Resin-bound nitroalkenes

Thepreparadonof resin-bound nitroalkenes via a micro wave-assisted Knoevenagel reacdon of resin-bound nitroacedc acid v/ith aryl and alkyl subsdnited Mdehydes is reported. The potendiil of these resin-bound nitroalkenes for apphcadon in combmatorlM chemistry is demonstratedby a Diels-Alder reacdon v/ith 2,3-dimethylbutadienefScheme 8 9) Iris Mso used for one-pot three-component tandem [4t-2 /[3t-2 reacdons v/ith ethyl vinyl ether and styrene... 

The preparation of resin-bound nitroalkenes via a microwave-assisted Knoevenagel reaction of resin-bound nitroacetic acid with aryl and alkyl substituted aldehydes is reported. The potential of these resin-bound nitroalkenes for application in combinatorial chemistry is demonstrated by a Diels-Alder reaction with 2,3-dimethylbutadiene (Scheme 8.9). It is also used for one-pot three-component tandem [4+2]/[3+2] reactions with ethyl vinyl ether and styrene 46... 

Microwave-assisted Knoevenagel reactions have also been utilized in the preparation of resin-bound nitroalkenes [56], The generation of various resin-bound nitroalkenes employing resin-bound nitroacetic acid has been described the latter was condensed with a variety of aldehydes under microwave conditions (Scheme 7.40). 

Another condensation process that has been performed by microwave heating is the Knoevenagel reaction (Scheme 12.6). Resin-bound nitroalkenes, for example,... 

Bicyclic nitroso acetals were able to be synthesised by employing ethyl vinyl ether (dienophile), styrene (dipolarophile) and the previously discussed resin-bound ni-troalkenes in a one-pot tandem [4+2]/[3+2]. As illustrated in Scheme 7.30, several aromatic and aliphatic substituents could be introduced to the bicyclic scaffold. Reductive cleavage of the cycloadducts with lithium aluminium hydride (LLAIH4) gave rise to the 3a-methyl alcohol substituted nitroso acetals in moderate overall yields. All these examples demonstrate that resin-bound nitroalkenes can be readily synthesised by microwave synthesis and thereafter can be used as starting materials, in a variety of high pressure-promoted cycloadditions. 

Since three building blocks are involved in the domino cydoaddition reactions, adaptation to the solid phase can be performed either with a resin-bound enol ether, a resin-bound nitroalkene or a resin-botmd dipolarophile (Scheme 9.26). Some applications of the latter two possibilities will be discussed in this section [27]. 

Resin-bound nitroalkenes were synthesized via a Knoevenagel condensation of resin-bound nitro acetic acid with aryl and alkyl substituted aldehyde (Scheme 9.29). In this way an extra site of diversity can be introduced into the cycloaddition products of these nitroalkenes. Furthermore, the resin-bound nitroalkenes can serve as activated alkenes in other cycloaddition reactions (Diels-Alder, 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition, [2 + 2] cycloaddition) and therefore lead to the solid phase synthesis of other interesting compoimd classes (see also Scheme 9.3, Sect. 9.2). Formation of the resin-bound nitroalkenes 73a-e was realized in one step via a microwave-assisted condensation of aldehyde 72a-e (10 equiv.) with the resin-bound nitro acetic acid 71, followed by dehydration of the intermediate y -nitroalcohol [6] (Scheme 9.29). THF was used as the solvent in order to obtain optimal diffusion of the aldehyde in the polystyrene resin. 

As shown in Table 9.3, both (hetero) aromatic and aliphatic R substituents can be introduced via the Knoevenagel condensation. In a parallel fashion, ethyl vinyl ether (10) and styrene (74) reacted with the resin-bound nitroalkenes 73a-e at a pressure of 15 kbar for 20 h (50 °C), after which the resin-bound domino adducts 75a-e were formed (Scheme 9.30). After the domino [4 + 2j/ [3 + 2] cycloadditions... 

Later, the same research group reported a similar [4h-2]/ [3+2] sequential cycloaddition of resin-bound nitroalkenes, ethyl vinyl ether, and styrene under high-pressure conditions [88]. The cycloadducts were obtained in moderate yields (29-51%) as a mixture of diastereomers. 

The condensation of nitroalkenes with enamino- ketones or enamino-esters (Grob-Camenisch reaction) has been widely used for pyrrole synthesis (Eq. 10.4).6a This process is now carried out with resin-bound enamino-ketones for combinatorial syntheses of pyrroles.6b... 

Various approaches have been used to prepare pyrroles on insoluble supports (Figure 15.1). These include the condensation of a-halo ketones or nitroalkenes with enamines (Hantzsch pyrrole synthesis) and the decarboxylative condensation of N-acyl a-amino acids with alkynes (Table 15.3). The enamines required for the Hanztsch pyrrole synthesis are obtained by treating support-bound acetoacetamides with primary aliphatic amines. Unfortunately, 3-keto amides other than acetoacetamides are not readily accessible this imposes some limitations on the range of substituents that may be incorporated into the products. Pyrroles have also been prepared by the treatment of polystyrene-bound vinylsulfones with isonitriles such as Tosmic [28] and by the reaction of resin-bound sulfonic esters of a-hydroxy ketones with enamines [29]. 

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