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A modified Mukaiyama reagent was prepared on a PS-DVB resin. This reagent was used for the preparation of beta-lactams, using the Staudinger reaction. The products were obtained by generating the ketene from a carboxylic acid under sonication with the resin followed by reaction with the imine. Excess of the imine was removed by reduction followed by acid scavenging.
(R)- and (S)-alpha-phenylethylamine (alpha-PEA: 7) have been used separately to resolve successfully a racemate 2-formyl-1,4-DHP derivative 4. The process was based on the difference of the solubility of both Schiff bases (6) since one of them crystallized out from the solution. These imines obtained by condensation of (R)-alpha-PEA (7) or (S)-alpha-PEA (7) with aldehyde (rac-4) were separated and analyzed by X-ray diffraction, and their exposition to an hydrochloric hydrolysis conditions led to the enantiopure (4R)-4 or (4S)-4 in excellent yields. Separate condensation of other chiral (8 and 13) and racemic (18) amino thiols as auxiliary with rac-4, (4S)-4, or (4R)-4 is accompanied by an in situ crystallization-induced dynamic resolution, whereby one distereomer of thiazole template selectively precipitates and can be isolated by simple filtration in 76-82% yield with dr > 99. The thiazole species isolated from this process resulted from an amino aldehyde condensation followed by a spontaneous thiol-imine cycloaddition. Finally, the racemate (+/-)-(4R,2'R)-19 and the diastereomerically pure homologous (4S,2'R)-23 and (4R,2'S)-20 (obtained in good yields (79-82%) from 2-aminoethanethiol (18) and 2-formyl-1,4-DHP derivative rac-4, (4S)-4, or (4R)-4, respectively) were converted conveniently in a one-pot procedure into newly tricyclic thiolactams in the DHP series in racemic ((+/-)-(6R,9bR)-21, 72% yield)) and enantiopure ((6S,9bR)-24, 71% yield); (6R,9bS)-24, 70% yield) forms.
[reaction: see text] A multicomponent reaction (MCR) between amines, aldehydes, and isocyanides bearing an acidic alpha-proton gives easy access to a diverse range of highly substituted 2-imidazolines. The limitations of the methodology seem to be determined by the reactivity of the isocyanide and by the steric bulk on the in situ generated imine rather than by the presence of additional functional groups on the imine. Less reactive isocyanides, for example p-nitrobenzyl isocyanide 25a, react successfully with amines and aldehydes, using a catalytic amount of silver(I) acetate. Some of the resulting p-nitrophenyl-substituted 2-imidazolines undergo air oxidation to the corresponding imidazoles. Differences in reactivity of the employed isocyanides are explained with use of DFT calculations. Difficult reactions with ketones instead of aldehydes as the oxo-compound in this MCR are promoted by silver(I) acetate as well.
[reaction: see text] A new halo-Mannich-type reaction is reported using cyclopropyl carbonyl-derived enolates and sulfonyl-protected imines. Chiral oxazolidinones auxiliaries were found to be effective for completely controlling the stereochemistry of the products. Variations in the oxazolidinone, protecting group, and imine components show this to be a quite general reaction. The initial iodo-Mannich products were found to be readily cyclized in the presence of triethylamine to afford the resulting protected pyrrolidines, which could be readily deprotected under standard conditions.
[structure: see text] A flipping motion rapidly inverts the bent structure of uranyl-salophen compounds and, consequently, causes fast enantiomerization of nonsymmetrically substituted derivatives. This process has been previously slowed by introducing bulky substituents in the imine bond region. Since the resulting complexes dissociate upon chromatographic treatment, an alternative approach to the design and synthesis of robust, nonflipping uranyl-salophen compounds is here described. Such an approach is based on the idea that the flipping motion would be blocked by connecting the para positions with respect to the phenoxide oxygens by means of polymethylene bridges of suitable length. Analysis of a number of uranyl-salophen compounds by molecular mechanics, while showing that bulky substituents in the imine bond region cause severe distortions of the ligand backbone, suggested that the best chain lengths are those that fit the gap between the phenoxide rings without altering the natural geometry of the parent uranyl-salophen compound. Calculations showed that such chains are those composed of 12 and 13 methylene units. Accordingly, chiral uranyl-salophen macrocycles bridged with 12- and 13-methylene chains were synthesized in fairly good yields and resolved by chiral HPLC.
[reaction: see text] Ketene-imine cycloaddition reactions (the Staudinger reaction) of ethoxycarbonyl(phenylthio)ketene with various imines and subsequent desulfurization reactions were employed to synthesize 3-ethoxycarbonyl beta-lactam derivatives. The results indicate that the current approach provides a convenient, mild, and versatile method for synthesizing a variety of 3-alkoxycarbonyl trans-beta-lactam derivatives with good to excellent yields and diastereoselectivities.
N-Benzyl- or N-tosyl-N-(4-methyl-3-pentenyl)amino aldehyde benzylimines, which are obtained from alanine, leucine, or phenylalanine methyl esters in five steps, can be cyclized diastereoselectively in the presence of Lewis acids to give 3-amino-2,4-dialkyl-substituted piperidines. The product distribution and diastereoselectivity depends on the type of Lewis acid and nitrogen-protecting group. Benzyl-protected imines give 2-alkyl-3-(benzylamino)-4-isopropenyl piperidines with FeCl(3) and 2-alkyl-3-(benzylideneamino)-4-isopropylpiperidines with TiCl(4). Tosyl-protected imines show a decreased level of selectivity. The relative configurations of the piperidines were established by NMR and X-ray crystal structure analyses. Iminium ion cyclization followed by two competitive ionic pathways, i.e. either proton elimination or hydride transfer are discussed for these reactions.
Deprotonated 1-(benzotriazol-1-yl)-1-ethoxy-2-hexene (7) reacted with alkyl halides, aldehydes, ketones, imines, and alpha,beta-unsaturated esters to give exclusively the alpha-alkylated products 8a-c, 10a,b, 12, 14, 16, and 18a,b, respectively. Without isolation, these products were hydrolyzed under mild conditions to generate the corresponding simple or functionalized alpha,beta-unsaturated ketones 9a-c, 11a,b, 13, 15, 17, and 19a,b. Similar reactions with the phenyl-substituted analog 3-(benzotriazol-1-yl)-3-ethoxy-1-phenyl-1-propene (21) also gave the analogous alpha-products, but they were accompanied by small amount of the gamma-products in most cases. By contrast, deprotonation of the corresponding triazole derivative 29 with butyllithium followed by reactions with alkyl halides, aldehydes, ketones, or imines yielded exclusively gamma-alkylated adducts 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, and 42. Intermediates 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, and 42 were readily converted into beta-substituted esters 33a-c, gamma-lactones 35a,b, 39, 41, and 43, and gamma-lactams 37a-c on hydrolysis.
Allenic esters and amides 4 undergo a retro-ene reaction to vinylketene (6) and an aldehyde or imine (5) under the conditions of flash vacuum thermolysis (FVT). The same products are obtained by FVT of cyclobutenones 7 via electrocyclic ring opening to alkoxy- or aminovinylketenes 3 and 1,3-rearrangement of ketenes 3 to allenes 4. All the intermediates and products were characterized by matrix isolation IR spectroscopy, and in the case of 4c the reaction was also monitored by online mass spectrometry. A lower temperature for the retro-ene reaction of 4c, eliminating an imine, than for 4a, eliminating formaldehyde, is in agreement with a lower calculated activation barrier (167 and 181 kJ mol(-1), respectively, at the G2(MP2,SVP) level of theory). The allenic amide 11 undergoes an analogous retro-ene reaction to the (unobserved) vinylketene 13, the latter isomerizing to cyclohexenylacrolein 16 in a 1,5-H shift (calculated barrier 125 kJ mol(-1); G2 (MP2, SVP)).
Pyrroles were synthesized by three-component coupling reaction of aldehydes, amines, and nitroalkanes in the presence of a catalytic amount of a samarium species under mild conditions. The reaction is considered to involve the coupling of alpha,beta-unsaturated imines, which are provided by the samarium-catalyzed aldol-type condensation of imines generated from amines and aldehydes, with nitroalkanes. In the case of the three-component coupling of alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehydes (or ketones) with amines and nitroalkanes, alkylpyrroles were obtained by only heating in the absence of any catalyst. For instance, a mixture of butylamine, 2-butylidenecyclohexanone, and nitroethane, allowed to react at 60 degrees C for 15 h, produced isoindole, 4r, which is difficult to prepare by conventional methods, in 39% yield.
The iron Lewis acid, [(eta(5)-C(5)H(5))Fe(CO)(2)(THF)](+)[BF(4)](-), was found to be an effective catalyst for the preparation of aziridines. This new method provides a facile, one-step route to predominantly cis-aziridines, with yields up to 95%, from compounds with a diazo functionality and a variety of substituted N-benzylidene imines with N-aryl or N-alkyl groups. The reaction mechanism is believed to proceed through an electrophilic iminium ion intermediate. To support this idea, the iron Lewis acid-imine complex [(eta(5)-C(5)H(5))Fe(CO)(2)(PhCH=NPh)](+)[BF(4)](-) was prepared, characterized, and reacted with different diazo compounds to provide the resultant cis-aziridines. Alternatively, it may be possible that the aziridines were derived from an electrophilic carbenoid intermediate, as is often proposed. Thus, the iron carbene [(eta(5)-C(5)H(5))Fe(CO)(2)(CHPh)](+)[SO(3)CF(3)](-) was prepared and treated with N-benzylideneaniline; however, the resultant aziridine was not formed.
An attempt to trap radical intermediates during the monoamine oxidase (MAO) catalyzed oxidation of amines by intramolecular cyclization with an activated alkene that is built into the substrate was unsuccessful. (E)-2-(Iodoethenyl)benzylamine (3a) was shown to be a reversible inhibitor of MAO B, but the corresponding Z isomer (3b) was a good substrate. By GC-MS analysis, the expected radical trapping product, isoquinoline (5), was observed as one of two products in a 1:1 ratio. However, NMR analysis prior to GC-MS analysis showed no evidence of isoquinoline, suggesting that the isoquinoline was generated during gas chromatography. As a model for this GC-dependent reaction, the corresponding aldehyde, (Z)-2-(iodoethenyl)benzaldehyde (14), was treated with ammonia, and the product was analyzed by GC-MS; isoquinoline was detected. Likewise, the reaction of 14 with methylamine also produced isoquinoline by GC-MS analysis (but not by NMR analysis). These results are explained by electrocyclization of the corresponding imines at the elevated temperatures in the GC (Schemes 7 and 8). Substrate 3b and aldehyde 14 were recovered when the enzyme reaction products were chromatographed, although they were not detected by GC-MS. These products could arise via hydrolytic decomposition of the corresponding imine (17; Scheme 9). GC-MS analysis of 17 produced isoquinoline and (Z)-2-(iodoethenyl)benzyl iodide (18) in a 1:1 ratio; these are the two products observed in a 1:1 ratio after incubation of MAO with 3b and apparently arise from thermally induced electrocyclization and iodide ion cleavage (Scheme 9).
This article describes efficient and mild protocols for preparing polysubstituted imidazoles in a single pot from aryl-substituted tosylmethyl isocyanide (TosMIC) reagents and imines generated in situ. Traditional imine-forming reactions employing virtually any aldehyde and amine followed by addition of the TosMIC reagent delivers 1,4,5-trisubstituted imidazoles with predictable regiochemistry. Employing chiral amines and aldehydes, particularly those derived from alpha-amino acids, affords imidazoles with asymmetric centers appended to N-1 or C-5 with excellent retention of chiral purity. 1,4-Disubstituted imidazoles are also readily prepared by a simple variant of the above procedure. Selecting glyoxylic acid as the aldehyde component of this procedure leads to intermediates such as 48, which readily undergo decarboxylation and elimination of the tosyl moiety to deliver 1,4-disubstituted imidazoles in high yields. Alternatively, using NH(4)OH as the amine component in conjunction with a variety of aldehydes delivers 4, 5-disubstituted imidazoles in moderate to good yields in a single pot while avoiding the need for protecting groups. Finally, the facile preparation of mono- and disubstituted oxazoles from these TosMIC reagents and aldehydes is described.
Highly stereocontrolled, intramolecular [2 + 2] cycloadditions between ketenimines and imines leading to 1,2-dihydroazeto[2, 1-b]quinazolines have been achieved. The source of stereocontrol is a chiral carbon atom adjacent either to the iminic carbon or nitrogen atom. In the first case, the stereocontrol stems from the preference for the axial conformer in the first transition structure. In the second case, the origin of the stereocontrol lies on the two-electron stabilizing interaction between the C-C bond being formed and the sigma orbital corresponding to the polar C-X bond, X being an electronegative atom. These models can be extended to other related systems for predicting the stereochemical outcome in this intramolecular reaction.
The study below details the synthesis and self-assembly of new cruciform pi-systems and their in situ chemical reactions in monolayer films. Analysis of the packing in the crystal structure of one of these unusually shaped molecules reveals that the terphenyl arm, which is twisted out of conjugation, makes edge-to-face contact with neighboring molecules aligning the conjugated bisoxazole arms in rows. In self-assembled monolayers on metal surfaces, these cruciform pi-systems present reactive groups at the film/air interface. Films that present aldehyde functionality react with aromatic anilines to give surface-bound imines. Dimers that are >4.5 nm in length and contain a conjugated imine linkage can be made in situ on gold substrates through this strategy.
The liquid-phase Knoevenagel condensation between benzaldehyde and ethyl cyanoacetate catalyzed by aminopropyl-modified silica has been investigated using in situ attenuated total reflection infrared (ATR-IR) spectroscopy. The aim of the work was to demonstrate the different levels of information on the reaction mechanism that can be achieved by operating the spectroscopic cell in the absence and in the presence of a solvent, in flow-through and stop-flow modes and in combination with concentration modulation spectroscopy. The reaction mechanism involves the formation of an imine intermediate whose existence has been verified in situ by combining in one experiment continuous and stop-flow operations. Identical information has been gained more elegantly using concentration modulation spectroscopy, which additionally provided information on the possible origin of the solvent effect observed in the Knoevenagel reaction. Faster production and consumption of the imine intermediate was observed in cyclohexane solvent than in toluene. Identification of other species evolving on the catalyst surface and monitoring of the effluents of the spectroscopic cell provided some insight in possible catalyst deactivation.
The solution behavior of spherical dendrimers as well as hybrid-linear dendritic diblock copolymers has been extensively studied, and the size, shape, and ability of these polymers to encapsulate small molecules have led to their comparison with traditional micelles. We have recently reported the synthesis of a new dendritic copolymer architecture, the linear-dendritic rod diblock copolymer, and in this work, we examine the solution behavior of these unique polymers in methanol at 25 degrees C, using dynamic light scattering and intrinsic viscosity measurements. The diblock copolymers consist of a linear poly(ethylene oxide)-poly(ethylene imine) diblock copolymer backbone around which poly(amido amine) branches have been divergently synthesized from the poly(ethylene imine) block. The hydrodynamic radii and the viscometric radii of the polymers were found to increase slowly with increasing generation up to generation 3.5; however, after generation 3.5, the radii were found to increase very rapidly. This increase can be explained by an elongation of the dendritic block into a more rodlike configuration and a corresponding breakdown of the spherical approximation used to calculate the radii. The intrinsic viscosity of the amine and ester terminated polymers was found to follow two very different trends at low generation; however, at higher generations, they followed similar, yet slightly different, curves with the values for the amine terminated polymers only a little larger than those of the ester terminated polymers. At low generations, the chemistry of the end groups and its interaction with the solvent were found to be more important, whereas at higher generations, the highly branched nature of the dendritic block was the more important factor. For the ester terminated polymers, a maximum in the intrinsic viscosity occurred at generation 1.5. Since this maximum occurred at a much lower generation number than is traditionally seen for spherical dendrimers, new scaling relations for the intrinsic viscosity of dendritic rod polymers were developed and were found to support this observation. A minimum in the intrinsic viscosity was also observed at generation 3.5 for the ester terminated polymers and a minimum or leveling off in the intrinsic viscosity at generation 4.0 was found for the amine terminated polymers, which can be attributed to the transitioning of the polymers to a more elongated, rodlike shape and the increased influence of the shape factor on the intrinsic viscosity.
The azobenzene-containing polyanion PAC-azoBNS was alternately assembled with the polycation diazoresin (DAR) to construct photo-cross-linkable multilayer films of PAC-azoBNS/DAR that contain photolabile groups of azobenzene. Upon mild UV irradiation, the interaction between PAC-azoBNS/DAR multilayers was converted from electrostatic interaction to covalent bonds. Because of the free carboxylic acid groups presented in the film, the photo-cross-linked multilayer film favors the selective permeation of positively charged species. After photolysis of the photo-cross-linked PAC-azoBNS/DAR films with intense UV irradiation, azobenzene groups decompose to produce imine groups, and a photo-cross-linked robust film containing free carboxylic acid and imine groups was fabricated. The resultant film allows the permeation of negatively charged species and meanwhile shows a pH-switchable permselectivity for positively charged species. Because of the covalently cross-linking structure, the photolyzed cross-linked PAC-azoBNS/DAR film shows high reversible switching behavior and has high stability in solution with high ionic strength.