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Figure 3.4 Examples <strong>of</strong> natural products containing an azepine ring.<br />

O<br />

O<br />

HO<br />

H<br />

N<br />

OMe<br />

cephalotaxine<br />

(cephalotaxane alkaloid)<br />

O<br />

Me<br />

O<br />

H<br />

H<br />

H<br />

Et<br />

H H<br />

N<br />

stenine<br />

(Stemona alkaloid)<br />

O<br />

O<br />

H<br />

N<br />

securinine<br />

(Securinega alkaloid)<br />

At least two mechanistic pathways can be proposed for the cycloisomerization reaction <strong>of</strong><br />

ene-allene 75a to azepine 189 (Scheme 3.45). Path A involves oxidative insertion <strong>of</strong> Rh(I)<br />

between the alkene and the proximal double bond <strong>of</strong> the allene, in an endo mode, affording a<br />

Rh(III) bridging metallocycle 200. Extraction <strong>of</strong> Ha via a β-hydride elimination would lead to<br />

Rh(III)-hydride species 201, which then undergoes a reductive elimination to afford the observed<br />

product 189.<br />

Scheme 3.45 Proposed mechanisms <strong>of</strong> the Rh(I)-catalyzed cycloisomerization <strong>of</strong> ene-allene 75a.<br />

Bz<br />

MeO2C Bn<br />

Hb N<br />

H<br />

Me<br />

Ha Me<br />

189<br />

H b<br />

BzN<br />

H a<br />

H<br />

203<br />

C<br />

RhL n<br />

H<br />

H<br />

E<br />

Me<br />

Me<br />

H<br />

BzN<br />

Rh(I)Ln<br />

Path B<br />

"Rh π-allyl mechanism"<br />

Ha RhLn Hb H<br />

202<br />

Me H<br />

• Me<br />

Hb BzN<br />

LnRh Ha D<br />

H<br />

Me H<br />

H • Me<br />

H<br />

Rh(I)L n<br />

Path A<br />

"Rh-metallocycle mechanism"<br />

H b<br />

BzN<br />

A<br />

LnRh Ha H H<br />

B<br />

Hb Me<br />

BzN<br />

H<br />

H<br />

Me<br />

A: oxidative addition; B: β-hydride elimination; C: reductive elimination; D: C-H insertion; E: carbometallation.<br />

Note: The 2-carbomethoxy and 2-benzyl substituents were omitted in the mechanism for clarity purposes.<br />

Me<br />

Bz<br />

N<br />

•<br />

MeO2C Bn<br />

199<br />

75<br />

75a<br />

[Rh(CO) 2Cl] 2<br />

200<br />

H a<br />

H<br />

Hb Bz<br />

N<br />

MeO2C C Bn<br />

Ha RhL n<br />

H<br />

H<br />

201<br />

Me<br />

Me<br />

189<br />

H<br />

Me<br />

H<br />

Me

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