Intramolecular O-H...O hydrogen-bond-mediated reversal in the partitioning of conformationally restricted triplet 1,4-biradicals and amplification of diastereodifferentiation in their lifetimes

The photoreactivity and nanosecond transient phenomena have been investigated for a rationally designed set of ketones 4-9 in order to gain comprehensive insights concerning the influence of intramolecular hydrogen bonding on (i) the lifetimes of triplet 1,4-biradicals and (ii) the partitioning of the latter between cyclization and elimination. Comparisons of the photochemical results and lifetime data for the biradicals of ketones 6 versus 8 and 7 versus 9 revealed a remarkable influence of hydrogen bonding when superimposed upon steric factors: while 6 and 7 yielded cyclobutanols in poor yields, cyclization was found to be overwhelmingly predominant for 8-anti and moderately so for 9-anti, with a high stereoselectivity in the formation of cyclobutanols (>95% for 8-anti). The diastereochemistry in the case of 8 permitted the occurrence of fragmentation or cyclization almost exclusively (>90% cyclization for 8-anti and >75% elimination for 8-syn). Significantly, the intramolecular hydrogen bonding in the biradicals of 8 and 9 was found to reverse their partitioning between cyclization and elimination compared with the behavior of the biradicals of ketones 3; the ketones 8-anti and 9-anti underwent cyclization in benzene, predominantly leading to cyclobutanols with syn stereochemistry between the C2 and C3 substituents. In accordance with photoproduct profiles, an unprecedented approximately 2-fold difference in the lifetimes of the intermediate diastereomeric triplet biradicals of ketones 8 in nonpolar solvents (e.g., tau(syn) = 123 ns and tau(anti) = 235 ns in cyclohexane) was observed via nanosecond laser flash photolysis, while no such difference in lifetimes was found for the triplet biradicals of acetoxy ketones 9. The intriguing diastereodifferentiation in the lifetimes of the diastereomeric triplet 1,4-biradicals of 8 and the product profiles of ketones 6, 7, and 9 are best reconciled via a unified mechanistic picture in which superposition of steric factors over varying magnitudes of O-H...O hydrogen bonding selectively facilitates a particular pathway. In particular, the diastereodifferentiation in the photochemical outcomes for the diastereomers of ketone 8 and in the lifetimes of their triplet biradicals can be understood on the basis of rapid deactivation of the 8-syn triplet biradical via fragmentation and slow cyclization of the 8-anti triplet biradical from chair- and twist-boat-like hydrogen-bonded conformations, respectively. The photolysis in polar aprotic solvents such as DMSO and pyridine was found to reverse the chemoselectivity, yielding reactivity paralleling that of ketones 3, for which the steric factors between the C2 and C3 substituents control the photochemical outcome.     

Diastereomeric discrimination in the lifetimes of Norrish Type II triplet 1,4-biradicals and stereocontrolled partitioning of their reactivity (Yang cyclization versus Type II fragmentation)

The stereochemistry at C2 and C3 carbons controls the partitioning of triplet 1,4-biradicals of ketones 2 among various pathways. Differences in the major reaction pathways, for example, cyclization (syn) and fragmentation (anti), adopted by the diastereomeric 1,4-radicals of ketones 2 have permitted unprecedented diastereomeric discrimination in their lifetimes to be observed by nanosecond laser flash photolysis. From quantum yield measurements and transient lifetime data, the absolute rate constants for cyclization and fragmentation of a pair of diastereomeric triplet 1,4-biradicals have been determined for the first time.     

Radical and Heck cyclizations of diastereomeric o-haloanilide atropisomers

The outcomes of radical cyclizations and Heck reactions of N-(cyclohex-2-enyl)-N-(2-iodophenyl)acetamides depend critically on the configurations of the chiral axis and the stereocenter. In substrates without an ortho-methyl group, the diastereomeric precursors interconvert slowly at ambient temperatures. Cyclization of enriched mixtures of diastereomers provided similar yields of acetyl tetrahydrocarbazoles or dihydrocarbazoles, suggesting that interconversion of the radical or organometallic intermediates also occurs. Diastereomers of N-(cyclohex-2-enyl)-N-(2-iodo-4,6-dimethylphenyl)acetamides with an additional ortho-methyl group did not interconvert at ambient temperatures and were readily resolved. In radical cyclizations, syn diastereomers were prone to cyclize, while anti isomers were not. Strikingly, Heck reactions gave the opposite result; anti isomers were prone to cyclization and syn isomers were not. Heck reactions of allylic acetates occur with β-hydride elimination when acetate is trans to palladium and with β-acetoxy elimination when acetate is cis. This is surprising because prior studies have suggested that a trans relationship of palladium and acetoxy is essential for acetate elimination. Analyses of the results provide insights into mechanisms for radical cyclization and for insertion and elimination in the Heck reaction.     

Product ion studies of diastereomeric benzo[ghi]fluoranthene tetraols by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry and post-source decay

The product ion formation characteristics of the four diastereomeric tetrahydroxy benzo[ghi]fluoranthene compounds formed by hydrolysis of the syn and anti diastereomers of trans-3,4-dihydroxy-5,5a-epoxy-3,4,5,5a-tetrahydrobenzo[ghi]fluoranthene are studied using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization and post-source decay (PSD) to determine a correlation between the fragmentation characteristics of these tetraols and the structures of the diol-epoxide diastereomers from which they are hydrolyzed. The tetraols formed by the trans ring opening of the diol epoxides during hydrolysis yield product ion spectra specific for the syn and anti configurations of their precursor diol epoxides. All four diastereomeric tetraols form product ions by the losses of one and/or two water molecules in varying proportions when lithium-cationized molecule ions (m/z 301) are selected for PSD product ion analysis. The differences in the PSD spectra of these four Li+-cationized molecules are rationalized in terms of a water loss mechanism that involves the 1,2 elimination of a hydrogen atom and hydroxyl group that are cis with respect to each other on adjacent carbons.     

Beta-phenyl quenching of triplet excited ketones: how critical is the geometry for deactivation?

The phenomenon of beta-phenyl quenching has been examined by laser-flash photolysis in a series of alpha- and/or beta-substituted ketones 4-8 with similar excited-state characteristics. It is found that alpha-substitution markedly increases the triplet lifetimes in contrast to beta-substitution. The force field calculations for the various staggered conformers of ketones 4-6 and 8-syn show that the lowest-energy conformation in all these ketones has the carbonyl group and the beta-phenyl ring gauche to each other. Despite this geometrical requirement, the longer lifetimes observed are interpreted as being due to the influence of the alpha-substituent on the rotational freedom of the planar benzoyl moiety as a whole. The experimental results are suggestive of the attainment of what appears to be a critical geometry for quenching. This scenario may be likened to Norrish type II reactions, where the alpha-substituent has long been known to suppress the elimination pathway and promote Yang cyclization. In addition, we have shown that the diastereomers of alpha,beta-disubstituted ketones exhibit distinct lifetimes.     

Enhancement of diastereoselectivity in photodimerization of alkyl 2-naphthoates with chiral auxiliaries via inclusion within γ-cyclodextrin cavities

Irradiations of alkyl 2-naphthoates are known to result in four isomeric "cubane-like" photodimers: anti(HH)-2, syn(HH)-2, anti(HT)-2, and syn(HT)-2 where the anti(HH)-2, anti(HT)-2, and syn(HT)-2 consist of pairs of diastereomers. Here, chiral auxiliary and chiral microreactor strategies have been combined to achieve high diastereoselectivity in photodimerizations of an enantiomeric pair of 2-naphthoates with (R)- and (S)-1-methoxycarbonylethyl esters as chiral auxiliaries (1R and 1S). Thus, irradiations of their γ-cyclodextrin (γ-CD) complexes have been conducted. Fluorescence, IR, and NMR spectra of both enantiomers of 1 demonstrate that their γ-CD complexes are mainly 2:2 with the molecules of 1 in head-to-head orientations. Irradiation of the complexes in the solid state mainly resulted in anti(HH)-2. The absolute configuration of each diastereomer of anti(HH)-2 has been established for the first time here. The diastereomeric excesses (de's) of anti(HH)-2 from 1R and 1S were 94% and 86%, respectively. These de's are much higher than those found from irradiations in solution (55% for 1R and 1S), where the opposite diastereomeric form is in excess! Calculations of the energies of various conformations of the head-to-head 2:2 inclusion complexes were performed using the PM3 approach. The predicted major diastereomers based on the calculation are consistent with those found experimentally.     

Differentiation of diasteromeric α-sulfanyl-β-amino acid derivatives by electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry

A set of diastereomeric α-sulfanyl-β-amino acid derivatives, which are important building blocks for pharmaceuticals with potent biological activity, are studied by electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry. The collision induced dissociation (CID) spectra of [M+H](+), [M+NH(4)](+), [M+Na](+) and [M+Li](+) of the diastereomers were studied, among them the CID of [M+Na](+) and [M+Li](+) showed consistent differences in the relative abundance of characteristic ions that enabled distinction of the anti isomers from syn isomers. The decomposition pathways for the diagnostic ions were arrived at based on high-resolution mass spectrometry data, multiple mass spectrometry data, deuterium labeling experiments and the mass shift in accordance with the substituents located at different places. Loss of (R(1)-C(6)H(4)-CH=NH) and (Cat-NH-SO(2)R(2)) from [M+Cat](+), where Cat=Na and Li, and the product ions as a results of McLafferty rearrangement involving either >S=O or >C=O group were found to be diagnostic. The McLafferty rearrangement product ions involving >S=O group were more abundant in syn isomers while those involving >C=O group were more abundant in anti isomer. The selectivity observed in the decomposition of [M+Li](+) ions was found to be similar to that of [M+Na](+) ions, but in few cases the differences are marginal in the decomposition [M+Li](+) ions.     

Synthesis of Chiral alpha,delta-Dioxygenated Allylic Stannanes as Reagents for Carbohydrate Synthesis and Homologation

The delta-oxygenated allylic stannanes 4.4 and 4.5, prepared through addition of Bu(3)SnLi to gamma-OTBS crotonaldehyde 4.3c followed by etherification of the adduct with TBS-Cl or MOM-Cl, undergo transmetalation with InCl(3) and in situ addition to aldehydes leading to mainly anti adducts 5.1 or 5.2, accompanied by varying amounts of syn diastereomers. Selectivities of >95:5 can be realized with the MOM reagent 4.5 and ynals 4.3d and 4.3e or cyclohexanecarboxaldehyde 4.3a. With enals 4.3b and 4.3c, 80:20 mixtures of anti and syn adducts are formed. The S enantiomer 10.1 of stannane 4.5 has also been prepared as a reagent for carbohydrate synthesis. Accordingly, addition to alpha-ODPS acetaldehyde 10.2 in the presence of InCl(3) leads to the adduct 10.3 as an inseparable 90:10 mixture of anti and syn diastereomers. Dihydroxylation of the OTBS derivative 10.4 affords the potential altrose precursor 10.5 in 81% yield.     

Total synthesis and structural elucidation of (-)-maurenone

[reaction: see text] The total synthesis of (2S,3S)-2,3-dihydro-6-[(1'S, 2'R)-2-hydroxy-1-methylbutyl]-3,5-dimethyl-2-[(1'S)-1-methylpropyl]-4H-pyran-4-one (3), the (-)enantiomer of the marine polypropionate, maurenone, was achieved in nine linear steps (13% overall yield) from (R)-2-benzylpentan-3-one ((R)-14) and (R)-2-benzoyloxypentan-3-one ((R)-15). Key fragments were synthesized using highly diastereoselective syn and anti boron aldol reactions and were coupled using a lithium-mediated aldol reaction. Trifluoroacetic acid-promoted cyclization/dehydration was then used to install the gamma-dihydropyrone ring. Eight isomers of one enantiomeric series were synthesized by coupling two ketones with each of four aldehydes. Comparison of the 13C NMR data for the eight isomers with that reported for maurenone established the relative stereochemistry of the natural product.     

Diastereoselective yang photocyclization reactions in solution. synthesis of enantiopure azetidin-3-ol derivatives

[reaction: see text] Chiral 2-acyl-3-allyl- or 2-acyl-3-benzyl-substituted perhydro-1,3-benzoxazines readily cyclized under irradiation to azetidin-3-ol derivatives. The diastereoselectivity of the cyclization is dependent on the nature of the substituents at the nitrogen atom. N-allyl-substituted derivatives yielded only two of the four possible diastereomers in moderate to good diastereomeric excess. The cyclization of N-benzyl derivatives was totally diastereoselective leading to a single diastereomer. The elimination of the menthol appendage lead to enantiopure 2,3-disubstituted azetidin-3-ol derivatives.     

Photochemical studies on acyclic alkyl aromatic ketones in the solid state: asymmetric induction and increased chemoselectivity

The acyclic alkyl aromatic ketones, 2-isobutyl-4-methyl-1-arylpentan-1-one derivatives were designed and synthesized for photochemical investigations. Irradiation of such compounds in acetonitrile solution led to the Yang cyclization and Norrish type II cleavage photoproducts with a ratio of 1:1, whereas the reaction conducted in the solid state using the ionic chiral auxiliary method led to only the Yang cyclization product with as high as 99% ee. Furthermore, the conformational transitions were first observed in the reaction.     

Stereochemistry of heterocycles

Methods were developed for the synthesis of 2-ethoxy-1,4-butanediol and 2-ethoxy-1,4-pentanediol. The latter was a mixture of diastereomers. These diols were used to synthesize 5-ethoxy-1,3-dioxepan and 2,2,4-trimethyl-6-ethoxy-1,3-dioxepan. Gas-liquid chromatography was used to demonstrate that 2,2,4-trimethyl-6-ethoxy-1,3-dioxepan is a mixture of cis and trans isomers; the ratio of these isomers is similar to the ratio of diastereomers in the starting 2-ethoxy-1,4-pentanediol. The configurations of the indicated isomers were evaluated by conformational analysis.See [1] for communication XIII.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 3–6, January, 1972.     

Stereospecific Michael addition of dithioester enethiolates with acyclic enones

Cis lithium enethiolates, generated from substituted dithioesters, undergo 1,4-addition uith vapious β-monosubstituted α-unsaturated ketones. With acyclic enones one of the tw resulting diastereomeric 5-oxodithioesters is predominantly formed (ratio up to 95 : 5). Its anti configuration was proven by chemical correlation in one case. Evidence for fhe stereospecificity of this Michael, addition is given.     

Conformational Studies by Dynamic NMR. 57.(1) Stereodynamics of Syn-Anti Interconversion of Disubstituted Acyl Durenes

The orthogonal syn and anti isomers, originated by the restricted rotation about the Ar-C(O)Bu(t) single bonds in 1,4-bis(2,2-dimethylpropanoyl)durene (2e), have been separated by preparative thin layer chromatography. In solution they reach an equilibrium where the syn-anti ratio depends upon the polarity of the solvent. This allowed us to assign the anti structure, which has a null dipole moment, to the least retained isomer. The free energy of activation (DeltaG) for the interconversion was found to be 22.5 kcal mol(-)(1), a value high enough for identifying these species as configurational isomers. When less hindered derivatives, also having two RCO (R = Pr(i), Et, Me) substituents in the positions 1,4 of the durene moiety, were examined, the syn and anti forms could be detected only at low temperature by means of NMR spectroscopy. The corresponding interconversion barriers (DeltaG = 13.4, 11.7, 10.9 kcal mol(-)(1), respectively) are, in fact, much lower than for R = Bu(t), indicating that in these cases we are dealing with conformational rather than with configurational isomers.     

Unusual temperature dependence in the cis/trans-oxetane formation discloses competitive syn versus anti attack for the Paternò-Büchi reaction of triplet-excited ketones with cis- and trans-cylooctenes. Conformational control of diastereoselectivity in the cyclization and cleavage of preoxetane diradicals

Toluene-d(8) solutions of cis- and trans-cyclooctene (cis- and trans-1a) as well as (Z)- and (E)-1-methylcyclooctene (cis- and trans-1b) have been irradiated at temperatures between -95 and +110 degrees C in the presence of benzophenone (BP) to afford mixtures of the cis- and trans-configured oxetanes 2a,b and the regioisomeric 2b'. Correspondingly, benzoquinone (BQ) gave with cis- and trans-1a the cycloadducts cis- and trans-3a. The cis/trans diastereomeric ratios of the [2 + 2]-cycloadducts 2 and 3 display a strong temperature dependence; with cis- and trans-1a or cis-1b as starting materials, the diastereoselectivity of the oxetane formation is high at low temperature, under preservation of the initial cyclooctene configuration. With increasing temperature, the cis diastereoselectivity decreases continuously for the cis-cyclooctenes; in the case of the cis-1a, the diastereoselectivity is even switched to trans (cis/trans ca. 20:80) at very high temperatures. For the strained trans-1a, the trans-oxetanes are strongly preferred over the entire temperature range, with only minor leakage (up to 10%) to the cis-oxetanes at very high temperatures. Oxetane formation is accompanied by nonthermal trans-to-cis isomerization of the cyclooctene. The methyl-substituted trans-1b constitutes an exceptional substrate; it displays cis diastereoselectivity in the [2 + 2] photocycloaddition at low temperatures for both regioisomers 2b and 2b', and the trans selectivity increases at moderate temperature (cis/trans = 4:96), to decrease again at high temperature, especially for the minor regioisomer 2b'. This complex temperature behavior of the cis/trans diastereoselectivity may be rationalized in terms of the triplet-diradical mechanism of the Paternò-Büchi reaction. We propose that the cyclooctene may be competitively attacked by the triplet-excited ketone from the higher (syn) or the less (anti) substituted side; such syn and anti trajectories have hitherto not been considered. To account for the unusual temperature behavior in the diastereoselectivity of the present [2 + 2] photocycloaddition, we suggest that temperature-dependent conformational changes of the resulting triplet preoxetane diradicals compete with their cyclization to the cis/trans-oxetane diastereomers and retro cleavage to the cis-cyclooctene.     

Convergent,regioselective synthesis of tetrakisfulleroids from C(60)

An efficient synthesis of the two diastereomeric tetrakisfulleroids 14a and 14b is described starting from the readily accessible trans-1 bis-Diels-Alder adduct 12. The challenging issue of generating multiple bond scissions regiochemically within the fullerene framework, here as [5,6] open systems (fulleroids), is simplified into performing two separate regiocontrol phases. The initial bisadduct 12 can only undergo syn or anti photochemically promoted intramolecular tandem [4 + 4] and retro [2 + 2 + 2] rearrangements, giving the two isomers 14a and 14b in an unexpected 1:4 ratio. Interestingly, the UV-vis absorption spectra of these two isomers are quite different even though their local chromophore perturbations are distant from each other.     

Diastereoselective syntheses of new analogues of the farnesyltransferase inhibitor RPR 130401

The access to several benzo[f]perhydroisoindolic analogues of farnesyltransferase inhibitors from a single dienic precursor is reported. An initial [4 + 2] cycloaddition between diphenylisobenzofuran6 and pyrrolines 11, 14, and 15 led to either the syn or the anti isomers, depending on the mode of activation of the cycloaddition. The syn diastereomers were isolated in 90% de under 12 kbar at room temperature, while their anti counterparts were obtained with the same selectivity by warming the reaction mixture to 110 degrees C in toluene at atmospheric pressure. Both syn and anti adducts were separately N-deprotected, and the resulting amines reacted with an activated ester derived from the acid (20) to afford the final targets (5). Two new analogues (5a and 5b) of the FT inhibitor RPR 130401 were thus synthesized in a mere three-step synthetic scheme with overall yields from 30 to 60%.     

Synthesis and Characterization of Oxotechnetium(V) Mixed-Ligand Complexes Containing a Tridentate N-Substituted Bis(2-mercaptoethyl)amine and a Monodentate Thiol

A series of 22 mixed-ligand complexes of the general formula TcOL(1)L(2), where L(1)H(2) are N-substituted bis(2-mercaptoethyl)amine ligands, [SN(R)S], and L(2)H are monodentate thiols as coligand, is reported. The complexes were prepared by the ligand exchange method using Tc-gluconate as precursor and equimolar quantities of the two ligands. In all cases the syn stereoisomer was formed in high yield and isolated as a crystalline product. In four cases HPLC analysis demonstrated the presence of the anti stereoisomer in the reaction mixture. Although the yield was less than 1%, one anti isomer, 4a, was successfully isolated as brown crystals. The isolated complexes were characterized by spectroscopic methods and elemental analysis. The formation of the two diastereomers, syn and anti, was expected due to the configuration of the nitrogen substituent (R) with respect to the central TcO core. The X-ray crystallography showed that the coordination geometry of the syn isomers 9, 11, and 18 is trigonal bipyramidal while for the anti isomer 4a it is distorted square pyramidal. This is the first documentation of syn/anti isomerism in N-substituted TcO[SN(R)S][S] mixed-ligand complexes.     

Silanediol inhibitors of angiotensin-converting enzyme. Synthesis and evaluation of four diastereomers of Phe[Si]Ala dipeptide analogues

Four stereoisomers of a Phe-Ala silanediol dipeptide mimic have been evaluated as inhibitors of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) and compared to ketone-based inhibitors reported by Almquist et al. One stereogenic center of the isomers was derived from the individual enantiomers of methyl 3-hydroxy-2-methylpropionate, with separation of diastereomers after introduction of the second stereogenic center. The diastereomeric identities were established by X-ray crystallography of an intermediate. Inhibition of ACE by three of the silanediol diastereomers (IC(50) = 3.8-207 nM) closely paralleled that of the corresponding diastereomeric ketones (IC(50) = 1.0-46 nM). The fourth diastereomer, corresponding to the least inhibitory ketone (IC(50) = 3200 nM), exhibited an unexpected level of inhibition in the silanediol (IC(50) = 72 nM), suggesting an alternative mode of binding to the enzyme.     

Absolute configuration determination of 2-(2-oxo-3-indolyl)acetamide derivatives

We describe a reliable method for determining the absolute configuration of 2-(2-oxo-3-indolyl)acetamides based on analysis of the ¹H NMR spectra of their phenylethylamide diastereomers. The conformational preferences for two diastereomeric amides were calculated by DFT, which matched well with the experimental results. X-ray diffraction analysis allowed us to validate the method.