Water-compatible one-pot organocatalytic asymmetric synthesis of cyclic nitrones. Application in intramolecular 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions

Optically active five-membered cyclic nitrones are readily obtained in a one-pot procedure via the organocatalytic Michael addition of aldehydes to nitroolefins and in situ reductive cyclization. Application of the methodology to the synthesis of tricyclic compounds through intramolecular 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions (DFT calculations have also been performed) is also demonstrated. All the reactions were carried out in water as a solvent and excellent ee values (ee >99%) were obtained.     

Catalytic asymmetric 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of N-unprotected 2-oxoindolin-3-ylidene derivatives and azomethine ylides for the construction of spirooxindole-pyrrolidines

Asymmetric 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of N-unprotected 2-oxoindolin-3-ylidene with azomethine ylides for the construction of spirooxindole-pyrrolidines bearing four contiguous stereogenic centers has been achieved with AgOAc/TF-BiphamPhos complexes for the first time. This catalytic system performance well over a broad scope of substrates, providing the synthetically useful adducts in high yields and excellent diastereoselectivities and moderate enantioselectivities.     

Bis(1,3-dithiol-2-ylidene)-[3.3]paracyclophanes: orthogonal intramolecular charge transfer interaction

A novel donor-cyclophane, orthogonally incorporated 1,3-dithiol-2-ylidene units (DT) to the cyclophane benzene rings, was synthesized in order to observe the intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) between the donor units and the cyclophane benzene rings.     

(R)-4-menthenone in reactions of 1,4-conjugate and 1,3-dipolar addition

(R)-4-Menthenone compared with common cyclic enones exhibits considerably lower reactivity in 1,4-conjugate addition of organometallic reagents, is inert in Michael reactions and pyrazoline formation evidently due both to the distorted polarization in the enone system and to steric hindrances from the α-isopropyl group in the cyclohexene ring.     

Expedient syntheses of antofine and cryptopleurine via intramolecular 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition

The practical and expedient total syntheses of the representative phenanthroindolizidine and phenanthroquinolizidine alkaloids, antofine and cryptopleurine, are described. Construction of the pyrrolidine and piperidine ring of each alkaloid was achieved by using an intramolecular 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of an azide onto an alkene and subsequent reduction of the resulting imine and aziridine.     

Synthesis of triazolo- and tetrazolo-tetrahydroisoquinolines and isoquinolines via temperature controlled palladium catalysed allene/azide incorporation/intramolecular 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition cascades

A novel palladium catalysed three-component process is described involving an allene, an aryl iodide containing an activated alkene and TMSN₃. The cascade proceeds via a (π-allyl)palladium species which is intercepted by azide anion followed by stereoselective intramolecular 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of the organoazide to afford substituted triazolo- and tetrazolo-tetrahydroisoquinolines in good yield. These latter products undergo extrusion of nitrogen to afford isoquinolines at 100 °C.     

2-(1,3-亚丙二硫)亚甲基-3-羰基丁酸作为硫醇替代试剂在缩硫醛/酮化反应中的应用

探讨了以2-(1,3-亚丙二硫)亚甲基-3-羰基丁酸作为硫醇替代试剂,乙醇作溶剂的缩硫醛/酮化反应.实验结果表明,该硫醇替代试剂能与各类醛、酮化合物快速、顺利地进行缩硫醛/酮化反应,以较高的产率生成相应的1,3-二噻烷类化合物.同时,该缩硫醛/酮化反应对不同的醛、酮化合物具有较高的化学选择性.     

Inter and intramolecular copper(I)-catalyzed 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of azido-alkynes: synthesis of furanotriazole macrocycles

The Cu(I)-catalyzed cycloaddition of azido-alkynes (click reaction) of furanose sugar substrates provides a facile approach for the construction of macrocyclic molecules via an inter and/or intramolecular cycloaddition based on the functionality between alkyne and azide.     

分子内1,3-偶极环加成反应的研究II: 呋喃偶极体系的热及光化学反应

合成并研究了呋喃1,3-偶极C-2-呋喃-N-烯基硝酮(1)的热和光化学反应.1的热化学环加成反应具有区域选择性.生成氧氮杂二环辛烷类化合物.日光灯照明下加热还可得到双键迁移产物.1在波长>302nm下的光化反应产物是氧氮杂环丙烷,而在λ>270nm下除了还有重排产物N-戊烯基-2-呋喃甲酰胺,氧氮杂环丙烷不稳定,加热下通过1发生分子内环加成反应.     

Double asymmetric induction in 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of five-membered cyclic nitrones to 2-(5H)-furanones

The 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of nitrones 1–4 and their enantiomers 2ent–4ent to α,β-unsaturated γ-lactones, such as achiral 9 and d-glycero 10 provides an interesting example of a double asymmetric induction. The reactions are kinetically controlled. Upon heating and prolonged reaction time, however, the reversibility of the cycloaddition was observed and the presence of more stable thermodynamic products detected. Moreover, in the case of lactone 10, a partial racemization did occur and consequently adducts derived from 10ent were formed. Contrary to the corresponding additions involving δ-lactones, where only the exo approach of the reactants was observed, γ-lactones added nitrones in both exo and endo modes. The high preference of an anti addition to the terminal hydroxymethyl group in lactone 10 and to the 3-tert-butoxy group of the nitrone was observed; the 4-tert-butoxy substituent plays a secondary role. The endo addition of the reactants is energetically more demanding than the exo addition and occurs if none of the substituents present in the lactone or nitrone hinders such an approach. Due to the complex steric interactions a single product was formed in two cases only, 2ent/10 and 3/10. In one case, 3/9, a high preponderance of a single adduct was observed.     

Highly regio- and stereoselective intramolecular 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions of norbornadiene-tethered nitrile oxides

[reaction: see text] Intramolecular cycloadditions with high regio- and stereocontrol are important methods for the efficient assembly of complex molecular structures. Efficient routes to the synthesis of norbornadiene-tethered nitrile oxides have been developed, and their intramolecular 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions were studied. The cycloadditions occurred in good yields for a variety of substrates and were found to be highly regio- and stereoselective.     

Mono and dinuclear arene ruthenium(II) triazoles by 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions to a coordinated azide in ruthenium(II) compounds

The dimeric η(6)-hexamethylbenzene ruthenium(II) triazole compounds of formulation [{(η(6)-C(6)Me(6))Ru(N(3)C(2)(CO(2)R)(2))}(2)(μC(2)O(4))] have been synthesized by 1,3-diploar cycloadditions of coordinated azido compound [{(η(6)-C(6)Me(6))Ru(L(1))N(3)}] (1) with substituted acetylene, RO(2)CC(2)CO(2)R via unexpected oxidation of the coordinated ligand to oxalate (where; L(1) = 5-hydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-4-pyrone; R = Me, 3 or Et, 4). In contrast, a similar 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction of [{(η(6)-C(6)Me(6))Ru(L(2))N(3)}] (2) (where; L(2) = tropolone) with acetylene yielded the monomeric triazole compound [(η(6)-C(6)Me(6))Ru(L(2)){N(3)C(2)(CO(2)R)(2)}] (where; R = Me, 5; Et, 6). The compounds were characterized by spectroscopy and the structures of representative compounds 4 and 6 have been determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction. The two ruthenium centres in the compound 4, are linked by a tetra-dentate oxalate group. Both compounds, 4 and 6, crystallized in a triclinic space group P-1.     

The regiochemistry and stereochemistry of 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of cyclic nitrones

A comparative study of the regio- and stereo-chemical behaviour of the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of a series of alkenes with 1-pyrroline 1-oxide and 2,3,4,5-tetrahydropyridine 1-oxide has been carried out. The high degree of both regio- and stereochemical control observed in these reactions has been explained in terms of frontier orbital interaction, steric factors, and secondary orbital interaction in the transition state. While most common alkenes (both mono- and 1,1-di-substituted) gave 2-substituted cycloadducts, highly polarized alkene dimethyl methylenemalonate afforded mainly regioisomeric 3-substituted cycloadduct. Significant secondary orbital interaction is observed with the non-conjugated substituents, hydroxymethyl and its derivatives.     

1,3-丙二硫醇替代试剂1-（1,3-二噻-2-亚基）丙酮的缩硫醛/酮化反应

通过易制备的3-(1,3-二噻-2-亚基)-2,4-戊二酮(1b)在酸性条件下的脱乙酰化反应制得1-(1,3-二噻-2-亚基)丙酮(1f),产率为86%. 在MeCOCl/MeOH体系中,常温或回流条件下,化合物1f能作为有效的1,3-丙二硫醇替代试剂与醛和酮进行缩硫醛/酮化反应,高产率(86%～99%)合成1,3-二噻烷衍生物. 与已报道的替代试剂2-(2,4-二氯-1,4-戊二烯-3-亚基)-1,3-二噻烷(1a)、3-(1,3-二噻-2-亚基)-2,4-戊二酮(1b)、2-(1,3-二噻-2-亚基)-3-羰基丁酸甲酯(1c)、2-(1,3-二噻-2-亚基)-3-羰基丁酰胺(1d)和2-(1,3-二噻-2-亚基)-3-羰基丁酸(1e)相比,化合物1f是活性最好的1,3-丙二硫醇替代试剂.     

Predictions of substituent effects in thermal azide 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions: implications for dynamic combinatorial (reversible) and click (irreversible) chemistry

Substituent effects in 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions of azides with alkenes and alkynes were investigated with the high-accuracy CBS-QB3 method. The possibilities for noncatalytic activation and the reversibility or irreversibility of these reactions was explored; the possibilities for uses in dynamic combinatorial chemistry (DCC) or click chemistry were explored. The activation enthalpies for reactions of ethylene and acetylene with hydrazoic acid, formyl, phenyl-, methyl-, and methanesulfonylazides exhibit modest variation, with Delta H++ ranging from 17 to 20 kcal/mol. A detailed study of formylazide cycloadditions with various alkenes and alkynes reveals a narrow range of activation enthalpies (17-21 kcal/mol). The activation enthalpies for the reactions of azides with alkenes and alkynes are similar. FMO theory and distortion/interaction energy control have been used to rationalize the rates and regiochemistries of cycloadditions involving alkene dipolarophiles. Significantly, triazoles, formed from alkynes, are 30-40 kcal/mol more stable than tetrazolines formed from alkenes. On the basis of initial reactant concentrations, kinetic and thermodynamic values are suggested for the identification of reversible reactions that approach equilibrium over 24 h, as well as for fast irreversible reactions. Although azide cycloadditions are suitable for irreversible chemistry and are typically unsuitable for reversible applications, theoretical procedures established by these studies have provided guidelines for the prediction of useful reversible libraries.     

Synthesis of 2-substituted 5-(1,3-dithiolan-2-ylidene)-1,3-dioxane-4,6-dione derivatives

Some 2-substituted 5-(1,3-dithiolan-2-ylidene)-1,3-dioxane-4,6-dione derivatives 3 were prepared from the condensation reaction of 1,3-dithiolan-2-ylidenemalonic acid ( 2 ) with carbonyl compounds in 40–93% yields.     

Synthesis and 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions of a new enantiopure cyclic nitrone

A new enantiopure cyclic nitrone has been efficiently synthesized from a d-glyceraldehyde derivative. Its 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition to different classes of dipolarophiles show complete antifacial selectivity, furnishing highly functionalized enantiopure bicyclic isoxazolidines.     

2-(1,3-Dithiolan-2-ylidene)-5-(1,3-dithian-2-ylidene)-1,3,4,6- tetrathiapentalene(DHDA-TTP), a hybrid of BDH-TTP and BDA-TTP,and its metallic cation-radical salts

The synthesis and electrochemical properties of the DHDA-TTP donor, a hybrid of 2,5-bis(1,3-dithiolan-2-ylidene)-1,3,4,6-tetrathiapentalene (BDH-TTP) and 2,5-bis(1,3-dithian-2-ylidene)-1,3,4,6-tetrathiapentalene (BDA-TTP), has been investigated, and its ability to form metallic cation-radical salts is elucidated.