Diaminocyclohexanes

Unequivocal syntheses of cis- and mns-(i -decahydroquinoxalincs have been achieved by lithium aluminum hydride reduction of the corresponding cis- and trans-decahydroquinoxaIin-2-ones. The latter compounds were prepared by condensation of chloroacetic acid and cis- and trans-1,2-diaminocyclohexane, respectively. The resolution of frans-dUdecahydroquinoxaline was effected by use of first dibenzoyl-cZ-tartaric acid and then of dibenzoyl- -tartaric acid. "" (C/. p. 215.)... 

Another platinum(IV) ammine complex studied as a possible anti-tumour compound is shown in Figure 3.101 [171] m-(l,2-diaminocyclohexane)tetra-chloroplatinum has undergone clinical trials but was found to be too neurotoxic. 

Tridentate amido-amidinate ligands have also been constructed starting from (lR,2R)-diaminocyclohexane (cf. Section IV.D). Scheme 181 illustrates the use of such ligand in the preparation of novel amidinato-titanium alkoxide com-plexes. ... 

Another series of diamidines based on frfl s-l,2-diaminocyclohexane has been prepared by metallation of the neutral precursors with either "BuLi or alkali... 

Perez-Soler, R., Khokhar, A. R., Hacker, M. P., and Lopez-Berestein, G. (1986). Toxicity and antitumor activity of cis-bis-cyclopentenecarboxylato-1,2-diaminocyclohexane platinum(II) encapsulated in multilamellar vesicles. Cancer Res., 46. 6269-6273. 

Recently, enantioselective organo-catalytic procedures for the aza-Henry reaction have been disclosed. The presence of either an acidic or a basic function appears to be a requisite of the catalyst. In fact, the condensation of ni-tromethane with M-phosphinoyl arylimines 72 is catalyzed by the chiral urea 85 derived from (R,R)-l,2-diaminocyclohexane and gives the product (R)-74 with good yield and moderate enantioselectivity (Scheme 15) [50]. The N-phosphinoyl substituent is determinant, as the addition of nitromethane to the N-phenyl benzaldimine failed and the reaction of the N-tosyl ben-zaldimine gave the expected adduct with quantitative yield but almost no... 

Instead, the reaction of TMS cyanide with the chiral imine prepared from racemic 2-benzoylaminocyclohexanone and (fi)-l-phenylethylamine or (S)-l-phenylethylamine in the presence of zinc chloride occurred with low stereocontrol, and the two enantiomers of fra s-l,2-diaminocyclohexane car-boxyhc acid were isolated with low yields after several steps [88]. 

By heating 2-benzyloxycyclohexanone 208 and (R)-l-phenylethylamine in refluxing toluene for 4 days in a Dean-Stark apparatus, the imine 209 was formed, then a rearrangement occurred to give first the a-aminocyclohexanone derivative 210 and finally the Q, o -disubstituted imine 211 with moderate diastereoselectivity. Reduction of this imine with sodium borohydride gave a mixture of two trans diamines (S,S)-212 and (R,R)-212, which were separated by chromatography. The enantiomers of 1-benzyl-1,2-diaminocyclohexanes 213 were then obtained by hydrogenolysis [99] (Scheme 31). 

The reductive amination of ketones can be carried out under hydrogen pressure in the presence of palladium catalysts. However, if enantiopure Q -aminoketones are used, partial racemization of the intermediate a-amino imine can occur, owing to the equilibration with the corresponding enam-ine [102]. Asymmetric hydrogenation of racemic 2-amidocyclohexanones 218 with Raney nickel in ethanol gave a mixture of cis and trans 1,2-diamino cyclohexane derivatives 219 in unequal amounts, presumably because the enamines are intermediates, but with excellent enantioselectivity. The two diastereomers were easily separated and converted to the mono-protected cis- and trans- 1,2-diaminocyclohexanes 220. The receptor 221 has been also synthesized by this route [103] (Scheme 33). 

The Leuckart-Wallach reaction is the oldest method of reductive amination of carbonyl compounds. It makes use of formamide, formic acid or ammonium formate at high temperature. The final product is a formamide derivative, which can be converted to an amine by reduction or hydrolysis. The method has been applied to the preparation of 1,2-diamines with a norbornane framework, which are interesting rigid analogues of 1,2-diaminocyclohexanes. As a matter of fact, starting from N-acetyl-2-oxo-l-norbornylamine 222, the diamide 223 was obtained with excellent diastereoselectivity and then converted to the M-methyl-N -ethyl derivative 224 by reduction with borane [ 104] (Scheme 34). On the other hand, when the reac-... 

Scheme 43 Synthesis of enantiopure ring-substituted 1,2-diaminocyclohexanes by transition metal catalyzed and promoted cyclization of 1,7-octadienes...

A bis-imidazolium salt was also prepared by Burgess, starting from the dichloride 20 derived from optically pure N,N -dimethyl-tmns-l,2-diaminocyclohexane (Scheme 13). The salt 21 was obtained by addition of this compound to several 1-alkylimidazoles [22]. 

Grubbs reported the synthesis of several N, N -aryl substituted imidazolinium salts 35 from chiral Ar,AT -aryl diamines obtained by palladium-catalyzed amination of the appropriate aryl bromide with (li, 2i )-diaminocyclohexane... 

These different catalysts were first tested in the desymmetrization of the achiral triene 63 (Scheme 40). The best enantioselectivities (up to 39%) were obtained with complexes 60b and 61c-d bearing carbene ligands derived from 1,2-diphenyl-1,2-diaminoethane (R = Ph). ligands derived from 1,2-diaminocyclohexane gave poor enantioselectivities (< 9% ee). Replacement of the mesityl group in complex 60b by o-methyl- or o-isopropylphenyl groups (complexes 61c-d) slightly increases the enantioselectivity (from 13... 

Me3SiO)2 1949 (2 equiv.) in CH2CI2 is added to a stirred mixture of 1 equiv. 4-phenylcyclohexanone, 25 mol% of both SnCLi. and trons-l,2-diaminocyclohexane, and some 4- molecular sieve in CH2CI2 at 25 °C to give, after 4.5 h, 91% caprolac-tone 1984 [159] (Scheme 12.75). 

One study has been made with a chelate complex, tran5-l,2-diaminocyclohexane-tetraaceatomanganate(III), which is either pentadentate or hexadentate, a water molecule occupying the sixth or seventh coordination position respectively, and hence chelation of the oxalate is very unlikely. The reaction is first-order both in oxidant and oxalate and is retarded by increase of acidity. The HC204 ion is, therefore, attacked more slowly than the 204 " ion but both forms are oxidised as follows... 

Other tetradentate thiophene diamine ligands have been previously involved in the palladium-catalysed test reaction by Kim et al., in 2004. Prepared from (i ,i )-l,2-diaminocyclohexane, these ligands were proved to be very efficient in terms of enantioselectivity in this reaction since an enantioselectivity of up to 98% ee was observed when the ligand/palladium ratio was 4/1 (Scheme 1.61). 

In 1999, Shi el al. showed that a diphenylthiophosphoramide derived from (li ,2i )-l,2-diaminocyclohexane could be used as a ligand in the catalytic asymmetric addition of ZnEt2 to aldehydes in the presence of Ti(Oi-Pr)4, providing the corresponding alcohols in enantioselectivities of 40-50% ee (Scheme 3.20). Another class of new ligands such as the phenylthio-phosphoramide of (7 )-1,1 -binaphthyl-2,2 -diamine was developed by the same group, and further tested as a ligand in the same conditions (Scheme 3.20). ... 

Scheme 3.39 7>aw5-l,2-diaminocyclohexane-derived bis(sulfonamides) ligands for addition of ZnEt2 to benzaldehyde. 

Preparation of ligand 31 Originally, chiral ligand 31 was prepared from (1R,2R)-1,2-diaminocydohexane 33 based on the racemic synthesis reported by Barnes et al. in 1978 [15], where picolinic acid 34 was activated with P(OPh)3 and then coupled with trans-l,2-diaminocyclohexane. The reported isolated yield in the case of racemate was only 47%. We optimized the preparation as shown in Scheme 2.8 [16]. Picolinic acid 34 was activated with CDI in THF. After confirmation of activation, chiral diamine 33 was added to the solution. When complete, the reaction was quenched via the addition of a small amount of water (to quench excess CDI). The reaction solvent was then switched from THF to EtOH, when the desired ligand 31 directly crystallized out. Ligand 31 was isolated in 87% yield by simple filtration of the reaction mixture in high purity. With a 22 litter flask, 1.25 kg of 31 was prepared in a single batch. 

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