Enamines 3-Enamino ketones

The above considerations presuppose that two important conditions are fulfilled. First the nitrogen must be tertiary, as primary and secondary vinylamines are generally more stable in the imine form (5). Only in the case of enamino ketones and esters are the enamine more stable than the imine forms (7). Secondly, the atoms comprising the tt system must be able... 

There is some spectral evidence that acylation of enamines of cyclic ketones with acid chlorides having an a-hydrogen in the presence of triethylamine proceeds via the ketene and subsequent cycloaddition (84). The intermediate cyclobutanone is then opened to give the enamino ketone which is hydrolyzed to the 2-acyl cyclohexanone. In the case of enamines of larger cyclic ketones the alternate mode of the cyclobutanone opening predominates, with the formation of ring-expanded 1,3-diketones upon... 

The reaction of ketene with the enamine (113) is reported (88) to give l-morpholino-2-acetyl-l-cyclohexene i.e., the enamino ketone expected from acylation of (113). The pyrrolidine enamine (28), however, has been shown to react (73) with excess ketene to give the a-pyrone (124). On the... 

The acylation of enamino ketones can take place on oxygen or on carbon. While reaction at nitrogen is a possibility, the N-acylated products are themselves acylating agents, and further reaction normally takes place. The first reported acylation of enamino ketones (72) was that of 129, prepared by acylation of the enamine (113), which was shown to have undergone O acylation because on mild hydrolysis the enol ester (130) could be isolated. A similar reaction took place with other aliphatic acid chlorides (80) and with dibasic acid chlorides [e.g., with succinyl chloride to give 118 above]. 

Acylation with aromatic acid chlorides was believed to occur on carbon 91). The dibenzoylation of the enamine (113) with benzoyl chloride in the presence of triethylamine has, however, been shown to give a mixture of three products (92). The major components are the cis and Irons isomers of the O-acylated enamino ketone (Ola and b) and the minor isomer is the 2,6-diacylated enamine (132). 

Reaction of organometallic compounds with enamine salts have been successfully used for the synthesis of some natural products (256). Thus reaction of the immonium salt of 0-alkylated enamino ketone 122 with isobutyllithium affords the compound 169. 

Reactions of enamines with selenium dioxide gave low yields of enamino ketones (J8). Aromatization of cyclohexanone derived enamines eould be largely prevented by the use of aeetonitrile as solvent for the reaction. Even then, yields were eonsiderably below the limit of 50%, imposed by the generation of an equivalent of water. 

This is the most common method for the preparation of enamines and usually takes place when an aldehyde or ketone containing an a hydrogen is treated with a secondary amine. The water is usually removed azeotropically or with a drying agent, but molecular sieves can also be used. Stable primary enamines have also been prepared.Enamino-ketones have been prepared from diketones and secondary amines using microwave irradiation on silica gel. ° Secondary amine perchlorates react with aldehydes and ketones to give iminium salts (2, p. 1178). Tertiary amines can only give salts (12). 

Examples of the coupling of enam-ines are rare [60]. In most cases, the enamines undergo methanolysis to form electroinactive aminoacetals prior to the coupling reaction. Enamino ketones or enamino esters, however, yield via dimerization of the radical cations and subsequent ring closure pyrrole derivatives... 

A Piperidine acts both as a nucleophile and as a base. First it combines with the pyrylium cation at C-2, forming an adduct which then ring opens, deprolonates and tautomerizes to an enamino ketone (Schema 4.3), This product cyclizes through an intramolecular reaction between the enamine unit and the carbonyl group, followed by dehydration to form the phenylpiperidine. 

The second major class of enamines contains the enamino ketones, made from ammonia or an amine and a 1,3-diketone. By this route the same 1,3-diketone can provide both halves of the resulting pyridine such an example is provided by the synthesis of 5-benzoyl-2-phenylpyridine (444) (54YZ259). As in the case of the crotonates, the first examples of the condensation of an enamino ketone with an a,/ -unsaturated ketone were provided by Knoevenagel and Ruschhaupt (1898CB1025), who prepared the range of 3-acetyldihy-dropyridines (445) to (447). Similarly, Mumm and Bohme obtained the 3-acetyl- and 3-benzoyl-2,6-dimethylpyridines (448) and (449) from ethyl acetylpyruvate (21CB726). 

Tris(organoamino)boranes have been utilized to prepare, in reasonable yields,4,5 mono- and dihalo(organoamino)boranes which are often difficult to obtain by direct amination of the boron trihalides. Carboxylic acids, 1,3-diketones, ketones, and /3-ketoesters have been converted into carboxamides, enamino-ketones, enamines, and j -enamino-amides, respectively, by reaction with an appropriate tris(organoamino)borane under very mild conditions.6 Sulfenamides (R2NSC6H5) have also been prepared in high yield from selected tris(organoamino)boranes and sulfenic esters under relatively mild conditions.7... 

The practical potential of hydrogen bonds in enamines has been investigated by several authors85 in relation to studies involving polymers. In some instances (such as polymers of 1,6-diethoxy-l,5-hexadiene-3,4-dione with aromatic and aliphatic amines), mixtures of enamino ketones and imines are obtained86. 

High-pressure absorption spectroscopy is widely applicable for studying the reactivity and the selectivity of chemical transformations. Some results are shown concerning the investigation of the //ctc/ o-Diels-Alder reactions between the enamine carbaldehyde 1 and enamino ketones 2 with ethyl vinyl ether 3, which lead to the diastereomeric dihydropyrans 4-1-5 and 6 + 7, respectively. Scheme 6.7-1 (Buback et al., 1988 Buback et al., 1989). 

Generally, enamines, enamino esters and ketones, enamides and enecarbamates can give the following products after anodic oxidation (Scheme 7) ... 

The reaction of enamines with iminium ions provides access to substituted j3 amino aldehydes and ketones (Scheme 61). In a similar manner the Mannich reaction gives access to oc,) -unsaturated aldehydes or -amino ketones (Scheme 62). Enamines undergo the Vilsmeier reaction to give a-formyl ketones Solvolysis of the Vilsmeier salt with aqueous or alcoholic sodium hydrogen sulphide produces an enamino thioaldehyde. The use of A-dichloromethylene-A,A -dimethylammonium chloride gives tertiary /5-ketoamides (Scheme 63). Iminoalkylation of enamines with nitrilium salts provides access to enamino ketones and j3-diketones (Scheme 64). 

In addition to several general reviews on enamine chemistry, all of which include heterocyclic syntheses, there is an extensive survey by Hickmott which is entirely concerned with the formation of heterocycles. More specialized reviews deal with heterocyclic enamines, enaminones, the photochemistry of enamides , heterocyclic jS-enamino esters , enamino thiones , the synthesis of indole alkaloids via enamines , formation of pyrimidines, pyridopyrimidines, pyridines and pyrrolizines from enamines , synthesis of lactams , formation of heterocycles from cyclic enamino ketones and 2-acetylcyclohexen-l-ones, the synthesis of 3-cyano-2(l -pyrimidine-thiones and -selenones from jS-enamino ketones and the chemistry of cyclic en-aminonitriles. ... 

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