Asymmetric allylation imines

Enamines derived from ketones are allylated[79]. The intramolecular asymmetric allylation (chirality transfer) of cyclohexanone via its 5-proline ally ester enamine 120 proceeds to give o-allylcyclohexanone (121) with 98% ee[80,8l]. Low ee was observed in intermolecular allylation. Similarly, the asymmetric allylation of imines and hydrazones of aldehydes and ketones has been carried out[82]. 

Moreover, a few chiral ferrocenylsulfur-imine ligands were investigated in the palladium-catalysed asymmetric allylic alkylation of 1,3-diphenylpropenyl acetate and cyclohexenyl acetate with dimethyl maionate (Scheme... 

More recently, catalytic asymmetric allylations of imines and imine derivatives in aqueous media have been studied. An /V-spiro C2-symmetrical chiral quaternary ammonium salt (5,5)-I-Br (,S, .S )-()-Np-NAS-Br] has been evaluated in the allylation of glycine tert-Bu ester benzophenone Schiff base [Ph2C=NCH2COOCMe3] for synthesis of both natural and unnatural a-amino acids (Eq. 11,45).76... 

In asymmetric reactions, chiral phosphine ligands such as BINAP derivatives are used as effective chiral ligands in silver complexes. In particular, an Agr-BINAP complex activates aldehydes and imines effectively and asymmetric allylations,220-222 aldol reactions 223 and Mannich-type reactions224 proceed in high yield with high selectivity (Scheme 51). 

An unusual temperature dependence on the regioselective behavior of an allylbarium species has been demonstrated in asymmetric allylation with the optically active imine SAMP-hydrazone [SAMP = (A)-(—)-l-amino-2-meth-oxymethylpyrrolidine] (Scheme 10).322 Its reaction with prenylbarium chloride at 0°C produced an a-allylated hydrazine in 60% diastereotopic excess, but at — 78 °C, the y-adduct was generated with 98% diastereotopic excess. The temperature dependence of the ct/y ratio may reflect competition between a kinetically favored y-adduct at low temperature and a thermodynamically preferred ct-form at higher temperatures. 

Nakamura et al.100 found that in the presence of palladium catalysts imines undergo allylation readily, providing the corresponding homoallylamines with high yields. Thus, chiral palladium complex 157 has been synthesized and applied in the asymmetric allylation of imines using allyl tributyltin as the allylation reagent. In Scheme 3-54, moderate yield and up to 82% ee have been obtained with 157 as the chiral catalyst.101... 

Park et al.102 demonstrated an interesting intramolecular asymmetric allylation of imine based on a substrate-controlled mode. 

Takemoto and coworkers extended their palladium-catalyzed asymmetric allylic alkylation strategy using allyl acetate and chiral phase-transfer catalyst to the quaternization of 13 [23b]. A correct choice of the achiral palladium ligand, (PhO P, was again crucial to achieve high enantioselectivity and hence, without chiral phosphine ligand on palladium, the desired allylation product 15 was obtained with 83% ee after hydrolysis of the imine moiety with aqueous citric acid and subsequent benzoylation (Scheme 2.12). 

Acyclic /V-alkylimines, asymmetric hydrogenation, 10, 56 Acyclic ( j3-allyl)cobalt complexes, oxidation reactions, 7, 58 Acyclic allylic esters, alkylation, 11, 76 Acyclic aromatic imines, asymmetric hydrogenation, 10, 56 Acyclic 1-buly l-( )5-pencadienyl) iron cations, preparation and reactivity, 6, 156... 

However, it could be shown that in principle simple imines can be used successfully as well for asymmetric aminoalkylation reactions catalyzed by chiral Lewis acids. The asymmetric allylation of simple imines 16 with allyltributylstannane (Scheme 6) catalyzed by the / -pinene derivative 17 [32a], for example furnished comparatively good results (for related asymmetric catalytic allylations of simple imines, see [32b-d]). Moreover, it was demonstrated on the basis of several Strecker-type syntheses [33-35] that catalysts such as the chiral aluminum complex 18 (Scheme 6) [33a—b] are also well suited for enantioselective aminoalkylations with simple imines. The mechanism indicated in Scheme 6 shows that the... 

It is important to note that no reaction was observed in the absence of the carbene salt and that as for the phosphine-based systems, the reaction proceeded with overall retention of stereochemistry. The use of NHC-imine ligands in asymmetric allylic alkylation reaction has also been reported [20]. Excellent yields but low ee were obtained. The best example is shown in Scheme 3. 

The allylation of a-iV-tosylimino esters, highly activated imines, proceeds by catalytic use of a Lewis acid. Tol-BINAP-Cu(l) complexes are effective catalysts of asymmetric allylation of these imines with allylsilanes (Equation (28)).124 125 The presence of an aryl group at the position j3 to silicon improves the enantioselectivity. 

The first catalytic asymmetric allylation of imines has been reported using allyltri- -butyltin in the presence of a chiral 7r-allylpalladium complex.179 Zirconium is also demonstrated as a metal center for the design of chiral Lewis acid catalysts that are suitable for the activation of bidentate imino compounds.180 Jprgensen reports high enantio-selective allylation of ct-imino esters (Equation (52)).181... 

Scheme 5.2.87 Catalytic asymmetric allylation of imine 389 via BlNAP-derived catalyst...

The enantioselective asymmetric allylation of imines has been a synthetic challenge, the initial solutions of which required stoichiometric amounts of chiral allylbor on [87], allylsilane [88], allylzinc [89], or allylindium reagents [90]. Itsuno showed that a chiral B allyloxazaborolidine derived from norephedrine could add to the N trimethylsilyl imine prepared from benzaldehyde in high yield and enantiomeric excess (Scheme 1.22) [91]. Brown later reported that B allyldiisopinocamphenylbor ane is also very effective for the allylation of the same electrophiles, but the addition of a molar amount of water is necessary to obtain high yields [92]. The diastereo and... 

Reactions of chiral allylic boranes with carbonyl compounds Reactions of chiral allyl boranes with imines Asymmetric Addition of Carbon Nucleophiles to Ketones Addition of alkyl lithiums to ketones Asymmetric epoxidation with chiral sulfur ylids Asymmetric Nucleophilic Attack by Chiral Alcohols Deracemisation of arylpropionic acids Deracemisation of a-halo acids Asymmetric Conjugate Addition of Nitrogen Nucleophiles An asymmetric synthesis of thienamycin Asymmetric Protonation... 

Enantiomerically pure homoallylic amines are very important chiral building blocks for the synthesis of pharmacologically important molecules and natural products. The enantioselective synthesis of these compounds initially involved the chiral auxiUary-based asymmetric allylation of imines [41a, 4lb, 41c], and it is just recently that a few enantioselective variants have been reported. Although still in the regime of stoichiometric asymmetric synthesis, the first methods described below merit discussion for their synthetic utility and for establishing the groundwork for future development. 

Synthesis of homoallylamines by catalytic asymmetric allylation of imines with allyl silanes using a chiral bis x-allyl palladium complex, also using allylstannanes (see 1st edition). 

Addition reactions. Asymmetric allyl transfer from allyl boronates to A-acyl imines is assisted by (5)-3,3 -diphenyl-BINOL Alkenyldimethoxyboranes react with conjugated carbonyl compounds with excellent enantioselectivity in the presence of a chiral 3,3 -diiodo-BINOL. ... 

Catalytic asymmetric allylation of imines 8 with allyltributylstannane 3a is achieved by the use of the chiral 7i-allylpalladium complex 20a as a catalyst (Eq. 6) [6]. The reaction of imine 8g with 1.25 equivalents of allyltributylstannane 3a in the presence of 5 mol% of 20a and 1 equivalent of water in THE gives 9g in 76% yield with 90% ee. Repeated recrystallization of the chiral catalyst 20a is important to obtain high enantioselectivity, since the reaction employing the... 

Chen and coworkers employed the cinchona alkaloid-derived catalyst 26 to direct Mannich additions of 3-methyloxindole 24 to the A-tosylimine 25 to afford the all-carbon quaternary center of oxindole 27 with good enantioselectivity (84% ee) [22]. The outcome of this Mannich reaction is notable in that it provided very good selectivity for the anti diastereomer (anti/syn 94 6). The mechanism of asymmetric induction has been suggested to involve a hydrogen bonding network between the cinchona alkaloid 26, the oxindole enolate of 24, and the imine electrophile 25 (Scheme 7). Asymmetric allylic alkylation of oxindoles with Morita-Baylis-Hillman carbonates has been reported by the same group [23]. 

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