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.
The Nafion-H Catalysed Cyclization of α-Carbomethoxy-α-Diazoacetanilides. Synthesis of 3-Unsubstituted-2-Indolinones.
作者:Andrew G. Wee、Baosheng Liu
DOI:10.1016/s0040-4020(01)80781-x
日期:1994.1
Diazoanilides of type 4 were found to undergo Nafion-H catalysed cyclization onto the aromatic ring and concomitant decarboxylation, under optimal conditions, to give 3-unsubstituted 2-indolinones 5 in moderate yields. Diazoanilides that possess electron-donating substituents in the aromatic moiety gave higher yields of 5 and, in one case, the presence of an electron-withdrawing group in the aromatic moiety did not impede the cyclization. In the case of the diazoanilides that possess a N-butenyl group, preferential 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of the diazo unit onto the butenyl double bond occurred to give an unstable 1-pyrazoline which was converted, by loss of nitrogen accompanied by hydrogen migration, to dihydro-2-pyridinone derivatives. It was also found that substituents ortho to the amido group and/or the site of cyclization sterically retarded the cyclization.