Azomethine ylides such as 1 and 4 in which the nitrogen atom is incorporated in a six-membered heterocyclic ring undergo regiospecific [3+2] cycloadditions with the phosphaalkynes 2a and b at 130–140 °C to furnish the phosphaindolizines 3 and 5a–c after elimination of ethyl formate or hydrogen cyanide, respectively. In contrast, dipoles of the type 6 react unspecifically with the phosphaalkyne 2a to
The 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition Reactions of Heteroaromatic Dicyanomethylides with Phenylsulfinylethene and Bis(trimethylsilyl)ethyne: Synthesis of 1,2-Unsubstituted 3-Cyanoindolizines
Pyridinium and diazinium dicyanomethylides underwent 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition-extrusion reactions with phenylsulfinylethene, producing the corresponding 3-cyanoindolizines in moderate to good yields. 1,3-Dipolar cycloadditions of these ylides with bis(trimethylsilyl)ethyne gave either the 1,2-bis(trimethylsilyl)-3-cyanoindolizines or the 1-trimethylsilyl-3-cyanoindolizines, or mixtures of these, depending
Benzo[a] isoindolo [1,2,3-cd]indolizines, a novel kind of 18π heterocycles, have been prepared by one pot successive 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions of pyridinium dicyanomethylides with benzyne.
Cyclooctyne smoothly underwent 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition with pyridinium dicyanomethylides to afford the corresponding indolizines (8-cyario-7-azatricyclo[7.6.0.02,7]pentadeca-1,3,5,8-tetraenes) in excellent yields.