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Figure Bl.2.11. Biologically active centre in myoglobin or one of the subunits of haemoglobin. The bound CO molecule as well as the proximal and distal histidines are shown m addition to the protohaeme unit. From Rousseau D L and Friedman J M 1988 Biological Applications of Raman Spectroscopy vol 3, ed T G Spiro (New York Wiley). Reprinted by pennission of John Wiley and Sons Inc.

The synthesis of spiro compounds from ketones and methoxyethynyl propenyl ketone exemplifies some regioselectivities of the Michael addition. The electrophilic triple bond is attacked first, next comes the 1-propenyl group. The conjugated keto group is usually least reactive. The ethynyl starting material has been obtained from the addition of the methoxyethynyl anion to the carbonyl group of crotonaldehyde (G. Stork, 1962 B, 1964A). 

A interesting and useful reaetion is the intramolecular polycyclization reaction of polyalkenes by tandem or domino insertions of alkenes to give polycyclic compounds[l 38]. In the tandem cyclization. an intermediate in many cases is a neopentylpalladium formed by the insertion of 1,1-disubstituted alkenes, which has no possibility of /3-elimination. The key step in the total synthesis of scopadulcic acid is the Pd-catalyzed construction of the tricyclic system 202 containing the bicyclo[3.2. Ijoctane substructure. The single tricyclic product 202 was obtained in 82% yield from 201 [20,164). The benzyl chloride 203 undergoes oxidative addition and alkene insertion. Formation of the spiro compound 204 by the intramolecular double insertion of alkenes is an exam-ple[165]. 

The decarboxylation of allyl /3-keto carboxylates generates 7r-allylpalladium enolates. Aldol condensation and Michael addition are typical reactions for metal enolates. Actually Pd enolates undergo intramolecular aldol condensation and Michael addition. When an aldehyde group is present in the allyl fi-keto ester 738, intramolecular aldol condensation takes place yielding the cyclic aldol 739 as a main product[463]. At the same time, the diketone 740 is formed as a minor product by /3-eIimination. This is Pd-catalyzed aldol condensation under neutral conditions. The reaction proceeds even in the presence of water, showing that the Pd enolate is not decomposed with water. The spiro-aldol 742 is obtained from 741. Allyl acetates with other EWGs such as allyl malonate, cyanoacetate 743, and sulfonylacetate undergo similar aldol-type cycliza-tions[464]. 

Oxindoles can be prepared from Af,p-acylphenylhydrazines by a reaction which is analogous to the Fischer cyclization. This is known as the Brunner reaction. The reaction is typically conducted under strongly basic conditions. For example, heating Af-phenylcyclopentanecarbonylhydrazide with CaO gives a 70% yield of spiro-cyclopentane oxindole[l]. 

Oxaziridines unsubstituted at nitrogen as well as some iV-acylated oxaziridines offer synthetic potentialities due to their ability to transfer their nitrogen function to nucleophiles (Section 5.08.3.1.4). The simplicity of preparation of some aziridines from alkenes and the Spiro oxaziridine (S2) equals the simplicity of epoxidation. Aziridine (299), for example, is obtained by simple heating of indene with (52) in toluene (74KGS1629). 

Cyclohexanedione monoethylene acetal (l,4-dioxa-spiro[4.5]decan-8-one) [4746-97-8] M 156.2, m 70-73", 73.5-74.5". Recrystd from pet ether and sublimes slowly on attempted distillation. Also purified by dissolving in Et20 and adding pet ether (b 60-80°) until turbid and cool. [Gardner et al. J Am Chem Soc 22 1206 I957 Britten and Lockwood J Chem Soc Perkin Trans I 1824 1974.]... 

Crystd from benzene, CCI4, CH2CI2, EtOH, pet ether, acetone/pet ether and distd deionized water. Dried at 40° under vacuum over P2O5. Distd at low pressure. Also purified by sublimation or by zone melting. [Caswell and Spiro J Am Chem Soc 108 6470 1986.] N-imidazole was crystd from benzene [Scholes et al. J Am Chem Soc 108 1660 1986]. 

The spiro peroxide A, which is readily prepared from cyclohexanone and hydrogen peroxide, decomposes thermally to give substantial amounts of cyclodecane (B) and... 

Spiro-pyrazoline derivatives (18) are obtained smoothly from 16-methy-lene-17-ketones (17). ° The sole products formed from (18) by pyrolysis or cleavage in the presence of boron trifluoride etherate, are the 16-spiro-cyclopropyl steroids (19). ... 

The acetoxy dienone (218) gives phenol (220). Here, an alternative primary photoreaction competes effectively with the dienone 1,5-bonding expulsion of the lOjS-acetoxy substituent and hydrogen uptake from the solvent (dioxane). In the case of the hydroxy analog (219) the two paths are balanced and products from both processes, phenol (220) and diketone (222), are isolated. In the formation of the spiro compound (222) rupture of the 1,10-bond in the dipolar intermediate (221) predominates over the normal electron transmission in aprotic solvents from the enolate moiety via the three-membered ring to the electron-deficient carbon. While in protic solvents and in 10-methyl compounds this process is inhibited by the protonation of the enolate system in the dipolar intermediate [cf. (202), (203)], proton elimination from the tertiary hydroxy group in (221) could reverse the efficiencies of the two oxygens as electron sources. 

A-Homo-5a-cholestan-4-one (3b). A solution of sodium nitrite (2 g) in water (100 ml) is added over 1 hr to a stirred solution of 3-(5 -spiro-2, 2 -dimethyloxazolidinyl)-5a-cholestane (7 4.58 g) in aqueous 10% acetic acid (800 ml), maintained at 0-5° for 3 hr and the mixture is then allowed to stand overnight. The reaction mixture is neutralized with 10% sodium hydroxide solution and the resulting white suspension is extracted with ether. The ether extracts are washed with water, dried and concentrated to give a semisolid residue which is converted to the semicarbazone by warming in methanol solution (ca. 65 ml/g) with an excess of methanolic semicarbazide-acetate solution. The precipitate of semicarbazone is recrystallized from ethanol to give a white powder mp 239-241°. A solution of hydrochloric acid (50 ml) in ethanol (450 ml) is added to the semicarbazone and the mixture is heated at reflux for 1 hr. The clear solution is diluted with water (250 ml) and the... 

Isolated carbonyls always give epoxides from the Corey-Chaykovsky reaction. Take the aldehyde substrate as an example. Spiro epoxide 30 was produced from the reaction of trisnorsqualene aldehyde 28 (R20 represents the polyene side-chain with 20 carbons) with substituted sulfur ylide 29, prepared in situ from cyclopropyldiphenylsulfonium tetrafluoroborate and KOH. " For the epoxidation of ketones, the Corey-Chaykovsky reaction works well for diaryl- (31), arylalkyl- (32), ... 

The Spiro compound 164 has been claimed as a product from the dimerization of the 2-substituted indole 165 after treatment with hydrogen bromide in acetic acid (69GEP1901637). A recent reinvestigation of this reaction, however, indicates that the cycloheptadundole 166 is in fact produced (98MI1), which is not unexpected, as similar dimerizations have previously been observed (89T5549). 

Treatment of 460 with triethylamine in DMSO gave 15% of 461. This compound was also obtained from spiro complex 462 formed from 460 by the action of potassium rerr-butoxide (Scheme 73) (74ZOR826, 78ZOR105). 

In a departure from the prototype molecule, the benzylpiperi-done is first converted to the corresponding aminonitrile (a derivative closely akin to a cyanohydrin) by treatment with aniline hydrochloride and potassium cyanide (126). Acid hydrolysis of the nitrile affords the corresponding amide (127). Treatment with formamide followed by reduction affords the spiro oxazinone... 

Inter [4+2]/intra [3+2] This typeof tandem reaction nsmg nitroalkenes hasbeen expbred most extensively Four subfamilies of tandem cycloaddiQon exist, which anse from the font different pomts of attachment of the dipolarophihc tether They are defined as fused, spiro, and bridged modes, as depicted m Scheme 8 37... 

A mixture of 7.3 parts l-chloro-4,4-di-(4-fluorophenyl)-butane, 5.1 parts l-phenyl-4-oxo-l,3,8-triaza-spiro(4,5)-decane, 4 parts sodium carbonate, a few crystals of potassium iodide in 200 parts 4-methyl-2-pentanone is stirred and refluxed for 60 hours. After cooling the reaction mixture is treated with water. The organic layer is separated, dried, filtered and evaporated. The solid residue is recrystallized from 80 parts 4-methyl-2-pentanone, yielding l-phenyl-4-oxo-8-[4,4-di-(4-fluorophenyl)-] butyl-1,3,8-triaza-spiro(4,5)decane, melting point 187.5° to 190°C. 

The general features of the monensin synthesis conducted by Kishi et al. are outlined, in retrosynthetic format, in Scheme 1. It was decided to delay the construction of monensin s spiroketal substructure, the l,6-dioxaspiro[4.5]decane framework, to a very late stage in the synthesis (see Scheme 1). It seemed reasonable to expect that exposure of the keto triol resulting from the hydrogen-olysis of the C-5 benzyl ether in 2 to an acidic medium could, under equilibrating conditions, result in the formation of the spiroketal in 1. This proposition was based on the reasonable assumption that the configuration of the spiroketal carbon (C-9) in monensin corresponds to the thermodynamically most stable form, as is the case for most spiroketal-containing natural products.19 Spiro-ketals found in nature usually adopt conformations in which steric effects are minimized and anomeric effects are maximized. 

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