Imines nucleophilic substitution

The cyclization pathway proposed (81UK1252) involves nucleophilic substitution of the hetero group (XR) by the formamide amino group to form either enyne formamide 157 or imine 158. 

The direct, stereoselective conversion of alkynes to A-sulfonylazetidin-2-imines 16 by the initial reaction of copper(l) acetylides with sulfonyl azides, followed, in situ, by the formal [2+2] cycloaddition of a postulated A-sulfonylketenimine intermediate with a range of imines has been described <06AG(E)3157>. The synthesis of A-alkylated 2-substituted azetidin-3-ones 17 based on a tandem nucleophilic substitution followed by intramolecular Michael reaction of primary amines with alkyl 5-bromo-4-oxopent-2-enoates has been... 

The sulfide groups in mesoionic 1,3,4-thiadiazolium salts are activated toward nucleophilic substitution. The mercapto substituent of the thiadiazolium salt 117 can be displaced by cyclohexylamine to afford the 2//-thiadiazol-imine 118 (Equation 37) <2004BML4607>. 

This chapter, therefore, ends the monograph with a potpourri of reactions all of which occur without a change in oxidation state. In many cases, the reaction is one of nucleophilic attack at an electrophilic C-atom. The result is often hydrolytic bond cleavage (e.g., in carbohydrate conjugates, disubstitut-ed methylene and methine groups, imines, oximes, isocyanates, and nitriles, and various ring systems) or a nucleophilic substitution (e.g., hydrolytic de-halogenation of halocarbons and chloroplatin derivatives, and cyclization reactions). The formation of multiple bonds by dehydration is a special case to be discussed separately. 

As the last point in Sect. IV, we discuss briefly the reactions of chiral sulfur compounds with electrophilic reagents. In contrast to nucleophilic substitution reactions, the number of known electrophilic reactions at sulfur is very small and practically limited to chiral tricoordinate sulfur compounds that on reacting with electrophilic reagents produce more stable tetracoordinate derivatives. It is generally assumed that the electrophilic attack is directed on the lone electron pair on sulfur and that the reaction is accompanied by retention of configuration. As typical examples of electrophilic reactions at tricoordinate sulfur, we mention oxidation, imination, alkylation, and halogenation. All these reactions were touched on in the section dealing with the synthesis of chiral tetracoordinate sulfur compounds. 

Several further publications report on the (—)-sparteine-mediated addition of alkyl-or aryllithium onto imines or the C=N bond of isoquinolines . Usually, the achieved enantiomeric excesses are low and, sometimes, other chiral ligands serve better. As reported by Muller and coworkers, the nucleophilic substitution of arenecarbaldehyde dialkyl acetals by o-substituted aryllithium reagents is an alternative . 

This ready nucleophilic substitution at the 6-position is surprising since this position is electron-rich in both dihydrodiazepines and dihydrodiaze-pinium salts and is the site at which electrophilic substitution occurs. The likely explanation is that in the presence of base some prototropic rearrangement of the normal dihydrodiazepine base into a bis-imino form takes place. Although the equilibrium concentration of the bis-imine is likely to be very small (it has not been observed spectroscopically) it would be strongly electrophilic at the 6-position owing to the combined effects of the bromine atom and the two azomethine groups, and could well be the reactive species in the nucleophilic substitution of the bromine atom ... 

The only carbon susceptible to a nucleophilic attack is the imine-type 3-carbon in 2i/-l,4-oxazines. This compound type only exists in the 3-substituted form as it would otherwise be too reactive. There are three interesting examples of nucleophilic substitution at the 3-carbon and they are shown in Schemes 5 and 6. The methylthio compound 128 can be converted by nucleophiles to 129 <1988M1439>, 130, and 131 <1989JHC205>. In a more deep-seated transformation, 132 and 133 can be reacted with diamines to give compounds of the type 134 and with a triamine to give 135 and 136 (Scheme 6) <2003MI47>. 

Nucleophilic substitutions at the azepine nucleus are confined mainly to derivatives of hydroazepines such as lactim ethers, imidoyl chlorides and amidines, and to hydride ion reductions of carbonyl and imine groups (see Section 5.16.3.5.2). In addition some transan-nular nucleophilic displacements have been described, but such reactions are not as common with azepines as with larger ring heterocycles. 

Compounds with a low HOMO and LUMO (Figure 5.5b) tend to be stable to selfreaction but are chemically reactive as Lewis acids and electrophiles. The lower the LUMO, the more reactive. Carbocations, with LUMO near a, are the most powerful acids and electrophiles, followed by boranes and some metal cations. Where the LUMO is the a of an H—X bond, the compound will be a Lowry-Bronsted acid (proton donor). A Lowry-Bronsted acid is a special case of a Lewis acid. Where the LUMO is the cr of a C—X bond, the compound will tend to be subject to nucleophilic substitution. Alkyl halides and other carbon compounds with good leaving groups are examples of this group. Where the LUMO is the n of a C=X bond, the compound will tend to be subject to nucleophilic addition. Carbonyls, imines, and nitriles exemplify this group. 

Similar types of nucleophilic substitutions have also been carried out when PIFA is activated by two equivalents of Lewis acids such as trimethylsilyl triflu-oromethanesulfonate (TMSOTf) and BF3 Et20 or heteropolyacid in standard solvents such as CH2C12 and MeCN. These reactions were applied to intramolecular reactions by the same authors leading to biaryls (49) [54-57], quinone imine derivatives (50) [58], and dihydrobenzothiophens (51) [59], which are important structures of bioactive natural products [Eqs. (7)-(9)]. Dominguez and co-workers have expanded the above biaryl coupling reaction to the syntheses of benzo[c]phenanthridine system (52) [60] and heterobiaryl compounds (53) [61] [Eqs. (10,11)]. 

An important issue is the right choice of substrate 1 which functions as an anion precursor. Successful organocatalytic conversions have been reported with indanones and benzophenone imines of glycine derivatives. The latter compounds are, in particular, useful for the synthesis of optically active a-amino acids. Excellent enantioselectivity has been reported for these conversions. In the following text the main achievements in this field of asymmetric organocatalytic nucleophilic substitutions are summarized [1, 2], The related addition of the anions 2 to Michael-acceptors is covered by chapter 4. 

Intramolecular nucleophilic displacements are sometimes better suited to difficult cyclizations than additions to C-C multiple bonds, because nucleophilic substitutions are usually irreversible. Some metalated 4-halobutyl imines cydize to yield cydobutanes rather than six-membered cydic enamines (Scheme 9.22). If alkoxides are used as bases, however, exclusive N-alkylation is observed. No examples could be found of the cydization of 4-halobutyl ketones to cyclobutyl ketones, but 5-halopen-... 

The chemically and radiochemically pure NCA 5-[18F]fluoromethyl- and 5-/ -[18F]fluo-roethyl-10,ll-dihydro-5/7-dibenzo[tf, d]cyclohepten-5, 10-imines 151 and 152 have been prepared for i.v. injection from [18F]fluoride by nucleophilic substitution at the cyclic sulphamates 153 and 154 (equation 96). The labelled products 151 and 152 have been evaluated for receptor binding in animals and in man189. MK801, 155, readily crosses the BBB in mammals and binds to a high affinity site on the TV-methyl-D-aspartate receptor190. 

These findings can be rationalised by consideration of a common intermediate. An intermediate carbinolamine could undergo either a nucleophilic substitution reaction, probably through an ionisation step facilitated by the high temperature and by assistance from the nitrogen lone pair to form the spiro compound in dimethylacetamide, or the intermediate may suffer dehydration in apolar solvents to form the corresponding isatin-3-imine. This imine can undergo facile syn-anti isomerisation upon protonation in acetic acid and thus yields the indoloquinoxaline derivative... 

As mentioned previously, the cyclization of phenethyl ketone oximes with [Bu4N]Re04 and CF3SO3H and the cyclic imine formation from 0-sulfonyl oximes both proceed by intramolecular S 2-type reaction on the nitrogen atom of the oximes (Scheme 33). ° In contrast, both of the E- and Z-isomers cyclized smoothly and only 8-hydroxyquinoline was obtained regioselectively without forming 6-hydroxy derivatives. These phenomena are not consistent with a nucleophilic substitution reaction, and the cyclization of 0-2,4-dinitrophenyloxime 80a seemed to proceed by another reaction pathway (Scheme 37). To check isomerization of the 0-2,4-dini-trophenyloxime 84, the Z-isomer was treated with NaH and m-cresol. The isomerization of (Z)-84 hardly occurred, but 4-phenylbutan-2-one azine (85) and 4-phenyl-2-butanone (86) were obtained in 27 and 11%... 

The acetoxy group was hydrolyzed using hydrazine to give (46). Nucleophilic substitution of the fluorine atom produced the tricyclic /3 lactam (47). A diastereoselective aza-Diels-Alder reaction was used in a synthesis of (-)-lasubine (I). Tin tetrachloride mediated reaction of complex (48) with Danishefsky s diene afford 2,3-dihydro-4-pyridone (49) as a single diastereomer (Scheme 86). Chiral benzaldehyde imines can be aUylated with high diastereoselectivity to give optically active homoaUyhc amines (Scheme 87). 

Amines may be prepared by the nucleophilic substitution of alkyl halides with ammonia or other amines, by the reduction of imines, nitriles, amides, oximes or nitro compounds or by the rearrangement of amides. 

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