Chiral compounds, Amino acids Ethers

Piperazinediones are the keto forms of 2,5-dihydroxy-3,6-dihydropyrazines, and many 2,5-piperazinedione derivatives have been found in nature. Numerous synthetic investigations for these compounds <83H(20)1407, 93AHC(57)186> have been carried out, particularly in an approach to the total synthesis of the antibiotic bicyclomycin <85JA3253> and the synthesis of chiral a-amino acids known as the Schollkopf-Hartwig bislactim ether method. Direct introduction of a substituent on... 

This reaction was first reported by Schollkopf in 1979. It is a synthesis of an unnatural nonproteinogenic amino acid from the lithiated enolate equivalent of a simple amino acid (e.g., glycine, alanine and valine), which involves the diastereoselective alkylation of the lithiated bis-lactim ether of an amino acid with an electrophile or an Aldol Reaction or Michael Addition to an o ,jS-unsaturated molecule and subsequent acidic hydrolysis. Therefore, the intermediate of the bis-lactim ether prepared from corresponding amino acids is generally referred to as the Schollkopf bis-lactim ether, " Schollkopf chiral auxiliary, Schollkopf reagent, or Schollkopf bis-lactim ether chiral auxiliary. Likewise, the Schollkopf bis-lactim ether mediated synthesis of chiral nonproteinogenic amino acid is known as the Schollkopf bis-lactim ether method, Schollkopf bis-lactim method, or Schollkopf methodology. In addition, the reaction between a lithiated Schollkopf bis-lactim ether and an electrophile is termed as the Schollkopf alkylation, while the addition of such lithiated intermediate to an Q ,j8-unsaturated compound is referred to as the Schollkopf-type addition. ... 

Further work on the preparation of chiral a-amino-acids reported in the past year (see also the section on asymmetric hydrogenation) includes an extension of the utility of anions derived from lactim ethers (228) in the synthesis of such compounds by condensations with aldehydes and ketones chiral inductions are somewhat lower than in the alkylations of (228) reported previously (4, 320). Enzyme-mediated hydrolysis of 5(4H)-oxazolones by chymotrypsin or subtilisin gives a-acylamino-acids with good enantiomeric enrichments, especially if the substrate carries bulky substituents. Schiff s bases of a-amino-esters can be enriched enantiomerically to an extent of up to 70% by sequential deprotonation with a chiral lithium amide and protonation with an optically pure tartaric acid. ... 

Recently, macrocyclic chiral compounds of crown ether or cyclamen type have been attracting wide interest. These compounds contain numerous heteroatoms in their molecules (mainly oxygen, sulfur, and nitrogen) and can find practical applications, for example, as chiral selectors [69,70] and chiral NMR discriminating agents [71]. Asymmetric substitution of two carbon atoms in the ring of crown ether or cyclamen can lead to many different optically active compounds useful in various branches of supramolecular chemistry. Such substitution can be accomplished with appropriate starting compounds that are optically active, for example, amino acids and polyhydroxy alcohols. 

Increasing interest is expressed in diastereoselective addition of organometallic reagents to the ON bond of chiral imines or their derivatives, as well as chiral catalyst-facilitated enantioselective addition of nucleophiles to pro-chiral imines.98 The imines frequently selected for investigation include N-masked imines such as oxime ethers, sulfenimines, and /V-trimcthylsilylimines (150-153). A variety of chiral modifiers, including chiral boron compounds, chiral diols, chiral hydroxy acids, A-sull onyl amino acids, and /V-sulfonyl amido alcohols 141-149, have been evaluated for their efficiency in enantioselective allylboration reactions.680... 

Crown-ether CSPs have the ability to include some chiral molecules stereoselectively. These CSPs are well suited for the separation of amino acids and compounds containing a primary amine at or near the stere-ogenic centre. The most used commercially available crown-ether CSP is Crownpak CR (-I-), developed by Daicel (Osaka, Japan). 

Therefore, the chiral cyanohydrins are valuable and versatile synthons as their single hydroxyl asymmetric centre is accompanied by at least one other chemical functionality. Thus with careful functional group protection, differential and selective chemical transformations can be performed. Such synthetic techniques lead to production of interesting bioactive compounds and natural products. These products include intermediates of j3-blockers 15 1117], j3-hydroxy-a-amino acids 16 [118],chiral crown ethers 17 [lll],coriolic acid 18 [120], sphingosines 19 [121], and bronchodilators such as salbutamol 20 [122] (Fig. 3). 

The use of chiral crown ethers as asymmetric phase-transfer catalysts is largely due to the studies of Bako and Toke [6], as discussed below. Interestingly, chiral crown ethers have not been widely used for the synthesis of amino acid derivatives, but have been shown to be effective catalysts for asymmetric Michael additions of nitro-alkane enolates, for Darzens condensations, and for asymmetric epoxidations of a,P-unsaturated carbonyl compounds. 

Akiyama s group employed naturally occurring L-quebrachitol 6 to prepare the C2-symmetrical 18-membered chiral crown ether 7 [14]. Compound 7 was found to be an active catalyst for the enantioselective Michael additions of glycine enolates. Thus, deprotonation of ester 8 using potassium tert-butoxide in dichloromethane (DCM) in the presence of crown ether 7 (20 mol %), followed by addition of a Michael acceptor, gave amino-acid derivatives 9 with up to 96% ee, as shown in Scheme 8.4. 

Nevertheless, the use of chirally modified Lewis acids as catalysts for enantioselective aminoalkylation reactions proved to be an extraordinary fertile research area [3b-d, 16]. Meanwhile, numerous publications demonstrate their exceptional potential for the activation and chiral modification of Mannich reagents (generally imino compounds). In this way, not only HCN or its synthetic equivalents but also various other nucleophiles could be ami-noalkylated asymmetrically (e.g., trimethylsilyl enol ethers derived from esters or ketones, alkenes, allyltributylstannane, allyltrimethylsilanes, and ketones). This way efficient routes for the enantioselective synthesis of a variety of valuable synthetic building blocks were created (e.g., a-amino nitriles, a- or //-amino acid derivatives, homoallylic amines or //-amino ketones) [3b-d]. 

Of course, the (3S)-compounds would also be formed if D-valine would be employed as chiral auxiliary. Hence, this method with valine as chiral auxiliary reagent solves the problem of enantioselective synthesis of a-methyl amino acids satisfactorily. Probably it can also be used — mutatis mutandis — for the asymmetric synthesis of a variety of a-alkyl amino acids, provided, the corresponding bis-lactim ether (type I) with valine as C-6 is regiospecifically metallated by butyl-lithium. This, for instance, is not be case with the mixed bis-lactim ether (20c) of cyclo(L-Leu-D,L-Ala)17). 

The simultaneous presence of a chiral selector and a charged non-chiral IPR was studied successfully [129]. The presence of a non-chiral IPR dramatically improved the separation of oppositely charged compounds on a chiral column, probably because the IPR increased retention and hence interactions with the chiral packing, as in the speciation of selenium-containing amino acids, on a crown ether column... 

Jang and co-workers reported on the development of an enantioselective radical addition reaction to glyoxylate oxime ether for the preparation of a-amino acids under mild reaction conditions with chiral quaternary ammonium salts of hypophosphorous acid in aqueous media.26 The newly prepared chiral quaternary ammonium hypophosphites are inexpensive, less toxic than metal-containing compounds and the reaction conditions and workup are mild and simple (Table 7.2). It is also important to note that chiral quaternary hypo-phosphites are recyclable without altering their performance. The... 

Despite these evident drawbacks, a broad variety of SOs have been used in CMPA-based enantiomer separations, including cyclodextrins, proteins, macro-cyclic antibiotics, chiral ion-pairing agents, amino acids in combination with transition metal salts, and crown ethers. Recent application for the separation of pharmaceutically relevant chiral compounds utilized P-cyclodextrins [46-48] charged cyclodextrins [49, 50], macrocyclic antibiotics [51, 52] and chiral ion-pairing agents [53, 54]. A more detailed discussion of CMPA-based enantiomer separation is beyond the scope of this chapter. The interested reader is referred to dedicated reviews [55, 56]. 

A simpler way to restrict the conformation of an enolate is to coniine it in aheterocycle and an important group of chiral enolates come from various derivatives of amino acids. The hrst successful such compounds were Schollkopf s bislactim ethers 41 derived from the diketopiperazines 40 formed when an amino acid such as alanine 39 condenses with itself.4 Treatment of 41 with butyl lithium creates a lithium enolate on one position in the ring the methyl group in the other position keeps the chirality intact. Alkylation occurs selectively on the opposite side to the remaining methyl group 42 and hydrolysis releases a new tertiary amino acid 43 and one of the original alanines. 

Other chiral morpholine derivatives containing bromine, which is readily substituted under zinc catalysis by enolates, enol ethers, and allyl compounds to give amino acids (Section D.1.4.5.) have been prepared from (1 / ,2.S )-2-amino-l,2-diphenylcthanol or its enantiomer41, both of which are available by resolution of the racemate with L-glutamic acid42 or other resolving agents (Section 2.3.2.). 

Toda procedure for obtaining enantiomeri-cally pure compounds will find broad application very soon. This development could make preparative HPLC with chiral columns obsolete and be applied to distillable amino acid derivatives as well. After all, analytical resolution of amino acids was quite successful by host/guest complexation chromatography with reversed-phase packings loaded with Cram s chiral 1,1 -binaphthyl crown ethers (similar to 1). [20]... 

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