New synthesis of nitrogen heterocycles through amide-directed hydrocarbonylation of alkenamides catalyzed by rhodium complexes
作者:Iwao Ojima、Anna Korda、William R. Shay
DOI:10.1021/jo00006a013
日期:1991.3
Amide-directed hydrocarbonylation of 3-butenamide (1) catalyzed by rhodium complexes such as RhCl(PPh3)3, RhCl(CO)(PPh3)2, HRh(CO)(PPh3)3, and Rh4(CO)12 gives a mixture of 3,4-dihydro-2-pyridone (2), 4-methyl-3-pyrrolin-2-one (3), and a unique heterodimer, 6-(4-methyl-2-oxo-3-pyrrolin-1-yl)-2-piperidone (4). Dihydropyridone (2) is obtained in 88% yield with 98% selectivity by using HRh(CO)(PPh)3-dppb (2 equiv) catalyst system while 4 is yielded in 90% yield with 94% selectivity with the use of RhCl(PPh3)3-P(OPh)3 (10 equiv) as the catalyst. Control experiments revealed that this crossed coupling only proceeds in the copresence of rhodium catalyst, carbon monoxide, and hydrogen. The reactions of N-benzyl-3-butenamide (1a) gives a mixture of 1-benzyldihydropyridone (2a), 1-benzyl-4-methylpyrrolinone (3a), and 1-benzyl-6-formyl-3,4-dihydropyridone (5) and its 5-formyl isomer (6). The formation of 5 and 6 is suppressed by the addition of PPh3, and 2a is selectively isolated (72%) in the reaction using RhCl(CO)(PPh3)2-PPh3 (20 equiv) as the catalyst. The hydroformylation of 2a catalyzed by RhCl(PPh3)3 gives 5 in 80% isolated yield. The reaction of N-tert-butyl-3-butenamide (1b) gives a nearly 1:1 mixture of 1-tert-butyl-4-methylpyrrolinone (3b) and uncyclized N-tert-butyl-4-formylbutanamide (7) accompanied by a small amount of 1-tert-butyldihydropyridone (2b). In the reaction of N-trityl-3-butenamide (1c), no dihydropyridone (2c) was formed, and a mixture of 1-trityl-4-methylpyrrolinone (3c) (major) and N-trityl-4-formylbutanamide (8) (minor) is yielded. The reaction of 4-pentenamide gives 4-methyl-3,4-dihydro-2-pyridone (9) exclusively regardless of the structure of the rhodium catalysts used. Possible mechanisms for these reactions are discussed.