Alkynes hydroamination/cyclization

Substrate 72 upon deprotection of the CH2OTBS group results in the formation of 73, which undergoes intramolecular alkyne hydroamination/cyclization to form 74 bearing the core of (—)-crambidine. Upon further synthetic manipulation, 74 provides alkaloid (—)-crambidine 76 (Scheme 39.18). 

The guanidinate-supported titanium imido complex [Me2NC(NPr02l2Ti = NAr (Ar = 2,6-Me2C6H3) (cf. Section IILB.2) was reported to be an effective catalyst for the hydroamination of alkynes. The catalytic activity of bulky amidinato bis(alkyl) complexes of scandium and yttrium (cf. Section III.B.l) in the intramolecular hydroamination/cyclization of 2,2-dimethyl-4-pentenylamine has been investigated and compared to the activity of the corresponding cationic mono(alkyl) derivatives. 

Cazes et al. reported the Pd-catalyzed intermolecular hydroamination of substituted allenes using aliphatic amines in the presence of triethylammonium iodide leading to allylic amines [19]. In a way similar to the Pd-catalyzed hydrocarbona-tion reactions we reported that the hydroamination of allenes [20], enynes [21], methylenecyclopropanes [22], and cyclopropene [10] proceeds most probably via oxidative addition of an N-H bond under neutral or acidic conditions to give allylic amines. The presence of benzoic acid as an additive promotes the Pd-medi-ated inter- and intramolecular hydroamination of internal alkynes [23]. Intramolecular hydroamination has attracted more attention in recent years, because of its importance in the synthesis of a variety of nitrogen-containing heterocycles found in many biologically important compounds. The metal-catalyzed intramolecular hydroamination/cyclization of aminoalkenes, aminodienes, aminoallenes, and aminoalkynes has been abundantly documented [23]. 

Later, Arcadi showed that /J-keto-imines react with alkynes intramolecularly to give pyrroles. The intermolecular animation with aniliaes was later developed by Hayashi and Tanaka using a cationic Au(I) catalyst to form imines (equation 27). More recently, Arcadi etal. developed an intramolecular version for the cyclization of o-alkynylanilines to form indoles (equation 28) and Li reported a double intra- and intermolecular hydroamination to obtain A-vinylindoles. " O-Substituted hydroxylamines can also undergo this type of transformation to dihydroisoxazole derivatives. " " Tandem sequences that involve a first alkyne-hydroamination step with anilines have been recently developed " " and are similar to the previonsly discnssed additions with phenols that access isoflavone skeletons. 

The insertion approach is very successful in the hydroamination of alkynes and alkenes catalyzed by lanthanide complexes developed by Marks et al. [220]. Thorough mechanistic studies have been undertaken for the intramolecular reaction (hydroamination-cyclization of aminoalkenes), although the intermolecular version of the process is also efficient [222]. The mechanism of the reaction can be represented in a simplified way by Scheme 6.68. The insertion step is almost thermoneutral, but the protonolysis of the M-aminoalkyl bond that follows is exothermic and provides the necessary driving force. The insertion of the alkene into the Ln-N bond is irreversible and rate determining and it goes through a... 

Gin returned with an equally impressive synthesis of (-)-crambidine utilizing a variant of the aza-annulation employing thioimidate 59 with vinyl carbodiimide 60 (10JA1802). A rare gold-catalyzed intramolecular alkyne hydroamination of 61 cyclized the third ring of the core affording 62. With the core tricyclic scaffold constructed, four additional steps were required for the completion of the synthesis in a relatively straightforward manner. 

As a working hypothesis it can be assumed, that Zn(II) participates in the complexa-tion and activation of the alkyne triple bond for subsequent cyclization via intermediates 11 and 12. The educts 9 are readily prepared [336] by dialkylzinc-assisted alkinyla-tion of nitrones.lt should be noted that N-Boc-O-propargyl hydroxylamines undergo Au(I)-catalyzed hydroaminative cyclization leading to 2,5-dihydroisoxazoles [337, 338]. 

As an alternative, iridium complexes show exciting catalytic activities in various organic transformations for C-C bond formation. Iridium complexes have been known to be effective catalysts for hydrogenation [1—5] and hydrogen transfers [6-27], including in enantioselective synthesis [28-47]. The catalytic activity of iridium complexes also covers a wide range for dehydrogenation [48-54], metathesis [55], hydroamination [56-61], hydrosilylation [62], and hydroalkoxylation reactions [63] and has been employed in alkyne-alkyne and alkyne - alkene cyclizations and allylic substitution reactions [64-114]. In addition, Ir-catalyzed asymmetric 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of a,P-unsaturated nitriles with nitrone was reported [115]. 

Despite its success and application in the synthesis of various aza-hetrocycles, catalytic asymmetric hydroamination/cyclization of amino-alkynes is still in its infancy. 

SCHEME 39.6. Synthesis of tetrahydrouinolines via hydroamination/cyclization of alkynes. 

Only a limited number of organoactinide catalysts have been investigated for the hydroamination/cyclization of aminoalkenes (Fig. 4, Table 2) [55, 96-98]. The constrained geometry catalysts 11-An (An = Th, U) show high activity comparable to the corresponding rare earth metal complexes and can be applied for a broad range of substrates [55, 96, 97]. The ferrocene-diamido uranium complex 12 was also catalytically active for aminoalkene cyclization, but at a somewhat reduced rate [98]. Mechanistic studies suggest that the actinide-catalyzed reaction occurs via a lanthanide-like metal-amido insertion mechanism and not via an imido mechanism (as proposed for alkyne hydroaminations), because also secondary aminoalkenes can be cyclized [55, 98]. 

Cyclization reactions triggered by intermolecular alkyne hydroamination reactions provide straightforward access to structurally diverse heterocyclic motifs as summarized in a recent general [5] and specialized [202] review. 

Chatani s proposed mechanism bears some similarity to that of Jun s reaction (Scheme 9.12). They both begin with hydroamination of the C=C 7t-bond of a rhodium vinylidene. The resultant aminocarbene complexes (71 and 62) are each in equilibrium with two tautomers. The conversion of 71 to imidoyl-alkyne complex 74 involves an intramolecular olefin hydroalkynylation. Intramolecular syn-carbome-tallation of intermediate 74 is thought to be responsible for ring closure and the apparent stereospecificity of the overall reaction. In the light of the complexity of Chatani and coworkers mechanism, the levels of chemoselectivity that they achieved should be considered remarkable. For example, 5 -endo-cyclization of intermediate 72 was not observed, though it has been for more stabilized rhodium aminocarbenes bearing pendant olefins [27]. 

The excellent ability of late transition metal complexes to activate alkynes to nucleophilic attack has made them effective catalysts in hydroamination reactions. The gold(l)-catalyzed cyclizations of trichloroacetimidates 438, derived from homopropargyl alcohols, furnished 2-(trichloromethyl)-5,6-dihydro-4f/-l,3-oxazines 439 under exceptionally mild conditions (Equation 48). This method was successfully applied to compounds possessing aliphatic and aromatic groups R. With R = Ph, cyclization resulted in formation of 439 with complete (Z)-stereoselectivity <2006OL3537>. 

Iridium(ni) hydrides, such as (98), proved to be air-stable active catalysts for intramolecular hydroalkoxylation and hydroamination of internal alkynes with proximate nucleophiles (e.g. 96). The cyclization follows the 6-endo-dig pathway with high preference (when regioselectivity is an issue).125... 

A number of additional cyclizations involving alkynes have been reported. For instance, it has been shown that indoles may also be accessed from 2-bromo- or 2-chloroanilines, as illustrated by the regioselective preparation of the carbinol 373 in the presence of the ferrocene 374 (Equation 104) <20040L4129>, whereas a one-pot sequence featuring titanium catalyzed hydroamination of 2-chloroanilines with acetylenes, followed by intramolecular Heck cyclization in the presence of an imidazol-2-ylidene palladium complex, has also been reported <2004CC2824>. A set of aryl-2-indolyl carbinols have been prepared in high enantiomeric purity by palladium-catalyzed annulation of... 

The organolanthanide-catalyzed alkene hydroamination has been reported. With this approach, amino alkenes (not enamines) can be cyclized to form cyclic amines, and amino alkynes lead to cyclic imine. The use of synthesized C-1 and C-2 symmetric chiral organolanthanide complexes give the amino alcohol with good enantioselectivity. 

Intermolecular hydroamination of alkynes, which is a process with a relatively low activation barrier, has not been used for the synthesis of chiral amines, since the achiral Schiff base is a major reaction product. However, protected aminoalkynes may undergo an interesting intramolecular allylic cyclization using a palladium catalyst with a chiral norbomene based diphosphine ligand (Eq. 11.9) [115]. Unfor tunately, significantly higher catalyst loadings were required to achieve better enantioselectivities of up to 91% ee. 

A novel one-pot domino process was developed to synthesize substituted 1,2-dihydroquinoline derivatives 102 with high regioselectivity using a silver catalyst <05OL2675>. Scheme 29 shows the proposed pathway, which starts with the hydroamination of alkyne 103 and aniline 104. This is followed by C-H addition with another alkyne 103 and C-H addition cyclization to give intermediate 105. The final step is another C-H addition with alkyne 103 yielding the desired product 102. The scope and mechanism of this one-pot process is still under investigation. 

A titanium-catalyzed hydroamination of 1,4-diynes and 1,5-diynes produces 1,2,5-trisubstituted pyrrroles in one synthetic step <04OL2957>. Treatment of 1,4-diyne 33 with titanium complex 34 led to the formation of pyrrole 35 via a hydroamination to an imino alkyne followed by an intramolecular 5-endo dig cyclization. Another transition metal-mediated pyrrole... 

Hydroamination reactions of alkynes provide an alternate route to arylhydrazones that can be utilized in the Fischer indole synthesis. Treatment of arylhydrazine 99 with alkyne 100 in the presence of catalyst system comprised of titanium tetrachloride and /-butylamine afforded arylhydrazone intermediate 101 which underwent a Fischer cyclization to give 1,2,3-trisubstituted indole 102 as a single regioisomer <04TL9541>. A similar titanium-catalyzed hydroamination reaction was utilized to prepare tryptamine derivatives <04TL3123>. 

The synthesis of benzo[f ][l,4]diazepines 66 by a tandem hydroamination-cychzation sequence was carried out using a gold(I)-N-hetereocyclic car-bene catalyst (14JOM438). The authors utilized readily available N-alkyl o-phenylenediamines 63 and arylacetylenes 64 as starting materials. They proposed that the reaction proceeds by amination of a gold-activated alkyne with subsequent cyclization of intermediate 65. 

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