Selectivity in cycloadditions—VII: Cycloadditions of nitrile oxides to thiophene and benzo[b]thlophene, regiochemistry

Thiophene adds benzo- and mesitonitrile oxide yielding mainly cycloadducts 1 or products derived from them. With benzothiophene the regioselectivity of the cycloadditions of the two nitrile oxides is lower and both the cycloadducts 10 and 11 could be isolated in a 78:22 and 26:74 ratio, respectively.

Frontier orbital considerations, using EH and MINDO/3 calculations, and a comparison with the regioselectivities of related systems allowed elucidation of the observed regiochemistry. Some differences in orientation between cycloadditions and electrophilic substitution reactions of benzothiophene are pointed out and discussed.     

Cycloadditions of nitrile oxides and nitrones to 4,4-methylene-1-methylpiperidine: Studies in regio- and stereoselectivity

Summary A series of spiro-substituted isoxazole derivatives were synthesized by 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions of nitrile oxides and nitrones to 4,4-methylene-1-methylpiperidine. Since nmr studies confirmed that only one regioisomer was formed selectively, semi-empirical quantum mechanical methods (AM1) were used to rationalize this regiochemical preference via calculation and inspection of HOMO-LUMO-energy and coefficients. X-ray structure analysis carried out for one of these products showed the occurrence of only one stereoisomer, explicable by comparing AM1-calculated H _f -values of all possible cycloadducts.Part XXXI in the series 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition on Heterocycles. Part XXX [Ref. 5]     

Reactivity of Pt- and Pd-bound nitriles towards nitrile oxides and nitrones: substitution vs. cycloaddition

Reactions of the nitrone CH3CH=N(CH3)O and the nitrile oxide CH3C[triple bond]NO with the nitrile complexes trans-[MCl2(N[triple bond]CCH3)2] (M = Pt, 1; Pd, 2) were investigated by theoretical methods at B3LYP and, for some processes, CCSD(T) levels of theory. The mechanisms of substitutions and cycloadditions were studied in detail. The former occur via a concerted asynchronous mechanism of dissociative type. The calculations of the metal-ligand bond energies in the starting complexes and substitution products and the analysis of structural features of the transition states indicate that the M-N bond dissociation (rather than M-O bond formation) is the step, which controls the reactivity of and in substitutions. The different chemical behaviours of the Pt and Pd complexes towards the 1,3-dipoles were investigated. The exclusive isolation of cycloaddition rather than substitution products in any solvents in the case of is both kinetically and thermodynamically controlled.The switch of the reaction mode from cycloaddition to substitution for 2 in CH2Cl2 solution is caused by the significantly lower Pd-N bond energy in comparison with the Pt-N bond energy, consistent with the higher lability of the Pd complexes. The different chemical behaviour of 2 in CH3CN and CH2Cl2 solvents is accounted for by the great excess of acetonitrile in the CH3CN solution rather than a different solvation character. The relative variation of Wiberg bond indices along the reaction path is proposed as a quantitative criterion for the classification of the reaction mechanism.     

Selectivity in cycloadditions—X : Regiochemistry of cycloadditions of nitrile oxides to thiophene and benzothiophene 1,1-dioxides

Thiophene-1,1-dioxide undergoes regioselective cycloaddition to benzonitrile oxide. In the reaction with the less reactive mesitonitrile oxide the sulfur dioxide deriving from the dimerization of the dipolarophile causes a catalytic decomposition of the nitrile oxide, which competes with the cycloaddition. Benzothiophene-1,1-dioxide and the vinyl sulfone system of 2,3-dihydrothiophene-1,1-dioxide and nitrile oxides with lower regioselectivity. The directing effect of the sulfonyl group has been elucidated with the aid of CNDO/2 calculations.     

Syntheses based on nitrile oxides. 1. Reaction of aromatic nitrile oxides with N-cyanimides

The reaction of trialkylaminocyanimides with aromatic nitrile oxides leads to trialkylamino-(3-aryl-1,2,4-oxadiazol-5-yl)imides, while the corresponding reactions with sulfylcyanimines and phosphincyanimides do not take place. Using x-ray structural analysis the principal structural features of the 1,2,4-oxadiazole products have been elucidated.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 2084–2089, September, 1990.     

Syntheses with nitrile oxides. 2. Reaction of aromatic nitrile oxides with bis(trimethylsilylcarbodiimide)

The reaction of aromatic nitrile oxides with bis(trimethylsilylcarbodiimide) gives 5-amino-3-aryl-1,2,4-oxadiazoles.For previous communication, see [1].N. D. Zelinskii Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117334 Moscow. Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 2430–2432, October, 1992.     

Selectivity in cycloadditions—-XII : The directive effect of enol ethers and thioenol ethers in cycloadditions of nitrile oxides

Cycloadditions of nitrile oxides to 2,3-dihydrofuran are highly regioselective whereas the regioselectivity of the cycloadditions to 2,3-dihydrothiophen is only moderate. The directing effect of oxygen and sulfur in these cycloadditions could be evaluated at 2.8 and 1.1 Kcal mol^-1 respectively. The related acyclic sulfur dipolarophiles, (E)-propenyl methyl and phenyl sulfides, similarly undergo cycloadditions with moderate regiochemistry.The different regioselectivities and reactivities of the dipolarophiles can be related to differences in energies and shapes of their highest occupied orbitals, which are also responsible for the diverging behaviour observed in the electrophilic reactions and 2 + 2 cycloadditions of enol and thioenol ethers.     

Cycloaddition of nitrile oxides to substituted vinylphosphonates

Cycloaddition of nitrile oxides to substituted vinylphosphonates was performed. A series of 4,5‐dihydroisoxazoles containing phosphonyl group were synthesized under very mild condition in excellent regiospecificity. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Heteroatom Chem 14:309–311, 2003; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/hc.10149     

Tetraacetylethylene and nitrile oxides: Synthesis of spirofuranisoxazoles

trans and cis-3-Hexen-2,5-dione, 2 , reacted with nitrile oxides to give 4,5-dihydroisoxazoles 3a-c with the trans configuration. On the contrary the reaction between 3,4-diacetyl-3-hexen-2,5-dione, 1 , with nitrile oxides yielded 3-aryl-8,9-diacetyl-7-hydroxy-7-methyl-1,6-dioxa-2-azaspiro[4.4]nona-3,8-dienes 9a-e. The reaction is completely regiospecific. The cycloadducts show ring-open chain tautomerism.     

Regioselectivity in the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of nitrile oxides to alkylidenecyclopropanes.

The 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of nitrile oxides to methylenecyclopropanes substituted on the exocyclic double bond gives prevalently or exclusively 4-spirocyclopropane isoxazolines when the substituent is arylic or alkylic group, 5-spirocyclopropane isoxazolines when the substituent is an electron-withdrawing group. Adducts 16 and 17 selectively rearrange photochemically to the enaminoenone 19.     

Reactivity of arylnitroso oxides to triphenylphosphine

The kinetics of reactions between phenylnitroso oxide, 4-CH₃O-, 4-CH₃-, or 4-Br-phenylnitroso oxide and triphenylphosphine in acetonitrile at 295 ± 2 K were studied using pulsed photolysis. Only trans-nitroso oxides enter this reaction. The rate constants of the reaction increase with increasing electron-acceptor properties of the substituent in the aromatic ring of nitroso oxide; they are on the order of 10⁵ to 10⁶ l mol⁻¹ s⁻¹. The extinction coefficient for trans-4-methylphenylnitroso oxide at 420 nm was estimated at 3.9 × 10³ l mol⁻¹ cm⁻¹.     

Phosphorylinitrile oxides. 7. Quantum chemical study of the dimerization of nitrile oxides

A semiempirical MNDO calculation was carried out for the singlet potential energy surface for the dimerization of acetonitrile oxide leading to dimethylfuroxane. The dimerization of nitrile oxides proceeds by a two-step mechanism. The rate-limiting step is formation of a dinitrosoethylene intermediate. A semiempirical AMI calculation was carried out to study the effect of phosphoryl substituents on formation of the transition state of the rate-limiting step in the dimerization of dimethoxyphosphorylnitrile oxide. Independently of the initial orientation of the two phosphorylnitrile oxide molecules, a gauche-oriented dimerica species is formed in the first step in the dimerization. There is hardly any specific effect ofthe phosphoryl substituents in the first step of phosphorylnitrile oxide dimerization.Communication 6, see ref. [1].Kazan State Technological University, 420015 Kazan, and Institute of Physiologically Active Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, 142432 Chernogolovka. Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 9, pp. 1269–1273, September, 1994. Original article submitted August 5, 1994.     

Huisgen reaction of nitrile oxides and nitrile imines leading to isoxazoline and pyrazole-4,6-diones

Huisgen reaction of nitrile oxides and nitrile imines generated in situ in the presence of N-benzylmaleimide afforded regiospecifically the corresponding cis-3-aryl-5-benzyl-3a,4,6,6atetrahydro-4H, 6H-pyrrolo[3,4-d]isoxazoline-4,6-diones and cis-3-aryl-5-benzyl-1-(2′,4′-dibromophenyl)-3a, 4,6,6a-tetrahydro-1H,5H-pyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrazole-4,6-diones in good yield. Published in Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 935–939, June, 2006.     

Reactions of nitrile oxides with nitrogen oxides. 1. Reactions with nitrogen tetroxide

We have studied the reaction of nitrile oxides with nitrogen tetroxide. It was shown that the reaction is selective: acetonitrile oxide yields ethylnitrolic acid, -oximinophenylacetonitrile oxide gives a mixture of isomers of phenylnitrofuroxan, and aromatic nitrile oxides give aryltrinitromethanes.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 7, pp. 1620–1622, July, 1990.     

Cycloaddition reaction of phosphonyl nitrile oxides to phosphaacetylene and alkene

Here, we report the cycloaddition reaction of phosphonyl nitrile oxides and the formation of an unexpected 2:1 cycloaddition product. It provides a direct route to triphosphonyl‐substituted dihydroisoxazolyl dihydroisoxazoles and diphosphonyl‐substituted dihydroisoxazolyl dihydroisoxazoles with excellent levels of regiocontrol product. Density functional theory studies of the reactions between nitrile oxides and acrylonitrile are used to propose a possible reaction mechanism. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Heteroatom Chem 20:95–100, 2009; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/hc.20518     

Intramolecular 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions of norbornadiene-tethered nitrile oxides.

Efficient routes to the synthesis of norbornadiene-tethered nitrile oxides have been developed, and their intramolecular 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions were studied. The cycloadditions occurred in good yields for a variety of substrates and were found to be highly regio- and stereoselective, giving single regio- and stereoisomers in most cases.     

Stereoconvergent and stepwise 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions of nitrile oxides and nitrile imines

The first example of stereoconvergent 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of nitrile oxides and nitrile imines with E/Z isomeric mixture of electron-deficient olefins is reported, delivering isoxazolines and pyrazolines bearing two vicinal stereogenic tertiary and trifluoromethylated quaternary carbon centers with perfect regioand diastereoselectivities. The possibility of concerted cycloaddition/epimerization sequence under basic condition to form the thermodynamically stable diastereomers is excluded th...     

Cycloaddition of benzynes and nitrile oxides: synthesis of benzisoxazoles

A mild and efficient process has been developed for the synthesis of benzisoxazoles through the cycloaddition of benzynes and nitrile oxides. This method allows access to both (hetero)aromatic and alkenyl-substituted benzisoxazoles. Preliminary studies concerning regioselectivity are also reported.