Of imines, to aldehydes

The synthesis pathway of quinolizidine alkaloids is based on lysine conversion by enzymatic activity to cadaverine in exactly the same way as in the case of piperidine alkaloids. Certainly, in the relatively rich literature which attempts to explain quinolizidine alkaloid synthesis °, there are different experimental variants of this conversion. According to new experimental data, the conversion is achieved by coenzyme PLP (pyridoxal phosphate) activity, when the lysine is CO2 reduced. From cadeverine, via the activity of the diamine oxidase, Schiff base formation and four minor reactions (Aldol-type reaction, hydrolysis of imine to aldehyde/amine, oxidative reaction and again Schiff base formation), the pathway is divided into two directions. The subway synthesizes (—)-lupinine by two reductive steps, and the main synthesis stream goes via the Schiff base formation and coupling to the compound substrate, from which again the synthetic pathway divides to form (+)-lupanine synthesis and (—)-sparteine synthesis. From (—)-sparteine, the route by conversion to (+)-cytisine synthesis is open (Figure 51). Cytisine is an alkaloid with the pyridone nucleus. 

Nucleophilic addition of amines to aldehydes and ketones (Sections 17.10, 17.11) Primary amines undergo nucleophilic addition to the carbonyl group of aldehydes and ketones to form carbinol-amines. These carbinolamines dehydrate under the conditions of their formation to give A/-substituted imines. Secondary amines yield enamines. 

The addition of ammonia to aldehydes or ketones does not generally give useful products. According to the pattern followed by analogous nucleophiles, the initial products would be expected to be hemiaminals, but these compounds are generally unstable. Most imines with a hydrogen on the nitrogen spontaneously poly-... 

Scheme 13 Enantioselective carbonyl (Z)-dienylation via reductive coupling of acetylene to aldehydes and imines mediated by hydrogen...

Formation of imines (addition of amines to aldehydes or ketones)... 

The functions of flavoprotein enzymes are numerous and diversified.151-1533 A few of them are shown in Table 15-2 and are classified there as follows (A) oxidation of hemiacetals to lactones, (B) oxidation of alcohols to aldehydes or ketones, (C) oxidation of amines to imines, (D) oxidation of carbonyl compounds or carboxylic acids to a,(3-unsaturated compounds,... 

Reduction of ketoximes.1 Ketoximes are reduced by LiAlH4 to a mixture of primary and secondary amines. In contrast, reduction with LiAlH4-HMPT in the molar ratio 1 10 in refluxing THF (130°, 3 hours) results in ketones. HMPT is believed to prevent further reduction of the imine intermediate and to facilitate hydrolysis. This method is not useful for reversion of aldoximes to aldehydes because of dehydration to nitriles. 

The metal-catalyzed oxidation of imines using molecular oxygen as the final oxidant and aldehydes as co-reductants has been studied223. Various transition metal complexes have been tested as catalysts and it is found that cobalt complexes can catalyze the selective oxidation of imines to oxaziridines in good yield (ca 80%) (Scheme 4). 

Formation of C—N bonds is frequently achieved by condensation reactions between amines and aldehydes or ketones. A typical nucleophilic addition is followed by elimination of water to give an imine or Schiff base [Figure 2.12(a)], Of almost equal importance is the reversal of this process, i.e. the hydrolysis of imines to amines and alde-hydes/ketones [Figure 2.12(b)], The imine so produced, or more likely its protonated form the... 

Herein, we describe highly enantioselective and diastereoselective additions of diorganozincs to aldehydes, imines, and enones. Enantioselective cyclo-propanation of allylic alcohols will also be mentioned. 

Under similar conditions, the same authors performed the addition of diethylphosphite to aldehydes and ketones (a Pudovik-like reaction) and to Michael acceptors such as imines, acrylonitrile and a,B-unsaturated ketones3b to give functionalised phosphonates (Figure 3). 

D. The use of chiral oxazaborolidines as enantioselective catalysts for the reduction of prochiral ketones, imines, and oximes, the reduction of 2-pyranones to afford chiral biaryls, the addition of diethylzinc to aldehydes, the asymmetric hydroboration, the Diels-Alder reaction, and the aldol reaction has recently been reviewed.15b d The yield and enantioselectivity of reductions using stoichiometric or catalytic amounts of the oxazaborolidine-borane complex are equal to or greater than those obtained using the free oxazaborolidine.13 The above procedure demonstrates the catalytic use of the oxazaborolidine-borane complex for the enantioselective reduction of 1-indanone. The enantiomeric purity of the crude product is 97.8%. A... 

Their 3,3 -substituents are utilized not only for their steric bulk, but also for the coordination to metals. Yamamoto and coworkers employed a boron complex of 3,3 -bis(2-hydroxyphenyl) BINOL in the asymmetric Diels-Alder reaction of cyclopentadiene and acrylaldehyde (equation 70) . The ligand possesses two additional hydroxy groups and forms a helical structure on coordination. The catalyst is considered to function as a chiral Brpnsted acid and a Lewis acid. The complex was also used in the Diels-Alder reactions and aldol reactions of imines. Although addition of diethylzinc to aldehydes gives low ee using BINOL itself or its 3,3 -diphenyl derivative, the selectivity can be increased when coordinating groups are introduced at the 3,3 -positions. Katsuki and... 

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