"Front Matter". In: Organosilanes in Radical Chemistry - Index of
"Front Matter". In: Organosilanes in Radical Chemistry - Index of
"Front Matter". In: Organosilanes in Radical Chemistry - Index of
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178 Consecutive <strong>Radical</strong> Reactions<br />
formation <strong>of</strong> the labile N w Si(TMS) 3 bond was thought to arise from the<br />
reaction <strong>of</strong> the product am<strong>in</strong>e 77 with the by-product (TMS) 3SiI. Similar results<br />
were obta<strong>in</strong>ed for some substituted analogues <strong>of</strong> 75 [98]. It is worth underl<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />
that the field <strong>of</strong> alkaloid synthesis via tandem cyclizations has favoured the<br />
application <strong>of</strong> (TMS) 3SiH over other radical-based reagents, due to its very low<br />
toxicity and chemoselectivity.<br />
I<br />
N 3<br />
N<br />
SO2Me 75<br />
(TMS) 3SiH<br />
AIBN, 80 �C<br />
N<br />
H<br />
MeO2S R<br />
N<br />
76 R = Si(TMS) 3<br />
77 R = H, 83%<br />
(7.86)<br />
A radical annulation strategy for the synthesis <strong>of</strong> heterocyclic fused<br />
qu<strong>in</strong>ol<strong>in</strong>es has been proposed, start<strong>in</strong>g from the readily available N-aryl<br />
thiocarbamates, thioamides and thioureas <strong>of</strong> general structure 78 (Reaction<br />
7.87) [100]. (TMS) 3SiH (4 equiv) together with AIBN (1 equiv) were used<br />
under UV irradiation <strong>in</strong> benzene solutions, thus giv<strong>in</strong>g the cyclized products<br />
<strong>in</strong> good to excellent yields. The reaction mechansim consists <strong>of</strong> the<br />
addition <strong>of</strong> silyl radical to the thiocarbonyl function to give an athioalkylam<strong>in</strong>o,<br />
which undergoes a tandem radical cyclization prior to rearomatization.<br />
X<br />
N<br />
H<br />
Z<br />
S<br />
78<br />
Y<br />
(TMS) 3SiH<br />
AIBN, hν, 20h<br />
Y = CH 2 , NH, O<br />
X<br />
Z<br />
N<br />
44-88%<br />
Y<br />
(7.87)<br />
As model studies and radical reactivity control have improved, the so-called<br />
cascade (or dom<strong>in</strong>o) reactions have emerged as a very powerful method for<br />
natural product synthesis, s<strong>in</strong>ce they <strong>of</strong>fer a unique route to prepare complex<br />
backbones from appropriately designed but quite simple precursors. A few<br />
selected reactions will be presented here.<br />
Treatment <strong>of</strong> iodo derivative 79 with (TMS) 3SiH starts a cascade <strong>of</strong> 6-endo,<br />
6-endo, and 6-exo cyclizations to afford exclusively 80 <strong>in</strong> a 77 % yield (Reaction