Abstract
The exceptional reactivity connected to isocyanides, as discussed here, is unrivaled by other functional groups and has led to many synthetically useful novel reactions. This chapter deals with multicomponent reactions (MCRs) involving isocyanides as one of the inputs for the synthesis of heterocycles. We focus on the α-acidic isocyanides, which are an appealing class of versatile building blocks. Their use has led to a range of versatile isocyanide-based MCRs (IMCRs), as will become clear from this chapter. From a set of only three different types of α-acidic isocyanides, sometimes inspired by the early work of Schöllkopf and van Leusen, a wide range of novel reaction paths were discovered in the last decade. In this way a plethora of mainly heterocyclic scaffolds can be synthesized in a straightforward fashion. The IMCRs discussed are usually robust reactions that can be easily combined in very short sequences with other complexity-generating processes, like cycloadditions or even additional MCRs, leading to yet other classes of heterocyclic motifs. This offers exciting opportunities for library design of highly functionalized heterocyclic scaffolds employing diversity-oriented synthesis approaches.
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Notes
- 1.
Initially, the presence of water and competition between the aldehyde and imine were expected to cause problems in the reaction setup.
- 2.
.0 eq nBuLi seems important to suppress cyclodimerization of TosMIC see [121] for reference.
Abbreviations
- Ac:
-
Acetyl
- Ar:
-
Aryl
- bmim:
-
1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium
- Bn:
-
Benzyl
- Bu:
-
Butyl
- chex:
-
Cyclohexyl
- CR:
-
Component reaction
- d:
-
Day(s)
- DABCO:
-
1,4-Diazabicyclo[2.2.2]-octane
- DBU:
-
1,8-Diazabicyclo[5.4.0]-undec-7-ene
- DCM:
-
Dichloromethane
- DHOP:
-
Dihydrooxazolopyridine
- DMF:
-
Dimethylformamide
- DOS:
-
Diversity-oriented synthesis
- e.g.:
-
exempli gratia (for example)
- eq.:
-
Equivalent(s)
- Et:
-
Ethyl
- EWG:
-
Electron withdrawing group
- h:
-
Hour(s)
- i.e.:
-
id est (that is)
- iBu:
-
Isobutyl
- IMCRs:
-
Isocyanide based multicomponent reactions
- iPr:
-
Isopropyl
- MCR:
-
Multicomponent reaction
- Me:
-
Methyl
- nBu:
-
Normal butyl
- NHC:
-
N-heterocyclic carbene
- NMR:
-
Nuclear magnetic resonance
- Ph:
-
Phenyl
- Pr:
-
Propyl
- py:
-
Pyridine
- RT:
-
Room temperature
- SRR:
-
Single reactant replacement
- TBAF:
-
Tetrabutylammonium fluoride
- tBu:
-
tert-Butyl
- THF:
-
Tetrahydrofuran
- TMS:
-
Trimethylsilyl
- Tol:
-
Tolyl, 4-methylphenyl
- TosMIC:
-
p-Toluenesulfonylmethyl isocyanide
- Ts:
-
Tosyl, 4-toluenesulfonyl
- vL-3CR:
-
van Leusen 3-component reaction
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Elders, N., Ruijter, E., Nenajdenko, V.G., Orru, R.V.A. (2010). α-Acidic Isocyanides in Multicomponent Chemistry. In: Orru, R., Ruijter, E. (eds) Synthesis of Heterocycles via Multicomponent Reactions I. Topics in Heterocyclic Chemistry, vol 23. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/7081_2009_24
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