The Nitro Group in Organic Synthesis
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Scheme 8.1.
1,3-dienes (Eq. 8.1).3 This strategy has been used for the synthesis of prostaglandins by Corey and coworkers.4 Another synthesis of prostaglandin based on the Diels-Alder reaction of nitroalkenes is presented in Scheme 8.2, in which the nitro group is reduced to an amino group.5 A total synthesis of antheridium-inducing factor of the fern Anemia phyllitidis uses the Diels-Alder reaction of nitroethylene followed by the Nef reaction.6
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The Diels-Alder reaction of nitroalkenes followed by the Nef reaction is frequently used in natural product synthesis.7 For example, Scheme 8.3 shows an elegant synthesis of dl-mesem- brane starting from the Diels-Alder reaction of 1-arylnitroethene with 1,3-butadiene.7a
Ono and coworkers have developed a new strategy using nitroalkenes as alkene equivalents in Diels-Alder reactions. When unsymmetrical dienes are used, the nitro group controls the regiochemistry of the Diels-Alder reaction, as shown in Eq. 8.2. The nitro group in cycloadducts is removed by radical denitration (see Chapter 7); therefore, nitroalkenes can be regarded as reactive dienophilic alkene equivalents.8 Vinyl sulfones have similar utility in organic synthesis.9 In general, nitroalkenes are more reactive and selective than the corresponding sulfones, but the latter are more readily available than nitroalkenes.
8.1 DIELS-ALDER REACTIONS 235
Various dienes substituted with heteroatoms such as 1-oxabuta-1,3-dienes have been used in organic synthesis, as shown in Eq. 8.613 and Eq. 8.7.14
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Nitroethene substituted with the Me3Si group is used in a Diels-Alder reaction (Eq. 8.8).15a An example of the reaction with 1-nitro-2-(trialkylsilyl)acetylenes has also been published.15b
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Recently, enhanced endo selectivity has been reported in the Diels-Alder reaction of (E)-1-acetoxybuta-1,3-dienes with methyl β-nitroacrylate. The selectivity is compared with that of the reaction using 1-methoxybuta-1,3-dienes and 1-trimethylsilyloxybuta-1,3-di- enes.16 The degree of electron richness of a diene is an important consideration in endo:exo selectivity issues. In particular, electron-rich dienes favor the formation of exo-nitrocycload- ducts (Eq. 8.9).
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Node and co-workers have found that the Diels-Alder reaction of nitroalkenes with 1- methoxy-3-trimethylsilyloxy-1,3-butadiene (Danishefsky’s dienes) exhibit abnormal exo-se- lectivity. Electrostatic repulsion between the nitro and the silyloxy group of the diene induces this abnormal exo-selectivity (Eq. 8.10).17 This selective reaction has been used for the asymmetric synthesis of various natural products as shown in Scheme 8.6.
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8.1 |
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Scheme 8.6.
In intramolecular Diels-Alder reactions, two rings are formed in one step. The reaction has been used to synthesize a number of interesting ring systems.29 The intramolecular cyclization of (E)-1-nitrodeca-1,6,8-triene at 80 °C affords an endo cycloadduct with the trans ring fusion preferentially, as shown in Eq. 8.18. In contrast, (Z)-nitroalkenes produce a nearly 1:1 mixture of cisand trans-fused cycloadducts.30
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Although Lewis acid-catalyzed-Diels-Alder reactions of enones are common, there are few reports on the catalysis of Diels-Alder reaction of nitroalkenes. The reaction of nitroalkenes with alkenes in the presence of Lewis acids undergoes a different course of reaction to give cyclic nitronates (see Section 8.3). Knochel reported an enhanced reactivity and selectivity of the intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction using silica gel as Lewis acid in hexane (Eq. 8.19).31
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240 CYCLOADDITION CHEMISTRY OF NITRO COMPOUNDS
A concentrated solution of LiClO4 in diethyl ether has also been shown to activate the intramolecular Diels-Alder reactions (Eq. 8.20).32 The reaction proceeds at room temperature to give the adduct in good yield, whereas noncatalyzed reaction proceeds very slowly even at 80 °C (yield was 22% for 65 h).
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Intramolecular Diels-Alder cyclizations of (E)-1-nitro-1,7,9-decatrienes under thermal conditions and Lewis acid conditions lead to the formation of decalin ring systems with excellent endo selectivity (Eq. 8.21). This strategy is used for preparing of the AB ring system of norzoanthamine.33
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Oppolzer and Robbiani have reported highly stereoselective total syntheses of alkaloids such as chelidonine by an intramolecular o-quinodimethene/nitrostyrene-cycloaddition (Scheme 8.7).34 (Benzocyclobutane is used as a source of quinodimethene). The high regioand stereoselectivity in the intramolecular cycloaddition is remarkable; a strong preference for transition state, exo-NO2, over transition state, endo-NO2, is responsible for the stereoselectivity.
It has been known that aromatic heterocycles such as furan, thiophene, and pyrrole undergo Diels-Alder reactions despite their aromaticity and hence expected inertness. Furans have been especially used efficiently as dienes due to their electron-rich properties. Thiophenes and pyrroles are less reactive as dienes than furans. But pyrroles with N-electron-withdrawing substituents are efficient dienes. There exists a limited number of examples of five-membered, aromatic heterocycles acting as dienophiles in Diels-Alder reactions. Some nitro heteroaromatics serve as dienophiles in the Diels-Alder reactions. Heating a mixture of 1-(phenylsulfonyl)- 3-nitropyrrole and isoprene at 175 °C followed by oxidation results in the formation of indoles (see Eq. 8.22).35a N-Tosyl-3-nitroindole undergoes high-yielding Diels-Alder reactions with
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