Nucleophilicity hydroxylamines

Add 0.2 ml of 100 mM Tris-HCl buffer, containing 500 mM hydroxylamine (nucleophile to expose mercaptan) and 10 mM EDTA (added to prevent oxidation of thiol), and adjust to pH 7.0. 

Next came the challenging task of introducing the hydroxylamine moiety in an asymmetric fashion. To acconplish this we fbrst needed access to enantiomerically enriched/pure 3-iodocyclopent-2-enol (24), then we needed to establish that this allylic alcohol would undergo Sk2 reaction with a protected hydroxylamine nucleophile without loss of stereochemical integrity. We found that racemic 3-iodo-cyclopent-3-enol 23 could be prepared in high yield by Luche reduction (17) of enone 22. After screening a number of lipases we found... 

The use of oximes as nucleophiles can be quite perplexing in view of the fact that nitrogen or oxygen may react. Alkylation of hydroxylamines can therefore be a very complex process which is largely dependent on the steric factors associated with the educts. Reproducible and predictable results are obtained in intramolecular reactions between oximes and electrophilic carbon atoms. Amides, halides, nitriles, and ketones have been used as electrophiles, and various heterocycles such as quinazoline N-oxide, benzodiayepines, and isoxazoles have been obtained in excellent yields under appropriate reaction conditions. 

Hydroxylysine (328) was synthesized by chemoselective reaction of (Z)-4-acet-oxy-2-butenyl methyl carbonate (325) with two different nucleophiles first with At,(9-Boc-protected hydroxylamine (326) under neutral conditions and then with methyl (diphenylmethyleneamino)acetate (327) in the presence of BSA[202]. The primary allylic amine 331 is prepared by the highly selective monoallylation of 4,4 -dimethoxybenzhydrylamine (329). Deprotection of the allylated secondary amine 330 with 80% formic acid affords the primary ally-lamine 331. The reaction was applied to the total synthesis of gabaculine 332(203]. 

Lithium amides of primary / fZ-alkylamines yield N-(/ f2 -alkyl)-0-(/ f2 -butyl)hydroxylamines, whereas lithium amides of primary alkylamines yield A/-alkylbenzamides and LiOO—due to nucleophilic attack on the carbonyl group (245). 

The nucleophilic attack of hydroxylamine at the 5-position of 4-trifluoroacetyloxazoles (414) led to a mixture of stereoisomeric isoxazolines (415). Dehydration of these isomeric isoxazolines (415) in the presence of trifluoroacetic anhydride gave isoxazoles (416) in good yields (76JHC825). 

Certain reactions between carbonyl compounds and nucleophiles are catalyzed by amines. Some of these reactions are of importance for forming carbon-carbon bonds, and these are discussed in Chapter 2 of Part B. The mechanistic principle can be illustrated by considering the catalysis of the reaction between aldehydes and hydroxylamine by aniline derivatives. 

Nucleophiles like alcohols [2, S], hydrogen sulfide [2], thiols [2,10], ammonia, amines, hydrazines, hydroxylamines [2 11, 12, 13, 14, 75], azides [2], other pseudohalides [2], phosphonates [2,16,17,18,19, 20], and phosphanes [2,19] add rapidly across the CO or CN double bond to yield stable adducts The phosphonate adduets undergo a subsequent aleohol—lester rearrangement [19, 20] (equation 2)... 

In addition to their reactions with amines, Zincke salts also combine with other nitrogen nucleophiles, providing various A -substituted pyridine derivatives. Pyridine A -oxides result from the reaction with hydroxylamine, as exemplified for the conversion of Zincke salt 38 to the A -oxide 39 Reactions of Zincke salts with hydrazine, meanwhile, lead... 

Finally, mention should be made of the addition of nucleophilic reagents to the 1-position of 3,4-dihydro-j8-carbolines, Cyanide has been reported to yield adducts with harmaline, 6-nitroharm-aline, and 2-methylharmalinium salt similarly, hydroxylamine forms adducts with harmaline, 3,4-dihydro-j8-carboline (307 R = H), and l-phenyl-3,4-dihydro-)S-carboline (307 R =... 

Some substituents such as the acylamino group are readily decomposed by many nucleophiles to give a poorer leaving group (e.g., amino). Others, such as nitroamino and sulfonylamino, are less reactive when they are anionized by the nucleophile. 3-Nitroamino-pyridazine (117) and its 6-methyl derivative are readily aminated with benzylamine (130°, short time ). 4,6-Dimethyl- and 6-methyl-2-nitroaminopyrimidine undergo 2-substitution on warming a few minutes with hydroxylamine, hydrazine, primary or secondary alkylamines, or anilines. 

In the case of NH2OH with a sharp difference in the nucleophilicity of the two functions, the primary amino group reacts with the carbocation C-1 center. For example, the reaction of l-alkylaminoalk-l-en-3-ynes with hydroxylamine leads to selective synthesis of alkylisoxazoles (69ZOR1179). A preparative value of this method is evident because the use of dicarbonyl compounds as starting materials for the synthesis of alkylisoxazoles results in a mixture of isomers. 

The reaction is thought to occur by nucleophilic addition of the N-alkyl-hydroxylamine to the keto acid as if forming an oxime (Section 19.8), followed by decarboxylation and elimination of wrater. Show the mechanism. 

Arylisoxazol-5(4//)-oncs 21 react with benzene-1,2-diamines to yield 4-aryl-l,5-benzodiaze-pinones 22 by elimination of hydroxylamine from the intermediate oximes. Unsymmetrically substituted benzene-1,2-diamines are attacked at the more nucleophilic amino group. Thus, 4-methylbenzene-1,2-diamine gives 7-methylbenzodiazepinones 22f-h, whereas 4-nitrobenzene-1,2-diamine gives 8-nitro compounds 22k-n. The benzodiazepinones are accompanied by minor amounts of 2-methylbenzimidazoles 23. Selected examples are given.275... 

An illustrative example of the Michael reaction is that of the thiirene dioxide 19b with either hydroxylamine or hydrazine to give desoxybenzoin oxime (87) and desoxybenzoin azine (88), respectively, in good yields6 (see equation 29). The results were interpreted in terms of an initial nucleophilic addition to the a, j8-unsaturated sulfone system, followed by loss of sulfur dioxide and tautomerization. Interestingly, the treatment of the corresponding thiirene oxide (18a) with hydroxylamine also afforded 86 (as well as the dioxime of benzoin), albeit in a lower yield, but apparently via the same mechanistic pathway6. 

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). 

The resin-bound reagents thus obtained were reacted with a variety of nucleophiles to give different heterocycles (Scheme 13). So, reaction with hydrazine or hydroxylamine gave respectively pyrazoles and isoxazoles in excellent yields (94-99%, 34 examples) and excellent purities (> 95%). Reaction with guanidines afforded 2-aminopyrimidines. 

Other nitrogen compounds, among them hydroxylamine, hydrazines, and amides (15-9), also add to alkenes. Even with amines, basic catalysts are sometimes used, so that RNH or R2N is the actual nucleophile. Tertiary amines (except those that are too bulky) add to Michael-type substrates in a reaction that is catalyzed by acids like HCl or HNO3 to give the corresponding quaternary ammonium salts. " ... 

Firstly there is nucleophilic attack of the nitrile carbon atom by hydroxylamine. An amide oxime is produced this then forms an intensely colored complex with the iron(III) chloride. 

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