Chiral amines from carbonyl derivatives

Scheme 1.1 Preparation of chiral amines from carbonyl derivatives.

Unsymmetrically substituted irondiene carbonyl complexes are chiral, and some are easily accessible in an enantiomerically pure form by resolution Complexes 1.152 (R = H, Me, rt-Bu, Y = CHO) or 1.153 (Y = CHO), bearing an aldehyde functional group, can be resolved via chiral hydrazones [526], chiral aminals [527], or derivatives of ephedrine 1.61 [528], The diastereoisomers thus formed are separated by chromatography, and the aldehydes are easily regenerated. The resolution of trimethyienemethane complexes 1.154 can be accomplished similarly [529]. Complexes bearing an ester functionality 1.152 (R = COOMe) are resolved through lactates, which are subsequently treated with KOH/MeOH [530], From these enantiomerically pure complexes, classical reactions lead to other systems such as 1.152 (R = CH2OH, Y = CHO) [531], 1.152 (R = w-Bu,... 

The alkylation of caclohexanone has been studied as a model reaction in detail. Generally, enamino compounds (126) are allowed to react with alkyl halides or a, 3-unsaturated carbonyl compounds. The enamine (126a) is prepared directly from the ketone and a chiral secondary amine (route A). A metalloenamine (126b) can be synthesized from chiral azomethine, derived from the model ketone and a primary chiral amine (route B). The primary amine used for the formation of (126b) must possess an oxygen function. This oxygen function plays a key role in the coordination of the lithium ion in the complex (126b). 

It is known that electrochemical reduction of oximes in protic media occurs in two steps the N—O bond is first reduced to form an imine and the latter is then reduced to afford a primary amine1,29. Tallec has shown that the amine from oxime 33 can be trapped intramolecularly (equation 16)35. Interestingly, the SS diastereomer predominates the chiral pyrrolidine ring derivative serves to control the stereochemistry of formation of the new benzylic chiral center. Electrochemical reductive cross-coupling of O-methyl oximes with carbonyl compounds in isopropanol at a tin cathode affords adducts (equation 17) which can be reduced further to 2-amino alcohols36. In this fashion, menthone could... 

Chiral Ligand of L1A1H4 for the Enantioselective Reduction of Alkyl Phenyl Ketones. Optically active alcohols are important synthetic intermediates. There are two major chemical methods for synthesizing optically active alcohols from carbonyl compounds. One is asymmetric (enantioselective) reduction of ketones. The other is asymmetric (enantioselective) alkylation of aldehydes. Extensive attempts have been reported to modify Lithium Aluminum Hydride with chiral ligands in order to achieve enantioselective reduction of ketones. However, most of the chiral ligands used for the modification of LiAlHq are unidentate or bidentate, such as alcohol, phenol, amino alcohol, or amine derivatives. 

Stereospecific Reductive Amination of Carbonyl Compounds. Catalytic or chemical reduction of chiral imines derived from (1) often proceeds with high diastereoselectivity. Reductive removal of the a-methylbenzyl group yields chiral primary amines (eq 18 and 19). - ... 

Titanium-alkyne complexes Ti(Me3SiC=CC6Hi3)(OR)2, as well as the chiral complex derived from chloro-tris[(—)-menthoxo]titanium/2MgClPr1 and alkynes, react with carbonyl compounds to afford optically active allylic alcohols in up to 38% ee (Scheme 127).184 Introduction of two different electrophiles at each of the acetylenic terminal carbon atoms was possible in a regio- and stereoselective manner.45 Similarly, the titanacyclopentene compounds react with imines, metalloimines, or hydrazones under mild conditions to afford allylic amines or their derivatives in good to excellent yields (Scheme 128).258... 

Among monoamines, both enantiomers of 1-phenylethylamine and their derivatives play a prominent role. They are commercially available, but can also be prepared by resolution of the racemate, obtainable by Leuckart- Wallach reaction of acetophenone1, with malic acid2 or, more conveniently, with tartaric acid in methanol3. They are used as chiral additives for the addition of zinc alkyls to aldehydes in Section D. 1.3.1.4., as copper complexes for the synthesis of biaryls in Section B.2., as lithium salts for enantioselective deprotonation in Section C., and as imines in Sections D.1.1.1.3.1., D.1.1.1,4.. D.1.4.4., D.1.5.2., D.1.5.8., D. 1.6.1.2.1., D.2.3.I., and D.8. A general procedure for the synthesis of imines from carbonyl compounds and primary amines, with many examples of both chiral carbonyl compounds and chiral amines is given in reference 4. 

In recent years a lot of information related to the use of ionic Uquids as media for organocatalytic reactions catalyzed by chiral amine derivatives has been reported [11,13, 24]. ILs specifically solvate polar enamine or iminium intermediates generated from a carbonyl substrate and a catalyst and significantly polarize nucleophilic or electrophilic compounds that enantioselectively interact with these intermediates (Figure 22.1), leading to a rise in reaction rates, sometimes at the expense of a slight drop in the enantiomeric enrichment of products as compared with similar reactions in organic solvents [12]. 

Notably, proline was unique for this transformation, as all the other chiral secondary amines tested failed to promote the reaction. Another well-estabhshed organo-catalyst (4), invented by MacMillan [27], and unable to form secondary interactions with electrophiles like proUne, was used in the addition of aldehydes to indolyl and other carbocations derived from alcohols. The formation of stable carbenium ions from alcohols and their compatibility with water, generated by the organocatalytic cycle (formation of enamines from the corresponding carbonyl derivatives), was estabUshed by Cozzi in a SnI nucleophilic substitution of alcohols in the presence of water [28]. The enamine formed in situ by the MacMUlan catalyst approaches the carbocation from the less hindered side and the hindrance of the incipient carboca-tion controls the stereoselectivity of the reaction (Scheme 26.2) [29]. 

The reaction shown in Scheme 39 was also performed starting from a chiral carbamoyl chloride (91, Y = O) derived from (f )-iV-methyl-iV-(l-phenylethyl)amine, in order to study the possible asymmetric induction using prochiral carbonyl compounds. Thus, with pivalaldehyde or benzaldehyde the mixture of diastereomers obtained was ca 1 1. This behavior was also observed with other chiral functionalized organolithium compounds ". ... 

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