Secondary amines hydroxylamine synthesis

Hydroxylysine (328) was synthesized by chemoselective reaction of (Z)-4-acet-oxy-2-butenyl methyl carbonate (325) with two different nucleophiles first with At,(9-Boc-protected hydroxylamine (326) under neutral conditions and then with methyl (diphenylmethyleneamino)acetate (327) in the presence of BSA[202]. The primary allylic amine 331 is prepared by the highly selective monoallylation of 4,4 -dimethoxybenzhydrylamine (329). Deprotection of the allylated secondary amine 330 with 80% formic acid affords the primary ally-lamine 331. The reaction was applied to the total synthesis of gabaculine 332(203]. 

The most widely employed methods for the synthesis of nitrones are the condensation of carbonyl compounds with A-hydroxylamines5 and the oxidation of A+V-di substituted hydroxylamines.5 9 Practical and reliable methods for the oxidation of more easily available secondary amines have become available only recently.10 11 12 13. These include reactions with stoichiometric oxidants not readily available, such as dimethyldioxirane10 or A-phenylsulfonyl-C-phenyloxaziridine,11 and oxidations with hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by Na2W044 12 or Se02.13 All these methods suffer from limitations in scope and substrate tolerance. For example, oxidations with dimethyldioxirane seem to be limited to arylmethanamines and the above mentioned catalytic oxidations have been reported (and we have experienced as well) to give... 

I.2. Oxidation of Amines Oxidation of primary amines is often viewed as a particularly convenient way to prepare hydroxylamines. However, their direct oxidation usually leads to complex mixtures containing nitroso and nitro compounds and oximes. However, oxidation to nitrones can be performed after their conversion into secondary amines or imines. Sometimes, oxidation of secondary amines rather than direct imine oxidation seems to provide a more useful and convenient way of producing nitrones. In many cases, imines are first reduced to secondary amines which are then treated with oxidants (26). This approach is used as a basis for a one-pot synthesis of asymmetrical acyclic nitrones starting from aromatic aldehydes (Scheme 2.5) (27a) and 3,4-dihydroisoquinoline-2-oxides (27b). 

Addition of Lithiated Sulfoxides and Sulfones Nucleophilic addition of lithiated methylaryl sulfoxides (384) to nitrones of various structures proceeds easily and in good yields (622). The reactions are applied to the synthesis of optically active a-substituted and a,a-disubstituted hydroxylamines, to secondary amines (623), and to enantioselective syntheses of alkaloids (624). The preferred approach to (+ )-euphococcinine is based on the use of homochiral 3-sullinyl nitrones (385) (Scheme 2.167). 

Following the demonstration of catalytic hydroboration-amination employing hydroxylamine-O-sulfonic acid as the electrophile, extension to the synthesis of secondary amines was considered. 

Homoconjugate additions of secondary amines to cyclopropyl ketones catalysed by acid have been reported as well as formation of certain 5,6-dihydro-4H-l,2-oxazines with hydroxylamine hydrochloride. Demuth and Mikhail have recently demonstrated that cyclopropanes of the tricyclo[3.3.0.0 ] octan-3-one type can be selectively converted to functionalized bicyclic compounds with different kinds of electrophilic/nucleophilic reagents (equation 41) the products have extensively been exploited for natural product synthesis ". ... 

Electrophilic N-aminations have been performed with hydroxylamine-O-sulfonic acid (HOSA)," O-(2,4-dinitrophenyl)hydroxylamine and C>-mesitylenesulfonylhydroxylamine. The use of HOSA is mainly restricted to aqueous reaction media. Imide sodium salts of some heterocycles such as theobromine (88) can be converted to hydrazine derivatives by treatment with 0-(diphenylphosphinyl)hydroxylamine (equation 35)." This reaction has been extended to synthesis of N-arylhyd ines, where R and R are hydrogen, alkyl or aryl (equation 36)." Similarly, trisubstituted hydrazines can be prepared by the use of N-aryl-O-acetylhy oxylamines and secondary amines." A recent publication" concerning the synthesis of l-acyl-2-dkylhydrazines from hydroxamic acids and amines in the presence of activating agents has been found to be erroneous no N—N bond formation occurs under these conditions." ... 

Based on the Amaryllidaceae alkaloid galanthamine, a biomimetic solid-phase synthesis of 2527 compounds was reported by Shair and coworkers (Figure 11.13) The core scaffold, initially prepared in several steps, was diversified by means of four successive reactions Mitsunobu reaction of the phenolic moiety with five primary alcohols, Michael addition of the a, 3-unsatnrated cyclohexenone with thiols, iV-acylation or A -alkylation of the cyclic secondary amine, and treatment of the ketone with hydrazines and hydroxylamines. Further evaluation of library constituents for their ability to block protein trafficking in the secretory pathway of mammalian cells led to the discovery of sercramine as a potent inhibitor of the VSVG-GFP protein movement from the Golgi apparatus to the plasma m brane. 

When a Pd-catalyzed dehydrogenation process is applied to WWdisubstituted hydroxylamines, the corresponding nitrones, which are valuable intermediates to construct various biologically active nitrogen compounds, are formed highly efhciently (Scheme This method will replace conventional methods, which use stoichiometric amounts of oxidants such as HgO and K3[Fe(CN)6]. " Although recently direct catalytic conversion of secondary amines to nitrones has been explored, the preparative methods of nitrones from A-hydroxylamines are limited to a few reactions. " The present Pd-catalyzed reaction is useful for the synthesis of cyclic nitrones, which cannot be obtained by the conventional method catalytically. 

Carbon-Heteroatom (N, S, O, Sn, Si, Se, P) Bond Formation. Primary and secondary amines (but not ammonia) undergo reaction with allylic acetates, haUdes, phosphates, and nitro compounds in the presence of Pd(PhsP)4 to provide the corresponding allylic amines (eq 26). A variety of ammonia equivalents have been demonstrated to be useful in this Pd(Ph3P)4-catalyzed alkylation, including 4,4 -dimethoxybenzhydrylamine, NaNHTs, and NaNs (eq 26). Both allylic phosphates and chlorides react faster than the corresponding acetates and (Z)-alkenes are isomerized to the ( )-isomers. The use of primary amines as nucleophiles in the synthesis of secondary allyl amines is sometimes problematic since the amine that is formed undergoes further alkylation to form the tertiary amine. Thus hydroxylamines have been shown... 

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