Reduction reactions Zinc borohydride

Pr)4, " borohydride-exchange resin,and formic acid. When the last is used, the process is called the Wallach reaction. Conjugated aldehydes are converted to alkenyl-amines with the amine/silica gel followed by reduction with zinc borohydride.In the particular case where primary or secondary amines are reductively methylated with formaldehyde and formic acid, the method is called the Esch-weiler-Clarke procedure. It is possible to use ammonium (or amine) salts of formic acid, " or formamides, as a substitute for the Wallach conditions. This method is called the Leuckart reaction,and in this case the products obtained are often the N-formyl derivatives of the amines instead of the free amines. Primary and secondary amines can be iV-ethylated (e.g., ArNHR ArNREt) by treatment with NaBH4 in acetic acid. Aldehydes react with aniline in the presence of Mont-morillonite KIO clay and microwaves to give the amine. Formaldehyde with formic acid converts secondary amines to the N-methyl derivative with microwave irradiation. 

In the early work on the synthesis of prostaglandins, zinc borohydride was used for the reduction of the 15-ketone function and a 1 1 mixture of epimeric 15(S)- and 15(/ )-alcohols was generally obtained. Subsequent studies led to reaction conditions for highly selective reduction to the desired 15(S)-alcohol. Some of the results are summarized in the following table. The most practical method is E which utilizes borane as the stoichiometric reductant and a chiral, enzyme-like catalyst which is shown. 

The analogue in which carbon replaces oxygen in the enol ring should of course avoid the stability problem. The synthesis of this compound initially follows a scheme similar to that pioneered by the Corey group. Thus, acylation of the ester (7-2) with the anion from trimethyl phosphonate yields the activated phosphonate (7-3). Reaction of the yhde from that intermediate with the lactone (7-4) leads to a compound (7-5) that incorporates the lower side chain of natural prostaglandins. This is then taken on to lactone (7-6) by sequential reduction by means of zinc borohydride, removal of the biphenyl ester by saponification, and protection of the hydroxyl groups as tetrahydropyranyl ethers. 

Numerous reducing agents were tried at this point unsuccessfully. For example, lithium aluminum hydride destroyed the substrate, whereas DIBAH or lithium borohydnde in THF and sodium borohydride in ethanol led to reduction of the quinoline system. On the other hand, both potassium borohydride (either with or without 18-crown-6) and zinc borohydride (with or without ethanol) produced no reaction at all. Lithium triethylborohydride resulted in de-methoxylation, and sodium borohydride in refluxing THF gave a 45% yield of diol 16 together with overreduced product. 

Acylation, Alkylation, and Aldolization (Acyl Species-+ a-, P-, or a/fi-Functionalized Acyl Product) Alkylation reactions of sodium enolates of various lV-acyl-a-methyltoluene-2,a-sultams with selected (both activated and nonactivated ) alkyl iodides and bromides proceed with good C(a)-re stereocontrol (90-99% de). Analogous acylations with various acid chlorides can also be performed, giving p-keto products (97-99% de). Selective reduction of these latter products with Zinc Borohydride (chelate controlled, 82.6-98.2% de) or N-Selectride (nonchelate controlled, 95.8-99.6% de) can provide syn- and anft-aldol derivatives, respectively. ... 

Stereoselective reduction of a-alkyl-3-keto acid derivatives represents an attractive alternative to stereoselective aldol condensation. Complementary methods for pr uction of either diastereoisomer of a-alkyl-3-hydroxy amides from the corresponding a-alkyl-3-keto amides (53) have been developed. Zinc borohydride in ether at -78 C gave the syn isomer (54) with excellent selectivity ( 7 3) in high yield via a chelated transition state. A Felkin transition state with the amide in the perpendicular position accounted for reduction with potassium triethylborohydride in ether at 0 C to give the stereochemi-cally pure anti diastereoisomer (55). The combination of these methods with asymmetric acylation provided an effective solution to the asymmetric aldol problem (Scheme 6). In contrast, the reduction of a-methyl-3-keto esters with zinc borohydride was highly syn selective when the ketone was aromatic or a,3-unsaturated, but less reliable in aliphatic cases. Hydrosilylation also provided complete dia-stereocontrol (Scheme 7). The fluoride-mediated reaction was anti selective ( 8 2) while reduction in trifluoroacetic acid favored production of the syn isomer (>98 2). No loss of optical purity was observed under these mild conditions. 

Thioketones (6) are slowly oxidised in air to the corresponding ketones, and they are reduced by the majority of common reducing agents to the thiols (29). Sodium borohydride often gives the optimum yield of the thiol. On the other hand, reduction with zinc-hydrochloric acid affords the hydrocarbon (30) the latter reaction is analogous to the Clemmensen reduction of ketones (Scheme 17). 

The field of applications is therefore very similar to the one with alumina, reactants being impregnated on silica gels prior to reactions. As typical examples, they are applied in reduction reactions [43] especially in silica-gel supported zinc borohydride [44], oxidations including mainly KMn04/Si02 [45] and several cases of anionic activations in dry media [46]. 

A modestly enantioselective pyrrole carbinol formation has been investigated <05SL2420>. Treatment of lithium pyrrolate with a ketoaldehyde in the presence of a chiral ligand preferentially led to the formation of pyrrole carbinol 49 (50% ee). A hydroxy-directed reduction of the ketone in the side chain by the addition of zinc borohydride provided 50 (88% de). Pyrrole carbinols serve as convenient precursors to aldehydes. A subsequent deprotective Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reaction involving 50 and phosphonate ester 51 gave unsaturated ester 52. 

The reaction of methyl stearolate (1) with diazoacetic ester in the presence of copper bronze produces a diester, which is hydrolyzed to the diacid (2). This is converted into the diacid chloride (3). Treatment with zinc chloride or other Lewis acid effects selective decarbonylation to give the cyclopropenium ion (4). Methanol is then added to convert the acid chloride grouping into the methyl ester (5). Finally reduction with sodium borohydride gives methyl sterculate (6). 

Eschemnoser et at. recommend zinc borohydride for reduction of keto esters (3) to the starting hydroxy acids. The Grignard reaction is also applicable. 

Another way to stabilize an eclipsed or gauche conformation is to coordinate heteroatom substituents with a metal ion via chelation. Oishi and co-workers reduction of 153 with zinc borohydride proceeds via a chelated species, 154. 2 Chelation of zinc to the hydroxyl and carbonyl groups effectively locks the conformation into that shown in the transition state required for reaction. The methyl and hydrogen are held in place, and the hydride is delivered from the less hindered face (over the hydrogen in 154) to complete the reaction (see secs. 4.4.B and 4.7.B). Since transition metal salts usually behave as Lewis acids, the presence of a heteroatom with... 

Selective reduction of either the pyridine or the benzene rings in quinolines and isoquinoline can be achieved the heterocyclic ring is reduced to the tetrahydro level by sodium cyanoborohydride in acid solution,by sodium borohydride in the presence of nickel(II) chloride, by zinc borohydride," or, traditionally, by room temperature and room pressure catalytic hydrogenation in methanol. However, in strong acid solution it is the benzene ring which is selectively saturated " longer reaction times can then lead to decahydro-derivatives. 

The synthesis of Cbz-protected D-valine methyl ester (296) (Scheme 40) begins with addition of an organometallic reagent to the ester function of 282. The resulting phosphonate 290 undergoes a Wittig reaction with isobutyraldehyde to afford 291. Chelation-controlled reduction of the ketone with zinc borohydride furnishes the a /-alcohol 292 (98% de). A [3,3] rearrangement of trifluoroacetimidate 293 produces allylic amine 294. Elaboration of the olefin to an ester furnishes the D-valine derivative 296 with 85% ee [101]. 

The cyclohexylidene protecting group has been employed in several syntheses. A preparation of 2,3-0-cyclohexylidene-4-deoxy-L-threose (445) fi om L-( + )-diethyltartrate (lb) in seven steps illustrates one synthetic application (Scheme 99). Conversion of the monobenzyl protected alcohol 443 to its tosylate followed by reduction with sodium borohydride provides the deoxy intermediate 444, which is reductively deprotected and Swem oxidized to 445 in good overall yield. Treatment with benzylamine provides an imine that undergoes a stereoselective carbon-carbon bond forming reaction with a-lithio-A, A -dimethylacetamide in the presence of the Lewis acid zinc bromide to furnish, after Cbz-amine protection, the j9-aminoamide 446. This is converted in four steps to A -acetyl-L-daunosamine (447), a sugar moiety particularly important as the carbohydrate constituent of the anthracycline antibiotics [149]. 

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