Sulfonamides, acidity amines from

Sulfonamides are prepared from an amine and a sulfonyl chloride in the presence of pyridine or aqueous base. The sulfonamide is one of the most stable nitrogen protective groups. Most arylsulfonamides are stable to alkaline hydrolysis and to catalytic reduction they are cleaved by Na/NH3, Na/butanol, sodium naphthalenide," or sodium anthracenide, and by refluxing in acid (48% HBr/cat. phenol). Sulfonamides of less basic amines such as pyrroles and indoles are much easier to cleave than those of the more basic alkyl amines. In fact, sulfonamides of the less basic amines (pyrroles, indoles, and imidazoles)... 

Aminals, compounds having two amino groups bound to the same carbon atom, are represented in many medicinal agents having versatile therapeutic action, such as proteinase inhibitors and neurotensins. Antilla and coworkers developed an en antioselective synthesis of protected aminals from the amidation reaction of N Boc imines with a series of sulfonamides catalyzed by chiral phosphoric acids (Scheme 3.54a) [111]. In this novel enantioselective transformation, phosphoric acid 9 exhibited excellent catalytic activity and enantioselectivity in addition to N Boc aromatic imines. The enantioenriched aminal products were stable upon storage neither decomposition nor racemization was observed in solution over several days. The same research group reported the enantioselective amidation reaction of N Boc aromatic imines with phthalimide or its derivatives (Scheme 3.54b) [112]. 

The sulfonamide is prepared from the acid chloride and an amine in IPA at 60° for 1-5 h (-70% yield). Cleavage is affected photochemically at 350nm in N2 purged solutions to return the amine in 32-96% yield. ... 

When the base is hydroxide and the reaction is done in water, as in the preparation of 189, this reaction is known as the Schotten-Baumann reaction, after Carl Schotten (Germany 1853-1910) and Eugen Baumann (Germany 1846-1896). Just as amides are prepared from the reaction of carboxylic acid esters with amines or ammonia, so sulfonamides are prepared from sulfonate esters. An example is the reaction of ethyl butanesulfonate (190) with ammonia to give butanesulfonamide, 191. 

Sulfonyl chlorides are important precursors of sulfonamides, many of which are chemotherapeutic agents, such as the sulfa drugs discovered in 1932 (Section 9-11). Sulfonamides are derived from the reaction of a sulfonyl chloride with an amine. Sulfa drugs specifically contain the 4-aminobenzenesulfonamide (sulfanilamide) function. Their mode of action is based on their structural similarity with the central fragment of folic acid. The sulfanilamide interferes with the bacterial enzymes that help to synthesize folic acid (Real Life 25-3), thereby depriving them of an essential nutrient and thus causing bacterial... 

Among chemical methods for the separation of amines, those of Hinsberg (reaction with / -toluenesulfonyl chloride) and of Alexander (94) (reaction with 3-nitrophthalic anhydride) are most commonly used. Tertiary amines do not react with the reagents mentioned and they can be separated after the reaction — for example, by extraction. Derivatives of primary amines with p-toluenesulfonyl chloride are soluble in alkali hydroxide solutions, in contrast to sulfonamides of secondary amines this is utilized for their separation. When primary and secondary amines are separated by reacting them with 3-nitrophthalic anhydride, use is made of the fact that only phthal-imine acids derived from primary amines can be cyclized. Practical utilization of both procedures is demonstrated by the separated of a mixture of aniline, ethylaniline, and diethylaniline. However, it should be mentioned that in a number of cases the procedures fail or do not lead to a sufficiently sharp separation. Negatively substituted amines which do not react with / -toluenesulfonyl chloride can be separated with 3-nitrophthalic anhydride. Some p-toluenesulfonamides of primary amines are poorly soluble in alkali. The derivative of primary amine with 3-nitrophthalic anhydride is cyclized merely by boiling in benzene, and the phthalimide formed is soluble in benzene and can be isolated together with the tertiary amine. 

Aluminum chloride [7446-70-0] is a useful catalyst in the reaction of aromatic amines with ethyleneknine (76). SoHd catalysts promote the reaction of ethyleneknine with ammonia in the gas phase to give ethylenediamine (77). Not only ammonia and amines, but also hydrazine [302-01-2] (78), hydrazoic acid [7782-79-8] (79—82), alkyl azidoformates (83), and acid amides, eg, sulfonamides (84) or 2,4-dioxopyrimidines (85), have been used as ring-opening reagents for ethyleneknine with nitrogen being the nucleophilic center (1). The 2-oxopiperazine skeleton has been synthesized from a-amino acid esters and ethyleneknine (86—89). 

Acetoiicetyliition Reactions. The best known and commercially most important reaction of diketene is the aceto acetylation of nucleophiles to give derivatives of acetoacetic acid (Fig. 2) (1,5,6). A wide variety of substances with acidic hydrogens can be acetoacetylated. This includes alcohols, amines, phenols, thiols, carboxyHc acids, amides, ureas, thioureas, urethanes, and sulfonamides. Where more than one functional group is present, ring closure often follows aceto acetylation, giving access to a variety of heterocycHc compounds. These reactions often require catalysts in the form of tertiary amines, acids, and mercury salts. Acetoacetate esters and acetoacetamides are the most important industrial intermediates prepared from diketene. 

General Reaction Chemistry of Sulfonic Acids. Sulfonic acids may be used to produce sulfonic acid esters, which are derived from epoxides, olefins, alkynes, aHenes, and ketenes, as shown in Figure 1 (10). Sulfonic acids may be converted to sulfonamides via reaction with an amine in the presence of phosphoms oxychloride [10025-87-3] POCl (H)- Because sulfonic acids are generally not converted directiy to sulfonamides, the reaction most likely involves a sulfonyl chloride intermediate. Phosphoms pentachlotide [10026-13-8] and phosphoms pentabromide [7789-69-7] can be used to convert sulfonic acids to the corresponding sulfonyl haUdes (12,13). The conversion may also be accompHshed by continuous electrolysis of thiols or disulfides in the presence of aqueous HCl [7647-01-0] (14) or by direct sulfonation with chlorosulfuric acid. Sulfonyl fluorides are typically prepared by direct sulfonation with fluorosulfutic acid [7789-21-17, or by reaction of the sulfonic acid or sulfonate with fluorosulfutic acid. Halogenation of sulfonic acids, which avoids production of a sulfonyl haUde, can be achieved under oxidative halogenation conditions (15). 

Protective group chemistry for these amines has been separated from the simple amines because chemically they behave quite differently with respect to protective group cleavage. The increased acidity of these aromatic amines makes it easier to cleave the various amide, carbamate, and sulfonamide groups that are used to protect this class. A similar situation arises in the deprotection of nucleoside bases (e.g., the isobutanamide is cleaved with methanolic ammonia ), again, because of the increased acidity of the NH group. 

The imidazolides required for these reactions can be prepared from sulfonyl chlor-ides[1] or sulfonic anhydrides[2] and imidazole, or by treatment of the corresponding sulfonic acid with CDI,[1] ImSOIm,[3] or ImS02Im[3] (see Section 10.1.1). However, for the synthesis of sulfonamides it is more convenient to employ a one-pot reaction starting from the free sulfonic acid, CDI or ImSOIm, and the appropriate amine [1]... 

With these solid supports in hand, we turned our attention to a new route to the synthesis of our target molecule 23 (Scheme 8). The tricky reductive amination should be replaced by an N-alkylation. To that end, bromoacetic acid is attached to 24c using DIC and Hiinig s base followed by the nucleophilic substitution with the corresponding benzy-lamine in DMSO/toluene (1 1), which can be easily monitored by the Beilstein test, followed by sulfonamide formation in DCM using N-methylmorpholine as base. For the final cleavage, 2% TFA in DCM is used and the resulting solution is filtered in a saturated NaHCC>3 solution to neutralise the acid before evaporation of the solvent. The crude product was then crystallised from ethyl acetate/heptane to yield the desired product in 27% yield overall and 99A% HPLC purity (see Table 4). 

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