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Investigating the π-facial discrimination phenomenon in the conjugate addition of amines to chiral crotonates: A convenient basis for the rational design of chiral auxiliaries

This paper is concerned with the nature of the chiral inducer in the high pressure-induced conjugate addition of amines to auxiliary-tethered crotonates. Almost complete stereocontrol was obtained in the addition of diphenylmethanamine to crotonates derived from the "arylmenthol" auxiliaries 18a, 18c, and 4 bearing an o-methoxyphenyl, p-phenoxyphenyl, or β-naphthyl substituent, respectively. This high efficiency has been attributed to the predominance of stacked conformations in such crotonates, a hypothesis supported by the 1H NMR spectra, calculated energy of conformational optima of the corresponding crotonates, and X-ray crystal structure of 5a. The arene and enoate appendages are roughly coplanar, separated by 3.4-4 A. In contrast, only moderate selectivities could be achieved using various trans-2-arylcyclohexanols (27, 28, 2c, 29) as auxiliaries. In these cases the efficiency appears to be seriously compromised by the "widening V" arrangement exhibited by the two π-systems, as shown in the X-ray crystal structures of crotonates 5h and 5k. The sense of stereochemical induction of this conjugate addition has been determined by condensing diphenylmethanamine with enantiopure crotonate (+)-5a. The adduct 9a was converted to amino alcohol (S)-11, of known configuration. This correlation is consistent with the preferential attack of the amine to the less sterically hindered enoate π-face of (+)-5a, in its s-trans conformation. Finally, the stereochemistry of the proton transfer was determined by adding N,N-dideuteriodiphenylmethanamine to crotonate (±)-5a. The stereochemical outcome of this addition is consistent with the anti-addition of the incoming nitrogen nucleophile and the deuterium atom.

Efficient Synthesis and Resolution of trans-2-(1-Aryl-1-methylethyl)cyclohexanols; Practical Alternatives to 8-Phenylmenthol

A short synthesis and resolution of effective chiral auxiliaries of the 8-arylmenthol-type achieved using inexpensive materials, a recyclable lipase, and easily applied procedures that are amenable to large-scale preparation.A variety of isopropylarenes were α-metalated with n-butylithium/potassium tert-pentoxide and treated with cyclohexene oxide to provide racemic trans-2-(1-aryl-1-methylethyl)cyclohexanols 6a-f in fair to high yield.Candida rugosa lipase and lauric acid were used to resolve these racemic alcohols by converting the (-)-enantiomer to its laurateester.The enzymatic resolutions were carried out at 40 deg C and were faster in cyclohexane than in hexanes.The synthesis and resolution of racemic trans-2-(1-methyl-1-phenylethyl)cyclohexanol (6a) were performed on a 1 mol scale in 68 percent overall yield, requiring three steps for (+)-6a and five steps for (-)-6a.