Radicals oxime synthesis

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... 

The resulting radicals R efficiently alkylate BENAs (495) at the (3-C atom to give silyl derivatives of oximes (496) in good yields. The latter readily undergo deoximation in the presence of 1 M hydrochloric acid to give the corresponding carbonyl compounds (494). Thus, a convenient procedure was developed for the synthesis of carbonyl compounds (494) from secondary AN (493) through the intermediate terminal BENA (495) (527). 

Total synthesis of (-l-)-lycoricidine, (—)-lycoricidine and (-l-)-narciclasine via 6-exo cyclization of substituted vinyl radicals with oxime ethers has been reported . Thus, interaction of oxime ether 321 with thiophenol and then with Sml2 and TFA afforded (-l-)-lycoricidine 322 in good overall yield (equation 139). 

A free radical cyclization of oxime ethers tethered to an aldehyde has been used in the synthesis of azepine derivatives . For example, oxime ether 389 is cyclized to azepine 390 by reaction with Sml2 in HMPA and f-BuOH at —78°C (equation 170) . Similar free radical cyclization of oxime ethers can be carried out also in the presence of Bu3SnH/AIBN in benzene . Oxime 0-methyl ether 391 underwent thermal cyclization in refluxing o-dichlorobenzene (ODCB) leading to the mixture of two products 392 and 393 in ratio 69 31 in overall yield of 91% (equation 171) °. Rearrangement of oxime 0-tosylates in the presence of piperidine also leads to azepine ring formation . ... 

Nitrosomethane (1) is known to be less stable than its isomer formaldoxime 2 and original attempts to isolate this species failed owing to its facile isomerization to the oxime 2. Already Bamberger and Seligman considered in 1903 that it would be difficult to isolate nitrosomethane after oxidation of methylamine due to its rapid isomerization to 2. Hence, 2 is always present in the synthesis of the nitrosomethane. Nitrosomethane is produced in the pyrolysis or photolysis of tcrf-butyl nitrite and by the reaction of methyl radicals with nitric oxide. Early results were confusing since the final product obtained is dimeric nitrosomethane. It was first isolated in 1948 by Coe and Doumani from the photolysis of gaseous ferf-butyl nitrite according to the overall reaction shown in equation 2. 

Synthesis of 1,2,3-dithiazoles is the most extensively studied. The widely used and very long-known Herz reaction of arylamines with S2CI2 to give benzo-l,2,3-dithiazolium salts (Section 4.11.8.5) has been extended to hetarylamines (Scheme 17). More importantly, a new impetus for its investigation and development was provided when benzo-l,2,3-dithiazolyl radicals were shown by Mayer and co-workers to be intermediates. The reaction in a modified form was transformed by the above authors to an effective method for synthesis of this new class of stable radicals. When applied to acyclic enaminoketones the thiosulfinylamine precursor of the free radical could be isolated (Scheme 18). It was also extended to cyclic and acyclic oximes to afford fused and monocyclic... 

Radical cyclizations are often used in ring formations and are an effective methodology in the synthesis of piperidines. The intramolecular cyclization of an oxime ether, such as 63 onto an aldehyde or ketone gives a new entry into cyclic amino alcohols <99JOC2003, 99H(51)2711>. Similarly, reaction of a terminal acetylene with BujSnH generates a vinyl radical, which will cyclize with an imine moiety to give 3-methylenepiperidine <99TL1515>. The indolizidine alkaloid ipalbidine was prepared by a sulfur-controlled 6-exo-selective radical cyclization of an a/p/ia-phenylthio amide <99H(50)31>. 

The phenylthionocarbonate procedure was also used for the cyclization of a 5-oxime-ether radical (Scheme 6) [17]. The stereochemical outcome of this reaction is almost identical with that observed for a closely related 6-methoxyhex-5-enyl radical cyclization [12,14]. A related glucosamine-derived radical cyclization has been employed for the synthesis of allosamizoline 13 [18]. Other examples in this area include the cyclization of... 

A novel synthesis of 5,6-dihydro-4//-1,2-oxazines (20) is presented via the photo-induced cyclization of y. d-unsaturated oximes (21) see Scheme 4. Irradiation of (21) in the presence of 9,10-dicyanoanthraccnc (DCA) led to the heterocycle (20) only. The proposed mechanism proceeds via the radical cation (22), generated by single-electron transfer (SET) from the oxime (21) to the excited sensitizer (DCA. Cyclization of (22) affords the oxazine (20) after proton transfer to the DCA radical anion (DCA ) and H abstraction.61... 

Pattenden and coworkers have designed and performed a cascade of radical reactions towards the synthesis of angular triquinanes72. Irradiation of the refluxed benzene solution containing a 1 1 mixture of diastereomers of bromide 7 and (TMS SiH gave the corresponding triquinane oxime 8 as a 1 1 mixture of a- and /J-methyl diastereomers in 38% yield. 

Sulfonyl oxime ethers function as efficient radical Cl acceptors [45]. The instance in Scheme 6.26, in which a bissulfonyl oxime ether is used as a radical Cl acceptor, showcases the strategic aspect of this unique method for the synthesis of... 

A 6-exo-trig cyclization of a pyran derived radical onto an oxime has been employed as the key step in the synthesis of Amaryllidace alkaloid (+)-7-deoxypancratistatin [95JA7289], Treatment of 202 under reductive cyclization conditions gave 203 as a single stereoisomer in good yield. The compatibility of the radical reaction conditions with the dense functionality present in 202 is noteworthy. 

PET cyclizations of (3,y-unsaturated oximes (27) have been established by Armesto and Horspool [38]. This 9,10-dicyanoanthracene (DCA) sensitized reaction provides an efficient route for the synthesis of dihydroisoxazole derivatives (28) in reasonable to good yields (Sch. 17). Key step in the mechanistic scenario is an electron transfer from the oxime group to DCA in its excited singlet state. The radical cationic intermediate thus generated undergoes subsequent exo-cyclization with the olefinic moiety. Further, proton and electron transfer steps complete the reaction. A major limitation of this process is the restriction to molecules incorporating two aryl groups [38a]. 

An asymmetric synthesis of aminocyclopentitols 134-137 has been used in the synthesis of trehazolin via free-radical cycloisomerization of enantiomerically pure, alkyne-tethered oxime ethers derived from D-mannose (Scheme 17).84 Treatment of 2,3 5,6-di-(9-isopropylidene-D-mannofuranose (128)85 with ethynylmagnesium bromide gave compound 129, which underwent sequential one-pot acid hydrolysis plus diol cleavage to give 130, oximation of which afforded the radical precursor 131, in 41% overall yield from 129. The free hydroxyl group of 131 was protected as acetate 132 and tert-butyldimethylsilyl ether 133, which were isolated as inseparable... 

J. Marco-Contelles, C. Destabel, P. Gallego, J. L. Chiara, and M. Bemabe, A new synthetic approach to the carbocyclic core of cyclopentane-type glycosidase inhibitors Asymmetric synthesis of amino-cyclopentitols via free radical cycloisomerization of enantiomerically pure alkyne-tethered oxime ethers derived from carbohydrates, J. Org. Chem., 61 (1996) 1354-1362. 

Recently, radical species have attracted much attention as useful intermediates for carbon-carbon bond formations. By contrast, in organic synthesis, radicals centered on heteroatoms have not been widely utilized for construction of molecular skeletons with carbon-heteroatom bond formation. In this section we will discuss the generation of alkylideneaminyl radicals, conventionally called iminyl radicals from oxime derivatives by electron transfer reactions. AU -lideneaminyl radicals thus created are utilized for making nitrogen-containing heterocycles. 

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. 

Attempts to extend this work to the keto-oxime substrate 54 derived from D-glucosamine with an JV-phthalimido group resulted in the formation of a completely different product (Scheme 40). In this case, cyclization was initiated by reduction of the phthalimido carbonyl group to its corresponding ketyl radical anion followed by cyclization onto the ketone, providing an a-hydroxylactam 55 which was proposed to be a potentially useful scaffold for diversity-oriented synthesis. 

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