Mikhail S. Novikov

The first example of intramolecular cycloaddition of carbene-derived azomethine ylides in a domino reaction of difluorocarbene with Schiff bases

Abstract Domino reactions of difluorocarbene with Schiff bases containing a tethered olefinic or acetylenic dipolarophile moiety involve intramolecular 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of iminiodifluoromethanides and yield chromeno[4,3- b ]pyrrole derivatives.

Dibenzoxazepinium Ylides: Facile Access and 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition Reactions

An effective approach to azirino-fused heterocycles is disclosed. The approach, involving formation of heterocycle/C-(arylchloromethyl)-subsituted CN double bond via domino isomerization of a gem-dichloroaziridine-intramolecular Friedel-Crafts acylation of the O-tethered benzene ring and subsequent intramolecular cyclization induced by hydride, was realized for 1-aryl-1,11b-dihydroazirino[1,2-d]dibenz[b,f][1,4]oxazepines. The latter are excellent precursors of azomethine ylides, especially in solvent-free conditions, which can undergo a completely stereoselective 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition to CC dipolarophiles giving derivatives of dibenzo[b,f]pyrrolo[1,2-d][1,4]oxazepine.

Pseudopericyclic 1,5- versus Pericyclic 1,4- and 1,6-Electrocyclization in Electron-Poor 4-Aryl-2-azabuta-1,3-dienes: Indole Synthesis from 2H-Azirines and Diazo Compounds

Transformations of 2-azabuta-1,3-dienes, formed in Rh2(OAc)4-catalyzed reactions of diazo carbonyl compounds with 2H-azirines, dramatically depend on the nature of substituents. 4,4-Diphenyl-2-azabuta-1,3-dienes with two electron-acceptor substituents at C(1) undergo thermal 1,5-cyclization to give indoles in good yields. The increase in electron-withdrawing ability of C(1)-substituents facilitates the reaction that proceeds via pseudopericyclic 1,5-electrocyclization of 2-azabutadiene into 7aH-indolium ylide followed by prototropic shift. 3,4-Diphenyl-2-azabuta-1,3-dienes, resulting from reaction of 2,3-diphenyl-2H-azirine and diazo compounds, do not produce indoles via 1,5-cyclization due to the trans-configuration of the 4-Ph-group and the nitrogen, but undergo 1,4-cyclization to 2,3-dihydroazetes. 1,6-Cyclization into 2H-1,4-oxazines with participation of the oxygen of ester or amide group at C(1) of corresponding 2-azabuta-1,3-dienes does not take place due to kinetic and thermodynamic reasons. Instead of this, 1,6-electrocyclization with participation of phenyl substituent at C(4) of the 2-azabuta-1,3-dienes, providing isoquinoline derivatives, can occur at elevated temperatures. The DFT-calculations (mPWB1K/6-31+G(d,p)) confirm the dependence of 2-azabuta-1,3-diene transformation type on the nature of substituents.

Azirinium ylides from alkoxycarbonylcarbenoids and 2H-azirines: Generation and transformations

Dirhodium tetraacetate-catalyzed decomposition of diazo esters in the presence of 3-aryl-2H-azirines having no substituent in the 2-position gives rise to azirinium ylides which then undergo isomerization into 2-azabuta-1,3-diene derivatives or (in the presence of excess diazo ester) react with the corresponding rhodium carbenoid to form substituted 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrroles. 2-Mono-and 2,2-disubstituted 3-phenyl-2H-azirines react with rhodium carbenoids generated from diazo esters to give azirinium ylides which are converted into the corresponding 2-azabuta-1,3-dienes.

Cu(I)–NHC-Catalyzed (2 + 3)-Annulation of Tetramic Acids with 2H-Azirines: Stereoselective Synthesis of Functionalized Hexahydropyrrolo[3,4-b]pyrroles

A stereoselective and high-yield synthesis of hexahydropyrrolo[3,4-b]pyrroles from tetramic acids and 2H-azirines under Cu(I)-NHC catalysis is developed. An unusual N-C2 azirine bond cleavage, initiated by a copper enolate, was rationalized in terms of a free radical reaction mechanism.

Stereoselective cycloaddition of dibenzoxazepinium ylides to acetylenes and fullerene C60. Conformational behavior of 3-aryldibenzo[b,f]pyrrolo[1,2-d][1,4]oxazepine systems.

Cycloaddition of dibenzoxazepinium ylides to acetylene carboxylates leads to cis-3-aryl-3,13b-dihydrodibenzo[b,f]pyrrolo[1,2-d][1,4]oxazepinecarboxylates, which smoothly dehydrogenate to the corresponding pyrrole derivatives. The o-bromophenyl-substituted pyrrole, in contrast to the pyrroline analogue, demonstrates atropoisomerism. Stereoselective cycloaddition of dibenzoxazepinium ylides to fullerene C(60) gives rise to fulleropyrrolidines with cis-configuration. Restricted Ph group rotation is found in the phenyl derivative. Only one of two possible atropoisomers is formed in the reaction of o-bromophenyl-substituted ylide with fullerene C(60). Details of cycloaddition and conformational behavior of cycloadducts were studied by DFT computations.

A facile carbene route to 2-fluoro-2-pyrrolines via fluorinated azomethine ylides

2-Fluoro-2-pyrrolines have been prepared by a domino reaction of difluorocarbene with N-substituted ketimines in the presence of fumaronitrile, malenitrile or dimethyl maleate, involving azomethine ylide formation, 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition, and dehydrofluorination. The reactions of 1H-dibenzo[b,e]azepine and 3,4-dihydroisoquinolines with difluorocarbene in the presence of fumaronitrile proceed with the formation of fluorinated 1H-dibenzo[c,f]pyrrolo[1,2-a]azepine and pyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinoline derivatives. The yields of 2-fluoro-2-pyrrolines depend mostly on their resistance to chromatographic work-up and are higher for 5,5-disubstituted pyrrolines compared to 5-monosubstituted derivatives.

Switchable Synthesis of Pyrroles and Pyrazines via Rh(II)-Catalyzed Reaction of 1,2,3-Triazoles with Isoxazoles: Experimental and DFT Evidence for the 1,4-Diazahexatriene Intermediate

4-Aminopyrrole-3-carboxylates and pyrazine-2-carboxylates were synthesized from 5-alkoxyisoxazoles and 1-sulfonyl-1,2,3-triazoles by tuning the Rh(II) catalyst and the reaction conditions. The reaction in chloroform at 100 °C under Rh2(OAc)4 catalysis provides 4-aminopyrrole-3-carboxylates in good yields. The use of Rh2(Piv)4 in refluxing toluene results in the formation of 1,2-dihydropyrazine-2-carboxylates as the main products, which can be converted by a one-pot procedure to pyrazine-2-carboxylates by heating with catalytic amounts of TsOH. According to the NMR and DFT investigations of the reaction mechanism, pyrroles and dihydropyrazines are formed, respectively, via 1,5- and 1,6-cyclization of common (5Z)-1,4-diazahexa-1,3,5-triene intermediates. The influence of the nature of the catalyst on the product distribution is rationalized in terms of the Rh-catalyzed isomerization of a pyrrolin-2-ylium-3-aminide zwitterion, the primary product of 1,4-diazahexatriene 1,5-cyclization.

Domino transformation of isoxazoles to 2,4-dicarbonylpyrroles under Fe/Ni relay catalysis

The domino reaction of 5-alkoxy- or 5-aminoisoxazoles, under metal relay catalysis, with symmetric 1,3-diketones gives 4-acylpyrrole-2-carboxylic acid derivatives in high yield. Esters and amides of acylacetic acids react regioselectively, giving derivatives of pyrrole-2,4-dicarboxylic acid as the main products.

Generation and cycloadditions of azirinium difluoromethanides—strained azomethine ylides

The reaction of 3-aryl-2H-azirines with difluorocarbene involves the formation of azirinium difluoromethanides—the first strained azomethine ylides which undergo 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate, giving rise to fluorinated fused azirinopyrrole derivatives.