Tricyclic compound preparation from

The use of this tricyclic intermediate (75) to prepare a pentacyclic substrate in the form of tetrahydrodeoxoaflatoxin Bj (2) was next communicated141,142. The condensation of phenol (75) with 2-carbethoxycyclopentanone (40) directly afforded (2), which was proven to be identical to the tetrahydrodeoxo compound prepared from natural aflatoxin Bj (1). 

Another interesting transformation is the intramolecular metathesis reaction of 1,6-enynes. Depending on the substrates and catalytic species, very different products are formed by the intramolecular enyne metathesis reaction of l,6-enynes[41]. The cyclic 1,3-diene 71 is formed from a linear 1,6-enyne. The bridged tricyclic compound 73 with a bridgehead alkene can be prepared by the enyne metathesis of the cyclic enyne 72. The first step of... 

Research for an antidepressant among non-tricyclic compounds with pharmacological effects qualitatively different from those of the conventional tricyclic compounds led to the preparation and testing of a series of indazole derivatives for reserpine-like activity in mice. l-[3-(Dimethylamino)propyl]-5-methyl-3-phenyl-l//-indazole (FS-32 692) antagonizes reserpine-induced effects and potentiates amphetamine-induced self-stimulation and l-Dopa-induced increase in motor activity. FS-32 produces an anticholinergic action mainly on the central nervous System, while the action of imipramine occurs centrally as well as peripherally (79AF511). 

The fully unsaturated tricyclic compounds are also used clinically as antidepressants. Carbamazepine (62), for example, is prepared from 10,ll-dihydro-5H-dibenz[b,f]azepine (49) by N-acetylation followed by bromination with W-bromosuccinimide to give 60. Dehydrohalogenation by heating in collidine introduces the double bond. Saponification with potassium hydroxide in ethanol leads to dibenz[b,f]azepine (61), the parent substance for the fully unsaturated analogs. Treatment of the secondary... 

Hydantoins have been prepared starting from aminoesters that were first transformed into the corresponding carbanilides (ureas) 144 under standard conditions and then cyclized under microwave irradiation in the presence of Ba(OH)2 in DMF in 2 min and in yields ranging from 91 to 80% (Scheme 51) [91,92], Simple and more complex hi- and tricyclic compounds, such as 145-147, have been prepared with this method that seems versatile and applicable to many substrates. 

Tricyclic pyrazolo-quinolines 239 were prepared from /1-chloro arylalde-hydes and hydrazine derivatives under microwave irradiation with an acid support [156]. The method, appHed to a series of tricyclic compounds (Scheme 89), can be used, in principle, also for the synthesis of bicycHc and even monocycHc pyrazoles. 

The tricyclic compound 20-C, a potential intermediate for alkaloid synthesis, has been prepared by an intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction of the ketone obtained by deprotection and oxidation of 20-B. Compound 20-B was prepared from 20-A using alkyne-ethene metathesis chemistry. Show the mechanistic steps involved in conversion of 20-A to 20-B. 

Using this procedure, however, the authors have also prepared tricyclic compounds such as 1-87 in high yield starting from l,4-diene-3-ones 1-84 containing an electron-rich arylethyl side chain. Probable intermediates are 1-85 and 1-86 (Scheme 1.23) [24]. 

Another example of this useful domino process is the enantioselective synthesis of the quinozilidine alkaloid (-)-lasubine II [234]. Condensed tricyclic compounds as 6/3-28 can also be prepared from norbomene derivatives 6/3-27 in excellent yield, as shown by Funel and coworkers (Scheme 6/3.6) [235]. 

Treatment of 8-azidomethylperhydropyrido[l,2-f]pyrimidin-l-one 127 with MeOTf and catalytic hydrogenation of the azide group led to the formation of the tricyclic guanidine derivative 128 (Equation 23) <2001JA8851, 2002JA3939>. A similar tricyclic compound was prepared from an 8-azidomethyl-l-methoxy-4,4a,5,6,7,8-hexahy-dro-37/-pyrido[l,2-f]pyrimidine under catalytic hydrogenation conditions over Pd/C catalyst <2002JA4950,... 

An efficient synthesis of rigid tricyclic (5 5 5) nitrogen heterocycles 64 has been achieved via sequential and tandem Ugi/intramolecular Diels-Alder (IMDA) cycloaddition of pyrrole derivatives <2004JOC1207> and the trienes 477 were prepared by the acylaton of amines 475 with the anhydride 476. The amines 475 were in turn prepared starting from pyrrole-2-carbaldehyde. The triene 477 on heating in toluene at 80 °C for 15 h underwent the IMDA to afford the tricyclic compound 64 as a single diastereomer in quantitative yield. The sterically bulky N-substitutent on the triene 477 promoted cycloaddition under milder condition at 65 °C in toluene to provide the tricyclic compound 64 in quantitative yield (Scheme 108). 

The double )5-scission pathway becomes dominant in bicyclic systems (Equations (7)-(9) and Scheme 13). Thus, cyclopentene ozonide (69) gives cyclopropane (Equation (7)) <68TL329l>. Photolysis of the ozonide derived from 1,4-benzodioxins (70) provides a method for the preparation of labile o-benzoquinones (71) (Scheme 13) <87JOC56l6>. Photolysis can also provide a route to unstable compounds and transient species such as the aziridine-2,3-dione (72) (Equation (8)), identified at 77 K using infrared spectroscopy <80JA6902>. Relatively unstable azacarbapenems (73) have been prepared by photolysis of tricyclic compounds containing a cyclobutene ozonide (Equation (9)). On silica, the 1,2,4-trithiolane (74) underwent photo-equilibration (Equation (10)) with the 1,3-dithetane (75) and sulfur. 

Travoprost is an isopropyl ester of fluprostenol, which shows an lOP-reducing effect as potent as latanoprost [69], The synthetic route of travoprost 31 is shown in Scheme 4 [70], The cleavage of the three-membered ring of tricyclic ketone 26 by the attack of the cuprate prepared from vinyl iodide 25 gave the compound 27. 

A very powerful inhibitor, which is a bicyclic analogue of (33), is 6-acetamido-6-deoxycastanospermine (49), a compound synthesized from castanospermine and tested by Liu and co-workers [99]. This compound, amongst many other 6-modified castanospermine derivatives, was also prepared by the Furneaux team [100]. Furthermore, by controlled ring-contraction of suitably substituted castanospermine derivatives, these workers gained access to 8-acetamido-8-deoxyaustraline (50), a byciclic analogue of l-acetamido-l,2,5-trideoxy-2,5-imino-D-mannitol (44). This ring contraction reaction, which proceeds via a tricyclic aziridinium intermediate, is based on the same principle as the approach by Peter et al. to compound (45) [95]. 

The same strategy has been used by Williams (90JA808) in his synthesis of brevianamide B. The aldehyde (82), prepared enantioselectively from L-proline, was converted to the silyl ether. Acylation of this (BuLi, ClC02Me) gave the carbomethoxy derivative as a mixture of diastereo-mers, which was alkylated by gramine. As before, an enolate alkylation (Sn2 ) on an allyl chloride derived from the above gave the tricyclic compound, which could be transformed to brevianamide B (Scheme 24). 

A special case of the preparation of cyclobutanes from 1,5-dienes via valence isomerization is the use of acyclic or cyclic 1,5,7-trienes which give four-membered rings via an intramolecular [7t + 7ts2] cycloaddition (Diels-Alder reaction). This variant is illustrated for monocyclic tricnes 18 and 20 where two 71-bonds are transformed into a-bonds, resulting in tricyclic compounds 1968 and 21.09... 

In a sequence analogous to the Suzuki reaction and annulation described in section 4.2.4, pyridine-containing tricyclic compounds have also been prepared via the Stille reaction and a subsequent annulation [80, 81]. For instance, benzo[c]-2,7-naphthyridine 94 was assembled from the adduct of 3-formyl-4-(trimethylstannyl)pyridine (93) and 2-bromo-4-methoxyacetanilide. The reaction was facilitated by addition of CuO as the co-catalyst. 

One of the most interesting types of polycyclic carbon compounds prepared in recent years is the group of tricyclic substances known as propellanes. A typical example is tricyclo[3.2.2.0 -5]nonane, which sometimes is called [3.2.2]propellane, 12. The physical properties of several of these are included in Table 12-6. A quick look at formula 12 probably does not suggest any great structural difference from the bicyclic compounds we have discussed previously. However, if one tries to construct a ball-and-stick model of 12, one soon concludes that the propellanes are truly extraordinary substances in that all four carbon bonds at the bridgehead carbons extend, not to the comers of a tetrahedron, or even a distorted tetrahedron as for a cyclopropane ring, but... 

Cyclic allenes have been obtained in high yields, as illustrated by the synthesis of 1,2-cyclononadiene from the dibromocarbene adduct of the readily available cyclooctene (equation 51).138 The smallest stable cyclic allene known to date is (14) it was prepared from the dibromocyclopropane (13) in high yield.139 A small amount of the tricyclic compound (15) was also obtained (equation 52). The cyclic allene (14) did not undergo dimerization even on prolonged standing at ambient temperatures. In contrast, the unsubstituted analog was detected only at -60 °C by H NMR. It should also be noted that cyclohexa-1,2-diene was generated by the reaction of methyllithium on dibromobicyclo[3.1.0]hexane and trapped as the Diels-Alder adduct.160... 

Cyclopropanes are present in a variety of natural products and the intramolecular cyclopropanation sequence allows ready access to such compounds. The sesquiterpenoid antibiotic ( )-cycloeudesmol (53) was readily prepared from the monocyclic system (54 Scheme 9).91 Copper sulfate catalyzed decomposition of (54) generated the tricyclic system (55) with full control of stereochemistry. Further conversion of (55) to ( )-cycloeudesmol was achieved in four steps in 81% overall yield. A second example shown in equation (27)73 allowed access to (56), an important substructure of the antibiotic CC-1066. 

Prenyl-quinolones and Related Tricyclic Alkaloids.—The l-methyI-3-prenyl-2-quinolone (6 R1 = H, R2 = OMe), already known as a synthetic compound, has been isolated from the roots of Glycosmis mauritiana it is converted into a mixture of the dihydropyrano-quinolones (8 R1 = H, R2 = OMe) and (9 R1 = H, R2 = OMe) by formic acid (Scheme 2).4 A new l-methyl-3-prenyl-2-quinolone, 7V-methylpreskimmianine (6 R1 = R2 = OMe), was obtained from the stem bark of Vepris louisii-, its structure was established by spectroscopy and by its preparation from preskimmianine (7) (Scheme 2).11 A second new alkaloid of Vepris louisii, named veprisine, was shown by spectroscopic studies and by its synthesis from A-methylpreskimmianine to be the pyrano-quinolone (10) (Scheme 2).11 Five furoquinoline alkaloids were found in the wood of Esenbeckia flava (see Table 1) and a non-crystalline bisprenyl compound (11) was also isolated from this source the new alkaloid, which was first obtained as a synthetic compound,17 is readily converted into the dihydropyrano-4-quinolone (9 R1 = R2 = H) (Scheme 2).1... 

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