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Synthesis of substituted 2-pyridones via the Pummerer cyclization- deprotonation-cycloaddition cascade of imidosulfoxides
Padwa, Albert,Heidelbaugh, Todd M.,Kuethe, Jeffrey T.
, p. 2038 - 2049 (2007/10/03)
1-Ethanesulfinylacetylpiperidin-2-one was prepared from δ-valerolactam in two steps by heating with ethylsulfenylacetyl chloride followed by sodium periodate oxidation. Slow addition of the imidosulfoxide to a refluxing mixture of toluene, acetic anhydride (10 equiv), andp-toluenesulfonic acid (1 mol%) resulted in the formation of an isomunchnone dipole which underwent bimolecular trapping in good yield. The stereochemical assignment of the cycloadduct was made on the basis of X-ray crystallography and is the consequence of an endo cycloaddition with respect to the dipole. The regiochemistry of the cycloaddition is consistent with a HOMO-dipole controlled process. Several related imidosulfoxides containing a tethered alkenyl group were prepared and subjected to the Pummerer reaction conditions. The resulting mesoionic dipoles formed by the cyclizationdeprotonation sequence undergo ready dipolar cycloaddition across the pendant olefin to afford intramolecular cycloadducts in high yield. Exposure of these cycloadducts to acetic anhydride in the presence of a trace of p-toluenesulfonic acid results in ring opening to give 5-acetoxy- substituted 2-pyridones. The lone pair of electrons on the amide nitrogen assists in opening the oxy bridge to generate a transient N-acyliminium ion, which subsequently loses a proton. In certain cases, the amide electron pair with the oxy bridge is partially twisted from an antiperiplanar arrangement and a competive ring cleavage also occurs to give 5-thioethyl-substituted 2- pyridones.