Allylation of Amines

Allylation of amines with allyiic alcohols in the presence of reducible nickel complexes easily occurs at 80°C (example 4, Table X). 

Pd-catalysed allylation of amines proceeds smoothly. Allylamine (132) and di- and triallylamines are produced commercially by the Pd-catalysed reaction of ammonia with allyl alcohol using DPPB as a suitable ligand [69]. Allylic alcohols are rather unreactive substrates for 7r-allylpalladium complex formation under usual conditions. The intramolecular amination of 133 afforded the azaspiro ring 134 and the reaction was applied to the synthesis of perhydrohistrionicotoxin (135) [70]. Smooth Pd-catalyzed allylation of the purine base 136 gives 137, which is utilized for the synthesis of nucleosides [71]. 

Allylation of amines. Trost and Genet have synthesized several ring systems characteristic of alkaloids by intramolecular allylation (cyclization) of amines catalyzed by Pd(0). 

Two Pd-catalyzed cyclizations were used for the enantioselective synthesis of (—)-cephalotoxine [109]. One-pot Pd-catalyzed domino reactions, namely intramolecular allylation of amine and HR of 256, seem to be the best path for the desired synthesis. However, attempted direct conversion of 256 to 258 with the Herrmaim complex was unsuccessful. Then selective intramolecular aminoallylation with the chiral cyclopentyl acetate occurred smoothly to give the Spiro amine 257 in 88 % yield when Pd(PPh3)4 and TMG (tetramethylguanidine) as a base were used. The cyclization proceeded with retention of stereochemistry without racemization. The next HR reaction of 257 gave the seven-membered compound 258 in 81% yield under Jeffery s conditions using the Herrmann complex as a catalyst. No transformation of 257 to 258 occurred when Pd(PPh3)4 was used. The results show that the best catalysts for the allylation and HR are different. 

Less reactive allylic alcohols can be used in the presence of some activators. Lewis acids are used for this purpose. Allylation of amines and malonates with allyl alcohols was carried out by Ozawa using a sp -hybridized bidentate phosphine-Pd... 

Amines are reactive nucleophiles and allylation of amines proceeds smoothly using various ligands. Santelli reported that amination of allylic acetates proceeds... 

In early 2015, Xiao and co-workers developed a redox-neutral radical-radical cross-coupling protocol, allowing for direct a-allylation of amines by dual visible light and palladium catalysis (Scheme 3.14) [60]. Both tertiary amines and secondary amines could undergo the aUylation reaction smoothly. It renders a rapid and elegant access to 8-oxoprotoberberine derivatives. To get mechanistic insights, EPR spin trapping experiment with DMPO was carried out and the proposed a-aminoalkyl radical was determined. 

Trost and Genet have shown that in the palladium catalysed allylation of amines,the allylic position is substituted with predominant retention of configuration and such a reaction can be accomplished intramolecularly. Hence, the 6-azabicyclo[3,2,l]oct-3-ene system (249) was synthesized from the allylic amine (248) in 67% yield (Scheme 112), the hexahydro-l/T-indole (251) from... 

Allylation under basic conditions. Allylation can be carried out under basic conditions with allylic acetates and phosphates, and under neutral conditions with carbonates and vinyloxiranes. The allylations under neutral conditions are treated separately in Section 2.2.2.1 from those under basic conditions. However, in some cases, allylations of the same substrates are carried out under both basic and neutral conditions to give similar results. These reactions are treated together in this section for convenience. Allylic acetates are widely used for Pd-catalyzed allylation in the presence of bases tertiary amines or NaH are commonly used[6,7,4l]. As a base, basic alumina or ICF on alumina is conveniently used, because it is easy to remove by filtration after the reaction[42]. Allyl phosphates are more reactive than acetates. The allylation with 40 proceeds stepwise. At first allylic phosphate reacts with malonate and then allylic acetate reacts with amine to give 41(43]. 

Hydroxylysine (328) was synthesized by chemoselective reaction of (Z)-4-acet-oxy-2-butenyl methyl carbonate (325) with two different nucleophiles first with At,(9-Boc-protected hydroxylamine (326) under neutral conditions and then with methyl (diphenylmethyleneamino)acetate (327) in the presence of BSA[202]. The primary allylic amine 331 is prepared by the highly selective monoallylation of 4,4 -dimethoxybenzhydrylamine (329). Deprotection of the allylated secondary amine 330 with 80% formic acid affords the primary ally-lamine 331. The reaction was applied to the total synthesis of gabaculine 332(203]. 

Allylic phosphates are used for carbonylation in the presence of amines under pressure. Carbonylation of diethyl neryl phosphate (389) affords ethyl homonerate (390), maintaining the geometric integrity of the double bond[244]. The carbonylation of allyl phosphate in the presence of the imine 392 affords the /3-lactam 393. The reaction may be explained by the formation of the ketene 391 from the acyl phosphate, and its stereoselective (2 + 2] cycloaddition to the imine 392 to give the /3-lactam 393(247],... 

Olefins are also the products of hydroboratlon of enamines, followed by treatment of the organoborane products with hot acid (543,544). The reduction of enamines with sodium borohydride and acetic acid (545) and the selective reduction of dienamines with sodium borohydride to give homo-allylic tertiary amines (138-140,225,546,547), has been applied to the synthesis of conessine (548) and other aminosteroid analogs (545,549-552). Further examples of the reduction of imonium salts by sodium borohydride can be found in the reduction of Bischler-Napieralski products, and other cyclic imonium salts (102). 

Kinetic resolution of racemic allylic acetates has been accomplished via asymmetric dihydroxylation (p. 1051), and 2-oxoimidazolidine-4-carboxy-lates have been developed as new chiral auxiliaries for the kinetic resolution of amines. Reactions catalyzed by enzymes can be utilized for this kind of resolution. ... 

Reduction of iV-(3-bromopropyl) imines gives a bromo-amine in situ, which cyclizes to the aziridine. Five-membered ring amines (pyrrolidines) can be prepared from alkenyl amines via treatment with N-chlorosuccinimide (NCS) and then BusSnH. " Internal addition of amine to allylic acetates, catalyzed by Pd(PPh3)4, leads to cyclic products via a Sn2 reaction. Acyclic amines can be prepared by a closely related reaction using palladium catalysts. Three-membered cyclic amines (aziridines)... 

Allyl silanes react with epoxides, in the presence of Bp3-OEt2 to give 2-allyl alcohols. The reaction of a-bromo lactones and CH2=CHCH2Si SiMe3)3 and AIBN leads to the a-allyl lactone. " Benzyl silanes coupled with allyl silanes to give ArCH2—R derivatives in the presence of VO(OEt)Cl2 " and allyltin compounds couple with allyl silanes in the presence of SnCU. " Allyl silanes couple to the a-carbon of amines under photolysis conditions. ... 

The method is not restricted to secondary aryl alcohols and very good results were also obtained for secondary diols [39], a- and S-hydroxyalkylphosphonates [40], 2-hydroxyalkyl sulfones [41], allylic alcohols [42], S-halo alcohols [43], aromatic chlorohydrins [44], functionalized y-hydroxy amides [45], 1,2-diarylethanols [46], and primary amines [47]. Recently, the synthetic potential of this method was expanded by application of an air-stable and recyclable racemization catalyst that is applicable to alcohol DKR at room temperature [48]. The catalyst type is not limited to organometallic ruthenium compounds. Recent report indicates that the in situ racemization of amines with thiyl radicals can also be combined with enzymatic acylation of amines [49]. It is clear that, in the future, other types of catalytic racemization processes will be used together with enzymatic processes. 

Allyl p-tolyl sulphoxide 535 reacts with sodium methoxide in methanol by initial prototropic isomerization and subsequent addition of methanol to give 536 (equation 333). Protic solvents are photochemically incorporated by the open chain olefinic bond of trans methyl )S-styryl sulphoxide 537 in a Markovnikov regiospecificity (equation 334). Mercaptanes and thiophenols add to vinyl sulphoxides in a similar manner (compare also Reference 604 and Section IV.B.3) to give fi-alkylthio(arylthio)ethyl sulphoxides 538 (equation 335). Addition of deuteriated thio-phenol (PhSD) to optically active p-tolyl vinyl sulphoxide is accompanied by a low asymmetric a-induction not exceeding 10% (equation 336) . Addition of amines to vinyl sulphoxides proceeds in the same way giving )S-aminoethyl sulphoxides in good to quantitative yields depending on the substituents at the vinyl moiety When optically active p-tolyl vinyl sulphoxides are used in this reaction, diastereoisomeric mixtures are always formed and asymmetric induction at the p- and a-carbon atoms is 80 20 (R = H, R = Me) and 1.8 1 (R = Me, R = H), respectively (equation 337) ... 

This allows for easy reuse of the catalyst in the reaction of allylation of secondary amines like piperidine or morpholine for several runs. The leaching of palladium was less than 0.001% of the initial amount. 

Several examples of transition metal catalysis for the synthesis of piperidines appeared this year. Palladium catalyzed intramolecular urethane cyclization onto an unactivated allylic alcohol was described as the key step in the stereoselective synthesis of the azasugar 1-deoxymannojirimycin . A new synthetic entry into the 2-azabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane framework was accomplished through a palladium mediated intramolecular coupling of amine tethered vinyl halides and ketone enolates in moderate yields . A palladium catalyzed decarboxylative carbonylation of 5-vinyl... 

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