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Inverse Diels-Alder reaction as synthetic tool in the synthesis of annelated heterocycles 95F419. 

Abstract For many years after its discovery, olefin metathesis was hardly used as a synthetic tool. This situation changed when well-defined and stable carbene complexes of molybdenum and ruthenium were discovered as efficient precatalysts in the early 1990s. In particular, the high activity and selectivity in ring-closure reactions stimulated further research in this area and led to numerous applications in organic synthesis. Today, olefin metathesis is one of the... 

An obvious drawback in RCM-based synthesis of unsaturated macrocyclic natural compounds is the lack of control over the newly formed double bond. The products formed are usually obtained as mixture of ( /Z)-isomers with the (E)-isomer dominating in most cases. The best solution for this problem might be a sequence of RCAM followed by (E)- or (Z)-selective partial reduction. Until now, alkyne metathesis has remained in the shadow of alkene-based metathesis reactions. One of the reasons maybe the lack of commercially available catalysts for this type of reaction. When alkyne metathesis as a new synthetic tool was reviewed in early 1999 [184], there existed only a single report disclosed by Fiirstner s laboratory [185] on the RCAM-based conversion of functionalized diynes to triple-bonded 12- to 28-membered macrocycles with the concomitant expulsion of 2-butyne (cf Fig. 3a). These reactions were catalyzed by Schrock s tungsten-carbyne complex G. Since then, Furstner and coworkers have achieved a series of natural product syntheses, which seem to establish RCAM followed by partial reduction to (Z)- or (E)-cycloalkenes as a useful macrocyclization alternative to RCM. As work up to early 2000, including the development of alternative alkyne metathesis catalysts, is competently covered in Fiirstner s excellent review [2a], we will concentrate here only on the most recent natural product syntheses, which were all achieved by Fiirstner s team. 

The Diels-Alder cycloaddition is the best-known organic reaction that is widely used to construct, in a regio- and stereo-controlled way, a six-membered ring with up to four stereogenic centers. With the potential of forming carbon-carbon, carbon-heteroatom and heteroatom-heteroatom bonds, the reaction is a versatile synthetic tool for constructing simple and complex molecules [1], Scheme 1.1 illustrates two examples the synthesis of a small molecule such as the tricyclic compound 1 by intermolecular Diels-Alder reaction [2] and the construction of a complex compound, like 2, which is the key intermediate in the synthesis of (-)chlorothricolide 3, by a combination of an intermolecular and an intramolecular Diels-Alder cycloaddition [3]. 

Solid-phase chemistry is an efficient synthetic tool that, compared with solution-phase chemistry, simplifies the work-up of the reaction, allows the process to be driven to completion by using excess of reagents, and can be automatized [2a]. In recent years, many studies have been devoted to developing both surface-mediated and resin-supported synthesis. Today the solid-phase approach is not limited to peptides and oligonucleotides but is also used to synthesize molecules of lower molecular weight. 

The thiazolium-catalyzed addition of an aldehyde-derived acyl anion with a Michael acceptor (Stetter reaction) is a well-known synthetic tool leading to the synthesis of highly funtionalized products. Recent developments in this area include the direct nucleophilic addition of acyl anions to nitroalkenes using silyl-protected thiazolium carbinols <06JA4932>. In the presence of a fluoride anion, carbinol 186 is not cleaved to an aldehyde... 

The hetero-Diels-Alder reaction is one of the most important methods of synthesis of heterocycles, yet as a potentially powerful synthetic tool it has found relatively little general use. Microwave irradiation has been used to improve reactions involving heterodienophiles and heterodienes of low reactivity. 

TMC ATRA reactions can also be conducted intramolecularly when alkyl halide and alkene functionalities are part of the same molecule. Intramolecular TMC ATRA or atom transfer radical cyclization (ATRC) is a very attractive synthetic tool because it enables the synthesis of functionalized ring systems that can be used as starting materials for the preparation of complex organic molecules [10,11], Furthermore, halide functionality in the resulting product can be very beneficial because it can be easily reduced, eliminated, displaced, converted to a Grignard reagent, or if desired serve as a further radical precursor. The use of copper-mediated ATRC in organic synthesis has been reviewed recently and some illustrative examples are shown in Scheme 3 [10,11,31,32,33],... 

A major cause of this problem in organic synthesis is the fact that many of the synthetic tools were developed without knowledge of how nature was performing its chemistry. We now have the heritage of many powerful chemical conversion procedures with a great variety in reaction conditions such as temperature, pressure, solvent, air and moisture sensitivity. In other words, procedures that as such are of great value but lack the possibility to be combined in a cascade mode of conversion for the multi-step syntheses frequently required for specialities. 

For such an integrated research activity, differently modified peptides and proteins that carry modifications whose structure can be changed at will through synthesis are invaluable tools. Therefore, the synthesis of the lipidated peptides is an important theme. Lipidated peptides can typically not be accessed via standardized peptide synthesis methods. However, employing the synthetic tools developed and presented here, most types of lipidated peptides can now be synthesized and obtained in pure form. Even though solution-phase approaches still play a significant role in the synthesis of lipidated peptides, the recently developed solid-phase synthesis methods delineate the preferred strategy to access the majority of the required lipidated peptides. 

Abstract. Grignard reactions are of utmost importance in organic synthesis (Lee, 2005), and finding the prime conditions under which to conduct these reactions is really crucial to their usefulness. This work looks at the effects of time, and temperature on yield in the reaction of isopropyl magnesium bromide with 4-methoxyben-zaldehyde to produce l-(4-methoxyphenyl)-2-methylpropan-l-ol. The reaction was first run for 10 min at 25, 50, 75, and 80 °C. Next it was run at 80 °C for 10, 20, and 30 min (see Methods section for more details). Highest yields (85%) were obtained at 80 °C with 10-20 min reaction times. Utilizing conditions that optimize yields will improve the economic practicality of these reactions, and increase their usefulness as a synthetic tool. 

The Neber reaction has found application as an important synthetic tool, particularly in the synthesis of heterocycles. 

The Neber rearrangement has been used as a valuable synthetic tool to introduce an a-amino group relative to a ketone and it has been used as a key step in the synthesis of a large array of heterocycles, including imidazoles, oxazoles, isoquinolines and pyrazines and has been reviewed long ago °° . ... 

The 2//-azirine may be optically active and therefore be regarded as a chiral building block for enatioselective synthesis. This opens a wide field of investigation and recently efforts have been made to produce optically pure azirines. Considering the anionic displacement as the main pathway (and not the nitrene pathway), the Neber reaction may be modified to serve as a synthetic tool for the production of optically active 2//-azirine intermediates. 

ATRP is a powerful synthetic tool for the synthesis of low molecular weight (Dp < 100-200), controlled-structure hydrophilic block copolymers. Compared to other living radical polymerisation chemistries such as RAFT, ATRP offers two advantages (1) facile synthesis of a range of well-defined macro-initiators for the preparation of novel diblock copolymers (2) much more rapid polymerisations under mild conditions in the presence of water. In many cases these new copolymers have tuneable surface activity (i.e. they are stimuli-responsive) and exhibit reversible micellisation behaviour. Unique materials such as new schizo-... 

The use of controlled potential electrolysis of fullerenes has thus far been used as a synthetic tool in two general ways. One method has involved the preparation of fullerene derivatives from the reaction of electrochemically generated anions of the pristine cages with electrophiles. The second method has involved an electrochemically induced retro-synthetic reaction of fullerene derivatives, which results in a number of different products, some of which have not been achieved by chemical synthesis. Both methods are described in the following, but special... 

Until 1968, not a single nonenzymic catalytic asymmetric synthesis had been achieved with an enantiomeric excess above 50%. Now, the intramolecular aldol cyclisation, catalyzed by chiral amino acids has proven to be a very useful synthetic tool. This reaction was extensively covered by two reviews 23,68). Two more papers 72 published recently, should also be cited. 

The recognition of the usefulness of radical reactions as a synthetic tool has prompted the exploration of this method for branched-chain sugars synthesis. Radical addition to an olefin is one of the most popular reactions yet investigated [10], Two approaches have been devised an intramolecular version, which is mostly a 5-exo cyclization and an inter-molecular version in which the radical is trapped by an activated olefin. 

Intramolecular cyclopropanation using diazoesters is a powerful synthetic tool. Diazoesters are readily prepared from the corresponding alcohol via House s methods56-57. Numerous examples using the application of this transformation in synthesis have been reported. These include the potent synthetic pyrethroid NRDC 182 (22)58, (1 R)-( )-cis-chrysanthemic acid (23)59, the highly strained bicyclic system 2460, antheridic acid 2561,62 and cycloheptadiene 26 (equations 33-37). 

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