1-Phenyl-1-cyclopentene

Asymmetric hydroboration.1 Hydroboration of 1-phenyl-1-cyclopentene with IpcBH2 (100% ee) results in a dialkylborane (1) containing the traws-2-phenylcyclopentyl group of 100% ee. However, hydroboration of prochiral trisubstituted alkenes usually results in alkylisopinocampheylboranes of 50-85% ee. Most of these products are solids, and selective crystallization (usually from ether) can give the optically pure dialkyboranes. In some cases resolution can be achieved by allowing the impure borane to age for several... 

The first phase of our efforts was the unambiguous synthesis of each model substrate. PN and PX were already well characterized materials (1) While direct synthesis of the phenyl and carbomethoxy compounds from PN and/or PX was attempted, this approach was unsuccessful due to the sluggish reactivity of the norbornenyl double bonds in these molecules (2). A successful approach to CBN and (fiBN based on N-phenyl maleimide (NPMI) trapping of the respective thermodynamically favored 1-substituted cyclopentadienes is shown in Equation 1. Similarly, kinetic trapping of 2-phenyl cyclopentadiene, from the in situ dehydration of 3-hydroxy, 3-phenyl cyclopentene, gives a clean yield of (f)VN (Equation 2). The remaining phenyl isomer (VX) and the three other carbomethoxy isomers (CBX, CVN, CVX) were all obtained by the thermal isomerization chemistry described in the next section of this paper. They were each isolated in pure form by liquid chromatography We were unable to obtain any (f)BX or any of the 7-substituted isomers by any means. 

The mechanism of the cycloaddition of phenyl azide to norbornene has been shown to involve a concerted mechanism with a charge imbalance in the transition state (199). In a similar manner the cycloaddition of phenyl azide to enamines apparently proceeds by a concerted mechanism (194, 194a). This is shown by a rather large negative entropy of activation (—36 entropy units for l-(N-morpholino)cyclopentene in benzene solvent at 25°C), indicative of a highly ordered transition state. Varying solvents from those of small dielectric constants to those of large dielectric constants has... 

Dihydro-2/7- 74 and -4//-l,2-oxazines and thiazines 75 are interrelated by prototropy, being enamines and imines, respectively. In the case of oxazines, the imine form 75 is favored, and there are several well established examples of this system, including the parent heterocycle 75 (X = O) [84MI2]. No tautomeric equilibrium between the 2H and 4H forms has been observed under normal conditions in solution or in the solid state. However, the formation of intermediate 2H isomers 77 was proposed both for the conversion of 3-phenyl-5,6-dihydro-4//-l,2-oxazine 76 (R = Ph, r = R = H) into 2-phenylpyrrole(89TL3471) under strong basic conditions and for thermal decomposition of cyclopentene-fused 1,2-oxazine 76... 

A. 1,1-Dichloro- l-phenyl-3-methyl-l-phospha-3-cyclopentene. A dry 1-1. suction flask (Note 1) is charged with 179 g. (1.00 mole)... 

Methyl-l-phenyl-l-phospha-3-cyclopentene 1-oxide has been prepared only as described here.2... 

Dichloro-1 -phenyl-3-methy I-1-phospha-3-cyclopentene from isoprene and dichlorophenyl-phosphine, 43, 73... 

Brom-l-allyloxy- 401 2-Brom-l-[cyclopenten-(3)-yl]- 401 2-Brom-l-oxo-l-(4-brom-phenyl)- 308, 503, 510 2-Brom-l-oxo-l,2-diphenyI- 569 2-Brom-l-oxo-l-phenyl- 396, 492, 503, 533, 621 2-Brom-l-phcnyl- 389, 520... 

One other 100% atom economic rearrangement is worth mentioning briefly. When vinylcyclopropanes are heated they readily undergo ring expansion to cyclopentenes. The temperature required varies significantly, depending on the molecule for example l-phenyl-2-vinylcyclopropane may be converted to phenylcyclopentene in reasonable yield at 200 °C. 

B = phenyl, pyridinyl, cyclohexene, or cyclopentene A = biaryl, tricyclic, bicyclic. 

One mole of isoprene reacted with one mole of acetoacetate by using a bidentate phosphine as ligand (56). Reaction of 2,3-dimethylbutadiene with acetoacetate was carried out by using PdCl2 in the presence of sodium phenoxide. When PPh3 was used, a 1 2 adduct was obtained. On the other hand, use of P-phenyl-l-phospha-3-methyl-3-cyclopentene (105) at 100°C caused the 1 1 addition to give 3-carbomethoxy-5,6-dimethyl-5-hepten-2-one (106), from which 5,6-dimethyl-5-hepten-2-one (107) was formed. This compound is the useful intermediate for a-irone synthesis (96). 

Cyclopentene annelation.1 The reaction of the anion of a 1,3-dicarbonyl compound with l-decynyl(phenyl)iodonium tetrafluoroborate results in an annelated 3-pentylcyclopentene in reasonable yield. The product is considered to result from... 

Volume 75 concludes with six procedures for the preparation of valuable building blocks. The first, 6,7-DIHYDROCYCLOPENTA-l,3-DIOXIN-5(4H)-ONE, serves as an effective /3-keto vinyl cation equivalent when subjected to reductive and alkylative 1,3-carbonyl transpositions. 3-CYCLOPENTENE-l-CARBOXYLIC ACID, the second procedure in this series, is prepared via the reaction of dimethyl malonate and cis-l,4-dichloro-2-butene, followed by hydrolysis and decarboxylation. The use of tetrahaloarenes as diaryne equivalents for the potential construction of molecular belts, collars, and strips is demonstrated with the preparation of anti- and syn-l,4,5,8-TETRAHYDROANTHRACENE 1,4 5,8-DIEPOXIDES. Also of potential interest to the organic materials community is 8,8-DICYANOHEPTAFULVENE, prepared by the condensation of cycloheptatrienylium tetrafluoroborate with bromomalononitrile. The preparation of 2-PHENYL-l-PYRROLINE, an important heterocycle for the synthesis of a variety of alkaloids and pyrroloisoquinoline antidepressants, illustrates the utility of the inexpensive N-vinylpyrrolidin-2-one as an effective 3-aminopropyl carbanion equivalent. The final preparation in Volume 75, cis-4a(S), 8a(R)-PERHYDRO-6(2H)-ISOQUINOLINONES, il lustrates the conversion of quinine via oxidative degradation to meroquinene esters that are subsequently cyclized to N-acylated cis-perhydroisoquinolones and as such represent attractive building blocks now readily available in the pool of chiral substrates. 

Thus, the structure of viridenomycin was established except for the absolute configuration. This antibiotic is partially related to hitachimycin, which is a 19-membered lactam antibiotic possessing a phenyl group and a cyclopentene ring, but devoid of the tetraene systems and ester linkage. 

Hoveyda et al. reported a novel method for synthesizing of chromene 71 by ROM-RCM of cycloalkene 70 bearing the phenyl ether at the 3-position [Eq. (6.48)]." ° The yield is improved when the reaction is carried out under ethylene gas. In the case of cyclopentene 70a (n = 0) or cyclohexene 70b (n = 1), the yield is poor because the starting cycloalkene is in a state of equihbrium with the product and a thermodynamic product should be formed under these reaction conditions. They obtained enantiomeric ally pure cycloheptene derivative (5)-70e using zirconium-catalyzed kinetic resolution of 70e developed by their group, and chromene 71c was synthesized as a chiral form via ROM-RCM using lb [Eq. (6.49)] ... 

In the case of the reaction of czs-(lP, 2S )-2-methyl-l-phenylethynylcyclo-propanol (czs-15a), almost equal amounts of 4-methyl-3-phenyl-2-cyclopenten-... 

It is assumed that the reaction proceeds by the oxidative addition of the carbon-carbon bond of the cyclopropane to cobalt species to form a metallacyclic intermediate. The regioselectivity of this reaction is controlled by the relative ease of insertion of the cobalt species into the C1-C2 and the C1-C3 bonds of the cyclopropane (Scheme 7). In the case of the reaction of the (1-R, 2k )-isomer trans-l5a, 5-methyl-3-phenyl-2-cyclopenten-1-one (17a) is produced via TS2 without any serious steric repulsion, while the 4-methyl isomer 16a must be pro-... 

This reaction apparently proceeds by way of the normal phosphonate condensation product, the diazoalkylidene, which then spontaneously loses nitrogen to form the transient alkylidene car-bene. Careful work showed that, after statistical corrections were applied, the reactivity of a C-H bond toward insertion was approximately 0.003 for primary C-H bonds (methyl), 1.0 for secondary C-H bonds (methylene), 7.5 for benzylic (methylene) C-H bonds and 18.6 for tertiary C-H bonds. These relative reactivities are very similar to those previously observed for intramolecular C-H insertion by an alkylidene carbenoid generated from a vinyl bromide27. It was shown subsequently that the alkylidene carbene insertion reaction proceeds with retention of absolute configuration28. Using this approach, (l )-3-dimethyl-3-phenyl-l-cyclopentene and (i )-4-methyl-4-phenyl-2-cyclohexcnonc were prepared in high enantiomeric purity. 

Azadienes of this sort were studied simultaneously by Mariano et al., who reacted mixtures of (1 ,3 ) and (1E, 3Z)-l-phenyl-2-aza-l,3-pentadiene 275 with several electron-rich alkenes, e.g., enamines and enol ethers (85JOC5678) (Scheme 61). They found the (l ,3 )-stereoisomer to be reactive in this process affording stereoselectively endo 276 or exo 277 piperidine cycloadducts in 5-39% yield, after reductive work-up with sodium borohydride. The stereochemistry of the resulting adducts is in agreement with an endo transition state in the case of dienophiles lacking a cis alkyl substituent at the /8-carbon (n-butyl vinyl ether, benzyl vinyl ether, and 1-morpholino cyclopentene), whereas an exo transition state was involved when dihydropyrane or c/s-propenyl benzyl ether were used. Finally, the authors reported that cyclohexene and dimethyl acetylenedi-carboxylate failed to react with these unactivated 2-azadienes. 

A mixture consisting of 5 ml of water and 5 ml of 12 M hydrochloric acid was added to a solution of 3-hydroxy-2-methyl-3-phenyl-l-(8-quinolyl)cyclopentene (5.7 mmol) dissolved in 100 ml of THF. The mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 90 minutes and ammonium hydroxide added until the pH was 12. The aqueous phase was then extracted twice with diethyl ether. The organic phases were combined, dried over MgSOzt, filtered, and concentrated. The residue was distilled at 157- 170°C 2 x 10-2 mbar and 1.12 g product isolated. 

CYCLOPENTENONES FROM , ot -DIBROMOKETONES AND ENAMINES 2,5-DIMETHYL-3-PHENYL-2-CYCLOPENTEN-l-ONE... 

PENTAMETHYL-, 56, 1 Cyctopentane, acetyl-, 55, 25 Cyclopentane, 1-cyano-l-phenyl-, 55, 94 Cyclopentane, methyl, 55, 62 Cyclopentanol p-toluenesulfonate, 55, 112 Cyclopentene, 56, 34, 58, 73 2-Cyclopenten-l-one, 2,5-dialkyl- 58, 62 CYCLOPENTENONES, 58, 56 Cyclopropane, 1 -acetyl-1 -phenyl-, 55, 94 Cyclopropane, 1, l-dibromo-2,2-diphenyl-, 56, 32... 

While there remain open questions on a few experimental aspects of early work on the stereomutations of 1 -phenyl-2-d-cyclopropanes and 1,2-d2-cyclopropanes, the preponderance of data and theory now provides a consistent understanding of the thermal stereomutations of cyclopropanes multiple paths and three types of diradical transition structures are involved. Evolving theory relevant to cyclopropane stereomutations and to vinylcyclopropane to cyclopentene isomerizations, and to other 1,3-carbon shifts283 288, may well provide more detailed insights, rationales and predictions. 

The most commonly observed dimerization is that of alkenes to form cyclobutane derivatives. Nonconjugated alkenes such as cyclopentene and norbornene are dimerized in the presence of a sensitizer, whereas conjugated alkenes dimerize directly dimerizations of the second type have been observed in dienes, phenyl-ethylenes, and a,/9-unsaturated carbonyl, cyano, and nitro derivatives. The precise structure and stereochemistry of many of these dimers is uncertain, although it is known to be influenced by the solvent, by the presence and nature of substituents, and by the use of a sensitizer. The structures of dimers formed in solid-state irradiations are often determined by crystal structure. 

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