Enamines intermediates

If the condensation is done with /S-aminocrotonic ester or (2-aminopent-2-en-4-one)enamine, intermediates 245b are also obtained then they are cyclized either to 2--aininothiazoles (243b) under the influence of alkalis or to A-4-thiazol-2-ones by acids (Scheme 125b) (728). 

There have been a number of refinements to the procedure, both in the enamine formation and in the reduction. Furthermore, the procedure can be adapted to 2-substituted indoles by introducing an acyl substituent on the enamine intermediate. 

Enamines containing one -hydrogen atom react with the lactone dimer of dimethylketene to form aminocyclohexanediones 116). Polycondensation of acetone diethyl ketal takes place by treating it with morpholine and a catalytic amount of p-toluenesulfonic acid while distilling off the ethanol formed 117-119). The resulting spiran, bicyclo, and cyclooctadienone products differ from the known polycondensation products of acetone, and hence their formation probably involves enamine intermediates 119). 

The long known catalyses of some ketone condensation reactions by secondary amines, can be postulated to have their basis in the reactions of enamine intermediates with ketones. The unsuitability of methyl ketones for azeotropic enamine formation is based on this phenomenon. Recent studies in cyclization reactions have added further support to this concept (354). 

In a recent variation of this synthesis of the tetrahydro-j8-carboline system, hexahydro derivatives (65) of the salt 55 were cyclized to fully aromatic j8-carbohne derivatives (66a and 66b) on palladium dehydrogenation, presumably by way of an enamine intermediate. ... 

The self-condensation is largely suppressed in reactions with those ketones 2, that are activated by an electron-withdrawing substituent or R". The carbonyl activity is then increased, and the enamine-intermediate 5 is favored over the imine 4, by conjugation with the electron-withdrawing group. ... 

Fewer procedures have been explored recently for the synthesis of simple six-membered heterocycles by microwave-assisted MCRs. Libraries of 3,5,6-trisubstituted 2-pyridones have been prepared by the rapid solution phase three-component condensation of CH-acidic carbonyl compounds 44, NJ -dimethylformamide dimethyl acetal 45 and methylene active nitriles 47 imder microwave irradiation [77]. In this one-pot, two-step process for the synthesis of simple pyridones, initial condensation between 44 and 45 under solvent-free conditions was facilitated in 5 -10 min at either ambient temperature or 100 ° C by microwave irradiation, depending upon the CH-acidic carbonyl compound 44 used, to give enamine intermediate 46 (Scheme 19). Addition of the nitrile 47 and catalytic piperidine, and irradiation at 100 °C for 5 min, gave a library of 2-pyridones 48 in reasonable overall yield and high individual purities. 

A similar strategy has been used to prepare pyrimidines, as well as pyra-zoles and isoxazoles by reacting the enamine intermediate with a variety of bidentate nucleophiles [78]. Microwave irradiation of a cyclic 1,3-diketone 49 and acetal 45 in water generated the corresponding enaminoketone 50 in situ which reacted with amidines, substituted hydrazines or hydroxylamine in only 2 min in a one-pot process to give 4-acylpyrimidines, pyrazoles or isoxazoles, respectively (Scheme 20). 

N-Acetylneuraminic acid aldolase (or sialic acid aldolase, NeuA EC 4.1.3.3) catalyzes the reversible addition of pyruvate (2) to N-acetyl-D-mannosamine (ManNAc (1)) in the degradation of the parent sialic acid (3) (Figure 10.4). The NeuA lyases found in both bacteria and animals are type I enzymes that form a Schiff base/enamine intermediate with pyruvate and promote a si-face attack to the aldehyde carbonyl group with formation of a (4S) configured stereocenter. The enzyme is commercially available and it has a broad pH optimum around 7.5 and useful stability in solution at ambient temperature [36]. 

A different type of catalysis is observed using proline as a catalyst.166 Proline promotes addition of acetone to aromatic aldehydes with 65-77% enantioselectivity. It has been suggested that the carboxylic acid functions as an intramolecular proton donor and promotes reaction through an enamine intermediate. 

A similar reaction occurs with 2-methylcyclopentane-l,3-dione,176 and can be done enantioselectively by using the amino acid L-proline to form an enamine intermediate. The (S)-enantiomer of the product is obtained in high enantiomeric excess.177... 

A biomimetic synthesis of benzo[c]phenanthridine alkaloids from a protoberberine via the equivalent of a hypothetical aldehyde enamine intermediate has been developed (130,131). The enamide 230 derived from berberine (15) was subjected to hydroboration-oxidation to give alcohol 231, oxidation of which with pyridinium chlorochromate afforded directly oxyche-lerythrine (232) instead of the expected aldehyde enamide 233. However, the formation of oxychelerythrine can be rationalized in terms of the intermediacy of 233 as shown in Scheme 41. An alternative and more efficient... 

The domino process probably involves the chiral enamine intermediate 2-817 formed by reaction of ketone 2-813 with 2-815. With regard to the subsequent cy-doaddition step of 2-817 with the Knoevenagel condensation product 2-816, it is interesting to note that only a normal Diels-Alder process operates with the 1,3-bu-tadiene moiety in 2-817 and not a hetero-Diels-Alder reaction with the 1-oxa-l,3-butadiene moiety in 2-816. The formed spirocydic ketones 2-818/2-819 can be used in natural products synthesis and in medidnal chemistry [410]. They have also been used in the preparation of exotic amino adds these were used to modify the physical properties and biological activities of peptides, peptidomimetics, and proteins... 

In oxidative decarboxyiation of pyruvate to acetyi-CoA, the enzyme-bound disulfide-containing coenzyme lipoic acid is also involved. The electron-rich enamine intermediate, instead of accepting a proton, is used to attack a sulfur in the lipoic acid moiety. This leads to fission of the S-S bond, and thereby effectively reduces the lipoic acid fragment. Regeneration of the TPP ylid via the reverse aldol-type... 

Abstract The reversible reaction of primary or secondary amines with enolizable aldehydes or ketones affords nncleophilic intermediates, enamines. With chiral amines, catalytic enantioselective reactions via enamine intermediates become possible. In this review, structure-activity relationships and the scope as well as cnrrent limitations of enamine catalysis are discnssed. 

Hine has demonstrated that simple amino acids, such as glycine and p-alanine, are not capable of intramolecular deprotonation in the reaction with isobutyraldehyde-2-d (Scheme 8) [62], Apparently, the carboxylate moiety in the iminium ion intermediate 29 is a relatively weak base and, as such, external bases, present in the buffer used (e.g. acetate ions), are largely responsible for the formation of the enamine intermediate 30. 

An interesting alternative intramolecular cyclisation was discovered by Jprgensen and co-workers [187]. Although not strictly exploiting an enamine intermediate, the transformation represents a secondary amine catalysed Morita-Baylis-Hillman reaction leading to a series of highly functionalised cyclohexene products. Reaction of the Nazarov reagent 137 with a,P-unsaturated aldehydes in the presence of the diarylprolinol ether 30 led to the cyclohexene products 138 (49-68% yield 86-96% ee) via a tandem Michael/Morita-Baylis-Hillman reaction (Scheme 54). 

Barbas, one of the pioneers of enamine catalysis, has incorporated iminium ion intermediates in complex heterodomino reactions. One particularly revealing example that uses the complementary activity of both iminium ion and enamine intermediates is shown in Fig. 12 [188]. Within this intricate catalytic cycle the catalyst, L-proline (58), is actively involved in accelerating two iminium ion catalysed transformations a Knoevenagel condensation and a retro-Michael/Michael addition sequence, resulting in epimerisation. 

Fig, 20 Water assisted proton transfer in an enamine intermediate... 

The product in entry 1 of Scheme 2.10 is commonly known as the Wieland-Miescher ketone and is a useful starting material for the preparation of steroids and terpenes. The Robinson annulation to prepare this ketone can be carried out enantioselectively by using the amino acid L-proline to form an enamine intermediate. The 5-enantiomer of the product is obtained in high enantiomeric excess.89 This compound and the corresponding product obtained from cyclopentane-1,3-dione90 are key intermediates in the enantiose-lective synthesis of steroids.91... 

Similarly, (S4N4.SbCl5) reacted with alkyl methyl ketoximes 84 in aromatic solvents (e.g benzene and toluene) to give 3-alkyl-4-methyl-l,2,5-thiadiazoles 85, albeit in low yields (3-37%). A mechanism for the formation of 85 was proposed and the regioselective formation of 85 ascribed to the stability of an enamine intermediate. Suprisingly, this appears to be only the second example of a synthesis of a 3,4-dialkyl-l,2,5-thiadiazole that has been reported in the literature <99H147>. 

Similarly, 244b reacts with 4-fluorobenzyl 4-pyridyl ketone to give an enamine intermediate that also undergoes thermal cyclization producing the aromatic product 246. Details regarding this compound were published in a subsequent paper <2003JME4702>. 

In order to get the isomeric 7-methyl-TP, they added the AT derivative slowly to the mixture of acetal and acetic acid. If this forms a monocyclic enamine intermediate, direct cyclization (resulting in the desired TP) could be favored over reaction with a second AT (which would form a binuclear second intermediate without regioselection). 

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