Synthesis and Chemistry of 2,5-Dimethylene-2,5-Dihydrofuran

2,5-Dimethylene-2,5-dihydrofuran (3), generated flash pyrolitically, underwent di- and trimerization reactions to give cyclic dimer and trimer. Compound 3 was trapped with methanol, ethanol, bromine, acetic acid, thiophenol and oxygen. Results from trapping experiments suggest that the diradical form of 3 is involved.     

The Reaction of 2,5-Dimethoxy-2,5-Dihydrofuran with Dichloroketene

2,5-Dimethoxy-2,5-dihydrofuran (DDF) reacts with dichloroketene to give 7,9-dimethoxy-3,3,5,5-tetrachloro-8-oxabicyclo[4,3,0]-noan-2,4-dione (I), and methyl chloro-(2,5-dihydro-5-methoxy-2-furanylidene) acetate (II). The reactions of 2,5-dihydrofuran and 2,5-dimethoxy-tetrahydrofuran with dichloroketene were also-studied for comparison. Compound II was derived from the insertion of a molecule of dichloroketene into the C-O bond of DDF with subsequent dehydrochlorination. Compound I resulted from the cycloaddition of two molecules of dichloroketene to the C=C bond of DDF. A mechanism involving a 1,5-dipolar intermediate is proposed to account for this novel reaction.     

Easy Access to Phosphine-Borane Building Blocks

In this paper, we highlight the synthesis of a variety of primary phosphine-boranes (RPH₂⋅BH₃) from the corresponding dichlorophosphines, simply by using Li[BH₄] as reductant and provider of the BH₃ protecting group. The method offers facile access not only to alkyl- and arylphosphine-boranes, but also to aminophosphine-boranes (R₂NPH₂⋅BH₃) that are convenient building blocks but without the protecting BH₃ moiety thermally labile and notoriously difficult to handle. The borane-protected primary phosphines can be doubly deprotonated using n-butyllithium to provide soluble phosphanediides Li₂[RP⋅BH₃] of which the phenyl-derivative Li₂[PhP⋅BH₃] was structurally characterized in the solid state.     

Polymerization behaviour of 2,5-dimethylene- 2,5-dihydrofuran

Spontaneous homopolymerization of 2,5-dimethylene-2,5-dihydrofuran (DDF) was studied. The polymerization rates in two different initial monomer concentrations of DDF were analyzed with the first-order and second-order kinetics, and the homopolymerization of DDF was found to obey the first-order kinetics. The Arrhenius plot of the apparent rate constants at 30, 40, 50, and 60° gave an overall activation energy of 68.0 kJ/mol for the polymerization of DDF. From the comparison of the apparent rate constants at –78° and the time (the so-called half-life time) to decrease in half the monomer concentration for DDF with the corresponding values for p-xylylene (QM), DDF was found to be a less reactive monomer than QM. The copolymerizations of DDF with vinyl monomers such as acrylonitrile (AN), α-chloroacrylonitrile (CIAN), diethyl fumarate (DEF), and fumaronitrile (FN) were carried out in chloroform at 50° in the presence of AIBN to obtain the monomer reactivity ratios r₁(DDF) = 30.0 ± 3.0 and r₂ (AN) = 0 for the DDF-AN system, r₁ (DDF) = 1.55 ± 0.2 and r₂(CIAN) = 0 for the DDF-CIAN system, r₁(DDF) = 3.88 ± 0.2 and r₂(DEF) = 0 for the DDF-DEF system, and r₁(DDF) = 2.41 ± 0.1 and r₂ (FN) = 0 for the DDF-FN system, respectively. As the monomer reactivity ratios of r₂ for all systems were zero, Q and e values of DDF were calculated from the combination of two r₁ (DDF) values of any two copolymerization systems to be the 7.64 to 6.63 ×10²¹ range for Q and the –0.70 to –6.31 range for e, indicating that DDF is a highly conjugative and electron-donating monomer. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Synthesis and characteristics of the mass spectra of 2,5-dimercapto-2,5-dimethyltetrahydrothiophene

2,5-Dimercapto-2,5-dimethyltetrahyrothiophene was synthesized by the reaction of 1-iodopropan-2-one with hydrogen sulfide in an ether solution of hydrogen chloride at-70°C. Its structure was established by mass spectrometry, ¹H and ¹³C NMR spectroscopy. __________ Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 2, 216–219, February, 2007.     

Ring-closing metathesis toward the synthesis of 2,5-dihydrofuran and 2,5-dihydropyrrole skeletons from Baylis-Hillman adducts

We have developed an efficient method for the synthesis of 2,5-dihydrofuran and 2,5-dihydropyrrole skeletons from the simply modified Baylis-Hillman adducts via RCM reaction.     

An Easy Access to Furan-Fused Polyheterocyclic Systems

Nitrostilbenes characterized by two different or differently substituted aryl moieties can be obtained from the initial ring-opening of 3-nitrobenzo[b]thiophene with amines. Such versatile building blocks couple the well-recognized double electrophilic reactivity of the nitrovinyl moiety (addition to the double bond, followed by, e.g., intramolecular replacement of the nitro group) with the possibility to exploit a conjugated system of double bonds within an electrocyclization process. Herein, nitrostilbenes are reacted with different aromatic enols provided by a double (carbon and oxygen) nucleophilicity, leading to novel, interesting naphthodihydrofurans. From these, as a viable application, aromatization and electrocyclization lead in turn to valuable polycondensed, fully aromatic O-heterocycles.     

An Easy and Efficient Access to Bis-Allyloxy-Arenes

Bis-allyloxy-arenes were prepared in very good yields by reaction of the bis-hydroxy-arene on the appropriate allyl carbonate at room temperature in the presence of a palladium(O) catalyst.     

Polymerization behavior of 2,5‐bis(dicyanomethylene)‐ 2,5‐dihydrofuran

2,5‐Bis(dicyanomethylene)‐2,5‐dihydrofuran (TCNF) is not homopolymerizable with any initiators, but copolymerizable with styrene (St) in an alternating fashion. Reactivity of TCNF was compared with that of 2,5‐bis(dicyanomethylene)‐2,5‐dihydrothiophene (TCNT) on the basis of the terpolymerization of the TCNT‐TCNF‐St system and the rates of addition reactions of AIBN with TCNT and with TCNF. TCNF was found to be lower in reactivity than TCNT. The relative reactivity was explained with the energy difference between quinonoid structure and benzenoid one. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 37: 1285–1292, 1999     

2,5-Dimethoxy-2,5-dihydrofuran chemistry: a new approach to 2(5H)-furanone derivatives

2,5-Dimethoxy-2,5-dihydrofuran is a synthetic equivalent of 2(5H)-furanone or 2-trimethylsilyloxyfuran, useful C₄ synthons in the preparation of 5-substituted-2(5H)-furanone derivatives. The reaction conditions adopted allow to obtain different classes of complex and biologically interesting compounds, in only one step, with high yields.     

Highly efficient enantioselective synthesis of 1,3-disubstituted 2,5-diketopiperazine derivatives via microwave irradiation

Abstract

Chiral 2,5-diketopiperazine (2,5-DKP) derivatives have a broad range of biological activities in the medicinal field. The synthetic protocols of 1,3-disubstituted 2,5-DKPs via base-catalyzed cyclization of chloroacetamide have been reported. However, there are several drawbacks, such as an overly long reaction time, low to moderate yield, and racemization of the products. The sequence modified herein of 1,3-disubstituted 2,5-DKPs involves microwave-assisted cyclization. It increases yields and reduces reaction time. Furthermore, employing N-PMB protection prevents racemization, which frequently occurs in the base-catalyzed cyclization reaction. Consequently, the rapid synthetic method of enantiomerically pure 1,3-disubstituted 2,5-DKPs via microwave reaction was established successfully.     

Chiral building blocks from biomass: 2,5-diamino-2,5-dideoxy-1,4-3,6-dianhydroiditol

An efficient route towards the synthesis of 2,5-diamino-2,5-dideoxy-1,4-3,6-dianhydroiditol 4 has been developed resulting in significant improvements in both isolated yields and purity when compared to literature procedures. As a consequence, resin-grade 2,5-diamino-2,5-dideoxy-1,4-3,6-dianhydroiditol 4 has become available for laboratory scale step-growth polymer synthesis. Additionally, an interesting renewable chiral 2-amino-2-deoxy-1,4-3,6-dianhydroiditol 10, has been isolated.     

Nojirimycin Based 2,5-Diketopiperazines

2,5-Diketopiperazines were prepared and characterized where one of the amino acids is (2S,3R,4R,5S)-3,4,5-trihydroxypipecolic acid. The protected pipecolic acid was synthesized from a selectively protected deoxynojirimycin derivative. The ring closure to give the diketopiperazines, from the dipeptides, was performed by nucleophilic attack of the amino function of the pipecolic acid moiety onto the carbonyl group of the methyl esters.     

Enantiopure cis- and trans-2,5-disubstituted-2,5-dihydrofurans from d-allal- and d-galactal-derived vinyl epoxides

Upon treatment with the metal enolates of methylene active compounds (dimethyl malonate and dibenzoylmethane) (C-nucleophiles) and benzyl carbamate (N-nucleophile), d-allal- and d-galactal-derived vinyl epoxides are stereoselectively transformed, in a single step, into diastereoisomeric, highly functionalized, enantiopure cis- and trans-2,5-disubstituted-2,5-dihydrofurans.     

Synthesis of 1-Methyl-2,5-dimethylene-2,5-dihydropyrrole by the Flash Vacuum Pyrolysis of N-(1,5-Dimethyl-2-pyrryl)methyl Benzamide

Pyrolysis of N-(1,5-dimethyl-2-pyrryl)methyl benzamide (7) gaved a 1:1 ratio of 1-methyl-2,5-dimethylene-2,5-dihydropyrrole (4b) and 1,2-dimetbylpyrrole (10) as the primary pyrolysis products in 88% total yield. The reactive compound 4b was detected with low-temperature ¹H NMR spectroscopy. Upon warming, 4b reacted rapidly with 10 to give one-on-one, two-on-one and three-on-one adducts, 11, 12 and 13 , respectively.     

The Behavior of Dimethylamino-substituted 2,5-Diaryloxazoles and 2,5-Diaryl-1,3,4-oxadiazoles Under Vilsmeier-Haack Conditions

It has been shown that dimethylamino-substituted 2,5-diaryloxazoles and 2,5-diaryl-1,3,4-oxadiazoles undergo heterocyclization under Vilsmeier-Haack conditions with the participation of the dimethylamino group to form quinazolinium salts. The oxazole ring can also be formylated at the free 4 position. In alkaline medium the quinazolinium ring is readily hydrolyzed with desalkylation.     

Three-Component Synthesis and 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition of Highly Functionalized Pyrans with Nitrile Oxides: Easy Access to 1,2,4-Oxadiazoles

Three-component reaction of 1-[(4-chlorophenyl)sulfanyl]acetone, malononitrile, and substituted aromatic aldehydes in the presence of sodium ethoxide under simple mixing at ambient temperature for 5–8 min afforded highly functionalized 4H-pyrans in good to excellent yields. 1,3-Dipolar cycloaddition of nitrile oxides over the nitrile functionality of the 4H-pyrans furnished 1,2,4-oxadiazoles in moderate yields.

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