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Cyclooctatetraenes Through Valence Isomerization of Cubanes Author Manuscript Title: Cyclooctatetraenes via Valence Isomerization of Cubanes: Scope and Limita- tions Authors: Sevan Houston; Hui Xing; Paul Bernhardt; Timothy Vanden Berg; John Tsanaktsidis; Paul Savage; Craig McKenzie Williams This is the author manuscript accepted for publication and has undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofrea- ding process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. To be cited as: 10.1002/chem.201805124 Link to VoR: https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201805124 COMMUNICATION Cyclooctatetraenes via Valence Isomerization of Cubanes: Scope and Limitations Sevan D. Houston,§ Hui Xing,§ Paul V. Bernhardt, Timothy J. Vanden Berg, John Tsanaktsidis, G. Paul Savage, and Craig M. Williams* Dedicated to Professor Philip Eaton Abstract: The scope and limitations of Eaton’s rhodium (I)-catalyzed derivative obtained from a pomegranate tree root bark.[1] In 1948, valence isomerization of cubane to cyclooctatetraene (COT) were Reppe identified a one-step tetramerization of acetylene using a investigated in the context of functional group tolerability, multiple nickel cyanide/calcium carbide catalyst, effectively making COT substitution modes and the ability of cubane-alcohols to undergo a readily-available commodity chemical;[10] although, this method one-pot tandem Ley-Griffith Wittig reactions in the absence of a has limited scope with substituted acetylenes.[11] Monobromo- transition metal catalyst. COT (6), reported by Huisgen et al.,[12] provided a platform for functionalizing the COT core (e.g. access to COT-carboxylic Since the discovery of 1,3,5,7-cyclooctatetraene (COT, 1) in acid 7 via Grignard formation).[13] 1,2-Disubstuted COTs (e.g. 8) 1911 by the German Nobel laureate Willstätter and his co- can be reached by photolytic addition of substituted acetylenes [1] worker Waser, COT and its derivatives have found increasing to benzene, via [2+2] photocyclization followed by valence [2] application in diverse areas of synthetic chemistry. Some tautomerization (i.e. 9),[14] which our group utilized previously to important examples include the total synthesis of natural access bicyclo[4.2.0]octa-2,4-dienes.[15] Protocols for arriving at products (e.g. pentacycloanammoxic acid (2) by Corey and 1,4-disubstituted COT derivatives (e.g. 10) are quite limited and [3] Mascitti), use in organometallic chemistry (e.g. as a versatile have restricted synthetic utility, but the key advances in this area [4] ligand either in its neutral or anionic form such as the bis-COT were made by Huisgen, via alkylation (e.g. 11) of the sulphur [5] palladium sandwich complex 3), materials chemistry (e.g. 4 as dioxide cycloadduct of COT (i.e. 12) (Scheme 2),[16] with further [6] a useful OLED emitter of blue light), in polymer chemistry as a developments provided by Paquette and Streitwieser.[17] In [7] swelling agent and more recently to access the archetypal addition, 1,4-dimetalation of COT has also been reported.[18] [8] fluxional hydrocarbon bullvalene on a practical scale. Beyond However, all these methods suffer from either multistep these broad applications our group recently identified COT as a procedures, low yields, long reaction times, laborious purification (bio)motif (i.e. bioactive complement to cubane (bio)isosterism), protocols, and/or limited scope. Furthermore, although other which enhanced biological activity in select pharmaceutical poly-substitution patterns are available, including benzo and [9] templates e.g. the warfarin analogue 5 (Scheme 1). annulated derivatives,[19] rapid and routine access to mono and That said, methods to access COT derivatives are limited. disubstituted COT systems are not available. Scheme 1. Cyclooctatetraene (COT, 1) and applications thereof in natural product total synthesis, organometallics, materials chemistry, and drug candidates. [] Dr. S. D. Houston, Dr. H. Xing, Prof. P. V. Bernhardt, Mr. T. J. Vanden Berg and Prof. C. M. Williams. Scheme 2. Reported synthetic methods to access functionalized COT School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of systems, including Eaton’s valence isomerization of cubane (13) to COT (1). Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Queensland, Australia In a continuing effort to explore the fundamental reactivity of E-mail: [email protected] [20] Dr. J. Tsanaktsidis and Dr. G. P. Savage. cubane (13), Eaton discovered that the strained hydrocarbon CSIRO Manufacturing, Ian Wark Laboratory, Melbourne, 3168, Victoria, underwent valence isomerization to COT on treatment with Australia rhodium(I) norbornadiene chloride dimer (i.e. [Rh(nbd)Cl]2) and [§] These authors contributed equally as co-first authors. subsequent exposure of the intermediate The first preparation of COT (1) by Willstätter and Waser was via tricyclo[4.2.0.02,5]octa-3,7-diene (14) to thermal conditions a low-yielding 10 step sequence starting from a tropinone (Scheme 2).[21] Interestingly, only the rearrangement of a few This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved COMMUNICATION esoteric cubanes was reported,[22] but functional examples were Barton reaction gave the 4-chloro (20) and 4-iodo-cubane-1- never published, apart from examples in the polymer field[7],[23] methoxycarbonyl (21) in good to excellent yields. Hydrolysis of and supramolecular chemistry.[24] Understandably, the lack of the 4-chloro ester 20 gave the corresponding 4-chloro acid 22, interest in this methodological approach likely originated from whilst hydrolysis of mono-ester 19 gave acid 23, which acted as the scarcity of starting cubane substrates. a key platform for accessing a wide range of monosubstituted However, with the advent of our improved process scale cubane derivatives. Initially, valuable amides were targeted, for synthesis of dimethyl cubane-1,4-dicarboxylate (15),[25] example, the Weinreb amide[29] 24 and the N,N-diisopropylamide experience in manipulating cubane drug and agrichemical 25, which can be used for ortho-lithiation of the cubane ring candidates,[26] and the recent development of aryl coupling to system.[20] The Weinreb amide 24 was then taken through to the cubane reported by Senge et al.,[27] Eaton’s method has methyl ketone 26 and the cyclopentyl ketone 27. Ketone 27 was potential to evolve from physical organic chemistry observation further transformed, via Rubottom oxidation[30] of the TMS enol to wide deployable synthetic methodology. Herein reported is a ether 28, to the hydroxy ketone 29 (confirmed by X-ray crystal wide scope and limitations study utilizing numerous mono- and structure analysis), in the view that this is a sensitive functional disubstituted cubane derivatives in the context of their ability to group to be explored in the valence isomerization process. undergo valence isomerization to the corresponding COT Borane reduction of 23 gave cubylmethanol 30 in excellent yield. derivatives. Considering that most examples thus far have a carbonyl The general approach taken to build a library of candidates directly attached to the cubane core, 23 was subjected to a for performing this study focused on functionalization and single unit homologation to give 31 (which also underwent derivatization of cubane diester (15) (Scheme 3), which is now borane reduction to give 32), using the Arndt-Eistert protocol,[31] readily available from commercial sources. Half hydrolysis of 15 which involves the Wolff rearrangement[32] as the key step. proceeded smoothly and reliably to give the acid-ester 16 in Lastly, an example with nitrogen directly attached to the cubane 95% yield, which also underwent borane reduction to give core was required, and thus the t-Boc amide 33 was prepared alcohol 17. Barton decarboxylation of 16 using our chloroform according to our previously reported synthesis.[26] Briefly, the hydrogen atom donor methodology[28] in combination with the synthesis of 33 involved transesterification of 15 followed by half sodium salt of hydrolysis to give acid-ester 34, and diphenylphosphoryl azide [33] O O (DPPA) mediated Curtius rearrangement in t-butanol (Scheme DPPA, TEA O 3). 1) HCl, EtOH, D, 97% OEt OEt HO t 2) NaOH/MeOH t-BuOH, D, 78% BuO N With a range of mono- and 1,4-disubstituted cubane H THF, 87% O 34 33 O O O derivatives (i.e. 15-33) in hand the valence isomerization to COT NaOH/MeOH BH3·SMe2 derivatives could be explored. [Note: There are at least 20 OMe OMe OMe MeO HO HO [34] THF, 95% THF, 91% valence isomers with the general formula (CH)8, however, the 15 16 17 O O only interconversion of cubane as reported by Eaton was [22] 1) (COCl)2, DMF, DCM COT]. Treatment of the mono-substituted cubanes with the OH BH3·SMe2 2) DMAP, CHCl , 3 commercially available rhodium (I) catalyst [Rh(nbd)Cl]2 in N S D, hu, 90% 30 THF, 95% ONa toluene at temperatures between 60 and 110 °C afforded COT 18 CCl4 or O derivatives 35-46 in yields ranging from 53-88% (Scheme 4). O 1) (COCl)2 O CF CH I NaOH 3 2 O DMF, DCM N OH OMe 2) NHMeOMe·HCl THF/MeOH 24 TEA, DCM, 94% 23 88% 19 THF O 85% BrMg OMe X THF MeMgBr 90% O 20, X = CI (74%); 21, X= I (87%) O NaOH/MeOH 27 THF, 75% OH Cl 22 O 1) LDA DMPU, THF 2) CH2N2, Et2O OH 2) TMSCl, THF 3) H2O, THF, hu, 66% O 26 96% 31 BH3·SMe2 OTMS THF, 89% DMDO acetone OH 97% 28 O 32 OH O 1) (COCl)2, DMF, DCM N 29 2) DIPA, DCM, 71% 25 Scheme 3. Synthesis of the mono- and disubstituted cubane library. [DMAP = N,N-dimethylaminopyridine, DMF = N,N-dimethylformamide, DPPA = diphenylphosphorylazide, TEA = triethylamine, LDA = lithium N,N- diisopropylamide, DCM = dichloromethane, THF = tetrahydrofuran, DMPU = 1,3-dimethyl-3,4,5,6-tetrahydro-2-pyrimidinone, TMS = trimethylsilyl, DMDO = dimethyldioxirane, DIPA = N,N-diisopropylamine] Scheme 4. Functionalized cubane conversion to mono- and disubstituted 1-hydroxypyridine-2(1H)-thione (18) gave the mono-ester 19 COTs, via valence isomerization.
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