Enynones in Organic Synthesis. 6. Synthesis of Spirocyclic Methylenecyclopentenones and Analogs of the Methylenomycin Class of Antibiotics. Mechanism of Phenol Catalysis
摘要:
Spirocyclic methylenecyclopentenones of general structure 18 were prepared in a single step from bis-acetylenic alcohols 29 by a process involving initial oxy-Cope rearrangement to afford (Z)-enynones 30-Z followed by electrocyclic ring closure. Mechanistic studies indicate that the initial step leading from 30-Z to 18 is a thermal 1,5-prototropic shift to afford dienols which can cyclize by a symmetry-allowed (pi(4)s + sigma(2)s + pi(2)a) process. This last step is catalyzed by certain phenols having low oxidation potentials, most likely by a mechanism involving single electron transfer. Dramatic rate enhancements were also observed for the cyclization of simple enynones 37 to methylenecyclopentenones 39 upon catalysis with either a-tocopherol (vitamin E, 40) or tert-butylcatechol(41). Further enhancements in both rate and yield were obtained under conditions of photoassisted single electron transfer (PET), which afforded 39 in yields of 80-98%.
Enynones in Organic Synthesis. 6. Synthesis of Spirocyclic Methylenecyclopentenones and Analogs of the Methylenomycin Class of Antibiotics. Mechanism of Phenol Catalysis
摘要:
Spirocyclic methylenecyclopentenones of general structure 18 were prepared in a single step from bis-acetylenic alcohols 29 by a process involving initial oxy-Cope rearrangement to afford (Z)-enynones 30-Z followed by electrocyclic ring closure. Mechanistic studies indicate that the initial step leading from 30-Z to 18 is a thermal 1,5-prototropic shift to afford dienols which can cyclize by a symmetry-allowed (pi(4)s + sigma(2)s + pi(2)a) process. This last step is catalyzed by certain phenols having low oxidation potentials, most likely by a mechanism involving single electron transfer. Dramatic rate enhancements were also observed for the cyclization of simple enynones 37 to methylenecyclopentenones 39 upon catalysis with either a-tocopherol (vitamin E, 40) or tert-butylcatechol(41). Further enhancements in both rate and yield were obtained under conditions of photoassisted single electron transfer (PET), which afforded 39 in yields of 80-98%.
4-<i>Endo</i>-<i>T</i><i>rig</i> Cyclization Processes Using Bis(collidine)bromine(I) Hexafluorophosphate as Reagent: Preparation of 2-Oxetanones, 2-Azetidinones, and Oxetanes
作者:Fadi Homsi、Gérard Rousseau
DOI:10.1021/jo9810361
日期:1999.1.1
Reaction in methylene chloride of bis(collidine)bromine(I) hexafluorophosphate with alpha,beta-unsaturated acids and alpha,beta-unsaturated N-sulfonamides was found to lead diastereospecifically to the corresponding 2-oxetanones and 2-azetidinones in moderate yields (23-60%), by an almost unknown 4-endo cyclization. This process allow the synthesis of these interesting classes of products in one step