Amines 2-phenylethylamines

Recently, a LC/ESI-MS method for analysis of tyramine, trypt-amine, 2-phenylethylamine, histamine, cadaverine, putrescine, spermidine, and spermine in wine without any sample pretreatment, was... 

The ami noacyl adenylate activation reactions 1-5 are competitively inhibited by the substrate-analogous amines (2-phenylethylamine,(T) pyrrolidine, isobutyl amine (7) tetramethylenedi amine, (T) and isopentyl amine, )as measured by ATP-PPi exchange experiments.The inhibition constants for these inhibitors are of similar order of magnitude as the Michaelis constants obtained for the activation of the corresponding substrate amino acids. The N-acyl derivatives of these substrates either function as inhibitors of the reactions 1-5 or are not accepted by the multienzyme (5). 

Scheme 9.110. A cartoon representation of the reduction of the primary amide 2-phenylethanoainide (QH5CH2CONH2), that is, the amide from 2-phenylethanoic acid [2-phenylacetic acid, a-phenylacetic acid, C(,H5CH2C02H] and ammonia, vide infra, and also of the nitrile (2-phenylethanonitrile [2-phenylacetonitrile, a-phenylaceto-nitrile, C6H5CH2C=N]) to the corresponding amine, 2-phenylethylamine, with lithium aluminum hydride (LLAUlt) in ether [(CH3CH2)20] solution.

Figure 13.7 Synthesis and structure of the trace amines phenylethylamine, /)-tyramine and tryptamine. These are all formed by decarboxylation rather than hydroxylation of the precursors of the established monoamine neurotransmitters, dopamine and 5-HT. (1) Decarboxylation by aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase (2) phenylaline hydroxylase (3) tyrosine hydroxylase (4) tryptophan hydroxylase...

Explanation the specific substrate for MAO-A is serotonin, whilst for MAO-B it is the nonendogenous amine, phenylethylamine (present in many brands of chocolate). Noradrenaline, tyramine and dopamine can be metabolised by both isoforms of MAO. MAO-A is the major form in liver and in neurons (both CNS and peripheral sympathetic) MAO-B is the major form in gut, but is also present in the liver, lungs and glial cells of the CNS. 

The amine, phenylethylamine, is the origin of the chirality. It is easily made by resolution (Chapter 16), for example, by crystallizing the salt of the racemic amine with tartaric acid. This means that both enantiomers are equally available. 

The CDS approach has been explored with a wide variety of drug classes biogenic amines phenylethylamine (17, 264, 265), tryptamine (266,267) steroid hormones testosterone (257, 268-2701, progestins (271), progesterone (272), dexamethasone (273,274), hydrocortisone (257), estradiol (275-293) anti-... 

For instance, if the partly resolved amine -phenylethylamine, a mixture containing both the R and S enantiomers, is mixed with optically pure (S)-(4-)-0-acetyhnandelic aeid in an NMR tube containing CDCI3, two diastereomers form ... 

Aldehydes and ketones may be converted into the corresponding primary amines by reduction of their oximes or hydrazones (p. 93). A method of more limited application, known as the Leuckart Reaction, consists of heating the carbonyl compound with ammonium formate, whereby the formyLamino derivative is formed, and can be readily hydrolysed by acids to the amine. Thus acetophenone gives the i-phenylethylformamide, which without isolation can be hydrolysed to i-phenylethylamine. 

P-Phenylethylamine is conveniently prepared by the hydrogenation under pressure of benzyl cyanide with Raney nickel catalyst (see Section VI,5) in the presence of either a saturated solution of dry ammonia in anhydrous methyl alcohol or of liquid ammonia the latter are added to suppress the formation of the secondary amine, di- P phenylethylamine ... 

Isobutylamine and 2 phenylethylamine can be prepared by the Gabriel synthesis ten butyl amine N methylbenzylamine and aniline cannot... 

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. 

Under alkaline conditions, an amine addition reaction can occur. For example, in the reaction of C3H3CH2CH2NH2 and aEyl alcohol in the presence of sodium alcoholate at 108°C for 80 h, 43.4% A/-(3-hydroxypropyl)phenylethylamine is formed (12). 

MAO is known to occur in at least two forms, MAO A and MAO B, based on substrate selectivity, inhibition by various dmgs, and cloning experiments. Clorgyline [17780-72-2] is a specific inhibitor of MAO A, which displays a substrate specificity for NE and serotonin. Deprenyl [2323-36-6] is a selective inhibitor of MAO B, and displays a substrate preference for P-phenylethylamine and benzyl amine. Dopamine and tyramine are substrates for both enzymes. 

The present procedure was developed from those of Wallach and Freylon, based upon the general method discovered by Leuckart. a-Phenylethylamine also can be prepared satisfactorily by the reduction of acetophenone oxime with sodium and absolute alcohol or sodium amalgam, but the reagents are more expensive and the processes less convenient. The amine has been obtained by reducing acetophenone oxime electro-lytically, by reducing acetophenone phenylhydrazone with sodium amalgam and acetic acid, from a-phenylethyl bromide and hexamethylenetetramine, and by the action of methyl-magnesium iodide upon hydrobenzamide, as well as by other methods of no preparative value. 

As already stated, the number of substances made by chemists for pharmacological examination as possible sympathomimetic amines is enormous and the literature voluminous. Fortunately the latter has been reviewed from time to time, and most recently in the symposium in which Hartung dealt with the correlation of structure and pharmacological action in )3-phenylethylamine derivatives, which includes the more impor-... 

In another example of enantioselective distillation, it was the enantiomeric mixture to resolve itself which contributed to create a chiral environment. Thus, non-racemic mixtures of a-phenylethylamine were enantiomerically enriched by submitting to distillation different salts of this amine with achiral acids [199]. 

Ubiquitous mitochondrial monoamine oxidase [monoamine oxygen oxidoreductase (deaminating) (flavin-containing) EC 1.4.3.4 MAO] exists in two forms, namely type A and type B [ monoamine oxidase (MAO) A and B]. They are responsible for oxidative deamination of primary, secondary, and tertiary amines, including neurotransmitters, adrenaline, noradrenaline, dopamine (DA), and serotonin and vasoactive amines, such as tyramine and phenylethylamine. Their nonselec-tive and selective inhibitors ( selective MAO-A and -B inhibitors) are employed for the treatment of depressive illness and Parkinson s disease (PD). 

Trace amines are a family of endogenous monoamine compounds including (3-phenylethylamine (PEA), p-tyramine (TYR), tryptamine (TRP) and octopamine (OCT). The trace amines share close structural similarity with the well known classical monoamine neurotransmitters such as dopamine (DA), norepinephrine (NE) and serotonin (5-HT). As their name suggests, trace amines occur in comparably much lower abundance than monoamine neurotransmitters. For historical reasons, other endogenous amine compounds which might share some structural similarities with PEA, TYR, TRP or OCT are not referred to as trace amines. 

Trace Amines. Figure 1 The main routes of trace amine metabolism. The trace amines (3-phenylethylamine (PEA), p-tyramine (TYR), octopamine (OCT) and tryptamine (TRP), highlighted by white shading, are each generated from their respective precursor amino acids by decarboxylation. They are rapidly metabolized by monoamine oxidase (MAO) to the pharmacologically inactive carboxylic acids. To a limited extent trace amines are also A/-methylated to the corresponding secondary amines which are believed to be pharmacologically active. Abbreviations AADC, aromatic amino acid decarboxylase DBH, dopamine b-hydroxylase NMT, nonspecific A/-methyltransferase PNMT, phenylethanolamine A/-methyltransferase TH, tyrosine hydroxylase. 

Among the amines that have been resolved with (-)-DAG are a-phenylethylamine (a-methylbenzenemethanamine),s [R-(R, R )]-2-amino-l-(4-nitrophenyl)-l, 3-propanediol,61,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-octahydro-l-(4-methoxyphenylmethyl)isoquinoline, 3-methoxymorphinan, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-7-methoxy-4-phenylisoquinoline, 3-hydroxy-A7-methyl-... 

Racemization of amines is difficult to achieve and usually requires harsh reaction conditions. Reetz et al. developed the first example of DKR of amines using palladium on carbon for the racemization and CALB for the enzymatic resolution [35]. This combination required long reaction times (8 days) to obtain 64% yield in the DKR of 1-phenylethylamine. More recently, Backvall et al. synthesized a novel Shvo-type ruthenium complex (S) that in combination with CALB made it possible to perform DKR of a variety of primary amines with excellent yields and enantioselectivities (Figure 4.13) [36]. 

Fig. 1 Fluorescence scan of a chromatogram track with a mixture of biogenic amines with 1 ng substance per chromatogram zone 1 = histamine, 2 = serotonin, 3 = tyramine, 4 = phenylethylamine.

Figure 2, Structures of -substituted nitrosomethylethylamines nitrosomethylaniline, nitrosomethyl-benzylamine, nitrosomethyl-2-phenylethylamine, nitrosomethylneopentylamine, nitrosomethyltrideutero ethylamine, nitrosomethyltrifluoroethyl amine.

The DKR of amine is more challenging compared to that of secondary alcohol since no metal catalysts have been known for the efficient racemizahon of amine. Reetz et al. reported for the first time the DKR of amine, in which 1-phenylethylamine was resolved by the combination of lipase and palladium (Scheme 4). In this procedure, CALB and Pd/C were employed as the combo catalysts. However, the DKR required a very long reaction time (8 days) at 50-55°C and provided a poor isolated yield (60%). Recently, an improved procedure using Pd on alkaline earth salts as the racemizahon catalyst was reported by Jacobs et al. " The DKR reachons were performed at 70°C for 24-72 h and 75-88% yields were obtained with 99% or greater enanhomeric excess. 

The deamination of primary amines such as phenylethylamine by Escherichia coli (Cooper et al. 1992) and Klebsiella oxytoca (Flacisalihoglu et al. 1997) is carried out by an oxidase. This contains copper and topaquinone (TPQ), which is produced from tyrosine by dioxygenation. TPQ is reduced to an aminoquinol that in the form of a Cu(l) radical reacts with O2 to form H2O2, Cu(ll), and the imine. The mechanism has been elucidated (Wihnot et al. 1999), and involves formation of a Schiff base followed by hydrolysis in reactions that are formally analogous to those involved in pyridoxal-mediated transamination. 

Nitrobenzoyl chloride and 3,5-dinitrobenzoyl chloride were each reacted with dl-1-phenylethylamine and 4-amino-l-benzylpiperidine using a phase-transfer reaction [23]. The amines were in the aqueous phase and the acid chlorides in the organic phase. By this means, a 2 x 2 library was created in one experimental run. 

This interpretation was supported by further investigations by GiacomelH and coworkers [73]. Racemic 4-phenyl-l-hexene was kineticaUy resolved by isomerization of the double bond using a catalyst system consisting of Al Buj, (R)-N,N-di-methyl-l-phenylethylamine and Ni(mesal)2. Very poor enantioselectivities (ee < 0.3%) were observed for both the isomerization product and the unreacted alkene. The authors note that it is essential to first react the alane with the chiral amine. No... 

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