A Diastereoselective Preparation of 7-Ethyl-7-methylbicyclo[3.2.0]HEPT-2-en-6-one(1)

Alkylation of 7-endo-ethylbicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-en-6-one (2a) and 7-endo-methylbicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-en-6-one (2b) with lithium diisopropylamide (LDA) and the appropriate alkyl iodide (methyl and ethyl iodide, respectively) afforded the title compound such that alkylation had occurred exclusively on the exo face of the bicyclo[3.2.0] system.     

A bicyclo[3.2.0]hept-3-en-6-one approach to prostaglandin intermediates

[reaction:see text] The substituted cyclopentanic structures, 6-benzyloxymethyl-7-hydroxy-2-oxabicyclo [3.3.0]octan-3-one (1), a Corey lactone derivative, and 6-exo-benzyloxymethyl-2-oxabicyclo[3.3. 0]oct-7-en-3-one (2), have been obtained stereoselectively through the bicyclo[3.2.0]hept-3-en-6-one approach via 5-benzyloxymethyl-3-hydroxy-6-heptenoic acid, easily accessible from the inexpensive monoprotected cis-2-butene-1,4-diol.     

Pyridines from azabicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-en-4-ones through a proposed azacyclopentadienone

Pyridines have been formed by heating azabicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-en-4-ones in toluene. The generation of a 3-azacyclopentadienone intermediate via a [2 + 2]-cycloreversion is proposed as the key step. A Diels-Alder reaction of a styrene, extrusion of carbon monoxide, and loss of hydrogen then gives the pyridine. The process parallels the well-known synthesis of benzenes from cyclopentadienones. The azabicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-en-4-ones were synthesized from the reaction between readily available cyclopropenones and 1-azetines, in which the cyclopropenones behave as all-carbon 1,3-dipolar equivalents.     

Reaction of (±)-7,7-dichloro-4-(1-methylethylidene)-bicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-en-6-one with ozone

The reaction of (±)-7,7-dichloro-4-(1-methylethylidene)bicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-en-6-one with ozone involves mainly the exocyclic double bond, and subsequent unusual transformations of ozonides thus formed lead to anomalous products.     

On the preparation of 4-mercapto-azetidinones

4-Dithioazetidinone and 4.7-diaza-2-thiabicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-en-6-one derivatives were prepared from penam-3-isocyanates, which are useful intermediates to 4-mercapto-azetidinones.     

Reduction of bicyclo[3.2.0] hept-2-en-6-one and 7,7-dimethylbicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-en-6-one using dehydrogenase enzymes and the fungus mortierella ramanniana

Bicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-en-6-one (1) was reduced with an alcohol dehydrogenase from $\text{Thermoanaerobium brockii}$ and a whole cell system ($\text{M. ramanniana}$) with excellent substrate enantioselectivity: 7,7-dimethylbicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-en-6-one (2) was similarly reduced using the 3α,20β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase from Streptomyces $\text{hydrogenans}$ while $\text{M. ramanniana}$ furnished both 6S-alcohols (4a), (6b) with high optical purity.     

Pyrolysis and UV photoelectron spectroscopy of bicyclo[3.2.0]hept-6-en-2-one; preparation and detection of cyclohepta-2(Z),4(E)-dien-1-one

Flash vacuum pyrolysis of bicyclo[3.2.0]hept-6-en-2-one (1) in the source chamber of a UV photoelectron (PE) spectrometer using a CW CO2 laser as a directed heat source facilitated an electrocyclic ring expansion to yield the transient species cyclohepta-2(Z),4(E)-dien-1-one (2), the PE spectrum of which was compared to that of an authentic sample of cyclohepta-2(Z),4(Z)-dien-1-one (4) and confirmed a conrotatory ring opening of 1 that obeys the Woodward-Hoffmann rules.     

8-Oxabicyclo[5.1.0]octa-2,4-dien Thermische und lichtinduzierte Isomerisierung

8-Oxabicyclo[5.1.0]octa-2, 4-diene ( 1 ) yields 2,4,6-heptatrienaldehyde as major primary rearrangement product upon pyrolysis in a flow system between 200 and 300°. Above 500° o-cresol, benzaldehyde and benzene are obtained. Bicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-en-7-one, 2,3- and 2, 5-dihydrobenzaldehyde are shown to be intermediates in this transformation to stable aromatic products. The observed conversions can be rationalized as proceeding mostly through allowed pericyclic reaction steps with heterogeneous, acid catalysed reactions participating to a minor extent. Irradiation of 1 affords 3-oxatricyclo[4.2.0.0^2,4]oct-7-ene, 2,4,6-heptatrienal and 3,5-cycloheptadienone. Upon sensitized irradiation only the latter two compounds are formed.     

Unexpected Configurational and Conformational Preference in Bicyclo [3.2.0]heptane Systems

Einige 7endo-monosubstituierte Bicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-en-6-one and Bicyclo-[3.2.0]heptan-6-one zeigen eine unerwartete thermodynamische Stabilität gegenüber den entsprechenden 7exo-Isomeren. Die basenkatalysierte Epimerisierung (NaOH oder N(CH2CH3)3) verschiedener 7-monosubstituierter Bicyclo[3.2.0]-hept-2-en-6-one (1-7) und Bicyclo[3.2.0]heptan-6-one (8–10) führt je nach Substituent (R) zu folgenden endo/exo-Gleichgewichtsgemischen: (a) Bicyclo[3.2.0]-hept-2-en-6-one: R = F: 89/11, R = C1: 87/13, R = CH3: 76/24, R = CH2CH3: 65/35, R = CH (CH3)2: 57/43, R= C (CH3)3: 10/90, R= C6H5: 66/34; (b) Bicyclo[3.2.0]-heptan-6-one: R = C1: 85/15, R = CH3: 45/55, R= C (CH3)3: 0,4/99,6. In jedem Fall wurde das gleiche Epimerengemisch erhalten, ausgehend sowohl vom endo- wie auch vom exo-Isomeren. Die bemerkenswerte endo-Stabilität wird einer Bevorzugung der Konformation 11 des Cyclobutanonringes zugeschrieben, verursacht durch geringere Pitzer-Spannung. So kann ein endo-Substituent an C(7) eine pseudoäquatoriale Lage am Cyclobutanonring einnehmen. Bei sehr sperrigen Substituenten mit zunehmender Raumerfüllung nimmt eine 1,2-abstossende Wechselwirkung langsam überhand, bis im Falle des t-Butylsubstituenten die exo-Konfiguration die stabilere wird. Die Dehalogenierung von 7-Halo-substituierten Bicyclo [3.2.0]hept-2-en-6-onen (15 bis 21) mit Zink und Eisessig und mit Tributylzinnhydrid führte zu den folgenden endo/exo-Epimerengemischen der entsprechenden 7-monosubstituierten Bicyclo [3.2.0]hept-2-en-6-one (2 bis 7): R = C1: 92/8, R = CH3: 93/7, R = CH2CH3: 93/7, R = CH(CH3)2: 92/8, R = C(CH3)3: 93/7, R = C6H5: 93/7. In allen Fällen, also unabhängig vom Substituenten R, war das endo-isomere stark bevorzugt. Es muss sich also um eine kinetische Kontrolle im isomerenbestimmenden Schritt handeln: Die Reduktion verläft über das Enolat, bzw. über eine Radikalspezies mit trigonal-planarer Anordnung am C(7), so dass die (irreversible) Wasserstoff-Anlagerung von der weniger behinderten Site, der exo-Seite her erfolgt.     

Umwandlung von Bicyclo [3.2.0]hept-2-en-6-on in Cyclopentadienessigsäure-Derivate

Conversion of Bicyclo [3.2.0]hept-2-en-6-one into Cyclopentadienylacetic Acid Derivatives The reaction of a mixture of 4exo-bromobicyclo [3.2.0]hept-2-en-6-one ( 2 ) and -7-one ( 3 ) with O- or N-nucleophiles yielded cyclopentadien-5′-yl-acetates 4a–f or-acetamides 4g–h . Due to their rapid isomerization, the products 4 were not isolated, but some of them were demonstrated spectroscopically or captured in situ with maleimide as 10′-substituted norbornene derivatives 7 . The formation of 4 from 2/3 involves a fragmentation of the bond between the carbonyl and the bridge-head C-atom, induced by the attacking nucleophile and the leaving Br-ion and aided by the relief of the four-membered ring strain. Some of the isomerization products of 4 , i.e. the cyclopentadiene-1′-yl- and 2′-yl-acetyl derivatives were captured with maleimide as the 1′- and 8′-substituted norbornene-derivatives 8 and 9 . Two C-nucleophiles did not induce the fragmentation: sodium acetylacetonate substituted the Br-atom and sodium (diethoxyphosphoryl)ethoxycarbonylmethide condensed with the carbonyl group of 2/3 , yielding 11/12 and 13/14 , respectively.     

A one-pot remote allylic hydroxylation and Baeyer-Villiger oxidation of a bicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-en-6-one by Cunninghamella echinulata NRRL 3655

7-exo-Methyl-7-endo-phenylbicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-en-6-one 3 undergoes Baeyer-Villiger and allylic oxidation, to yield novel hydroxylactone 8 in good yield by Cunninghamella echinulata NRRL 3655, representing a one step biocatalytic access to a cyclopentanoid scaffold with three chiral centers. Interesting, allylic oxidation occurs with transposition of the double bond.     

Synthesis and Characterization of New Chalcone Derivatives from cis-Bicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-en-6-one

A series of chalcone derivatives (3a–k) were prepared via the reaction of cis-bicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-en-6-one (1) with the respective arylaldehydes (2a–k) and were then characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, and elemental analyses.     

The gas-phase thermal unimolecular elimination of 1,1-dimethylketene from 7,7-dimethylbicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-en-6-one

The gas-phase thermal decomposition of 7,7-dimethylbicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-en-6-one (DBH) to yield cyclopentadiene and 1,1-dimethylketene as primary products was studied in the temperature range of 470-550 °K using a static reaction system. First-order rate constants for the depletion of DBH based on the internal standard technique and gaschromatographic analyses were independent of the initial starting pressure (7-68 torr) and of the conversion, ranging between 5% and 89%. (Throughout this paper, 1 torr = (101.325/760) kNm^?2, and 1 cal = 4.184J). The reaction is essentially homogeneous, as the nature of the reaction vessel surface (Teflon or glass) had no effect on the observed rate constants which fit the Arrhenius relationship where θ = 2.303 RT. These activation parameters, when compared with those for similar reactions involving the molecules bicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-en-6-one, bicyclo[3.2.0]heptan6-one, and cyclobutanone, demonstrate a very small effect of the alkyl substituents bonded to the carbon atom adjacent to the carbonyl carbon. Accepting the previously discussed concerted and pronounced polar nature of the mechanism for these retro-ketene addition reactions, the present data suggest that considerable changes in charge densities between the ground and transition state are only occurring on the two opposite centers of the molecule, with the negative charge residing essentially on the oxygen atom and the positive charge on the opposing bridgehead carbon atom. It then appears that the charge separation in the transition state is more appropriately described as being pseudo-zwitterionic rather than quadrupolar in nature.     

Preparation of 7-Methyl-7-vinylbicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-ene Via Cyclobutanone Reduction

A cyclobutanone to cyclobutane conversion has been performed on 7-methyl-7-vinylbicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-en-6-one by low-temperature (25°C) Wolff-Kishner reduction of the hydrazone derivative. Upon heating, the exo-vinyl epimer affords predominantly cis-6-methyl-4,7,8,9-tetrahydroindene.     

Synthesis of conformationally restricted 1,2,3-triazole-substituted ethyl β- and γ-aminocyclopentanecarboxylate stereoisomers. Multifunctionalized alicyclic amino esters

Stereoisomers of 1,2,3-triazole-functionalized, conformationally restricted β- or γ-amino esters with a cyclopentane skeleton were efficiently synthetized from the bicyclic β-lactam 6-azabicyclo[3.2.0]hept-3-en-7-one (1) and Vince γ-lactam (15) in five or six steps involving the azide-alkyne 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of azido-substituted amino ester stereoisomers with nonsymmetric acetylenes. The azide-alkyne click reactions were investigated under thermal and Cu(I)-catalyzed conditions. Surprisingly, the thermally induced cycloaddition furnished the corresponding 1,4-triazoles regioselectively, which also took place selectively in response to Cu(I) catalysis.     

Microbiological transformations 57. Facile and efficient resin-based in situ SFPR preparative-scale synthesis of an enantiopure "unexpected" lactone regioisomer via a Baeyer-Villiger oxidation process

[reaction: see text] The microbiological Baeyer-Villiger oxidation of (-)-bicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-en-6-one allowed exclusive formation of the "unexpected" lactone regioisomer in 84% yield, high chemical purity, and enantiopure form. Substrate (25 g) was transformed in a 1 L bubble column reactor, following a in situ substrate feeding/product removal methodology, which afforded high volumetric productivity (1.2 g L(-)(1) h(-)(1)). This illustrates the high "sustainable chemistry" advantages of such a process, simply conducted in aqueous medium, at room temperature and using atmospheric oxygen.     

An asymmetric synthesis of (+)-grandisol, a constituent of the aggregation pheromone of the cotton boll weevil, via a kinetic resolution

A novel approach to the asymmetric synthesis of (+)-grandisol, (1R, 2S)-isopropenyl-1-methylcyclobutaneethanol, involves the use of catalytic kinetic resolution of a primary allylic alcohol, [(1RS, 5SR)-5-methylbicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-en-2-yl] methanol. The allylic alcohol is prepared in four steps from simple achiral materials involving the use of a modified Shapiro reaction. The resolved alcohol (95% ee) is then reduced in two steps to the corresponding methyl alkene, (1S,5R)-2,5-dimethylbicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-ene. This alkene is converted to (+)-grandisol (95% ee), in three steps, by modified literature procedures.     

Ruthenium carbene initiated ring-open metathesis polymerization of endo-bicyclo[3.2.0]hept-6-en-3-yl benzoates with tacticity studies

<正>After tentative ring-opening cross metathesis(ROCM) of endo-bicyclo[3.2.0]hept-6-en-3-yl 4-bromobenzoate with PhCH=CH_2 initiated by(Cy_3P)_2Cl_2Ru=CHPh in CH_2Cl_2,ring-opening metathesis polymerization(ROMP) of a series of endo-bicyclo[3.2.0]hept-6-en-3-yl benzoates was achieved under the same conditions,furnishing a variety of the corresponding polymers.Then some of them were selected to hydrogenate the C=C double bonds in their backbone with p-tosylhydrazide,affording saturated and thus more flexible polymers.All of these polymers were well characterized by spectroscopic means including GPC,UV-Vis,NMR and IR,based on which the tacticity of these polymers was investigated together with nonlinear optical(electric-field-induced second-harmonic generation,EFISH)) analysis.     

4-Acetoxytricyclo[4.1.0.02,7]Hept-4-en-3-one; synthesis and novel bond reorganization of a valence isomer of 2-acetoxytropone

4-Acetoxytricyclo[4.1.0.0^2,7]hept-4-en-3-one ($\text{3}$), a valence isomer of 2-acetoxytropone, was synthesized. Upon heating in pyridine at 150°C, $\text{3}$ rearranged into 1-acetoxybicyclo[3.2.0]hepta-3,6-dien-2-one ($\text{9}$); the mechanism of which was examined by means of deuterium labeling experiments.     

An insertion and Cycloaddition reaction of Dimethylketene with di-π-cyclopentadienylnickel

The complex (π-cyclopentadienyl)[σ-α,α-dimethyl-α-{2-3-π-[7,7-dimethyl-6-oxobicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-en-4-yl]}acetyl]nickel (II) has been identified as the principal product of the reaction of two moles of dimethylketene with di-π-cyclopentadienylnickel. Degradation of II in methanol solution yielded methyl α,α,7,7-tetramethyl-6-oxobicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-ene-4-acetate (III); and reduction of II gave the 6-hydroxy nickel complex (VI). Complex II is a result of 1,2-cycloaddition of one ketene function to a cyclopentadienyl ring and insertion of a second ketene function into a nickelcarbon bond.