Amino-nitriles, preparation from

Another method employing nitriles for the synthesis of enamides starts from amino nitriles prepared by Strecker synthesis641. An aminonitrile has been acylated to form the acylaminonitrile, and pyrolysis of the latter under reduced pressure over quartz at 450-650 °C yielded the enamide in approximately 95% yield (equation 45). 

The sodium bisulfite addition products of aldehydes have been converted by the action of potassium cyanide and an amine to a-alkylamino cyanides. The procedure is best suited for obtaining amino nitriles derived from formaldehyde and simple amines and is illustrated in the preparation of diethylaminoacetonitrile (90%). ... 

Although initially prepared and evaluated as a racemate, the NMDA antagonist activity was likely to reside primarily in a single enantiomer. The stereoselective nature of the NDMA receptor is well established, albeit not completely understood. Consequently, several attempts have been undertaken to develop synthetic protocols that would allow preparation of optically active compounds. Early reports of preparation of optically active co-amino-o-carboxyalkylphosphonic acids describe the preparation of (.S )-A P-3 from an optically active amino nitrile prepared by reaction of diethyl 1-formylphosphonate with hydrogen cyanide and (5)-(-)-a-methylbenzylamine. Acid hydrolysis, enrichment of the diastereomers by fractional recrystaUization, and debenzylation lead to the isolation of (.S )-A P-3 in 86% enantiomeric excess. " Recently reported procedures, which use chemoenzymatic processes, offer a more convenient and mild approach for the production of optically pure aminophosphonic acids. Enzymatic hydrolysis of amides using penicillinacylase (EC... 

Lithiated a-amino nitriles derived from an enantiomerically pure secondary amine have been used to achieve the asymmetric synthesis of trfl 5-dibenzylbutyrolactones (scheme 10) [58]. Enantiomeric excesses of greater than 96% were obtained after removing the chiral auxiliary. When aromatic aldehydes were used as electrophiles the benzylic alcohols were obtained as a mixture of the two epimers with a diastereomeric excess of 60-75%. Addition of a chiral sulfoxide, prepared using a modified Sharpless oxidation, to butenolide has also been utilised as part of an expeditious synthesis of podophyllotoxin (scheme 11) [59]. 

The importance of amino-nitriles is reflected in the number of reports in which they have appeared. Previous reports of a-amino-nitrile synthesis from a-silyloxynitriles and amines have been supplemented by a reported situ preparation of these intermediates by treatment of aldehydes and ketones with cyanotrimethy1-... 

Chlorosulfonyl isocyanate is an excellent alternative to alkaline cyanates ia the preparation of hydantoias from stericaHy hindered or labile amino nitriles (62). Imino derivatives similar to (18) can also be obtained by addition of sonitnles to imines followed by treatment with a cyanate (63). 

Substitution of alkaline cyanates by isocyanates allows the preparation of 3-substituted hydantoias, both from amino acids (64) and amino nitriles (65). The related reaction between a-amino acids and phenyl isothiocyanate to yield 5-substituted 3-phenyl-2-thiohydantoiQS has been used for the analytical characterization of amino acids, and is the basis of the Edman method for the sequential degradation of peptides with concomitant identification of the /V-terminal amino acid. 

A very efficient and universal method has been developed for the production of optically pue L- and D-amino adds. The prindple is based on the enantioselective hydrolysis of D,L-amino add amides. The stable D,L-amino add amides are effidently prepared under mild reaction conditions starting from simple raw materials (Figure A8.2). Thus reaction of an aldehyde with hydrogen cyanide in ammonia (Strecker reaction) gives rise to the formation of the amino nitrile. The aminonitrile is converted in a high yield to the D,L-amino add amide under alkaline conditions in the presence of a catalytic amount of acetone. The resolution step is accomplished with permeabilised whole cells of Pseudomonas putida ATCC 12633. A nearly 100% stereoselectivity in hydrolysing only the L-amino add amide is combined with a very broad substrate spedfidty. 

It is also possible to prepare them from amino acids by the self-condensation reaction (3.12). The PAs (AABB) can be prepared from diamines and diacids by hydrolytic polymerization [see (3.12)]. The polyamides can also be prepared from other starting materials, such as esters, acid chlorides, isocyanates, silylated amines, and nitrils. The reactive acid chlorides are employed in the synthesis of wholly aromatic polyamides, such as poly(p-phenyleneterephthalamide) in (3.4). The molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of these polymers follows the classical theory of molecular weight distribution and is nearly always in the region of 2. In some cases, such as PA-6,6, chain branching can take place and then the Mw/Mn ratio is higher. 

Reaction of 3-formyM/7-pyrido[ 1,2- ]pyrimidin-l-ones with hydroxylamine O-sulfonic acid at 5 °C, then 50 °C yielded 3-nitriles <2003T4113>. Treatment of 2-hydroxy-3-(dimethylamono)methyF4//-pyrido[l,2- ]pyrimidin-4-one with Mel, then with KCN gave the 3-cyanomethyl derivative <2004MI215>. A condensation product was obtained from 5-amino-l-ethyl-6-hydroxy-l,3-dihydrobenzimidazol-2-one and 3-lbrmyl-2-hydroxyA//-pyndo[ 1,2- ]pynmidin-l-one <2002W002/38549>. l-(2-Aminopyrimidin-4-yl)-8-phenyl-l,2,3,4-tetrahydro-6//-pyrido[l,2- ]pyrimidin-6-ones were prepared from l-(2-methylthiopyrimidin l-yl)-8-phenyl-l,2,3,4-tetrahydro-6//-pyrido[l,2- ]pyrimidin-6-one by treatment with MCPBA, and then with aralkylamines <2005W005/070932>. 

For Negishi reactions in which the pyridines are nucleophiles, the pyridylzinc reagents are usually prepared from the corresponding halopyridines [6, 20, 21]. An excess of 2-chlorozincpyridine /V-oxide (26), arising from 2-bromopyridine N-oxide hydrochloride (25), was coupled with vinyl triflate 27 in the presence of Pd(Ph3p)4 to furnish adduct 28 [20]. Recently, an efficient Pd-catalyzed cyanation of 2-amino-5-bromo-6-methylpyridine (29) using zinc cyanide has been reported to afford pyridyl nitrile 30 [22]. 

Chiral cyanohydrins are versatile intermediates in the synthesis of a-hydroxy acids, /3-amino alcohols, amino nitriles, a-hydroxy ketones and aziridines. For the synthesis of enantiopure cyanohydrins, the use of hydroxynitrile lyases is currently the most effective approach.Application of an organic-solvent-free system allows thermodynamically hindered substrates to be converted with moderate to excellent yields. With the use of the highly selective hydroxynitrile lyase from Manihot esculenta, the syntheses of several acetophenone cyanohydrins with excellent enantioselectivities were developed (Figure 8.2). (5)-Acetophenone cyanohydrin was synthesized on a preparative scale. ... 

Amino-1,2,3-triazoles with a substituent at the 4-position have been prepared (i) from azides and active methylene nitriles (ii) from azides and ynamines (iii) from diazomethane and carbo-diimides (iv) from azides and 1,1-diaminoethenes and (v) from the rearrangement of 3-hydrazono-1,2,4-oxadiazoles. Among these, the first method, a regiospecific process, is the most versatile and convenient although it is suitable only for 5-NH2-substituted triazoles. Other methods are used to prepare 5-NHR , 5-NR R - and 5-NHCOR-substituted triazoles. Intramolecular cyclization of suitable precursors also gives 5-aminotriazoles. For example, a-imino-a-piperidyl phenylhydrazones (838), in the presence of copper acetate, give 5-piperidyl-triazoles (839) (Equation (85)) <94H(38)739>. 

The short Sanofi route to irbesartan (3) is outlined in Scheme 9.6. Dihydroimidazolone 27, which is prepared from the reaction of 1-amino-cyclopentanecarboxylic acid ester (25) with ethyl pentanimidate (26) in the presence of acetic acid in refluxing xylene, is alkylated with biphenylbenzyl bromide 18 in the presence of sodium hydride in DMF to give 28. Finally, the synthesis of irbesartan (3) is completed by the tetrazole formation from reaction of the nitrile group of 28 with tributyltin azide in refluxing xylene. [See Bernhart et al. (1993a, b).]... 

In our group the diastereoselective 1,2-addition of organometallic reagents to aldehyde SAMP hydrazones was employed in the synthesis of several alkaloids and we have now extended our method to the efficient asymmetric synthesis of the poison-dart-frog indolizidine alkaloids 2091 and 223J and their enantiomers via a common late-stage intermediate amino nitrile (5R,8R,8aS)-63 [45]. This amino nitrile chemistry had previously been used by Polniaszek and Belmont in the first enantioselective total syntheses of 5,8-disubstituted indolizidine alkaloids [46]. They were able to prepare the indolizidines 205A (65) from 64 in one or two steps (Scheme 1.2.15). 

A variety of substituted 3-aminobenzo[6]thiophenes have been obtained by ring closure reactions of nitriles (equation 57). Various o -cyanophenylthioacetyl derivatives, when treated with base, yield the 3-amino derivatives (Section 3.15.2.2.3). The benzonitriles may be obtained by displacement of the o-nitro group from o -nitrobenzonitriles (74JOC3440). 2-Arylthio-l-chloroenamines are cyclized to 3 -dialkylaminobenzo[6]thiophenes in the presence of Lewis acid catalysts (equation 58). The 1 -chloroenamines may be prepared from t-amides or ynamines <8lH(15)l 179>. 

In a modification of the original method. Read replaced a-ammo acids with o-amino nitriles. Chlorosulfonyl isocyanate is an excellent alternative lo alkaline eyanates in the preparation of hydanloins from sterically hindered or lahile amino nitriles. 

Peptide thioesters (Section 15.1.10) are generally prepared by coupling protected amino acids or peptides with thiols and are used for enzymatic hydrolysis. Peptide dithioesters, used to study the structures of endothiopeptides (Section 15.1.11), may be prepared by the reaction of peptide nitriles with thiols followed by thiolysis (Pinner reaction). Peptide vinyl sulfones (Section 15.1.12), inhibitors of various cysteine proteases, are prepared from N-protected C-terminal aldehydes with sulfonylphosphonates. Peptide nitriles (Section 15.1.13) prepared by dehydration of peptide amides, acylation of a-amino nitriles, or the reaction of Mannich adducts with alkali cyanides, are relatively weak inhibitors of serine proteases. 

The original Strecker procedure is the reaction of an aldehyde with ammonia and then with hydrogen cyanide to form the a-amino nitrile. This intermediate may also be obtained by reacting the aldehyde cyanohydrin with ammonia, but a more convenient method is to treat the aldehyde in one step with ammonium chloride and sodium cyanide. The a-amino acid is obtained when the amino nitrile is hydrolysed under either acidic or basic conditions the former are usually preferred. The preparation of a-phenylglycine (R = Ph) from benzalde-hyde is typical of the general procedure (cognate preparation in Ept 5.181). 

The use of a cationic aza-Cope rearrangement in concert with a Mannich cyclization has also been applied to the total synthesis of enantiomerically pure (—)-crinine (359) (205). In the event, nucleophilic opening of cyclopentenoxide with the aluminum amide that was formed on reaction of (/ )-a-methylbenzyl-amine and trimethylaluminum gave the amino alcohol 485 together with its (15,25) diastereomer. Although there was essentially no asymmetric induction in this process, the diastereomeric amino alcohols were readily separated by chromatography, and the overall procedure therefore constitutes an efficient means for the preparation of enantiomerically pure 2-amino alcohols from epoxides. When the hydrochloride salt derived from 485 was treated with paraformaldehyde and potassium cyanide, the amino nitrile 486 was formed. Subsequent Swem oxida-... 

The Strecker reaction [1] starting from an aldehyde, ammonia, and a cyanide source is an efficient method for the preparation of a-amino acids. A popular version for asymmetric purposes is based on the use of preformed imines 1 and a subsequent nucleophilic addition of HCN or TMSCN in the presence of a chiral catalyst [2], Besides asymmetric cyanations catalyzed by metal-complexes [3], several methods based on the use of organocatalysts have been developed [4-14]. The general organocatalytic asymmetric hydrocyanation reaction for the synthesis of a-amino nitriles 2 is shown in Scheme 5.1. 

The amino nitrile synthesis is particularly useful for the preparation of 2-amino-2-deoxy derivatives of rare sugars which would be difficult to obtain as intermediates in a synthesis involving animation alone. Thus, 2-amino-2-deoxy-L-glucose and 2-amino-2-deoxy-L-mannose can be prepared in good yield from the readily available L-arabinose.11,18... 

In an extension of the work on the synthesis of IV-substituted amino sugars by the amino nitrile method, Kuhn and coworkers13 have prepared 2-(carboxymethylamino)-2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-deoxy-2-glycino-D-glucose), as the dipolar ion LXXXII, from glycine ethyl ester plus D-arabinose. 

It is not possible to prepare biaryls containing a free carboxyl group directly by the diazo reaction. No biaryl is formed when (a) diazotized aniline and sodium benzoate, (b) diazotized anthranilic acid and aqueous sodium benzoate, or (c) diazotized anthranilic acid and benzene are used as components in the reaction.13 On the other hand, the reaction proceeds normally if methyl benzoate is used in reaction (a) or when methyl anthranilate replaces the anthranilic acid in (b) and in (c). The success of the diazohydroxide reaction appears to lie in the ability of the non-aqueous liquid to extract the reactive diazo compound from the aqueous layer.4 However, esters and nitriles can be prepared from esters of aromatic amino acids and cyanoanilines and also by coupling with esters of aromatic acids, and from the products the acids can be obtained by hydrolysis. By coupling N-nitrosoacetanilide with ethyl phthalate, ethyl 4-phenylphthalate (VIII) is formed in 37% yield. 

For example, N-(2-hydroxyphenyl)imines 9 (R = alkyl, aryl) together with chiral zirconium catalysts generated in situ from binaphthol derived ligands were used for the asymmetric synthesis of a-amino nitriles [17], the diastereo- and/or enantioselective synthesis of homoallylic amines [18], the enantioselective synthesis of simple //-amino acid derivatives [19], the diastereo- and enantioselective preparation of a-hydroxy-//-amino acid derivatives [20] or aminoalkyl butenolides (aminoalkylation of triisopropylsilyloxyfurans, a vinylogous variant of the Mannich reaction) [21]. A good example for the potential of the general approach is the diastereo- and enantioselective synthesis of (2R,3S)-3-phenylisoserine hydrochloride (10)... 

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