Methoxymethyl amines, reaction with

Mannich reaction on nylon is carried out according to a method consisting of the preliminary reaction with formaldehyde/methanol followed by amine condensation on the resultant N-methoxymethyl derivative." ... 

A -methoxymethyl-amines or-amides A -acetyloxymethyl-amines or -amides or A/, iV-dimethylfonnamide acetals, all react with phosphorus(III) esters in non-classical Michaelis-Arbuzov fashion. From these and similar reactions, quaternary salts of the type 186 have been isolated. The A-methylated dervative may be preformed or produced in situ in mixtures containing amide, formaldehyde and phosphite ester. The products of the reactions are A-acylated (acetyl, benzoyl, phthaloyl, pyridinecarbonyl or benzyloxycarbonyl) when derived from amides, or A,A-dialkyl derivatives from hydroxy (or methoxy)methylamines the use of Me2NCH(OMe)2 leads to dimethylaminomethyl-enebisphosphonic esters. Ivanov and coworkers have made a detailed study of the reactions which occur between phosphorus(III) amides Et2NPYZ and the substrates, RCONHOAc (Scheme 16). The reagent can attack the substrate by virtue of the nucle-... 

Asymmetric induction may also derive from chirality in the amine part of the enamine. The reaction of the enamine (S)-l-(l-cyclohexenyl)-2-(methoxymethyl)pyrrolidine with ( )-(2-ni-troethenyl)arenes gives, after hydrolysis, a single diastereomeric product in >90% ee30. 

For conversion of functionalized diorganozincs into tertiary amines, aromatic compounds which contain a directed metallation group, such as Af,Af-dialkylbenzamides, methoxymethyl phenyl ether, phenyl oxazolines and phenyl Af,Af-dialkylcarbamates, were ortho-lithiated, transmetallated and then aminated with 2a in good yields, but with a slower reaction rate (Scheme 19). 

Treatment of isopropyl 6-hydroxy-4-methoxymethyl-/3-carboline-3-carboxylate 189 with a primary amine in the presence of an excess of manganese dioxide produces the oxazolo[4,5-g]-/3-carboline 190 in moderate yield (Equation 125) <1998H(48)31>. The efficiency of the reaction is limited by the formation of by-products. 

Enantiosekctive a-alkylation of cyclohexanone. A polymeric form of this chiral amine (1) has been prepared as shown in equation (I). The reaction of 1 with cyclohexanone leads to the polymer-bound chiral alkoxyimine (2). Alkylation of the anion of 2 followed by mild acid cleavage results in an (S)-2-alkylcyclohexanone (4). When methyl iodide is the alkylating reagent, the optical yield is 95% it is somewhat less when isopropyl iodide is used. These results compare favorably with those obtained by Enders and Eichenauer by alkylation of a chiral hydrazone of cyclohexanone (7, 10-11). For a related reaction, see Benzyl(methoxymethyl)methyl-amine, this volume. 

Mannich reactionsJ The reaction of methoxymethyl(dibenzyl)amine with silyl enol ethers proceeds at low temperatures in the presence of BFj-OEt A bulky silyl group at the a -position of the enol ether can serve as a stereocontrol element. 

The mechanisms of the reactions of the cluster Ru3(CO)i2 with halide ions, alkoxide ions and amines, all of which involve initial rapid nucleophilic addition at a carbonyl hgand, have been reviewed.In a related study, addition of 5-proline methylester or 5-methoxymethyl pyrrolidine to a carbonyl ligand of Ru3(CO)j2 has yielded chiral carbamoyl clusters of the type (84) R = C02Me or CH20Me, Eq. (16). Such chiral clusters may have potential as new enantioselective catalysts, as shown by the observation that cluster (84), R = CH20Me) catalyzes the isomerization of the prochiral allylic alcohol nerol to give the chiral aldehyde citronellal with an enantiomeric excess of 12%. 

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