Imine, reversibility

Combinatorial chemistry for drug discovery is now extensively used. Hue et al. have developed combinatorial chemistry based on dynamic equilibration, in which a set of four amines and three aldehydes (attached to aromatic carboxylates, sulfonates, or sulfonamides) are mixed to yield 12 imines reversibly and these reaction mixtures were reduced.When this reaction was carried out in the presence of CA, the chemical yield derived from an aromatic sulfonamide derivative was almost doubled, implying that CA worked as a template to choose the best ligand. 

If the ester enolate reaction involves reversible addition while the cyclisation remains irreversible, it should be possible to use weaker bases than the generally used lithium amides for the condensation reaction. A situation of this type results when potassium enolates are used. In this case, the highly ionized oxygen-potassium bond renders the addition of the enolate to the imine reversible. As a result, we were able to prepare P-lactams via ester enolate imine condensation using potassium r-butoxide that has a pK of 16.5 (Scheme 16). ... 

The formation of imines mkes place by a mechanism that is the reverse of the hydrolysis. Preparative proc ures often ensure completion of the reaction by removing water as it is formed by azeotropic distillation or by the use of an irreversible dehydrating agent. 

A surpnsing feature of the reactions of hexafluoroacetone, trifluoropyruvates, and their acyl imines is the C-hydroxyalkylation or C-amidoalkylaOon of activated aromatic hydrocarbons or heterocycles even in the presence of unprotected ammo or hydroxyl functions directly attached to the aromatic core Normally, aromatic amines first react reversibly to give N-alkylated products that rearrange thermally to yield C-alkylated products. With aromatic heterocycles, the reaction usually takes place at the site of the maximum n electron density [55] (equaUon 5). 

Two possible mechanisms exist for the Friedlander reaction. The first involves initial imine formation followed by intramolecular Claisen condensation, while the second reverses the order of the steps. Evidence for both mechanisms has been found, both... 

Another route to the amido complexes originates from [(>j-Tp )W(CO) (PhC=CMe)(OTf)l and benzylamine and yields [(i -Tp )W(CO)(PhC=CMe) (NHCH2Ph)] (96JA6916). The latter can be protonated with tetrafluoroboric acid to give the amine derivative [(> -Tp )W(CO)(PhC=CMe)(NH2CH2Ph)](Bp4), and this process can be reversed by -butyllithium. Hydride abstraction by silver tetrafiuoroborate, molecular iodine, or PhsCPEe leads to the cationic imine derivatives [(> -Tp )W(CO)(PhC=CMe)(HN=CHPh)]". -Butyllithium deproto-nates the product and gives the neutral azavinylidene species [(> -Tp )W(CO) (PhC=CMe)(N=CHPh)]. The latter with silver tetrafiuoroborate forms the cationic nitrile species [(j -Tp )W(CO)(PhC=CMe)(N=CPh)](Bp4). 

The assumed transition state for this reaction is shown in Scheme 5.5. The two bulky t-butoxy groups are expected to locate at the two apical positions. One of the 3,3 -phenyl groups would effectively shield one face of an imine, and consequently, a diene attacks from the opposite side. Judging from this model, similar selectivities were expected in the Mannich-type reactions of imines with silyl eno-lates. Actually, when ligand 10 was used in the reaction of imine la with S-ethyl-thio-l-trimethylsiloxyethene, the corresponding / -amino thioester was obtained in 84% ee (Scheme 5.6). As expected, the sense of the chiral induction in this case was the reverse of that observed when using catalyst 6 [12, 25]. 

For imines, a-imino esters with an N-p-methoxyphenyl substituent (21b) also reacted with Danishefsky s diene in the presence of 10 mol% of CUCIO4-T0I-BINAP to give the corresponding adduct in high yield with good enantiomeric excess (Scheme 5.10). Remarkably, reverse enantioselectivity was observed when the a-imino esters 21a and 21b were used. This notable selectivity was explained by as-... 

Imine formation is reversible. Show all the steps involved in the acid-catalyzed reaction of an imine with water (hydrolysis) to yield an aldehyde or ketone plus primary amine. 

Both primary and secondary amines add to a /S-unsaturated aldehydes and ketones to yield /3-amino aldehydes and ketones rather than the alternative imines. Under typical reaction conditions, both modes of addition occur rapidly. But because the reactions are reversible, they generally proceed with thermodynamic control rather than kinetic control (Section 14.3), so the more stable conjugate addition product is often obtained to the complete exclusion of the less stable direct addition product. 

Hydrolysis of this PMP-n-keto acid imine in step 4 then completes the first part of the transamination reaction. The hydrolysis is the mechanistic reverse of... 

Preliminary experiments prove that the substitution pattern of the /V-aryl moiety of imine 1 is crucial for the stereoselectivity of this reaction. The 2-substituent on the aryl group is of special importance. Namely, introduction of a methoxy group leads to a considerable decrease of enantioselectivity compared to the corresponding 2-H derivative, probably due to disfavor-able coordination with the organolithium complex. In contrast, alkyl groups show the reverse effect along with increased bulkiness (e.g., Tabic 1, entries l-3a) but 2,6-dimethyl substitution provides lower ee values. Furthermore, the 4-substituent of the TV-aryl moiety is of minor importance for the stereoselectivity of the reaction [the Ar-phcnyl and the /V-(4-methoxyphenyl) derivatives give similar results], whereas a substituent in the 3-position results in lower stereoselectivities (e.g., Et, Cl, OCHj)41. 

As has been outlined for the Strecker synthesis, the Ugi reaction also proceeds via initial formation of a Schiff base from an aldehyde and an amine. The imine intermediate is attacked by the isocyanidc, a process which is supported by protonation of the imine by the carboxylic acid component. The resulting a-amino nitrilium intermediate is immediately trapped by the carboxylate to give an 6>-acyl imidiate. All steps up to this stage are reversible. Only the final oxygen to nitrogen acyl shift is irreversible and delivers the A-acyl-a-amino amide as the thermodynamically favored product which contains two amide groups. 

The condensation of nitro compounds and imines, the so-called aza-Henry or nitro-Mannich reaction, has recently emerged as a powerful tool for the enantioselective synthesis of 1,2-diamines through the intermediate /3-amino nitro compounds. The method is based on the addition of a nitronate ion (a-nitro carbanion), generated from nitroalkanes, to an imine. The addition of a nitronate ion to an imine is thermodynamically disfavored, so that the presence of a protic species or a Lewis acid is required, to activate the imine and/or to quench the adduct. The acidic medium is compatible with the existence of the nitronate anion, as acetic acid and nitromethane have comparable acidities. Moreover, the products are often unstable, either for the reversibility of the addition or for the possible /3-elimination of the nitro group, and the crude products are generally reduced, avoiding purification to give the desired 1,2-diamines. Hence, the nitronate ion is an equivalent of an a-amino carbanion. 

Dirheniumheptoxide 2154 is converted by TCS 14, in the presence of 2,2 -dipyri-dine, into the dipyridine complex 2160 [77]. Free ReCls, NbCls, and WCI5 react with HMDSO 7 and 2,2 -bipyridine to form bipyridine oxochloride complexes 2161 and TCS 14, with reversal of the hitherto described reactions of metal oxides with TCS 14. The analogous Mo complex 2162 undergoes silylahon-amination by N-trimethylsilyl-tert-butylamine 2163 to give the bis-imine complex 2164 and HMDSO 7 [77] (Scheme 13.22). 

Several possible models can be discussed for the molecular basis of slow inhibition, but experimental evidence in support of one or the other is still lacking for glycosidases. A reversible chemical reaction at the active site, for example, formation of the cyclic imine 3 or a diffusion-controlled association with a trace of 3 in equilibrium with the 5-araino-5-deoxypyranose 1 can be precluded, because slow inhibition is also observed with 1-deoxynojirimycin and its analogs and with acarbose (see Section II,2,d) and indoli-... 

Polar C=Y double bonds (Y = NR, O, S) with electrophilic carbon have been added to suifinic acids under formation of sulfones. As in the preceding section one must distinguish between carbonyl groups and their derivatives on the one hand, and carboxylic acids (possessing leaving groups at the electrophilic carbon) on the other. Aldehydes " of sufficient reactivity—especially mono-substituted glyoxals - —and their aryl or arylsulfonyl imines have been added to suifinic acids (in a reversible equilibrium) to yield a-hydroxy or a-amino sulfones the latter could also be obtained from the former in the presence of primary amines (equation 26). 

The head-to-tail-coupling reactions described above are potentially useful in the design of dynamic combinatorial libraries. Features of these reactions include the rapid and reversible formation of carbon-carbon bonds, multifunctional ene-imine building blocks, and formation of stereo centers upon ene-imine linkage. Support for template-directed synthesis utilizing ene-imine building blocks is the formation of a poly ene-imine species that could recognize 3 -GGA-5 sequences of DNA.48 It is noteworthy that some polyene-imines are helical and could form a triple helix with DNA. 

The stereoselective allylation of carbon-nitrogen multiple bonds have also been studied. The addition of allylzinc bromide to aromatic imines derived from (. S j-valine esters was affected by reversibility, which caused the lowering of the diastereoisomeric ratio with increasing reaction time. The retroallylation reaction could be avoided by performing the reaction in the presence of trace amounts of water or by using CeC - 7H2O as the catalyst with a decreased reaction rate.71... 

Other supramolecular structures such as catenanes and rotaxanes can be formed using zinc as a template ion for example, a benzylic imine catenate formed by Leigh et a/.288 The reversible five-component assembly of a [2]catenane from a chiral metallomacrocycle and a dinaphtho-crown ether has been achieved. Zinc is used as the metal component and drives assembly via the coordination to a bipyridyl unit 7r interactions between the aromatic components are also... 

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