Received: April 3, 2018 | Accepted: April 19, 2018 | Web Released: April 27, 2018
CL-180291
Regio- and Stereo-controlled Addition Reaction of Aminoallylic Stannanes to Aldehydes
Mediated by Germanium Dichloride
Kensuke Suzuki,1 Yoshihiro Nishimoto,*2 Hiroshi Yunoki,1 Kensuke Tsuruwa,1 Naoto Esumi,1 and Makoto Yasuda*1
1Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
2Frontier Research Base for Global Young Researchers Center for Open Innovation Research and Education (COiRE),
Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
E-mail: nishimoto@chem.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp (Y. Nishimoto), yasuda@chem.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp (M. Yasuda)
Table 1. Investigation of the reaction of phthaloylaminoallylic
stannane 1a with benzaldehyde 2aa
A GeCl2-mediated addition reaction of α-(N-phthaloylami-
no)allylic stannane to aldehydes was achieved to give 1,2-amino
alcohol derivatives in high anti-selectivity. Various types of
aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes were applicable. The synthe-
sized N-phthaloylamino alcohols were smoothly transformed
to aminoalcohols by conventional methods with no loss of
stereochemistry.
NPhth
NPhth
NPhth
SnBu3
H
Ph
additive
MeCN
Ph
Ph
+
+
O
OH
OH
1a
2a
3a
4a
Yield [%]b
3a syn/anti 4a syn/anti
Entry
Additive
Temp.
rt
Keywords: Germanium
| Amino alcohols | Allylic stannanes
1
2
3
4c
5c
none
SnCl2
InCl3
TiCl4
BF3¢OEt2
0
®
1:99
6:94
0
0
0
0
0
®
®
®
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¹10 °C 51
¹10 °C 69
¹78 °C 58 29:71
¹78 °C 20 1:>99
Amino alcohol moieties are very important functional units
that impart pharmacological and biological activity to mole-
cules.1 Compounds that contain such units are also useful
building blocks2 and are versatile ligands for numerous types of
metal complexes.3 Therefore, the development of a synthetic
method for amino alcohols through carbon-carbon bond forma-
tion is one of the most important issues in organic synthesis. An
amino-substituted allylmetal could be a powerful and practical
tool, and the addition of an allylic metal to a carbonyl compound
is part of a highly evolving field of study.4 Actually, addition
reactions to carbonyl compounds using amino-substituted
allylboranes,5 allyllithiums6 or allylsilanes7 have been reported.
Recently, we reported that homochiral carbonylamino-substitut-
ed allylic stannanes reacted with aldehydes in the presence of
SnCl2 or InCl3 to afford 1,4-aminoalcohols in a highly stereo-
selective manner.8-10 While continuing the study, we found that
the regioselectivity of the addition reaction of a carbonylamino-
substituted allylic stannane depends on a used metal salt. Herein,
we describe that GeCl2 mediated the addition of an α-amino-
allylic stannane to an aldehyde, and 1,2-amino alcohols were
obtained in contrast to SnCl2 and InCl3 (Scheme 1).8
6d,e GeCl2¢dioxane
rt
<5
®
60 1:>99f
a1a (1.3 equiv), 2a (1.0 equiv), additive (1.3 equiv). bYields
1
were determined by H NMR using 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane
c
or anisole as an internal standard. CH2Cl2 was used instead
d
e
of MeCN. THF was used instead of MeCN. 1a (1 equiv), 2a
f
(5 equiv), additive (1 equiv). E/Z = 67:33.
formation of 1,2-N-phthaloylamino alcohol 4a (Entries 2 and
3).15 This regioselectivity was consistent with our previous
report.8 TiCl4 gave 3a in a moderate yield with a low
diastereoselectivity (syn/anti = 29:71) (Entry 4).16 The use of
BF3¢OEt2 resulted in a low yield (Entry 5).17 Surprisingly,
GeCl2¢dioxane afforded 1,2-N-phthaloylamino alcohol 4a in
high regio- and stereoselectivity (Entry 6).18 These results
suggested that regio- and stereoselectivities were controlled by
the loaded metal halide in the reaction of aminoallylic stannane
1a with carbonyl compounds.
As shown in Table 1, GeCl2 gave 1,2-N-phthaloylamino
alcohol 4a in the addition reaction of α-(N-phthaloylamino)al-
lylic stannane 1a to benzaldehyde 2a in contrast to SnCl2 and
InCl3. This interesting result prompted us to investigate GeCl2-
mediated reaction toward the selective synthesis of 1,2-amino
alcohols 4. We optimized the reaction conditions in the addition
of 1a to 2a, and the results are summarized in Table 2. When the
addition of GeCl2 was carried out in THF solution, the anti-
isomer 4a was exclusively given in 60% yield (Entry 1). The
ratio of the E/Z isomer was 67:33, and their stereochemistries
were determined by the 3JHH value of vicinal protons. In fact, the
E/Z-mixed anti-4a was hydrogenated by H2/Pd-C to afford a
single product 5a (eq 1). GeBr2 and GeI2 as well as GeCl2
afforded anti-4a in 45% and 47% yields, respectively, although
the yields were slightly lower (Entries 2 and 3). A survey
showed highly polar solvents were effective in this reaction, and
THF afforded the best results (Entries 4-7). The recrystallization
α-(N-Phthaloylamino)allylic stannane 1a was chosen as an
amino-substituted nucleophile because of its facile preparation,11
stability in air,12 and easy deprotection.13 The reaction of 1a with
benzaldehyde 2a under various conditions was investigated, and
the results are summarized in Table 1. No reaction was observed
without using additives (Entry 1). The use of either SnCl2 or
InCl3 as an additive14 preferentially furnished 1,4-N-phthaloyl-
amino alcohol 3a in high diastereoselectivity without the
Previous Work
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R2
This Work
N
N
N
H
R2
R2
OH
additive
+
R1
R1
SnBu3
O
OH
1,4-amino alcohol
1,2-amino alcohol
additive
SnCl2, InCl3
GeCl2
Scheme 1. Addition reaction of α-aminoallylic stannane to
aldehyde.
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