Carbonyl compounds with nitrogen nucleophiles

EAN in Addition Reactions of Carbonyl Compound with Nitrogen Nucleophile Imine Formation... 

Most syntheses of nitrogen heterocycles involve substitution and/or condensation reactions of nitrogen nucleophiles with difunctional halides or carbonyl compounds. Common nitrogen reagents are ... 

Usually, the reactions of carbonyl compounds and derivatives of ammonia are considered to be concluded with the formation of the imino derivative (156), but there is evidence that the C=N double bond may react faster than the C=0 group with nitrogen nucleophiles to form 1,1-diamino derivatives (Scheme 47). 

An asymmetric version of a Michael addition with nitrogen nucleophiles can be also realized with simple short-chain peptides as catalysts. This has been demonstrated by Miller et al. for the addition of an azide to a,/(-unsaturated carbonyl compounds [16]. In the presence of the tripeptide 9 as a catalyst (2.5 mol-%) the products 10 have been formed in excellent yields and with up to 85% ee (Scheme 7). In addition, this reaction represents an attractive access to /(-amino acids. 

Chapter 22 continues the study of carbonyl compounds with a detailed look at nucleophilic acyl substitution, a key reaction of carboxylic acids and their derivatives. Substitution at sp hybridized carbon atoms was introduced in Chapter 20 with reactions involving carbon and hydrogen nucleophiles. In Chapter 22, we learn that nucleophilic acyl substitution is a general reaction that occurs with a variety of heteroatomic nucleophiles. This reaction allows the conversion of one carboxylic acid derivative into another. Every reaction in Chapter 22 that begins with a carbonyl compound involves nucleophilic substitution. Chapter 22 also discusses the properties and chemical reactions of nitriles, compounds that contain a carbon-nitrogen triple bond. Nitriles are in the same carbon oxidation state as carboxylic acids, and they undergo reactions that form related products. 

The mechanistic pattern of hydration and alcohol addition reactions of ketones and aldehydes is followed in reactions of carbonyl compounds with amines and related nitrogen nucleophiles. These reactions involve addition and elimination steps proceeding through tetrahedral intermediates. These steps can be either acid catalyzed or base catalyzed. The rates of the reactions are determined by the energy and reactivity of the tetrahedral intermediates. With primary amines, C=N bond formation ultimately occurs. These reactions are reversible and the position of the overall equilibrium depends on the nitrogen substiments and the structure of the carbonyl compound. 

This one-step transformation of an alkene to an allylic acetate compares well with other methods of preparation such as hydride reduction of a, 8-unsaturated carbonyl compounds followed by esterification. The scope and limitations of the reaction have been investigated. The allylic acetoxylation proceeds via a TT-allylpalladium intermediate, and as a result, substituted and linear alkenes generally give several isomeric allylic acetates. With oxygen nucleophiles the reaction is quite general, and reactants and products are stable towards the reaction conditions. This is normally not yet the case with nitrogen nucleophiles, although one intramolecular palladium-catalyzed allylic amination mechanistically related to allylic acetoxylation has been reported. ... 

The reaction of carbonyl compounds with semicarbazide yields semicarbazones. The reaction occurs at only one of the two possible NH2 groups. The lone-pair electrons of the NH2 group bonded to the carbonyl are less nucleophilic than those of the other NH2 group because the carbonyl carbon atom decreases the electron density at that nitrogen atom. 

Other interesting regioselective reactions are carried out within the synthesis of nitrofurantoin. Benzaidehyde semicarbazone substitutes chlorine in chloroacetic ester with the most nucleophilic hydrazone nitrogen atom. Transamidation of the ester occurs with the di-protic outer nitrogen atom. Only one nucleophilic nitrogen atom remains in the cyclization product and reacts exclusively with carbonyl compounds. 

Polyfluoroalkyl- andperfluoroalkyl-substituted CO and CN multiple bonds as dipolarophiles. Dmzo alkanes are well known to react with carbonyl compounds, usually under very mild conditions, to give oxiranes and ketones The reaction has been interpreted as a nucleophilic attack of the diazo alkane on the carbonyl group to yield diazonium betaines or 1,2,3 oxadiazol 2 ines as reaction intermediates, which generally are too unstable to be isolated Aromatic diazo compounds react readily with partially fluorinated and perfluorinated ketones to give l,3,4-oxadiazol-3-ines m high yield At 25 °C and above, the aryloxa-diazolines lose nitrogen to give epoxides [111]... 

Imines and iminium ions are nitrogen analogs of carbonyl compounds and they undergo nucleophilic additions like those involved in aldol reactions. The reactivity order is C=NR < C=0 < [C=NR2]+ < [C=OH]+. Because iminium ions are more reactive than imines, the reactions are frequently run under mildly acidic conditions. Under some circumstances, the iminium ion can be the reactive species, even though it is a minor constituent in equilibrium with the amine, carbonyl compound, and unprotonated imine. 

A wide range of carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen nucleophiles react with allylic esters in the presence of iridium catalysts to form branched allylic substitution products. The bulk of the recent literature on iridium-catalyzed allylic substitution has focused on catalysts derived from [Ir(COD)Cl]2 and phosphoramidite ligands. These complexes catalyze the formation of enantiomerically enriched allylic amines, allylic ethers, and (3-branched y-8 unsaturated carbonyl compounds. The latest generation and most commonly used of these catalysts (Scheme 1) consists of a cyclometalated iridium-phosphoramidite core chelated by 1,5-cyclooctadiene. A fifth coordination site is occupied in catalyst precursors by an additional -phosphoramidite or ethylene. The phosphoramidite that is used to generate the metalacyclic core typically contains one BlNOLate and one bis-arylethylamino group on phosphorus. 

This methodology is also an important and potentially valuable method for C—N bond formation using the amination of carbon nucleophiles with electrophilic nitrogen transfer reagents (Scheme 1) Amination of ordinary carbanions and a-carbanion derived from carbonyl compounds and nitriles provides an important method for the synthesis of amines and a-amino carbonyl compounds and nitriles", respectively. For this purpose, a number of electrophilic amination reagents, which are synthetic equivalents of the R2N+ synthon, have been developed and the synthetic potential of electrophilic amination of carbon nucleophiles has been studied in detail . ... 

The A -l,2,3,5-thiatriazoline A-oxides (20) are stable at room temperature but are easily hydrolyzed <85TL6155>. Sulfinylamines are known to react with carbonyl compounds and so with R = CHjCOPh, R = Me, an intramolecular trapping of the carbonyl group leading to a 6-membered pyrazine might have been expected. However, even in this case, the 1,2,3,5-thiatriazole S-oxide was formed due to preferential reaction with the highly nucleophilic nitrogen over cycloaddition <86H(24)1193>. 

The intracellular nucleophile glutathione (GSH y-Glu-Cys-Gly) acts as a protective mechanism against electrophilic insults and may be present at concentrations of up to 10 mM [26]. The reaction of glutathione with a non-polar compound bearing an electrophilic carbon, nitrogen or sulfur atom may be mediated enzymatically by glutathione-S-transferase (GST), with typical substrates being species such as arene oxides, quinones and a,P-unsaturated carbonyl compounds. 

Compounds with a high HOMO and LUMO (Figure 5.5c) tend to be stable to selfreaction but are chemically reactive as Lewis bases and nucleophiles. The higher the HOMO, the more reactive. Carbanions, with HOMO near a, are the most powerful bases and nucleophiles, followed by amides and alkoxides. The neutral nitrogen (amines, heteroaromatics) and oxygen bases (water, alcohols, ethers, and carbonyls) will only react with relatively strong Lewis acids. Extensive tabulations of gas-phase basicities or proton affinities (i.e., —AG° of protonation) exist [109, 110]. These will be discussed in subsequent chapters. 

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