Synthesis of cyclohexane derivatives

Further reactions that are highly suited to the synthesis of cyclohexane derivatives, such as cycloaddition processes, 1,3-dipolar additions, and Diels-Alder cyclizations, have been used extensively. In the latter set, carbohydrate-based dienes or dienophiles have been employed and, in addition, intramolecular processes have provided highly suitable means of synthesizing complex polycyclic systems. 

SCHEME 10.33. Synthesis of cyclohexane derivatives developed by Ruano et al. [74]. 

Cyclopentene-l-carboxaldehydes are obtained from cyclohexene precursors by the sequence cyclohexene - cyclohexane-1,2-diol -> open-chain dialdehyde - cyclopentane aldol. The main advantage of this ring contraction procedure is, that the regio-and stereoselectivity of the Diels-Alder synthesis of cyclohexene derivatives can be transferred to cyclopentane synthesis (G. Stork, 1953 G. BUchi, 1968). 

Organometallic methods, with the possible exception of those involving the stoichiometric generation of enolates and other stabilized carbanionic species 140], have seldom been used in carbohydrate chemistry for the synthesis of cyclohexane and cyclopentane derivatives. The present discussion will not cover these areas. The earliest of the examples using a catalytic transition metal appears in the work of Trost and Runge [41], who reported the Pd-catalyzed transformation of the mannose-derived intermediate 22 to the functionalized cyclopentane 23 in 98% yield (Scheme 10). Under a different set of conditions, the same substrate gives a cycloheptenone 24. Other related reactions are the catalytic versions of the Ferrier protocol for the conversion of methylene sugars to cyclohexanones (see Chap. 26) [40,42,43]. 

Diels-Alder reactions can be applied to the synthesis of cyclohexane rings by use of carbohydrate-derived dienophiles or dienes, and intramolecular processes allow the controlled elaboration of bicyclic systems. 

Cesium fluoride promoted oxirane preparation starting from bis(sulfonyl fluorides) has been reported. In general, epoxide formation predominates over furan synthesis. Investigations of cyclohexane derivatives 1 show trans elimination to form 2 this still holds true when the syn chlorine is substituted by a bromine.Epoxide 4 is a versatile, general, enan-liomerically pure building block that is best synthesized by substitution of the mesylate 3. ... 

A new, related synthesis of cyclohexanes from pyranose derivatives is illustrated in Scheme 6. ... 

The Ferrier carbocyclization reaction of an enol-acetate substrate gives an a,p-dihydroxy-cyclohexanol derivative (see Schemes 12.7 and 12.81. This transformation would be effective for the chiral synthesis of inositol derivatives. A retrosynthetic plan for the marine natural product tetrodotoxin 88 based on the enol-acetate version of Ferrier carbocyclization is shown in Scheme 12.22. Tetrodotoxin 88 was planned to be synthesized from lactone 89, the precursor of which would be highly functionalized cyclohexane 90. Cyclohexane 90 was envisioned to arise from cyclohexanone 91. For the preparation of 91, Ferrier carbocyclization of enol acetate 92 would be a suitable transformation. d-Glucose derivative 93 possessing an exo-methylene at C-3 would serve as a promising precursor of 92. 

The other methods included in this category are not specific for the formation of cyclohexane derivatives, but are general cyclization methods that happen to work particularly well for six-membered ring synthesis. 

Two other examples for the synthesis of bicyclic compounds whose skeleta bear only carbon atoms are shown in Schemes 23 and 24, each of which is instructive in its own way. Upon irradiation of cyclohexane derivative 67, one tends to expect a hydrogen abstraction from the allylic position, but bicycloj 3.3.1] heptane 69 was obtained by cyclization of the less stable biradical 68-A. The reason for this unusual reaction course is the exclusive back hydrogen transfer of the more stable biradical 68-B (Scheme 23). 

Several substituted cyclohexane derivatives may also be obtained by the reduction of a benzenoid precursor. Partial reduction of resorcinol, for example, and subsequent methyla-tion yields 2-methylcyclohexane-I,3-dione, which is frequently used in steroid synthesis (M.S. Newman, 1960 see also p. 71f.), From lithium-ammonia reduction of alkoxybenzenes l-alkoxy-l,4-cyclohexadienes are obtained (E.J. Corey, 1968 D). 

Another synthesis of pyrogaHol is hydrolysis of cyclohexane-l,2,3-trione-l,3-dioxime derived from cyclohexanone and sodium nitrite (16). The dehydrogenation of cyclohexane-1,2,3-triol over platinum-group metal catalysts has been reported (17) (see Platinum-GROUP metals). Other catalysts, such as nickel, rhenium, and silver, have also been claimed for this reaction (18). 

The fusion of a benzene ring to pyrazine results in a considerable increase in the resistance to reduction and it is usually difficult to reduce quinoxalines beyond the tetrahydroquinoxa-line state (91). Two possible dihydroquinoxalines, viz. the 1,2- (92) and the 1,4- (93), are known, and 1,4-dihydroquinoxaline appears to be appreciably more stable than 1,4-dihydropyrazine (63JOC2488). Electrochemical reduction appears to follow a course anzdogous to the reduction of pyrazine, giving the 1,4-dihydro derivative which isomerizes to the 1,2- or 3,4-dihydroquinoxaline before subsequent reduction to 1,2,3,4-tetra-hydroquinoxaline (91). Quinoxaline itself is reduced directly to (91) with LiAlH4 and direct synthesis of (91) is also possible. Tetrahydroquinoxalines in which the benzenoid ring is reduced are well known but these are usually prepared from cyclohexane derivatives (Scheme 30). 

Another example of a [2s+2sh-1c+1co] cycloaddition reaction was observed by Barluenga et al. in the sequential coupling reaction of a Fischer carbene complex, a ketone enolate and allylmagnesium bromide [120]. This reaction produces cyclopentanol derivatives in a [2S+2SH-1C] cycloaddition process when -substituted lithium enolates are used (see Sect. 3.1). However, the analogous reaction with /J-unsubstituted lithium enolates leads to the diastereoselective synthesis of 1,3,3,5-tetrasubstituted cyclohexane- 1,4-diols. The ring skeleton of these compounds combines the carbene ligand, the enolate framework, two carbons of the allyl unit and a carbonyl ligand. Overall, the process can be considered as a for-... 

The chemoenzymatic synthesis of the analgesic U-(—)-50,488 [41] and new C2-symmetric bisaminoamide ligands derived from N,N-disubstituted trans-cyclohexane, ,2-diamine [41] has been possible by a CALB-catalyzed resolution using ethyl acetate as solvent and acyl donor [42]. 

The total hydrogenation of benzene derivatives represents an important industrial catalytic transformation, in particular with the conversion of benzene into cyclohexane, a key intermediate in adipic acid synthesis, which is used in the production of Nylon-6,6 (Scheme 1). This reaction is still the most important industrial hydrogenation reaction of monocyclic arenes [1]. 

Gomez, A.M., L6pez, J.C., Fraser-Reid, B. (1994) Serial Radical Cyclization ofPyranose-Derived Dienes in the StereocontroUed Synthesis of Densely Functionalized Cyclohexanes. A Route to Woodward s Reserpine Precursor. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 59, 4048M 050. 

In considering the retrosynthetic analysis of juvabione, two factors draw special attention to the bond between C(4) and C(7). First, this bond establishes the stereochemistry of the molecule. The C(4) and C(7) carbons are stereogenic centers and their relative configuration determines the diastereomeric structure. In a stereocontrolled synthesis, it is necessary to establish the desired stereochemistry at C(4) and C(7). The C(4)-C(7) bond also connects the side chain to the cyclohexene ring. As a cyclohexane derivative is a logical candidate for one key intermediate, the C(4)-C(7) bond is a potential bond disconnection. 

The living character of the ROMP promoted by the initiator Ru(CHPh)(Cl)2 (PCy3)2 (Cy = cyclohexane) was tested with the synthesis of diblock, triblock, and tetrablock copolymers of norbornene derivatives carrying acetyl-protected glucose, [2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-glucos-l-O-yl 5-norbornene-2-carboxylate], A or maltose groups, [2,3,6,2/,3/,4/,6/-hepta-0-acetyl-maltos-1-O-yl 5-norbornene-2-carboxylate], B, shown in Scheme 41 [102]. The AB, ABA, and ABAB structures were prepared by sequential addition of monomers with narrow molecular weight distributions to quantitative conversions. 

Two types of synthesis of this skeleton are reported depending on the positions of the sulfur introduced either at the bridge or at the bridgehead the former has been studied by Stetter s research group189-191 and the latter by Klages and Schmidt192 starting from bicyclo[3.3.1]nonane derivatives and cyclohexane derivatives, respectively. 

A patent procedure for formation of compounds 19 from simple tartaric acid derivatives has appeared <06USP047129> and various new routes to chiral dioxolanones include synthesis of dioxolan-2-ones either by transition metal-mediated asymmetric synthesis <06T1864> or enzyme-mediated kinetic resolution <06H(68)1329> and a new synthesis of the chiral dioxolan-4-ones 21 from lactic or mandelic acid involving initial formation of intermediates 20 with trimethyl orthoformate in cyclohexane followed by reaction with pivalaldehyde <06S3915>. 

INAC reactions have also led to enantioselective syntheses of key intermediates in the synthesis of antibiotic l 3-Methylcarbapenem (724), to optically pure derivatives of tetrahydropyrano[2,3] cyclohexane (725a) to novel terahydro-isoxazolo-fused pyrano 2,3-/ quinolines (725b) and to a novel heterocyclic system, isoxazolo[3,4-d]thieno[2,3-b]pyridine (Scheme 2.229) (221). 

However, this multistep procedure is experimentally complex. A simpler variation described in 199127 consists of the reaction of an aldehyde and a nitro compound in the presence of triethylamine, TBAF and tert-butyl-dimethylsilyl chloride. Under these conditions, nitro sugars are obtained in good yieds and higher diastereoselectivities than those afforded by the standard conditions. This procedure was used in several synthesis of 2-nitro-2-deoxyaldoses, as for the condensation of l,l-diethoxy-2-nitroethane and l,2 3,4-di-0-isopropylidene-a-D-galacto-hexodialdo-l,5-piranose.28 More recently, it was applied to the addition of ethyl nitroacetate to the D-glucose derived aldehyde 18, to give nitro sugar derivatives 26, key precursors of polysubstituted cyclohexane a-amino acids (Scheme 10).29... 

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