Styrene derivatives synthesis

SCHEME 40.7. Carboamination reaction with styrene derivatives synthesis of pyrrolidine. 

Applying these methodologies monomers such as isobutylene, vinyl ethers, styrene and styrenic derivatives, oxazolines, N-vinyl carbazole, etc. can be efficiently polymerized leading to well-defined structures. Compared to anionic polymerization cationic polymerization requires less demanding experimental conditions and can be applied at room temperature or higher in many cases, and a wide variety of monomers with pendant functional groups can be used. Despite the recent developments in cationic polymerization the method cannot be used with the same success for the synthesis of well-defined complex copolymeric architectures. 

This protocol could be extended to a range of different ,/i-unsaturated carbonyl compounds and either activated or deactivated aryl iodides [22], An application of related Heck chemistry to the synthesis of methylated resveratrol (3,4, 5-trihydroxy-( )-stilbene) is shown in Scheme 6.4 [23]. The phytoalexin resveratrol exhibits a variety of interesting biological and therapeutic properties, among them activity against several human cancer cell lines. Botella and Najera have shown that the trimethyl ether of resveratrol (Scheme 6.4) can be rapidly prepared by microwave-assisted Heck reaction of the appropriate aryl iodide and styrene derivatives, using the same oxime-derived palladacycle as indicated in Scheme 6.3. 

The asymmetric hydrosilylation that has been most extensively studied so far is the palladium-catalyzed hydrosilylation of styrene derivatives with trichlorosilane. This is mainly due to the easy manipulation of this reaction, which usually proceeds with perfect regioselectivity in giving benzylic silanes, 1-aryl-1-silylethanes. This regioselectivity is ascribed to the formation of stable 7t-benzylpalladium intermediates (Scheme 3).1,S Sa It is known that bisphosphine-palladium complexes are catalytically much less active than monophosphine-palladium complexes, and, hence, asymmetric synthesis has been attempted by use of chiral monodentate phosphine ligands. In the first report published in 1972, menthyldiphenylphosphine 4a and neomenthyldiphenylphosphine 4b have been used for the palladium-catalyzed reaction of styrene 1 with trichlorosilane. The reactions gave l-(trichlorosilyl)-l-phenylethane 2 with 34% and 22% ee, respectively (entries 1 and 2 in Table l).22 23... 

Ethylene and styrene derivatives react with various propargylic silyl ethers in the presence of zirconocene(II) to afford allenic products in high yield (Scheme 5.7). For example, substrate 67 was transformed into the trisubstituted allene hydrocarbon 68 in 93% yield under the reaction conditions [20]. In the synthesis of various tetraalkylated allenes, in which several of the alkyl substituents also contained triple bonds, allowing these substrates to be cydized intramolecularly into aromatic com-... 

The present procedure is applicable only to bromomalononitrile various a-halogen active methylene derivatives, (e.g., diethyl chloromalonate, methyl bromoacetoacetate) led predominantly to the formation of ring-contracted styrene derivatives. On the other hand, substituted cycloheptatrienylium salts with bromomalononitrile gave the desired dicyanoheptafulvene derivatives in excellent yields. One notable example is the synthesis of 5- and 7-(dicyanomethylene)-2,3-dihydrocyclohepta-1,4-dithiins.6... 

Postsulfonation of polymers to form PEMs can lead to undesirable side reactions and may be hard to control on a repeatable basis. Synthesis of sulfonated macromolecules for use in PEMs by the direct reaction of sulfonated comonomers has gained attention as a rigorous method of controlling the chemical structure, acid content, and even molecular weight of these materials. While more challenging synthetically than postsulfonation, the control of the chemical nature of the polymer afforded by direct copolymerization of sulfonated monomers and the repeatability of the reactions allows researchers to gain a more systematic understanding of these materials properties. Sulfonated poly(arylene ether)s, sulfonated poly-(imide)s, and sulfonated poly(styrene) derivatives have been the most prevalent of the directly copolymerized materials. 

As part of an extensive study of the 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions of cyclic nitrones, Ali et al. (392-397) found that the reaction of the 1,4-oxazine 349 with various dipolarophiles afforded the expected isoxazolidinyloxazine adducts (Scheme 1.78) (398). In line with earlier results (399,400), oxidation of styrene-derived adduct 350 with m-CPBA facilitated N—O cleavage and further oxidation as above to afford a mixture of three compounds, an inseparable mixture of ketonitrone 351 and bicyclic hydroxylamine 352, along with aldonitrone 353 with a solvent-dependent ratio (401). These workers have prepared the analogous nitrones based on the 1,3-oxazine ring by oxidative cleavage of isoxazolidines to afford the hydroxylamine followed by a second oxidation with benzoquinone or Hg(ll) oxide (402-404). These dipoles, along with a more recently reported pyrazine nitrone (405), were aU used in successful cycloaddition reactions with alkenes. Elsewhere, the synthesis and cycloaddition reactions of related pyrazine-3-one nitrone 354 (406,407) or a benzoxazine-3-one dipolarophile 355 (408) have been reported. These workers have also reported the use of isoxazoles with an exocychc alkene in the preparation of spiro[isoxazolidine-5,4 -isoxazolines] (409). 

In the original investigation of the Pd- or Ni-catalyzed alkenyl-benzyl and benzyl-alkenyl coupling reactions168, both Pd- and Ni-phosphine catalysts were shown to be effective. In some Ni-catalyzed reactions, however, double-bond migration to produce styrene derivatives was observed as a side reaction169. Nonetheless, both Pd- and Ni-catalyzed procedures have been successfully applied to the synthesis of various coenzymes Q , where n is < 10, and related menaquinones (Scheme 63)171,172. 

Synthesis of a typical cobalt chelated styrene derivative [7] is illustrated in Fig. 3. 

On the other hand, PIFA-induced oxidation of p-methoxy-substituted phenols (15) in the presence of electron-rich styrene derivatives (16) resulted in new carbon-carbon bond formation via an intermolecular 1,3-cycloaddition to afford frazzs-dihydrobenzofurans (17) stereoselectively [35,36] [Eq. (4)]. A formal synthesis of neolignans such as kadsurenone (18) and denudatin B (19) was achieved by this methodology. 

The coupling of Grignard reagents with alkyl, vinyl or aryl halides under Ni-catalysis provides an economic transformation, but the reaction is limited to halide partners that do not react with organomagnesium compounds. One example is in the industrial-scale production of styrene derivatives, and the Kumada Coupling is the method of choice for the low-cost synthesis of unsymmetrical biaryls. 

Yamashita, T., Yasuda, M., Isami, T., Nakano, S., Tanabe, K., and Shima, K. (1993) Synthesis of phenethylamine moiety by photoamination of styrene derivatives with ammonia. Tetrahedron Letters, 34, 5131-5134. 

Some p-substituted styrene derivatives were employed in the reaction to establish the generality of the present asymmetric synthesis. The pronounced effect of pyridine IV-oxide was also observed in the aziridination of mms-P-methylstyrene. While this compound was not aziridinated below room temperature in the absence of pyridine IV-oxide, the addition of the N-oxide to the reaction system resulted in both high yield and enantioselectivity of the aziridinated product, even at 0 °C (Table 6.3). 

Additionally, arylglycinol 62 was transformed to the corresponding cyclohex-ylglycine 63 (Scheme 11) [79]. Furthermore, arylglycinols obtained by the AA of styrene derivatives were applied in the synthesis of chiral bis(oxazoline) 64 [80] and oxazolidin-2-ones such as 65 (Scheme 11) [81 ]. Oxazolidin-2-ones were also provided by a practical one-pot synthesis utilizing a modified AA procedure with urethane as nitrogen source [33]. 

With the purpose of increasing the range of available block copolymers, comonomers other than methacrylates and acrylates can also be involved in sequential polymerization, provided that they are susceptible to anionic polymerization. Dienes, styrene derivatives, vinylpyridines , oxiranes and cyclosiloxanes are examples of such comonomers. The order of the sequential addition is, however, of critical importance for the synthesis to be successful. Indeed, the pX a of the conjugated acid of the living chain-end of the first block must be at least equal to or even larger than that of the second monomer. Translated to a nucleophilicity scale, this pK effect results in the following order of reactivity dienes styrenes > vinylpyridines > methacrylates and acrylates > oxiranes > siloxanes. 

The total synthesis of the potent anticancer macrocyclic natural product lasiodiplodin was achieved in the laboratory of A. Furstner. The key macrocyclization step was carried out by the alkene metathesis of a styrene derivative, which was prepared in excellent yield via an intermolecular Heck reaction between an aryl triflate and high-pressure ethylene gas. 

The procedure represents one of the most convenient methods for the synthesis of optically active alkylboronates. However, the procedure can be of limited use for the hydroboration of styrene derivatives. The optically active organoborates are also obtained by hydroboration of internal alkenes with diisopinocampheylborane, followed by dealkylation of two diisopinocampheyl groups with acetaldehyde [58]. 

Substituted alkenes as well as terminal olefins and styrene derivatives are epoxidized in high yield and enantiomeric excess under homogeneous reaction conditions. Very recently, the first chiral salen complexes which are selectively soluble in perfluorinated solvents have been synthesized and their application in asymmetric synthesis has been investigated [39,40]. 

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