Unusual endoperoxide isomerizations: a convenient entry into 2-vinyl-2-cyclopentenones from saturated fulvene endoperoxides
摘要:
An unusual peroxide base-promoted isomerization is uncovered. Saturated endoperoxides derived from fulvenes give rise to 2-vinyl-2-cyclopentenones upon treatment with DBU in CH2CL2 in a one-pot reaction. This methodology is applied to a convenient synthesis of dihydrojasmone. Moreover, functional groups placed on the side chain at C-6 participate in the base-catalyzed isomerizations via conjugate attack at the enone moiety to give 2-cyclopentenones carrying oxygen heterocycles at C-2. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Scope and Limitations of Fulvene Syntheses. Preparation of 6-Vinyl-Substituted and -Functionalized Fulvenes. First Examples of Nucleophilic Substitution on a 6-(Chloromethyl)fulvene
摘要:
Very few 6-vinylfulvenes have previously been reported in the Literature. In a few cases where Little's procedure (using pyrrolidine as base) has been employed, most enones undergo conjugate attack by the cyclopentadienyl anion followed by either a retroaldol reaction or dihydropentalene formation. In several cases, Diels-Alder reaction of the enone with cyclopentadiene occurs rather than condensation. We have found that in cases where the Little procedure fails to give the desired 6-vinylfulvenes, the Thiele method using NaOH (or NaOMe in some cases) as base gives satisfactory results. In the latter instances, Michael attack is completely suppressed in all but one example. By appropriate choice of base, a variety of fulvenes carrying functional groups on the 6-alkyl position can be prepared. Some of these fulvenes have been shown to undergo further functional group transformations (e.g., nucleophilic substitutions); giving rise to derivatives bearing SR, S(O)R, N-3 or SCN groups.
Scope and Limitations of Fulvene Syntheses. Preparation of 6-Vinyl-Substituted and -Functionalized Fulvenes. First Examples of Nucleophilic Substitution on a 6-(Chloromethyl)fulvene
Very few 6-vinylfulvenes have previously been reported in the Literature. In a few cases where Little's procedure (using pyrrolidine as base) has been employed, most enones undergo conjugate attack by the cyclopentadienyl anion followed by either a retroaldol reaction or dihydropentalene formation. In several cases, Diels-Alder reaction of the enone with cyclopentadiene occurs rather than condensation. We have found that in cases where the Little procedure fails to give the desired 6-vinylfulvenes, the Thiele method using NaOH (or NaOMe in some cases) as base gives satisfactory results. In the latter instances, Michael attack is completely suppressed in all but one example. By appropriate choice of base, a variety of fulvenes carrying functional groups on the 6-alkyl position can be prepared. Some of these fulvenes have been shown to undergo further functional group transformations (e.g., nucleophilic substitutions); giving rise to derivatives bearing SR, S(O)R, N-3 or SCN groups.
Unusual endoperoxide isomerizations: a convenient entry into 2-vinyl-2-cyclopentenones from saturated fulvene endoperoxides
An unusual peroxide base-promoted isomerization is uncovered. Saturated endoperoxides derived from fulvenes give rise to 2-vinyl-2-cyclopentenones upon treatment with DBU in CH2CL2 in a one-pot reaction. This methodology is applied to a convenient synthesis of dihydrojasmone. Moreover, functional groups placed on the side chain at C-6 participate in the base-catalyzed isomerizations via conjugate attack at the enone moiety to give 2-cyclopentenones carrying oxygen heterocycles at C-2. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.