Etudes sur les composés organométalliques. X [1]. Action d'organomagnésiens sur la benzophénone

Various Grignard reagents and their diorganomagnesium complexes with ether or pyridine have been reacted with benzophenone, using different mole ratios and orders of addition. Analysis of the reaction products has provided information as to probable reaction mechanisms of addition and reduction. A monomeric diorganomagnesium reagent, favoured either by addition of the reagent to the ketone or by complexation of the reagent with pyridine, enhances if possible the reduction reaction.     

Etudes sur les composés organométalliques V [1]. Action de la pyridine sur les organomagnésiens

By the action of pyridine on various Grignard reagents at room temperature, new diorganomagnesium complexes R₂Mg · 2pyridine (R=Ph, n-Bu, t-Bu and Et) were prepared and analyzed. Anomalous results were obtained with methyl- or benzylmagnesium reagents.     

Addition de dérivés maloniques sur des β-énaminones cycliques

The addition of activated acctonitriles 6 on cyclic and benzylic β-enaminoketones 5 under basic conditions (sodium ethoxide or trition B) have been investigated. This reaction leads exclusively to the formation of α-pyrones 8 and never to the pyridine ring. The strucutre of the newly synthesized α-pyrone derivatives 8 are supported by nmr and ir spectral data.     

Réactions de Friedel et Crafts de dérivés aromatiques sur les composés dioxo-1,4,2,3-non saturés. IV. Réactions des hydroxy-5-ouchloro-5-diméthyl-3,5- ou diméthyl-4,5-dihydro-2,5-furannones-2

Friedel-Crafts reactions of aromatic derivatives with 1,4-dicarbonyls 2,3-éthylenic compounds. Part IV. Reactions of 5-hydroxy or 5-chloro 3,5-dimethyl or 4,5-dimethyl 2 (5 H) furanones We studied the Friedel-Crafts reactions of 2-(5H)-furanones. In the presence of sulfuric acid and of an aromatic derivative, 5-hydroxy- or 5-chloro-5-methyl-2-(5H)-furanones with one methyl group either in the 3 position, or in the 4 position generally give the corresponding 5-aryl-2-(5H)-furanones, while with aluminium chloride, it is possible to obtain, when a reaction takes place, isomeric 1H-indenecarboxylic acids. However, in a particular case, an addition to the substrate's double bond is observed. The 3-aryl-5-hydroxy-tetrahydrofuran-2-one obtained is methylated in two ways and gives either a cyclic product, or a linear one. In two cases tautomerism between 1H-1-indenecarboxylic acid and 1H-3-indenecarboxylic has been shown by ¹H-NMR.     

Utilisation d'ylides du phosphore en chimie des sucres. XVIII Synthèse de furannoses à insaturation conjuguée. Communication préliminaire

Several sugars with conjugated unsaturation (dienes or α, β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds) have been synthesised by use of Wittig reactions. Keto-sugars bearing a carbonyl group α to a furanose ring are prone to undergo an elimination leading to conjugated unsaturated systems. This constitutes a novel kind of side-reaction in the application of Wittig reactions to carbonyl sugars. The synthesis of a new kind of acetylenic sugar is also described.     

Action de nucléophiles simples sur un bromoénurononitrile,précurseur et équivalent synthétique partiel d'un ynurononitrile

Reactions of Mononucleophiles with a Bromoenurononitrile, Precursor and Partial Synthetic Equivalent of an Ynurononitrile Several mononucleophiles (bases) have been reacted with one or the other of the geometrical isomers of the bromoenurononitrile 1. Depending on the nucleophile and the conditions, many different mechanistic pathways were followed, f. ex.: with OH^?, stereospecific elimination from (Z)- 1 leading to 2 , with N^?₃ and F^?, stereospecific E-A_N reactions leading from (Z)- 1 to (Z)- 8 and (Z)- 12 respectively, with PhCH₂SH, conjugate nucleophilic addition to 7, with Me₂NH, conjugate nucleophilic addition followed by a S_N2 to 11 , as well as several cases of nonstereoselective, probably A_N-E, reactions leading to 3,6,9 and 10. In spite of their diversified reactivity, bromoenurononitriles like 1 , partial synthetic equivalent of 2 , constitute useful synthetic intermediates.     

Etude sur les composés organométalliques III [1]. Action d'organomagnésiens sur des complexes du tétrachlorure de titane

The reaction between RM_gX and TiCl₄,2L (L = pyridine, piperidine or quinoleine) is shown to give a high yield of organo-titanium (IV) compounds. As expected, the decomposition of the latter is reduced to a minimum by the ligand L initially present, allowing the preparation of etheral solutions of R₄Ti (R = benzyl, phenyl or butyl). R₄Ti is obtained whatever may be the initial molar ratio of RM_gX/TiCl₄, 2L.     

The reaction of β-amino conjugated enones with trimethylchlorosilane

By the reaction of β-amino conjugated enones with trimethylchloroailane, both amino acetophenone and pyridine derivatives were formed in good yield. The selectivity of the formation of the products depended on the bulkiness of the N-substituents of β-amino conjugated enones.     

C-Glycosides,IV. Mise en évidence d'un mécanisme concurrent de la cyclo-addition dipolaire-1,3 concertée lors de la réaction d'une azométhine-imine avec un dipolarophile acétylénique. Communication préliminaire

The reaction of a glycosyl-azomethine imine with an acetylenic dipolarophile in the usual conditions for 1, 3-dipolar cycloaddition led to an α-ethynyl-hydrazone beside the ‘normal’ product of the reaction, i.e. the corresponding pyrazole. Deuteration experiments indicated that the two products are formed by two concurrent independent pathways. It is supposed that the slow step in the formation of the α-acetylenic hydrazone is the ionization of the alcyne whose conjugated base reacts rapidly with the 1, 3-dipole.     

Recherches dans la série des cyclitols XLVI. Actions de diazoalcanes sur la pentahydroxy-2,4,6/3,5-cyclohexanone et sur son dérivé penta-O-acétylé II. Etude de pentahydroxy-alkyl-C-cycloheptanones

On treatment with higher diazoalkanes, 2,4,6/3,5-penta-acetoxy-cyclohexanone (penta-O-acetyl-myo-inosose-2 or -scyllo-inosose) afforded by ring expansion all-trans-penta-acetoxy-C-alkyl-cycloheptanones, which by deacylation were converted to hemiacetals. The reactions with diazoalkanes of the penta-acetoxy-inosose in the presence of aluminium chloride and of the free inosose in water solution have also been studied. The structure, the configuration, and, in some cases, the conformation of the new compounds have been established and some of their reactions have been investigated. The mechanisms of formation of the ring expansion products and of the concomitant spiro-epoxides have been discussed.     

Régiospécificité de la cycloaddition des diarylnitrilimines sur quelques dérivés indoliques

In this paper, we describe the results of a study of the reaction of diaryl nitrilimines with N-ethylindole ( 1 ) and 2-methoxycarbonyl-N-ethylindole ( 2 ). The regioselectiivity of the reaction is reversed when going from 1 to 2 as it has been spectroscopically and chemically demonstrated.     

Formation of Oxazoles from Elusive Gold(I) α‐Oxocarbenes: A Mechanistic Study

The gold(I) catalyzed reaction between phenylacetylene, pyridine N‐oxide and acetonitrile leading, via a putative gold‐α‐oxocarbene intermediate, towards an oxazole product has been investigated. A novel mass spectrometric method called “delayed reactant labeling” is used to track consecutive and parallel reactions. It clearly shows that the intramolecular formation of a pyridine adduct of gold‐α‐oxocarbene is in competition with the formation of the oxazole product. The reaction mechanism most probably corresponds to competition between acetonitrile and pyridine in an almost barrierless reaction with putative gold‐α‐oxocarbene within the solvent cage. The detected ionic species have been characterized by helium tagging infrared photodissociation spectroscopy.     

Selective Activation of Fluoroalkenes with N‐Heterocyclic Carbenes: Synthesis of N‐Heterocyclic Fluoroalkenes and Polyfluoroalkenyl Imidazolium Salts

Selective reactions between nucleophilic N,N′‐diaryl‐heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) and electrophilic fluorinated alkenes afford NHC fluoroalkenes in high yields. These stable compounds undergo efficient and selective fluoride abstraction with Lewis acids to give polyfluoroalkenyl imidazolium salts. These salts react at Cβ with pyrrolidine to give ammonium fluoride‐substituted salts, which give rise to conjugated imidazolium‐enamine salts through loss of HF. Alternatively, reaction with 4‐(dimethylamino)‐pyridine provides a Cα‐pyridinium‐substituted NHC fluoroalkene. These compounds were studied using multinuclear NMR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and X‐ray crystallography. Insight into their electronic structure and reactivity was gained through the use of DFT calculations.     

The basicity of pyridine and its tendency towards cationic homoconjugation in non‐aqueous media

Acid dissociation constant, pK_a, of protonated pyridine, determined in the polar protophobic aprotic solvent, acetone, has been compared with pK_a values of the pyridinium ion in a variety of other polar solvents including aprotic protophobic ones, acetonitrile, benzonitrile, nitrobenzene, nitromethane, and propylene carbonate, in the protophilic aprotic dimethyl sulfoxide and N,N‐dimethylformamide, as well as in the amphiprotic methanol. On the basis of the set of these pK_a values, the effect of the medium on the basicity of pyridine is discussed. Further, based on the cationic homoconjugation constants of pyridine conjugated with the pyridinium cation in the non‐aqueous solvents, the tendency of pyridine towards homoconjugation reactions has also been discussed. Finally, both the basicity of pyridine and its tendency towards cationic homoconjugation has been compared with analogous properties of pyridine N‐oxide.     

Reactivity of a cyclic α-bromoiminium bromide towards nucleophiles

Piperidine-pyrrolidine ring contraction of 1-piperideinium bromide ( 1 ) was observed by reaction with aqueous bases, sodium methoxide, phenylhydrazine, (S)-1-phenylethylamine and sodium borohydride, whereas diazomethane addition mainly gave pyrrolo[3,4-b]pyridine derivative 8. Some stereochemical features of these reactions have been investigated. 1 gave back bromine under suitable conditions.     

Influence d'une fonction ester ou acide portée par la chaîne alcoxyle sur la réactivité des sels de N-alcoxypyridinium envers les ions cyanures

Study of the reactivity towards cyanide ions, of N-alkoxy-pyridinium salts bearing an ester group in the α-position of their alkoxy chain, shows that a decomposition to pyridine and α-carbonyl ester competes with cyanopyridine formation. This competitive decomposition can become predominant as the acidity of the α-hydrogen is increased. In spite of its steric crowding, which brings an increase in the 4-cyanopyridine ratio, the salt 3 , which presents a tertiary α-carbon, reacts normally. Salts carrying an -α or -β acid group show a very reduced reactivity due to an unfavourable pH diminution and to the formation of a betaine which is less reactive than alkoxy-pyridinium ion. A folded conformation of this betaine would explain a relatively enhanced reactivity of the 4-position as compared to the reactivity of the 2-position of the pyridine ring.     

Recherches dans la série des cyclitols XLV. Action des diazoalcanes sur la pentahydroxy-2,4,6/3,5-cyclohexanone et sur son dérivé penta-O-acétylé. I. Etude des spiro-époxydes

On treatment with diazomethane, 2,4,6/3,5-penta-acetoxy-cyclohexanone(penta-O-acetyl-myo-inosose-2 or -scyllo-inosose) gave only a spiroepoxide. In contrast, replacement of diazomethane by higher diazoalkanes furnished a mixture of alkylspiroepoxides and of ring expansion products (cycloheptanone derivatives). The configuration and the reactions of the spiro-epoxides have been studied.     

Katalytische Effekte bei den Reaktionen von 2, 4-Dinitrofluorbenzol mit Benzylamin und N-Methylbenzylamin in Benzol. 6. Mitteilung über nucleophile aromatische Substitutionsreaktionen

• (1) The rates of reaction of 2,4-dinitrofluorobenzene with benzylamine and with N-methylbenzylamine have been measured in benzene solution, with and without the addition of pyridine or 1, 4-diaza-bicyclo[2.2.2]octane (DABCO) as catalyst.
• (2) Both reactions are catalyzed by the reacting amine, by pyridine and by 1, 4-diaza-bicyclo[2.2.2]octane.
• (3) Whereas the dependence on base concentration is linear in the case of N-methyl-benzylamine, the rate constants are curvilinearly related to base concentration in the reaction with benzylamine. Steric effects are shown to be responsible for this different behaviour, which is easily understood in terms of the two-step intermediate mechanism (eq.1) for nucleophilic aromatic substitutions.
• (4) Part of the pyridine catalysis has to be attributed to a medium effect, as can be shown directly in the reaction involving benzylamine.
• (5) The sensitivity of both reactions to base catalysis is much greater than that of the reaction of piperidine with 2, 4-dinitrofluorobenzene, but is found to be considerably smaller than in the reaction of p-anisidine with the same substrate, thus suggesting a correlation between the basicity of the reacting amine and the sensitivity of the reaction to base catalysis.

     

Microwave‐Assisted Three‐Component Reactions Leading to Pyrano‐Fused Pyrazolo[3,4‐b]pyridines

A series of pyrano‐fused pyrazolo[3,4‐b]pyridine derivatives with an aryl group presenting the 2‐position of the pyridine nucleus have been synthesized by microwave‐assisted three‐component reactions of aldehydes, tetrahydropyran‐4‐one, and 3‐methyl‐1‐phenyl‐1H‐pyrazol‐5‐amine in HOAc. This method is very efficient because of short reaction times and easy work‐up, and it provides an efficient and promising synthetic strategy for the construction of the tricyclic pyrano‐fused pyrazolo[3,4‐b]pyridine skeleton.     

Diastereo‐ and Regioselective Addition of Thioamide Dianions to Imines and Aziridines: Synthesis of N‐Thioacyl‐1,2‐diamines and N‐Thioacyl‐1,3‐diamines

Addition reactions of thioamide dianions that were derived from N‐arylmethyl thioamides to imines and aziridines were carried out. The reactions of imines gave the addition products of N‐thioacyl‐1,2‐diamines in a highly diastereoselective manner in good‐to‐excellent yields. The diastereomeric purity of these N‐thioacyl‐1,2‐diamines could be enriched by simple recrystallization. The reduction of N‐thioacyl‐1,2‐diamines with LiAlH₄ gave their corresponding 1,2‐diamines in moderate‐to‐good yields with retention of their stereochemistry. The oxidative‐desulfurization/cyclization of an N‐thioacyl‐1,2‐diamine in CuCl₂/O₂ and I₂/pyridine systems gave the cyclized product in moderate yield and the trans isomer was obtained as the sole product. On the other hand, a similar cyclization reaction with antiformin (aq. NaClO) as an oxidant gave the cis isomer as the major product. The reactions of N‐tosylaziridines gave the addition products of N‐thioacyl‐1,3‐diamines with low diastereoselectivity but high regioselectivity and in good‐to‐excellent yields. The use of AlMe₃ as an additive improved the efficiency and regioselectivity of the reaction. The stereochemistry of the obtained products was determined by X‐ray diffraction.