Uncatalyzed [4 + 2] cycloadditions of 3-nitrocoumarins with vinyl ethers in solventless conditions. A new entry to chromene derivatives

The [4 + 2] cycloadditions of 3-nitrocoumarins 5 with electron-rich dienophiles (ethyl vinyl ether (8), 2,3-dihydrofuran (9), and 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran (10)) were investigated in water, in neat conditions, and in organic solvents. The cycloadditions do not require the use of catalysts and are highly endo diastereoselective, and in water the cyclic nitronates 13, 18, and 23 are converted into chromene derivatives via hydrolysis, decarboxylation, and acetalation reactions. A one-pot procedure based on consecutive reactions in neat/water conditions allows 3-nitrocoumarins 5 to be used as building blocks for the synthesis of chromanols and tetrahydrofuro- and tetrahydropyranochromenes. For the first time, the hydrolysis of cyclic nitronates having the C-O bond of 1,2-oxazine ring as a part of an acetal was investigated.     

由N-苯基[1,3]苯并噁嗪正离子与烯烃[4+2]反应合成喹啉并[1,2-c][1,3]苯并噁嗪-6-酮衍生物

以BF3·OEt2 为催化剂, 在室温下通过4-羟基-N-苯基[1,3]苯并噁嗪-2-酮的脱羟基产生N-苯基[1,3]苯并噁嗪正离子, 然后与富电子烯烃发生Diels-Alder反应, 合成出了一系列喹啉并[1,2-c][1,3]苯并噁嗪-6-酮和喹啉并[1,2-c][1,3]萘并噁嗪-6-酮衍生物.     

Simultaneous discrimination of diastereotopic groups and faces: the first example in intramolecular [3+2] and [2+2+1] cycloaddition reactions

To explore a novel concept for controlling diastereoselectivity, systematic studies on the sense and degree of diastereotopic groups and face selections in intramolecular [3 + 2] (nitrile oxide and nitrone) and [2 + 2 + 1] (Pauson-Khand) cycloadditions have been conducted. Optically pure methyl (S)-3,4-O-isopropylidene-3,4-dihydroxybutanoate (5) and methyl (S)-2,3-O-isopropylidene-2,3-dihydroxypropanoate (6) were converted to substrate aldehydes (1-4) that bear geminal allyl groups and four types of controllers with the intention of imparting a stereochemical bias to the allylic groups and their faces. The controllers involve 1,2-bis(tert-butyldimethylsiloxy), 1,3-bis(tert-butyldimethylsiloxy), 1,2-acetonide, and 1,3-acetonide groups, which are referred to as 1,2-(TBDMSO)(2), 1,3-(TBDMSO)(2), 1,3-dioxolane, and 1,3-dioxane, respectively. Twelve runs of cycloaddition reactions as combinations between the three types of reactions and the four types of substrates were performed to provide bicyclo[4.3.0] or -[3.3.0] adducts of synthetic importance in which isoxazolidine, isoxazoline, or cyclopentenone segments were fused. For every case, high levels of diastereoselectivity have been achieved: >99% (in eight cases), 82%, and 76% for the discrimination of diastereotopic groups and 68-->99% for the discrimination of diastereotopic faces. On the basis of the absolute structures of the cycloadducts, plausible stereochemical models are proposed.     

Synthesis of some complex pyrano[2,3-b]- and pyrido[2,3-b]quinolines from simple acetanilides via intramolecular domino hetero Diels-Alder reactions of 1-oxa-1,3-butadienes in aqueous medium

Some complex pyrano[2,3-b]- and pyrido[2,3-b]quinolines were synthesized from simple acetanilides via intramolecular domino hetero Diels-Alder reactions of 1-oxa-1,3-butadienes using water as solvent.     

Synthesis of 2-amino-6,7-dihydrothieno-[3′,2′:5,6]pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-one

2-Amino-6,7-dihydrothieno[3′,2′:5,6]pyrido[2,3-rf]pyrimidin-4-one ( 1 ) was prepared in three steps from S-(3-butynyl)thiosemicarbazide hydroiodide ( 3 ) and diethyl ketomalonate. The featured step in this synthetic sequence was an intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction of the in situ generated 3-(3-butynylthio)-6-carboethoxy-5-chloro-1,2,4-triazine ( 9 ) to provide the key intermediate 5-carboethoxy-6-chloro-2,3-dihydrothieno-[2,3-b]pyridine ( 6 ). In the course of studies directed toward the preparation of 1 , thermolysis of 3-(3-butynyl-thio)-6-carboethoxy-1,2,4-triazin-5(2H)-one ( 2 ) was found to involve competitive intramolecular Diels-Alder and intramolecular coplanar cycloamination processes, providing the 2,3-dihydrothieno[2,3-b]pyridin-6(7H)-one ( 4 ) and the 1,3-thiazino[3,2-b]-1,2,4-triazin-3-one (5) derivatives, respectively.     

Diels-Alder reactions between dienamides and quinones: stereochemistry of the cycloadditions and cytotoxic activity of the adducts

Tetrahydronaphthoquinones and tetrahydroanthraquinones bearing an amido group have been prepared by Diels-Alder reactions between (E)-1-(N-carbobenzyloxyamino)-1,3-butadiene (2) or (E)-1-(N-benzoyl-N-benzylamino)-1,3-butadiene (5) and benzoquinone or 5-substituted naphthoquinones. The stereochemistry of the cycloadditions was investigated. A high regioselectivity was observed in the reaction of the diene carbamate 2 with 5-methoxy and 5-acetoxy naphthoquinones. This latter gave the unexpected 1,8-regioisomer 3d. The cycloadditions of the dienamide 5 with naphthoquinones 1 (R = OH, OMe, OAc) are regiospecific. Assignment of the structure of the tetrahydroanthraquinone 6b is in good agreement with the known directing effect of the 5-hydroxy group of juglone 1b in analogous Diels-Alder reactions. With 5-methoxy and 5-acetoxy naphthoquinones, the opposite regiochemistry observed is consistent with the electron-donating influence of the methoxy or acetoxy group, making the C-3 carbon atom more electron deficient. Aromatization of the adducts 6b and 7c was accompanied by an unusual elimination of the amido moiety. Thus, 1-hydroxy and 1-methoxy anthraquinones were obtained. Reactions of the dienes 2 and 5 with benzoquinone gave the tetrahydronaphthoquinones 9 and 10 with an endo stereospecificity. Oxidation of 9 by activated manganese dioxide gave the naphthoquinone 11. These compounds were submitted to in vitro cytotoxic assays towards murine L 1210 leukemia cells and clonogenic human tumor cell line MDA-MB 231. The naphthoquinone derivatives 9, 10 and 11 had significant activities with IC50 less than or equal to 0.4 microgram/ml towards these two tumor cell systems.     

Diels-Alder reactions of 3-substituted coumarins in water and under high-pressure condition. An uncatalyzed route to tetrahydro-6H-benzo[c]chromen-6-ones

[reaction: see text] Diels-Alder reactions of 3-substituted coumarins 1a-g with methyl-1,3-butadienes 2a-c carried out in water alone and in CH2Cl2 under 9 kbar pressure are reported. In aqueous medium satisfactory results were obtained by operating at 150 degrees C, whereas under high pressure the cycloadditions were complete at 60-70 degrees C with excellent yields (85-95%). The reactions with isoprene (2b) always resulted in the exclusive formation of para cycloadducts, whereas with (E)-piperylene (2c) only ortho products were detected. The cycloaddition of 3-phenylsulfonylcoumarin (1a) with (E)-piperylene (2c) allowed the endo adduct to be obtained exclusively, whereas 3-carboxycoumarin (1b) reacted with 2c to give a mixture of the corresponding endo/exo adducts in a 58:42 ratio in water and in a 45:55 ratio under high-pressure condition.     

An understanding of the electrophilic/nucleophilic behavior of electro-deficient 2,3-disubstituted 1,3-butadienes in polar diels-alder reactions. A density functional theory study

The electrophilic/nucleophilic behavior of dimethyl 2,3-dimethylenesuccinate 1, an electron-deficient 2,3-disubstituted 1,3-butadiene, in polar Diels-Alder reactions has been studied using DFT methods at the B3LYP/6-31G(d) level of theory. The electronic nature of bonding of the transition structures involved in the cycloaddition reactions of the diene 1 toward the nucleophilically activated dienophile 6 and the strong electrophilically activated dienophile 7 has been carefully examined within the natural bond orbital (NBO) and the topological analysis of the electron localization function (ELF) frameworks. Additionally, a study of the global electrophilicity pattern of the reagents at the ground state was performed. This evidence allows us to rationalize the participation of electron-deficient 2-susbtituted and 2,3-disubstituted 1,3-butadienes as nucleophiles in polar Diels-Alder reactions.     

Synthesis, characterization, and structure of cyclopenta[c]thiophenes and their manganese complexes

1,3-Diaryl-4H-cyclopenta[c]thiophenes are efficiently prepared from 1,2-diaroylcyclopentadienes by use of Lawesson's reagent. eta5-Cyclopenta[c]thienyl complexes, [Mn(eta5-SC7H3-1,3-R2)(CO)3] (R = Me, Ph), are prepared in high yield by ligand substitution reactions of [MnBr(CO)5] with [SnMe3(SC7H3-1,3-R2)]. Alternatively, thiation with P4S10/NaHCO3 converts [Mn{eta5-1,2-C5H3(COR)2)(CO)3] to [Mn(eta5-SC7H3-1,3-R2)(CO)3] (R = Ph, 4-tolyl, 4-MeOC6H4, benzo[2,3-b]thienyl). The molecular structures of complexes with R = Me, Ph show planar eta5-cyclopenta[c]thienyl ligands, with the manganese atom slightly displaced away from the ring-fusion bond.     

Cyclisation of 4-[2-Cyclofentenyl]-3-Hydroxy [1] Benzopypan-2-One

4-[2-cyclopentenyl]-3-hydroxy [1] bonzopyran-2-one(3) was cyclised to the bicyclie coumar in-1,3-ethano-2-bromo-1,2-dihydro-3H-pyrano [2,3-c] [1] benzopyran-5-one (6) by a sequence of reactions viz. acetylation of 3, addition of bromine to cyclopenteny double bond and treating the resulting acetyldibromo compound (5) with 4% alcoholic KOH, Cyclisation of compound (3) with mercuric acetate in methanol gave condensed furan derivative 7 which on reductive demercuration with zinc borohydride in dimethoxyethane gave the 1,3-propano-1,2-dihydrofuro [2,3-c] [1] benzopyran-4-one, 8. Cyclisation of compound 2 with come. H₂SO₄ furnished a mixture of bicyclic derivative 9 ad furo coumarin derivative 8.     

[6+2]Cycloadditions catalyzed by titanium complexes

The Ziegler catalyst TiCl₄-Et₂AlCl and the arenetitanium(II) complex (η6-C₆H₆)Ti(II)(AlCl₄)₂ induce [6 + 2]cycloaddition reactions of cycloheptatriene with dienes and acetylenes. Addition to 1,3-butadiene affords 7 - endo - vinyl - bicyclo[4.2.1]nona - 2,4 - diene (main product) and bicyclo[4.4.1]- undeca - 2,4,8 - triene, a product of [6+4]cycloaddition. Isoprene reacts similarly, yielding mainly 7- endo - isopropenyl - bicyclo[4.2.1]nona - 2,4 - diene. 2,3 - Dimethyl - 1,3 - butadiene gives 8,9dimethylbicyclo [4.4.1]undeca - 2,4,8 - triene, a product of [6 + 4]cycloaddition, while [6 + 2]cross-adducts are minor products. The reaction of cycloheptatriene with norbornadiene gives mainly hexacyclo[6.5.1.0^2,7.0^3,12.^6,10.0^9,13]tetradec - 4 - ene via [6+2]cycloaddition followed by intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction. As a by-product, pentacyclo[7.5.0.0^2,7.0^3,5.0⁴⁸]tetradeca - 10,12 - diene is formed by a [2+2+2]mechanism. Addition of cycloheptatriene to diphenylacetylene and bis - (tri- methylsilyl)acetylene furnishes sustituted bicyclo[4.2.1]nona - 2,4,7 - trienes. Alkenes, E,E-2,4 - hexadiene and 1,3 - cyclooctadiene are unreactive. The [6+2]cycloaddition is made possible by coordination of cycloheptatriene to titanium, which changes the symmetry of the frontier orbitals in the triene. The reactivity of the trienophile is also enhanced by coordination to the catalyst.     

Stereoselective intramolecular hetero Diels-Alder reactions of 1-oxa-1,3-butadienes: synthesis of novel annelated pyrrolo[1,2-a]indoles

Novel classes of pyrano-1,3-dioxane-, pyranopyrimidine- and pyranopyrazole-fused pyrrolo[1,2-a]indoles are synthesised via stereoselective intramolecular 1-oxa-1,3-butadiene hetero Diels-Alder reactions.     

The influence of reaction conditions on the Diels-Alder cycloadditions of 2-thio-3-chloroacrylamides; investigation of thermal, catalytic and microwave conditions

The Diels-Alder cycloadditions of cyclopentadiene and 2,3-dimethyl-1,3-butadiene to a range of 2-thio-3-chloroacrylamides under thermal, catalytic and microwave conditions is described. The influence of reaction conditions on the outcome of the cycloadditions, in particular the stereoselectivity and reaction efficiency, is discussed. While the cycloadditions have been attempted at the sulfide, sulfoxide and sulfone levels of oxidation, use of the sulfoxide derivatives is clearly beneficial for stereoselective construction of Diels-Alder cycloadducts.     

Regiospecific synthesis of pyrido[3,4-b]- and pyrido[4,3-b]carbazole-5,11-dione derivatives. Evaluation of their in vitro antifungal or antiprotozoological activities.

Hetero Diels-Alder reactions between 2- or 3-bromocarbazolequinones 1a or 1b and azadiene 5 afford regiospecifically pyrido[3,4-b]- and pyrido[4,3-b]carbazole-3,5,11-triones 6a and 6b. The regiochemistry of the cycloadditions is controlled by the position of the bromine atom at C-2 or C-3 of the bromoquinone. The corresponding N- and O-methyl derivatives 7 and 8 are prepared. Structural assignment of the regioisomers is made by 1H-NMR nuclear Overhauser effect difference experiments performed on a diacetoxy derivative of pyrido[4,3-b]carbazole 9b. The in vitro antifungal and antiprotozoological activities of some prepared derivatives have been evaluated against Candida albicans, Candida krusei, Cryptococcus neoformans and Trichomonas vaginalis. None of the tested compounds have shown significant activity towards the yeasts or protozoa.     

N-heterocyclic phosphenium cations: syntheses and cycloaddition reactions

A series of trifluoromethanesulfonate (OTf) salts of N-heterocyclic phospheniums (NHP) bearing phenyl (1a), para-methoxyphenyl (1b), 2,6-diisopropylphenyl (1c) and mesityl (1d) substituents is reported. The compounds are made by a modification to a literature procedure that improves the overall yields for and by 15 and 23%, respectively. Two unwanted side-products in the synthesis of , the diammonium salt, [(2,6-iPr-C6H3)N(H)2CH2CH2N(H)2(2,6-iPr-C6H3)]Cl2 (4) and the bisphosphine (2,6-iPr-C6H3)N(PCl2)CH2CH2N(PCl2)(2,6-iPr-C6H3) (5), are crystallographically characterized, as is the intermediate cyclic chlorophosphine, C1PN(4-OMe-C6H4)CH2CH2N(4-OMe-C6H4) (3b). The phenyl-substituted NHP is fully characterized, including by X-ray crystallography, for the first time; this compound contains a short P-O contact of 2.1850(14) A. Cycloaddition reactions of with 2,3-dimethyl-1,3-butadiene give the expected spirocyclic phospholeniums, 7,8-dimethyl-1,4-diaryl-1,4-diaza-5-phopshoniaspiro[4.4]non-7-ene, as their OTf salts (6a-d), while reactions with N,N'-dimesityl-1,4-diaza-1,3-butadiene give, except in the case of , which is too bulky to react, the aza analogues, 1,4-dimesityl-6,9-diaryl-1,4,6,9-tetraaza-5-phosphoniaspiro[4.4]non-2-ene (7a, 7b and 7d). The sterically congested is in thermal equilibrium with and free diazadiene, and undergoes a substitution reaction with 2,3-dimethyl-1,3-butadiene to give .     

Diradical mechanisms for the cycloaddition reactions of 1,3-butadiene,benzene, thiophene,ethylene, and acetylene on a Si(111)-7x7 surface

The cycloaddition chemistry of several representative unsaturated hydrocarbons (1,3-butadiene, benzene, ethylene, and acetylene) and a heterocyclic aromatic (thiophene) on a Si(111)-7x7 surface has been explored by means of density functional cluster model calculations. It is shown that (i) 1,3-butadiene, benzene, and thiophene can undergo both [4+2]-like and [2+2]-like cycloadditions onto a rest atom-adatom pair, with the former process being favored over the latter both thermodynamically and kinetically; (ii) ethylene and acetylene undergo [2+2] cycloaddition-like chemisorptions onto a rest atom-adatom pair; and (iii) all of these reactions adopt diradical mechanisms. This is in contrast to the [4+2] cycloaddition-like chemisorptions of conjugated dienes on a Si(100) surface and to the prototype [4+2] cycloadditions in organic chemistry, which were believed to adopt concerted reaction pathways. Of particular interest is the [4+2]-like cycloaddition of s-trans-1,3-butadiene, whose stereochemistry is retained during its chemisorption on the Si(111) surface.     

Synthesis and characterization of tetramethylene-syn-sesterbicyclo[2.2.2]octene

The synthesis of syn-sesterbicyclo[2.2.2]octene (7) bilaterally grafted by an exocyclic s-cis-butadiene moiety is achieved from 1,8,9,10-tetrachloro-11,11-dimethoxy-endo-tricyclo[6.2.1.0^2,7]undeca-3,5,9-triene (8) employing repetitive Diels-Alder cycloadditions between 1,3-cyclohexadiene, generated from p-benzoquinone, and diethyl fumarate or maleic anhydride as the exocyclic butadienyl equivalent, followed by subsequent transformation to the conjugated diene moieties. In comparison with the corresponding sesquibicyclo[2.2.2]octene 6, the ¹H NMR demonstrates the anisotropic shielding effect operating within the three parallel laticyclic double bonds. However, the UV absorption of 7 shows less effect by the increase of laticyclic conjugated ethylene units.     

Ring-transformation reactions of 5-hydroxy-2-oxabicyclo[3.2.0]-heptan-4-ones and 5-hydroxy-2-oxabicyclo[3.2.0]hept-6-en-4-ones

Dehydrochlorination of chlorinated 5-hydroxy-2-oxabicyclo[3.2.0]heptan-4-ones, 3a-c, which were obtained from the photo[2+2]cycloadditions between 4-hydroxy-3(2H)-furanone 1 and chloroethylenes, with triethylamine gave 2-ethenyl-3(2H)-furanones 4a,b or 2-(2-cyanoethyl)-3(2H)-furanone 4c. 2-Oxa-bicyclo[3.2.0]hept-6-en-4-ones 7 being [2+2]cycloadducts between 1 and acetylenes gave 2,3-dihydro-3-oxooxepin derivatives 8 by electrocyclic rearrangement.     

Ionic Liquid-Mediated Facile Synthesis and Antimicrobial Study of Thiazolo [2,3-b]Benzo[h]Quinazolines and Thiazino[2,3-b] Benzo-[h]Quinazolines

Abstract

8-Methoxy-4-phenyl-3,4,5,6-tetrahydrobenzo[h]quinazoline-2(1H)-thione, obtained by the condensation of 2-benzylidene-6-methoxy-3,4-dihydronapthalene-1(2H)-one with thiourea, on reaction with chloroacetic acid and 3-chloropropanoic acid in the presence of the ionic liquid N-methylpyridinium tosylate furnishes 3-methoxy-7-phenyl-7,10-dihydro-5H- benzo[h]thiazolo[2,3-b]quinazoline-9(6H)-one and 3-methoxy-7-phenyl-5,6,10,11-tetrahydro- benzo[h][1,3]thiazino[2,3-b]quinazoline-9(7H)-one. Further, condensation of the thione with 1,2-dibromoethane and 1,3-dibromopropane yields 3-methoxy-7-phenyl-6,7,9,10-tetrahydro-5 H-benzo[h]thiazolo[2,3-b]quinazoline and 3-methoxy-7-phenyl-5,6,7,9,10,11-hexahydrobenzo [h][1,3]thiazino[2,3-b]quinazoline respectively. Arylidene derivatives have been obtained by two routes. The structures of the cyclized compounds have been established on the basis of elemental analysis and spectroscopic data. The synthesized compounds were screened for antimicrobial activity. Some of the compounds showed promising antimicrobial activities.     

Molecular crystals with moving parts: synthesis, characterization, and crystal packing of molecular gyroscopes with methyl-substituted triptycyl frames

We report a highly convergent synthesis for the preparation of molecular gyroscopes consisting of para-phenylene rotors linked by triple bonds to methyl-substituted triptycenes acting as pivots and encapsulating frames. The desired 1,4-bis[2-(2,3,6,7,12,13-hexamethyl-10-alkyl-9-triptycyl)ethynyl]benzenes were prepared from 2,3-dimethyl-1,3-butadiene using Diels-Alder cycloadditions and Pd(0)-catalyzed coupling as the key reactions. The main challenge in the synthesis came about in the preparation of 9-alkynyl-triptycenes by Diels-Alder reaction of benzynes and 9-alkynyl-2,3,6,7-tetramethylanthracenes. These reactions occurred with chemical yields and regioselectivities that were strongly influenced by steric and electronic effects of substituents at C10 of the anthracene core. Anthracenes with methyl, propyl, and phenyl substituents were utilized to complete the synthesis of their corresponding molecular gyroscopes, and their solid-state structures were determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. Examination of these results indicated that, as expected, the bulky triptycyl groups encourage crystallization motifs that create more free volume around the phenylene rotor, as needed to facilitate fast gyroscopic motion in the solid state.