Aminomethyl derivatives

The imide proton N-3—H is more acidic than N-1—H and hence this position is more reactive toward electrophiles in a basic medium. Thus hydantoins can be selectively monoalkylated at N-3 by treatment with alkyl haUdes in the presence of alkoxides (2,4). The mono-A/-substituted derivatives (5) can be alkylated at N-1 under harsher conditions, involving the use of sodium hydride in dimethylform amide (35) to yield derivatives (6). Preparation of N-1 monoalkylated derivatives requires previous protection of the imide nitrogen as an aminomethyl derivative (36). Hydantoins with an increased acidity at N-1—H, such as 5-arylmethylene derivatives, can be easily monoalkylated at N-3, but dialkylation is also possible under mild conditions. 

For a viable commercial process, the selection of materials and the choice of synthetic route is governed primarily by cost, not by overall yield. The selection of starting material is dictated usually by the desked C-3 substituent. For cephalosporins containing 3-acetoxymethyl or 3-(substituted)methyl such as 3-thiomethyl and 3-aminomethyl derived moieties, the most dkect synthetic route is from cephalosporin C, whereas pencillin V or G is the preferred starting material for the synthesis of the C-3 methyl cephalosporins. The three chemical transformations (2), (5), and 6) can potentially be carried out in a variety of ways, the precise sequence being determined by a balance of competing factors such as cost and optimization of yield (87). 

Reaction of 2-amino-4/f-pyrido[l,2-n]pyrimidin-4-ones 143 with HNMei -HCl and paraformaldehyde in Dowtherm A afforded a mixture of 3-(A,A-dimethylamino)methyl derivatives 144 and bis-compounds 145 (93FES1225). Mannich reaction of 9-hydroxy-2-methyl-4//-pyri-dor],2-nlpyrimidin-4-one (146) yielded 8-aminomethyl derivatives 147 (94KFZ(10)23). 

The derivative from an isomeric fused system has been described as a sedative-hypnotic compound. The synthesis starts by condensation of the aminopicoline 32 with the haloketone 33. The resulting pyrrolo[l,2-a]pyridine 34 then undergoes a Mannich reaction with formaldehyde and dimethylamine to give the aminomethylated derivative 35. After quatemization of the di-methylamino group in 35 with methyl iodide, the ammonium group is displaced by cyanide to... 

The most successful approach to producing an aminomethyl derivative was the Gabriel synthesis. A phthalimide substituent can be introduced by Sn2 displacement of the chloride on 17 with potassium phthalimide under homogeneous conditions in DMF. The reaction is quantitative in all D.F. ranges and the phthalimldo-methyl intermediates, 18, are quite soluble in organic solvents. 

The most interesting aminomethyl derivative of condensation polymers that we have prepared to date Is derived from direct reduction of poly(2-cyano-l,3-phenylene arylene ether), 20. Enchainment of benzonitrile repeat units Is accomplished by coupling 2,6-dichlorobenzonitrile with the potassium salt of bisphenol-A copolymers with lower nitrile contents can be produced by copolycondensation of bisphenol-A, 2,6-dichlorobenzonitrile and 4,4 -dichlorodiphenyl sulfone.21 The pendent nitrile function provides an active site for further elaboration. 

Amino groups of functionally substituted phosphines easily undergo nucleophilic substitution. Mutual transitions were shown to exist for the aminomethyl derivatives of phenylphosphine (80IZV1438), acyclic compounds being transformed into cyclic ones with variation in the size of the rings [Eq. (45)]. 

Formation, transamination, and mutual transitions of aminomethyl derivatives of phosphines, representing nucleophilic substitution at the carbon atom in the P—C—O(N) fragment, take place under milder conditions than similar reactions of alcohols and amines. The reason is likely the participation of a phosphino group in intramolecular interactions (86MI1). 

A second, and potentially more useful feature is the stability of these unimolecu-lar initiators to a wide variety of reaction and polymerization conditions which is in sharp contrast to traditional initiators for anionic procedures, such as n-butyl lithium. This allows the initiators to be fully characterized, purified and handled by normal techniques, thus simplifying the polymerization process. It also permits a variety of chemical transformations to be performed on the initiator prior to polymerization, which greatly facilitates the preparation of chain end functionalized macromolecules. For example, the chloromethyl functionalized al-koxyamine, 18, can be readily converted in high yield to the corresponding aminomethyl derivative, 19, followed by polymerization to give well-defined linear polymers, 20, with a single primary amine at the chain end (Scheme 12). 

The formation of A-fluorinated aziridine-2-carboxylates can be achieved by fluori-nolysis of their IV-aminomethyl derivatives, apparently via the immonium ion-fluoride ion pair formed by initial electrophilic attack of F2 on nitrogen. ... 

Several variations of this synthetic route have been developed. For example, condensation of the methyltriazole (21) with thiourea gives the thiol derivative (22), and reaction with phosphoryl chloride in dimethylformamide converts the amino-amide to a cyano-amidine, which can be reduced to the 4-amino-5-aminomethyl derivative (Scheme 47). ... 

As a further illustration of the reactivity of the 3 position toward electrophiles, the methoxyindole (25-1) readily undergoes Mannich reaction with formaldehyde and dimethylamine to afford the aminomethylated derivative (25-2). Treatment of that intermediate with potassium cyanide leads to the displacement of dimethylamine and the formation of the nitrile (25-3), possibly by an elimination-addition sequence involving a 3-exomethylene-indolenine intermediate. The protons on the methylene group adjacent to the nitrile are quite acidic and readily removed. Reaction of (25-3) with methyl carbonate in the presence of sodium methoxide gives the carbo-methoxylated derivative (25-4). Catalytic hydrogenation leads to reduction of the nitrile to a primary amine. There is thus obtained the antihypertensive agent indorenate (25-5) [26]. 

The Mannich reaction is another example of electrophilic aromatic substitution where indole can produce an aminomethyl derivative. 

Similarly, side-chain alcohols such as those in compounds 251244 and 252167 can give chlorides, and these can react with piperazines244 or thiophos-phates.147 The side-chain phosphorus derivatives 2S3247 and 2S4248,249 are prepared by nucleophilic displacement, respectively, of hydroxide and chloride ions. The dichloromethyl derivative 255 gives the dimethyl-aminomethyl derivative 256 on treatment with /V.Af-dimethylhydrazine.250... 

Oxidation of 8-hydroxymethyl-2-isopropyl-l 1 //-pyrido[2,l-b]quinazolin-11-one with pyridinium chlorochromate in methylene chloride gave the 8-carboxaldehyde, which was converted into its 8-aminomethyl derivatives by reacting with amines followed by reduction of the Schiff bases with sodium cyanoborohydride in acetic acid (87JOC2469). 

The Mannich reaction on the thieno[3,2-6]pyrrole (47) gave the 6-substituted dialkyl-aminomethyl derivative (50 Scheme 10). The dialkylamino function in (50) was replaced by CN following standard procedures (64JOC2160). 

Chloromethylation of pyran-2-ones, such as 5,6-dimethylpyran-2-one (260), and coumarins proceeds at C-3. The related Mannich reaction on 4-hydroxycoumarin yields the 3-aminomethyl derivative (53JA1883) while 3-hydroxycoumarin (261) is aminomethy-lated at C-4 (69JMC531). 

Knoevenagel condensation of 2-formylquinuclidine (75) with cyanoacetic108 and malonic129 esters was used to make /9-(quinuclid-2-yl)propionic acid (95) and its a-aminomethyl derivative (96). 

Ames and co-workers have reported the synthesis of some aminoethyl indolizines.141 Workers at Keele University have investigated the preparation of hydroxymethyl and aminomethyl derivatives.142 They obtained the 2-, 3-, and 6-hydroxymethyl compounds by lithium aluminum hydride (LAH) reduction of the esters. However, compound 93 gave inseparable mixtures on reduction, and whereas the 2-amino-methyl compound could be made by reduction of the corresponding... 

Aminomethyl derivatives were obtained from 3-hydroxymethyl-... 

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