1.2.4.5- Tetrazines, cycloadditions

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Tetrazines, synthesis and properties 84MI18 78HC(33,1)1. s-Tetrazines, cycloaddition reactions of 81 KGS 1462. Tetrazines, synthesis from hydrazines 84H(22)1821. Verdazyl radicals, vibrational spectra of 84UK1959. 

Investigations to elucidate the stereochemistry of the tetrazine cycloadditions are rendered more difficult because the initially formed Diels-Alder adduct is not isolable, but loses nitrogen extremely rapidly (Scheme 5) and the 4,5-dihydropyridazine derivative formed undergoes either a rapid tautomerization to the 1,4-dihydro isomer or a )6-elimination reaction to form aromatic compounds (Scheme 6). In both cases the stereochemical centers, by which the stereochemical course of the reaction could be followed, are destroyed. 

The use of tetrazine cycloaddition reactions is not limited only to bio-orthogonal chemistry. It also finds application in materials chemistry. It was used to allow an easy modification of a highly ordered pyrolytic 2D graphite surface under ambient conditions (14CM5058). 

Yang J, Seckute J, Cole CM, Devaraj NK (2012) Live-cell imaging of cyclopropene tags with fluorogenic tetrazine cycloadditions. Angew Chem Int Ed 51(30) 7476-7479. doi 10.1002/anie. 201202122... 

A large number of pyridazines are synthetically available from [44-2] cycloaddition reactions. In one general method, azo or diazo compounds are used as dienophiles, and a second approach is based on the reaction between 1,2,4,5-tetrazines and various unsaturated compounds. The most useful azo dienophile is a dialkyl azodicarboxylate which reacts with appropriate dienes to give reduced pyridazines and cinnolines (Scheme 89). With highly substituted dienes the normal cycloaddition reaction is prevented, and, if the ethylenic group in styrenes is substituted with aryl groups, indoles are formed preferentially. The cycloadduct with 2,3-pentadienal acetal is a tetrahydropyridazine derivative which has been used for the preparation of 2,5-diamino-2,5-dideoxyribose (80LA1307). 

In 1959 Carboni and Lindsay first reported the cycloaddition reaction between 1,2,4,5-tetrazines and alkynes or alkenes (59JA4342) and this reaction type has become a useful synthetic approach to pyridazines. In general, the reaction proceeds between 1,2,4,5-tetrazines with strongly electrophilic substituents at positions 3 and 6 (alkoxycarbonyl, carboxamido, trifluoromethyl, aryl, heteroaryl, etc.) and a variety of alkenes and alkynes, enol ethers, ketene acetals, enol esters, enamines (78HC(33)1073) or even with aldehydes and ketones (79JOC629). With alkenes 1,4-dihydropyridazines (172) are first formed, which in most cases are not isolated but are oxidized further to pyridazines (173). These are obtained directly from alkynes which are, however, less reactive in these cycloaddition reactions. In general, the overall reaction which is presented in Scheme 96 is strongly... 

The only recorded synthesis of this type from a pyridazine involves the [4 + 2] cycloaddition of the lactim ether (374) with l,2,4,5-tetrazine-3,6-dicarboxylic ester, which proceeds with loss of nitrogen and methanol from the intermediate adduct to give the pyrido[2,3-t/]pyridazine (375) (77AP936). 

The 27T-electrons of the carbon-nitrogen double bond of 1-azirines can participate in thermal symmetry-allowed [4 + 2] cycloadditions with a variety of substrates such as cyclo-pentadienones, isobenzofurans, triazines and tetrazines 71AHC(13)45). Cycloadditions also occur with heterocumulenes such as ketenes, ketenimines, isocyanates and carbon disulfide. It is also possible for the 27r-electrons of 1-azirines to participate in ene reactions 73HCA1351). 

Interestingly, in the inverse-electron-demand Diels-Alder reactions of oxepin with various enophiles such as cyclopentadienones and tetrazines the oxepin form, rather than the benzene oxide, undergoes the cycloaddition.234 236 Usually, the central C-C double bond acts as dienophile. Oxepin reacts with 2,5-dimethyl-3,4-diphenylcyclopenta-2,4-dienone to give the cycloadduct 6 across the 4,5-C-C double bond of the heterocycle.234 The adduct resists thermal carbon monoxide elimination but undergoes cycloreversion to oxepin and the cyclopenta-dienone.234... 

The reaction of oxepin with dimethyl l,2,4,5-tetrazine-3,6-dicarboxylate affords a 2 1 mixture of products 9 a and 10, whose formation can be rationalized by a [4+2] and a [4 + 6] cycloaddition, followed by nitrogen extrusion.235 With 2,7-dimethyloxepin, only dimethyl 6,8-dime-thy 1-2.4a-dihydrooxepino[4,5-c/]pyridazine-l,4-dicarboxy late (9b) as product of the [4 + 2] cycloaddition can be isolated.235 236... 

The reaction of oxepin and 2,7-dimethyloxepin with dimethyl 3-cyano-l,2,4-triazine-5,6-dicarb-oxylate takes the same course as the cycloaddition to the tetrazine. Two different addition products 11a and 12 are obtained in the case of oxepin, whereas dimethyloxepin yields only the [4 + 2] adduct lib.235... 

The inverse electron-demand Diels-Alder cycloaddition of ethyl l//-azepine-l-carboxylate (1) with dimethyl l,2,4,5-tetrazine-3,6-dicarboxylatc (36) yields the C4 —C5 adduct 37.266... 

In sharp contrast to the uncomplexed l//-azepine, which yields a C4 — C5 adduct, the tricarbonyliron complex of ethyl 1 W-azepine-l-carboxylate with dimethyl l,2,4,5-tetrazine-3,6-dicar-boxylate furnishes the C2 —C3 adduct 4 in excellent yield.273 Likewise, cycloaddition with 2,3,4,5-tetrachlorothiophene 1,1-dioxide yields adduct S.131... 

Cycloaddition of azirines 5 to 1.2,4,5-tetrazines 6 is followed by loss of nitrogen and ring enlargement to yield 5//-1,2,4-triazepines 7, which tautomerize spontaneously by a [1,51-hydrogen shift to the 2/7-1,2,4-triazepines 8. The triazepinesare accompanied by variable amounts of pyrimidines and pyrazoles.335 - 338... 

Cycloaddition-cyclorevcrsion reaction of 9-oxabicyclo[6.1.0]nona-2,4,6-triene (6) with 3,6-diphenyl-1,2,4,5-tetrazine followed by dehydrogenation with tetrachloro-1,2-benzoquinone (o-chloranil) yields the annulated oxonin 7.8... 

The inverse electron demand Diels-Alder reaction of 3-substituted indoles with 1,2,4-triazines and 1,2,4,5-tetrazines proceeds in excellent yields both inter- and intramolecularly. The cycloaddition of tryptophan 124 with a tethered 1,2,4-triazine produced a diastereomerically pure cycloadduct 125 <96TL5061>. 

Elimination of nitrogen from D-A adducts of certain heteroaromatic rings has been useful in syntheses of substituted aromatic compounds.315 Pyrazines, triazines, and tetrazines react with electron-rich dienophiles in inverse electron demand cycloadditions. The adducts then aromatize with loss of nitrogen and a dienophile substituent.316... 

The hetero-Diels-Alder reaction can also employ dienes containing heteroatoms. Cycloaddition of substituted styrenes with di-(2-pyridyl)-1,2,4,5-tetrazine was investigated by Engberts (Eq. 12.56).127 Again, the rate of the reaction increased dramatically in water-rich media. Through kinetic studies, they showed that the solvent effects on the... 

Tetrazine (171) and its derivatives are electron-deficient cycloaddends, which undergo [4 + 2] cycloadditions with inverse electron demand. When bicyclopropylidene (3) was added to a dichloromethane solution of 171, its red color disappeared within 1.5 h at room temperature. The white crystalline product isolated in 86% yield turned out to be a mixture of at least two stereoisomeric compounds 174, trimers of the 8,9-diazadispiro[2.0.2.4]deca-7,9-diene (173) evidently formed via the normal [4 + 2]-cycloadduct 172 after nitrogen extrusion (Scheme 25) [13b]. 

The cycloaddition reactions of the novel 3-methylsulfrnyl-6-methylthio- 37 and 3-(benzyloxycarbonyl)amino-6-methylsulfinyl- 38 -1,2,4,5-tetrazine to afford the corresponding pyridazines 39-40 proceeded with a regioselectivity opposite to expected and complementary to that observed for the corresponding sulfides <06JOC185>. 

The cycloaddition of acetylenes to 3,6-di(pyridin-2-yl)-l,2,4,5-tetrazines to give the corresponding di(pyridin-2-yl) pyridazines was considerably accelerated under microwave assisted conditions <06JOC4903>. 

The [4+2] cycloaddition of dimethyl-1,2,4,5-tetrazine-3,6-dicarboxylate 41 with ketene A, O-acetals or cyanamide yielded tetrafunctionalized pyridazines 42 or 1,2,4-triazine 43 respectively. Treatment of 42-43 with zinc dust in AcOH afforded pyrrole 44 or imidazole 45 derivatives <06S1513>. 

Among the dienes known as weakly reactive are anthracene (1), metacrolein di-methylhydrazone (2) and 3,6-diphenyl-l,2,4,5-tetrazine (3). DA cycloadditions with these dienes require long reaction times under classical heating conditions (Tab. 7.1). 

Methods have been described that involve microwave-assisted graphite-supported dry media for the cycloaddition of anthracene, 1-azadienes and 1,2,4,5-tetrazines with several C-C dienophiles and carbonyl compounds in hetero-Diels-Alder reactions [35], This technique leads to a shortening of reaction times, a situation that enables work to be undertaken at ambient pressure in an open reactor to avoid the formation of unwanted compounds by thermal decomposition of reagents or products. 

A common method to synthesize pyridazines remains the inverse electron-demand Diels-Alder cycloaddition of 1,2,4,5-tetrazines with electron rich dienophiles. [4 + 2]-Cycloadditions of disubstituted 1,2,4,5-tetrazine 152 with butyl vinyl ether, acrylamide, phenylacetylene, and some enamines were performed to obtain fully substituted pyridazines 153 . This reaction was accelerated by electron withdrawing groups, and is slowed by electron donating groups, R1 and R2on the tetrazine. 

Similarly, [4 + 2]-cycloadditions were used to prepare the pyridazine moiety in fused tetraheterocyclic azepine 155 syntheses. In this reaction, the 1,2,4,5-tetrazines 154 function both as the 47t-components and the oxidizing agents thereby requiring four equivalents of tetrazine for optimal yield. . 

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