How do analogous alpha-chloroenamides and alpha-iodoenamides give different product distributions in 5-endo radical cyclizations?

5-Endo cyclizations of N-alkenyl carbamoylmethyl radicals provide gamma-lactam radicals, which in turn evolve to reduced or non-reduced (alkene) products depending on reagents and reaction conditions. Several groups have made surprising observations that chlorides are better radical precursors than iodides in such cyclizations. Here is described a detailed study of tin and silicon hydride-mediated radical cyclizations of N-benzyl-2-halo-N-cyclohex-1-enylacetamides. The ratios of directly reduced, cyclized/reduced, and cyclized/non-reduced products depend not only on the reaction conditions and reducing reagent but also on the precursor. Prior explanations for the precursor-dependent product ratios based on amide rotamer effects are ruled out. The precursor-dependent behavior is further dissected into two different effects: (1) the ratio of cyclized/reduced products to cyclized/non-reduced products depends on the ability of the radical precursor to react with the product gamma-lactam radical in competition with tin hydride (iodides can compete, chlorides cannot), and (2) the occurrence of large amounts of directly reduced (noncyclized) products in the case of iodides is attributed to a competing ionic chain reaction by which the precursor is reductively deiodinated with HI. This side reaction is not available to chlorides, thereby explaining why the chlorides are better precursors in such reactions. The ability of the iodides to provide cyclized products can be largely restored by adding base. The chlorides and iodides then become complementary precursors, with chlorides giving largely cyclized/reduced products and iodides giving largely cyclized/non-reduced products.     

Evidence for single electron transfer in metal-halogen exchange. The reaction of organolithium compounds with alkyl halides.

The reaction of $\text{t}$-BuLi with cyclizable 1° and 2° alkyl halide radical probes at low temperature produced stab]e cyclized and uncyclized organolithium products as well as cyclized hydrocarbons which clearly indicate the presence of radical intermediates during the course of these reactions.     

The question of the validity of using radical probes for determining SET. The reaction of alkyl halides with LiAlH4.

The validity of using a cyclizable alkyl iodide as a radical probe on reaction with LiAlH₄ and other nucleophiles has been recently questioned. Both previously presented data as well as new data presented here makes it clear that the cyclized products formed in the reactions studied are indeed formed to a significant extent via an electron transfer process involving a radical precursor.     

Stable Quinome Methides: Regioselective Para-Oxidation of a 2,4-Bisalkylthiomethenol and Addition Reaction Reaction to Quinonemethides

Abstract

The 2.4-bisfunctionalized phenol 1, a commercial antioxidant, is dehydrogenated regioselectively with potassium ferricyanide. affording the corresponding p-quinone methide 2. 1,6-Addition of nucleophiles e.g. thiols to 2 gives rise to the corresponding addition products e.g. the dithioacetals 4 of the corresponding substituted benzaldehyde. On the other hand, treatment of 2 with αα′-azoisobutyronitrile at 90°C leads to compounds 5a-b and 6, addition products of the cyanopropyl radical to the quinone methide 2. The structures of all products are confirmed mainly by ¹H-NMR-and ¹³C-NMR-spectroscopy and the mode of their formation is discussed.     

Controlling the regiochemistry of radical cyclizations

This review describes the results of our recent studies on the control of the regiochemistry of radical cyclizations. N-vinylic alpha-chloroacetamides generally cyclized in a 5-endo-trig manner to give five-membered lactams, whereas 4-exo-trig cyclization occurred when the cyclized radical intermediates were highly stabilized by an adjacent phenyl or phenylthio group to afford beta-lactams. The 5-exo or 6-exo cyclization of aryl radicals onto the alkenic bond of enamides could be shifted to the corresponding 6-endo or 7-endo mode of cyclization by a positional change of the carbonyl group of enamides. The 6-endo- and 7-endo-selective aryl radical cyclizations were applied to radical cascades for the synthesis of alkaloids such as phenanthroindolizidine, cephalotaxine skeleton, and lennoxamine. The 5-exo-trig cyclization of an alkyl radical onto the alkenyl bond of enamides could also be shifted to the 6-endo mode by a positional change of the carbonyl group of enamides. The 6-endo- selective cyclization was applied to the radical cascade to afford a cylindricine skeleton. Other examples of controlling the regiochemistry of radical cyclizations and their applications to the synthesis of natural products are also discussed.     

Synthesis of fluoroacylated 4,5-dihydrofurans and fluoroalkylated tetrahydrofurans by the radical cyclization using manganese(III) acetate. Part II

Manganese(III) acetate-based radical cyclizations of various fluorinated 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds with alkenes produced 3-fluoroacylated 4,5-dihydrofurans and 2-acetyloxy-2-fluoroalkylated tetrahydrofurans in good yields. Mechanism was proposed for the formation of all compounds. The radical cyclization of fluorinated 1,3-dicarbonyls showed to form different cyclized products depending on the structure of alkenes and enol forms of 1,3-dicarbonyls.     

Cyclopropyl halides. Electron transfer in the lithium aluminum hydride reduction of gemdibromo and monobromocyclopropanes.

The stereochemistry of reduction of mixtures of r-1-bromo-1-deuterio-c- and t-2-phenylcyclopropane and the cyclized products from 1,1-dibromo-2-(3-butenyl cyclopropane upon reduction with lithium aluminum hydride give evidence of a configurationally equilibrated cyclopropyl radical as a reaction intermediate.     

Organocatalyzed arylalkylation of activated alkenes via decarboxylation of PhI(O2CR)2: efficient synthesis of oxindoles

A novel organocatalyzed arylalkylation of activated alkenes has been developed. This reaction was initiated from the decomposition of PhI(O₂CR)₂ to generate alkyl radical, followed by addition to alkenes. Then the formed radical was trapped by aromatic ring to generate the cyclized products. This method presents an efficient road to synthesis of a variety of oxindoles.     

Photoreaction of 2-halo-N-pyridinylbenzamide: intramolecular cyclization mechanism of phenyl radical assisted with n-complexation of chlorine radical

The photochemical behavior of 2-halo-N-pyridinylbenzamide (1-4 in Chart 1) was studied. The photoreaction of 2-chloro-N-pyridinylbenzamides 1a, 2a, 3a, and 4 afforded photocyclized products, benzo[c]naphthyridinones (6-9 and 16), in high yield, whereas the bromo analogues 1b, 2b, and 3b produced extensively photoreduced products, N-pyridinylbenzamides (1c, 10, and 11), with minor photocyclized product. Since the photocyclization reaction of 2-chloro-N-pyridinylbenzamide is retarded by the presence of oxygen and sensitized by the presence of a triplet sensitizer, acetone or acetophenone, a triplet state of the chloro analogue is involved in the reaction. Since several radical intermediates, particularly n-complexes of chlorine radical, are identified in the laser flash photolysis of 2-chloro-N-pyridinylbenzamide, an intramolecular cyclization mechanism of phenyl radical assisted with n-complexation of chlorine radical for the cyclization reaction is proposed: the triplet state (78 kcal/mol) of the chloro analogue (1a), which is populated by the excitation of 1a undergoes a homolytic cleavage of the C-Cl bond to give phenyl and chlorine radicals; while chlorine radical holds the neighbor pyridinyl ring with its n-complexation, the intramolecular arylation of the phenyl radical with the pyridinyl ring proceeds to produce a conjugated 2,3-dihydropyridinyl radical and then the conjugated radical aromatizes to afford a cyclized product, benzo[c]naphthyridinone by ejecting a hydrogen. The photoreduction product can be formed by hydrogen atom abstraction of the phenyl sigma radical from the environment.     

Radical cyclization by ipso substitution of the methoxy group: considerable effect of HMPA on samarium-mediated cyclization

Alkyl radicals generated by treatment of thiocarbamates of conformationally favorable 3-alkyl-3-arylpropan-1-ols with tris(trimethylsilyl)silane and AIBN efficiently undergo intramolecular ipso substitution of the methoxy group, yielding the corresponding cyclized products. In contrast, either conformationally favorable or flexible 1-arylalkan-3- or 4-ones easily cyclize into five- or six-membered condensed rings by treatment with SmI(2) via ketyl radical intermediates. The addition of HMPA as cosolvent dramatically changes the cyclization mode of the SmI(2)-induced reaction, and the para-cyclization products are exclusively formed. This "HMPA effect" can be rationalized by the strong chelating ability of HMPA with the samarium atom.     

Intramolecular 1,8-hydrogen atom transfer reactions in disaccharide systems containing furanose units

A previously developed 1,8-hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) reaction promoted by 6-O-yl alkoxyl radicals between the two pyranose units in Hexp-(1→4)-Hexp disaccharides has been extended to other systems containing at least a furanose ring in their structures. In Penf-(1→3)-Penf (A) and Hexp-(1→3)-Penf (B) disaccharides, the 1,8-HAT reaction and concomitant cyclization to a 1,3,5-trioxocane ring are in competition with radical β-scission of the C4-C5 bond and formation of dehomologated products. The influence of the stereoelectronic β-oxygen effect on the β-scission and consequently on the 1,8-HAT reaction has been studied using the four possible isomeric d-furanoses. d-xylo- and d-lyxo-derivatives afforded preferentially 1,8-HAT products, whereas d-arabino- and d-ribo-derivatives gave exclusively direct β-scission of the alkoxyl radical. When the 6-O-yl radical is on a pyranose ring, as occurs in Penf-(1→4)-Hexp (C), it has been shown to provide the cyclized products exclusively.     

Formation of Three-Membered Rings by S(H)i Displacement. Reverse of Cyclopropyl Ring Opening(1)

The general methods, photoinitiated or peroxide-initiated free radical chain additions of halomethanes to olefins, yield 1,2-addition products at temperatures ranging from 20 to 100 degrees C. At lower temperatures, -42 to -104 degrees C, a competitive reaction, subsequent to the addition of CCl(2)X(*), yields alkylcyclopropanes. The reactions of 1-octene or 1-hexene and 1-methylcyclohexene with atomic hydrogen carried out in the presence of several transfer agents (CCl(4), CCl(3)Br, CCl(2)Br(2)) initiate a radical chain addition of CCl(2)X(*) and yield cyclized materials resulting from the S(H)i displacement of halogen by a carbon-centered radical. The radical displacement of a halogen on carbon, the reverse of homolytic displacement on cyclopropyl carbon, is dominant at low temperatures. The rate constants for cyclization (k(c)) vs transfer with halomethane (k(t)) showed isokinetic temperatures of -46 degrees C (CCl(4), 1-hexene); -35 degrees C (CCl(4), 1-methylcyclohexene). The isokinetic temperatures for the reactions of the two substrates carried out in the presence of BrCCl(3) were calculated as -204 degrees C (1-octene) and -109 degrees C (1-methylcyclohexene).     

Metallic salt promoted radical cyclization of beta-keto carboxamides and their corresponding beta-enamino carboxamides

Substituted lactams and spirolactams were obtained by Mn(III)-induced radical cyclization of unsaturated beta-keto carboxamides. Treatment of the corresponding tertiary enamines under similar reaction conditions and in the presence of K(2)CO(3) afforded the same cyclized products but with inversion of diastereoselectivity. The oxidation of optically pure secondary enamines leads to diastereomeric spirolactams in an approximately 3:1 ratio.     

Photoinduced atom-transfer cyclization of alpha-iodocycloalkanones bearing an allenyl side chain

[reaction: see text] Irradiation of alpha-iodocycloalkanones bearing an allenyl side chain with a sunlamp effected atom-transfer cyclization to give cyclized products in good yield. A mechanism, involving radical atom-transfer cyclization accompanied by 1,5- and 1,4-hydrogen transfers, is proposed.     

Efficient and regioselective 9-endo cyclization of α-carbamoyl radicals

With the promotion of Lewis acid BF(3)?OEt(2), various N-(hex-5-enyl)-2-iodoalkanamides underwent efficient and regioselective 9-endo iodine-atom-transfer radical cyclization reactions at room temperature. The cyclized products were readily converted to the corresponding azonan-2-ones by reduction with Bu(3)SnH or to hexahydroindolizin-3(5H)-ones by treatment with aqueous Na(2)CO(3) in a one-pot, two-stage manner.     

On the 6-exo atom transfer radical cyclization reactions of 3-butenyl 2-iodoalkanoates

Bis(tributyltin)-initiated atom transfer cyclization reactions of 3-butenyl iodoalkanoates in the presence of BF3.OEt2 as the catalyst afforded the 6-exo cyclization products as a mixture of 3,4-cis- and trans-substituted tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-ones in 53-71% yield with the major isomers being the cis ones. Ab initio calculations at the B3LYP/6-31G level on the transition states of the radical cyclization and on the cyclized products revealed that the reactions are kinetically controlled and the transition states for the 6-exo radical cyclization are in boat conformations. Moreover, the cis-oriented transition states are of lower energy than the corresponding trans-oriented ones, which are in excellent agreement with experimental results.     

Synthesis of optically active trifluoromethylated indolizidine derivatives via stereoselective radical cyclization

[reaction: see text]. Asymmetric Michael reaction of lithiated trifluoroacetone SAMP-hydrazone with alkylidenemalonates gave addition products stereoselectively. Hydrolyzed enantiomerically pure ketoacids were cyclized to dihydropyridinones. N-Iodopropylation followed by radical cyclization gave optically active trifluoromethylated indolizidinones stereoselectively.     

Self-terminating, oxidative radical cyclizations: a novel reaction of acyloxyl radicals.

Acyloxyl radicals RC(O)O* (with R = alkyl, aryl) could be trapped through addition to cyclic and open-chain alkynes, where they were found to act as a donor of oxygen atoms. Mechanistically, this radical oxygenation proceeded through a transannular or intramolecular, respectively, radical cyclization cascade, which was finally terminated by release of an acyl radical RC*(O). The reaction led to stereoselective formation of cyclized products, which contained a carbonyl group at the former site of the alkyne triple bond.     

Electrochemical transformations of 2-̀hydroxychalcones into flavanoids

2′-Hydroxychalcones are cyclized to flavanones, and flavone, or flavonol, by electrochemically generated tris-(4-bromophenyl)amine cation radical as homogeneous electron-transfer agent.     

Electron transfer in the reduction of primary halides by metal hydrides

The reactions of various main-group metal hydrides with 1-halo-5-hexenes and with 1-halo-2,2-dlmethyl-5-hexenes produce both straight chain and cyclized reduction products. The formation of cyclic hydrocarbons clearly indicates the presence of radical intermediates during the course of these reactions.