Primary amines, 31 Table preparation

Although this reaction is useful for preparing a ammo acids (Table 22 3 fifth entry) it IS not a general method for the synthesis of amines Its major limitation is that the expected primary amine product is itself a nucleophile and competes with ammonia for the alkyl halide... 

A number of other N-substituted 2-pyrroHdinones have been offered commercially or promoted as developmental products. These materials offer different and sometimes unique solvency properties. AH are prepared by reaction of butyrolactone with suitable primary amines. Principal examples are Hsted in Table 4. 

Ring-opening products derived from primary amines are attractive precursors for the preparation of (3-lactams [57]. With methylmagnesium bromide as the base, diamino esters 33 cyclized readily in THF and stereospecifically generated anti-3-amino- 3-lactams 34 (Table 12.15). 

The present method utilizes dichlorocarbene generated by the phase-transfer method of Makosza4 and Starks.5 The submitters have routinely realized yields of pure distilled isocyanides in excess of 40%.6 With less sterically hindered primary amines a 1 1 ratio of amine to chloroform gives satisfactory results. Furthermore, by modifying the procedure, methyl and ethyl isocyanides may be prepared directly from the corresponding aqueous amine solutions and bromoform.7 These results are summarized in Table I. 

This procedure, which is based on the work of Ishii and co-workers, affords a mild and general method for converting a wide variety of esters to primary, secondary, and tertiary amides (Table 1). While the preparation of the tertiary amide, N,N-dimethylcyclohexanecarboxamide, described here is carried out in benzene, aluminum amides derived from ammonia and a variety of primary amines have been prepared by reaction with trimethylaluminum in dichloromethane and utilized for aminolysis in this solvent. Although 1 equivalent of the dimethylaluminum amides from amines was generally sufficient for high conversion within 5-48 hours, best results were obtained when 2 equivalents of the aluminum reagent from ammonia was used. Diethyl-aluminum amides can also effect aminolysis, but with considerably slower rates. 

Until now, few acyclic N-alkyl imines or the corresponding amines have been found to be of practical industrial importance. Most studies reported herein were carried out with model substrates, especially with the N-benzyl imine of acetophenone 5a and some analogues thereof (Fig. 34.7). One reason for this choice could be the easy preparation of a pure crystalline starting material, and another reason might be that the chiral primary amines can be obtained by hy-drogenolysis of the benzyl group. As can be seen in Table 34.4, there are several catalyst systems with fair to good ee-values and activities. 

The simplicity of the two-phase modification of the Gabriel synthesis of primary amines, via the N-alkylation of potassium phthalimide, makes the procedure considerably more convenient than the traditional method, which normally requires the use of anhydrous dipolar aprolic solvents. The reaction can be conducted under solid liquid conditions using potassium hydroxide in toluene [25], or with preformed potassium phthalimide [26, 27] (cf ref. 28). As is normal for acylation reactions, relatively mild conditions are required for the preparation of the A-ethoxycarbonyl derivative [29], whereas a reaction temperature of 100°C is generally used for N-alkylation (Table 5.16). The reaction time for the soliddiquid two-phase system can be reduced dramatically with retention of the high yields, when the reaction mixture is subjected to microwave irradiation [30]. 

Tertiary benzylic nitriles are useful synthetic intermediates, and have been used for the preparation of amidines, lactones, primary amines, pyridines, aldehydes, carboxylic acids, and esters. The general synthetic pathway to this class of compounds relies on the displacement of an activated benzylic alcohol or benzylic halide with a cyanide source followed by double alkylation under basic conditions. For instance, 2-(2-methoxyphenyl)-2-methylpropionitrile has been prepared by methylation of (2-methoxyphenyl)acetonitrile using sodium amide and iodomethane. In the course of the preparation of a drug candidate, the submitters discovered that the nucleophilic aromatic substitution of aryl fluorides with the anion of a secondary nitrile is an effective method for the preparation of these compounds. The reaction was studied using isobutyronitrile and 2-fluoroanisole. The submitters first showed that KHMDS was the superior base for the process when carried out in either THF or toluene (Table I). For example, they found that the preparation of 2-(2-methoxyphenyl)-2-methylpropionitrile could be accomplished h... 

The amines prepared are summarised in Tables 1 and 2. Of the materials tested, those based on primary amines were by far the most active, and were capable of converting a range of ketones to condensation products in excellent yields and selectivity in relatively short times. Even the difficult substrate acetophenone reacted to a significant extent (Table 5)... 

As illustrated by the examples in Table 3.9, resin-bound 4-alkoxybenzylamides often require higher concentrations of TFA and longer reaction times than carboxylic acids esterified to Wang resin. For this reason, the more acid-sensitive di- or (trialkoxy-benzyl)amines [208] are generally preferred as backbone amide linkers. The required resin-bound, secondary benzylamines can readily be prepared by reductive amination of resin-bound benzaldehydes (Section 10.1.4 and Figure 3.17 [209]) or by A-alkyla-tion of primary amines with resin-bound benzyl halides or sulfonates (Section 10.1.1.1). Sufficiently acidic amides can also be A-alkylated by resin-bound benzyl alcohols under Mitsunobu conditions (see, e.g., [210] attachment to Sasrin of Fmoc cycloserine, an O-alkyl hydroxamic acid). 

Triazenes have been prepared by the treatment of resin-bound aromatic diazonium salts with secondary amines (Figure 3.27). Regeneration of the amine can be effected by mild acidolysis (Entry 1, Table 3.23). Triazenes have been shown to be stable towards bases such as TBAF, potassium hydroxide, or potassium tert-butoxide [454], and under the conditions of the Heck reaction [455]. Primary amines cannot be linked to supports as triazenes because treatment of triazenes such as R-HN-N=N-Ar-Pol with acid leads to the release of aliphatic diazonium salts into solution [373]. Triazenes derived from primary amines can, however, be used for the preparation of amides and ureas (see Section 3.3.4),... 

The N-N bond of polystyrene-bound hydrazines, which are prepared by reaction of organolithium compounds with resin-bound hydrazones [457], can be cleaved by treatment with borane to yield a-branched, primary amines (Entry 9, Table 3.23). An additional example of reductive cleavage to yield amines is shown in Entry 10 (Table 3.23), in which a resin-bound a,a-disubstituted nitroacetic ester undergoes decarboxylation and reduction to the primary amine upon treatment with lithium aluminum hydride. 

Sulfonyl chlorides having an a-hydrogen are unstable under basic reaction conditions and can give variable results [96,97]. For base-labile sulfonyl chlorides, the use of O-silyl ketene acetals as scavengers for HC1 has been recommended [96]. Table 8.7 lists some illustrative procedures for the preparation of sulfonamides from primary amines on solid phase. Further examples have been reported [98-101]. 

Table 8.7. Preparation of sulfonamides from support-bound primary amines and sulfonyl chlorides.

Sulfonamides prepared from 9-(chlorosulfonyl)anthracene and polystyrene-bound primary amines can be converted into amides by N-acylation of the sulfonamide (carboxylic acid anhydride, DMAP, pyridine, THF, 24 h) followed by nucleophilic desulfo-nylation with neat 1,3-propanedithiol/DIPEA [213] (Entry 4, Table 10.13). An example of the use of sulfonamides as linkers for amines is given in Table 3.23. 

Diazocarbonyl compounds can be prepared on insoluble supports by diazo group transfer with sulfonyl azides or by diazotization of primary amines. Diazo group transfer from sulfonyl azides to 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds proceeds on cross-linked polystyrene as smoothly as in solution (Table 10.19). When 3-keto esters or amides are... 

Isothiocyanates can be prepared from support-bound primary amines by treatment with thiophosgene [14] or synthetic analogs thereof (Entry 5, Table 14.2). In an alternative two-step procedure, the amine is first treated with CS2 and a tertiary amine to yield an ammonium dithiocarbamate, which is subsequently desulfurized with TsCl or a chloroformate (Entry 6, Table 14.2 Experimental Procedure 14.1). Highly reactive acyl isothiocyanates have been prepared from support-bound acyl chlorides and tetra-butylammonium thiocyanate (Entry 7, Table 14.2). These acyl isothiocyanates react with amines to give the corresponding 7V-acylthiourcas, which can be used to prepare guanidines on insoluble supports (Entry 6, Table 14.3). 

Carbamates can also be prepared by treating support-bound amines with alkoxycarbonylating reagents such as chloroformates or aryl carbonates. Chloroformates or dicarbonates (e.g. Boc20) should not be used in large excess for the alkoxycarbonyla-tion of primary amines because double derivatization can occur [119]. Less reactive reagents include 4-nitrophenyl carbonates and A-succinimidyl carbonates (Entries 2 and 3, Table 14.8). 

Aziridines have been prepared on insoluble supports by addition of primary amines to a-bromo acrylates and acrylamides (Entry 6, Table 15.1). These aziridines are sufficiently stable to tolerate treatment with TFA [6],... 

Support-bound alkylating agents have been used to N-alkylate pyridines and dihydropyridines (Entries 7 and 8, Table 15.21). Similarly, resin-bound pyridines can be N-alkylated by treatment with a-halo ketones (DMF, 45 °C, 1 h [267]) or other alkylating agents [246]. Polystyrene-bound l-[(alkoxycarbonyl)methyl]pyridinium salts can be prepared by N-alkylating pyridine with immobilized haloacetates (Entry 8, Table 15.21). These pyridinium salts react with acceptor-substituted alkenes to yield cyclopropanes (Section 5.1.3.6). Pyridinium salts have also been prepared by reaction of resin-bound primary amines with /V-(2,4-dinitrophenyl)pyridinium salts [268,269]. 

One approach to tetrahydropyridinones is the Lewis acid mediated hetero-Diels-Alder reaction of electron-rich dienes with polystyrene-bound imines (Entries 3 and 4, Table 15.23). The Ugi reaction of 5-oxo carboxylic acids and primary amines with support-bound isonitriles has been used to prepare piperidinones on insoluble supports (Entry 5, Table 15.23). Entry 6 in Table 15.23 is an example of the preparation of a 4-piperidinone by amine-induced 3-elimination of a resin-bound sulfinate followed by Michael addition of the amine to the newly generated divinyl ketone. The intramolecular Pauson-Khand reaction of propargyl(3-butenyl)amines, which yields cyclopenta[c]pyridin-6-ones, is depicted in Table 12.4. 

One type of oligoamide that can readily be prepared on supports without the need for any partially protected monomers (which are often tedious and expensive to synthesize) are N-substituted oligoglycines (Figure 16.21). These compounds are prepared by a sequence of acylation of a support-bound amine with bromoacetic acid, displacement of the bromide with a primary aliphatic or aromatic amine, and repeated acylation with bromoacetic acid. Because primary amines are cheap and available in large number, this approach enables the cost-efficient production of large, diverse compound libraries. Alternatively, protected N-substituted glycines can also be prepared in solution and then assembled on insoluble supports (Entry 5, Table 16.2). 

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