Cascade cyclization, dipolar cycloaddition to bridged tricyclic amines related to the Daphniphyllum alkaloids

A tandem one-pot reaction of an aldehyde with a primary amine involving condensation and then cyclization (N-alkylation), followed by intramolecular dipolar cycloaddition of the resulting nitrone or azomethine ylide, provides a synthesis of bridged tricyclic amines. The reaction was most successful using hydroxylamine, and when the dipolarophile was an unsaturated ester, subsequent reduction of the N-O bond and cyclization to the lactam provided the core ring system of the yuzurimine, daphnilactone B, and bukittinggine type Daphniphyllum alkaloids.     

Synthesis of the core ring system of the yuzurimine-type Daphniphyllum alkaloids by cascade condensation, cyclization, cycloaddition chemistry

Addition of hydroxylamine to substituted 4-chlorobutanals gives intermediate nitrones that undergo tandem cyclization and then intramolecular dipolar cycloaddition to give the core ring system of the yuzurimine-type natural products. Ring-opening of the isoxazolidines gives amino alcohols that can be converted to 1,3-oxazines, representing the tetracyclic core of alkaloids such as daphcalycic acid and daphcalycine.     

Cascade cyclization intermolecular dipolar cycloaddition by multi-component couplings—synthesis of indolizidines and pyrrolizidines

A three-component coupling reaction of a primary amine (an amino-acid or amino-ester or hydroxylamine), an alkene or alkyne dipolarophile and an aldehyde bearing a halide as a leaving group has been developed. Condensation of the amine with the aldehyde and cyclization (intramolecular N-alkylation) provides, after decarboxylation or deprotonation, a cyclic azomethine ylide (or nitrone) that undergoes intermolecular dipolar cycloaddition with the dipolarophile. This sets up, in a single step, the bicyclic indolizidine or pyrrolizidine ring system, depending on the length of the tether between the aldehyde and the halide. The reaction is successful with stabilized and non-stabilized azomethine ylides that result from using primary amino-esters or amino-acids, respectively.     

Synthesis of angularly fused aromatic compounds from alkenyl enediynes by a tandem radical cyclization process

Let's get radical: A general synthetic route toward angularly ortho-fused polyaromatic [4]helicenes starting from aryl alkenyl N-substituted cyclic enediynes is described (see scheme; DMSO=dimethyl sulfoxide, Ns=4-nitrobenzenesulfonyl). The process involved a Bergman cyclization (BC) as the key step of an unprecedented tandem radical reaction.     

Synthesis of fused tetrazole derivatives via a tandem cycloaddition and N-allylation reaction and parallel synthesis of fused tetrazole amines

A method for the synthesis of novel fused tricyclic tetrazoles from allylic bromides generated by the recently discovered DiazAll reaction has been developed. This new tandem reaction comprises a cycloaddition between a nitrile and (TMS)N(3) followed by an intramolecular N-allylation. The variation of functionalities in the benzene moiety was well-tolerated, and only a moderate difference in yield and degree of purity was noticed. An exo-methylene group in these new compounds permitted further derivatization. Structural resemblance with substances which possess important pharmacological properties motivated the synthesis of a series of ketones and a small library of amines.     

Synthesis of 2,4-diaminoquinazolines and tricyclic quinazolines by cascade reductive cyclization of methyl N-cyano-2-nitrobenzimidates

An efficient route to N(4)-substituted 2,4-diaminoquinazolines has been developed by employing tandem condensation of cyanoimidate-amine and reductive cyclization in iron-HCl system. This method is tolerant of a following intramolecular N-alkylation and produces two fused heterocycles in a one-pot procedure. This protocol is a facile two-step synthesis of tricyclic quinazolines, which is effected by potent cyanoimidation and tandem reductive cyclization from 2-nitrobenzaldehydes. Moreover, the forming process of tricyclic quinazolines has been investigated from the ring-opening/ring-closing cascade point of view. It is found that the preparation of tricyclic quinazolinones in good yields relies on the selective hydrolysis of tricyclic quinazolines in base or acid system.     

Stereoselective synthesis of functionalized pyrrolidines by ruthenium porphyrin-catalyzed decomposition of alpha-diazo esters and cascade azomethine ylide formation/1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions

[reaction: see text] Ruthenium porphyrins catalyze three-component coupling reaction of alpha-diazo esters with a series of N-benzylidene imines and alkenes to form functionalized pyrrolidines in excellent diastereoselectivities. The reaction proceeds via a reactive ruthenium-carbene intermediate and its subsequent reaction with imine to generate azomethine ylide, which reacts with alkenes via 1,3-diploar cycloaddition.     

Stereochemistry of contiguous cyclopropane formation from cascade cyclization of a skipped dienyl homoallyl triflate

Solvolysis of asymmetric homoallylic triflates bearing a terminal stannyl substituent gives disubstituted cyclopropanes and bicyclopropanes bearing differentiated termini in high enantiopurity.     

Solid-phase Mannich condensation of amines, aldehydes, and alkynes: investigation of diverse aldehyde inputs

Terminal alkynes, secondary amines, and aldehydes undergo "solid-phase Mannich condensation". A set of diverse aldehyde inputs was examined. Aliphatic, aralkyl, aryl, and heteroaryl carboxaldehydes give good yields of Mannich adduct of high purity. Benzaldehydes containing electron-donating substituents that decrease the electrophilicity of the carbonyl center, or heteroaryl aldehydes that are similarly deactivated by resonance effects, do not undergo reaction.     

A stereoselective route to polysubstituted tetrahydroquinolines by benzotriazole-promoted condensation of aliphatic aldehydes and aromatic amines

By the promotion of benzotriazole (20 mol %), two molecules of anilines (or other arylamines) and two molecules of phenylacetaldehyde (or o-bromophenylacetaldehyde) condensed to give a series of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinolines in a stereoselective manner. By the catalysis of SmI(2) or SmI(3), the N-(alpha-aminoalkyl)benzotriazoles derived from anilines and (R)-glyceraldehyde acetonide dissociated to the corresponding iminium and enamine species, which underwent asymmetric [4 + 2] cycloadditions to give optically active tetrahydroquinolines.     

Asymmetric formal total synthesis of the stemofoline alkaloids: the evolution,development, and application of a catalytic dipolar cycloaddition cascade

A formal synthesis of didehydrostemofoline and isodidehydrostemofoline has been accomplished by preparing an intermediate in the Overman synthesis of these alkaloids from commercially available 2-deoxy-d-ribose. The work presented in this account chronicles the evolution of our explorations to identify the optimal steric and electronic control elements necessary to generate the tricyclic core structure of these alkaloids in a single operation from an acyclic precursor. The key step in the synthesis is a novel dipolar cycloaddition cascade sequence that is initiated by cyclization of a rhodium-derived carbene onto the nitrogen atom of a proximal imine group to generate an azomethine ylide that then undergoes spontaneous cyclization via dipolar cycloaddition. The synthesis features several other interesting reactions, including a Boord elimination to prepare a chiral allylic alcohol, a highly diastereoselective Hirama–Itô cyclization, and a useful modification of the Barton decarboxylation protocol.     

Stereoselective synthesis of tetrasubstituted 2,3-dihydrofurans by one-step cyclization of beta-ketosulfides of benzothiazole and aldehydes in ionic liquids

A stereoselective synthesis of tetrasubstituted 2,3-dihydrofurans was carried out in n-butylpyridinium tetrafluoroborate ([bpy(+)][BF(4)(-)]) as solvent. The reaction proceeds smoothly in one step starting from simple materials such as aldehydes and beta-ketosulfides of benzothiazole. A comparison between several ionic liquids (ILs) is presented, and the role of the benzothiazolyl moiety is discussed. Workup proved to be very easy and recycling of IL possible.     

One-pot formation of aza-enolates from secondary amines and condensation to esters and alkyl bromides

Starting from commercial secondary amines, a one-pot procedure allows a direct access to enaminones through a one-pot deprotonation/oxidation/in situ re-deprotonation/acylation sequence without intermediate isolation of the intermediate Schiff base or its corresponding enamine tautomer. An alternative one-pot sequence involving a similar oxidation step followed by one or two alkylation steps yields, after acidic work-up, functionalized ketones directly from the parent amine. This process has been applied to an expeditious synthesis of the male aggregation pheromone of the cereal leaf beetle Oulema melanopus.     

A novel reaction cascade leading to a spontaneous intramolecular dipolar cycloaddition through simultaneous generation of 1,3-dipole and dipolarophile

Ornithine methyl ester reacts with aromatic aldehydes to generate bis-Schiff bases, which depending on the structure of the aromatic aldehyde, further undergo an intramolecular cycloaddition through the transient formation of a reactive 1,3-dipole.     

Highly selective synthesis of tricyclic compounds from semithioglycoluril,formaldehyde and amines

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Enantioselective multicomponent synthesis of fused 6-5 bicyclic 2-butenolides by a cascade heterobicyclisation process

The successive coupling of an alkoxy(aryl/heteroaryl)carbene complex of chromium with either a ketone or an imide lithium enolate and then a 3-substituted (H, TMS, PhCH(2), PhCH(2)CH(2), Me) propargylic organomagnesium reagent has afforded novel hydroxy-substituted bicyclic [4.3.0]-γ-alkylidene-2-butenolides with three modular points that has allowed the efficient introduction of molecular complexity, including a homopropargylic alcohol core. The selective formation of these five- or six-component heterobicyclisation products is the result of the regioselective integration of the Grignard reagent as a propargyl fragment followed by a cascade CO/alkyne/CO insertion, ketene trapping and elimination sequence. By using lithium enolates of chiral N-acetyl-2-oxazolidinones and the corresponding propargylic organocerium reagents, both enantiomers of these bicyclic heterocycles were efficiently prepared with very high enantiomeric purity. Architecturally, these fused bicyclic butenolides are characterised by a highly unsaturated and oxygenated core and they exhibit strong blue fluorescence in solution.