Staudinger cyclization

C to —10°C) followed by a Dess-Martin oxidation provided the necessary azidoaldehyde. An intramolecular Staudinger cyclization followed by reduction of the resultant amine provided azepine 364. Treatment of 364 with iodine induced an interesting double cyclization. Initial iodination of the double bond is followed by aziridinium ion formation 365. An intramolecular and stereospecific ring opening by the carboxylate provides the target (—)-stemospironine. 

To our surprise also unactivated azido-l,2-diols like 83-85 (Fig. 32) undergo Staudinger cyclizations in low yields. Better results were obtained from the cy-... 

The 3-[2-(acylamino)phenyl]-2-azidoprop-2-enoates 1 undergo a Staudinger reaction on treatment with triphenylphosphane at 20 C to give the stable imino-/.5-phosphanes 2 in nearly quantitative yields. The latter cyclize to 3/7-1,3-benzodiazepines 3 (40-50%) when heated in refluxing xylene for 15 hours. No further details were reported.19... 

A similar microwave-assisted cyclization in the presence of ammonium acetate of an a-ketoamide, obtained by acylation of an a-aminoketone, was recently described for the synthesis of the antifungal agent Nortopsedin D [46]. The problem of the instabiUty of the a-amino ketones was successfully resolved by in situ acylation of the amine derived from Staudinger reaction of the azide 50 with a phosphine (Scheme 16). This ketoamide was... 

The Staudinger reaction [92], a [2 + 2]-cycloaddition of a ketene and a nucleophilic imine, usually proceeds by an initial imine attack on the ketene thus forming a zwitterionic enolate which subsequently cyclizes. This reaction is an expedient route to p-lactams, the core of numerous antibiotics (e.g., penicillins) and other biologically active molecules [93]. In contrast, for Lewis-base catalyzed asymmetric reactions, nonnucleophilic imines are required (to suppress a noncatalyzed background reaction), bearing, for example, an N-Ts [94] or -Boc-substituent [95]. 

These building blocks can be obtained either by the Miller cyclization of (5-hydroxy-ct-amino acids or by the Staudinger reaction7 ([2+2] ketene-imine cycloaddition). The procedure reported here follows the second route and has the advantages of being diastereospecific and to proceed in high yield. For a large scale preparation, the harmful and toxic N-methylhydrazine can be replaced by N,N-dlmethyl-1,3-propanediamine. Further transformations of the key intermediate have been reported elsewhere.7 9... 

With the aid of a Knoevenagel condensation and a Staudinger reaction, 2-azidocyclopent-l-ene 1-carbaldehydes (195) can be converted into suitable products for a cyclopenta[b]pyridine synthesis [89JCS(P1)1369], as shown in Scheme 72. In order to bring the ester carbonyl function and the imino-phosphorane group into close proximity suitable for cyclization reactions, the 1,3-diene system 196 should possess the s-cis conformation. Furthermore, the exocyclic double bond should show a cis conformation. To achieve... 

The pharmacologically important tryptanthrine, a quinazoline alkaloid, is known for its antimycotic activity and is used against skin infections. This alkaloid is obtained from isatin (260) and o-azidobenzoyl chloride (261), as shown in Scheme 96. The adduct formed is cyclized via a Staudinger and an aza-Wittig reaction to afford tryptanthrine (262) (92H153). 

Diazepines represent an important class of bicyclic seven-membered heterocycles. They are the basis of several tranquilizers and are accessible from a-amino acid esters and o-azidobenzoyl chloride in the presence of triethylamine. The A/ -(o-azidobenzoyl)amino esters (333) formed in this way (Scheme 121) are cyclized by Staudinger and aza-Wittig reactions to give 2-ethoxy-l,4-benzodiazepin-5-ones (334) (92MI2). 

Saito et ai, this principle was then applied by Molina and his group to a broad range of molecules (94S1197). Thus, diazide 340 was transformed via a Staudinger reaction to bisiminophosphorane 341 with partial cyclization to l//-l,2,4-triazolo indazole (Scheme 124). Treatment with ethyl isocyanate leads to a pentacyclic 1,3,5-benzotriazepine (343) in 52% yield. With other isothiocyanates the yield can be improved to 82% (91TL2979 92T3091 94S1197). 

The Staudinger-aza-Wittig cyclization methodology for imine formation can also be applied to the synthesis of oxazolines under essentially neutral conditions.Thus, an azido ester such as 281 reacts with triphenylphosphine to give the oxazoline 283 in excellent yield. There was no evidence for cychzation at the benzoate presumably because cyclization to a five-membered ring is faster than... 

The selective reduction of the azide of pyrrole 150 via Staudinger reaction followed by hydrolysis led to the formation of 151, which underwent reductive cyclization with zinc under basic conditions to afford pyrrole[l,2,5]-benzotriazepine 29 (Scheme 33) <1996T10751>. 

Cyclization of the furanose derivative 340 was mediated by the action of sodium hydride to afford 341 (R = Ts) in 90% yield. The amine 340 had been obtained from the azide 342 and it was later found that thermolysis of this 1,3-azido alcohol under Staudinger reaction conditions (triphenylphosphine in f-xylene) gave the azetidine 341 (R = H) directly in 99% yield <2003TL5267>. 

Isocyanates have provided one carbon atom in transformations of the general type (296) - (290). Thus, azide (343) reacts with triphenylphosphine in a Staudinger reaction giving phosphorane (344) which is then treated with isocyanates (RNCO R = benzyl or aryl) giving naphthyridines (346) (50-59% yield) via the carbodiimide (345). The cyclization (345)->(346) occurred in toluene at 160°C (92T4601). Azide (347) undergoes a similar sequence of reactions yielding a 1 1 mixture of isomeric naphthyridines (348) and (349) (44—47% yield). 

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