MECHANISM OF TRANSFORMATION OF CYCLOPENIN TO VIRIDICATIN
MECHANISM OF TRANSFORMATION OF CYCLOPENIN TO VIRIDICATIN
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DOI:
10.1021/ja01050a026
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发表时间:
1969-01-01
影响因子:
15
通讯作者:
RAPOPORT, H
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作者:
SMITH, HW;RAPOPORT, H
The transformation of cyclopenin to viridicatin, which had previously been shown to occur in acid, has now been found to takeplace thermally and in alkali as well. Similar changes occur for isocyclopenin and methylcyclopenin, but the latter fails to rearrange in alkali. A mechanism for this decarboxylation-rearrangement, involving a tricyclic diene intermediate, is proposed based on these observations and the factthat methylisocyanate is an accompanying product in the thermal reaction. Ring-opened derivatives fail to give this reaction, demon-strating that the intact benzodiazepinedione ring is a structural requirement. The epoxide is not necessary, since a derived bromohydrin rearranges; also, the corresponding glycol gives viridicatin but requires more drastic con-ditions. A dihydro analog, 3-mesyloxybenzyl-4-methyl-lH-3, 4-dihydro-l, 4-benzodiazepine-2, 5-dione, is trans-formed to thecorresponding rearranged but not decarboxylated carbamoyldihydrocarbostyril. The same type of tricyclic diene intermediate resultingfrom benzylic carbon attack at the carbonyl-bearing aromatic site accom-modates this observation.