Synthese und Bestimmung des Chiralitätssinns von (+)-(R)-1-Azabicylo[3.3.1]nonan-2-on

Synthesis and Determination of the Chirality Sense of (+)-(R)-1-Azabicyclo[3.3.1]nonan-2-one Optically active (+)-(R)-1-azabicyclo[3.3.1]nonan-2-one ((+)- 1 ) of known absolute configuration is synthesized in the following way: Resolution of (±)-piperidin-3-ethanol ((±)- 2 ) by fractional recrystallization of its diastereoisomeric salts with (+)-3-bromocamphor-8-sulfonic acid from EtOH gave a less soluble salt that yielded(+)- 2 . The chirality sense of (+)- 2 was shown to be (R) by chemical correlation with the enantiomers of 3-oxocyclopentaneacetic acid ((±)- 8 ) of known absolute configuration. This correlation was effected by a Beckmann rearrangement of the oxime (R)-9 to the pyridone (S)- 10 followed by a direct reduction with LiAlH₄ to give the enantiomer (?)-(S)- 2 that was characterized as its benzyloxycarbonyl derivative (?)-(S)- 3 . The alcohol (+)-3 was converted via (+)- 4 into the nitrile (+)-5 which gave by hydrogenolysis and hydrolysis the (R)-configurated hydrochloride (+)- 6 which was cyclized to the bicyclic (5R)-lactam (+)- 1 in 67% yield by heating with 2 equiv. of dibutyltin(IV) oxide in toluene. The nonplanar amide function in (+)- 1 with the substituents at the N-atomarranged in a trigonal pyramid causes two rather intense Cotton effects at 242 (Δ?_max = +19.5) and 211 nm(Δ?_max = ?17.9) in the CD spectrum. If the molecules of (+)- 1 do exist mainly in the chair-twistboat conformation, the amide chromophore is pyramidally deformed in a sense defined by the absolute configuration at C(5). Therefore, the CD spectrum of the (5R)-lactam (+)- 1 can be used to test theories describing the chiroptical properties of distorted amides.