Synthesis bicyclic systems

One of the widely used cinnoline syntheses is the transformation of diazotized o-aminoarylethylenes into this bicyclic system (Widman-Stoermer synthesis) (Scheme 69). 

Methylpyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-2,4(l//,3/7)-dione has also been prepared by this method, which has also been used for the synthesis of other bicyclic systems. ... 

Methods for synthesis of saturated seven-member 0-heterocycles and bicyclic systems with 0-bridge 98ACR603. 

The intramolecular Sakurai reaction allows for the synthesis of functionalized bicyclic systems. By proper choice of the reaction conditions, especially of the Lewis acid or fluoride reagent used, high stereoselectivity can be achieved, which is an important aspect for its applicability in natural products synthesis. 

This reaction can also be used for the synthesis of substituted 1-benzoxepins with one modification instead of the 4/T-benzopyran the 2/7-isomer must be used. 2-[Diazo(phosphoryl)meth-yl]-2//-benzopyrans decompose in the presence of ))3-allylpalladium chloride dimer with elimination of nitrogen to give 1-benzoxepins 2.192 In some cases, the reaction takes a different course and gives 2-methylene-2//-benzopyrans 3.192 In this respect, the bicyclic system behaves differently to the monocyclic diazo(pyranyl)methane. The 2-isomers of the latter structure could not be isolated and gave l//-l,2-diazepines.190 The 4//-benzopyrans do not form benzoxepins but undergo an intramolecular [2+1] cycloaddition to 3,4-dihydro-2,3,4-metheno-2//-ben-... 

There are very few reports concerning the use of heterocycles containing three heteroatoms for the synthesis of the target bicyclic systems. 

Izquierdo et al. reported the enantioselective synthesis of 5-O-methylthioswainsonine 53 from a derivative a d-glucose as a single stereoisomer. Intramolecular alkylation of the tosylate precursor 52 created the bicyclic system in the final step of the synthesis as outlined in Equation (17) <1996TA2567>. 

A wide range of ring sizes have been synthesized, from the very small [1.1.0] fused ring systems to the macro-bicyclic systems. The reactivity and synthesis of the fused ring systems is reviewed first followed by the nonfused compounds. As the synthetic methods used to produce the various examples in this class of compounds were well reviewed in CHEC-II(1996), the synthetic methods section, Section 12.12.8, will outline selected types of compound within this group that have received more attention over the review period. 

CHEC-II(1996) comprehensively outlines the most commonly used synthetic approaches applied to these types of bicyclic compounds of phosphorus, arsenic, antimony, and bismuth <1996CHEC-II(8)863>. The six classes of compounds listed in this section have received considerable attention over the review period and as such the principal synthetic methods for these compounds are discussed. Schoth et al. <2000CCR101> have reviewed the use of fluorinated 1,3-diketones, 2-trifluoroacetylphenols, and their derivatives in the synthesis of phosphorus compounds. Included in this review is the use of these reagents for the synthesis of various [3.3.1] nonfused and [3.3.0] fused phosphorus bridgehead bicyclic systems. 

With a synthesis of 58 completed, the key intramolecular diketone aldol cyclization was investigated. Precedent for this type of 1,8-dicarbonyl aldol reaction is rare, although an aldol reaction has been proposed in the biosynthetic pathway to the hypocrellins. The only reported examples of such diketone aldol cyclizations involve multicyclic or bridged bicyclic systems, and of these no examples exist for 1,8-diketones forming 7-membered rings. MM2 calculations indicated that a... 

Recent studies have demonstrated the synthetic potential of 5-aminoim-idazoles (96) as intermediates for heterocyclic synthesis, particularly for the synthesis of bicyclic systems, including imidazo[4,5-6]pyridines... 

Schreiber and his coworkers have published extensively over the past decade on the use of this photocycloaddition for the synthesis of complex molecules730 81. Schreiber was the first to recognize that the bicyclic adducts formed in these reactions could be unmasked under acidic conditions to afford threo aldol products of 1,4-dicarbonyl compounds (175 to 176) (Scheme 40). The c -bicyclic system also offers excellent stereocontrol in the addition of various electrophilic reagents (E—X) to the enol ether of these photoadducts on its convex face (175 to 177). This strategy has been exploited in the synthesis of a variety of architecturally novel natural products. 

Our approach to the synthesis of model compounds, suited for the generation of carbenes, which are bound to the bridgehead of a strained bicyclic system, used the facile synthesis of [n.l.ljpropellanes, which we developed some years ago. Starting from substituted allyl chlorides 35, dibromocarbene addi-... 

Feringa and co-workers described the tandem addition-aldol cyclization protocol leading to the formation of 6,6-, 6,7-, and 6,8-annulated bicyclic systems (Scheme 68).39 Using Cu(n)-29 as catalyst and functionalized organozinc reagents as nucleophiles, the conjugate addition reaction followed by aldol cyclization can offer highly enantioselec-tive annulation products (up to 98% ee). This method can be used in the synthesis of carbocyclic compounds, such as steroids, terpenes, and other natural products. 

In contrast to the previous section, the desired bicyclic systems were prepared by modification of ring-containing precursors using very similar methods of synthesis. Various examples are depicted in this section. 

The number of methods available for the synthesis of bicyclic systems containing two fused five-membered rings with one bridgehead nitrogen can be summarized in a few general reactions dehydrative ring closure, oxidative Schiff base cyclization, and base-induced closure (Scheme 3). One-pot reactions involving precursor synthesis followed by cyclization are also known. 

The synthesis of these bicyclic systems was achieved in reasonable yields (30-35% in D-Fru series and 34-43% in L-Sor series). 

Slomczynska, U., Chalmers, D.K., CORNILLE, F., Smythe, M.L., Beusen, D.D., Moeller, K.D., Marshall, G.R. Electrochemical cyclization of dipeptides to form novel bicyclic, reverse-turn peptidomimetics. 2. Synthesis and conformational analysis of 6,5-bicyclic systems./. Org. Chem. 1996, 63(4), 1198-1204. 

In connection with the enantioselective alkylation of Pro or 4-hydroxy-proline, the azabicyclo[3.3.0]octane system 81 was obtained after reaction with pivaldehyde (81HCA2704 85HCA155). In a more complex transformation A-protected L-Pro was transformed into the same bicyclic system (Scheme 49) (81JA1851 84JA4192). The product was prepared as a model substance in the total synthesis of pumiliotoxin. A related compound 82 was prepared from 5-(hydroxymethyl)-2-pyrrolidinone (prepared from L-pyroglutamic acid) by an acid-catalyzed condensation with benzaldehyde (86JOC3140). 

Stang etal. (94JA93) have developed another alkynyliodonium salt mediated approach for the synthesis of y-lactams including bicyclic systems containing the pyrrole moiety. This method is based on the formation of 2-cyclopentenones 114 via intramolecular 1,5-carbon-hydrogen insertion reactions of [/3-(p-toluenesulfonyl)alkylidene]carbenes 113 derived from Michael addition of sodium p-toluenesulfinate to /3-ketoethynyl(phenyl) iodonium triflates 112 (Scheme 32). Replacing 112 by j8-amidoethynyl (phenyl)iodonium triflates 115-119 provides various y-lactams as outlined in Eqs. (26)-(30). 

Ochiai, who reported in 1936 the first synthesis of the imidazo[2,l-h]thia-zole system (36CB1650), transformed ethyl 2-mercapto-5-methyl-imidaz-oIe-4-carboxylate with monochloroacetone into 2-(acylalkylthio)-imidazole 36. Refluxing 36 in phosphorus oxychloride yields ethyl 3,5-dimethylim-idazo[2,l-h]thiazole-6-carboxylate. No cyclization could be achieved by heating 36 in acetic anhydride because N-acylation (to 37) inhibited further reaction to the bicyclic system. 

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