Synthese photochimique et etude structurale d'alcoxy-spirocetals et de trioxa-bis-spirocetals

The spiroketal systems can be obtained easily by a Norrish type II reaction applied to tetrahydropyranic ketoacetals having a carbonyl group in δ position of the acetalic hydrogen. The structures of spirans and bispirans established by IR, NMR (¹H and ¹³C show an axial conformation for the C-O bond of the tetrahydrofuran ring. With the bispirans this anomeric effect requires for some isomers a twist boat conformation of the tetrahydropyran ring.     

An examination of the purported reverse anomeric effect beyond acetylated N-xylosyl- and N-glucosylimidazoles

Syntheses of six new N-(pentopyranosyl)imidazoles have been achieved, and their conformations were observed with and without protonation. A decisive decrease in J(5',4), consistent with stabilization of the 1C4 conformations, was clearly observed for three N-(pentopyranosyl)imidazoles. As well, no reverse anomeric stabilization was observed for N-(2,3,4-tri-O-acetyl-alpha-D-lyxopyranosyl)imidazole upon protonation. It is suggested that the previous observations of the reverse anomeric effect were due to the slight increase in steric bulk of the imidazole aglycone upon protonation, along with favorable dipolar interactions between ring substituents, and not by a reverse of the anomeric effect.     

有机化学中的异头效应

1955年Edward 首次发现吡喃糖C(1)位的电负性强的取代基处于a键上, 随后被Lemieux和Chü定义为异头效应. 它是有机化学中最重要的立体电子效应之一, 通常存在于有Lp-X-A-Y结构单元的分子中, 其中X是带有孤对电子的电负性强的元素, A是一般元素, Y 也是电负性强的元素, Lp是X的孤对电子, 其轨道与A—Y键反平行. 异头效应对分子的结构和反应活性有重要影响. 综述了各类化合物中存在的异头效应、广义异头效应、反异头效应及在有机化学中的应用.     

1H (1-D and 2-D) NMR spectra and the conformational states of some 3-monosubstituted saturated five-membered heterocycles

We have recorded the¹H (1-D and 2-D) NMR spectra of sulfolane, a series of 3-monosubstituted sulfolanes, and 3-acetoxy-1,1-diphenylsilacyclopentane. We have determined the chemical shifts and the proton-proton spin-spin coupling constants of seven ring protons. From analysis of the magnitudes of the vicinal spin-spin coupling constants and consideration of the full-cycle pseudorotation model for five-membered heterocycles, we found that seven conformers are most probable for 3-iodo- and 3-tert-butylsulfolanes. Four of these conformers have the half-chair conformation, three have the envelope conformation with pseudoequatorial substituents. The rest of the 3-monosubstituted sulfolanes (chloro-, bromo-, hydroxy-, and methacryloxysulfolanes) and 3-acetoxy-1,1-diphenylsilacyclopentane also have seven preferred conformations, but with pseudoaxial substituents.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 2035–2040, September, 1991.     

Anomeric effects versus steric hindrance to ionic solvation in protonated glucosylanilines and cyclohexylanilines

The so-called reverse anomeric effect is the preference of cationic substituents for the equatorial position on a pyranose ring, but it is not consistent with current theories of molecular structure or with previous studies designed to test it. To probe this further, the N-protonation-induced shifts of the anomeric equilibrium in a series of N-(tetra-O-methylglucopyranosyl)anilines have been measured with high precision through an NMR titration method that compares basicities of alpha and beta anomers in a mixture of the two. For comparison, the N-protonation-induced shifts of the cis/trans equilibrium in N-(4-tert-butylcyclohexyl)anilines have also been measured by this same method. In both series, there is a shift of the equilibrium toward equatorial upon N-protonation, consistent with steric hindrance to ionic solvation. This shift is smaller for the glucosylanilines than for the cyclohexylanilines, consistent with an enhancement of the normal anomeric effect that counters the steric hindrance and reduces the shift toward the equatorial beta anomer. Moreover, the shift toward equatorial increases slightly but detectably with electron-withdrawing substituents on the cyclohexylaniline, which fine-tune the steric hindrance to ionic solvation. In contrast, the shift decreases for the glucosylanilines. This is consistent with an enhancement of the normal anomeric effect due to a more localized positive charge, rather than with a reverse anomeric effect. These results thus define the substituent dependence of the anomeric effect.     

Sugar amino acids at the anomeric position of carbohydrates: synthesis of spirocyclic amino acids of 6-deoxy-l-lyxofuranose

Two anomeric spirodiketopiperazines and one spirohydantoin of 6-deoxy-l-lyxofuranose have been prepared from l-fucono-δ-lactone via ring contraction to the corresponding tetrahydrofuran carboxylate and anomeric functionalization including regioselective bromination and azide displacement.     

A Novel Approach to the Synthesis of C-Glycosyl Compounds: The Wittig Rearrangement

Abstract

Partially protected benzyl α-and β-pyranosides undergo Wittig rearrangement reactions on treatment with strong bases in tetrahydrofuran to give hydroxymethylphenyl C-glycosyl derivatives. Two products were generally obtained and all Wittig rearrangement products retained the configuration at the migrating anomeric center. In benzene, benzyl 4,6-O-isopropylidene-β-D-glucopyranoside reacted with n-butyl lithium to give addition to the anomeric center accompanied by ring opening with loss of the aglycone. Allyl glycosides do not give Wittig rearrangement products.     

Haloacetal radical cyclizations of alpha- and beta-hydroxyhydrazones

[reaction: see text] Haloacetal radical cyclizations of alpha- and beta-hydroxyhydrazones provide a direct access to aminosugarlike compounds. Stereocontrol of this process is influenced by stereogenic centers of both the hydroxyhydrazone and the acetal. The outcomes are consistent with chair and twist transition states with the anomeric alkoxy group in pseudoaxial orientations.     

Crystal and molecular structures of 2,4-diacetyl-5-hydroxy-5-methyl-3-phenyl-N-benzyl-1-cyclohexenylamine

2,4-Diacetyl-5-hydroxy-5-methyl-3-phenyl-N-benzyl-1-cyclohexenylamine is obtained by benzylamination of 2,4-diacetyl-5-hydroxy-5-methyl-3-phenylcyclohexanone. Based on spectral and X-ray structural data, the half-chair conformation of the cyclohexenyl ring and the pseudoequatorial orientation of all substituents, except for the pseudoaxial OH-group, are established. An intramolecular hydrogen bond N-H...O=C is revealed.     

A study on the conformation-anomeric effect-stereoselectivity relationship in anomeric radical reactions,using conformationally restricted glucose derivatives as substrates

We previously theorized that, since the stereoselectivity of anomeric radical reactions is significantly influenced by the kinetic anomeric effect, which can be controlled by restricting the conformation of the radical intermediate, the proper conformational restriction of the pyranose ring of the substrates would therefore make highly alpha- and beta-stereoselective anomeric radical reactions possible. This theory was based on our previous results of the anomeric radical reactions with d-xylose derivatives as the substrates. We herein report the anomeric radical deuteration reactions with the conformationally restricted 1-phenylseleno-d-glucose derivatives, 2g and 3g, restricted in a (4)C(1)-conformation by an O-cyclic diketal moiety, and 4g, 5g, 6g, 7g, and 8g, restricted in a (1)C(4)-conformation by bulky O-silyl protecting groups. The radical deuterations with Bu(3)SnD, using the (4)C(1)-restricted substrates 2g and 3g, afforded the corresponding alpha-products (alpha/beta = 98:2) highly stereoselectively, whereas the (1)C(4)-restricted substrate 6g, having a trigonal (sp(2)) carbon substituent, i.e., -CHO, at the 5-position, selectively gave the beta-products (alpha/beta = 0:100). Thus, the stereoselectivity was significantly increased by the conformational restriction and was completely inverted by changing the substrate conformation from the (4)C(1)-form to the (1)C(4)-form. On the other hand, the deuterations with the (1)C(4)-restricted substrates 4g and 5g showed that the 1,5-steric effect due to the tetrahedral carbon substituent (-CH(2)OTIPS or -CH(2)OH) at the 5-axial position dominantly prevented the hydride transfer from the beta-face competing with the kinetic anomeric effect. This study suggests that, depending on the restricted conformation of the substrates to the (4)C(1)- or the (1)C(4)-form, the alpha- or beta-products would be obtained highly stereoselectively via anomeric radical reactions of hexopyranoses.     

13C NMR spectroscopic evidence for the existence of the monocation of pyropheophytin a

Pyropheophytin a, which is an unsymmetric porphyrin, has been titrated with trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) in tetrahydrofuran, the protonation reaction being followed by ¹³C NMR spectroscopy. TFA was added in small increments to a 0.28 M solution of pyropheophytin a in tetrahydrofuran, and the chemical shift changes of the macrocyclic carbons were determined as a function of the TFA increments. On the addition of TFA the signals of the α-carbons of ring II experienced a large upfield change, whereas the signals of all other macrocyclic carbons moved only slightly downfield or remained constant. These observations were interpreted as indicating the formation of a monocation in which the proton is attached to the nitrogen of ring II. The ¹³C protonation shifts of pyropheophytin a were compared with those previously reported for symmetric porphyrins. On the basis of this comparison, the basicity of the macrocyclic nitrogen atoms, the N–H tautomerism and the electron delocalization in structurally different porphyrin macrocycles are discussed.     

Highly alpha- and beta-selective radical C-glycosylation reactions using a controlling anomeric effect based on the conformational restriction strategy. A study on the conformation-anomeric effect-stereoselectivity relationship in anomeric radical reactions.

We hypothesized that, because the stereoselectivity of anomeric radical reactions was significantly influenced by the anomeric effect, which can be controlled by restricting the conformation of the radical intermediate, the proper conformational restriction of the pyranose ring of the substrates would therefore make highly alpha- and beta-stereoselective anomeric radical reactions possible. Thus, the conformationally restricted 1-phenylseleno-D-xylose derivatives 9 and 10, restricted in a (4)C(1)-conformation, and 11 and 12, restricted in a (1)C(4)-conformation, were designed and synthesized by introducing the proper protecting groups on the hydroxyl groups on the pyranose ring as model substrates for the anomeric radical reactions. The radical deuterations with Bu(3)SnD and the C-glycosylation with Bu(3)SnCH(2)CH [double bond] CH(2) or CH(2) [double bond] CHCN, using the (4)C(1)-restricted substrates 9 and 10, afforded the corresponding alpha-products (alpha/beta = 97:3-85:15) highly stereoselectively, whereas the (1)C(4)-restricted substrates 11 and 12 selectively gave the beta-products (alpha/beta = 1:99-0:100). Thus, stereoselectivity was significantly increased by conformational restriction and was completely inverted by changing the substrate conformation from the (4)C(1)-form into the (1)C(4)-form. Ab initio calculations suggested that the radical intermediates produced from these substrates possessed the typical (4)C(1)- or (1)C(4)-conformation, which was similar to that of the substrates, and that the anomeric effect in these conformations would be the factor controlling the transition state of the reaction. Therefore, the highly alpha- and beta-selective reactions would occur because of the anomeric effect, which could be manipulated by conformational restriction of the substrates, as expected. This would be the first radical C-glycosylation reaction to provide both alpha- and beta-C-glycosides highly stereoselectively.     

9-(2-Oxo-1-azetidinyl)-10,10-dimethyl-9,10-dihydro-10-sila-2-azaanthracenes

9-(3-Methyl-3-bromo-2-oxo-1-azetidinyl)-10,10-dimethyl-9,10-dihydro-10-sila-2-azaanthracene was obtained in the form of a mixture of two diastereomers by intramolecular cyclization of the corresponding 9-(,-dibromoisobutyrylamino)dihydrosilaazaanthracene in the presence of sodium hydride, as well as Triton B. It was established by two-dimensional nuclear Overhauser effect (NOE) spectroscopy that the azetidinyl substituent in the 9 position has a pseudoaxial orientation vis-à-vis a boat conformation of the central silicon-containing ring.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 559–562, April, 1991.     

Mass spectrometric studies of anomeric glycopyranosyl azides

We studied the mass spectrometric behaviour of peracetylated and underivatized anomeric hexopyranosyl azides and 5-thioglucopyranosyl azides by means of different mass spectrometric techniques. The unstable molecular ions fragment predominantly by losing either N3 radical or N2 molecule. Loss of N2 molecule and the protonation of the derived nitrene were characteristic of the studied compounds. The presence of BF3.Et2O in the ion source is favorable for producing the protonated nitrene form. The protonated nitrene shows a new type of ring expansion rearrangement. The abundances of the [M + H - N2]+ ion makes it possible to identify the anomeric configuration of the azido group.     

Nuclear magnetic resonance spectra of psychotherapeutic agents. V*—conformational analysis of 1,3,4,5-tetrahydro-2H-1,5-benzodiazepin-2-ones

The conformational analysis of biologically active lofendazam (7-chloro-5-phenyl-1,3,4,5-tetrahydro-2H-1,5-benzodiazepin-2-one) is carried out by means of lanthanide shift reagent assisted ¹H NMR spectroscopy: the lanthanide induced shift computer simulation suggests that in deuteriochloroform the heterocyclic ring of lofendazam assumes a cycloheptene-like chair conformation, where 1-N moves away from trigonal stereochemistry to a very flattened pyramidal structure. At room temperature the conformational equilibrium is markedly shifted (85%) towards the conformer showing pseudoaxial H-1 and 5-Ph. The remarkable influence of steric requirements in controlling conformation, and the importance of 3- and/or 4-methyl groups in hindering the ring inversion at room temperature, have been verified by conformational analysis of suitable analogous 1,3,4,5-tetraydro-2H-1,5-benzodiazepin-2-ones.     

Density functional computations of proton affinity and gas-phase basicity of proline

The proton affinity and gas-phase basicity of proline were evaluated by using density functional theory coupling the B3-LYP hybrid functional with the extended 6--311++G** basis set. Cis and trans conformations of the carboxyl moiety for both exo and endo ring structures were considered for the neutral proline. The results show that the most stable structure of proline has the endo ring conformation with the carboxyl group in the cis position. The structure at the global minimum is stabilized by an intramolecular hydrogen bond. The nitrogen of the ring in the exo form is the preferred protonation site. The calculated proton affinity (924.3 kJ mol(-1)) and gas-phase basicity (894.4 kJ mol(-1)) are in very good agreement with the experimental counterparts.     

Protonation of some cyclopropylarenes in the gas phase

The capability of the cyclopropyl group to conjugate with Unsaturated systems or to delocalize an adjacent positive charge is compared with that of a double bond, and is tested by the determination of the gas-phase basicity (GB) of various methyl-substituted cyclopropylbenzenes, α-methyl styrenes, and biphenyls by Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance. The site of the gas-phase protonation in the cyclopropylbenzene is established at the three-membered ring, based on analogy with the trends of GBs in the styrene system upon methyl substitution at the aromatic meta and para positions. The diverse nature of the conjugative interaction of a cyclopropyl group and of a double bond toward an aromatic ring is manifested, instead, in the different behaviour toward a steric perturbation. The cyclopropyl group adopts the bisected conformation in cyclopropylbenzene, because it tolerates the steric perturbation of a methyl group, intentionally placed in the ortho position, more easily than the double bond, which adopts a coplanar conformation in the isomeric α-methyl styrene.     

Syntheses of 2,5-disubstituted dihydrofurans from gamma-substituted chiral allenamides

[reaction: see text] Details of a synthesis of dihydrofurans using gamma-substituted chiral allenamides are described here. Some transformations of these dihydrofurans are also examined including a highly stereoselective dihydroxylation and a rare account of a Lewis acid-mediated removal of an N-acyl substituent at the anomeric carbon of a tetrahydrofuran ring system. These studies provide further support for the synthetic utility of allenamides.     

Structure of amidothiophosphorylation products derived from 2,5-O-methylene-D-mannitol

The reaction of 2,5-O-methylene-D-mannitol with tris(N-diethylamino)phosphine and powdered sulfur affords diastereomeric l,34,6-bis-O-(N-diethylaminothiophosphoryl)-2,5-O-methylene-D-mannitols. The absoluteR,R-configuration of one of them was determined by X-ray analysis. In this product one of the two 1,3,2-dioxaphosphorinane rings is in the boat conformation, whereas the other is in the chair conformation. The central 1,3-dioxepane ring adopts an asymmetric chair conformation. All of the three condensed heterocycles aretrans-fused. The manifestations of the anomeric effect in amidothiophosphates of monosaccharides are discussed.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 2, pp. 406–409, February, 1993.     

The conformational properties of glycosidic linkages

The developments in stereochemistry which have made possible our present appreciation of the preferred orientation of the aglycon for a glycopyranoside are briefly reviewed. Recent studies in this laboratory are presented wherein, for model compounds, measurements were made of the coupling constant between the ¹³C-aglyconic carbons and anomeric hydrogens as an estimate of the torsion angles, of ¹³C-chemical shifts as a measure of relative steric compressions at the anomeric centers, and of contributions to the molecular rotations by units of conformational asymmetry defined by atoms about the glycosidic bond. These measurements are compared to the results of hard-sphere calculations. It is concluded that the exo-anomeric effect offers an important resistance to rotation about the anomeric carbon to glycosidic bond (φ angles) and that the preferred conformation for a glycopyranoside arise mainly from rotation about the aglyconic carbon to glycosidic oxygen bond (ψ angles).