Benzyl and allyl amines

Like other acid chlorides and cyanogen bromide, vinyl chloroformate brings about fission of benzylic and allylic amines e.g. hydrastine is converted into the enol lactone (145).169 Normorphine and norcodeine give substituted thioureas (146) with alkyl isothiocyanates.170... 

Benzyl and allyl amines The amines can also be protected as benzylamines and allyl amines (Scheme 1.37). 

Oxidation of amines. Zeolites (Ti silicalite) serve as catalysts for the selective oxidation of benzylic and allylic amines to oximes, and secondary amines to nitrones. ... 

The most efficient method for the stereoselective formation of amines through rhodium(II)-catalyzed intermolecular C(sp )-H amination, to date, involves a diastereoselective approach based on the synergistic interaction between the stdfonimidamide (S)-7 and the chiral rhodium complex Rh2(S-nta)4 8. Benzylic and allylic amines are isolated from various complex substrates used as the limiting component, in excellent yields of up to 99% and complete stereocontrol (Scheme 34). Of course, the other enantiomer is also efficiendy accessible through the use of the other matched pair of reagents. 

Deaminates benzylic and allylic amines, converts acid hydrazides to isocyanates. Cryst. Mp 270-272°. Tetrafluoroborate ... 

Palladium complexes also catalyze the carbonylation of halides. Aryl (see 13-13), vinylic, benzylic, and allylic halides (especially iodides) can be converted to carboxylic esters with CO, an alcohol or alkoxide, and a palladium complex. Similar reactivity was reported with vinyl triflates. Use of an amine instead of the alcohol or alkoxide leads to an amide. Reaction with an amine, AJBN, CO, and a tetraalkyltin catalyst also leads to an amide. Similar reaction with an alcohol, under Xe irradiation, leads to the ester. Benzylic and allylic halides were converted to carboxylic acids electrocatalytically, with CO and a cobalt imine complex. Vinylic halides were similarly converted with CO and nickel cyanide, under phase-transfer conditions. ... 

Aryl alcohol oxidase from the ligninolytic fungus Pleurotus eryngii had a strong preference for benzylic and allylic alcohols, showing activity on phenyl-substituted benzyl, cinnamyl, naphthyl and 2,4-hexadien-l-ol [103,104]. Another aryl alcohol oxidase, vanillyl alcohol oxidase (VAO) from the ascomycete Penicillium simplicissimum catalyzed the oxidation of vanillyl alcohol and the demethylation of 4-(methoxymethyl)phenol to vanillin and 4-hydro-xybenzaldehyde. In addition, VAO also catalyzed deamination of vanillyl amine to vanillin, and hydroxylation and dehydrogenation of 4-alkylphenols. For the oxidation of 4-alkylphenol, the ratio between the alcohol and alkene product depended on the length and bulkiness of the alkyl side-chain [105,106]. 4-Ethylphenol and 4-propylphenol, were mainly converted to (R)-l-(4 -hydroxyphenyl) alcohols, whereas medium-chain 4-alkylphenols such as 4-butylphenol were converted to l-(4 -hydroxyphenyl)alkenes. 

This reaction, designed by Gilbert Stork, fosters monoalkylation. Enamines —[see Problem 17.5(a)(5)], of ketones are monoalkylated with reactive halides, such as benzyl and allyl, in good yield at the a C. The enamines are made from the ketone and preferably a 2° amine, RjNH. 

More reactive electrophiles, such as benzyl and allyl halides, as well as a- or 3-halo-carbonyl compounds, react smoothly with amines, often even at room temperature. Support-bound chloro- and bromoacetamides, for instance, react cleanly with a wide range of aliphatic and aromatic amines to yield glycine derivatives (Entries 1-4, Table 10.2 [22-32]). This reaction is usually conducted in DMSO at room temperature (2-12 h), but for sensitive amines DMF or NMP might offer milder reaction conditions (Entry 3, Table 10.2). Higher yields can often be obtained by increasing the reaction temperature and the concentration of the amine. 

Optically active sulfonimidamides react with benzylic and allylic methylene groups to give the formal product of nitrene CH insertion.75 The reaction is catalysed by dirhodium complexes and delivers rather mixed results, both de and yield being (g) substrate dependent. The authors finish the transformation by removing the sulfonim-idamide by reduction to leave a benzylic or allylic amine. 

The lithium salts of acyclic secondary amines 92 can be conveniently transformed into the corresponding carbamoyllithiums 89 at —78 °C. Under these reaction conditions they react with trialkyltin chlorides to give carbamoyl stannanes 93 (Scheme 24)98. In the case of benzyl and allyl halides, an alkylation can occur affording products 94. However, when trialkylsilyl chlorides were used as electrophiles no carbamoyl silanes could be detected.. V-Alkyl thiocarbamates 95 can be prepared by reaction of the same intermediates 89 with sulfur followed by. S -alkylation at 0°C (Scheme 24)". 

A mild and efficient deprotection of phosphate triesters involves nucleophilic attack by weakly basic nucleophiles such as iodide, thiolate and amines at the O-C bond with synchronous expulsion of a phosphate diester as the leaving group [Scheme 7.6]. The reaction is especially useful for the deprotection of methyl, benzyl and allyl phosphates as in Scheme 7.8 shown below. An analogous reaction occurs with carboxylic esters but the conditions required are more stringent because the carboxylate anion is a poorer leaving group (see section 6.3.1),... 

Problems can arise at the last stage due to difficulties in die isolation of die aldehyde and/or preferential vinyl sulfide formation. Nonetheless, the method has some potential Sulfoxides are prone to thermal elimination, and this has been used by Trost in his mediod, which can also be used for the oxidation of primary amines (Scheme 14). The procedure is limited to benzylic and allylic bromides. 

Allylic alcohols are reduced with lithium or sodium in ammonia, or low molecular weight amines either with or without alcohols. The thermodynamically more stable product is often formed, leading to rearrangement in some cases (equation 71). Methyl and cyclic ethers are similarly reduced (equations 72 and 73), as are allylic acetates, halides and epoxides (equation 74 and 75). 7.i08 Benzylic and allylic sulfides and sulfones are readily reduced to hydrocarbons using lithium or sodium in alcoholic solvents or in amines. " Allylic sulfones are reduced in a similar manner (Scheme 11)," either with or without migration of the double bond, depending on the reaction conditions used. 

Benzylic and allylic tertiary amines may be reduced to hydrocarbons using one of two methods. Oxidation to an amine oxide followed by reduction with lithium in liquid ammonia provides one of these... 

Both C- and O-silylated compounds are isolated from the reaction of benzyl and allyl alcohols, ethers, and amines with TMSCl [Eq. (48) 105]. 

The Cr-PILC catalyzed benzylic and allylic oxidations also provide a facile approach to the oxidative deprotection of allyl and benzyl ethers and amines. Treatment of allyl or benzyl ethers with one equivalent of tert-butyl hydroperoxide in the presence of Cr-PILC at room temperature resulted in the oxidative cleavage of the allyl- or benzyl-oxygen bond to give the alcohol but when two equivalents of tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) were used, the alcohol was oxidized further to the aldehyde or ketone (Eqn. 21.21).47 Oxidation of allyl amines resulted in the cleavage of the allyl-nitrogen bond to give the des-allyl amine.47 Benzyl amines, however, were oxidized to the benzamides (Eqn. 21.22).45... 

In contrast to the anion of diethyl phosphoramidate or trifluoromethanesulfonamide, which cannot be cleanly monoalkylated, - the anion of trifluoroacetamide (100) was monoalkylated by alkyl halides or alkyl methanesulfonate. The resulting A -alkylamides (101) were converted into primary amines by alkaline hydrolysis or reduction (NuBHa Scheme 42). Various primary amines were prepared from (100) with primary alkyl iodides or methanesulfonate, benzyl and allyl halides, a-bromocarbonyl compounds and 2,4-dinitrochlorobenzene. However, competitive elimination is a serious side reaction for less reactive primary alkyl chlorides and secondary halides or methanesulfonate. The synthesis of secondary amines from (100) has also been reported. ... 

Tertiary amines are cleaved with BrCN to give an alkyl bromide and a disubstituted cyanamide (Scheme 21). This process is called the von Braun reaction. Many examples have been reviewed. Tertiary amines with different R groups cleave so that the most reactive alkyl bromide is formed. Benzyl and allyl cleave better than alkyl, lower alkyl cleaves better than higher alkyl and aryl is not cleaved at... 

Amination. Copper(II) triflate is a good catalyst for amination of alkenes (using chloramine-T to give aziridines) and at benzylic and allylic positions (using t-BuOOCONHTs). ... 

Investigations by both Katsuki and Che have highlighted the application of chiral Mn(III) salen complexes for asymmetric N-atom transfer reactions (Fig. 17) [79-81]. In the former case, the use of [Mn(salen)PF6] together with PhI= Ts affords modest product yields and enantiomeric ratios for amination of simple benzylic and allylic starting materials. A high-valent Mn imido species is presumed to be the active oxidant. Methodological and mechanistic studies conducted by Che have found that the same types of Mn(III) salen complexes will induce oxidative cyclization of sulfamate esters. Although these catalysts afford... 

Arylazides will decompose in the presence of [Co(TPP)] and unsaturated hydrocarbons to generate both aziridine and allylic amine product mixtures [88-90], Such a process is capable of oxidizing benzylic C-H bonds as well, though poor catalytic efficiency and problems with product over-oxidation limit the utility of these reactions [91, 92], Detailed kinetics analysis and Hammett studies have led Cenini and coworkers to propose a mechanism that does not involve a Co imido complex, as had been previously suggested. The observation of a Co(III) species by UV/vis spectroscopy strongly implicates a one-electron pathway for this particular amination method. 

The use of dioxane-S03, pyridine-S03 and triethylamine-S03 complexes has been described to prepare benzyl and allyl hydrogen sulphates196 and tert-alkyl sulphate ester salts197. The kinetics and mechanism for the sulphation of alcohols has been reported by a Russian group198,199, and the mechanism of sulphation by S03 complexes using water or amines is considered to involve ligand replacement at the central S atom via a trigonal bipyramidal transition state. 

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