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University of Huddersfield Repository Jamshaid, Faisal The formation of cyclopropenones and their use in the synthesis of heterocyclic pyrrolo natural products Original Citation Jamshaid, Faisal (2017) The formation of cyclopropenones and their use in the synthesis of heterocyclic pyrrolo natural products. Doctoral thesis, University of Huddersfield. This version is available at http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/32100/ The University Repository is a digital collection of the research output of the University, available on Open Access. Copyright and Moral Rights for the items on this site are retained by the individual author and/or other copyright owners. Users may access full items free of charge; copies of full text items generally can be reproduced, displayed or performed and given to third parties in any format or medium for personal research or study, educational or not-for-profit purposes without prior permission or charge, provided: • The authors, title and full bibliographic details is credited in any copy; • A hyperlink and/or URL is included for the original metadata page; and • The content is not changed in any way. For more information, including our policy and submission procedure, please contact the Repository Team at: [email protected]. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/ The formation of cyclopropenones and their use in the synthesis of heterocyclic pyrrolo natural products Faisal Jamshaid Department of Chemical Sciences University of Huddersfield April 2017 1 List of contents Abstract 4 Acknowledgements 6 Abbreviations 7 1. Introduction 1.1. Chemistry and biological roles of cyclopropenones 10 1.2. Cyclopropenones as catalysts 11 1.3. Synthesis of cyclopropenones 13 1.4. Reactivity of diphenylcyclopropenone 17 1.5. Importance of pyrrolizidine, indolizidine and pyrroloazepine alkaloids 19 1.6. Pyrrolo-isoquinoline alkaloids 20 1.7. Pyridines 23 1.7.1. Biological roles of pyridines 24 1.7.2. Synthesis of pyridines 27 1.8. The Staudinger-aza-Wittig reaction 32 1.9. 1,2,4-Oxadiazoles 35 1.9.1. Medicinal roles for 1,2,4-oxadiazoles 35 1.9.2. Synthetic methods for 1,2,4-oxadiazoles 37 2. Results and discussion 2.1. Aims of the discussion 43 2.2. Synthesis of cyclopropenones 45 2.3. Diphenylcyclopropenone (DPCP) as catalyst 46 2.4. Synthesis of 1,2,4-oxadiazoles 49 2.5. Synthesis of 1-azetines 53 2.6. Synthesis of cycloadducts with 1-azetine 58 2 2.7. Synthesis of pyridines from cycloadducts 60 2.8. Synthesis of 7-azabicyclo[4.2.1]nonane from a 4-vinyl-1-azetine 61 2.9. Synthesis of F-containing cycloadduct and 1,2,4-oxadiazole from a florinated 1-azetine 63 2.10. Synthesis of cycloadducts from the reactions of 5 & 6-membered cyclic imnes with diphenylcyclopropenone 65 2.11. Reactivity of cyclic imines containing two heteroatoms in the ring with cyclopropenones 67 2.12. Synthesis of pyrrolo-isoquinoline alkaloids from the reactions of cyclopropenones with 3,4-dihydroisoquinoline cyclic imines 69 2.13. Synthesis of pyrrolo-indole alkaloids from the reactions of cyclopropenones with 3,4-β-carboline cyclic imines 74 2.14. Reactivity of azide-terminal containing compounds with cyclopropenones 80 2.15. Conclusion 87 2.16. Future work 88 3. Experimental 3.1. General experimental 91 4. References 205 3 Abstract In this project, a wide range of cyclic imines and cyclopropenones were synthesised to form highly fuctionalised heterocyclic products via a formal [3+2]-cycloaddition reaction. The synthesis of pyridines (II) will be described in this thesis and was achieved by heating azabicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-en-4-ones (I) that were obtained from the reaction of 4-membered ring cyclic imines with cyclopropenones via a formal [3+2]-cycloaddition reaction. Some of the 1-azetines (R = naphth) underwent an unexpected ring expansion to give the alkylsulfanylbenzo[f] isoquinolines (III). 1,2,4-Oxadiazoles (VI) have been synthesised from a 4-aryl-3,3-difluoro-1-azetine via the formation of the nitrile oxide cycloadduct (V). The reactivity of 4-aryl-3,3-difluoro-1-azetine towards cyclopropenones to try to form (VII) will also be discussed. Homotropane related heterocycle (IV) was obtained when a 4-vinyl-1- azetine was treated with diphenylcyclopropenone. The use of 5- and 6-membered cyclic imines for the synthesis of pyrrolo-fused heterocycles (VIII) i.e. pyrrolizidines, indolizidines, pyrrolo-isoquinolines and pyrrolo-β-carbolines which 4 are widespread in natural products and medicinal chemistry is also discussed. The reactivity of cyclopropenones with azides is also discussed, via conversion into iminophosphoranes followed by aza-Wittig reaction to give products (IX) and (X). Finally, a methodology has been developed for the catalytic coupling reactions of amidoxime and alcohol substrates using cyclopropenones. A series of alkyl bromides (XI) and novel 1,2,4-oxadiazoles (XII) has been synthesised with the involvement of diphenylcyclopropenone as a catalyst. These 1,2,4-oxadiazoles are important due to their roles in drug discovery and as ligands in supramolecular chemistry. 5 Acknowledgements First and above all, I praise God who is the merciful of the whole world and thank you to providing me this opportunity and giving me the capability to complete this work. I would like to express my deepest gratitude to Dr Karl Hemming for his support, advice and continuous guidance throughout the research project. I don’t think I am able to complete the acknowledgement in a few lines for his excellent supervision, kindness and friendly attitude. Many thanks Karl for giving me the opportunity to work under your supervision. I wish to express my love and gratitude to my mother for her love and load of prayers for my success which make me all the time happy, thank you my sweet mother. I don’t know how is it possible to wash out the memories from thoughts which are related to my late father, unfortunately, and I just want to say thank you with a few drops of tears in my eyes. I would like to dedicate this thesis to my parents and all my family members Humayun, Sazia, Samraiz, Nazia, Yasir, Hamad, Sherry, Awais, Zoby, Janat, Ftima, Amina, Ali, Hajra, Omer, Miryam, Mohammad for their affection, love and prayers throughout my whole life. The author would also like to convey a message of thank you to all members of Hemming’s group both past and present especially Gabriel, Muslih, Jack, Heidi, Vishnu and Naveed Khan due to their entertainment behaviours and valuable advice. I would like to say thank you to all the Faculty, technical and administrative staff from the University of Huddersfield for providing me the laboratory, office and research facilities and a lot of affection. I would also like to say thank you to all my office and lab fellows and all students of applied sciences. I would like express deepest affection for my best friend likely brother Omer Rasheed with the finishing touch of my acknowledgement for his advice, help, sincerity, love and without his constant support I would not be able to complete this degree. I would like to say a much heartfelt thank you to everyone who gave me a smile on my face especially my house mates Ali, Mushtaq, Ayaz, Naveed, Mutaza, Mehtab, Ahsan, Abrar, Shakoor, and Mushfiq. 6 List of abbreviations Ar Aromatic Boc Tert-butyloxycarbonyl b.p. Boiling point ºC Degree Celsius COSY Two dimensional proton/proton correlated spectroscopy 13C NMR Carbon nuclear magnetic resonance DACP Dianisylcyclopropenone DCM Dichloromethane DEAD Diethyl azodicarboxylate DIPEA N,N- Diisopropylethylamine DMA N,N-Dimethylacetamide DMAP N,N-Dimethyl-4-aminopyridine DMF N,N-Dimethylformamide DPCP Diphenylcyclopropenone DTCP Ditolylcyclopropenone d Doublet dd Doublet of doublets ddd Doublet of doublet of doublets dt Doublet of triplets DMSO Dimethylsulfoxide DABCO 1,4-Diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane ES+/- Electrospray (positive or negative mode) Et Ethyl g Grams 7 1H NMR Proton nuclear magnetic resonance Hz Hertz HRMS High resolution mass spectrometry HSQC Heteronuclear single quantum coherence HMBC Heteronuclear multiple bond coherence HATU 1-[Bis(dimethylamino)methylene]-1H-1,2,3-triazolo[4,5- b]pyridinium 3-oxide hexafluorophosphate IR Infrared m Multiplet M Molarity MS Mass spectrometry Ms2O Methanesulfonic anhydride m/z Mass-to-charge ratio ppm Parts per million Ph Phenyl q Quartet s Singlet t Triplet TMSOTf Trimethylsilyl trifluromethanesulfonate TBAT Tetra-n-butylammonium difluorotriphenylsilicate TsCl p-Toluenesulfonyl chloride Chemical shift (in ppm) 8 Chapter 1 Introduction 9 1.1. Chemistry and biological roles of cyclopropenones The first synthesis of a cyclopropenone was reported by Breslow et al.1 and then Volpin and his co-workers,2 both in 1959. After that, cyclopropenones attracted significant attention among organic chemists due to their exceptional electronic and structural properties.3 The aromatic behaviour of cyclopropenone according to Hückel’s rule,4 means that the derivatives of cyclopropenone have derived a special attention in the world of organic synthesis. The delocalisation of π-electrons on the oxygen atom of carbonyl functional group makes the oxygen atom more electronegative than ordinary carbonyl compounds (Figure 1.1).5 Figure 1.1: Stability of cyclopropenone. Cyclopropenones are amphiphilic molecules so that electrophilic reagents attack the electron- rich O-atom of the C=O group, and nucleophilic reagents react readily with carbonium ion of the three-membered carbocycle to give a wide range of organic reactions.3-5 Also, cyclopropenones have a large ring strain,6 which allows cycloaddition reactions and transformations such as ring opening7 and ring enlargement.8 Cyclopropenones can also be used as building blocks for the construction of biologically active compounds,9 and as catalysts.10 The cyclopropenone ring has been found in naturally occuring compounds such as antibiotic penitricin 3 which was isolated from the culture filtrate of penicillium aculeatum and it was found to show anti-Gram-negative activity,11 and its derivatives 4 & 5.12 Figure 1.2: Naturally occurring derivatives of cyclopropenone.