X-Lactones

Fig. 3.7 Schematic presentation of interactions in the RsSi-X/lactone complex...

Cotarnine with methyl iodide furnishes cotarnine hydriodide and cotarnine methine methiodide, CiiHu04NMe3l (IX), which is decomposed by alkalis into trimethylamine and cotarnone (X), CuHioO, rhombic plates, m.p. 78°. The latter yields an oxime, m.p. 130-2°, and is oxidised by potassium permanganate to a mixture of cotarnic acid (VI) and cotamlactone, CuHjqOj (XI), brilliant leaflets, m.p. 154°, which is convertible into the corresponding acid, cotarnonelactone acid, leaflets, m.p. 90-100° dec.). The lactone on further oxjdiltion yields cotarnic aeid. ... 

Four-membered heterocycles are easily formed via [2-I-2] cycloaddition reac tions [65] These cycloaddmon reactions normally represent multistep processes with dipolar or biradical intermediates The fact that heterocumulenes, like isocyanates, react with electron-deficient C=X systems is well-known [116] Via this route, (1 lactones are formed on addition of ketene derivatives to hexafluoroacetone [117, 118] The presence of a trifluoromethyl group adjacent to the C=N bond in quinoxalines, 1,4-benzoxazin-2-ones, l,2,4-triazm-5-ones, and l,2,4-tnazin-3,5-diones accelerates [2-I-2] photocycloaddition processes with ketenes and allenes [106] to yield the corresponding azetidine derivatives Starting from olefins, fluonnaied oxetanes are formed thermally and photochemically [119, 120] The reaction of 5//-l,2-azaphospholes with fluonnated ketones leads to [2-i-2j cycloadducts [121] (equation 27)... 

Methylmagnesium chloride has been added to various d-(4-substituted-phenyl) <5-oxo esters 15 (X = H, Cl 13, F, Cl, Br, OC11,) which provides the diastereomeric -lactones 1642. The electronic properties of the phenyl 4-substituent have no significant influence on the diastereoselectivity. Except for the 4-methoxyphenyl compound, which is unreactive even at 60 °C, a ratio of ca. 40 60 in favor of the anti-Cram product is observed at 60 "C in tetrahydrofuran as reaction solvent. Lowering the reaction temperature to 0 °C slightly increases the anti-Cram selectivity in the case of the 4-fluoro-, 4-chloro-, and 4-bromo-substituted compounds. On the other hand, a complete loss of reactivity is observed with the <5-phenyl- and <5-(4-methylphenyl)-substituted h-oxo esters. 

Treatment of bicyclic lactones 66, derived from Diels-Alder reaction of 3-carboxy-2-pyrone under standard radical conditions using (TMSlsSiH, leads to bridged lactones 67, which can smoothly be converted to bicyclo[3.3.0]-lactones 68 (Scheme 10). For X = CHaOMe, this cascade of rearrangements took place in a 78% overall yield, providing 68 in diastereomerically pure form. Three additional steps provided a novel route toward Corey s lactone 69. 

The initial results of an early directed evolution study are all the more significant, because no X-ray data or homology models were available then to serve as a possible guide [89]. In a model study using whole E. coU cells containing the CHMO from Adnetohacter sp. NCIM B9871,4-hydroxy-cydohexanone (3 5) was used as the substrate. The WT leads to the preferential formation of the primary product (i )-36, which spontaneously rearranges to the thermodynamically more stable lactone (R)-37. The enantiomeric excess of this desymmetrization is only 9%, and the sense of enantioselectivity (R) is opposite to the usually observed (S)-preference displayed by simple 4-alkyl-substituted cydohexanone derivatives (see Scheme 2.10) [84—87]. 

Radical cyclization is compatible with the presence of other functional groups. Treatment of XCH2CON(R)-C(R )=CH2 derivatives (X = Cl, Br, 1) with Ph3SnH and AIBN led to formation of a lactam via radical cyclization. " Cyclization of N-iodoethyl-5-vinyl-2-pyrrolidinone led to the corresponding bicyclic lactam, " and there are other examples of radical cyclization with molecules containing a lactam unit " or an amide unit. Radical cyclization occurs with enamines as well. Photochemical irradiation of A,A-dialIyl acrylamide leads to formation of a lactam ring, and in this case thiophenol was added to generate the phenylthio derivative. Phenylseleno N-allylamines lead to cyclic amines. co-Iodo acrylate esters cyclize to form lactones. " ... 

Fig. 2.—Possible Formation of an Enzyme-linked Acylal (—X = Carboxylate) from an Aldono-1,5-lactone at the Active Site of a / -Glycosidase (after Sinnot and Souchard ).

The observed TRIR data are consistent with Scheme 4.1. Depletion of the diazirine and formation of the carbene occurs within the time resolution (50 ns) of the experiment. Subsequent decay of the carbene (J osbd = 3.0 X 10 s ) is observed at the same rate within experimental error ( 10%) that the a-lactone is produced ( osbd = 3.2 X 10 s ) and the final decay of the a-lactone (A bsd = 2.0 X 10 s ) occurs at the same rate as the acid chloride product is formed (A sbd = 1-8 X 10 s ). The position of the a-lactone band at 1910 cm is clearly indicative of ring-closed form 1 and in very good agreement with the signal observed at 10 K (1920 cm ) by Sander and co-workers. ... 

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