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Synlett 2003(5): 0609-0614
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-38367
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Enyne Ring-rearrangement/Cross-metathesis Reactions of Cyclic Enones

Sonia Imhof, Siegfried Blechert*
Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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Received 27 December 2002
Publication Date:
28 March 2003 (online)

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Abstract

The use of efficient ring rearrangement metathesis reactions of cyclic enones involving cross-metathesis is reported. The resulting trienes from these reactions are substrates for intramolecular Diels-Alder cycloaddition reactions. Thus, the synthesis of highly stereoselective fused tricyclic products in four distinct steps is achieved.

Key words

ring-rearrangement - metathesis - Diels-Alder cycloaddition - enyne - enones

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In a 10 mL flask a solution of 11 (25 mg, 0.075 mmol) and catalyst 15 (6.4 mg, 10 mol%) in CH2Cl2 (0.05 molar) under N2 was cooled with liquid nitrogen. To this cooled solution, 50 mL of CH2CH2 was added, which condensed rapidly and the sealed flask was stirred at 80 °C for 2 h. After the addition of an excess of ethyl vinyl ether the reaction mixture was stirred for an additional 60 h at 80 °C. The solvent was removed in vacuo and the residue was purified by flash column chromatography on silica gel (hexane/MTBE 2:1) to yield 14.9 mg of 17b (55%) as a light yellow oil.

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The configuration of 18b was determinated by X-ray crystallography.

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After following conversion in these reactions by 1H NMR spectroscopy, it was found that 16a-19a decompose steadily to numerous unidentifiable products under the reaction conditions, in the case of the reaction of 10, 12 and 13, levels of 16a, 18a and 19a were typically in the range of 20-40% after 2 h, whereas 11 had undergone quantitative conversion at this time. In an attempt to enhance the yield, temperature ranges (between r.t. and 120 °C) were used as well as a Lewis acid (e.g. MeAlCl2) that was added at the beginning of the reaction and after 2 h, but proved to be unsuccessful. It is noteworthy that 16b-19b are perfectly stable and show no signs of decomposition even after extended reaction times.

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In an attempt to improve stability, the possibility of employing reduced allyl alcohol analogues (protected as silylethers) was briefly investigated. While in the case of analogues of 11 these species proved stable and gave reasonable yields of RRM adduct (pre-cycloaddition) in accordance with ref. 4a, higher homologues were unreactive and offered no advantages over their oxidised counterparts 12 and 13.

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To a solution of 11 (60.0 mg, 0.180 mmol) and 26 (56.1 mg, 0.540 mmol) in CH2Cl2 (0.05 molar) under N2 was added catalyst 15 (15.2 mg, 10 mol%) and the reaction was stirred at 55 °C for 3 h. To this solution was added an excess of ethyl vinyl ether. After the solvent was removed, the residue was purified by flash column chromatography on silica gel (hexane/MTBE 10:1) to yield 86.0 mg of triene 29 (93%) as a light yellow oil. 29 (24 mg, 0.0467 mmol) was solved
in toluene (2 mL) and heated to 150 °C for 4 h in a sealed tube to yield after purifying by flash column chromato-graphy on silica gel (hexane/MTBE 4/1) 20.4 mg of 34 (85%) as a white waxy product.
1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3): δ (ppm) = 8.41-8.39 (d, J = 8.9 Hz, 2 H), 8.08-8.06 (d, J = 8.8 Hz, 2 H), 7.25-7.19 (m, 6 H), 7.06-7.00 (d, J = 6.9 Hz, 2 H), 6.99-6.98 (d, J = 7.2 Hz, 2 H), 6.10 (br, 1 H), 4.33-4.31 (dd, J = 13.4 Hz, J = 1.2 Hz, 1 H), 4.22-4.18 (ddd, J = 8.7 Hz, J = 6.4 Hz, J = 6.4 Hz, 1 H), 4.06-4.02 (ddd, J = 13.5 Hz, J = 1.8 Hz, J = 1.8 Hz, 1 H), 3.92-3.91 (dd, J = 2.9 Hz, J = 2.9 Hz, 1 H), 3.66 (br, 1 H), 2.75-2.73 (ddd, J = 8.7 Hz, J = 8.7 Hz, J = 0.5 Hz, 1 H), 2.58-2.57 (dd, J = 7.4 Hz, J = 3.2 Hz, 1 H), 2.46-2.40 (m, 1 H), 2.30-2.24 (m, 2 H), 2.10-2.06 (m, 1 H). 13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3): δ (ppm) = 206.68 (C), 150.38 (C), 144.73 (C), 144.20 (C), 143.30 (C), 136.05 (C), 128.80 (CH ¥ 2), 128.75 (CH ¥ 2), 128.30 (CH ¥ 2), 127.90 (CH ¥ 2), 127.34 (CH ¥ 2), 126.81 (CH), 126.67 (CH), 124.96 (CH), 124.65 (CH ¥ 2), 58.72 (CH), 51.61 (CH2), 49.84 (CH), 45.60 (CH), 44.44 (CH), 37.81 (CH), 35.63 (CH2), 27.52 (CH2). IR (ATR): ν (cm-1) = 3103, 3060, 2926, 2867, 1713, 1529, 1349, 1168, 1091, 737. MS (EI, 100 °C): m/z (%) = 514 [M+], 355, 328, 182, 168, 141, 115, 91. HRMS calcd for C29H26N2O5S [M+]: 514.1562. Found: 514.1567.