Dirhodium tetraacetate catalyzed carbon-hydrogen insertion reaction in N-substituted .alpha.-carbomethoxy-.alpha.-diazoacetanilides and structural analogs. Substituent and conformational effects
摘要:
A series of acyclic alpha-carbomethoxy-alpha-diazoacetanilides with different N-substituents, 5a-k, was prepared and the rhodium(II) acetate catalyzed reactions studied. It was found that the rhodium carbenoid reaction with these compounds occurred only at the N-substituent; when the N-substituent is a propargyl group, rhodium carbenoid addition to the triple bond is favored, resulting, ultimately, in the formation of a bicyclic furan derivative 8. With an N-(tert-butyloxycarbonyl)methyl substituent, interception of the rhodium carbenoid by the ester carbonyl oxygen occurred preferentially to give, eventually, 1,4-oxazine derivatives 9 and 9'. For N-alkyl substituents, rhodium carbenoid carbon-hydrogen (C-H) insertion into the alkyl group to give 2-azetidinone and/or 2-pyrrolidinone derivatives was observed. The chemoselectivity of the rhodium carbenoid C-H insertion can be altered by the use of the alpha-acetyl and alpha-phenylsulfonyl substituents. In these cases, exclusive C-H insertion at the N-aryl moiety resulted to give 2(3H)-indolinone products. However, the alpha-substituent effect on the chemoselectivity of the insertion reaction is easily overridden by conformational effects about the amide N-C(O) bond as revealed by the insertion reactions of the conformationally rigid compounds 20a-c. The alpha-substituent effects are reestablished when conformational rigidity is removed, as exemplified by the rhodium carbenoid insertion reactions of compounds 29a,b.
A novel, selective palladium-catalysed carbenoid C(aryl)-H insertion of [small alpha]-diazo-[small alpha]-(methoxycarbonyl)acetanilides leading to oxindoles is described.
Site Selectivity in Pd-Catalyzed Reactions of α-Diazo-α-(methoxycarbonyl)acetamides: Effects of Catalysts and Substrate Substitution in the Synthesis of Oxindoles and β-Lactams
α-diazo-α-(methoxycarbonyl)acetamides to prepare oxindoles as well as β-lactams was studied. In order to identify what factors influence the selectivity of the processes, we explored how the reactions are affected by the catalyst type, using two oxidation states of Pd and a variety of ligands. It was found that, in the synthesis of oxindoles, ((IMes)Pd(NQ))2 can be used as an alternative to Pd2(dba)3