We describe palladium-catalyzed carbocyclization of 1,6-enynes leading to six-membered rings by water-originated hydride addition. Mechanistic features of this anomalous carbocyclization and isolation of a chiral five-membered C-Pd intermediate as an oxidized form of trifluoroacetate are also reported.T ransition metal-catalyzed carbocyclizations of 1,6-enynes A (1-4), such as cycloisomerization (5-11), metathesis (12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22), skeletal reorganization (23-26), and ene reactions (27)(28)(29), are useful synthetic methods leading to five-membered rings (Scheme 1). By contrast, we challenged six-membered cyclization of 1,6-enynes of type B by alkyne-metal-or carbonyl (Y ϭ CAO)-Lewis acid complexation by 6-(2, 4) ene-type cyclization (30) (after [1,5]-hydrogen shift numbering) (Oppolzer's type II) (31) (Scheme 2). A six-membered ring was obtained, however, not as the expected (Z)-olefin C. Herein, we report that dicationic palladium-catalyzed carbocyclization of 1,6-enynes (32, 33), unlike ruthenium-, rhodium-, and platinum-catalyzed metathesis, leads to the (E)-six-membered rings (D), wherein water-derived hydride is involved to fix the (E)-olefin geometry. We also present the mechanistic features of this anomalous carbocyclization and isolation of a chiral five-membered C-Pd intermediate (E) as an oxidized trif luoroacetate.
MethodsGeneral. 1 H, 13 C, and 31 P NMR spectra were measured on Varian Gemini 300 (300 MHz) and Varian Gemini 400 (400 MHz) spectrometers. IR spectra were measured on a FT͞IR-5000 spectrometer (Jasco, Tokyo). Optical rotations were measured on a Jasco DIP-370. Liquid chromatographic analyses (HPLC) were conducted on a Jasco PU-980, LG-980 -02, DG-980 -50, AS-950, and CO-966 instrument equipped with model UV-975 spectrometers as an ultraviolet light. Peak areas were calculated by JASCO-BORWIN (WINDOWS NT) as an automatic integrator. Capillary GC analyses were conducted on a Shimadzu GC-14B instrument by using N 2 (75 kPa) as a carrier gas. Peak areas were calculated by a Shimadzu C-R6A as an automatic integrator; chiral columns were CPCyclodextrin--2,3,6-M-19 (i.d. 0.25 mm ϫ 25 m; Chrompack, GL Sciences, Tokyo) and CP-Chirasil-Dex CB (i.d. 0.32 mm ϫ 25 m; Chrompack, GL Sciences). The split ratio was 100:1. Analytical TLC was performed on glass plates (Merck Kieselgal 60 F 254 ; layer thickness, 0.25 and 0.2 mm). Visualization was accomplished by UV light (254 nm), anisaldehyde, KMnO 4 , and phosphomolybdic acid. Column chromatography was performed on Kanto Silica Gel 60N (spherical, neutral; Kanto Kagaku, Tokyo). All experiments were carried out under an argon atmosphere unless otherwise noted.
5,5Ј-diylbis(diphenylphosphine) [(S)-SEGPHOS] were provided by Takasago International (Tokyo).Typical Procedure for Pd-Catalyzed Ene-Type Cyclization. To a Pyrex test tube well degassed DMSO (2.0 ml) was injected, and argon was charged. [(MeCN) 4 Pd](BF 4 ) 2 (11.1 mg, 0.025 mmol) and (R)-BINAP (17.1 mg, 0.050 mmol) were added under an argon atmosphere, and the suspensi...