Tf<Subscript>2</Subscript>O-TMDS combination for the direct reductive transformation of secondary amides to aldimines,aldehydes, and/or amines

The direct partial reduction of highly stable secondary amides to more reactive aldimines and aldehydes is a challenging yet highly demanding transformation. In this context, only three methods have been reported. We report herein an improved version of the Charette’s method. Our protocol consists of activation of secondary amides with triflic anhydride/2-fluoropyridine, and partial reduction of the resulting intermediates with 1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisiloxane (TMDS), which delivered aldimines or aldehydes upon acidic hydrolysis. Aromatic amides were reduced to the corresponding aldimines in 85%–100% NMR yields, and yields (NMR) from aliphatic amides were 72%–86%. Acidic hydrolysis of the aldimine intermediates afforded, in one-pot, the corresponding aldehydes in 80%–96% yields. A simple protocol was established to isolate labile aldimines in pure form in 92%–96% yields. The improved method gave generally higher yields as compared to the known ones, and features the use of cheaper and more atom-economical TMDS as a chemoselective reducing agent. In addition, a convenient extraction protocol has been established to allow the isolation of amines, which constitutes a mild method for the N-deacylation of amides, another highly desirable transformation. The extended method retains the advantages of the original method of Charette in terms of mild conditions, good functional group tolerance, and excellent chemoselectivity.     

CN Stretching frequencies in amide systems

The CN stretching frequencies in amides have been predicted satisfactorily by the CNDO /2 method. The large variation in ΔE is explained on the basis of extent of resonance in amides.     

Ligand-free CuI-catalyzed selective C–N coupling of aliphatic amino group of α-amino acid amides with ortho-dihaloarenes

Many synthetic methods of racemic N-aryl (including N-(2-haloaryl)) α-amino acid amides have been reported, but there are only a few for eutomers and none for inactivated halo(hetero)arenes. Selective C–N coupling of aliphatic amino group of α-amino acid amides is a direct and valuable method, but still unresolved. Here we disclose a simple and cheap ligand-free CuI-catalyzed selective synthesis of chiral N-(2-halo(hetero)aryl) amino acid amides without obvious racemization. A rational mechanism is proposed.     

Mild and efficient one-pot synthesis of chiral β-chalcogen amides via 2-oxazoline ring-opening reaction mediated by indium metal

A simple and efficient procedure for the synthesis of β-seleno and β-thio amides via the ring-opening reaction of chiral 2-oxazolines in the presence of indium metal has been developed. Features of this method include the following: (i) easily and accessible starting materials; (ii) indium metal is more stable and less expensive then its respective salts; (iii) useful to excellent yields of β-chalcogen amides derivatives.     

测定手性有机酸对映体纯度的新试剂

用NMR技术测定微量手性化合物的对映体纯度,已有多种方法。其中,加手性镧化物位移试剂法适用面最广,但对有机酸,结果常不理想。另一种使用较广的方法是加手性试剂,将样品中两对映体转变成非对映异构体,然后比较非对映基因NMR信号的强度,确定原样品中对映体的组成比例。国外已出售的手性试     

Unnatural amino acids. 3. Aziridinyl ketones from esters and amides of aziridine-2-carboxylic acids

A series of N-substituted amides and esters of aziridine-2-carboxylic acids have been prepared and have been subjected to deprotonation with lithium diisopropylamide. The intermediate carbanions reacted more readily with the carbonyl groups of the substrates than with methyl iodide. So, in place of the expected amides or esters of methylaziridine-2-carboxylic acids, amides or esters of 2-aziridinylcarbonylaziridine-2-carboxylic acids were isolated. __________ Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 2, 220–225, February, 2007.     

Wisanin und andere amide der 5-(2-methoxy-4,5-methylendioxyphenyl)-2,4-pentadiensäure: Synthesen,spektroskopische untersuchungen und prüfung auf antibakterielle wirksamkeit

Wisanine, a constituent of piper guineense (a plant of which antibacterial activity has been reported and other amides of 5 - (2 - methoxy - 4, 5 - methylenedioxyphenyl) - pentadienoic acid were synthesized from 3,4 -dioxymethylen - phenel and investigated spectroscopically. The amides prepared have been tested against grampositive and gramnegative bacteria. Only some of the amides prepared show weak antibacterial activity.     

Reductive hydroxyalkylation/alkylation of amines with lactones/esters

We have developed a one-pot method for the direct intermolecular reductive hydroxyalkylation or alkylation of amines using lactones or esters as the hydroxyalkylating/alkylating reagents. The method is based on the in situ amidation of lactones/esters with DIBAL-H-amine complex (for primary amines) or DIBAL-H-amine hydrochloride salt complex (for secondary amines), followed by reduction of the amides with an excess of DIBAL-H. Different from the reduction of Weinreb amides with DIBAL-H where aldehydes are formed, the reduction of the in situ formed Weinreb amides yielded amines. Moreover, this method is not limited to Weinreb amides, instead, it also works for other amides in general. A plausible mechanism is suggested to account for the outcome of the reactions.     

Efficient synthesis of chiral beta-seleno amides via ring-opening reaction of 2-oxazolines and their application in the palladium-catalyzed asymmetric allylic alkylation

[structure: see text] A set of chiral beta-seleno amides have been efficiently synthesized via the ring-opening reaction of chiral 2-oxazolines by selenium nucleophiles. The present method is applicable to the synthesis of beta-seleno amides containing thioether, alcohol, and ether moieties in good yields. As an application, the synthesis of a selenocysteine derivative has been accomplished. Additionally, these new compounds were evaluated in the palladium-catalyzed asymmetric allylic alkylation, giving the alkylated products in up to 98% ee.     

Derivatives of the N-(pyrid-2-yl)amides of 3-aminocrotonic acid as chelating ligands

New chelating ligands, N-(pyrid-2-yl)amides of 4,4,4-trichloro-3-amino-2-cyanocrotonic acid have been synthesized from N-(pyrid-2-yl)amides of cyanoacetic acid and CCl₃CN. It has been demonstrated that by the action of butylthiodibutylborane they form binuclear boron chelate complexes. Analogous chelates have also been obtained from the N-(pyrid-2-yl)amides of acetoacetic and 4,4,4-trichloro-3-aminocrotonic acids.N. D. Zelinskii Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117913. Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 4, pp. 974–979, April, 1992.     

Self-assembly driven by an aromatic primary amide motif

Primary amides are unique supramolecular synthons possessing two hydrogen donors and two hydrogen acceptors. By interacting in a complementary fashion, primary amides reliably generate two-dimensional hydrogen bonded networks that differ from conventional hydrogen bonded structures such as carboxylic acid dimers or one-dimensional secondary amide chains. This feature permits the design of sophisticated supramolecular assemblies based on primary amides (especially aromatic amides). Several interesting crystal structures have been constructed utilizing primary amides, although such structures have been applied only in the field of crystal engineering because the networks strongly favor crystallization. Expansion of the applications of primary amides to liquid crystals and self-assembly in solution requires an appropriate balance between primary amide-based hydrogen bonding and other noncovalent interactions. This perspective article reviews the key hydrogen bonding properties of primary amides determined from crystal structure studies, and a variety of supramolecular assemblies involving primary amides are discussed. A new strategy for overcoming crystallinity and solubility issues is proposed, involving introduction of a trifluoromethyl group at the ortho position of the aromatic primary amide. Such substitutions produce highly processable primary amides, while maintaining the two-dimensional hydrogen bonded network. Examples of self-assembly using 2-trifluoromethylbenzamide demonstrate its usefulness in self-assembly.     

酰胺水化作用的富里埃红外光谱研究及其SCFPPP计算

本文用富里埃红外光谱仪研究了酰胺水化作用引起的红外光谱变化。用SCFPPP方法对五种酰胺进行了计算。含水酰胺的羰基伸缩振动频率向低波数的位移与酰胺和水分子间的氢键强度成正比。其氢键强度与羰基上氧原子的净电荷密度成正比,与酰胺分子的HOMO轨道能量成反比。     

One-pot Eschenmoser episulfide contractions in DMSO: applications to the synthesis of fuligocandins A and B and a number of vinylogous amides

Practical total syntheses of the natural products fuligocandin A (2a) and fuligocandin B (3) have been achieved through a convergent strategy depending on the Eschenmoser episulfide contraction as a key step. Conducting the reaction in DMSO proved to be an efficient and general method for the synthesis of a variety of vinylogous amides, such as azepan-2-ylidenepropan-2-one.     

Synthesis and conversions of 2-substituted cinchoninic acid amides

Amides of 2-oxo- or 2-thiocinchoninic acid have been obtained by the reaction of substituted amides of 2-chlorocinchoninic acid with sodium acetate or sodium sulfide. The reaction of 2-thiocinchoninic acid amides with hydrazine hydrate or ethyl cyanoacetate leads to derivatives of 2-hydrazinocinchoninic acid or (4-carbamoyl-2-quinolyl)cyanoacetic ester respectively, which were also obtained from 2-chlorocinchoninic acid amides.Perm Pharmaceutical Academy, Perm 614600. Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 697–700, May, 1997.     

Palladium-catalyzed intermolecular alpha-arylation of zinc amide enolates under mild conditions

The intermolecular alpha-arylation and vinylation of amides by palladium-catalyzed coupling of aryl bromides and vinyl bromides with zinc enolates of amides is reported. Reactions of three different types of zinc enolates have been developed. The reactions of aryl halides occur in high yields with isolated Reformatsky reagents generated from alpha-bromo amides, with Reformatsky reagents generated in situ from alpha-bromo amides, and with zinc enolates generated by quenching lithium enolates of amides with zinc chloride. This use of zinc enolates, instead of alkali metal enolates, greatly expands the scope of amide arylation. The reactions occur at room temperature or 70 degrees C with bromoarenes containing cyano, nitro, ester, keto, fluoro, hydroxyl, or amino functionality and with bromopyridines. Moreover, the reaction has been developed with morpholine amides, the products of which are precursors to ketones and aldehydes. The arylation of zinc enolates of amides was conducted with catalysts bearing the hindered pentaphenylferrocenyl di-tert-butylphosphine (Q-phos) or the highly reactive, dimeric, Pd(I) complex [[P(t-Bu)3]PdBr]2.     

手性氨基酸及其衍生物配体在酮不对称氢转移反应中的应用进展

前手性酮的不对称氢转移反应(ATH)是获得手性醇的重要方法.近年来氨基酸及其衍生物在金属Ru,Rh,Ir催化酮的ATH中的应用引起人们关注.就氨基酸、氨基酸酰胺、氨基酸硫代酰胺、氨基酸羟胺酸、氨基酸酰肼、氨基醇及氨基酸羟基酰胺等为配体的金属络合物在ATH中的催化性能进行了综述.     

Novel sparteine-mediated enantio-dichotomic formal synthesis of R-(-)- and S-(+)-curcuphenol

High and opposite enantiodiscriminations were observed between tertiary amides and secondary amides in the sparteine-mediated lateral metalation-allylation of 2-ethyl-m-toluamide derivatives (2a, 2e). The results described above have been applied for the formal synthesis of both enantiomers of curcuphenol. The brief mechanistic studies suggested that stereoinformation was introduced after the deprotonation step.     

Molecular mechanics calculations of conjugated amides and an ab initio investigation of acrylamide and its β-amino derivative: Conformational analysis and rotational barriers

Conformations and rotational barriers in a series of conjugated primary and tertiary amides have been analyzed by a modified MM2(91) force field, which treats the amide nitrogen as part of the conjugated system by redefining the atom type for the nitrogen. Ab initio molecular orbital calculations at the MP2/6-31G* level have been performed on the stable conformers and transition structures of acrylamide and β-trans-aminoacrylamide. The results have been used, with published experimental and computational data, to generate parameters for the MM2 force field. The force field has been applied to various conjugated amides, such as reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) and NAD⁺ analogues, nicotinamide, urea, vinylogous urea derivatives, and nucleic acid bases. The fundamental difference between primary and tertiary conjugated amides with respect to both conformation and barrier is highlighted. © 1996 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Hydration of simple amides. FTIR spectra of HDO and theoretical studies

The hydration of formamide (F), N-methylformamide (NMF), N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF), acetamide (A), N-methylacetamide (NMA), and N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMA) has been studied in aqueous solutions by means of FTIR spectra of HDO isotopically diluted in H2O. The difference spectra procedure has been applied to remove the contribution of bulk water and thus to separate the spectra of solute-affected HDO. To facilitate the interpretation of obtained spectral results, DFT calculations of aqueous amide clusters were performed. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation for the cis and trans forms of NMA was also carried out for the SPC model of water. Infrared spectra reveal that only two to three water molecules from the surrounding of the amides are statistically affected, from among ca. 30 molecules present in the first hydration sphere. The structural-energetic characteristic of these solute-affected water molecules differs only slightly from that in the bulk and corresponds to the clathrate-like hydrogen-bonded cage typical for hydrophobic hydration, with the possible exception of F. MD simulations confirm such organization of water molecules in the first hydration sphere of NMA and indicate a practical lack of orientation and energetic effects beyond this sphere. The geometry of hydrogen-bonded water molecules in the first hydration sphere is very similar to that in the bulk phase, but MD simulations have affirmed subtle differences recognized by the spectral method and enabled their understanding. The spectral data and simulations results are highly compatible. In the case of F, NMF, and A, there is a visible spectral effect of water interactions with N-H groups, which have destabilizing influence on the amides hydration shell. There is no spectral sign of such interaction for NMA as the solute. The energetic stability of water H-bonds in the amide hydration sphere and in the bulk fulfills the order: NMA > DMA > A > NMF > bulk > DMF > F. Microscopic parameters of water organization around the amides obtained from the spectra, which have been used in the hydration model based on volumetric data, confirm the more hydrophobic character of the first three amides in this sequence. The increased stability of the hydration sphere of NMA relative to DMA and of NMF relative to DMF seems to have its origin in different geometries, and so the stability, of water cages containing the amides.     

N-(2-Pyridyl)amides of 2,4-Dioxobutyric Acids in Reactions with Diazoalkanes

N-(2-Pyridyl)amides of 4-R-2-alkoxy-4-arylcrotonic acids and 3-alkoxy-3-aroylmethyl-2-oxo-2,3-dihydroimidazo[1,2-a]pyridines have been synthesized by the interaction of N-(2-pyridyl)amides of 4-aryl-2,4-dioxobutyric acids with diazoalkanes. The structure and mechanism of formation of the products are discussed.