Catalysis amine racemization

Based on nucleophilic addition, racemic allenyl sulfones were partially resolved by reaction with a deficiency of optically active primary or secondary amines [243]. The reversible nucleophilic addition of tertiary amines or phosphanes to acceptor-substituted allenes can lead to the inversion of the configuration of chiral allenes. For example, an optically active diester 177 with achiral groups R can undergo a racemization (Scheme 7.29). A 4 5 mixture of (M)- and (P)-177 with R = (-)-l-menthyl, obtained through synthesis of the allene from dimenthyl 1,3-acetonedicar-boxylate (cf. Scheme 7.18) [159], furnishes (M)-177 in high diastereomeric purity in 90% yield after repeated crystallization from pentane in the presence of catalytic amounts of triethylamine [158], Another example of a highly elegant epimerization of an optically active allene based on reversible nucleophilic addition was published by Marshall and Liao, who were successful in the transformation 179 — 180 [35], Recently, Lu et al. published a very informative review on the reactions of electron-deficient allenes under phosphane catalysis [244]. 

Trons-l,2-diaminocyclohexane, the most popular representative of the primary diamines and its derivatives, has been widely utilized in the field of stereoselective organometallic catalysis as chiral reagents, scaffolds, and ligands [137]. This C2 symmetrical chiral diamine first reported in 1926 by Wieland and co-workers [193] is commercially available, since it is a component in a byproduct amine stream generated during the purification of 1,6-hexanediamine that is used in the industrial Nylon 66 production. The racemic mixture of this diamine can be easily... 

A prominent example of chemoenzymatic catalysis in bio-organic chemistry is the dynamic kinetic resolution (DKR) of secondary alcohols (Scheme 9) [94, 95] and amines [96-99], In this process, a lipase is employed as an enantioselective acylation catalyst, and a metal-based catalyst ensures continuous racemization of the unreactive enantiomer. 

When solid-phase peptide synthesis was initially being developed, the question of whether or not a separate neutralization step is necessary was considered. Since it was known from the work of others that the chloride ion promotes racemization during the coupling step in classical peptide synthesis, and since we were deprotecting the Boc group with HC1, it seemed advisable to neutralize the hydrochloride by treatment with TEA and to remove chloride by filtration and washing. This short, additional step was simple and convenient and became the standard protocol. Subsequently, we became aware of three other reasons why neutralization was desirable (1) to avoid weak acid catalysis of piperazine-2,5-dione formation, 49 (2) to avoid acid-catalyzed formation of pyroglutamic acid (5-oxopyr-rolidine-2-carboxylic acid), 50 and (3) to avoid amidine formation between DCC and pro-tonated peptide-resin. The latter does not occur with the free amine. 

Catalysis by acids, which is only rarely effective for aliphatic amines but better suited to the less basic aromatic amines [334], can promote nucleophilic attack at the most strongly polarized C-0 bond of the epoxide (Scheme 4.75) [333, 334, 339]. Vinyl epoxides react with amines in the presence of Pd(0) under mild conditions to yield allylamines [340], If such reactions are performed in the presence of an enantiomerically pure ligand, racemic vinyl epoxides can be converted into enantiomerically enriched products of nucleophilic ring opening (last example, Scheme 4.75). 

In general, catalysis by 84a and 85c resulted in good to excellent enantioselec-tivities in the reduction of lcetimines derived from methyl aryl ketones and aromatic amines (80, R1, R3 = aryl, R2 = Me), where the electronic effects of substituents in both aromatic groups did not show any significant influence [79, 80]. On the other hand, imines obtained from aliphatic amines (80, R3 = alkyl) gave virtually racemic products with 85a [80b]. In the reduction of non-aromatic imines, such as 80c, only catalyst 84a maintained high enantioselectivity (Table... 

Due to its wide application in peptide synthesis, 1-hydroxybenzotriazole 849 is the most commonly used benzo-triazole derivative with hundreds of references in Chemical Abstracts each year. The utility of 849 (Scheme 183) rests essentially on its readiness to form esters with carboxylic acids in the presence of dehydrating agents. l-Hydroxy-7-azabenzotriazole 847 is also used in peptide coupling reactions, especially with sterically encumbered amines. The faster reaction rates and reduced racemization is attributed to base catalysis by the adjacent pyridine nitrogen 848 during the coupling reactions. 

Consequently, a dihydroxylated azidodialdehyde was examined next which indeed behaved as anticipated. When generated from the racemic allylic azide 37 [109], FruA catalysis effected a smooth tandem addition to the dialdehyde to provide a diastereoisomerically pure bipyranoid azido C-disaccharide 38, from which the pyrrolidine type aza sugar 39 was highly stereoselectively produced by standard reductive amination [108]. Model considerations suggest a close resemblance of the protonated aza C-disaccharide to transition states of saccha-rase or maltase. Indeed, several of the glycosidases tested were inhibited by 39 at concentrations below 1 mM. 

Chiral phosphoramides, particularly C2-symmetric examples, are widely used in asymmetric synthesis (see section 3.2). One example is the asymmetric catalysis of Aldol reactions, where the phosphoramide catalyst is used in combination with a Lewis base. A solid state and solution study of the structure of chiral phosphoramide-tin complexes used in such reactions has now been reported. A number of chiral, non-racemic cyclic phosphoramide receptors (387) have been synthesised and their interactions with homochiral amines studied using electrospray ionisation MS. Although (387) bind the amines strongly, no evidence of chiral selectivity was found. Evidence from a combination of its X-ray structure, NMR, and ab initio calculations suggests that the cyclen phosphorus oxide (388) has an N-P transannular interaction in the solid state. A series of isomers of l,3,2-oxazaphosphorino[4,3-a]isoquinolines(389), containing a novel ring-system, have been prepared and their stereochemistry and conformation studied by H, C, and P NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography... 

Apart from catalysis, supported IL membranes have also been investigated for a variety of separation applications [23], which ranged from the separation of isomeric amines [24] to the enzyme-fadlitated transport of (S)-ibuprofen through a supported liquid membrane [25], The latter study demonstrated the selective separation of the (S)-enantiomer from the racemic mixture (see Figure 3). The concept was that by employing certain enzymes, such as lipase, it would be possible to catalyze the hydrolysis or the esterification ofibuprofen enantioselectively. In this investigation... 

Isatin as a strategic motif for asymmetric catalysis 13CAC2131. Nonenzymatic acylative kinetic resolution of racemic amines and related compounds 12EJ01471. 

There is of course ample evidence that acid-base catalysis in solvents of low dielectric constant does not necessarily involve a concerted process. Such a process cannot operate when catalysis is effected by a single acid or base present in an aprotic solvent, and there are many examples of this, including typical prototropic reactions such as the halogenation of acetone, the racemization and inversion of optically active ketones, and the mutarotation of nitrocamphor. Moreover, in the isomerization of mesityl oxide oxalic ester in chlorobenzene, which depends kinetically on the interconversion of two isomeric enols, the velocity in a solution containing both an amine and an acid is no greater than the sum of the velocities for the two catalysts separately, in contrast to the behaviour found by Swain for the mutarotation reaction. 

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