Nitrones from amines

Polymer-supported permthenate has also been used in two convergent pathways for the synthesis of isoxazoUdines with each route employing different starting materials in order to create the maximum structural diversity [73]. In the first route secondary hydroxylamines, readily prepared from amines by in situ treatment with dimethyldioxirane, were oxidized directly to nitrones using polymer-supported permthenate (PSP). Alternatively, primary alcohols were used as the... 

The present procedure provides a single step synthesis of nitrones from secondary amines. Typical results of the preparation of nitrones are summarized In Table I. If necessary, the nitrones are easily purified by distillation, recrystallization, or column chromatography. Selenium dioxide is also an effective catalyst for the oxidation of secondary amines with hydrogen peroxide to give nitrones. 1,3-Dipolar... 

Nitroxides derived from amines having one hydrogen atom on a-carbon atom to nitrogen oxidize with ROO to nitrones [111] and/or disproportionate easily into the respective hydroxylamine and nitrone [112]. The cis and trans nitroxides derived from 18 differ in their disproportionation rates. The disproportionation proceeds via an intermediately formed dimer ... 

A soln. of triethylamine in deuteriochloroform treated in one portion with 2-phenyl-sulfonyl-3-phenyloxaziridine (Davis reagent), and stirred for 1 h - triethylamine oxide. Y > 95% by C - NMR. The amines must be more basic than pyridine, which was not oxidized olefinic double bonds and sec. alcohols were unaffected. F.e., also hydroxylamines or nitrones from sec. amines, s. W.W. Zajac, Jr. et al., J. Org. Chem. 

When a Pd-catalyzed dehydrogenation process is applied to WWdisubstituted hydroxylamines, the corresponding nitrones, which are valuable intermediates to construct various biologically active nitrogen compounds, are formed highly efhciently (Scheme This method will replace conventional methods, which use stoichiometric amounts of oxidants such as HgO and K3[Fe(CN)6]. " Although recently direct catalytic conversion of secondary amines to nitrones has been explored, the preparative methods of nitrones from A-hydroxylamines are limited to a few reactions. " The present Pd-catalyzed reaction is useful for the synthesis of cyclic nitrones, which cannot be obtained by the conventional method catalytically. 

Most studies in this field have been on nitrones. One of the reasons for this is probably because nitrones are readily available compounds that can be obtained from aldehydes, amines, imines, and oximes [2, 11]. Moreover, most acyclic ni-... 

Sl-a-Phenylethylaminc (2a 94% ee) and (.S)-2-heptylamine (2b 82% ec) were synthesized from enantiomerically pure nitrones 1 a and 1 b (33-39% overall yield). The enantiomeric purity of the amines was determined by HPLC analysis of their 3,5-dinitrobenzamidines on a D-naphthyl alanine column,... 

The most widely employed methods for the synthesis of nitrones are the condensation of carbonyl compounds with A-hydroxylamines5 and the oxidation of A+V-di substituted hydroxylamines.5 9 Practical and reliable methods for the oxidation of more easily available secondary amines have become available only recently.10 11 12 13. These include reactions with stoichiometric oxidants not readily available, such as dimethyldioxirane10 or A-phenylsulfonyl-C-phenyloxaziridine,11 and oxidations with hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by Na2W044 12 or Se02.13 All these methods suffer from limitations in scope and substrate tolerance. For example, oxidations with dimethyldioxirane seem to be limited to arylmethanamines and the above mentioned catalytic oxidations have been reported (and we have experienced as well) to give... 

Clerici and Porta reported that phenyl, acetyl and methyl radicals add to the Ca atom of the iminium ion, PhN+Me=CHMe, formed in situ by the titanium-catalyzed condensation of /V-methylanilinc with acetaldehyde to give PhNMeCHMePh, PhNMeCHMeAc, and PhNMeCHMe2 in 80% overall yield.83 Recently, Miyabe and co-workers studied the addition of various alkyl radicals to imine derivatives. Alkyl radicals generated from alkyl iodide and triethylborane were added to imine derivatives such as oxime ethers, hydrazones, and nitrones in an aqueous medium.84 The reaction also proceeds on solid support.85 A-sulfonylimines are also effective under such reaction conditions.86 Indium is also effective as the mediator (Eq. 11.49).87 A tandem radical addition-cyclization reaction of oxime ether and hydrazone was also developed (Eq. 11.50).88 Li and co-workers reported the synthesis of a-amino acid derivatives and amines via the addition of simple alkyl halides to imines and enamides mediated by zinc in water (Eq. 11.51).89 The zinc-mediated radical reaction of the hydrazone bearing a chiral camphorsultam provided the corresponding alkylated products with good diastereoselectivities that can be converted into enantiomerically pure a-amino acids (Eq. 11.52).90... 

Alternatively, Ballini devised a new strategy to synthesize tri-alkylated pyrroles from 2,5-dialkylfurans and nitroalkanes <00SL391>. This method involves initial oxidation of 2,5-dimethylfuran with magnesium monoperoxyphthalate to cA-3-hexen-2,5-dione (6). Conjugate addition of the nitronate anion derived from the nitro compound 7 to 6 followed by chemoselective hydrogenation of the C-C double bond of the resulting enones 8 (obtained by elimination of nitrous acid from the Michael adduct) completes the conversion to the alkylated y-diketones 9. Final cyclization to pyrroles 10 featured improved Paal-Knorr reaction conditions involving reaction of the diketones with primary amines in a bed of basic alumina in the absence of solvent. 

I.2. Oxidation of Amines Oxidation of primary amines is often viewed as a particularly convenient way to prepare hydroxylamines. However, their direct oxidation usually leads to complex mixtures containing nitroso and nitro compounds and oximes. However, oxidation to nitrones can be performed after their conversion into secondary amines or imines. Sometimes, oxidation of secondary amines rather than direct imine oxidation seems to provide a more useful and convenient way of producing nitrones. In many cases, imines are first reduced to secondary amines which are then treated with oxidants (26). This approach is used as a basis for a one-pot synthesis of asymmetrical acyclic nitrones starting from aromatic aldehydes (Scheme 2.5) (27a) and 3,4-dihydroisoquinoline-2-oxides (27b). 

Nitrones can also be obtained in high yields by treating secondary amines with DMD (Scheme 2.8) (71). Oxidation of pyrrolidine (13) at 0°C with DMD (produced in situ from oxone and acetone Brik procedure ) leads to gem-bisphos-phorylated nitrone (14) (Scheme 2.8) (72). 

Nitrones can be formed upon treatment of secondary amines with an oxaziri-dine salt (23) generated from dihydroisoquinoline (Scheme 2.10) (79). 

Recently, an oxidative biotransformation of secondary amines into nitrones applying cyclohexanone monooxygenase, an enzyme isolated from Acinetobacter... 

Asymmetric hydrogenation of nitrones in an iridium catalyst system, prepared from [IrCl(cod)]2, (S)-BINAP, NBu 4 BH4, gives with high enantioselectivity the corresponding A-hydroxylamines which are important biologically active compounds and precursors of amines (480). Further reduction of hydroxylamines to secondary amines or imines can be realized upon treatment with Fe/AcOH (479), or anhydrous titanium trichloride in tetrahydrofuran (THF) at room temperature (481). 

Dipolar cycloaddition reactions, of nitrones to olefins, 46, 97 of 3-phenylsydnone, 46, 98 Dispiro[5.1.5.1]tetradecane-7,14-dione, photolysis to cyclohexylidene-cyclohexane, 47, 34 preparation from cyclohexanecarbonyl chloride and triethylamine, 47, 34 Displacement of bromine from 1-bromo-2-fluoroheptane to give 2-fluoro-heptyl acetate, 46, 37 N,N -Disubstituted formamidines from triethyl orthoformate and primary amines, 46, 41 N,N-Disubstituted thioureas from secondary amines and silicon tetra-isothiocyanate, 45, 69 N,N-Disubstituted ureas from secondary amines and silicon tetraiso-cyanate, 45, 69... 

Since then, optically active a-aminophosphonates have been obtained by a variety of methods including resolution, asymmetric phosphite additions to imine double bonds and sugar-based nitrones, condensation of optically active ureas with phosphites and aldehydes, catalytic asymmetric hydrogenation, and 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions. These approaches have been discussed in a comprehensive review by Dhawan and Redmore.9 More recent protocols involve electrophilic amination of homochiral dioxane acetals,10 alkylation of homochiral imines derived from pinanone11 and ketopinic acid,12 and alkylation of homochiral, bicyclic phosphonamides.13... 

Mannich bases derived from polynitroalkanes are usually unstable because of the facile reverse reaction leading to stabilized nitronate anions. The nitration of Mannich bases to nitramines enhances their stability by reducing the electron density on the amine nitrogen through delocalization with the nitro group. The nitration of Mannich bases has been exploited for the synthesis of numerous explosives, some containing both C-NO2 and N-NO2 functionality. Three such compounds, (163), (164) and (165), are illustrated below and others are discussed in Section 6.10. 

Oxidation of organonitrogen compounds is an important process from both industrial and synthetic viewpoints . N-oxides are obtained by oxidation of tertiary amines (equation 52), which in some cases may undergo further reactions like Cope elimination and Meisenheimer rearrangement . The oxygenation products of secondary amines are generally hydroxylamines, nitroxides and nitrones (equation 53), while oxidation of primary amines usually afforded oxime, nitro, nitroso derivatives and azo and azoxy compounds through coupling, as shown in Scheme 17. Product composition depends on the oxidant, catalyst and reaction conditions employed. 

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