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Reaction of anthanilic acid 112 with acid anhydrides afforded the corresponding imide derivatives 113. Subjecting 113 to intramolecular Wittig cyclization has been achieved by treatment with A-phenyl(triphe-nylphosphoranylidene)etheneimine in toluene or dioxane whereby the corresponding pyrroloquinolines 116 were obtained (94TL9229). The intermediate 115 resulting from the rearrangement of 114 could be isolated when the reaction was done at room temperature (Scheme 22). 

The final two stages are very straightforward. Oxidative scission of the C3-C5 double bond in 6 with ozone provides triketone 5 which, without purification, is subjected to a base-induced intramolecular aldol/dehydration reaction. The crystalline product obtained from this two-step sequence (45 % overall yield) was actually an 85 15 mixture of ( )-progesterone and a diastereomeric substance, epimeric at C-17. Two recrystallizations afforded racemic progesterone [( )-(1)] in diastereomerically pure form. 

Intramolecular acylnitrene-induced ring expansions of arenes are of great interest for the synthesis of novel 1//-azepines. Benzyl azidoformates, when subjected to spray-vacuum pyrolysis (SVP),152 yield l//,3//-oxazolo[3,4-a]azepin-3-ones which dimerize spontaneously 153,154 however, 2,6-dichlorobenzyl azidoformate yields the thermally stable (< 100 C) 5,9-dichloro-1 //,3//-oxazolo[3,4-a]azepin-3-one (8).154... 

An elegant extension of these intramolecular acylnitrene-induced ring expansions has been used for the synthesis of cyclopent[h]azepines.2 2-Haloindan-l-yl azidoformates 14 (X = Cl, Br), when subjected to pyrolysis at 300 °C in a hot tube packed with calcium oxide and copper turnings, produce cyclopent[6]azepine (15), as a dark turquoise oil, in excellent yield. Lesser yields (30 and 50%, respectively) of the 4-bromo and 3-methoxy derivatives can be similarly obtained. 

The outcomes of intramolecular cyclizations of hydroxy vinylepoxides in more complicated systems can be difficult to predict. In a study of the synthesis of the JKLM ring fragment of dguatoxin, epoxide 44 was prepared and subjected to acid-mediated cydization conditions (Scheme 9.24) [114]. Somewhat surprisingly, the expected oxepane 45 was not formed, but instead a mixture of tetrahydropyran 46 and tetrahydrofuran 47 was obtained, both compounds products of attack of the C6 and C5 benzyl ether oxygens, respectively, on the allylic oxirane position (C3). Repetition of the reaction with dimsylpotassium gave a low yield of the desired 45 along with considerable amounts of tetrahydropyran 48. 

The intramolecular Michael addition of an achiral metal enolate is similarly subject to simple diastereoselection. 

Diene monomers with suitably disposed double bonds may undergo intramolecular ring-closure in competition with propagation (Scheme 4.12). The term cyclopolymcrization was coined to cover such systems. Many systems which give cyclopolymerization to the exclusion of normal propagation and crosslinking are now known. The subject is reviewed in a series of works by Butler.98 102... 

Intramolecular eyclization is subject to the same factors as intermolecular addition (see 2.3). However, stereoelectronic factors achieve greater significance because the relative positions of the radical and double bond are constrained by being part of the one molecule (see 2.3.4) and can lead to head addition being the preferred pathway for the intramolecular step. 

Intramolecular cyclization of sulfonyl radicals is almost absent from literature. The fact that free radical cyclization has been the subject of a large number of studies and applications in the last decade in organic chemistry48 and that sulfonyl radicals add quickly to multiple bonds (vide infra) makes cyclization of sulfonyl radicals a rather attractive area. Recently, Johnson and Derenne49 studied the reaction of 6-methylhept-5-en-2-ylcobaloxime(III) with sulfur dioxide and, based on the product analysis, they suggested reaction 15 to be an intermediate step. 

In the present chapter we shall be concerned with quantitative treatment of the swelling action of the solvent on the polymer molecule in infinitely dilute solution, and in particular with the factor a by which the linear dimensions of the molecule are altered as a consequence thereof. The frictional characteristics of polymer molecules in dilute solution, as manifested in solution viscosities, sedimentation velocities, and diffusion rates, depend directly on the size of the molecular domain. Hence these properties are intimately related to the molecular configuration, including the factor a. It is for this reason that treatment of intramolecular thermodynamic interaction has been reserved for the present chapter, where it may be presented in conjunction with the discussion of intrinsic viscosity and related subjects. 

The problem of the influence of intramolecular interactions on the configurations of polymer molecules has been the subject of much controversy, which need not be reviewed here. For treatment of the problem by methods other than the one presented in the following pages, the reader is referred to papers by F. Bueche, J. Chem. Phys., 21, 205 (1953), and B. H. Zimm, W. H. Stockmayer, and M. Fixman, J. Chem. Phys., 21, 1716 (1953). These papers include references to other literature on the subject. 

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