Divergent synthesis of withasomnines via synthesis of 4-hydroxy-1H-pyrazoles and Claisen rearrangement of their 4-O-allylethers

4-Hydroxypyrazoles were synthesized by the alkaline hydrolysis of the Baeyer-Villiger oxidation products of 4-formylpyrazoles. This new synthesis of 4-hydroxypyrazoles was applied to the divergent synthesis of withasomnine alkaloids in a unique strategy, for which the key steps included the regioselective Claisen rearrangement of their 4-O-allyl-4-hydroxy-1H-pyrazoles and a Suzuki coupling of 4-trifluoromethanesulfonyloxy-1H-pyrazoles and arylboronic acids.     

Synthesis of Functionalized Pyrazoles via 1,3‐Dipolar Cycloaddition of α‐Diazo‐β‐ketophosphonates,Sufones and Esters with Electron‐Deficient Alkenes

1,3‐Dipolar cycloaddition of diazo compounds with olefinic substrates is a promising atom‐economic strategy for the construction of functionalized pyrazoles. Over the last few years, our group has been engaged in the synthesis of phosphonyl/sulfonylpyrazoles and pyrazole esters by employing Bestmann‐Ohira Reagent (BOR) and its sulfur and ester analogs as 1,3‐dipole precursors with various dipolarophiles. This account describes the novel synthetic methods developed in our laboratory, in the perspective of closely related work by others, for the synthesis of phosphonyl/sulfonylpyrazoles, pyrazole esters and the total synthesis of Withasomnine, a natural product, by using 1,3‐dipolar cycloaddition as the key step.