Heck arylation of endocyclic enecarbamates with diazonium salts. Improvements and a concise enantioselective synthesis of (-)-codonopsinine

Total enantioselective synthesis of the natural (-)-codonopsinine was accomplished in seven steps with an overall yield of approximately 16% starting from the five-membered endocyclic enecarbamate 4. The total synthesis features a highly efficient and stereoselective Heck arylation of endocyclic enecarbamate 4 with p-methoxybenzenediazonium tetrafluoroborate and a stereoselective epoxidation/epoxide opening sequence as key steps.     

Synthesis of indolizidines and pyrrolizidines through the [2 + 2]cycloaddition of five-membered endocyclic enecarbamates to alkyl ketenes. Unusual regioselectivity of Baeyer-Villiger ring expansions of alkyl aza-bicyclic cyclobutanones

The total syntheses of two indolizidine skeletons and of the necine base (+/-)-platynecine were accomplished in a concise manner with good overall yields starting from a common five-membered endocyclic enecarbamate. These syntheses feature a [2 + 2]cycloaddition of the five-membered endocyclic enecarbamate 5 to alkylketenes that proceeded in high yields and with high stereoselectivity to provide an endo alkyl cycloadduct as the major or only product. The minor exo alkyl cycloadducts, which can be observed in some [2 + 2]cycloadditions, seem to derive from the endo cycloadduct, the putative kinetic product, by epimerization. An unusual regioselectivity was observed for the Baeyer-Villiger oxidation of 7-alkyl-2-azabicyclic cyclobutanones. Endo-7-alkyl cycloadducts ring-expanded exclusively to a gamma-lactone in which oxygen is inserted into the C6-C7 bond in preference to the bridgehead C5-C6 bond. With the exo-7-alkyl cycloadduct the regioselectivity of the Baeyer-Villiger oxidation is drastically reduced, leading to mixtures of regioisomeric lactones in a ratio of approximately 1.5 to 1. It is hypothesized that the steric strain built into the Criegee cyclobutane intermediate is the regioselective controlling factor in these oxidations, overriding any stereoelectronic bias for ring expansion. A rationale for the mechanism of the [2 + 2]cycloaddition involving enecarbamates and ketenes is presented, which seems to involve the participation of an N-acyliminium-enolate intermediate.     

Synthesis of dihydroxylated prolines and iminocyclitols from five-membered endocyclic enecarbamates. Total synthesis of the potent glycosidase inhibitor (2R,3R,4R,5R)-2,5-dihydroxymethyl-3,4-dihydroxypyrrolidine (DMDP)

cis- and trans-3,4-Dihydroxylated prolines and the iminocyclitol 1,4-dideoxy-1,4-imino ribitol were synthesized employing a strategy involving the Heck arylation of five-membered endocyclic enecarbamates with aryldiazonium salts followed by oxidative cleavage of the electron-rich aromatic ring. The total synthesis of the potent α- and β-glucosidase inhibitor (2R,3R,4R,5R)-2,5-hydroxymethyl-3,4-dihydroxypyrrolidine (DMDP) was also achieved by the same strategy in ten steps from a chiral five-membered enecarbamate in 12% overall yield.     

Synthesis of the 3-(3,4,5-Trimethoxyphenyl)-pyrrolidine: A New Conformationally Constrained Mescaline Analogue

The total synthesis of the 3‐(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)-pyrrolidine, a new and conformationally constrained mescaline analogue, was accomplished in a concise and efficient manner. The synthetic route encompassed only 4 steps from the starting N-Cbz-3-pyrrolidine, in 46% overall yield. The route features a highly effective Heck arylation of the non-activated olefin N-Cbz-3-pyrrolidine with the 3,4,5-trimethoxybenzene diazonium tetrafluoroborate. The hemiaminal (lactamol) Heck adduct was converted to the mescaline analogue in a sequence of reactions: (a) dehydration of the intermediate hemiaminal 3 with trifluoroacetic acid anhydride, (b) hydrogenation/hydrogenolysis of the endocyclic enecarbamate 6 with H2-Pd/C, and (c) formation of the rather stable mescaline analogue in the form of a hydrochloride salt. The target molecule constitutes a new mescaline analogue with potential activity towards 5‐HT2 dopamine receptors.     

Chiral phosphoric acid-catalyzed enantioselective three-component Povarov reaction using enecarbamates as dienophiles: highly diastereo- and enantioselective synthesis of substituted 4-aminotetrahydroquinolines

A chiral phosphoric acid (5)-catalyzed three-component Povarov reaction of aldehydes 2, anilines 3, and enecarbamates 4 afforded cis-4-amino-2-aryl(alkyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinolines 1 in high yields with excellent diastereoselectivities (>95%) and almost complete enantioselectivities (up to >99% ee). The reaction was applicable to a wide range of anilines bearing electron-donating (OMe) and electron-withdrawing groups (e.g., Cl, CF(3), NO(2)) and allowed, for the first time, aliphatic aldehydes to be employed in the enantioselective Povarov reaction. With β-substituted acyclic enecarbamates, 2,3,4-trisubstituted 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinolines with three contiguous stereogenic centers were produced in excellent diastereo- and enantioselectivities (87 to >99% ee). A detailed study of the active catalytic species allowed us to reduce the catalyst loading from 10% to 0.5% with no deterioration of enantiomeric excess. In addition, mechanistic studies allowed us to conclude unequivocally that the Povarov reaction involving enecarbamate as dienophile proceeded via a stepwise mechanism. The key role of the free NH function of the enecarbamate in the success of this transformation was demonstrated. NMR experiments indicating the catalyst-substrate interaction as well as a linear correlation between catalyst and product ee's were also documented.     

Total synthesis of amaryllidaceae alkaloid buflavine

A concise synthesis of the amaryllidaceae alkaloid buflavine (1) and its regioisomer (2) involving sequential Meyers' biaryl coupling, enecarbamate formation, and hydrogenation followed by ultimate intramolecular reductive amination is presented.     

三级醇的脱水及C-乙酰化反应

冰乙酸—乙酸酐—高氯酸体系通常用作醇的快速乙酰化,也曾用于醇的脱水反应,但我们发现三级醇类化合物在上述体系中可以形成双键的乙酰化产物,收率颇高,因此,我们做了一些探索。     

trans-Selective Aryldifluoroalkylation of Endocyclic Enecarbamates and Enamides by Nickel Catalysis

Efficient methods for the dicarbofuntionalization of the cyclic alkenes 2-pyrroline and 2-azetine are limited. Particularly, the dicarbofunctionalization of endocyclic enecarbamates to achieve fluorinated compounds remains an unsolved issue. Reported here is a nickel-catalyzed trans-selective dicarbofunctionalization of N-Boc-2-pyrroline and N-Boc-2-azetine, a class of endocyclic enecarbamates previously unexplored for transition metal catalyzed dicarbofunctionalization. The reaction can be extended to six- and seven-membered endocyclic enamides. A variety of arylzinc reagents and bromodifluoroacetate, and its derivatives, undergo the reaction, providing straightforward and efficient access to an array of pyrrolidine- and azetidine-containing fluorinated amino acids and oligopeptides, which may have applications in the life sciences.     

Generation of N-acyliminium ions via intramolecular conjugate addition reactions: a strategy for the total synthesis of nakadomarin A

[reaction: see text] The rapid construction of the tetracyclic core ring system of nakadomarin A via a tandem enecarbamate Michael addition/N-acyliminium ion cyclization is described.     

Imine coordinated 2-aminoazole complexes of (CO)5Cr(0) and (CO)5W(0), verification by structural characterisation

The synthesis and structural characterisation (IR, MS, ¹H, ¹³C and ¹⁵N NMR and single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis) of 2-aminoazole complexes of pentacarbonyl Cr(0) and W(0) are described. When provided with endocyclic soft thioether or endocyclic hard amine, endocyclic borderline imine and exocyclic hard amine coordination sites, the softer endocyclic imine coordination site is favoured.     

Heterochiral triangulo nickel complex as evidence of a large positive nonlinear effect in catalysis

A novel triangulo complex was generated by heating, in vacuo, a racemic C2-symmetric octahedral nickel(II) diamine complex. The trinuclear species was identified by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, which revealed a 2:1 ligand stereochemistry relationship in each unit. This solid-state structure evidences the hypothesis that a 1:2 stereochemical relationship lies at the heart of the strong positive nonlinear effect observed in enecarbamate aldol-like reactions catalyzed by nickel(II) diamine complexes.     

Asymmetric carbon-carbon bond formations in conjugate additions of lithiated N-Boc allylic and benzylic amines to nitroalkenes: enantioselective synthesis of substituted piperidines,pyrrolidines, and pyrimidinones

(-)-Sparteine mediated lithiations of N-Boc-allylic and benzylic amines provide configurationally stable intermediates which on conjugate additions to nitroalkenes provide highly enantioenriched enecarbamate products in good yields, and with high diastereoselectivities. Straightforward transformations of these adducts offer general routes to substituted 3,4-substituted piperidines, 3,4-substituted pyrrolidines, and 4,5-substituted pyrimidinones. Diastereoselective substitutions of intermediate lactams followed by reduction provide 3,4,5-substituted piperidines and 3,4-trisubstituted pyrrolidines. Lithiation adjacent to nitrogen of 3,4-substituted piperidines and pyrrolidines followed by diastereoselective substitution opens a route to 2,4,5- and 2,4,5,6-substituted piperidines as well as 2,3,4- and 2,3,4,5-substituted pyrrolidines. The enantiomers of the enecarbamate and 3,4-substituted piperidine products may be accessed by stannylation/transmetalation sequences as well as by further manipulation of 4-substituted piperidones. The methodology is used to synthesize both enantiomers of an aspartic peptidase inhibitor intermediate, 3-hydroxy-4-phenylpiperidine, as well as the antidepressant (+)-femoxetine.     

Total Synthesis of (±)‐Aspidophylline A

A total synthesis of aspidophylline A, a pentacyclic akuammiline‐type monoterpene indole alkaloid, is described. The synthesis features: 1) rapid access to a fully functionalized dihydrocarbazole through the desymmetrization of readily available 2‐allyl‐2‐(o‐nitrophenyl)cyclohexane‐1,3‐dione; 2) an intramolecular azidoalkoxylation of an enecarbamate to install both the furoindoline ring and the azido functionality; and 3) an intramolecular Michael addition for the construction of the 2‐azabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane ring system.     

A novel 5-thioglycosylation method with 1,5-dithioglycosyl donors: relevance to exo- versus endocyclic activation

5-Thioglucosylation of a 1,6-anhydro-2-azido-2-deoxy-β-d-glucopyranose derivative was carried out with various 1,5-dithioglucosyl donors. The use of per-O-acetyl donors resulted in poor yields of an α-disaccharide. On the other hand, per-O-benzyl donors selectively gave an α-disaccharide in good to excellent yields regardless of the anomeric configuration of the donors. To study the relevance of the glycosylation results to the pre-equilibrium of exo- versus endocyclic sulfide activation, the relative nucleophilicities of exo- and endocyclic sulfides were estimated from the regioselectivities in the electrophilic oxidation of the per-O-benzyl donors with m-chloroperbenzoic acid. The results obeyed stereoelectronic effects and the endocyclic sulfides were more nucleophilic than the exocyclic sulfides for both anomers of per-O-benzyl-1,5-dithioglucosyl donors, the relative nucleophilicities of the endocyclic over exocyclic sulfides being 67% and 100%, respectively, for the α- and β-anomers. The results of the glycosidation and oxidation suggest that the glycosidation proceeded through an exocyclic cleavage mechanism despite the preferential endocyclic activation of 1,5-dithioglucosides.     

A Convenient Procedure for the Conversion Of N-Boc Protected Pyrrolidinone Derivatives Into Their Corresponding Enecarbamates

When N-Boc protected pyrrolidinone derivatives are treated by Dibal-H and then by quinolinium camphorsulfonate, they are converted into their corresponding enecarbamate.     

Regioselective reduction of 2-perfluoroalkanoylcyclohexane-1,3-diones and their enamino derivatives

Ionic hydrogenation of 2-perfluoroalkanoylcyclohexane-1,3-diones and their endocyclic enamino derivatives containing a secondary amino group by the action of triethylsilane in trifluoroacetic acid in the presence of a catalytic amount of lithium perchlorate involved regioselective reduction of the side-chain carbonyl group to hydroxy with formation of the corresponding hydroxy diketones and hydroxy amino ketones, respectively. Under analogous conditions endocyclic enamino derivatives possessing a tertiary amino group underwent deacylation to give enamino ketones.     

Acyclic ketene aminal phosphates derived from N,N-diprotected acetamides: stability and cross-couplings

The synthesis of a stable ketene aminal phosphate (α-phosphoryloxy enecarbamate) derived from N,N-diprotected acetamide, bearing two different removable protecting groups, is disclosed. This synthetic intermediate underwent successful palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions to afford functionalized enynes and dienes.     

Total synthesis of (-)-nakadomarin A

A concise diastereoselective total synthesis of (-)-nakadomarin A has been completed in 21 steps from D-pyroglutamic acid. Key steps include an enecarbamate Michael addition/furan-N-acyliminium ion cascade cyclization to provide the tetracyclic core and ring-closing alkyne and alkene metatheses to construct the fifteen- and eight-membered azacycles, respectively.     

Photoelectron spectra of organic compounds—VI : Exocyclic methylene compounds

The photoelectron spectra of methylene and dimethylene derivatives of bridged and unbridged cyclohexane and cyclohexene were recorded and interpreted on the basis of an LCBO model. The conjugative interaction is found to be appreciably smaller for exocyclic cis-dienes than for the corresponding endocyclic cis-dienes, whereas the homoconjugative interaction between exocyclic and endocyclic double bonds and between two endocyclic double bonds is about the same.     

Evidence for Endocyclic Cleavage of Conformationally Restricted Glycopyranosides

2,3‐trans‐carbamate‐ and ‐carbonate‐carrying pyranosides were very easily anomerised from the β to the α direction in the presence of a Lewis acid compared to other pyranosides. This reaction is caused by endocyclic cleavage of the pyranosides. Evidence for endocyclic cleavage of conformationally restricted pyranosides in the chair form was obtained by intra‐ and intermolecular Friedel–Crafts reactions, chloride addition, and reduction of the generated cation. On the other hand, pyranosides with the distorted conformation were never cleaved in an endocyclic manner.