Imines glyoxylate

Electron-rich 6-[(dimethyl(amino)methylene)amino uracil 82 underwent [4+2] cycloaddition reactions with various in situ generated glyoxylate imine and imine oxides to afford novel pyrinhdo[4,5-J]pyrimicline derivatives 83-84 after elimination of dimethylamine from the (1 1) cycloadducts and oxidative aromatization. This one-pot procedure yielded excellent yields when carried out in the solid state and under microwave irradiation <06BMCL3537>. 

Whiting and co-workers (231) reported that the chiral diamine 341Cu(OTf)2 complex is moderately effective in inducing the hetero-Diels-Alder reaction between glyoxylate imine (339) and Danishefsky s diene (334). In acetonitrile as solvent, this reaction provides cycloadduct 340 in 58% yield and 86% ee, Eq. 190. 

Jprgensen and co-workers (253) adapted this catalyst system to the hetero-Diels-Alder reaction between Danishefsky s diene and glyoxylate imine. The Tol-BINAP CuC104 proved to be the optimal catalyst for this reaction, affording the... 

Sect. 3.2). However, this approach is limited to the few trialkylboranes that are easily available and cheap since only one of the three alkyl group is transferred. By using a triethylborane as a chain transfer reagent, the reaction could be extended to alkyl iodides as radical precursors. Bertrand [94,114] and Naito [95,97] reported both the use of triethylborane for the tin-free addition of alkyl iodides to imines. A typical example for a tentative of asymmetric addition to a glyoxylate imine is depicted in Scheme 50 (Eq. 50a). More recently additions to isatin imines were reported (Eq. 50b) as well as addition to 2H-aziridine-3-carboxylates by Lemos [100] and Somfai [101] (Eq. 50c). 

Scheme 30 Addition to glyoxylate imine using Cu-BINAP... 

Imines derived from aniline and glyoxylic acid esters can be regarded as electron-poor 2-azadienes, in which an aromatic carbon—carbon double bond takes part of the diene system. In this context, Prato and Scorrano et al. were able to achieve the [4 + 2] cycloaddition of ethyl N-phenyl glyoxylate imines with dihydrofuran and indene leading to hexahydrof-uro[3,2-c]- and tetrahydro-7//-indeno[2,l-c]quinolines, respectively, in moderate to good yields (88JHC1831). Similarly, tetrahydroquinoline derivatives were formed by [4 + 2] cycloaddition of 1,2-bis(trimethylsily-... 

It was reported that proline catalyzed the direct catalytic asymmetric Mannich reactions of hydroxyacetone, aldehydes, and aniline derivatives [(Eq. (10)] [40-44]. Not only aromatic aldehydes but also aliphatic aldehydes worked well in this reaction, and good to excellent enantioselectivity and moderate to excellent yields were observed. Mannich reactions of glyoxylate imines with aldehydes or ketones were also successfully performed [45,46]. 

The experimental study was carried out with two different imines a standard one, n-hesanaldimine, and an electron-poor one, n-butyl glyoxylate imine. The Scheme 34 shows that the formation of the (3-lactam occurred only when the glyoxylate imime and BF3-Et20 reacted with (trimethylsilyl)ketene. 

Mannich-Type Reactions of Aldehyde Donors with Glyoxylate Imines... 

S)-Proline has been used to catalyze Mannich-type reactions of enolizable carbonyl donors. Reactions of unmodified aldehydes and N-p-methoxyphenyl (PMP)-protected glyoxylate imine in the presence of a catalytic amount of (S)-proline at room temperature afforded enantiomerically enriched / -aminoaldehydes, as... 

Table 2.10 (S)-Proline-catalyzed Mannich-type reactions of aldehyde donors and /N/-PMP-protected glyoxylate imine [71 a,b].

Table 2.12 ont/ -Mannich-type reactions of aldehyde donors and N-PMP-protected glyoxylate imine catalyzed by (3/ ,5/ )-5-methyl-3-pyrrolidine-carboxylic acid (13) [73]. 

Fig. 2.3 Catalysts for the Mannich-type reactions of aldehydes and glyoxylate imines that use m-s/tu-gene rated enamine intermediates and that selectively afford (a) syn-products or (b) ont/ -products with high enantioselectivities.

S)-Proline also catalyzed the Mannich-type reactions of unmodified aldehydes and N-PMP-protected imines to afford the corresponding enantiomerically enriched / -aminoaldehydes at 4 °C (Table 2.13) [71b]. The products were isolated after reduction with NaBH4, though oxidation to the / -amino acid is also possible. These reactions also provided the syn-isomer as the major diastereomer with high enantioselectivities, and proceeded well in other solvents (e.g., dioxane, THF, Et20). In the reaction of propionaldehyde and the N-PMP-imine of 4-nitrobenzaldehyde in DMF, the addition of water (up to 20%, v/v) did not affect the enantioselectivity. Similar results were obtained for the (S)-proline-catalyzed Mannich-type reactions with the glyoxylate imine where water did not reduce enantioselectivity [71b]. However, the enantioselectivity of the reaction of propionaldehyde and the N-PMP-imine of benzaldehyde in DMF was decreased by the addition of water or MeOH [71b]. 

A new procedure has been developed by Prajapati and co-workers [97] for the synthesis of pyrimido[4,5-rf]pyrimidines 51. The condensation was carried out in the solid state under microwave irradiations by reacting electron-rich 6-[(dimethy-lamino)methylene]amino uracil that undergoes a [4-1-2] cycloaddition reaction with in situ generated glyoxylate imine to provide novel pyrimido[4,5-if]pyrimidines 51 in excellent yields (Scheme 37). 

The iminium ion electrophile can also be prepared separately, as a crystalline solid known as Eschen-moser s salt (Me2N =CH21 ) and, with this, the reaction is normally carried ont in a non-polar solvent. Examples that illnstrate the variation in iminium ion structure that can be tolerated include the reaction of indole with quinolines, catalysed by indium(lll) chloride, with benzylidene derivatives of arylamines, catalysed by lanthanide triflates, with ethyl glyoxylate imines " (no catalyst required) and with dihydro-1,4-oxazin-2-ones. °" ... 

Scheme 19. Bertrand s radical addition reaction to glyoxylate imines...

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