Amination stereospecific

Figure 10.3-40. The rating for the disconnection strategy carbon-heteroatom bonds is illustrated, Please focus on the nitrogen atom of the tertiary amino group. It is surrounded by three strategic bonds with different values. The low value of 9 for one ofthese bonds arises because this bond leads to a chiral center. Since its formation requires a stereospecific reaction the strategic weight of this bond has been devalued. In contrast to that, the value of the bond connecting the exocyclic rest has been increased to 85, which may be compared with its basic value as an amine bond.

Deamination, Transamination. Two kiads of deamination that have been observed are hydrolytic, eg, the conversion of L-tyrosiae to 4-hydroxyphenyUactic acid ia 90% yield (86), and oxidative (12,87,88), eg, isoguanine to xanthine and formycia A to formycia B. Transaminases have been developed as biocatalysts for the synthetic production of chiral amines and the resolution of racemic amines (89). The reaction possibiUties are illustrated for the stereospecific synthesis of (T)-a-phenylethylamine [98-84-0] (ee of 99%) (40) from (41) by an (5)-aminotransferase or by the resolution of the racemic amine (42) by an (R)-aminotransferase. 

Alkylaziridines can be stereospecifically deaminated to alkenes by reaction with m-chioroperbenzoic acid (70AG(E)374). The reaction and work-up are carried out in the dark to avoid isomerization of the cw-alkene, and the mechanism is thought to involve an initial oxidation to an amine oxide followed by a concerted elimination. Aziridine oxides have been generated by treating aziridines with ozone at low temperatures (71JA4082). Two... 

The mechanism of the reaction is unknown. The stereospecificity observed with (E)- and (Z)-l-methyl-2-phenylethylene points to a one-step reaction. The very low Hammett constant, -0.43, determined with phenylethylenes substituted in the benzene ring, excludes polar intermediates. Yields of only a few percent are obtained in the reaction of aliphatic alkenes with (52). In the reaction of cyclohexene with (52), further amination of the aziridine to aminoaziridine (99) is observed. Instead of diphenylazirine, diphenylacetonitrile (100) is formed from diphenylacetylene by NH uptake from (52) and phenyl migration. 

Chirazymes. These are commercially available enzymes e.g. lipases, esterases, that can be used for the preparation of a variety of optically active carboxylic acids, alcohols and amines. They can cause regio and stereospecific hydrolysis and do not require cofactors. Some can be used also for esterification or transesterification in neat organic solvents. The proteases, amidases and oxidases are obtained from bacteria or fungi, whereas esterases are from pig liver and thermophilic bacteria. For preparative work the enzymes are covalently bound to a carrier and do not therefore contaminate the reaction products. Chirazymes are available form Roche Molecular Biochemicals and are used without further purification. 

Enby 6 is an example of a stereospecific elimination reaction of an alkyl halide in which the transition state requires die proton and bromide ion that are lost to be in an anti orientation with respect to each odier. The diastereomeric threo- and e/ytAra-l-bromo-1,2-diphenyl-propanes undergo )3-elimination to produce stereoisomeric products. Enby 7 is an example of a pyrolytic elimination requiring a syn orientation of die proton that is removed and the nitrogen atom of the amine oxide group. The elimination proceeds through a cyclic transition state in which the proton is transferred to die oxygen of die amine oxide group. 

Although the emphasis in this chapter has been on tbe synthesis and mechanism of formation of simple enamines, brief mention will be made of the addition of amines to activated acetylenes to indicate the interest and activity in this area of substituted enamines. Since such additions tend to be stereospecific, inclusion in this section seems apropos. The addition of amines to acetylenes has been much studied 130), but the assigning of the stereochemistry about the newly formed double bond could not be done unequivocally until the techniques of NMR spectroscopy were well developed. In the research efforts described below, NMR spectroscopy was used to determine isomer content and to follow the progress of some of the reactions. 

The stereospecific generation of enamines by -elimination reactions (187) and a vinylogous elimination, which leads to a dienamine (188), have been reported. The loss of an a substituent from a tertiary amine is seen in the generation of enamines by elimination of hydrogen cyanide from benzylic a-aminonitriles (189,190). 

Ring-opening products derived from primary amines are attractive precursors for the preparation of (3-lactams [57]. With methylmagnesium bromide as the base, diamino esters 33 cyclized readily in THF and stereospecifically generated anti-3-amino- 3-lactams 34 (Table 12.15). 

Anatoxin-a is the most potent and most stereospecific nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonist thus far identified. It is also highly selective for nicotinic receptors over muscarinic receptors. The molecular parameters which influence the binding affinity, channel activation, channel blockade, and receptor desensitization are being studied. Modifications of the carbonyl and amine moieties can reduce or nearly eliminate the receptor agonist potency of the compounds and also determine the channel blocking characteristics. 

Scheme 4.9 gives some examples of the use of boranes in syntheses of alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, amines, and halides. Entry 1 demonstrates both the regioselec-tivity and stereospecificity of hydroboration, resulting in the formation of trans-2-methylcyclohexanol. Entry 2 illustrates the facial selectivity, with the borane adding anti to the endo methyl group. 

Another example of the ability of proteinogenic amino acids, small peptides, and amines to catalyse the formation of new C-C bonds has been demonstrated by Weber and Pizzarello they were able to carry out model reactions for the stereospecific synthesis of sugars (tetroses) using homochiral L-dipeptides. The authors achieved a D-enantiomeric excess (ee) of more than 80% using L-Val-L-Val as the peptide catalyst in sugar synthesis (in particular D-erythrose) via self-condensation of glycol aldehyde. 

Free-radical additions of trichlorosilane to acetylenes initiated by benzoyl peroxide were stereospecific trans additions, giving only cis adducts. The same workers observed that tri-n -butyl amine also catalyzed addition of trichlorosilane to phenylacetylene but gave a mixture of cis- and trans -l-phenyl-2-trichlorosilylethene, 1,1-phenyltrichlorosilylethene, and 1-phenyl-l,2-bistrichlorosilylethane (54). No stereospecificity was observable with the amine as catalyst. 

A stereospecific intramolecular imino-ene reaction was used by Weinreb and co-workers92 to provide the enantio-selective total syntheses of (-)-montanine, (-)-coccinine, and (-)-pancracine. Refluxing the imine resulting from the condensation of 151 and 152 in mesitylene produces the amine 153 (Scheme 33) as a single stereoisomer in 63% yield after removal of the silyl group from the alkyne. The high stereoselectivity is thought to arise from a concerted ene process. 

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