Amidation regioselectivity

Fustero, S., Fernandez, B., BeUo, P, del Pozo, C., Arimitsu, S., Hammond, G. B. (2007). Intramolecular Hydroamination of Difluoropropargyl Amides Regioselective Synthesis of Fluorinated P- and y-Lactams. Organic... 

Aromatic ketimines as well as aldimines are viable substrates for ortho amidation, carbamoylation, and sulfamidation. Not only aromatic, but also aliphatic oximes were converted into the amides regioselectively in high yields. It was suggested that the reaction proceeds by the oxidation of the amide to a nitrene species, which then inserts into the ortho-palladated arene. An alternative mechanism, which involves a Pd-nitrene or Pd(IV) species, was also considered for this reaction. 

Regioselectivity becomes important, if unsymmetric difunctional nitrogen components are used. In such cases two different reactions of the nitrogen nucleophile with the open-chain educt may be possible, one of which must be faster than the other. Hydrazone formation, for example, occurs more readily than hydrazinoLysis of an ester. In the second example, on the other hand, the amide is formed very rapidly from the acyl chloride, and only one cyclization product is observed. 

One starts with individual amino adds or with peptides and tries to achieve the regioselective formation of a new amide bond. In its most general form such syntheses of peptides involve the following stages ... 

In his cephalosporin synthesis methyl levulinate was condensed with cysteine in acidic medium to give a bicyclic thiazolidine. One may rationalize the regioselective formation of this bicycle with the assumption that in the acidic reaction mixture the tMoI group is the only nucleophile present, which can add to the ketone. Intramolecular amide formation from the methyl ester and acid-catalyzed dehydration would then lead to the thiazolidine and y-lactam rings. The stereochemistry at the carboxylic acid a-... 

Hydrolysis of Nitriles. The chemical hydrolysis of nitriles to acids takes place only under strong acidic or basic conditions and may be accompanied by formation of unwanted and sometimes toxic by-products. Enzymatic hydrolysis of nitriles by nitrile hydratases, nittilases, and amidases is often advantageous since amides or acids can be produced under very mild conditions and in a stereo- or regioselective manner (114,115). 

From intermediate 12, the path to periplanone B (1) is short but interesting. Enolization of 12 with lithium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide at -78 °C, followed by sulfenylation using Trost s reagent,12 affords a 16 1 mixture of regioisomeric monosulfenylated ketones favoring intermediate 17. The regioselectivity displayed in this reaction is... 

All that remains before the final destination is reached is the introduction of the C-l3 oxygen and attachment of the side chain. A simple oxidation of compound 4 with pyridinium chlorochro-mate (PCC) provides the desired A-ring enone in 75 % yield via a regioselective allylic oxidation. Sodium borohydride reduction of the latter compound then leads to the desired 13a-hydroxy compound 2 (83% yield). Sequential treatment of 2 with sodium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide and /(-lactam 3 according to the Ojima-Holton method36 provides taxol bis(triethylsilyl ether) (86 % yield, based on 89% conversion) from which taxol (1) can be liberated, in 80 % yield, by exposure to HF pyridine in THF at room temperature. Thus the total synthesis of (-)-taxol (1) was accomplished. 

A further improvement utilizes the compatibility of hindered lithium dialkylamides with TMSC1 at —78 °C. Deprotonation of ketones and esters with lithium dialkylamides in the presence of TMSC1 leads to enhanced selectivity (3) for the kinetically generated enolate. Lithium t-octyl-t-butyl-amide (4) appears to be superior to LDA for the regioselective generation of enolates and in the stereoselective formation of (E) enolates. 

Aminotroponiminato)yttrium amides also catalyze the regioselective IH of primary aminoalkynes of Eq. (4.79), but the catalytic activity is lower (TOE < 1 h ) [300]. 

Tandem azidination- and hydroazidination-Hiiisgen [3 +2] cycloadditions of ynamides are regioselective and chemoselective, leading to the synthesis of chiral amide-substituted 1,2,3-triazoles <06OBC2679>. A series of diversely l-substituted-4-amino-l,2,3-triazoles 132 were synthesized by the copper-catalyzed [3+2] cycloaddition between azides 130 and ynamides 131 <06T3837>. 

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