Seven and eight membered ring sugars and related systems : The synthesis of some septanose rings from dioxepans

The condensation of nitroalkanes with dihydroxydioxepans derived from the periodate oxidation of sugar derivatives has been studied. The nature of the products obtained, namely 3-deoxy-3-nitroheptoseptanosides and 7- and 9-substituted nitroalkyl-dioxepans depended on the nitroalkane used, the basic catalyst and the solvent. Condensations with nitroacetate, cyanoacetate and malonoitrile gave nitro- and cyano-3,4-dideoxyseptanoside derivatives. These reactions could provide routes to novel amino-sugars.     

Transannular aldol condensations within macrocyclic lactones: A novel approach to 8-membered carbocyclic rings.

A novel method has been developed for the construction of 8-membered carbocyclic rings, involving as the key step a chemoselective transannular aldol condensation within an 11-membered ketolactone ring.     

Bicyclic 1,2-oxazine N-oxides. Different behaviour in ring fission between systems derived from 5- and 6-membered ring cyclic enamines

1,2-Oxazine N-oxides derived from aminocyclohexenes open into the corresponding nitroalkylated trisubstituted enamines, whereas those derived from aminocyclopentenes give stable tetrasubstituted enamines. Both open-chain systems are easily hydrolyzed to the corresponding γ-nitrocycloalkanones.     

The synthesis of 11-13-membered diacetylenic and 18-membered tetraacetylenic ring systems

The synthesis of title compounds is described, starting from o-dibromobenzene. The palladium catalysed coupling of the latter with acetylenes occurred in a step-wise fashion, when no cocatalyst (CuI) was used.     

Synthesis and Use of 6-, 7-and 8-Membered P-Heterocycles

The synthesis of new families of P-heterocycles by reductive modifications, ring enlargement and Diels-Alder cycloaddition is described.     

The intramolecular beta-fluorine...ammonium interaction in 4- and 8-membered rings

The structures of 3-fluoroazetidinium hydrochloride and 3-fluoro-1,5-diazacyclooctane hydrobromide are explored both by X-ray diffraction analysis and DFT calculations, and the conformations of these molecules are shown to be significantly influenced by the through space C-F...N+ interaction.     

Aromaticity and antiaromaticity in 4-, 6-, 8-, and 10-membered conjugated hydrocarbon rings

Recently, we presented a molecular orbital (MO) model of aromaticity that explains, in terms of simple orbital-overlap arguments, why benzene (C(6)H(6)) has a regular structure with delocalized double bonds whereas the geometry of 1,3-cyclobutadiene (C(4)H(4)) is distorted with localized double bonds. Here, we show that the same model and the same type of orbital-overlap arguments also account for the irregular and regular structures of 1,3,5,7-cyclooctatetraene (C(8)H(8)) and 1,3,5,7,9-cyclodecapentaene (C(10)H(10)), respectively. Our MO model is based on accurate Kohn-Sham DFT analyses of the bonding in C(4)H(4), C(6)H(6), C(8)H(8), and C(10)H(10) and how the bonding mechanism is affected if these molecules undergo geometrical deformations between regular, delocalized ring structures and distorted ones with localized double bonds. The propensity of the pi electrons is always to localize the double bonds, against the delocalizing force of the sigma electrons. Importantly, we show that the pi electrons nevertheless determine the localization (in C(4)H(4) and C(8)H(8)) or delocalization (in C(6)H(6) and C(10)H(10)) of the double bonds.     

Two syntheses of the 16- and 17-membered DEF ring systems of chloropeptin and complestatin

[formula: see text] Two syntheses of a model system of the DEF ring system of complestatin and chloropeptin are described. The key step in both of these syntheses involves the formation of the biaryl linkage using a palladium-catalyzed Suzuki cross-coupling reaction and a catalytic enantioselective ene reaction to form the 6-bromo-D-tryptophan. Additionally, ring contraction of the 17-membered DEF ring system of complestatin generates the 16-membered DEF ring system of chloropeptin in a biomimetic fashion.     

5,10:13,14-Disecosteroids: novel modified steroids containing 10- and 9-membered rings

In this paper a synthetic pathway to the modified 5,10:13,14-bisfragmentation cholestane derivatives 8-14 is described. The synthesis involves introduction of the 5α- and 14α-hydroxyl groups in the cholestane molecule and subsequent cleavage of the C(5)-C(10) bond in 5α,14α-dihydroxycholestan-3β-yl acetate (4) with the HgO/I₂ reagent and the C(13)-C(14) bond in the stereoisomeric 14α-hydroxy-5,10-secosteroids 5 and 6 with the Pb(OAc)₄/I₂ reagent. Complete and unambiguous ¹H and ¹³C NMR resonance assignments of the obtained secosteroids, as well as the solution conformations of their 10- and 9-membered rings were determined by extensive analysis of 1D and 2D NMR spectral data. The structures and the solid-state conformations of 5,10-secosteroids 5-7 were confirmed by X-ray analysis. All diseco-compounds have a novel 5,10:13,14-disecocholestane skeleton.     

Study of the possibility of forming 7- and 9-membered rings in the D-mannitol tricyclic triethyl triphosphite molecule

Conclusions The transesterification reaction was used to synthesize some cyclic phosphites from the 1,34,6-di- and 2,5-O-methylene-D-mannitols and 1,6-dichloro-D-mannitol. 1,4-Butylene glycol and 2,3,4,5-di-O-methylene-D-mannitol do not form cyclic phosphites under the transesterification conditions.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1395–1399, June, 1972.     

Rearrangements of free radicals x : C7H7 - radicals and related systems

7-Norbornadienyl radical rearranges in matrix to tropylium radical. Deuterated and cyano substituted bicyclo(3.2.0)heptadienyl radicals do not undergo 1.2-vinyl shifts prior to electrocyclic ring opening.     

Cycloaddition reactions of carbohydrate derivatives. Part 8: Intramolecular cycloaddition of nitrilimines derived from sugars

Nitrilimines containing a carboncarbon double bond were prepared in several steps from 2,3,4-tri-O-benzyl-d-xylose, d-ribose and l-arabinose derivatives and their intramolecular 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions were studied. The results were examined with molecular modelling and compared with the literature data for similar cycloadditions.     

Synthesis of 6- and 7-membered cyclic enaminones: scope and mechanism

Six- and seven-membered cyclic enaminones can be prepared using common, environmentally benign reagents. Amino acids are used as synthetic precursors allowing diversification and the incorporation of chirality. The key reaction in this multistep process involves deprotection of Boc-amino ynones and subsequent treatment with methanolic K(2)CO(3) to induce cyclization. A β-amino elimination side reaction was identified in a few labile substrates that led to either loss of stereochemical purity or degradation. This process can be mitigated in specific cases using mild deprotection conditions. NMR and deuterium-labeling experiments provided valuable insight into the workings and limitations of this reaction. Although disguised as a 6-endo-dig cyclization, the reagents employed in the transformation play a direct role in bond-making and bond-breaking, thus changing the mode of addition to a 6-endo-trig cyclization. This method can be used to construct an array of monocyclic and bicyclic scaffolds, many of which are found in well-known natural products (e.g., indolizidine, quinolizidine, and Stemona alkaloids).     

NMR study of complex formation between TiCl4 and N-Methylated lactams with 7- and 9-membered rings

By analysis of ¹H- and ¹³C-NMR spectra it has been found that in 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane-d₂ and CDCl₃ solutions, the lactams (L) 1-methyl-1-azacycloheptca-2-one and 1-methyl-1-azacyclonona-2-one form with TiCl₄ (M) at mole ratios [L]: [M] > 2 two types of complexes of composition ML₂, which differ in the geometrical arrangement of the ligands. The thermodynamic parameters of the exchange of lactams between the two complexes and the uncomplexed state were determined from the temperature dependence of ¹H-NMR line shapes and found to be independent of the lactam ring size.     

Eight- and 16-membered cyanuric-sulfanuric ring systems: C2N4S2-->C2N3S ring contraction

Eight- and 16-membered cyanuric-sulfanuric ring systems of the type Ar2C2N4S2(O)2Ar'2 (3a, Ar = 4-BrC6H4, Ar' = Ph; 3b, Ar = 4-CF3C6H4, Ar' = Ph; 3c, Ar = 4-CF3C6H4, Ar' = 4-CH3C6H4) and Ar4C4N8S4(O)4Ar'4 (4b, Ar = 4-CF3C6H4, Ar' = Ph; 4c, Ar = 4-CH3C6H4, Ar' = Ph; 4d, Ar = 4-CF3C6H4, Ar' = 4-CH3C6H4), respectively, were prepared in good yields by the reaction of the corresponding sulfur(IV) systems with m-chloroperbenzoic acid. The X-ray structures of 3b, 3c.C7H14, 4b.CH2Cl2, 4c, and the S(IV) system Ar4C4N8S4Ar'4 (2c, Ar = 4-CH3C6H4, Ar' = Ph) were determined. Upon oxidation the two oxygen atoms in 3b and 3c.C7H14 adopt endo positions leading to a twist boat conformation for the C2N4S2 ring. The 16-membered C4N8S4 rings in 4b and 4c retain a cradle conformation upon oxidation. The S-N bond distances are ca. 0.06 A shorter in all the S(VI) systems compared to those in the corresponding S(IV) rings. The thermolysis of 3b at ca. 220 degrees C occurs primarily via loss of a sulfanuric group, NS(O)Ph, to give the six-membered ring (4-CF3C6H4)2C2N3S(O)Ph (6). The structure of 6 was confirmed by X-ray crystallography. Crystal data: 2c, triclinic, space group P1 with a = 13.917(2) A, b = 15.610(4) A, c = 13.491(3) A, alpha = 95.77(2) degrees, beta = 114.82(1) degrees, gamma = 76.21(2) degrees, V = 2583(1) A3, and Z = 2; 3b, monoclinic, space group P2(1)/a with a = 7.316(2) A, b = 29.508(5) A, c = 12.910(2) A, beta = 101.30(2) degrees, V = 2733(1) A3, and Z = 4; 3c.C7H14, triclinic, space group P1 with a = 12.849(4) A, b = 12.863(4) A, c = 12.610(7) A, alpha = 110.61(3) degrees, beta = 105.77(3) degrees, gamma = 62.77(2) degrees, V = 1719(1) A3, and Z = 2; 4b.CH2Cl2, triclinic, space group P1 with a = 12.647(3) A, b = 19.137(3) A, c = 12.550(2) A, alpha = 105.765(11) degrees, beta = 93.610(15) degrees, gamma = 88.877(16) degrees, V = 2917.2(9) A3, and Z = 2; 4c, orthorhombic, space group Pba2 with a = 22.657(2) A, b = 10.570(2) A, c = 10.664(3) A, alpha = beta = gamma = 90 degrees, V = 2554(1) A3, and Z = 2; 6, triclinic, space group P1 with a = 7.4667(8) A, b = 11.3406(12) A, c = 13.5470(14) A, alpha = 108.000(2) degrees, beta = 105.796(2) degrees, gamma = 94.300(2) degrees, V = 1033.8(2) A3, and Z = 2.     

Crystal and molecular structure of novel 10-membered ring compound: 10-Chloro-1,7-ditosyl-8-phenyl-4,1,7-benzoxadiazecine

10-Chloro-1,7-ditosyl-8-phenyl-4,1,7-benzoxadiazecine is obtained by reacting the sodium salt of N , N ′-ditosyl-2-amino-5-chlorobenzhydrylamine with the ditosylate of bis(hydroxyethyl) ether in DMF. The structure of the title compound was established by X-ray crystal structure analysis. The 10-membered ring that is the core of the molecule is asymmetric and considerably folded. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

DOTP-manganese and -nickel complexes: from a tetrahedral network with 12-membered rings to an ionic phosphonate

DOTP (1,4,7,10-tetrakis(methylenephosphonic acid)-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane) was reacted hydrothermally with MnCl(2).2H(2)O and Ni(NO(3))(2).6H(2)O resulting in two structurally different compounds. Mn[C(3)NH(7)(PO(3)H(0.5))](4) crystallizes in the tetragonal space group P4/ncc, with a = 12.349(2) A, b = 12.349(2) A, c = 14.066(4) A, V = 2144.9(8) A(3), and Z = 4. Manganese atoms are tetrahedrally bonded by four phosphonate oxygen atoms from four equivalent ligands. All 12-membered macrocycles are connected in a "zigzag" manner by sharing manganese atoms and forming 22-membered cavities between each pair of two adjacent macrocycles. Ni[C(3)NH(6)(PO(3)H)](4)[Ni(H(2)O)(6)] crystallizes as an ion pair complex. Ni(1) is octahedrally coordinated to two pendent phosphonate oxygen atoms and four nitrogen atoms from the macrocyclic backbone. Ni(2) is surrounded by six coordinatedly bonded water molecules to form a hexaqua cation. The manganese complex shows ion exchange capability for Cs(+).     

Studies towards the synthesis of FCRR toxin: an expeditious entry into 7-5-6 ring systems via [5+2] oxidopyrylium-alkene cycloaddition

Synthetic studies towards the diterpene natural product FCRR toxin have been undertaken. An intermolecular [5+2] oxidopyrylium-alkene cycloaddition reaction was employed to construct the 7-5-6 tricyclic framework. The reaction proceeded with very high regio- and stereoselectivity and the bridging ether was reductively cleaved to unmask the carbocycle.     

Synthesis of 5,6-dihydro-8-methoxy-4H-imidazo[4,5,1-ij]quinolines and some related ring systems

Reduction of amides of 8-amino-6-methoxyquinoline over platinum oxide in glacial acetic acid at room temperature affords 2-substituted-5,6-dihydro-8-methoxy-4H-imidazo [4,5,1-ij]-quinolines (I). The method could not be utilized for urea or carbamate derivatives of 8-amino-6-methoxyquinoline. 2-Amino derivatives of I were prepared through the chloro compound obtained from 5,6-dihydro-8-methoxy-4H-imidazo[4,5,1-ij]quinolin-2(1H)-one, (IV). Several related ring systems have also been prepared.