Quinones 2 + 2 cyclizations

The palladium(II)-mediated ort/zo-quinone cyclization is also applied to the synthesis of racemic carquinostatin A ( )-55a (Scheme 39). Ether cleavage of... 

The ort/zo-quinone cyclization to the carbazole-3,4-quinones carbazoquinocin C 51 and ( )-carquinostatin A ( )-55a is more convergent than the previous approaches to these natural products, which required transformation to the ort/zo-quinone and/or introduction of substituents (prenyl or heptyl) following the carbazole ring formation (cf. Schemes 20,21, and 37). 

Reactions of acetylene and iron carbonyls can yield benzene derivatives, quinones, cyclopentadienes, and a variety of heterocycHc compounds. The cyclization reaction is useful for preparing substituted benzenes. The reaction of / fZ-butylacetylene in the presence of Co2(CO)g as the catalyst yields l,2,4-tri-/ f2 butylbenzene (142). The reaction of Fe(CO) and diphenylacetylene yields no less than seven different species. A cyclobutadiene derivative [31811 -56-0] is the most important (143—145). 

Another positive-working release by cyclization, illustrated by equation 5, starts with an immobile hydroquinone dye releaser (8), where R = alkyl and X is an immobilizing group. Cyclization and dye release take place in alkaU in areas where silver haUde is not undergoing development. In areas where silver haUde is being developed, the oxidized form of the mobile developing agent oxidizes the hydroquinone to its quinone (9), which does not release the... 

At least two pathways have been proposed for the Nenitzescu reaction. The mechanism outlined below is generally accepted." Illustrated here is the indolization of the 1,4-benzoquinone (4) with ethyl 3-aminocrotonate (5). The mechanism consists of four stages (I) Michael addition of the carbon terminal of the enamine 5 to quinone 4 (II) Oxidation of the resulting hydroquinone 10 to the quinone 11 either by the starting quinone 4 or the quinonimmonium intermediate 13, which is generated at a later stage (HI) Cyclization of the quinone adduct 11, if in the cw-configuration, to the carbinolamine 12 or quinonimmonium intermediate 13 (IV) Reduction of the intermediates 12 or 13 to the 5-hydroxyindole 6 by the initial hydroquinone adduct 7 (or 8, 9,10). 

The oxazoloquinolinequinone derivative 610 was prepared from the allylphenol 605 which was transformed to the alcohol 606 and then to the aldehyde 607. Subsequent debenzylation gave 608 that was oxidized with Ce(NH4)2(N02)6 to the quinone 609 that upon cyclization with ethanolamine gave the oxazoloquinolinequinone 610 which showed... 

Hydrazinotriazine 749 was prepared by the condensation of the respective quinone with thiosemicarbazide followed by sequential cyclization, chlorination with phosphorus oxychloride, and reaction with hydrazine (88JHC1139). Cyclocondensation of 749 with formic acid or carbon disulfide gave triazolotriazines 750 (88JHC1139) (Scheme 156). 

The photolysis of arenediazonium salts has been widely used for intramolecular cyclizations in the synthesis of 1-phenylethylisoquinoline alkaloids by Kametani and Fukumoto (review 1972). An example is the photolysis of the diazonium ion 10.73, which resulted in the formation of O-benzylandrocymbine (10.74) (Kametani et al., 1971). The mechanism of this cyclization is obviously quite complex, since the carbon (as cation or radical ) to which the diazonio group is attached in 10.73 does not react with the aromatic CH group, but with the tertiary carbon (dot in 10.73), forming a quinone-like ring (10.74). In our opinion the methyl cation released is likely to react with the counter-ion X- or the solvent. 

Many anodic oxidations involve an ECE pathway. For example, the neurotransmitter epinephrine can be oxidized to its quinone, which proceeds via cyclization to leukoadrenochrome. The latter can rapidly undergo electron transfer to form adrenochrome (5). The electrochemical oxidation of aniline is another classical example of an ECE pathway (6). The cation radical thus formed rapidly undergoes a dimerization reaction to yield an easily oxidized p-aminodiphenylamine product. Another example (of industrial relevance) is the reductive coupling of activated olefins to yield a radical anion, which reacts with the parent olefin to give a reducible dimer (7). If the chemical step is very fast (in comparison to the electron-transfer process), the system will behave as an EE mechanism (of two successive charge-transfer steps). Table 2-1 summarizes common electrochemical mechanisms involving coupled chemical reactions. Powerful cyclic voltammetric computational simulators, exploring the behavior of virtually any user-specific mechanism, have... 

Photochemical 2 + 2 cycloadditions can also take place intramolecularly if a molecule has two double bonds that are properly oriented. " The cyclization of the quinone dimer shown above is one example. Other examples are... 

The other common synthetic procedure for Bfx and Fx preparation is the oxidative cyclization of 1,2-dioximes. 1,2-Dioximes are excellent starting materials for the syntheses of the 1,2,5-oxadiazole N-oxide system in presence of oxidizing conditions to promote the cyclization. Its utiUty is restricted for Bfxs syntheses because the restriction of o-quinone dioximes availability, contrarily a-glyoximes, which are useful to prepare Fx, are more easily to prepare. In Table 1, products, conditions, and comments for the most recent Fx synthesis using 1,2-dioximes are shown. 

A third reaction pathway for quinone methides generated following ESIPT to aromatic carbon (in addition to H-D exchange and cyclization) was observed following the examination of the photochemistry of 9-(2 -hydroxyphenyl)anthracene... 

The disassembly mechanism of dendron 27 is illustrated in Fig. 5.22. Cleavage of the trigger initiates the cyclization of a dimethylurea derivative to release phenol 28. The latter can undergo 1,8-elimination followed by decarboxylation to release one reporter unit and to generate quinone methide 29. In the next step, a nucleophile (most likely a solvent molecule) presumably reacts with the highly electrophilic quinone methide to generate the phenol 30. Similarly, we hypothesize that one more 1,8-elimination and four 1,6-eliminations take place to lead to the release of all six reporters. 

The disassembly pathway of molecular probe 39 is initiated by catalytic cleavage of phenylacetic acid by PGA, elimination of azaquinone methide, decarboxylation, and cyclization to release dimethylurea derivative and phenol 40 (Fig. 5.38). The latter rapidly undergoes double quinone methide elimination to release the two reporter units and by-product 41. The output of these cascade... 

Several lupin alkaloids have been derived from the unsaturated quinalozidine 433, that was obtained in the treatment of amine 431 with ortho-quinone 432. This quinone behaves as a model of topaquinone, the cofactor of copper-containing amine oxidases. The cyclization step involved a nucleophilic attack of the piperidine nitrogen of 431 onto a side-chain aldehyde function that is unmasked by the oxidative deamination. Quinolizine 433, when treated with dehydropiperidine, gave the oxime ether 434 that, on ozonolysis followed by reduction, afforded sparteine 10, presumably via the bis(iminium) system 435 (Scheme 102) <1996JOC5581>. 

There is an irreversible enzymatic inactivation reaction, which occurs during the oxidation of the cyclizable and noncyclizable diphenols to oquinones. This inactivation process has been interpreted as being the result of a direct attack of an o-quinone on a nucleophilic residue (His) near the active enzyme center or of an attack of a copper-bound hydroxyl radical generated by the Cu(I)-peroxide complex. However, the latter hypothesis seems to be more probable, because inactivation also occurs in the presence of reducing agents that remove the o-quinones generated. 

The first total synthesis of D/E-trans annellated yohimbines, e.g., ( )-yohim-bine (74) and ( )-pseudoyohimbine (88), was published in preliminary form by van Tamelen and co-workers (218) in 1958, while full details (219) appeared only in 1969. Key building block 393, prepared from butadiene and p-quinone, was condensed with tryptamine, yielding unsaturated amide 394, which was subsequently transformed to dialdehyde derivative 396. Cyclization of the latter resulted in pseudoyohimbane 397. Final substitution of ring E was achieved via pyrolysis, oxidation, and esterification steps. As a result of the reaction sequence, ( )-pseudoyohimbine was obtained, from which ( )-yohimbine could be prepared via C-3 epimerization. 

Most of the early applications of palladium to indole chemistry involved oxidative coupling or cyclization using stoichiometric Pd(II). Akermark first reported the efficient oxidative coupling of diphenyl amines to carbazoles 37 with Pd(OAc)2 in refluxing acetic acid [45]. The reaction is applicable to several ring-substituted carbazoles (Br, Cl, OMe, Me, NO2), and 20 years later Akermark and colleagues made this reaction catalytic in the conversion of arylaminoquinones 38 to carbazole-l,4-quinones 39 [46]. This oxidative cyclization is particularly useful for the synthesis of benzocarbazole-6,11-quinones (e.g., 40). 

Intermediate quinones 307 spontaneously cyclize in refluxing ethanol to give the corresponding [ 1,2,4]triazolo[3,2-4 -benzothiazoles 308 (Equation 51) <1997IJH255>. 

Michael additions to quinones. In the presence of TrC104, enol silyl ethers undergo 1,4-addition to benzoquinone to give adducts that cyclize to benzofurans.1 A similar reaction with diimidoquinones produces indole derivatives. 

Quinacridones are not the only industrially significant products. The list may be extended to include the derivative mentioned in Section 3.2.1.4, the linear trans-quinacridone quinone. There are two other synthetic pathways besides the hydroquinone method. The older method involves cyclization of the 2,5-bis-(2 -carboxyanilino-)-l, 4-benzoquinone 63 with concentrated sulfuric acid or polyphos-phoric acid at 150 to 200°C. The starting material 63 is obtained through condensation of 1,4-benzoquinone with anthranilic acid ... 

The hydroquinone 65 is cyclized in an organic solvent at 230 to 270°C to yield 6,13-dihydroxy-quinacridone 66. Oxidation with suitable agents (such as nitrobenzene, chromic acid, nitric acid) provides the linear trans-quinacridone quinone (62) ... 

The synthetic route involves treating l-chloro-2-aminoanthraquinone with phthalic anhydride (PA), which initially affords l-chloro-2-phthalimidoanthra-quinone 95. Subsequent Ullmann reaction with copper powder in refluxing trichlorobenzene yields 2,2 -diphthalimido-l,l -dianthraquinonyl 96 through dimerization. This product is cyclized with 5% aqueous sodium hydroxide solution at 100°C, cleaving phthalic acid units, to yield 94 ... 

Corey s retrosynthetic concept (Scheme 9) is based on two key transformations a cationic cyclization and an intramolecular Diels-Alder (IMDA) reaction. Thus, cationic cychzation of diene 50 would give a precursor 49 for epf-pseudo-pteroxazole (48), which could be converted into 49 via nitration and oxazole formation. Compound 50 would be obtained by deamination of compound 51 and subsequent Wittig chain elongation. A stereocontroUed IMDA reaction of quinone imide 52 would dehver the decaline core of 51. IMDA precursor 52 should be accessible by amide couphng of diene acid 54 and aminophenol 53 followed by oxidative generation of the quinone imide 52 [28]. 

The required quinone 124 for the IMDA cyclization was obtained by sal-comine-catalyzed oxidation [38] (Scheme 19). Heating in toluene initiated a clean cycloaddition to furnish the endo adduct 126 as a single diastereomer. Of... 

Another total synthesis of elisapterosin B (27), as well as colombiasin A (36) was reported by the Rychnovsky group [39]. The underlying concept of this approach was the proposed biosynthetic pathway shown in Scheme 8. Thus, the authors decided to prepare the putative metabolite 46 in 0-methylated form 128 and subject it to Lewis acid conditions in the hope that cyclization might occur to either 27 or 36, or both. The required precursor 128 would stem from an intermolecular Diels-Alder reaction between diene 129 and quinone 130 (Scheme 20). 

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