title: Reactions of zirconacyclopentadienes with C [double bond] ), C [double bond] N, and N [double bond] N moieties with electron-withdrawing groups: formation of six-membered heterocycles.
abstract: Reactions of zirconacyclopentadienes with diethyl ketomalonate gave alpha-pyrans in excellent yields in the presence of BiCl3. In the absence of BiCl3, zirconacyclopentadienes did not react with diethyl ketomalonate. Tetraphenylzirconacyclopentadiene reacted with diethyl ketomalonate in the presence of BiCl3 to give a ring-opening product, dienolic ether, in 53% yield. The structures of the alpha-pyran prepared from diethyldiphenylzirconacyclopentadiene and the ring-opening product were determined by X-ray analysis. When oximinosulfonate was added to tetraethylzirconacyclopentadiene in THF at -78 degrees C, 3,4,5,6-tetraethylpyridine-2-carbonitrile was obtained in 95% yield within 10 min. The structure of the product was confirmed by X-ray analysis. When tetraethylzirconacyclopentadiene was treated with azodicarboxylate in the presence of 2 equiv of CuCl at -78 degrees C, 1,2-dialkoxycarbonyl-3,4,5,6-tetraethyl-1,2-dihydropyridazine derivatives were obtained. The structure of one of dihydropyridazine was also confirmed by X-ray analysis.
authors.affiliation: Catalysis Research Center and Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, and CREST, Science and Technology Corporation (JST), Sapporo 060-0811, Japan.
authors.forename: Tamotsu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Yanzhong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Taichi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Kiyohiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: Yuanhong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu