Intramolecular reaction

About: Intramolecular reaction is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 5015 publications have been published within this topic receiving 138213 citations.

A one-pot bicycloannulation method for the synthesis of tetrahydroisoquinoline systems.

Abstract: A highly effective method for the synthesis of the core indolo[2,3-a]quinolizidine skeleton found in yohimbine is described. The reaction of N-monosubstituted thioamides with bromoalkenoyl chlorides furnishes thioisomunchnones as transient 1,3-dipoles that undergo ready intramolecular cycloaddition across the tethered π-bond to give thio-bicycloannulated products in a one-pot operation. The stereochemical outcome of the intramolecular reaction is the consequence of an endo cycloaddition of the neighboring π-bond across the transient thioisomunchnone dipole. A major limitation of the method is that when a hydrogen is present in the α-position of the thioamide the initially formed thio-N-acyliminium ion undergoes proton loss to produce a S,N-ketene acetal at a faster rate than dipole formation. Treatment of tetrahydro-β-carboline-1-thione with 2-bromooct-7-enoyl chloride followed by reductive removal of sulfur from the cycloadduct resulted in the formation of (±)-alloyohimbanone. Attempts to cycloadd the th...

Electron-Transfer-Mediated Synthesis of Phenanthridines by Intramolecular Arylation of Anions from N-(ortho-Halobenzyl)arylamines: Regiochemical and Mechanistic Analysis

Abstract: The synthesis of a series of substituted phenanthridines by photostimulated C-C cyclization of anions from N-(ortho-halobenzyl)arylamines has been found to proceed in very good to excellent yields (79-95%) in liquid ammonia and in DMSO. The N-(ortho-halobenzyl)arylamines are obtained in good to very good isolated yields (44-85%) by nucleophilic substitution of ortho-halobenzylchlorides with different arylamines. The reaction of the anions of a diverse set of N-(ortho-halobenzyl)arylamines was studied, and the methodology was extended to the synthesis of trispheridine, a natural product, in very good yield. In order to explain the regiochemical outcome of these reactions, a theoretical analysis was performed with DFT methods and the B3LYP functional.

Ruthenium-catalyzed intramolecular oxidative amination of aminoalkenes enables rapid synthesis of cyclic imines.

Abstract: [RuCl2(CO)3]2/dppp is shown to be a highly effective catalyst system for the first intramolecular oxidative amination of a variety of aminoalkenes when it is used concomitantly with K2CO3 and allyl acetate in N-methylpiperidine, to give the corresponding cyclic imines and indoles in excellent yields. For example, the reaction of 2,2-diphenyl-4-pentenyl-1-amine performed in the presence of 2 mol % of [RuCl2(CO)3]2, 4 mol % of dppp, K2CO3, and allyl acetate in N-methylpiperidine at 140 °C for 8 h gives 4,4-diphenyl-2-methyl-1-pyrroline in quantitative (>99%) yield.

Mechanistic Investigation of a Novel Vitamin B12-Catalyzed Carbon−Carbon Bond Forming Reaction, the Reductive Dimerization of Arylalkenes

Abstract: In the presence of catalytic vitamin B(12) and a reducing agent such as Ti(III)citrate or Zn, arylalkenes are dimerized with unusual regioselectivity forming a carbon [bond] carbon bond between the benzylic carbons of each coupling partner. Dimerization products were obtained in good to excellent yields for mono- and 1,1-disubstituted alkenes. Dienes containing one aryl alkene underwent intramolecular cyclization in good yields. However, 1,2-disubstituted and trisubstituted alkenes were unreactive. Mechanistic investigations using radical traps suggest the involvement of benzylic radicals, and the lack of diastereoselectivity in the product distribution is consistent with dimerization of two such reactive intermediates. A strong reducing agent is required for the reaction and fulfills two roles. It returns the Co(II) form of the catalyst generated after the reaction to the active Co(I) state, and by removing Co(II) it also prevents the nonproductive recombination of alkyl radicals with cob(II)alamin. The mechanism of the formation of benzylic radicals from arylalkenes and cob(I)alamin poses an interesting problem. The results with a one-electron transfer probe indicate that radical generation is not likely to involve an electron transfer. Several alternative mechanisms are discussed.

Stereochemistry. 82. Conformation of fused five-membered heterocyclic rings derived from the intramolecular oxime olefin cycloaddition reaction

Abstract: Thermal intramolecular oxime olefin cycloaddition of α-allylamino aldoximes and ketoximes 4 led stereospecifically to formation of oxadiazabicyclo[3.3.0]octanes 6. The presence of heteroatoms in these bicyclic fused 5-membered rings permits for the first time an evaluation of the conformation of this system by means of NMR. We found that some substituents in 6 restrict the conformational mobility of these five-membered rings to the extent that only one conformer was detected at 20 o C. In other cases an equilibrium between two major conformers was revealed by NMR. Equilibrium measurements indicated a free energy of conversion of 13.2-13.4 kcal/mol, apparently a manifestation of the N-inversion in the isoxazolidine ring. NMR studies also showed that the NH-proton in isoxazolidines 6 prefers an axial orientation. Empirical force field data were adjusted for MM calculations in these bicyclic heterocycles. The MM2 force field with AMBER charge gave the best fit between calculated and experimental coupling constants