Synthesis and some properties of phosphorus-substituted azomethines

A series of phosphorus(iii)-substituted azomethines and enamines were synthesized by the reaction of lithium salts of aldimines and ketimines with derivatives of phosphorus(iii) acids. Some properties of the compounds synthesized were studied. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 2, pp. 339–346, February, 1998.     

Tin Mediated Allylation of Aldimines with Allyl Bromide

SyntheticinterestsinhighlyfunctionalizedacyclicandcyclicamineshavecontributedtothewealthofexPerimentalmethodologydeveloPedfortheadditionofcarbanionstothecarbon-nitrogendoublebondofimines.Generally,organometallicreagentsorilltermedi-atesareusedascarbanionsandadditionofallylicorganometallicspeciestothenieconshtutesavaluablemethodforthesynthesisofhomoallylamines.'Amongthese,allyLlithium,'-magnesium,'-zinc,'-boraneandboronate,'-silaneand-stannane'havebeenusedforallylationofdriines.Ontheotherhand,…     

Direct access to CF3-propargyl amines and conversion to difluoromethyl imines

Trifluoromethyl aldimines reacted with acetylides in toluene at −78 °C to provide propargyl amines in good yields. From a chiral trifluoromethyl aldimine, the propargyl amines were obtained with excellent diastereoselectivities (de >98%). Trifluoromethyl propargyl amines could be further converted into difluoromethyl imines under basic conditions.     

Highly efficient three-component synthesis of protected homoallylic amines by bismuth triflate-catalyzed allylation of aldimines

Bismuth triflate catalyzes the allylation of a variety of in situ generated protected aldimines using aldehydes, primary carbamates, and allyltrimethylsilane in a three-component reaction. The reaction proceeds rapidly and affords the corresponding protected homoallylic amine in good yield (up to 86%). Scope and limitations of the aldehyde and carbamate components are reported.     

Axially chiral phosphine-oxazoline ligands in silver(I)-catalyzed asymmetric Mannich reaction of N-Boc aldimines with trimethylsiloxyfuran

Axially chiral phosphine-oxazoline ligand L6 was found to be a fairly effective chiral ligand in silver(I)-catalyzed asymmetric Mannich reaction of N-Boc aldimines with trimethylsiloxyfuran to give the corresponding adducts in up to 97% yield, 7:1 dr and 86% ee (major diastereoisomer).     

A simple route to side-chain fluorinated β-lactams from ring-fluorinated aziridines

β-Lactams bearing a Ph₂CF substituent at the C(4)-atom were synthesized from N-alkyl-2-fluoro-3,3-diphenylaziridines. The transformation was realized using SbF₃-mediated isomerization of the monofluoroaziridines to fluorinated aldimines, followed by Staudinger reaction with ketenes. It was shown that this reaction sequence can be performed as a one-pot procedure.     

Reduction and reductive coupling of imines by Sm(II)-based reagents

The reductive coupling of aldimines and ketimines by a series of Sm(II)-based reagents (SmI₂, SmI₂–HMPA, SmBr₂, Sm{N[Si(CH₃)₃]₂}₂, and SmI₂/triethylamine/water) were examined. In general, aldimines and ketimines were efficiently reduced or coupled using reductants that are more powerful than SmI₂, and the use of Sm{N[Si(CH₃)₃]₂}₂ led to higher diastereoselectivities in reductive coupling reactions. Surprisingly, only the combination of SmI₂/triethylamine/water was capable of reducing and coupling para-substituted benzaldimines and coupling ketimines.     

A new route towards N-(α-methoxybenzyl)aziridines

A new synthesis of N-(α-methoxyarylmethyl)-2,2-dimethylaziridines is presented. Different benzaldehydes were converted into the corresponding imines upon reaction with 2-bromo-2-methylpropylamine. Treatment of the latter imines with sodium methoxide afforded N-(α-methoxyarylmethyl)-2,2-dimethylaziridines in good yields.     

Preparation and properties of secondary amides of 1,1-dinitroalkanecarboxylic acids

The previously unknown secondary amides of 1,1-dinitroalkanecarboxylic acids were prepared by the reaction of polynitroimidoyl fluorides with water in the presence of mineral acids. They are inert with respect to electrophiles, but react with nucleophiles with the cleavage of the C-C bond between the carbonyl C atom and the C atom of the dinitromethylene group. An X-ray structural study of the amides was carried out and their thermochemical characteristics were determined.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 877–881, May, 1994.