Diastereo- and enantioselective aldol reaction of granatanone (pseudopelletierine)

Granatanone (granatan-3-one, 9-methyl-9-azabicyclo[3.3.1]nonan-3-one, pseudopelletierine or pseudopelletrierin) undergoes deprotonation with lithium amides giving a lithium enolate, which reacts with aldehydes diastereoselectively giving exclusively exo isomers and anti/syn selectivity up to 98:2. Granatanone can be enantioselectively lithiated by chiral lithium amides and the resulting non-racemic enolate can be reacted with aldehydes giving aldols with enantiomeric excess up to 93% (99% ee after recrystallization). The absolute and relative configuration of the aldol products was determined by NMR spectroscopy and X-ray analysis.Granatanone; aldol reaction; asymmetric synthesis; enantioselective deprotonation; chiral lithium amide.     

Investigation of site selectivity of the stereoselective deprotonation of cyclohexene oxide using kinetic resolution of isotopic enantiomers in natural abundance

Stereoselective deprotonation of epoxides with lithium amides can occur by abstraction of protons from more than one site. The site selectivity of the deprotonation of cyclohexene oxide by several chiral and achiral lithium amides has been investigated. ²H NMR has been used to measure the relative abundances of the isotopomers of the epoxide containing one deuterium. An isotopic stereoisomer, with deuterium in the site undergoing abstraction, reacts slower than its enantiomer and other isotopomers having protium in the same site due to a kinetic isotope effect. This results in a kinetic resolution yielding a relative excess of the less reactive isotopic stereoisomer. Thus, the relative abundance of such an enantiomer increases when compared with those having protium at the site in question as the reaction proceeds. It can be concluded that deprotonation of cyclohexene oxide using some chiral- and non-chiral lithium amides occurs by β_syn-deprotonation.     

Asymmetric three- and [2 + 1]-component conjugate addition reactions for the stereoselective synthesis of polysubstituted piperidinones

The efficiency and stereoselectivity of the conjugate addition of lithium (Z)- or (E)-beta-amino ester enolates, generated by lithium amide conjugate addition to an alpha,beta-unsaturated ester or deprotonation of a beta-amino ester, respectively, to a range of alpha,beta-unsaturated acceptors has been investigated. Deprotonation of a beta-amino ester with LDA, followed by conjugate addition to a chiral alpha,beta-unsaturated oxazolidinone gives high 2,3-anti selectivity ( approximately 90% d.e.), with hydrogenolysis and purification to homogeneity generating stereodefined trisubstituted piperidinones as single stereoisomers. Asymmetric three-component couplings of alpha,beta-unsaturated esters and alkylidene malonates initiated by lithium amide conjugate addition proceeds with high levels of 2,3-anti stereoselectivity, with hydrogenolysis giving tetrasubstituted piperidinones.     

Kinetic and NMR spectroscopic studies of chiral mixed sodium/lithium amides used for the deprotonation of cyclohexene oxide

The mixed-metal complex formed from n-butylsodium, n-butyllithium, and a chiral amino ether has been studied by NMR spectroscopy. Three different mixed-metal amides were used as chiral bases for the deprotonation of cyclohexene oxide. The selectivity and initial rate of reaction were compared for sodium-amido ethers, lithium-amido ethers, and mixtures of sodium and lithiumamido ethers in diethyl ether and tetrahydrofuran, respectively. The mixed sodium/lithium amides are more reactive than the single sodium and lithium amides, whereas the stereoselectivities are higher when lithium amides are used. The alkali-metal/gamma-amido ethers exhibit both higher initial reaction rates and stereoselectivities than their beta-amido ether analogues. NMR spectroscopic studies of mixtures of n-butylsodium (nBuNa), n-butyllithium (nBuLi), and the gamma-amino ethers in diethyl ether show the exclusive formation of dimeric mixed-metal amides. In diethyl ether, the lithium atom of the mixed-metal amide is internally coordinated and the sodium atom is exposed to solvent; however, in tetrahydrofuran, both metals are internally coordinated.     

Synthesis of Polymer-supported Chiral Lithium Amide Bases and Application in Asymmetric Deprotonation of Prochiral Cyclic Ketones

Polymer-supported chiral amines were effectively prepared from amino acid derivatives and Merrifield resin. Treatment of polymer-supported amines with n-butyllithium gave the corresponding polymer-suppported chiral lithium amide bases, which were tested in the asymmetric deprotonation reactions of prochiral ketones. The trimethylsilyl enol ethers were obtained in up to 82% ee at room temperature. The polymer-supported chiral lithium amides can be readily recycled and reused without any significant loss of reactivity or selectivity.     

Highly selective,kinetically controlled enolate formation using lithium dialkylamides in the presence of trimethylchlorosilane

The deprotonation of ketones and esters with lithium dialkylamides in the presence of trimethylchlorosilane leads to enhanced selectivity for the kinetically generated enolate. Lithium $\text{t}$-octyl-$\text{t}$-butylamide is shown to be superior to lithium diisopropylamide in the regio-selective generation of enolates and in the stereoselective formation of $\text{E}$ enolates.     

Regio et stereochimie de la reduction de derives d'alcools propargyliques catalysee par un complexe de palladium (O)

Regio and stereoselectivity of the palladium catalyzed reduction of propargylic halides and esters is greatly influenced by the nature of the hydride donor as by the leaving group. Best results in allene formation are observed in the reduction by lithium triethyl-borohydride of mesylates and phosphates. In the former case, reaction occurs with anti displacement of the sulfonyl group.     

Stereoselective reactions. XXXIV. Enantioselective deprotonation of prochiral 4-substituted cyclohexanones using chiral bidentate lithium amides having a bulky group instead of a phenyl group on the chiral carbon

Using chiral bidentate lithium amides having a bulky group instead of a phenyl group on the chiral carbon, enantioselective deprotonation of prochiral 4-substituted cyclohexanones in the presence of excess trimethylsilyl chloride was examined in THF in the absence and in the presence of HMPA. It is shown that enantioselectivity of the reactions decreases as the substituent on the chiral carbon of the chiral lithium amides and the substituent at the 4-position of cyclohexanones become reasonably bulky. An eight-membered cyclic transition state model is proposed for this deprotonation reaction.     

Stereoselective reactions. XXXII. Enantioselective deprotonation of 4-tert-butylcyclohexanone by fluorine-containing chiral lithium amides derived from 1-phenylethylamine and 1-(1-naphthyl)ethylamine

Enantioselective deprotonation of 4-tert-butylcyclohexanone was examined using 1-phenylethylamine- and 1-(1-naphthyl)ethylamine-derived chiral lithium amides having an alkyl or a fluoroalkyl substituent at the amide nitrogen. The lithium amides having a 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl group on the amide nitrogen are easily accessible in both enantiomeric forms, and were found to induce good enantioselectivity in the present reaction.     

Inequivalence magnetique en serie imidazolidine : Application a la determination de la configuration relative de diastereoisomeres

The magnetic inequivalence of benzylic protons in N,N′-dibenzyl 2- or 4-monosubstituted and 2,4-disubstituted imidazolidines has been used to assign cis configuration to substituents at position 2 and 4.     

Aldol addition of lithium and boron enolates of 1,3-dioxan-5-ones to aldehydes. A new entry into monosaccharide derivatives

Methods allowing control of stereoselectivity in aldol reactions of enolates derived from 1,3-dioxan-5-ones (4) are described. Boron enolates, generated in situ, react with benzaldehyde to give the corresponding anti aldol selectively (the anti:syn ratio of up to 96:4) and in high yield. Lithium enolates give high anti selectivity only with aldehydes branched at the alpha-position. Enantioselective deprotonation of C(S) symmetrical dioxanones (e.g., 4b) can be accomplished efficiently, with enantiomeric excess of up to 90%, with chiral lithium amide bases of general structure PhCH(Me)N(Li)R (9, 10) if the R group is sufficiently bulky (e.g, R = adamantyl) or is fluorinated (e.g., R = CH2CF3). Dioxanone boron and lithium enolates react readily with glyceraldehyde derivatives (19), yielding protected ketohexoses (20 and 21).     

吡啶甲酸锂-铑(Ⅰ)配合物催化甲醇羰基化反应

本文采用吡啶甲酸或吡啶二甲酸锂盐为配体,与铑形成顺二羰基配合物,用于催化甲醇羰基化制乙酸。研究表明,与通常的铑配合物相比,该类双金属配合物无论在催化活性或乙酸生成的选择性方面均有明显的提高。     

Radiation Chemistry of Organic Molecules in Solid Rare Gas Matrices: 2. Selective Deprotonation of the Primary Radical Cations upon Irradiation of Oxygen-Containing Molecules in Xenon Matrices

The composition of radical products trapped after irradiation of various ethers (dimethyl ether, tetrahydrofuran, methylal, 1,3-dioxolane) or acetaldehyde in xenon matrices at 15–17 K in the presence of electron scavengers was studied by an ESR technique. It was shown that the primary radical cations give corresponding deprotonation products (carbon-centered radicals), rather than stabilize in xenon, under the given experimental conditions. The deprotonation process is characterized by extremely high selectivity; i.e., the only type of radicals resulting from deprotonation at maximum spin density position was observed in each of the cases. The possible mechanism of the reactions and the nature of their selectivity are discussed.     

Détermination de la vitamine B1 (thiamine) au moyen du picrolonate de lithium

Résumé On a élaboré une méthode de détermination de la vitamine B₁ au moyen de picrolonate de lithium. La vitamine B₁ est précipitée par le picrolonate de lithium.Le précipité de picrolonate de thiamine est éliminé par filtrage au moyen d'un microfiltre de Schott. L'excès de picrolonate de lithium est titré au moyen de bleu de méthylène. On titre aussi dos essais à blanc de picrolonate de lithium.Les autres vitamines ne gênent pas la détermination. Seuls gênent les métaux lourds, alcalino-terreux et les amines.L'erreur relative moyenne de la méthode est de 3,25%.La méthode de détermination de la vitamine B₁ au moyen de picrolonate de lithium peut être utilisée avantageusement pour analyser une nombre de matières et de préparations pharmaceutiques comportant la dite vitamine.

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Summary A method of determining vitamin B₁ by means of lithium picrolonate has been worked out. The B₁ vitamin is precipitated by the lithium picrolonate. The precipitate of the picrolonate of thiamine is removed by filtering through a Schott microfilter. The excess of lithium picrolonate is titrated with methylene blue. Blanks of lithium picrolonate are likewise titrated.The other vitamins do not interfere in this determination. The only interfering materials are the heavy metals, the alkaline earths and the amines.The mean relative error of the method is 3.25%.The method of determining vitamin B₁ by means of lithium picrolonate may be used to advantage in the analysis of a number of materials and pharmaceutical preparations.

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Zusammenfassung Eine Methode zur Bestimmung von Vitamin B₁ mit Lithiumpikrolonat wurde ausgearbeitet. B₁ wird damit gefällt, das Thiaminpikrolonat abfiltriert und der Überschuß des Fällungsmittels mit Methylenblau titriert. Außerdem wird ein Leerversuch mit Lithiumpikrolonat ausgeführt.Die anderen Vitamine stören die Bestimmung nicht, aber die Schwermetalle, die alkalischen Erden und Amine.Der mittlere Fehler der Methode beträgt 3,25%.Das Verfahren eignet sich zur Analyse pharmazeutischer Produkte und Zubereitungen.

     

Stéréosélectivité et régiosélectivité de la réduction des cyclopropènes-2,3 et méthylène-2 cyclopropanes fonctionalisés en position 1

Reduction of 2 cyclopropenyl esters and alcohols with lithium aluminium hydride is selective; at low temperatures (0°) the double bond is not reduced, but at higher temperatures (65°) the reduction is complete and only the cyclopropylmethanol is obtained. The reduction of the double bond is regioselective (the most stable carbanion is formed) and stereospecific (the hydride attack on the double bond occurs cis to the functional group). This stereospecificity can be explained through the initial formation of an alkoxylaluminium hydride followed by an intramolecular reduction of the double bond. Similar results have been obtained in the reduction of functionalised methylenecyclopropanes.     

Etude de la reaction chlorocarbene-acetals de cetenes : II. Stereoselectivite de la reaction

We have studied the stereoselectivity of the addition reaction of chloro and chloromethyl carbenoids with ketene alkylsilyl acetals. The best stereoselectivity was generally observed with the dimethyl tertiobutylsilyloxy group. With the chlorocarbenoid, using an E ketene acetal we obtained in majority (8?0%) an E α,β-ethylenic ester and using a Z ketene acetal we obtained in majority (7?0%) a Z α,β-ethylenic ester. In the case of the chloromethyl carbenoid the two ketene acetal isomers led to the same E α-substituted α,β-ethylenic ester (8?8% of selectivity). With the chlorophenylcarbenoid, formation of 9?0% of E α phenyl α,β-ethylenic ester is observed.     

Kinetic enolate formation by lithium arylamide: effects of basicity on selectivity

Five ketones R1COCH2R2 (1a-e) were enolized in tetrahydrofuran solvent employing lithium arylamides with different electron-withdrawing and -donating substituents on the phenyl ring (4a-e). Enolate selectivity is unaffected by a moderate electron-releasing or -withdrawing group, but significantly enhanced by strong electron-withdrawing substituents to yield predominantly Z-enolate. Outstanding selectivity was achieved with lithium trichloroanilide (5) and lithium diphenylamide (6). The results are rationalized in terms of electronic effects on the tightness of the transition states.     

Etude cinétique de l'aminolyse en milieu non aqueux d'esters modèles de peptidyl-t-arn; influence d'un groupe hydroxyle voisin

-n-Butylaminolysis of cis 2-hydroxy-cyclopentyl benzoylglycinate (a simple model of peptidyl-t-RNA) in MeCN occurs ca 300 times faster than that of cyclopentyl benzoylglycinate. This acceleration caused by the neighbouring cis 2-hydroxy group is considerably larger than found in aqueous media for similar reactions. Trans 2-hydroxy and cis or trans 2-methoxy groups also accelerate the aminolysis, but less efficiently. Comparison between the aminolysis rates of the benzoylglycinates and the corresponding p-nitrobenzoates shows that the amide group of benzoylglycinates brings no significant assistance to the reaction. Benzoylglycinates are conveniently prepared from 2-phenyl oxazolonium tetrafluoroborate and the appropriate alcohol.     

InCl(3)-catalyzed domino reaction of aromatic amines with cyclic enol ethers in water: a highly efficient synthesis of new 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline derivatives

The tetrahydroquinoline moiety is a structural feature of many natural products. By using a domino reaction of aromatic amines and cyclic enol ethers or 2-hydroxy cyclic ether catalyzed by indium chloride in water, various tetrahydroquinoline derivatives were synthesized efficiently. Most cyclization products showed cis selectivity. The use of 2,3-dihydrofuran as the cyclic enol ether provided both higher reactivity and cis selectivity than the use of 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran. The cis selectivity was tentatively rationalized due to chelation control in water.     

Deprotonation of lithiated benzenes

The deprotonation energies of all possible lithiobenzenes (C(6)Li(n)H(6-n), n = 0-5) were computed at B3LYP/6-311+G(d,p). Based on natural population analysis, the conjugate bases can be thought of as salts between a polyanionic phenyl core and associated lithium cations. The most stable structures maximize the electrostatic attraction between these two species, typically by positioning the lithium cations to bridge in the ring plane across two adjacent carbanion centers. Favorable deprotonation occurs when the formal carbanion centers are adjacent to each other and then the proton is removed from an adjacent carbon. The deprotonation free energies range from 365.0 to 397.2 kcal mol(-1), with most of them less than the deprotonation free energy of benzene (391.8 kcal mol(-1)).