Triazines reaction with alkynes

One obvious synthetic route to isoxazoles and dihydroisoxazoles is by [3+2] cycloadditions of nitrile oxides with alkynes and alkenes, respectively. In the example elaborated by Giacomelli and coworkers shown in Scheme 6.206, nitroalkanes were converted in situ to nitrile oxides with 1.25 equivalents of the reagent 4-(4,6-di-methoxy[l,3,5]triazin-2-yl)-4-methylmorpholinium chloride (DMTMM) and 10 mol% of N,N-dimethylaminopyridine (DMAP) as catalyst [373], In the presence of an alkene or alkyne dipolarophile (5.0 equivalents), the generated nitrile oxide 1,3-dipoles undergo cycloaddition with the double or triple bond, respectively, thereby furnishing 4,5-dihydroisoxazoles or isoxazoles. For these reactions, open-vessel microwave conditions were chosen and full conversion with very high isolated yields of products was achieved within 3 min at 80 °C. The reactions could also be carried out utilizing a resin-bound alkyne [373]. For a related example, see [477]. 

Avalos et al. (223,224) also found that simpler 2-aminothioisomiinchnones react with nitroalkenes to give dihydrothiophenes and other products, work that includes detailed MO calculations that rationalize both the reactivity of the thioisomilnch-nones and the observed regioselectivity (224). These same thioisomtinchnones (324) react with aryl aldehydes to provide p-lactams 325 following fragmentation and subsequent cyclization of the primary cycloadducts (225). Novel 1,2,4-triazines are produced when 324 is exposed to diethyl azodicarboxylate (226), and detailed synthetic and mechanistic studies have been reported for the reactions of 324 with alkynes (227) and chiral 1,2-diaza-l,3-butadienes (228). 

Reactions involving the [4 + 1 + 1] principle, an example of which is shown in equation (136), are rather uncommon and of strictly limited utility [3 + 2 + 1] and [2 + 2 + 2] processes, on th,e other hand, are well known. Representative [3 + 2+1] three-bond formation processes are given in equations (137)—(141), from which it can be seen that the common situation is where ammonia, a substituted amine or formamide constitutes the one-atom fragment. Many [2 + 2 + 2] atom fragment syntheses are known and some are familiar reactions. Thus, the cobalt(I)-catalyzed condensation of nitriles and isocyanates with alkynes gives pyridines and 2-pyridones, often in excellent yield (e.g. equation 142), while the cyclotrimerizations of nitriles, imidates, isocyanates, etc., are well established procedures for the synthesis of 1,3,5-triazine derivatives (e.g. equation 143). Further representative examples are given in equations (144)-(147), and the reader is referred to the monograph chapters for full discussion of these and other [2 + 2 + 2] processes. Examination of the... 

Diaryl-1,2,3,5-oxathiadiazines (277 from sulfur trioxide and aryl isocyanates) with (3-diketones yield pyrimidines (278). s-Triazine reacts with RCH2CN to give 4-aminopyrimidines (279 see Section 3.2.1.6.1 for a similar reaction), and with electron-rich alkenes and alkynes to yield pyrimidines such as (280) from EtC = CMe (Section 3.2.1.10.2). 

Triazines are reactive electron-deficient dienes in Diels-Alder reactions with inverse electron demand. They react with alkenes, strained double bonds, electron-rich and electron-deficient alkynes and C=N double bonds. In most cases it is found that the dienophile addition occurs across the 3- and 6-positions of the triazine ring, but ynamines can also add across the 2- and 5-positions. The reactions are still under active theoretical and practical investigation. 

The Diels-Alder reaction with inverse electron demand has been one of the most intensively studied reactions of 1,2,4-triazines. In this reaction 1,2,4-triazines behave as electron-deficient dienes and react with electron-rich dienophiles to give, generally, pyridines (see Houben-Weyl, Vol. E7b, p 471 ff). [4 + 2] Cycloadditions of 1,2,4-triazines have been observed with alkenes, alkynes, strained double bonds, electron-rich double and triple bonds, but in a few cases also with electron-deficient alkynes C—N double and triple bonds can also be used as dienophiles. In addition to intermolecular Diels-Alder reactions, intramolecular [4 + 2] cycloaddition reactions of 1,2,4-triazines have also been studied and used for the synthesis of condensed heterocyclic systems. A review on the intermolecular Diels-Alder reaction was published by Boger and Weinreb 14 Sauer published a review on his studies in 1992,381 and E. C. Taylor published a summary of his own work on intramolecular Diels-Alder reactions in 1988.382... 

A simple approach to pyridazine-substituted pyrimidine nucleosides (52) in the reaction of alkyne derivatives (51) with tetrazine diester (48) was reported by Maggiora and Mertes (Equation (2)) <86JOC950> use of the 1,2,4-triazine triester as diene yields the corresponding pyridine derivatives. A new route to the novel C-nucleosides (55) with substituted pyridazines as aglycones by the reaction of tetrazines (48) and (53) with the sugar alkyne (54) has been described (Equation (3)) <94AP(327)365>. 

The more common triazine to pyridine ring transformation is illustrated by the formation of pyridines by reaction of 2,5,6-triethoxycarbonyl-1,2, -triazine with both alkynes and enamines.30,31 The addition of vinyl isocyanate to 1-diethylamino-propyne gives mainly the pyridone (1 ) as a result of initial (2+2) cycloaddition followed by rearrangement the thiopyridone (15) is however formed from the corresponding reaction with vinyl isothiocyanate as a consequence of a (A+2)cycloaddition reaction.32... 

Among the reactions of the 1,2,4-triazines, the hetero-DlELS-ALDER reactions with electron-rich alkenes and alkynes are of special importance in preparative chemistry [168]. The heterocyclic ring reacts with enamines, enol ethers and ketene acetals as an electron-deficient 2,3-diazadiene across the ring positions C-3 and C-6 ... 

As a rule, the initial hetero-DiELS-ALDER adduct 2 cannot be isolated. It eliminates N2 in a retro-DiELS-Alder reaction and is converted into a 4,5-dihydropyridazine 3. This can be stabilized as a 1,4-dihydropyridazine 7 (especially if X = H) by a 1,5 hydrogen shift or (if X = OR and NR2) as the pyridazines 5 and 6 by dehydrogenation or HX elimination. As a diazadiene, it can also engage in a further Diels-Alder reaction with excess of alkene 3delding the stable 2,3-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]oct-2-ene 4. The initial Diels-Alder product tetraazabicyclo[2.2.2]octatriene 8, which arises from the reaction between alkynes and 1,2,4,5-tetrazines, undergoes a cycloreversion with N2 elimination affording the pyridazine 6. With nitriles, 1,2,4-triazines 9 are obtained. 

A literature survey of nitrile oxide [3+2] cycloaddition reactions with MW activation for the period 2002-2005 reveals that only a limited number of examples have been reported. Among these examples, nitroalkenes are converted in situ into nitrile oxides using 4-(4,6-dimethoxy[l,3,5]triazin-2-yl)-4-methylmorpholinium chloride (DMTMM) and 4-N,N-dimethylaminopyridine (DMAP) (Scheme 11.27) [38]. The generated 1,3-dipoles undergo cycloaddition to alkene 103 or alkyne 106 dipo-larophiles (5 equiv.), to furnish 4,5-dihydroisoxazoles 104 or isoxazoles 107, respectively. Open-vessel conditions were used and full conversions with very high yields of products were achieved within 3 min at 80 °C. 

This general scheme is illustrated by intramolecular [4-1-2] cycloaddition reactions of suitably designed thieno[3,2-d-and thieno[2,3-/ ][l,2,4]triazines tethered with alkene or alkyne terminals (Schemes 103 and 104) <2002JCM60, 2003T8489>. 

Among the reactions of the 1,2,4-triazines, the hetero-DiELS-ALDER reactions with electron-rich alkenes and alkynes are of general importance in synthetic chemistry [321]. 

The exploitation of intramolecular Diels-Alder reactions has included synthetic applications in the thienopyrimidine series as well. Thus, the 1,2,4-triazine with a tethered alkyne (276) participates in an intramolecular cyclization, with concomitant loss of RCN, to produce the thienopyrimidine (277) (Equation (97)) <87JOC4287>. A similar reaction occurs with oxygen analogues. 

A series of papers from Seitz s group, which also deals with examples in the 1,2,4-triazine field, describes routes to bicyclic pyridazines and pyridines. Instead of the terminal alkyne group the cyanamide unit can be used, leading to bicyclic 1,2,4-triazines. Scheme 54 offers the general reaction sequence (306) -> (307) and a selection of typical systems (308)-(310), which can be synthesized by... 

Scheme 11 Reactions of electron-poor alkynes with 1,2,3-triazine 2-imines.

Fragmentation of an adduct with release of a nitrile, CO2 or N2 are most common and the latter provide an irreversible method for the formation of a new diene or aromatic compound. Cycloaddition of a pyran-2-one or a 1,2-diazine (pyridazine) with an alkyne gives an intermediate bridged compoimd that loses CO2 or N2 to generate a benzene derivative (see Scheme 3.46). Many other aromatic and heteroaromatic compounds can be prepared likewise. For example, a synthesis of lavendamycin made use of the inverse electron demand Diels-Alder reaction between the 1,2,4-triazine 116 and the enamine 117, followed by in situ elimination of pyrrolidine and retro Diels-Alder reaction, releasing N2 and the substituted pyridine 118 (3.88). 2... 

Fig. 16 Reaction of 1,2,4-triazines with a trons-cyclooctene and b with a strained alkyne...

The more common triazine to pyridine ring transformation is illustrated by the formation of pyridines by reaction of 2,5,6-triethoxycarbonyl-1, 2,4--triazine with both alkynes and enamines.30,31 addition of vinyl isocyanate to 1-diethylaraino-... 

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