Regio- and stereoselective ring-opening metathesis polymerization of 3-substituted cyclooctenes

3-Substituted cis-cyclooctenes (3RCOEs, R = methyl, ethyl, hexyl, and phenyl) were synthesized and polymerized, and the polymers therefrom were hydrogenated to prepare model linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) samples. The ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) of the 3RCOEs using Grubbs' catalyst proceeded in a regio- and stereoselective manner to afford polyoctenamers [poly(3RCOE)] exhibiting remarkably high head-to-tail regioregularity and high trans-stereoregularity. The overall selectivity increases with the increasing size of the R substituent. Hydrogenation of poly(3RCOE)s afforded precision LLDPEs with R substituents on every eighth backbone carbon.     

Regio- and stereoselective ring-opening reactions of epoxides with indoles and pyrroles in 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol

Aliphatic and aromatic epoxides react regio- and stereoselectively with indoles and pyrroles in 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol without the use of a catalyst or any other additive. While aromatic epoxides are selectively attacked at the benzylic position, aliphatic epoxides react at the less-substituted position. Chiral epoxides react with >99 % ee (ee=enantiomeric excess).     

Regio- and stereospecific addition of phosphines to cyanoacetylenes

Primary and secondary phosphines add regio- and stereospecifically to phenylcyanoacetylene and 4-hydroxy-4-methylpent-2-ynenitrile under mild conditions to form corresponding functionalized secondary and tertiary phosphines of Z-configuration in 70-91% yield. According to ESR and UV data, the addition of primary phosphines to phenylcyanoacetylene involves a single electron transfer process.     

Regio- and stereospecific synthesis of allylic tertiary amines

E and Z allylic amines have been synthesised by stereo-specific elimination of Ph₂PO₂^? from pure diastereoisomers (3) and (4).     

Regio- and stereospecific alkyl and alkynyl substitution reactions of epoxy selenides with organoaluminums via episelenonium ions

Regio- and stereospecific alkyl and alkynyl substitution reactions of epoxy selenides with organoaluminum reagents have been developed, which proceed via episelenonium ion intermediates to give the C2 alkyl substitution products with double inversion of the configuration and the C1 alkynyl substitution products with migration of the arylseleno group in high yields, respectively.     

Regio- and stereochemically controlled formation of hydroxamic acids from indium triflate-mediated nucleophilic ring-opening reactions with acylnitroso-Diels-Alder adducts

Treatment of acylnitroso-Diels-Alder [2.2.1] bicyclic adducts 2a-b with indium triflate in an alcohol solvent induces ring-opening reactions to afford monocyclic anti-1,2-, anti-1,4-, and syn-1,4-hydroxamic acids with good to excellent regio- and stereoselectivity (up to 7:86:7). Treatment of [2.2.2] bicyclic nitroso adducts 2c-d under similar reaction conditions generates only anti-1,2- and anti-1,4-hydroxamic acids with anti-1,4-product being predominant (up to 17:83).     

Ring-opening Sn2'' reactions of 7-oxanorbornenes by organolithium reagents. Regio- and stereospecific synthesis of substituted cyclohexenediols

The nucleophilic Sn2' bridge opening of 7-oxabicyclo[2.2.1] hept-5-en-2-ols with organolithium reagents occurs in a regio- and stereospecific fashion to produce 6-substituted-cyclohex-4-en-1,3-diols, regardless of the stereochemistry at C-2. A free alcohol functionality is necessary to attain complete regiocontrol of the process. The methodology is utilized to prepare an optically pure cyclohexene derivative, (+)-(1S,3S,6R)-6-n-butyl-3-methyl-cyclohex-4-en-1,3-diol (5b), as a model system.     

Regio- and stereospecific cleavage of silyl- and disilylepoxides with lithium diphenylphosphide

Unsubstituted or alpha- and beta-C-substituted silylepoxides react stereospecifically with lithium diphenylphosphide, optionally followed by methylation, to give vinylphosphonium iodides or vinylphosphine oxides resulting from alpha-opening and silyl enol ethers, vinylsilanes or alpha-hydroxysilanes by beta-opening. On the other hand, alpha,beta- or alpha,alpha-disilylepoxides afforded beta-silyl vinylphosphine oxides or alpha-silylated silyl enol ethers by alpha- and beta-cleavage, respectively. All compounds are interesting synthons in organic chemistry.     

The chemistry of 4-pyrimidinones: Acetylation and ring-opening reactions

4(3H)-Pyrimidinone, as well as its 5-acetoxy and 5-methoxy derivatives, undergoes selective acetylation at N-1 when treated with acetic anhydride. In the presence of water, these 1-acetylpyrimidines undergo spontaneous covalent hydration at C-2 and cleavage of the 1,2-bond to give crystalline cis-3-acetylamino-N-formyl-acrylamides, generally in good yield. In contrast, the 6-methyl derivative of 4(3H)-pyrimidinone forms an equilibrium mixture of acetylated products that undergo the ring opening process to only a very limited extent, the major product (11%) being the 3-formylamino-N-acetylacrylamide derivative formed via N-3 acetylation and cleavage of the 2,3-bond.     

Selective ring-opening reactions of

The reactivity of strained [1]ferrocenophanes, [Fe(eta-C5H4)2ERx] (ERx = SiMe2, 1a: SiMePh, 1b; SnR2, 1c), towards boron halides has been investigated and has been shown to provide a facile pathway to ferrocene derivatives functionalized with Lewis acidic boron centers. The boron halides RBX2 (R = Cl, Ph, fc; X = Cl, Br) (fc = Fe(eta-C5H4)2) lead to selective cleavage of the Si-Cp bonds in 1a and 1b to give, depending on the reaction stoichiometry, functionalized mono- or diferrocenylboranes RnB [(eta-C5H4)Fe(eta-C5H4SiMe2Cl)](3-n) (2a: R = Cl, n = 2; 2b: R = Cl, n = 1; 2c: R = Ph, n = 1) and RnB[(eta-C5H4)Fe(eta-C5H4SiMePhCl)](3-n) (2d: R = Cl, n = 2) in high yields. Compounds 2a-d were characterized by multinuclear NMR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and by single-crystal X-ray diffraction (for 2b). Most likely due to steric constraints, a triferrocenylborane was not obtained even from the reaction of BCl3 with an excess of 1a, whereas facile formation of the diferrocenylphenylborane 2c from PhBCl2 and two equivalents of 1a was observed. Selective hydrolysis of the B-Cl bonds of chlorodiferrocenylborane 2b in the presence of trace amounts of water led to the silylated tetranuclear ferrocene complex [(ClMe2Sifc)2B-O-B(fcSiMe2Cl)2] (3) without cleavage of the Si-Cl bonds. The structure of 3 was confirmed by an X-ray diffraction study. Studies of the reactivity of the higher Group 14 homologue of 1a and 1b, the tin-bridged [1]ferrocenophane 1c, revealed that facile addition of B-Cl bonds occurs across the Sn-Cp bonds to yield the 1-stannyl-1'-borylferrocenes [(ClMes2Sn)fc(BClR)] (4a: R = Cl; 4b: R = Ph; Mes = 2,4,6-Me3C6H2). The new synthetic methodology can be extended to bifunctional Lewis acids such as the bis(boryl)ferrocene 1,1'-fc(BBr2)2, which affords the linear boron-bridged ferrocene trimer 1,1'-[fc[B(Br)fcSiMe2Br]2] 5 in 54% isolated yield. In order to incorporate the functionalized ferrocenylboranes into polymer structures, compound 2c was reduced with Li[BEt3H] to give the silicon-hydride functionalized species [PhB[(eta-C5H4)Fe(eta-C5H4SiMe2H)]2] (6), which was then used as a capping reagent in the transition metal catalyzed polymerization of 1a. This process leads to the incorporation of the ferrocenylborane unit into the main chain of a poly(ferrocenylsilane) to afford [PhB-[(fcSiMe2)(n-1)fcSiMe2H]2] (7).     

Nitrile and amide biotransformations for the synthesis of enantiomerically pure 3-arylaziridine-2-carboxamide derivatives and their stereospecific ring-opening reactions

Catalyzed by Rhodococcus erythropolis AJ270 (whole cell catalyst) under very mild conditions, a number of racemic trans-3-arylaziridine-2-carbonitriles and amides were efficiently transformed into enantiopure 2R,3S-3-arylaziridine-2-carboxamides. While the nitrile hydratase exhibits low selectivity against nitrile substrates, the amidase is highly enantioselective toward 2S,3R-3-arylaziridine-2-carboxamides. Upon the treatment with catalytic hydrogenation, amine, or water in the presence of one equivalent of TFA, the resulting aziridine-2-carboxamides underwent highly efficient and stereospecific ring-opening reactions to produce enantiopure alpha-amino-, alpha,beta-diamino-, and alpha-amino-beta-hydroxy-propanamide derivatives in high yields.     

1-苄基-3-酰氨基-4-取代苯基-2-吖丁啶酮的立体专一性合成

本文报道了十六个标题化合物(即β-内酰胺单环衍生物)的立体专一性合成。以Dane盐1和亚胺2为原料,在氯甲酸乙酯和三乙胺存在下缩合成β-内酰胺环,该环合反应安全、方便,生成顺式构型产物。十六个化合物中,有五个具有抑制β-内酰胺酶的活性。     

Regio- and stereochemical features of the reactions of 1,2,5-trimethylpiperidin-4-one with chalcone

The reactions of N-substituted piperidin-4-ones with benzylideneacetophenone, resulting in the synthesis of a number of heterocyclic 1,5-dicarbonyl compounds, were studied. 1,2,5-Trimethylpiperidin-4-one enters into cascade-type chalcone addition accompanied by intramolecular aldol condensation giving rise to the 3-azabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane system. The conformations of the 1,5-dicarbonyl compounds and azabicyclononanes synthesized were determined; the regio- and stereochemical features of the reactions of 1,2,5-trimethylpiperidin-4-one with chalcone were studied.__________Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 12, pp. 2693–2697, December, 2004.     

An orbital phase theory for the torquoselectivity of the ring-opening reactions of 3-substituted cyclobutenes: geminal bond participation

We apply an orbital phase theory to the torquoselectivity of the electrocyclic reactions of 3-substituted (X) cyclobutenes. The torquoselectivity is shown to be controlled by the orbital-phase relation of the reacting pi(CC) and sigma(CC) bonds with the sigma(CX) bond geminal to the sigma(CC) bond to be cleaved. The inward rotation of electron-donating sigma(CX) bonds and outward rotation of electron-withdrawing sigma(CX) bonds have been deduced from the orbital-phase theory. Enhancement of the inward rotation by the electron-donating capability of the sigma(CX) bonds is confirmed by the correlation between the torquoselectivity and sigma(CX) orbital energy. The orbital overlaps between the geminal sigma(CX) (sigma(CH)) and sigma(CC) bonds are found to be important as well. Unsaturated substituents with low-lying unoccupied pi orbitals also promote the inward rotation.     

Regio- and stereospecific synthesis of vinyl halides via carbozincation of acetylenic sulfones followed by halogenation

Polysubstituted vinyl halides can be constructed regio- and stereospecifically by treatment of acetylenic sulfones with organozinc reagents in tetrahydrofuran followed by halogenation.     

Regio- and stereoselective reactions of gem-difluorinated vinyloxiranes with heteronucleophiles

[Reaction: see text]. Regio- and stereoselectivity in reactions of gem-difluorinated vinyloxiranes with heteronucleophiles were successfully controlled. Halogen atoms were introduced regioselectively at the allylic epoxide carbon with an inversion in stereochemistry using MgBr2*Et2O or Li2CuCl4 to produce anti-vic-halohydrine. The other diastereomers were obtained selectively using LiBr/AcOH or BCl3, and SN2' type products were formed selectively with excellent E preference by changing the reaction temperature. Moreover, a further investigation led us to find that a regio- and stereoselective SN2' addition of several Brnsted acids was dependent on the pKa values of the acids. Under strong acidic conditions, we exclusively obtained E allylic alcohols.     

A stereospecific synthesis of conjugated fluorodienes by a ring-opening reaction of gem-difluorocyclopropane derivatives

Ring-opening reactions of trans- and cis-gem-difluorocyclopropane derivatives (1) with appropriate bases proceeded stereospecifically to give (E, E)- and (E, Z)-fluorodiene derivatives (2), respectively.