Stereospecific synthesis of 1,5-disubstituted tetrazoles from ketoximes via a Beckmann rearrangement facilitated by diphenyl phosphorazidate

A novel method for the stereospecific synthesis of 1,5-disubstituted tetrazoles from ketoximes via the Beckmann rearrangement was developed using diphenyl phosphorazidate (DPPA) as both the oxime activator and azide source. Various ketoximes were transformed into the corresponding 1,5-disubstituted tetrazoles with exclusive trans-group migration and no E-Z isomerization of the ketoxime. This method enables the preparation of 1,5-disubstituted tetrazoles without using toxic or explosive azidation reagents.     

Total synthesis of mycestericin A

The first total synthesis of mycestericin A (1) starting from tartrates is described. The Overman rearrangement of an allylic trichloroacetimidate generated a tetra-substituted carbon with nitrogen, and subsequent stereoselective transformations afforded the highly functionalized vinyl iodide. The cross-coupling of the vinyl iodide with a chiral organozinc species under Negishi conditions, followed by deprotection, completed the total synthesis of 1.     

A straightforward preparation of amino–polystyrene resin from Merrifield resin

Azidomethyl–polystyrene, obtained by nucleophilic substitution of chloromethyl–polystyrene, undergoes a Schmidt rearrangement when treated with trifluoromethanesulfonic acid, affording amino–polystyrene. To assess its loading and reactivity the resin is used as a support for the preparation of triazene-linked amine.     

Pattern of separatrices and intrinsic reaction coordinates for degenerate thermal rearrangements

A structurally stable model of the standard adiabatic gradient field of the potential energy surface for certain pericyclic reactions is derived.These reactions are not subjected to the principles of orbital isomerism or to the Woodward-Hoffmann rules.Use is made of a principle established by Ariel Fernández and Oktay Sinanolu which precludes direct meta-IRC connections between transition states.It is shown that Jahn-Teller isomers of the singlet biradicals involved in the process are not interconvertible since the biradical configuration is not a transition state but a critical point with Hessian matrix with two negative eigenvalues.The topological features of the PES obtained by combinatorial methods are in full agreement with earlier results obtained from MINDO calculations.     

Synthesis of the Anti‐HIV Agent (−)‐Hyperolactone C by Using Oxonium Ylide Formation–Rearrangement

Starting from readily available (S)‐styrene oxide an asymmetric synthesis is described of the naturally occurring anti‐HIV spirolactone (?)‐hyperolactone C, which possesses adjacent fully substituted stereocenters. The key step involves a stereocontrolled Rh^II‐catalysed oxonium ylide formation–[2,3] sigmatropic rearrangement of an α‐diazo‐β‐ketoester bearing allylic ether functionality. From the resulting furanone, an acid‐catalysed lactonisation and dehydrogenation gives the natural product.     

A novel Barton decarboxylation produces a 1,4-phenyl radical rearrangement domino reaction

A novel 1,4-Phenyl radical rearrangement (1,4-PhRR) is described in a typical Barton decarboxylation procedure. While carrying out this reaction in presence of a N,N-disubstituted β-amino acid derivative, the decarboxyphenyl rearranged derivative is obtained, as well as in presence of β-N,N-acylamide. On the other hand, secondary amines give the β-lactam derivative without rearrangement, as well as N-Fmoc derivatives give the normal decarboxylation reaction. In regards of amines which are far away from the carboxylic group, such as δ-amino acid derivatives, the reaction occur through a typical Barton decarboxylation without rearrangement. The diversity of the reaction proves synthetic usefulness paving the way to interesting biologically active compounds.     

Vitamin D: a concise synthesis of the C19 hydroxylated enyne A-ring, an interesting precursor for the preparation of C19 substituted vitamin D analogues

A new C₁₉ hydroxylated enyne 15, as potential A-ring building block of vitamin D analogues, was synthesized in enantiomerically pure form in nine steps from (−)-(S)-limonene. This short synthesis involved ozonolyzis of 1,2-limonene oxide followed by a Criegee rearrangement, epoxide trans diaxial ring opening by lithium acetylide, elimination, epoxidation and syn β-elimination of the resulting homopropargylic oxirane.     

Rearrangement ofO-perfluoroisobutenylacetone oxime. The structure of 2,2-bis(trifluoromethyl)-5-methyl-gD4-pyrrolin-3-one

Dehydrofluorination ofO-(-hydroperfluoroisobutyl)acetone oxime affords 2,2-bis(tri-fluoromethyl)-5-methyl-⁴-pyrrolin-3-one; the molecular structure of the latter was unambiguously established by X-ray diffraction method.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 951–953, May, 1994.     

Synthesis of chiral alkenyl epoxides: the sex pheromone of the elm spanworm Ennomus subsignaria (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)

The identification of the sex pheromone of the elm spanworm Ennomos subsignaria (Hübner), as the chiral alkenyl epoxide (6Z)-cis-9,10-epoxy-nonadecene has been accomplished. Both enantiomers of (6Z)-cis-9,10-epoxy-nonadecene have been synthesized via two routes. The key steps in the first route were to prepare both threo-epoxy tosylates and then to perform an alkylative rearrangement of these intermediates to obtain the target molecules. An alternative enantioenriched synthesis that took advantage of the Sharpless dihydroxylation reaction was developed so that a common starting material could be used to access both enantiomers. A field study and GC/EAD testing indicated that Z6-cis-9S,10R-epoxy-nonadecene was the sex pheromone of the elm spanworm E. subsignaria (Hübner).     

A rapid and simple method for the isolation of mutant variants regulating tissue-specific expression of the tni gene through drug selection

TnINEO fusion gene was constructed by fusing 3.4-kbp of quailTnI genomic DNA sequences spanning the promoter to exon 5 and aneo gene in frame. A myoblast cell line was established after transfection of pTnINEO. Since this cell line was passaged several times, a high frequency of neomycin (G418) sensitivity conversion was detected. Two drug-resistant variants were analyzed through genomic Southern blot and S1 nuclease protection assay. One variant has a mutation(s) in the regulatory element that activated the dormantTnI promoter-enhancer in myoblast, and the other has shown the genomic rearrangement. This result presented the possibility of isolating factor(s) that activate the muscle-specificTnI promoter simply by screening drug-resistant cells having appropriate mutations.