Staudinger reaction reactions

The 3-[2-(acylamino)phenyl]-2-azidoprop-2-enoates 1 undergo a Staudinger reaction on treatment with triphenylphosphane at 20 C to give the stable imino-/.5-phosphanes 2 in nearly quantitative yields. The latter cyclize to 3/7-1,3-benzodiazepines 3 (40-50%) when heated in refluxing xylene for 15 hours. No further details were reported.19... 

A similar microwave-assisted cyclization in the presence of ammonium acetate of an a-ketoamide, obtained by acylation of an a-aminoketone, was recently described for the synthesis of the antifungal agent Nortopsedin D [46]. The problem of the instabiUty of the a-amino ketones was successfully resolved by in situ acylation of the amine derived from Staudinger reaction of the azide 50 with a phosphine (Scheme 16). This ketoamide was... 

The use of chiral auxilliaries in the Staudinger reaction has been explored extensively. Chiral imines derived from (15)-(-t-)-camphor 10-sulfonic acid <96TA2733>,... 

An interesting [1,3]-Si shift from nitrogen to nitrogen has been observed in the Staudinger imination reaction of AT-ferf-butyl-iV-trimethylsilyl-P,P-di-methyl phosphinous amide 32 with trimethylsilylazide [137]. The steric bulk provided by the tert-hutjl group seems to determine the direction of the silyl shift (Scheme 32). 

The Staudinger reaction [92], a [2 + 2]-cycloaddition of a ketene and a nucleophilic imine, usually proceeds by an initial imine attack on the ketene thus forming a zwitterionic enolate which subsequently cyclizes. This reaction is an expedient route to p-lactams, the core of numerous antibiotics (e.g., penicillins) and other biologically active molecules [93]. In contrast, for Lewis-base catalyzed asymmetric reactions, nonnucleophilic imines are required (to suppress a noncatalyzed background reaction), bearing, for example, an N-Ts [94] or -Boc-substituent [95]. 

Fig. 40 Formation of (3-lactams via asymmetric Staudinger-type reactions, catalyzed by 64c...

Zhang YR, He L, Wu X, Shao PL, Ye S (2008) Chiral N-heterocyclic carbene catalyzed Staudinger reaction of ketenes with imines highly enantioselective synthesis of W-Boc P-lactams. Org Lett 10 277-280... 

Lee EC, Hodous BL, Bergin E, Shih C, Fu GC (2005) Catalytic asymmetric Staudinger reactions to form P-lactams an unanticipated dependence of diastereoselectivity on the choice of the nitrogen substituent. J Am Chem Soc 127 11586-11587... 

Staudinger reaction conditions obviate the need for interim protection... 

The spirophosphorane (115) has been found to react with triphenylphosphine by a conventional Staudinger reaction to produce (116) with the novel X5 P-N-X4P grouping 2L ray data are available for the latter51. ... 

Staudinger reaction lead to the preparation of unprotected sugar... 

Recently, the same procedure has been used by Williams and coworkers in their approach to the natural product (-)-stemonine (7-18) [10], an alkaloid which exhibits broad biological activity [11]. Conversion of the formyl azide 7-16 in a Staudinger reaction with ethyldiphenylphosphine first generated a phosphineimide which was used for the subsequent aza-Wittig process (Scheme 7.7). The furnished seven-... 

Hydroxymethyl phosphines are susceptible to oxidation to form the phosphine oxide derivative. Therefore, avoid excess oxygen, oxidizing agents, or azide compounds, which react with phosphines in the Staudinger reaction (Chapter 17, Section 5). In addition, metallic surfaces can be modified via the phosphine group to result in hydroxymethyl group substitutions. 

Figure 11.22 Azido-sialic acid-containing glycans can be labeled in vivo with biotin-PEG-phosphine using the Staudinger ligation reaction, which forms an amide bond.

Figure 13.4 APTS-modified surfaces may be further derivatized with amine-reactive crosslinkers to create additional surface characteristics and reactivity. Modification with NHS-PEG4-azide forms a hydrophilic PEG spacer terminating in an azido group that can be used in a click chemistry or Staudinger ligation reaction to couple other molecules.

Figure 17.12 Azido derivatives of sugars can be used as monomers for glycan and carbohydrate synthesis by cells. Such modifications can be probed using click chemistry or Staudinger ligation reactions.

Early in the last century, the Nobel Prize winning chemist Hermann Staudinger discovered a reaction between phosphines and azides, which became known as the Staudinger reaction (Staudinger and Meyer, 1919). Triphenylphosphine reacts with azides to form an intermediate iminophosphorane with the release of nitrogen gas. This intermediate quickly breaks down in aqueous environments to yield triphenylphosphine oxide and a primary amine (Figure 17.17). 

Figure 17.17 The Staudinger reaction involves the reduction of an azide to a primary amine with loss of N2 and the concomitant oxidation of a phosphine derivative to a phosphine oxide.

This reaction has since been used successfully to synthesize amines in countless numbers of organic compounds and still remains one of the most common organic reactions performed today. Often azides are thought of as hidden amines, because the azide is relatively inert to other reactants until it is revealed through the Staudinger reaction. 

Figure 17.18 The Staudinger ligation reaction uses a modified phosphine derivative containing an electrophilic group that acts as a trap for the nucleophilic nitrogen in the intermediate aza-ylide. The resultant shift yields an amide bond derivative between the phosphine-containing molecule and the azide-containing molecule.

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