Asymmetric intramolecular selenocyclisation of alkenoic acids, alkenols and alkenyl urethanes using chiral 2-[1-(dimethylamino)ethyl]ferrocenylselenenyl cations proceeds smoothly to give the corresponding organoselenenyl moiety-containing lactones, cyclic ethers and N-heterocycles, respectively, in good to excellent chemical yields (up to 97%) with very high diastereoselectivities (up to 98% de). The nature of the counter anions of the selenenylating agents affected remarkably the diastereoselectivity of the cyclisation, PF6– and BF4– being revealed to be the best for alkenoic acids and alkenols, and alkenyl urethanes, respectively. A plausible reaction scheme for the cyclisation is presented where a chiral selenenylating agent approaches the carbon–carbon double bond of the substrate from the less sterically-congested direction to afford a chiral episelenonium ion followed by an intramolecular back side attack of a nucleophile.
Benzenetellurinyl acetate or trifluoroacetate in combination with ethyl carbamate effected aminotellurinylation of olefins in chloroform under reflux in the presence of boron trifluoride etherate to give ethyl [(2-phenyltelluro)alkyl]carbamates in high yields after reduction with hydrazine hydrate. This reaction was extended to cyclofunctionalization of olefinic carbamates into nitrogen heterocycles.
Cyclofunctionalization of olefinic urethanes using benzeneselenenyl chloride in the presence of silica gel: a general route to nitrogen heterocycles
作者:D. L. J. Clive、Vittorio Farina、Alok Singh、Chi Kwong Wong、William A. Kiel、Steven M. Menchen
DOI:10.1021/jo01299a019
日期:1980.5
Efficient Regio- and Stereoselective Formation of Azocan-2-ones via 8-<i>Endo</i> Cyclization of α-Carbamoyl Radicals
作者:Xinqiang Fang、Kun Liu、Chaozhong Li
DOI:10.1021/ja9082649
日期:2010.2.24
The iodine-atom-transfer 8-endo cyclization of alpha-carbamoyl radicals was investigated experimentally and theoretically. With the aid of Mg(ClO4)(2) and a bis(oxazoline) ligand, N-ethoxycarbonyl-substituted N-(pent-4-enyl)-2-iodoalkanamides underwent 8-endo cyclization leading to the formation of only the corresponding 3,5-trans-substituted azocan-2-ones in excellent yields Similarly, the BF3 center dot OEt2/H2O-promoted reactions of N-ethoxycarbonyl-N-(2-allylaryl)-2-iodoalkanamides afforded exclusively the benzazocanone products with a 3,5-cis configuration in high yields The bidentate chelation of substrate radicals not only significantly improved the efficiency of cyclization but also resulted in the change of stereochemistry of azocanone products from 3,8-trans to 3,8-cis Theoretical calculations at the UB3LYP/6-31G* level revealed that the cyclization of N-carbonyl-substituted alpha-carbamoyl radicals occurs via the E-conformational transition states without the presence of a Lewis acid. On the other hand, the cyclization proceeds via the Z-conformational transition states when the substrates form the bidentate chelation with a Lewis acid In both cases, the 8-endocyclization is always fundamentally preferred over the corresponding 7-exo cyclization The complexed radicals having the more rigid conformations also allow the better stereochemical control in the iodine-atom-abstraction step To further understand the reactivity of alpha-carbamoyl radicals, the competition between the 8-endo and 5-exo cyclization was also studied The results demonstrated that the 8-endo cyclization is of comparable rate to the corresponding 5-exo cyclization for alpha-carbamoyl radicals with fixed Z-conformational transition states As a comparison, the 8-endo mode is fundamentally preferred over the 5-exo mode in the cyclization of INIH-amide substrates because the latter requires the Z-conformational transition states, whereas the former proceeds via the more stable E-conformational transition states.