alternatively, Brown allylboration of the ALBoc-ALMe amino aldehyde 16 (R1 = Bzl, X=Boc, Y = Me) gives the allyhc N-methylated intermediate 27 in 64% yield and 90% de (Scheme 12). 64 Oxidative cleavage of the alkenol is performed using the two-step ozonolysis and sodium chlorite oxidation sequence. 

An alternative approach to the synthesis of isocoumarins which probably proceeds through the intermediacy of 2-carboxybenzyl ketones is based on the oxidative cleavage of indan-1-ones (76JCS(P1)1438). Although ozonolysis of the silyl enol ether (505) leads to the 2-hydroxy-2-methylindan-l-one (506), periodate oxidation of which gives the isocoumarin, a more convenient and direct route involves ozonolysis of the enol trifluoroacetate (Scheme 182). This synthesis is especially attractive for the preparation of isotopically labelled isocoumarins, since the precursors of the indanones, arylpropanoic acids or acrylophenones, are readily available bearing labels at specific sites. 

Intramolecular Dieckmann cyclization of polystyrene-bound pimelates has been used to prepare (l-keto esters (Entry 4, Table 3.41). Oxidative cleavage reactions leading to the formation of aldehydes include the ozonolysis of resin-bound alkenes, the periodate-mediated cleavage of 1,2-diols, and the oxidation of Wang resin derived ethers (Entries 5-7, Table 3.41). 

Besides the oxidative cleavage by ozonolysis, the optically active carbonyl compounds can be alternatively obtained by acidic hydrolysis of the corresponding SAMP-/RAMP-hydrazone methiodides in a two-phase system. > a... 

The reactivity of unsaturations with ozone has been applied to produce structures which allow subsequent degradation of materials by ozonolysis. In this way, Peters et al. [105] prepared polyurethanes using novel unsaturated diisocyanates which can be degraded by oxidative cleavage of the double bonds. 

The synthesis of telechelic oligomers by oxidative cleavage has been extensively studied by numerous authors and Cheradame [117] reviewed the main reactions leading to telechelic polymers starting from high molecular polymers. As he showed, ozonolysis remains one of the preferred method in addition to Ruthenium tetroxide oxidation to obtain a-co functional oligomers. 

This last example makes it clear that we shall normally have to make the cyclohexenes we need for oxidative cleavage and one of the best routes to such compounds is the Diels-Alder reaction (Chapter 17). A generalised example would be ozonolysis of the alkene 21, the adduct of butadiene and the enone 20. The product 22 has a 1,6-relationship between the two carboxylic acids. Since Diels-Alder adducts have a carbonyl group outside the ring (the ketone in 21) the cleavage products 22 also have 1,5- and 1-4-diCO relationships and would be a matter for personal judgement which of these should be disconnected instead if you choose that alternative strategy. 

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