Iminium ion Mannich reactions

Reactions with Iminium Ions Mannich Reactions ... 

Reactions with iminium ions Mannich reactions ... 

Recall from Chapter 18 that ketones are in equilibrium with their enol tautomers, an equilibrium that is established rapidly in the presence of catalytic acid. These enols feature electron-rich double bonds that are ready targets for electrophiles, such as iminium ions (Mannich reaction, Section 21-9) or halogens (Section 18-3). Let us formulate a similar attack by NO. ... 

The ideal approach for the preparation of conjugated carbonyl compounds having an exo-methylene group would be via a mixed aldol condensation of an enolizable carbonyl substrate with formaldehyde as the electrophilic partner. However, formaldehyde is a very powerful electrophile and tends to react more than once with enols and enolates. This shortcoming can be circumvented by converting the formaldehyde to an iminium ion (Mannich reagent) by reaction with a secondary amine, usually dimethy-lamine, and a catalytic amount of HCl. 

The Mannich reaction is the condensation of an enolizable carbonyl compound with an iminium ion. " The reaction effects a-alkylation and introduces a dialkylaminomethyl substituent. 

The mechanism and kinetics of a novel autocatalytic degradation of A-methylmor-pholine A-oxide (70) into morpholine and formaldehyde, induced by carbenium-iminium ions (Mannich intermediates) has been explored. " The study was prompted by the observation that NMMO as an oxidant is often consumed far beyond the stoichiometric ratio, with generation of morpholine and some formaldehyde, and at a rate faster than its reaction with reductant. Decomposition of NMMO was apparently promoted by the combination of products mentioned and could also be induced by dimethyl(methylene)iminium iodide. The proposed mechanism is in Scheme 8. Addition of small amounts of base favour the abstraction of the proton from the A-methyl group but do not prevent carbenium-iminium ion formation however, larger concentrations of base terminate the reaction. The presence of only trace amounts of water is prerequisite for the protonation-deprotonation steps to proceed. 

The aza-Cope/Mannich reaction takes advantage of the facility with which a y,<5-unsaturated itninium ion, such as 6, participates in a [3,3] sigmatropic rearrangement to give an isomeric species which is suitably functionalized for an intramolecular and irreversible Mannich cyclization (see intermediate 7). The aza-Cope rearrangement substrate 6 is simply an unsaturated iminium ion which can be fashioned in a number of ways from a homoallylic... 

Intramolecular Mannich reactions of iminium 1 and acyliminium ions (see Section D.1.4.5.) with electron-rich double bonds are important reactions in the synthesis of naturally occurring alkaloids. In general, the iminium ions are not isolated but produced as intermediates. 

Tropinone is a structural component of several alkaloids, including atropine. The synthesis is based on a double Mannich process with iminium ions as intermediates. The Mannich reaction in itself is a three-component domino process, which is one of the first domino reactions developed by humankind. 

As expected, some sequences also occur where a domino anionic/pericyclic process is followed by another bond-forming reaction. An example of this is an anionic/per-icyclic/anionic sequence such as the domino iminium ion formation/aza-Cope/ imino aldol (Mannich) process, which has often been used in organic synthesis, especially to construct the pyrrolidine framework. The group of Brummond [450] has recently used this approach to synthesize the core structure 2-885 of the immunosuppressant FR 901483 (2-886) [451] (Scheme 2.197). The process is most likely initiated by the acid-catalyzed formation of the iminium ion 2-882. There follows an aza-Cope rearrangement to produce 2-883, which cyclizes under formation of the aldehyde 2-884. As this compound is rather unstable, it was transformed into the stable acetal 2-885. The proposed intermediate 2-880 is quite unusual as it does not obey Bredf s rule. Recently, this approach was used successfully for a formal total synthesis of FR 901483 2-886 [452]. 

A beautiful example of a domino [3+3]-sigmatropic rearrangement is the synthesis of the enantiopure antifungal antibiotic (-)-preussin (4-14) by Overman [5], which starts from the amine 4-10 and decanal to give the iminium ion 4-11 (Scheme 4.3). This undergoes a [3+3]-sigmatropic rearrangement to provide 4-12, followed by a Mannich reaction with the formation of 4-13. 

The Nl-Cl 1 bond is easily made first. Cleavage of the Cl 1-012 bond gives an iminium ion that is also a l,5-(hetero)diene. The Cope rearrangement occurs to give a new iminium ion and an enol. Attack of the enol on the iminium ion (the Mannich reaction) affords the product. 

Now the stereochemistry. Assume the thermodynamically more stable iminium ion forms (Me groups cis). The Cope rearrangement occurs from a chair conformation. This puts the Ph, H2, and HI 1 all pointing up both before and after the rearrangement. Assuming the Mannich reaction occurs without a change in conformation (a reasonable assumption, considering the proximity of the nucleophilic and electrophilic centers), the Ph, H2, and HI 1 should all be cis in the product. 

In Section 10.6 we shall meet the Mannich reaction, where an imine or iminium ion acts as an electrophile for nucleophiles of the enolate anion type. 

One simple example was the hydrolysis of imines hack to carbonyl compoimds via nucleophilic attack of water. The Mannich reaction is only a special case of nucleophilic addition to iminium ions,... 

Mechanistically, the present transformation probably comprises two steps. Mannich reaction of in situ-generated cyclohexadienol 103 with iminium ion 104 is followed by an intramolecular aza-Michael reaction to furnish isoquinuclidine 102 (Scheme 41). Three stereogenic centers are created in this process. 

For earlier use of preformed iminium ions in the Mannich reaction, see Ahond Cav6 Kan-Fan Husson de Rostolan Potier J Am. Chem. Soc. 1968, 90, 5622 Ahond Cav6 Kan-Fan Potier Bull. Soc. Chim. Fr. 1970, 2707 Ref. 188. 

Aube and co-workers have found that enolizable ketones react with benzyl azide in triflic acid to yield /V-(phenylamino)-methylated products [Eq. (5.354)]. The transformation is an aza-Mannich reaction interpreted with the involvement of the Mannich reagent A -phenyl iminium ion 295 formed in situ in a Schmidt rearrangement. Cyclic tertiary alcohols react with alkyl azides in triflic acid to yield N-alkylamines (296, 297)983 [Eq. (5.355)]. The Schmidt rearrangement was used to transform Merrifield resin into amino-polystyrene resin by reacting the azido derivative in excess triflic acid (CH2CI2, 0°C).984... 

A direct asymmetric reductive Mannich-type reaction that allows for the formation of three contiguous stereocentres with high chemo-, diastereo-, and enantio-selectivity (10 1 to 50 1 dr, 96-99% ee ) has been presented (Scheme 4). The reaction commences with the formation of the corresponding iminium ion from aldehyde (122) and prolinol (g) catalyst (125), followed by conjugate reduction with Hantzsch ester (123) to generate an enamine, which then undergoes Mannich reaction with imine (124) to produce (126).179... 

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