Alkylation enantioselectivity

Alkylation with aldehyde 107 Alkylation, enantioselective 165 Alkylation, intramolecular 134,167 Enantioselective Mannich 151 From alcohol 26,41,86,176 From amide 11, 109,163 Halogenation, enantioselective 158... 

An amino alcohol was found to accelerate the addition reaction of diethlylzinc to aldehyde [8], and then chiral amino alcohols were proved to be efficient chiral catalysts for asymmetric alkylation by using dialkylzinc reagents [9], Oguni reported a remarkable asymmetric amplification in chiral amino alcohol-promoted alkylation (Scheme 9.4). In the presence of (-)-l-piperidino-3,3-dimethyl-2-butanol (5) of 11% ee, benzaldehyde is alkylated enantioselectively to give (/ )-l-phenylpropanol with 82% ee [10]. Asymmetric amplification was also observed by Noyori using partially resolved (2.S )-3-exo-(dimethylamino)isobomeol (6) [11]. 

Controlled oxidation of the a-pinenes with potassium permanganate leads to the enantiomeric 2-hydroxy-3-pinanones 38 29-31, while under forcing conditions, ring cleavage occurs, leading to cyclobutane derivatives 39. The hydroxy ketones 38 are useful auxiliaries forming imines with benzylic amines or glycine esters which can be alkylated enantioselectively via the enolates (Sections D.l. 1.1.1.3.2., D. 1.1.1.4.1. and D.I.5.2.4.). 

Internal propargylic alcohols (89) are alkylated enantioselectively in high yields to give a mixture of diastereomers (90), using a ruthenium complex and an amine... 

Seiser, T. Cramer, N. Rhodium(I)-Catalyzed 1,4-Silicon Shift of Unactivated Silanes from Aryl to Alkyl Enantioselective Synthesis of Indanol Derivatives. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2010,49,10163-10167. 

Duan, G.-J., Ling, J.-B., Wang, W.-P, Luo, Y.-C., Xu, P.-F. (2013). Organocatalytic formal [2-1-2] cycloaddition initiated by vinylogous Friedel-Crafts alkylation enantioselective synthesis of substituted cyclobutane derivatives. Chemical Communications, 49, 4625-4627. 

Progress has been made toward enantioselective and highly regioselective Michael type alkylations of 2-cyclohexen-l -one using alkylcuprates with chiral auxiliary ligands, e. g., anions of either enantiomer of N-[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl]ephedrine (E. J. Corey, 1986), of (S)-2-(methoxymethyl)pyrrolidine (from L-proline R. K. EHeter, 1987) or of chiramt (= (R,R)-N-(l-phenylethyl)-7-[(l-phenylethyl)iinino]-l,3,5-cycloheptatrien-l-amine, a chiral aminotro-ponimine G. M. Villacorta, 1988). Enantioselectivities of up to 95% have been reported. 

In cases where Noyori s reagent (see p. 102f.) and other enantioselective reducing agents are not successful, (+)- or (—)-chlorodiisopinocampheylborane (Ipc BCl) may help. This reagent reduces prochiral aryl and tert-alkyl ketones with exceptionally high enantiomeric excesses (J. Chandrasekharan, 1985 H.C. Brown, 1986). The initially formed boron moiety is usually removed hy precipitation with diethanolamine. Ipc2BCl has, for example, been applied to synthesize polymer-supported chiral epoxides with 90% e.e. from Merrifield resins (T. Antonsson, 1989). 

The target molecule above contains a chiral center. An enantioselective synthesis can therefore be developed We use this opportunity to summarize our knowledge of enantioselective reactions. They are either alkylations of carbanions or addition reactions to C = C or C = 0 double bonds ... 

Silyl ethers serve as preeursors of nucleophiles and liberate a nucleophilic alkoxide by desilylation with a chloride anion generated from CCI4 under the reaction conditions described before[124]. Rapid intramolecular stereoselective reaction of an alcohol with a vinyloxirane has been observed in dichloro-methane when an alkoxide is generated by desilylation of the silyl ether 340 with TBAF. The cis- and tru/u-pyranopyran systems 341 and 342 can be prepared selectively from the trans- and c/.y-epoxides 340, respectively. The reaction is applicable to the preparation of 1,2-diol systems[209]. The method is useful for the enantioselective synthesis of the AB ring fragment of gambier-toxin[210]. Similarly, tributyltin alkoxides as nucleophiles are used for the preparation of allyl alkyl ethers[211]. 

Lewis acids such as zinc triflate[16] and BF3[17] have been used to effect the reaction of indole with jV-proiected aziridine-2-carboxylate esters. These alkylations by aziridines constitute a potential method for the enantioselective introduction of tryptophan side-chains in a single step. (See Chapter 13 for other methods of synthesis of tryptophans.)... 

Enantioselective synthesis of tryptophans has been accomplished via alkylation of 2,5-diethoxy-3,6-dihydropiperazines by the method developed by Schbllkopf[18]. For example, I> - -)-6-methoxytryptophan ethyl ester was prepared using l-(phcnylsulfonyl)-3-(bromomethyl)-6-methoxyindolefor alkyl-ationfl 9],... 

Synthetic utility of stereoselective alkylations in natural product chemistry is exemplified by the preparation of optically active 2-arylglycine esters (38). Chirally specific a-amino acids with methoxyaryl groups attached to the a-carbon were prepared by reaction of the dimethyl ether of a chiral bis-lactam derivative with methoxy arenes. Using SnCl as the Lewis acid, enantioselectivities ranging from 65 to 95% were obtained. 

Selectivity, Steering of reaction directions by the type of catalyst cation, eg, O- vs C-alkylation (7), substitution vs dibalocarbene addition (8), as weU as enantioselective alkylations by optical active catalysts (9) have been achieved in some systems. Extensive development is necessary, however, to generate satisfactorily large effects. 

Porcine liver esterase (PLE) gives excellent enantioselectivity with both dimethyl 3-methylglutarate [19013-37-7] (lb) and malonate (2b) diester. It is apparent from Table 1 that the enzyme s selectivity strongly depends on the size of the alkyl group in the 2-position. The hydrolysis of ethyl derivative (2c) gives the S-enantiomer with 75% ee whereas the hydrolysis of heptyl derivative (2d) results in the R-monoester with 90% ee. Chymotrypsin [9004-07-3] (CT) does not discriminate glutarates that have small substituents in the 3-position well. However, when hydroxyl is replaced by the much bulkier benzyl derivative (Ic), enantioselectivity improves significantly. 

The mechanism of the asymmetric alkylation of chiral oxazolines is believed to occur through initial metalation of the oxazoline to afford a rapidly interconverting mixture of 12 and 13 with the methoxy group forming a chelate with the lithium cation." Alkylation of the lithiooxazoline occurs on the less hindered face of the oxazoline 13 (opposite the bulky phenyl substituent) to provide 14 the alkylation may proceed via complexation of the halide to the lithium cation. The fact that decreased enantioselectivity is observed with chiral oxazoline derivatives bearing substituents smaller than the phenyl group of 3 is consistent with this hypothesis. Intermediate 13 is believed to react faster than 12 because the approach of the electrophile is impeded by the alkyl group in 12. 

On the basis of this successful application of 23d, this catalyst was applied in a series of reactions (Scheme 6.22). For all eight reactions of nitrones 1 and alkenes 19 in which 23d was applied as the catalyst, diastereoselectivities >90% de were observed, and most remarkably >90% ee is obtained for all reactions involving a nitrone with an aromatic substituent whereas reactions with N-benzyl and N-alkyl nitrones led to lower enantioselectivities [65]. 

Early examples of enantioselective extractions are the resolution of a-aminoalco-hol salts, such as norephedrine, with lipophilic anions (hexafluorophosphate ion) [184-186] by partition between aqueous and lipophilic phases containing esters of tartaric acid [184-188]. Alkyl derivatives of proline and hydroxyproline with cupric ions showed chiral discrimination abilities for the resolution of neutral amino acid enantiomers in n-butanol/water systems [121, 178, 189-192]. On the other hand, chiral crown ethers are classical selectors utilized for enantioseparations, due to their interesting recognition abilities [171, 178]. However, the large number of steps often required for their synthesis [182] and, consequently, their cost as well as their limited loadability makes them not very suitable for preparative purposes. Examples of ligand-exchange [193] or anion-exchange selectors [183] able to discriminate amino acid derivatives have also been described. 

The synthetic problem is now reduced to the enantioselective construction of the two sectors of cytovaricin, intermediates 6 and 7, and it was anticipated that this objective could be achieved through the application of asymmetric aldol, alkylation, and epoxi-... 

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