Radicals oxime additions

The (TMS)3Si radical addition to terminal alkenes or alkynes, followed by radical cyclization to oxime ethers, were also studied (Reaction 50). The radical reactions proceeded effectively by the use of triethylborane as a radical initiator to provide the functionalized pyrrolidines via a carbon-carbon bond-forming process. Yields of 79 and 63% are obtained for oxime ethers connected with an olefin or propargyl group, respectively. 

Clerici and Porta reported that phenyl, acetyl and methyl radicals add to the Ca atom of the iminium ion, PhN+Me=CHMe, formed in situ by the titanium-catalyzed condensation of /V-methylanilinc with acetaldehyde to give PhNMeCHMePh, PhNMeCHMeAc, and PhNMeCHMe2 in 80% overall yield.83 Recently, Miyabe and co-workers studied the addition of various alkyl radicals to imine derivatives. Alkyl radicals generated from alkyl iodide and triethylborane were added to imine derivatives such as oxime ethers, hydrazones, and nitrones in an aqueous medium.84 The reaction also proceeds on solid support.85 A-sulfonylimines are also effective under such reaction conditions.86 Indium is also effective as the mediator (Eq. 11.49).87 A tandem radical addition-cyclization reaction of oxime ether and hydrazone was also developed (Eq. 11.50).88 Li and co-workers reported the synthesis of a-amino acid derivatives and amines via the addition of simple alkyl halides to imines and enamides mediated by zinc in water (Eq. 11.51).89 The zinc-mediated radical reaction of the hydrazone bearing a chiral camphorsultam provided the corresponding alkylated products with good diastereoselectivities that can be converted into enantiomerically pure a-amino acids (Eq. 11.52).90... 

Scheme 10.14. Domino radical addition-cyclization process of oxime ethers.

The ZnEt2-initiated radical additions to glyoxylic384 and other374 oxime ethers, including those anchored to a polymer (e.g., 272), yielded valuable precursors for a-amino acids (Scheme 143). 

B. Free Radical Additions to Oximes, Oxime Ethers and Nitrones. 142... 

Free radical addition to oximes and oxime ethers emerged as a useful alternative to addition of organometallic reagents, particularly for intramolecular reactions. The most important advantage of free radical V5. organometallic addition is its tolerance for almost any functional group (with the exception of thiocarbonyl and iodoalkyl functions). 

On the other hand, since oxime ethers were electrochemically more inert than ketones under the electroreduction conditions, the electroreductive intra- and inter-molecular coupling of ketones with oxime ethers proceeded via anion radicals in good yields (equations 5 and 6) °4i. Moreover, cobaloxime-mediated intramolecular radical addition onto oxime functions in the electrolysis media proceeded to afford the cyclized aminoethers (equation 7). ... 

An alkyl group (primary, secondary, or tertiary) can be added to the oxime ether CHr=NOCH2Ph by treatment with the appropriate alkyl halide and an equimolar amount of bis(trimethylstannyl)benzopicolinate.483 This reaction, which is a free radical addition, is another way to extend a chain by one carbon. 

Photolysis of aryl or pyridyl oxime esters in pyridine provides a-phenylpyridines as the major products together with bipyridyls (84TL3887). Rate constants for the addition of phenyl radical to protonated and non-protonated 4-substituted pyridines have been determined by studing the competition between phenyl radical addition and chlorine abstraction from carbon. The 4-arylpyridines were the major products, and no 3-substituted pyridines were observed. Among the solvents studied (MeCN, DMF, DMSO, and HMPA), MeCN gave the highest yields and selectivity (910PP438). 

Highly diastereoselective alkyl radical addition to Oppolzer s camphorsultam derivative (33) of oxime provides enantiomerically pure a-alkyl-a-amino acid derivative (34) at — 78 °C by the same method as shown in eq. 10.16. Moreover, enantioselective tandem radical 1,2-difunctionalization of cinnamamide (35) can be carried out with high stereoselectivity, using the chelation manner of the cinnamamide and a chiral bisoxazoline ligand on Mgl2, as shown in eq. 10.17. 

The C=N bond of simple imines possesses modest reactivity toward intermolecular radical additions, so such acceptors have rarely been exploited. To enhance their reactivity toward nucleophilic radicals, electron-withdrawing groups at the imine carbon have been effective, as demonstrated by Bertrand in radical additions to a-iminoesters prepared from chiral amines [25]. Also, more reactive oxime ethers have been exploited extensively for radical addition, mainly through the longstanding efforts of Naito [26]. In most cases, stereocontrol has been imparted through the substituents on the imino carbon chiral O-substituents on oximes for stereocontrol were ineffective, presumably due to poor rotamer control [27, 28]. 

The Co-derived system constitutes a distinctly less efficient HAT reagent than CpCr(CO)3H and can also be used in kinetically less favored radical addition reactions, such as additions to oximes, and even dimerizations of benzylic radicals as shown in Scheme 10 [31, 32]. 

Unlike many other type of radical addition reactions, the product is most often an alkyl-cobalt(III) species capable of further manipulation. These product Co—C bonds have been converted in good yields to carbon-oxygen (alcohol, acetate), carbon-nitrogen (oxime, amine), carbon-halogen, carbon-sulfur (sulfide, sulfinic acid) and carbon-selenium bonds (equations 179 and 180)354. Exceptions to this rule are the intermolecular additions to electron-deficient olefins, in which the putative organocobalt(III) species eliminates to form an a,/ -unsaturated carbonyl compound or styrene353 or is reduced (under electrochemical conditions) to the alkane (equation 181)355. 

Tandem radical addition-aldol-type reaction of a,/3-unsaturated oxime ethers bearing an Oppolzer sultam auxiliary leads to stereoselective incorporation of alkyl groups in the 5- and 3-positions in tetrahydrofurans (Scheme 77) <2005AGE6190>. The observed /ra r,/ra r-stereoselectivity was explained by invoking a cyclic six-membered ring transition state. 

The quinoline formation from 2,4-dinitrophenyl oximes suggested to us the possibility of generating radical intermediates and prompted us to study the synthesis of cyclic imines by iminyl radical addition to an internal olefinic moiety as shown in Scheme 44. 

Furthermore, we also performed kinetic studies for alkyl radical additions onto different types of C=N bonds such as imines and oxime ethers. The kinetic data are summarized in Figure S. Kinetic analysis of the intramolecular addition of alkyl radicals to C=N bonds provides several experimentally important results. First, alkyl radical additions to C=N bonds are much faster than the corresponding additions to C=C bonds, indicating that C=N bonds are much better radical acceptors than C=C bonds. Furthermore, 5-exo cyclization is faster than 6-exo cyclization. Second, the intramolecular additions of alkyl radicals to C=N bonds are essentially irreversible. Third, alkyl radical additions to oxime ethers and hydrazones are faster than alkyl radical additions to imines, suggesting the possibility of a dependence of the cyclization rate on the electron density at the carbon atom of the radical acceptor. 

Scheme 22 Alkyl radical additions to phenylsulfonyl oxime ethers by Kim and Kim [ 14]...

Scheme 24 Alkyl radical addition to oxime ethers by Naito [15,16]...

Stannyl radical addition-cyclization of oxime ether 183 [31] was also examined (Scheme 44). In this case vinyl stannane 185 was obtained in 77% yield. 

Reactions of oxime 186, containing an electron-deficient carbon-carbon double bond, were also investigated (Scheme 45) [31]. In the case of stannyl radical addition-cyclization using triethylborane as the radical initiator, the reaction proceeded as efficiently as in previous cases giving the cyclized product 188 in 64% yield, after base-induced cleavage from the resin and hnker. 

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