Highly efficient solid-phase oxidative cleavage of olefins by OsO4-NalO4 in the intramolecular N-acyliminium Pictet-Spengler reaction

[reaction: see text] In the present investigation, solid-supported peptide olefins were converted quantitatively to aldehydes via the OsO(4)-NaIO(4)-mediated oxidative cleavage reaction. Addition of DABCO was essential to efficiently suppress the formation of hydroxymethyl ketone side products. The generated aldehydes were used in intramolecular N-acyliminium Pictet-Spengler reactions to produce highly pure pyrroloisoquinoline derivatives. The methodology was extended to allylglycine derivatives to enable the incorporation of pyrroloisoquinoline scaffolds within peptides.     

Intrinsic gas-phase electrophilic reactivity of cyclic N-alkyl- and N-acyliminium ions

The intrinsic gas-phase reactivity of cyclic N-alkyl- and N-acyliminium ions toward addition of allyltrimethylsilane (ATMS) has been compared using MS(2) and MS(3) pentaquadrupole mass spectrometric experiments. An order of electrophilic reactivity has been derived and found to agree with orders of overall reactivity in solution. The prototype five-membered ring N-alkyliminium ion 1a and its N-CH(3) analogue 1b, as well as their six-membered ring analogues 1c and 1d, lack N-acyl activation and they are, accordingly, inert toward ATMS addition. The five- and six-membered ring N-acyliminium ions with N-COCH(3) exocycclic groups, 3a and 3b, respectively, are also not very reactive. The N-acyliminium ions 2a and 2c, with s-trans locked endocyclic N-carbonyl groups, are the most reactive followed closely by 3c and 3d with exocyclic (and unlocked) N-CO(2)CH(3) groups. The five-membered ring N-acyliminium ions are more reactive than their six-membered ring analogues, that is: 2a > 2c and 3c > 3d. In contrast with the high reactivity of 2a, its N-CH(3) analogue 2b is inert toward ATMS addition. For the first time, the transient intermediates of a Mannich-type condensation reaction were isolated-the beta-silyl cations formed by ATMS addition to N-acyliminium ions-and their intrinsic gas-phase behavior toward dissociation and reaction with a nucleophile investigated. When collisionally activated, the beta-silyl cations dissociate preferentially by Grob fragmentation, that is, by retro-addition. With pyridine, they react competitively and to variable extents by proton transfer and by trimethylsilylium ion abstraction-the final and key step postulated for alpha-amidoalkylation. Becke3LYP/6-311G(d,p) reaction energetics, charge densities on the electrophilic C-2 site, and AM1 LUMO energies have been used to rationalize the order of intrinsic gas-phase electrophilic reactivity of cyclic iminium and N-acyliminium ions.     

Allylation of exocyclic N-Acyliminium ions generated from chiral N-[1-(phenylsulfonyl)alkyl]oxazolidin-2-ones

N-[1-(Phenylsulfonyl)alkyl]oxazolidin-2-ones are successfully prepared by condensation of the corresponding optically active oxazolidin-2-ones with aldehydes and benzenesulfinic acid. At low temperature, in the presence of titanium tetrachloride, these sulfones are converted into N-acyliminium ions, which react with allyltrimethylsilane with a variable degree of stereoselectivity. The best results are obtained with (R)-5,5-dimethyl-4-phenyloxazolidin-2-one as a chiral auxiliary. Cleavage of the oxazolidin-2-one ring with lithium/ammonia affords the corresponding homoallylamines, which reveal an absolute configuration opposite that expected on the basis of the usual steric effects. A complexation of the Lewis acid with the N-acyliminium ion may be responsible of this rather unusual stereochemical outcome.     

Mannich-type reactions in the gas-phase: the addition of enol silanes to cyclic N-acyliminium ions

The intrinsic gas-phase reactivity of cyclic N-acyliminium ions in Mannich-type reactions with the parent enol silane, vinyloxytrimethylsilane, has been investigated by double- and triple-stage pentaquadrupole mass spectrometric experiments. Remarkably distinct reactivities are observed for cyclic N-acyliminium ions bearing either endocyclic or exocyclic carbonyl groups. NH-Acyliminium ions with endocyclic carbonyl groups locked in s-trans forms participate in a novel tandem N-acyliminium ion reaction: the nascent adduct formed by simple addition is unstable and rearranges by intramolecular trimethylsilyl cation shift to the ring nitrogen, and an acetaldehyde enol molecule is eliminated. An NSi(CH(3))(3)-acyliminium ion is formed, and this intermediate ion reacts with a second molecule of vinyloxytrimethylsilane by simple addition to form a stable acyclic adduct. N-Acyl and N,N-diacyliminium ions with endocyclic carbonyl groups, for which the s-cis conformation is favored, react distinctively by mono polar [4(+) + 2] cycloaddition yielding stable, ressonance-stabilized cycloadducts. Product ions were isolated via mass-selection and structurally characterized by triple-stage mass spectrometric experiments. B3LYP/6-311G(d,p) calculations corroborate the proposed reaction mechanisms.     

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.     

Acyclic stereoselection in the reaction of nucleophilic reagents with chiral N-acyliminium ions generated from N-

Optically active N-[1-(phenylsulfonyl)alkyl]imidazolidin-2-ones react at low temperature in the presence of tin tetrachloride to give acyclic N-acyliminium ions. These electrophilic substrates give addition products upon reaction with pi-nucleophiles. Allyltrimethylsilane affords the corresponding allylated products in good yields and high diastereoselectivity. The stereochemical outcome of this process can be rationalized by taking into account the preference of the intermediate N-acyliminium ion for an E configuration that favors the attack of the nucleophile from the si-si face. Disappointing results are obtained using silyl ketene acetals; conversely trimethylsilyl enol ether of acetophenone gives the corresponding adducts in high diastereoselectivity. The utilization of trimethylsilyl enol ether of 2-acetylfuran is particularly interesting since the corresponding adducts are obtained with good diastereoselectivity and the furan ring could be amenable of further synthetic transformations.     

Stereoselective total syntheses of the racemic form and the natural enantiomer of the marine alkaloid lepadiformine via a novel N-acyliminium ion/allylsilane spirocyclization strategy

Stereoselective total syntheses of the racemic form and the natural enantiomer of the tricyclic marine alkaloid lepadiformine (6) have been accomplished using a novel intramolecular spirocyclization of an N-acyliminium ion with an allylsilane to form the A/C rings as the key step. Introduction of the hydroxymethyl group at C-13 of the racemic spirocycle 11 was achieved using our methodology for oxidative radical-based remote functionalization of o-aminobenzamides, followed by copper-catalyzed addition of Grignard reagent 16 to the N-acyliminium ion intermediate derived from 15. Subsequent Tamao oxidation of silane 17 then afforded the requisite hydroxymethyl compound 19, which was converted to the dimethyl acetal 25 via hydroformylation followed by aldehyde protection. Hydrolysis of the benzamide moiety of 25 and subsequent protection of the primary alcohol gave amino acetal 27. The synthesis was concluded from 27 by a four-step procedure: acid-catalyzed ring closure, amino nitrile formation, introduction of the hexyl chain by a Grignard reaction to an iminium salt, and removal of the O-benzyl protecting group to give (+/-)-lepadiformine (6). The enantioselective total synthesis of 6 started from known optically pure bromide 37, derived from (S)-pyroglutamic acid, and followed a similar sequence involving the key spirocyclization of N-acyliminium ion 42. This synthesis has established the absolute configuration of naturally occurring lepadiformine to be 2(R),5(S),10(S),13(S).     

一种合成2-苄基类取代Pyrrolizidine和Pyrrolizidinone环系的新途径

本文报道合成Pyrrolizidinone和Pyrrolizidine环系的新方法,即通过酰亚胺正离子成环,然后经碳正离子重排而成Pyrrolizidinone环系.采用这种方法,合成了六个新的Pyrrolizidinone及Pyrrolizidine生物碱类似物.     

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.     

Concise synthesis of the CDE ring system of tetrahydroisoquinoline alkaloids using carbophilic Lewis acid-catalyzed hydroamidation and oxidative Friedel-Crafts cyclization

A concise synthesis of the CDE ring system of the tetrahydroisoquinoline antitumor alkaloids such as saframycins, renieramycins, and ecteinascidins has been developed. Both Au(I)-catalyzed intramolecular hydroamidation of alkynylamide and NBS-mediated oxidative Friedel-Crafts cyclization of the resulting 2-ketopiperazine were utilized as key reactions.     

Stereoselective formation of N-acyliminium ion via chiral N,O-acetal TMS ether and its application to the synthesis of beta-amino acids

[reaction: see text] The highly stereoselective synthesis of beta-amino acids via the chiral 4-phenyloxazolidinone-controlled linear N-acyliminium ion reaction has been achieved by employing chiral N,O-acetal TMS ethers. In addition, the mechanism of the excellent stereochemical outcome has been elucidated. The oxazolidinone auxiliary plays a dual role in stereocontrol: the E/Z geometry control of the N-acyliminium ion induced by an initial stereoselective amide reduction, leading to the chiral N,O-acetal TMS ether, and face control of the nucleophile attack in the N-acyliminium ion reaction.     

A convergent approach to the mitomycin ring system

[structure: see text]. A novel stereoselective approach to the ring system of the mitomycins is described. The synthesis was based on a convergent strategy involving a stereocontrolled addition of a beta-phenyl silyl enol ether to a pyrroline N-acyliminium ion followed by an intramolecular palladium-catalyzed aryl triflate amination to afford the (9R*,9aR*)-tetrahydropyrrolo[1,2-a]indole ring system.     

Solid-phase synthesis of pyrroloisoquinolines via the intramolecular N-acyliminium Pictet-Spengler reaction

In the present investigation, solid-phase routes toward 1,5,6,10b-tetrahydro-2H-pyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinolin-3-ones via the intramolecular N-acyliminium Pictet-Spengler reaction are established. Peptide aldehydes generated from their parent N-Boc 1,3-oxazines by acidic reaction conditions undergo intramolecular condensation reactions with the amide N of a solid-supported peptide backbone, thus forming a 1:1 epimeric mixture of a cyclic 5-hydroxylactam, which in turn is in equilibrium with the corresponding intermediate N-acyliminium ion. Provided appropriate acidic reaction conditions, a second ring may be appended via Pictet-Spengler cyclization from the aromatic ring of a neighboring phenylalanine derivative in the peptide sequence. The aromatic substitution pattern of the nucleophilic benzene ring of the phenylalanine derivative and the nature of the acidic reaction media are critically important for the course of the reaction, and both Lewis and Br?nsted acids may be employed to effect the cyclization process. This intramolecular reaction is under strict control of stereoselectivity, and only a single stereoisomer is detected in the crude products. A range of mono-, di-, and trisubstituted phenylalanines with diverse sets of electron-donating and electron-withdrawing substituents, pyrene, and naphthalenes have successfully been brought within the scope of the reaction, thus providing a unique scaffold for combinatorial library synthesis.     

Diastereoselective ring expansion of beta-lactams toward gamma-lactams via N-acyliminium intermediates

[reaction: see text] The diastereoselective synthesis of highly functionalized gamma-lactams starting from 4-(1-bromoalkyl)-2-azetidinones via N-acyliminium intermediates is described. The carbenium ions, formed by dissociation of bromide from 4-(1-bromoalkyl)-2-azetidinones in polar medium, are converted via a ring expansion toward N-acyliminium ions, which are susceptible to attack of oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon nucleophiles. In this way, a variety of 5-hydroxy-, 5-alkoxy, 5-cyano-, 5-allylamino- and 5-azido-4,4-dimethyl-2-pyrrolidinones were synthesized. It was found that dehydrobromination of 4-(1-bromoalkyl)-2-azetidinones constituted an important side reaction when the title reactions were carried out in DMSO. When THF was used as a solvent, generally no dehydrobromination was observed, implying that higher yields of gamma-lactams were obtained in THF compared to reactions performed in DMSO. Also substituents of the 4-(1-bromoalkyl)-2-azetidinones play an important role concerning the obtained diastereoselectivity and the degree of dehydrobromination.     

First total synthesis of (+/-)-stemonamide and (+/-)-isostemonamide

[structure: see text] The total synthesis of the tetracyclic alkaloids stemonamide (1) and isostemonamide (2) is presented. The key step is the reaction between a silyloxyfuran and an N-acyliminium ion. The second quaternary center is created by an intramolecular aldol spirocyclization. After 1,4-addition of an appropriate side chain, the methyl and double bond are installed by Mannich reaction. The seven-membered ring is closed by intramolecular nucleophilic displacement.     

Radical addition to "cation pool". Reverse process of radical cation fragmentation

The reaction of an N-acyliminium ion with an alkyl iodide and hexabutyldistannane took place to give the alkylation product. A mechanism involving the addition of an alkyl radical to an N-acyliminium ion to produce the corresponding radical cation has been suggested.     

N,N-acetals as N-acyliminium ion precursors: synthesis and absolute stereochemistry of epiquinamide

A stereoselective synthesis of (+)-epiquinamide is presented in combination with determination of the absolute configuration of the natural product. Key steps in the sequence involved chemoenzymatic formation of an enantiomerically pure cyanohydrin, reductive cyclization to the corresponding cyclic N,N-acetal, and subsequent conversion into a suitable N-acyliminium ion precursor to enable construction of the second ring.     

Tandem Pummerer/Mannich cyclization cascade of alpha-sulfinylamides as a method to prepare aza-heterocycles

A series of alpha-sulfinylenamides was conveniently prepared by the condensation of a primary amine with a ketone, followed by reaction of the resulting imine with ethylsulfenylacetyl chloride and subsequent oxidation with sodium periodate. When treated with p-TsOH, cyclization occurred to produce fused isoquinoline lactams by a mechanism that involves an initial Pummerer reaction followed by a subsequent cyclization of the resulting N-acyliminium ion onto the tethered aromatic ring. The isolation of a single diastereomer was rationalized in terms of a Nazarov-type 4pi-electrocyclic reaction followed by pi-cyclization onto the least hindered side of the N-acyliminium ion. Another method that was used to generate the alpha-acylthionium ion intermediate involved the reaction of bis(ethylsulfenylacetyl)acetamides with dimethyl(methyl)thiosulfonium tetrafluoroborate (DMTSF). Treatment of several bis-ethylsulfenylenamides with DMTSF delivered novel spiro-heterocycles as single diastereomers in good yield by a related process. The convergency and stereochemical control associated with this cascade sequence make it particularly suited for the assembly of natural product scaffolds. Some preliminary studies were directed toward both mesembrine and deethylibophyllidine. When the model Z-enamido sulfoxide 33 was heated with p-TsOH, a 80% yield of tosylate 34 was obtained as a single diastereomer. In this case, the carbocation intermediate derived from cyclization onto the terminal pi-bond was trapped with p-TsOH from the least hindered face, opposite the angular carbomethoxy and methyl groups. Related cyclization cascades were also found to occur with systems containing tethered indole rings.     

Pi-aromatic and sulfur nucleophilic partners in cationic pi-cyclizations: intramolecular amidoalkylation and thioamidoalkylation cyclization via omega-carbinol lactams(1, 2).

NaBH(4) reduction of imides 1 and 6a,b,c followed by a pi-cyclization of the resultant N-acyliminium ions, generated in trifluoroacetic acid conditions, afforded two positional isomers, isoindolobenzothiazolinones 4 and 8, respectively. These ring closures proceeded via an intramolecular alpha-amidoalkylation with the classical pi-aromatic or the atypical sulfur atom as an internal nucleophile. A ready access to the related six-membered N,S-heterocyclic compounds such as isoindolobenzothiazinones 20a and 21a is also described. During this reaction, we have shown that omega-carbinol lactam precursor 14a led to endocyclic and exocyclic N-acyliminium ions 18a and 19a in equilibrium via the cyclic aza-sulfonium ion A. The latter furnished the expected products 20a and 21a in good yields. Similarly, different omega-carbinol lactams 14b-e substituted at C-angular position afforded the corresponding isoindolobenzothiazinones 20b-e and 21b-e bearing an angular alkyl, aralkyl, or aryl group. In the case of methyl 14b and benzyl 14e groups, an additional amount of the dehydration products 16b and 31 was isolated. These results indicate that the isomerization-pi-cyclization takes place via the cleavage of the thioether linkage in acidic medium.     

Thia-acyliminium cyclisations : Synthesis of five-membered rings and macrocycles

Cyclisations of carbinollactams 1b–3b afford macrocycles 4–6 in good yield by the intermediacy of N-acyliminium species. A similar process applied to lactams 21b–25b affords the pyrrolizidine type compounds 26–35 through consecutive azonium-Cope rearrangement and N-acyliminium ring closure. Additional results are concerned with the use of aromatic rings as π-nucleophiles.