P- amino alcohols

The nitro alcohols (qv) obtained by the condensation of nitroparaffins (qv) with formaldehyde [50-00-0] may be reduced to a unique series of alkanolamines (P-amino alcohols) ... 

Cyanohydrin Synthesis. Another synthetically useful enzyme that catalyzes carbon—carbon bond formation is oxynitnlase (EC 4.1.2.10). This enzyme catalyzes the addition of cyanides to various aldehydes that may come either in the form of hydrogen cyanide or acetone cyanohydrin (152—158) (Fig. 7). The reaction constitutes a convenient route for the preparation of a-hydroxy acids and P-amino alcohols. Acetone cyanohydrin [75-86-5] can also be used as the cyanide carrier, and is considered to be superior since it does not involve hazardous gaseous HCN and also virtually eliminates the spontaneous nonenzymatic reaction. (R)-oxynitrilase accepts aromatic (97a,b), straight- (97c,e), and branched-chain aUphatic aldehydes, converting them to (R)-cyanohydrins in very good yields and high enantiomeric purity (Table 10). 

Nucleophilic ring opening of epoxides by ammonia (Section 16.12) The strained ring of an epoxide is opened on nucleophilic attack by ammonia and amines to give p-amino alcohols. Azide ion also reacts with epoxides the products are p-azido alcohols. 

The Wenker aziridine synthesis entails the treatment of a P-amino alcohol 1 with sulfuric acid to give P-aminoethyl sulfate ester 2 which is subsequently treated with base to afford aziridine 3. Before the discovery of the Mitsunobu reaction, wbicb transforms an amino alcohol into an aziridine in one step under very mild conditions, the Wenker reaction was one of the most convenient methods for aziridine synthesis. However, due to the involvement of strong acid and then strong base, its utility has been limited to substrates without labile functionalities. 

Due to the abundance of epoxides, they are ideal precursors for the preparation of P-amino alcohols. In one case, ring-opening of 2-methyl-oxirane (18) with methylamine resulted in l-methylamino-propan-2-ol (19), which was transformed to 1,2-dimethyl-aziridine (20) in 30-35% yield using the Wenker protocol. Interestingly, l-amino-3-buten-2-ol sulfate ester (23) was prepared from l-amino-3-buten-2-ol (22, a product of ammonia ring-opening of vinyl epoxide 21) and chlorosulfonic acid. Treatment of sulfate ester 23 with NaOH then led to aziridine 24. ... 

In addition, an Organic Synthesis procedure of preparing aziridine from P-amino alcohol exists. ... 

Bartoli recently discovered that by switching from azide to p-anisidine as nucleophile, the ARO of racemic trans- 3-substituted styrene oxides could be catalyzed by the (salen)Cr-Cl complex 2 with complete regioselectivity and moderate selectivity factors (Scheme 7.36) [14]. The ability to access anti-P-amino alcohols nicely complements the existing methods for the preparation of syn-aryl isoserines and related compounds [67] by asymmetric oxidation of trans-cinnamate derivatives [68]. 

Reviews concerning the preparation and use of syn-P-amino alcohols Bergmeier,... 

P-Amino alcohols can be prepared by treatment of an alkene with a reagent prepared from HgO and HBF4 along with aniline to give an ami nomercurial... 

In a process related to the Knorr pyrrole synthesis, condensation of p-amino alcohols 10 with p-dicarbonyl compounds 11 affords p-hydroxy enamines 12 which are then oxidized to the pyrroles 13 <96TL9203>. 

Scheme 2.30 Ni-catalysed 1,4-addition of ZnEt2 to chalcone with P-amino disulfide, P-amino thiolate or P-amino alcohol ligands.

Scheme 3.16 P-Amino thiol ligand based on bicycle[2.2.1] ring system and its P-amino alcohol analogue for additions of ZnEt2 to aldehydes.

Enantioselectivities ranging from 18 to 94% ee were obtained by Martens et al. by using C2-symmetric bis-p-amino alcohols derived from D-cysteine for the enantioselective addition of ZnEt2 to benzaldehyde (Scheme 3.27). ... 

Scheme 3.27 D-Cysteine-derived C2-symmetric bis-P-amino alcohol ligands for addition of ZnEt2 to benzaldehyde.

Scheme 10.41 Silylcyanations with sulfonylated P-amino alcohol ligand.

Similar reactions were undertaken by Choi et al. in the presence of a new family of A -sulfonylated p-amino alcohols possessing two stereocentres as the chiral ligands. In using the chiral sulfonylated p-amino alcohol ligand depicted in Scheme 10.41, the asymmetric addition of McsSiCN to a wide range of aldehydes afforded the corresponding cyanohydrins in both excellent yields and enantioselectivities of up to 96% ee. 

Scheme 10.61 Borane reduction of acetophenone with D-cysteine-derived bis-P-amino alcohol ligands.

Based on these reports, we started investigation of the asymmetric addition of acetylide to pMB protected 5, mainly in the presence of chiral P-amino alcohols. Many types of chiral amines were also screened (e.g., diamines, diethers), and it was soon found that addition of P-amino alkoxides effectively induced enantiose-lectivity on the addition. Since the best result was obtained with a stoichiometric amount of chiral amino alcohols, we focused our screen on readily available chiral P-amino alcohols and the results are summarized in Table 1.2. 

Asymmetric addition of acetylide to the ketone Having the two key reagents in hand, we optimized the asymmetric addition reaction on ketone 41. First, chiral modifiers were screened from among readily accessible P-amino alcohols and the results are summarized in Table 1.5. 

P-Nitro alcohols can be hydrogenated to the corresponding amino alcohols with retention of configuration the stereoselective Henry reaction is a useful tool in the elaboration of pharmacologically important P-amino alcohol derivatives including chloramphenicol, ephedrine, norephedrine, and others. Some important P-amino alcohols are listed in Scheme 3.11.107... 

Scheme 3.11 Biological active p-amino alcohol derivatives...

They react with a wide range of aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes in the presence of catalytic amounts of tetrabutylammonium fluoride (TBAF) to give the trialkylsilyl ethers of P-nitro alcohols with high anti-selectivity (98%). The diastereoselective Henry reaction is summarized in Table 3.2. The products are reduced to P-amino alcohols using Raney Ni-H2 with retention of the configuration of P-nitro alcohols (Scheme 3.12). 

Ono and Kamimura have found a very simple method for the stereo-control of the Michael addition of thiols, selenols, or alcohols. The Michael addition of thiolate anions to nitroalkenes followed by protonation at -78 °C gives anti-(J-nitro sulfides (Eq. 4.8).11 This procedure can be extended to the preparation of a/jti-(3-nitro selenides (Eq. 4.9)12 and a/jti-(3-nitro ethers (Eq. 4.10).13 The addition products of benzyl alcohol are converted into P-amino alcohols with the retention of the configuration, which is a useful method for anri-P-amino alcohols. This is an alternative method of stereoselective nitro-aldol reactions (Section 3.3). The anti selectivity of these reactions is explained on the basis of stereoselective protonation to nitronate anion intermediates. The high stereoselectivity requires heteroatom substituents on the P-position of the nitro group. The computational calculation exhibits that the heteroatom covers one site of the plane of the nitronate anion.14... 

Primary nitro compounds are good precursors for preparing nitriles and nitrile oxides (Eq. 6.31). The conversion of nitro compounds into nitrile oxides affords an important tool for the synthesis of complex natural products. Nitrile oxides are reactive 1,3-dipoles that form isoxazolines or isoxazoles by the reaction with alkenes or alky nes, respectively. The products are also important precursors for various substrates such as P-amino alcohols, P-hydroxy ketones, P-hydroxy nitriles, and P-hydroxy acids (Scheme 6.3). Many good reviews concerning nitrile oxides in organic synthesis exist some of them are listed here.50-56 Applications of organic synthesis using nitrile oxides are discussed in Section 8.2.2. 

The reduction of P-nitro alcohols with LiAlH4 results in low yields of P-amino alcohols due to the occurrence of a retro-aldol reaction. This problem is resolved by protecting of OH of P-nitro alcohols, as shown in Eq. 6.53."... 

The mechanism of 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition can be found in Ref. 63 and the references within. The reaction of nitrone with 1,2-disubstituted alkenes creates three contiguous asymmetric centers, in which the geometric relationship of the substituents of alkenes is retained. The synthetic utility of nitrone adducts is mainly due to their conversion into various important compounds. For instance, P-amino alcohols can be obtained from isoxazolidines by reduction with H2-Pd or Raney Ni with retention of configuration at the chiral center (Eq. 8.44). 

One of the most well used methods for the synthesis of aziridines involves a two (or sometimes more) step process in which an epoxide is opened by a nitrogen nucleophile. The resulting P-amino alcohol (e.g. 79) is then converted to an aziridine via a number of different processes. This method is generally not broadly applicable when a variety of different groups on the nitrogen of the aziridine are desired. A useful method to convert an epoxide to a number of different /V-sulfonyl aziridines (e.g. 80) has been reported <06S425>. Simple addition of a sulfonamide to an epoxide provides high yields of 79 which is readily closed to form the aziridine. 

Main Rearrangements of BENA In previous Sections (3.5.4.1. and 3.5.4.2.), a-hydroxy oximes (503) and their bis-silyl derivatives (504) were considered as undesired by-products, formed in the synthesis and chemical transformations of BENA. The aim was to minimize the amount of these impurities. On the other hand, oximes (503) are convenient precursors of various useful products, such as p-amino alcohols (530), amino acids (531), a-hydroxycarbonyl compounds (532) and various heterocyclic systems (533). 

P-aluminum trihydroxide. See Bayerite P-amino alcohols, 2 113 P-amylases, 10 288... 

Enantiomerically pure 3-amino alcohols which are important intermediates for many bioactive compounds can be directly synthesized by the ARO reaction of readily accessible racemic and meso epoxides with appropriate amines. Indeed, some simple and multifunctional p-amino alcohols have been obtained using this strategy by the promotion of chiral BINOL [30-32,88,89], salen [35,52], bipyridine [33,40,90-94] and proline-A,JV-dioxide based metal complexes [95]. However, none of these systems demonstrated the recyclability of the precious chiral catalyst. 

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