Regioselectivity nitrile imine cycloadditions

Some new spirothiadiazolepyrazolo[l, 4-e/][1,5] benzodiazepines have been reported by Rakilo et al. They are prepared by a regioselective 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of a nitrile imine with pyrazolo[l,5,4-e/][ 1,5]benzodiazepine-thione <00H(53)571>. 

Dihydrodiazepines have been shown to undergo regioselective cycloaddition reactions with nitrile oxides or nitrile imines (88MI1 89JHC1619). 

The reaction of the acid chloride phenylhydrazone (11) with base gives the nitrile-imine 1,3-dipolar compound (12) which reacts with potassium thiocyanate to give the A2-thiadiazo-line (13 Scheme 1). Thus the cycloaddition occurs at the C=S and not the C=N bond. This regioselectivity can be explained in terms of the frontier orbital treatment. Due to the electron rich nature of the thiocyanate anion, its reaction with (12) is expected to be controlled by the LUMO and HOMO of (12) and the thiocyanate respectively. As the HOMO of the thiocyanate anion has the larger orbital coefficient on the sulfur atom, it can be concluded that the larger orbital coefficient in the LUMO of (12) is on the carbon atom. This is also in agreement with other dipolar cycloadditions (82H( 19)57). 

Sydnones can be regarded as cyclic azomethine imines and as such they undergo thermal cycloaddition reactions with a range of dipolarophiles. Thus, reaction with phenyl isocyanate converts 401 into 1,2,4-triazole 402. On photolysis, 3,4-diarylsydnones lose carbon dioxide and give nitrile imines, which can also be intercepted by dipolarophiles. Thermal reactions with acetylenic dipolarophiles lead to the formation of pyrazoles (Scheme 88) however, these reactions are rarely completely regioselective with unsymmetrical alkynes, e.g., <2000BKC761, 2000TL1687>. 

Finally, a facile and regioselective synthesis of rimonabant was accomplished through an enamine-directed 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition." In the presence of triethylamine, hydrazonoyl iodide was converted into the nitrile imine in situ. The subsequent 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition with the morpholine enamine provided the 1,5-diarylpyrazole, which was transformed into rimonabant. 

Traceless cleavage of products from the resin can be achieved through an elimination reaction. Aromatization of the product can be the driving force for the elimination. Piperazine resin-bound enamine reacted regioselectively in a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition with nitrile imines generated in situ (Scheme 11.16). Elimination of the piperazine linker with highly diluted trifluoroacetic acid gave diverse 1,4-diarylpyrazoles in a traceless manner. 

The regioselectivity and reactivity of the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions of nitril-imines with acrylonitrile and methyl acrylate have been investigated. The 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions of nitrilimines with isatin imines yielded spiro[indolin-3,3 -1,2,4-triazol] derivatives under classical and microwave conditions/ An extensive study of the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions of nitrilimines with a,/ -unsaturated lactones, thiolactones, and lactams has been presented. In all cases, regioisomeric mixtures were obtained with the 5-substituted pyrazole as the major cycloadduct. me5 o-Tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)porphyrin (51) reacts with iminonitriles (52) yielding pyrazolin-fused chlorines (53) via a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction (Scheme 17). ... 

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