Synthesis 2010(13): 2179-2200  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1220007
PAPER
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart ˙ New York

Cyclopentadienylcobalt-Mediated Intermolecular Cycloaddition of α,ω-Diynes to (Cyclo)alkenes: Synthesis of Linearly Fused Oligocycles and Extension to Enantiomerically Pure (6aR,10aR)-Dihydroanthracyclinones

Corinne Auberta, Vincent Gandonb, Sangdon Hanc, Barry M. Johnsonc, Max Malacriaa, Sten Schömenauerc, K. Peter C. Vollhardt*c, Glenn D. Whitenerc
a UPMC Université Paris 06, Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire (UMR CNRS 7201), 4 place Jussieu, C. 229, 75005 Paris, France
b Université Paris-Sud, UMR CNRS 8182, 91405 Orsay, France
c Department of Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720-1460, USA
Fax: +1(510)6435208; e-Mail: kpcv@berkeley.edu;
Further Information

Publication History

Received 26 March 2010
Publication Date:
18 May 2010 (online)

Abstract

The generality of the [CpCoL2]-mediated [2+2+2] cycloaddition of α,ω-diynes to (cyclo)alkenes has been extended to include linear oligocycles as models for the one-step, A + D → ABCD construction of optically pure, novel 6,10-dihydroanthracyclinones.

    References

  • For recent reviews, see:
  • 1a Galan BR. Rovis T. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.  2009,  48:  2830 
  • 1b Hess W. Treutwein J. Hilt G. Synthesis  2009,  3537 
  • 1c Ogasawara M. Watanabe S. Synthesis  2009,  1761 
  • 1d Shibata T. Tsuchikama K. Org. Biomol. Chem.  2008,  6:  1317 
  • 1e Scheuermann née Taylor CJ. Ward BD. New J. Chem.  2008,  32:  1850 
  • 1f Omae I. Appl. Organometal. Chem.  2008,  22:  149 
  • 1g Rayabarapu DK. Cheng C.-H. Acc. Chem. Res.  2007,  40:  971 
  • 1h Tanaka K. Nishida G. Sagae H. Hirano M. Synlett  2007,  1426 
  • 1i Heller B. Hapke M. Synlett  2007,  1085 
  • 1j Agenet N. Buisine O. Slowinski F. Gandon V. Aubert C. Malacria M. Org. React.  2007,  68:  1 
  • For selected reviews specifically dealing with CpCo-mediated cooligomerizations of unsaturated substrates, see:
  • 1k Vollhardt KPC. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl.  1984,  23:  539 
  • 1l See also: Vollhardt KPC. Lect. Heterocycl. Chem.  1987,  9:  59 
  • 1m See also: Miljanić OŠ. Vollhardt KPC. In Carbon-Rich Compounds: From Molecules to Materials   Haley MM. Tykwinski RR. Wiley-VCH; Weinheim: 2006.  p.140 
  • 2a García-Rubín S. Varela JA. Castedo L. Saá C. Chem. Eur. J.  2008,  14:  9772 
  • 2b Kim DH. Chung YK. Han JW. Bull. Korean Chem. Soc.  2008,  29:  1224 
  • 2c Alvarez LX. Bessières B. Einhorn J. Synlett  2008,  1376 
  • 2d Shibata T. Kawachi A. Ogawa M. Kuwata Y. Tsuchikama K. Endo K. Tetrahedron  2007,  63:  12853 
  • 2e Tanaka K. Nishida G. Sagae H. Hirano M. Synlett  2007,  1426 
  • 2f Varela JA. Rubín SG. González-Rodriguez C. Castedo L. Saá C. J. Am. Chem. Soc.  2006,  128:  9262 
  • 2g Kezuka S. Tanaka S. Ohe T. Nakaya Y. Takeuchi R. J. Org. Chem.  2006,  71:  543 
  • 2h Tsuchikama K. Kuwata Y. Shibata T. J. Am. Chem. Soc.  2006,  128:  13686 
  • 2i Wu Y.-T. Hayama T. Baldridge KK. Linden A. Siegel JS. J. Am. Chem. Soc.  2006,  128:  6870 
  • 2j Wu M.-S. Rayabarapu DK. Cheng C.-H. Tetrahedron  2004,  60:  10005 
  • 2k Sung MJ. Pang J.-H. Park S.-B. Cha JK. Org. Lett.  2003,  5:  2137 
  • 2l Nishikawa T. Shinokubo H. Oshima K. J. Am. Chem. Soc.  2001,  123:  4629 
  • 2m Sambaiah T. Huang D.-J. Cheng C.-H. J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1  2000,  195 
  • 2n Yamamoto Y. Kitahara H. Ogawa R. Kawaguchi H. Tatsumi K. Itoh K. J. Am. Chem. Soc.  2000,  122:  4310 
  • 2o Son SU. Choi DS. Chung YK. Lee S.-G. Org. Lett.  2000,  2:  2097 
  • 2p Ozerov OV. Patrick BO. Ladipo FT. J. Am. Chem. Soc.  2000,  122:  6423 
  • 2q Sambaiah T. Li L.-P. Huang D.-J. Lin C.-H. Rayabarapu DK. Cheng C.-H. J. Org. Chem.  1999,  64:  3663 
  • 2r Tsuda T. J. Mol. Catal. A  1999,  147:  11 ; and references cited therein
  • 2s Hsiao T.-Y. Santhosh KC. Liou K.-F. Cheng C.-H. J. Am. Chem. Soc.  1998,  120:  12232 
  • 2t Huang D.-J. Sambaiah T. Cheng C.-H. New J. Chem.  1998,  22:  1147 
  • 2u Yamamoto Y. Kitahara H. Ogawa R. Itoh K. J. Org. Chem.  1998,  63:  9610 
  • 2v Ikeda S. Watanabe H. Sato Y. J. Org. Chem.  1998,  63:  7026 
  • 2w Yamamoto Y. Kitahara H. Hattori R. Itoh K. Organometallics  1998,  17:  1910 
  • 2x Johnson ES. Balaich GJ. Rothwell IP. J. Am. Chem. Soc.  1997,  119:  7685 ; and references cited therein
  • 2y Zhou Z. Costa M. Chiusoli GP. J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1  1992,  1399 ; and references cited therein
  • 2z Grigg R. Scott R. Stevenson P. J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1  1988,  1365 
  • 3 For recent work, see: Amslinger S. Aubert C. Gandon V. Malacria M. Paredes E. Vollhardt KPC. Synlett  2008,  2056 ; and references cited therein
  • 4a Boryldiynes: Geny A. Lebuf D. Rouquié G. Vollhardt KPC. Malacria M. Gandon V. Aubert C. Chem. Eur. J.  2007,  13:  5408 
  • 4b See also: Gandon V. Lebuf D. Amslinger S. Vollhardt KPC. Malacria M. Aubert C. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.  2005,  44:  7114 
  • 4c Pyridones: Aubert C. Betschmann P. Eichberg MJ. Gandon V. Geny A. Heckrodt TJ. Lehmann J. Malacria M. Masjost B. Paredes E. Vollhardt KPC. Whitener GD. Chem. Eur. J.  2007,  13:  7443 
  • 4d Pyrimidines: Pellissier H. Rodriguez J. Vollhardt KPC. Chem. Eur. J.  1999,  5:  3549 
  • 4e Indoles: Boese R. Van Sickle AP. Vollhardt KPC. Synthesis  1994,  1374 
  • 5 For a collection of recent reviews, see: Anthracycline Chemistry and Biology, Topics in Current Chemistry   Vol. 282-283:  Krohn K. Springer; Berlin: 2008. 
  • For this scheme and preliminary examples of its execution, see:
  • 6a Johnson BM. Vollhardt KPC. Synlett  1990,  209 
  • 6b Malaska M. Vollhardt KPC. In Advances in Natural Products Chemistry   . Harwood Academic Publishers; Chur: 1992.  p.53 
  • 7 For related cocyclizations of 1,2-dipropynoylarenes with alkynes to give anthraquinones, see: Tanaka K. Suda T. Noguchi K. Hirano M. J. Org. Chem.  2007,  72:  2243 ; and references cited therein
  • 8 Kreye P, Groth U, and Eckenberg P. inventors; German Patent DE19708496  (A1). A tether version of this approach has been described in a (withdrawn) patent application: ; Chem. Abstr. 1998, 129, 230575
  • 9 Macomber DW. Verma AG. Rogers RD. Organometallics  1988,  7:  1241 
  • 10 Aubert C. Gandon V. Heckrodt TJ. Malacria M. Paredes E. Vollhardt KPC. Chem. Eur. J.  2007,  13:  7466 
  • 11a Gesing ERF. Vollhardt KPC. J. Organomet. Chem.  1981,  217:  105 
  • 11b For a similar result with a functionalized 17, see: Eckenberg P. Groth U. Synlett  2003,  2188 
  • 12 Pearson AJ. Shively RJ. Organometallics  1994,  13:  578 
  • 13a Clinet J.-C. Duñach E. Vollhardt KPC. J. Am. Chem. Soc.  1983,  105:  6710 
  • 13b Butenschön H. Winkler M. Vollhardt KPC. J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun.  1986,  388 
  • 13c Grotjahn DB. Vollhardt KPC. J. Am. Chem. Soc.  1986,  108:  2091 
  • 14 Winter W. Müller E. Synthesis  1974,  709 
  • 15 Hillard RL. Vollhardt KPC. J. Am. Chem. Soc.  1977,  99:  4058 
  • 16 For related literature, see, inter alia: Canonne P. Plamondon J. Akssira I. Tetrahedron  1988,  44:  2903 
  • 17 See also: Arbuzov BA. Klimovitskii EN. Aganov AV. Sergeeva GN. Izv. Akad. Nauk. SSSR, Ser. Khim.  1979,  2807 ; Chem. Abstr. 1979, 92, 128501
  • 18 Johnson BM. Vollhardt KPC. Synlett  1990,  209 
  • X-ray structures:
  • 19a

    For compound 54, an X-ray structure was determined by Professor Ling-Kang Liu of the National Taiwan University, Taiwan, in 1987, and a cif file could not be generated. For structure tables and coordinates, please contact the primary author.

  • 19b

    CCDC 770347 and CCDC 770348 contain the supplementary crystallographic data for 66 and 67, respectively. These data can be obtained free of charge from The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre via www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/data_request/cif.

  • 20 Wagner J, Van Eis M, Von Matt P, Evenou J.-P, and Schuler W. inventors; PCT Int. Appl. WO 2007006533 A2  20070118.  ; Chem. Abstr. 2007, 146, 163003
  • 21 For a recent review, see: Koch TH. Barthel BL. Kalet BT. Rudnicki DL. Post GC. Burkhart DJ. Top. Curr. Chem.  2008,  283:  141 ; and references cited therein
  • For some pertinent selected examples of related keto-phenol equilibria, see:
  • 22a García E. Kündig EP. Lomberget T. Bragg R. Poulard C. Bernardinelli G. Chimia  2007,  61:  169 ; and references cited therein
  • 22b Mattar SM. Emwas AH. Calhoun LA. J. Phys. Chem. A  2004,  108:  11545 ; and references cited therein
  • 22c Halton B. Jones CS. Kay AJ. Margetic D. Sretenovic S. J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1  2000,  2205 
  • 22d Bulman-Page PC. Ley SV. J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1  1984,  1847 
  • 22e Oda N. Nagai S.-I. Ito I. Chem. Pharm. Bull.  1979,  27:  2229 
  • 22f Pearson MS. Jensky BJ. Greer FX. Hagstrom JP. Wells NM. J. Org. Chem.  1978,  43:  4617 
  • 22g Lee WW. Martinez AP. Smith TH. Henry DW. J. Org. Chem.  1976,  41:  2296 
  • 23 Dimmel DR. Shepard D. J. Org. Chem.  1982,  47:  22 
  • 24 For an illustrative X-ray structure of a related molecule, see: Tsuda T. Morikawa S. Hasegawa N. Saegusa T. J. Org. Chem.  1990,  55:  2978 
  • 25 For spectral data, see: Rodríguez D. Castedo L. Domínguez D. Saá C. Org. Lett.  2003,  5:  3119 
  • 26 Rausch MD. Genetti RA. J. Org. Chem.  1970,  35:  3888 
  • 27 Jonas K. Deffense E. Habermann D. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl.  1983,  22:  716 
  • 28 Boykin DW. Dewprashad B. Eisenbraun E. J. Org. Chem.  1990,  55:  425 
  • 29 Robertson JS. Dunstan PJ. Biochem. J.  1972,  127:  119 
  • 30 Komarov NV. Yarosh OG. Zh. Obshch. Khim.  1967,  37:  264 ; Chem. Abstr. 1967, 66, 95126
  • 31 Fieser LF. Fieser M. Reagents for Organic Synthesis   Vol. 1:  Wiley; New York: 1967.  p.142