4-oxo-intermediates

A Merck group was interested in the introduction of a basic amino group into the avermectin molecule [228]. This should change its physical properties, make it more polar, and result in a different tissue distribution. In addition, most of the anti-bacterially active macrolide antibiotics contain an aminosugar. After suitable protection and deprotection, reductive amination of a 4"-oxo intermediate gave the 4"-amino-4"-deoxy analogue as the major reaction product (Scheme 19). Since they also had observed better activity in the southern armyworm assay for certain monosaccharides, they prepared their 4 -amino derivatives as well as the... 

There is good evidence for the existence of the 4-oxo intermediate and this means that the reversal of configuration does not arise from a bimolecular nucleophilic substitution (or Sn2 reaction), but from a unimolecular (Snl) reaction forming a carbonium ion. Hence the stereochemistry must reflect... 

In all of these reactions, the formation of enols and ene-diols seems to play a part, unlike the 4-epimerisations, aminations and uronic acid decarboxylations, where the ketonic character of the 4-oxo intermediate is considered paramount. 

The irradiation of 2-methoxytropone (A) leads to methyl 4-oxo-2-cyclopentenyl-acetate (D). The reaction can be followed by analytical gas chromatography and two intermediates are observed. These have the structures B and C. Indicate a mechanism by which each of the three successive reactions might occur. The first two steps are photochemical, while the third is probably an acid-catalyzed reaction which occurs under the photolysis conditions. 

Triazanaphthalenes (446) substituted with a single leaving group have been little studied. 4-Aminopyrido[3,2-d]pyrimidine and its 6-methyl derivative have been hydrolyzed with 5N acid (100°, 30 min) and lOA alkali (95°, 3 hr, 10% yield).Attempted replacement of the 4-oxo group (via acyloxy intermediates) with phosphorus oxychloride or pentasulfide failed,in contrast to the successful replacement in the more activated 4-oxo-l,3,8-triaza analog discussed below. Similarly, the 2,4-dioxo derivative could not be thionated with the pentasulfide, and its reaction with the oxychloride was less facile than that of the 2,4-dioxo-l,3,8-triaza compound. 

Triazanaphthalene (449) is the most unstable of the pyrido-pyrimidines to ring-degradation at pH 2 or pH 7.7 The 4-oxo derivative was converted into the 4-thioxo compound via nucleophilic displacement of the acyloxy intermediate formed with phosphorus pentasulfide. The 4-carboxymethylthio-pyridopyrimidine underwent some substitution by hydroxide ion but primarily gave the ring-opening reaction, which is facilitated by resonance activation of the 2-position by the 6-aza moiety. 

Reaction of pyridinium-A -(2-pyridyl)amidine (402) and alkyl haloace-tates in the presence of K2CO3 afforded a mixture of 4-oxo-4/f-pyrido[l, 2-u]pyrimidine-2-carboxylates 407 and 2-aminopyridine derivatives 406 through intermediers 403- 05, as depicted in Scheme 15 (00TL5837). Compound 406 could be cyclized on the action of heat or silica gel into 407. The best yield was achieved in the case of ethyl bromoacetate. 

The intramolecular cycloaddition of munchnone intermediates (derived from the cyclodehydration of A-acyl amino acids) with 1,3-dipolarophiles was employed to construct the mitomycin skeleton. Thus, heating alkynyl acids 23 with acetic anhydride forms the intermediates 24 which undergo cyclization with loss of carbon dioxide to afford the 4-oxo-tetrahydroindoles 25 <96TL2887>... 

Oxo-a-tocopherol (55) proved to be a very interesting compound with regard to forming various intermediate tautomeric and quinoid structures. It undergoes an intriguing rearrangement of its skeleton under involvement of different o-QM structures. The 4-oxo-compound was prepared from 3,4-dehydro-a-tocopheryl acetate via its bromohydrin, which was treated with ZnO to afford 4-oxo-a-tocopherol (55). 

Norfloxacin transformation has been demonstrated by P. guepini [30] and T. viride [32]. In the first case, the metabolites identified included /V-acetyl norfloxacin as the major intermediate, desethylene-Af-acetylnorfloxacin, /V-formy I norfloxacin, and 7-amino-l-ethyl-6-fluoro-4-oxo-l,4-dihydroquinoline-3-carboxylic acid. For T. viride, 4-hydroxy-3-oxo-4-vinylcyclopent-l-enyl norfloxacin was elucidated as an intermediate. In both reports, the intermediates were analogous... 

In summary, we may add that bacterial utilization of quinoline and its derivatives as a rule depends on the availability of traces of molybdate in the culture medium [363], In contrast, growth of the bacterial strains on the first intermediate of each catabolic pathway, namely, the lH-2-oxo or 1 II-4-oxo derivatives of the quinoline compound was not affected by the availability of molybdate. This observation indicated a possible role of the trace element molybdenum in the initial hydroxylation at C2. In enzymes, Mo occurs as part of the redox-active co-factor, and all the Mo-enzymes involved in N-heteroatomic compound metabolism, contain a pterin Mo co-factor. The catalyzed reaction involves the transfer of an oxygen atom to or from a substrate molecule in a two-electron redox reaction. The oxygen is supplied by the aqueous solvent. Certainly, the Mo-enzymes play an important role in the initial steps of N-containing heterocycles degradation. 

In order to study heterocyclic steroid analogues, such as the 7,11-dithiaazasteroid analogues, Fravolini developed the synthesis of new heterocyclic ring systems tri- and tetracyclic 2,1-benzothiazines <82JHC1045>. Intermediate 137 was prepared from 1-methyl-4-oxo-lH-2, -bcnzothiazinc-4(3f/)-onc 2,2-dioxide 37 and thioglycolic acid and could be converted into 6-methyl-4-oxo-3,4-dihydro-2//,6//-thiopyrano[3,2-c][2,l]benzothiazine 5,5-dioxide 138 by cyclization with polyphosphoric acid. The reaction of 138 with dimethyl... 

In the field of enzyme catalysis, heme-proteins such as cytochrome P450, for example, exhibit both types of 0-0 bond cleavages in organic hydroperoxides and peroxy acids (178). Heterolytic cleavage of HOOH/ROOH yields H20 or the corresponding alcohol, ROH and a ferryl-oxo intermediate (Scheme 4). Homolytic 0-0 bond cleavage results in the formation of a hydroxyl (HO ) or an alkoxyl (RO ) radical and an iron-bound hydroxyl radical. 

FIGURE 7.11 Formation of 4-oxo-3,4-dihydrobenzotriazine-3-yl 2 -azidobenzoate by reaction of one molecule of dicyclohexylcarbodiimide with two molecules of 3-hydroxyM-oxo-3,4-dihydrobenzotriazine (HOObt).26 The intermediate is the equivalent of the O-acylisourea. R3 = R4 = cyclohexyl. 

In contrast with all the other species of Crematogaster studied till now, the venom of C. sp. 2 from Papua New Guinea did not contain mixtures of homologous compounds. Two derivatives, 136 and 137, characterized by the presence of a conjugated triene on one end of the chain, and by a 1,3-hydroxyketone at the other end, were isolated from this species (Fig. 23). These structures could constitute biosynthetic intermediates en route to the cross-conjugated dienone system. The venom of C. sp. 3 contained 4-oxo-2,5-dienyl acetates similar to... 

The general principle that the protons in the alicyclic six-membered rings of saturated six-five-, six-six-, and six-seven-membered fused ring systems give the smallest tJ values (ca. 8-11 Hz) for 4a- and 8a-H in the Z-in form, intermediate values (ca. 20 Hz) in the Z-out form for the ds-fused isomers, and clearly higher values (ca. 25-30 Hz) for the trans-fused isomers [71JCS(C)3222] is applied next to estimate the conformational equilibria in 4-oxo-(thioxo) and 2,4-dioxo(thioxo) derivatives. 

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