Von der basenkatalysierten Ringoeffnung von 2H-Azirinen zu einer α-Alkylierungsmethode von primaeren Aminen

Article abstract of DOI:10.1002/hlca.19810640509

It is shown than fluorene-9'-spiro-2-(3-phenyl-2H-azirine) (1) on treatment with various alcohols in the presence of the corresponding alkoxide ions yields N-(9'-fluorenyl)benzimidates 2a-d (Scheme 1). 2,2,3-Triphenyl-2H-aziridine (3) reacts with methanol in a similar manner (Scheme 2).Benzimidates 2a (Scheme 3), 8 (Scheme 4) and 10 (Scheme 5) can easily be deprotonated by butyllithium (BuLi) or lithium diisopropylamide (LDA) in tetrahydrofuran (THF) to 1-methoxy-2-aza-allylanions, that can be alkylated, at C(3), exclusively, by various electrophiles (e.g.R-X (X = I, Br), RCHO or methyl acrylate (see also Scheme 6)).As the acidic hydrolyses (1 N HCl) of benzimidates 9 and 11 leads to the corresponding α-alkylated free amines 15 and 18 (Scheme 7 and 8), benzoyl derivatives 16 and 19 are obtained from the hydrolysis under basic conditions.On the other hand it is observed that a catalyzed Chapman rearrangement of 9 and 11 results in the formation of N-benzoyl-N-methyl derivatives 17 and 20 (Scheme 7 and 8).The described reactions offer a simple method for the α-alkylation of actived primary amines.