Ruthenium catalysis amines

Diisopropenyl oxalate results from the addition of oxalic acid to propyne. The ester condenses with all types of amines under ruthenium catalysis to yield the corresponding ester amides or oxamides, depending on the amounts of amines used (equation 104)327. 

Slegeir et al. [17] have briefly studied a number of aspects of ruthenium catalysis of the WGSR using amine as base. Their studies with the... 

Another reaction for the synthesis of pyrroles 37 was reported using ruthenium catalysis in PEG-400 without the use of external hgands. Ketones 34, amines 35, and ethylene glycol 36 were the simple starting materials and the... 

New amine functionalization reactions have been applied to the functionalization of benzodiazepines, for example, twofold methylation of 2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-lff-benzo[e][l,4]diazepine was achieved using carbon dioxide and phenylsilane with ruthenium catalysis (13AGE9568). A range of readily available 3,4-dihydro-lH-benzo[e][l,4]diazepine-2,5-diones underwent iV-acylation followed by a dehydrative ring-contraction rearrangement process to afford the corresponding oxazoloquinolinones (13OL1052). 

Scheme 7.44 Domino oxidation-Michael-intramolecular alkylation reaction, domino oxidation-Michael-hemiacetalisation reaction, and domino oxidation-oxa-Michael-Michael reaction catalysed by chiral amine catalysis and ruthenium catalysis.

Scheme 7.59 Three-component reaction of 5-hexene-2-one, crotonaldehyde, and trimethylsilylo>yfuran catalysed by ruthenium catalysis and chiral amine catalysis.

Ruthenium complexes B are stable in the presence of alcohols, amines, or water, even at 60 °C. Olefin metathesis can be realized even in water as solvent, either using ruthenium carbene complexes with water-soluble phosphine ligands [815], or in emulsions. These complexes are also stable in air [584]. No olefination of aldehydes, ketones, or derivatives of carboxylic acids has been observed [582]. During catalysis of olefin metathesis replacement of one phosphine ligand by an olefin can occur [598,809]. 

Dihydropyrroles have recently become readily available by ring-closing metathesis. For this purpose, N-acylated or N-sulfonylated bis(allyl)amines are treated with catalytic amounts of a ruthenium carbene complex, whereupon cyclization to the dihydropyrrole occurs (Entries 6 and 7, Table 15.3 [30,31]). Catalysis by carbene complexes is most efficient in aprotic, non-nucleophilic solvents, and can also be conducted on hydrophobic supports such as cross-linked polystyrene. Free amines or other soft nucleophiles might, however, compete with the alkene for electrophilic attack by the catalyst, and should therefore be avoided. 

Oxidation of organic compounds by ruthenium tetraoxide has been reviewed. The oxidation of various types of organic compounds such as alkanes, alkenes, allenes, aromatic rings, alcohols, amines, and sulfides has been discussed The cyclic oxoruthe-nium(VI) diesters that are formed in the initial step of the oxidation of alkenes are considered to be intermediates in the formation of 1,2-diols.70 The development of new and selective oxidative transformations under ruthenium tetroxide catalysis during the past 10 years has been reviewed. The state of research in this field is summarized and a systematic overview of the reactivity and the reaction mode of ruthenium tetroxide is given.71... 

Asymmetric catalysis undertook a quantum leap with the discovery of ruthenium and rhodium catalysts based on the atropisomeric bisphosphine, BINAP (3a). These catalysts have displayed remarkable versatility and enantioselectivity in the asymmetric reduction and isomerization of a,P- and y-keto esters functionalized ketones allylic alcohols and amines oc,P-unsaturated carboxylic acids and enamides. Asymmetric transformation with these catalysts has been extensively studied and reviewed.81315 3536 The key feature of BINAP is the rigidity of the ligand during coordination on a transition metal center, which is critical during enantiofacial selection of the substrate by the catalyst. Several industrial processes currently use these technologies, whereas a number of other opportunities show potential for scale up. 

Stephenson and coworkers applied reductive photoredox catalysis to trigger radical 6-exo cyclizations of co-pyrrole or co-indole-substituted a-bromocarbonyl compounds 124 [186] as well as radical 5-exo cyclizations of 2-bromo-2-(4-pentenyl)malonates 126 (Fig. 32) [187]. These cyclization processes provide bi- or tricyclic products 125 or cyclopentanecarboxylates 127 in moderate to excellent yields. The initial radical was formed with reduced ruthenium catalyst HOB generated similarly as above from 110 and a sacrificial amine... 

The unique transformation of formamides to ureas was reported by Watanabe and coworkers [85]. In place of carbon monoxide, formamide derivatives are used as a carbonyl source. The reaction of formanilide with aniline was conducted in the presence of a catalytic amount of RuCl2(PPh3)3 in refluxing mesitylene, leading to N,AT-diphenylurea in 92% yield (Eq. 56) [85]. They proposed that the catalysis starts with the oxidative addition of the formyl C-H bond to the active ruthenium center. In the case of the reaction of formamide, HCONH2, with amines, two molecules of the amine react with the amide to afford the symmetrically substituted ureas in good yields. This reaction evolves one molecule of NH3 and one molecule of H2. 

Intramolecular addition of amine N-H bonds to carbon-carbon multiple bonds would afford nitrogen heterocycles. To realize catalytic cyclization of a,co-aminoalkenes or aminoalkynes, various catalytic systems have been developed especially with early transition metals such as titanium, zirconium, lanthanide metals, and actinide metals [ 12], Late-transition-metal catalysis based on Ni, Pd, and Rh has also proved to be efficient [ 12], Recently, the ruthenium-catalyzed intramolecular hydroamination of aminoalkynes 15 was reported to afford 5-7-membered ring products 16 in various yields (Eq. 6) [13]. Among... 

With the aid of transition-metal catalysis, heterocycle formations can be achieved not only by carbon-heteroatom bond forming cydizations of an acyclic molecule with a terminal group such as alcohols and amines, but also by intramolecular carbon-carbon bond forming reactions of an acyclic precursor containing one or more heteroatoms in its tether moiety. This section will briefly survey heterocycle synthesis via carbon-carbon bond formations. For details of ruthenium-catalyzed C-C bond formations, see other chapters of this book. 

The same differential behavior can be observed with amine nucleophiles. For example, calcium triflate promotes the aminolysis of propene oxide 84 with benzylamine to give 1-(A -benzyl)amino-2-propanol 85, the result of attack at the less substituted site <03T2435>, and which is also seen in the solventless reaction of epoxides with heterocyclic amines under the catalysis of ytterbium(III) triflate <03SC2989>. Conversely, zinc chloride directs the attack of aniline on styrene oxide 34 at the more substituted carbon center <03TL6026>. A ruthenium catalyst in the presence of tin chloride also results in an SNl-type substitution behavior with aniline derivatives (e.g., 88), but further provides for subsequent cyclization of the intermediate amino alcohol, thus representing an interesting synthesis of 2-substituted indoles (e.g., 89) <03TL2975>. 

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