Propargyl cation 4 + 3 cycloaddition reactions

The alkyne-azide [3 + 2] cycloaddition has been used as a fast and effective method of preparing triazoles, recently described as click chemistry. An interesting variant of this chemistry has utilized the propargyl cation in reaction with azides. For example, alkyne (88) reacts with benzyl azide to give the triazole product (89) upon aqueous quench. The conversion is thought to proceed by ionization to the propargyl cation (90),... 

In another conceptually novel [5 + 2]-process, Tanino and co-workers synthesized cycloheptene derivatives by stereoselective [5 + 2]-cycloadditions involving hexacarbonyldicobalt-acetylene complexes as the five-carbon component and enol ethers as the two-carbon component (Schemes 22 and 23).60 61 The role of the dicobalthexacarbonyl complex is to facilitate formation and reaction of the propargyl cation putatively involved as an intermediate in this reaction. The dicobalthexacarbonyl moiety can be removed using various conditions (Scheme 24) to provide alkane 60, alkene 62, and anhydride 63. 

An additional advantage of the intramolecular protocol stems from the opportunity to prepare easily the required polyfunctional precursors via cobalt carbonyl stabilized propargyl cations. The approach based on the tandem utilization of Co-mediated alkylation and Pauson-Khand annulation was developed in Schreiber s studies to elaborate short pathways for the synthesis of polycyclic compounds. An example of the efficiency of this protocol is the two-step transformation of the acyclic precursor 409 into the tricyclic derivative 410. The cobalt-complexed acetal 409 was first transformed into the cyclooctyne derivative 411 via intramolecular reaction of the in situ generated propargyl cation 409a with the allylsilane moiety. Cyclooctyne 411 underwent smooth cycloaddition in the presence of carbon monoxide to give the target compound 410 with excellent stereoselectivity. 

In this account, we describe three first total synthesis of natural products, (+)-secosyrins 1 and 2, (-)-ichthyothereol," and ( )-8(3-hydroxystreptazolone by making the most of the significant features of the alkyne-Co2(CO)6 complexes 1 [propargyl cation stabilizing ability (Nicholas reaction), formal [2+2+1] cycloaddition (Pauson-Khand reaction), and their inherent steric bulkiness). 

The scope of the intramolecular Pauson-Khand has been rapidly expanded as both more complex and heteroatom-containing substrates have been employed. Cycloadditions involving a cycloalkene reaction partner afford the direct construction of tricyclic systems in a single step. Triquinacene derivatives are efficiently obtained from 3-(3-butynyl)cyclopentenes [Eq. (55)]. An unusual characteristic of this system is the epimerization that occurs at the pro-pargylic position subsequent to cobalt complexation but prior to cyclization. The steric demands on the reaction are evidently so large that one stereoisomer is unable to cyclize and, instead, isomerizes through a cobalt-stabilized propargylic cation [123]. 

A range of thiazoles with various combinations of Ri, R2, and R3 substituents was synthesized using this method. The silver-catalyzed cycloaddition of propargylic alcohol with thioamide was proposed to proceed through the intermediacy of a propargylic cation or the corresponding allenyl cation and its subsequent reaction with the nucleophilic sulfiir of thioamide, followed by a 5-exo-dig attack by nitrogen. 

Allenyl ions 372 undergo [4+2] cycloaddition reactions. For example, from allenyl cations, formed in the reaction of propargyl halides with zinc chloride at —30 to —50 °C and cyclopentadiene the [4+2] cycloadducts 373 (R = alkyl) or the [4+2] cycloadducts... 

The Brpnsted acid-mediated formal 3 + 3-cycloaddition reaction of /i-enaminones with cf, -unsaturated aldehydes formed tetrahydroquinolinones. The Yb(NTf2)3-catalysed 3 + 3-cycloaddition reaction of isatin ketonitrones (122) and cyclopropanes (123) yielded spiro[tetrahydro-l,2-oxazine]oxindoles (124) in moderate to good yields and good regioselectivities (Scheme 38). The Cu-catalysed 3 + 3-cycloaddition reaction of propargyl esters with cyclic enamines yielded chiral e r/o-adducts with bicyclo[ .3.1] frameworks. The catalyst was prepared by the combination of Cu(0Ac)2 H20 with a chiral tridentate ferrocenyl-PA(,(V-ligand. The cationic... 

The synthesis of 1//-1,2,3-triazoles has been usually carried out by phenylacety-lene and sodium azide. Other routes to 1//-1,2,3-triazoles include the reaction of sodium azide with nitroalkenes [74] and alkenyl bromides the reaction of ( )-P-arylvinyl bromides and sodium azide [75], which is catalyzed by Pd2(dba)3 and Xantphos the cycloaddition of propargyl cations derived from corresponding alcohols with azides [76]. 

Similar to the cycloaddition of allyl cations30, allenyl cations have been found to undergo cycloadditions with alkenes to afford bicyclic compounds31. The allenyl cations were generated from propargyl chlorides by treatment with Lewis acids. This reaction sequence proceeds via the cyclization 34 -------> 3532, in spite of the fact that... 

The cycloaddition of allenyl cations with 1,3-dienes results in a number of intermediate cations from which different products result. The allenyl cations 38 are generated first by the reaction of propargyl chlorides with zinc chloride and are then allowed to react with cyclopentadiene or other 1,3-dienes. The products of cycloaddition depend on the substituents on the allenyl cations32,35. The products formed with cyclopentadiene are given in equation 14. 

Allenyl cations. In the presence of a zinc chloride-ether complex allenyl cations (a) can be generated from a propargyl halide such as (1). The cation can undergo either [3 + 2]- or [2 + 2]cycloaddition with an alkene. When the R group is aryl, [2 + 2]cycloaddition is the major pathway (2) when R is CHj or C,H3, [3 + 2]-cycloaddition becomes the major reaction (3) (equation 1).1... 

The reactions with tertiary amines or phosphines that have no active hydrogen atoms result in platinacyclobutene cations, a rare species for late transition metal (Scheme 39). Substituted carbanions are added to the jj -aUenyl/propargyl platinum complex to yield the neutral substituted- ) -TMM derivatives that undergo huther [3 + 2] cycloaddition with good tt-acids as TCNE or maleic anhydride to produce highly substituted cyclopentanoids (Schemes 40, 41). 

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