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Factors Controlling Regioselectivity in Deprotonations of Unsymmetrical Ketimines

The regioselectivity of deprotonation of equilibrium E-Z mixtures of the benzyl, n-butyl, cyclohexyl, phenyl, and tert-butyl imines of 2-butanone by lithium diisopropylamide (LDA) in tetrahydrofuran has been shown to be a function of both the nitrogen substituent and the temperature of the deprotonation reaction.High regioselectivity at either the methyl or methylene substituent could be obtained for all imines except the benzyl and n-butyl imines.Pure (Z)-2-butanone imines (R = n-C4H9, c-C6H11, t-C4H9), prepared by LDA deprotonation of acetone imines followed by methylation, were deprotonated by LDA at the methyl position at -78 deg C and at 0 deg C.Studies of the rates of deprotonation of the E and Z isomers of n-butyl, cyclohexyl, and tert-butyl imines of 2-butanone and of the rates and mechanisms of isomerizations of these isomeric ketimines were performed.Temperature dependent deprotonation regioselectivity was also observed in lithium diethylamide deprotonations of the benzyl, cyclohexyl, phenyl, and tert-butyl imines of 2-butanone.A general scheme accounting for these results and other accounts of variable regioselectivity in ketimine deprotonation is presented.

Asymmetric hydrogenation of N-alkyl and N-aryl ketimines using chiral cationic Ru(diamine) complexes as catalysts: The counteranion and solvent effects, and substrate scope

Asymmetric hydrogenation of N-alkyl and N-aryl ketimines catalyzed by chiral cationic η6-arene-(N-monosulfonylated diamine) Ru(II) complexes has been investigated. Strong counteranion and solvent effects on the enantioselectivity were observed. The ruthenium catalyst bearing non-coordinating BArF- anion was found to be particularly effective for the hydrogenation of acyclic and exocyclic N-alkyl ketimines in the presence of (Boc)2O in dichloromethane or even under solvent-free conditions, providing chiral amines with up to >99% ee and full conversions. Alternatively, the ruthenium catalyst bearing achiral phosphate anion together with corresponding phosphoric acid as the additive was also efficient for the hydrogenation of N-alkyl ketimines in the absence of (Boc)2O with excellent enantioselectivities and full conversions. For N-aryl ketimines lower enantiomeric excesses were observed by using the ruthenium catalyst bearing BArF- anion. This catalytic protocol thus provides a facile and practical access to optically active amines and has been successfully employed in the gram-scale synthesis of enantiomerically pure (+)-sertraline.

Catalytic asymmetric hydrogenation of imines with a chiral titanocene catalyst: Scope and limitations

The asymmetric hydrogenation of imines with a chiral titanocene catalyst derived from Brintzinger's ansatitanocene complex 1 proceeds to afford amines with good to excellent enantioselectivity. The catalyst is particularly effective for the reduction of cyclic imines. For these substrates enantiomeric excesses from 95 to 99% were achieved. For acyclic imines lower enantiomeric excesses were observed. The reason for this is likely due to the fact that the acyclic imines are mixtures of anti and syn isomers which interconvert during the reaction. The catalyst was found to be tolerant of many functional groups found in organic synthesis. Thus the reaction represents an effective method for the synthesis of chiral cyclic amines.