Ring‐Opening Reactions of 3‐Aryl‐1‐benzylaziridine‐2‐carboxylates and Application to the Asymmetric Synthesis of an Amphetamine‐Type Compound |
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Authors: | Tomoyuki Manaka Shin‐Ichiro Nagayama Wannaporn Desadee Naoki Yajima Takuya Kumamoto Toshiko Watanabe Tsutomu Ishikawa Masatoshi Kawahata Kentaro Yamaguchi |
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Affiliation: | 1. Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, 1‐33 Yayoi, Inage, Chiba 263‐8522, Japan (phone: +?81‐43‐290‐2910;2. fax: +?81‐43‐290‐2910);3. Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kagawa Branchi, Tokushima Bunri University, 1314‐1 Shido, Sanuki, Kagawa 769‐2193, Japan |
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Abstract: | Nucleophilic ring‐opening reactions of 3‐aryl‐1‐benzylaziridine‐2‐carboxylates were examined by using O‐nucleophiles and aromatic C‐nucleophiles. The stereospecificity was found to depend on substrates and conditions used. Configuration inversion at C(3) was observed with O‐nucleophiles as a major reaction path in the ring‐opening reactions of aziridines carrying an electron‐poor aromatic moiety, whereas mixtures containing preferentially the syn‐diastereoisomer were generally obtained when electron‐rich aziridines were used (Tables 1–3). In the reactions of electron‐rich aziridines with C‐nucleophiles, SN2 reactions yielding anti‐type products were observed (Table 4). Reductive ring‐opening reaction by catalytic hydrogenation of (+)‐trans‐(2S,3R)‐3‐(1,3‐benzodioxol‐5‐yl)aziridine‐2‐carboxylate (+)‐trans‐ 3c afforded the corresponding α‐amino acid derivative, which was smoothly transformed into (+)‐tert‐butyl [(1R)‐2‐(1,3‐benzodioxol‐5‐yl)‐1‐methylethyl]carbamate((+)‐ 14 ) with high retention of optical purity (Scheme 6). |
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Keywords: | Aziridine‐2‐carboxylates Ring‐opening reactions Asymmetric synthesis Amphetamine Stereoselective reactions |
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