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Upstream product

• 86953-79-9 tert-butyl pyrrolidine-1-carboxylate 
• 292638-85-8 acrylic acid methyl ester 

Downstream Products

• 32548-24-6 1,2,5,6,7,8-hexahydro-3H-pyrrolizin-3-one 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Conjugate addition reactions of α-aminoalkylcuprates with α,β-alkenyl-, α,β-alkynyl-, α,β-allenyl-, and α,β-γ,δ-dienyl carboxylic acid derivatives, nitriles, and sulfoxides

α-Aminoalkylcuprates prepared from α-lithio carbamates and CuCN·2LiCl participate in 1,4-addition reactions with α,β-unsaturated esters, thiol esters, imides, and nitriles in poor to excellent yields depending upon the electron-withdrawing substituent and the substitution pattern of the unsaturated substrate. These reagents also undergo conjugate addition reactions with α,β-alkynyl esters, sulfoxides, and nitriles and with α,β-β,γ-unsaturated allenyl esters. Excellent stereocontrol is achieved in the conjugate additions of α-aminoalkylcuprates to the allenyl esters, while poor stereoselectivity results in the conjugate additions to the alkynyl derivatives. Deprotection and cyclization of the alkynyl adducts affords pyrrolin-2-ones, while similar treatment of the allenyl adducts affords 4-alkylidine- pyrrolidin-2-ones and pyrrolizidinones.

Regioselective and stereoselective copper(I)-Promoted allylation and conjugate addition of N -Boc-2-lithiopyrrolidine and N -Boc-2-lithiopiperidine

Copper salts have been screened for transmetalation and electrophilic quench of N-tert-butoxycarbonyl-2-lithiopyrrolidine (N-Boc-2-lithiopyrrolidine) and N-Boc-2-lithiopiperidine, formed by deprotonation of N-Boc-pyrrolidine and N-Boc-piperidine, respectively. Transmetalation with zinc chloride then (lithium chloride solubilized) copper cyanide followed by allylation typically gives mixtures of regioisomers (SN2 and SN2′ products), whereas transmetalation with copper iodideTMEDA then allylation occurs regioselectively (SN2 mechanism). Addition to an enone or α,β-unsaturated ester occurs by 1,4-addition. Asymmetric deprotonation of N-Boc-pyrrolidine or dynamic resolution in the presence of a chiral ligand of N-Boc-2-lithiopiperidine followed by the zinc/copper chemistry was successful and gave the allylated pyrrolidine and piperidine products with good enantioselectivity, although use of the copper iodide chemistry resulted in some loss of enantiopurity. The chemistry provides formal syntheses of (+)-allosedridine, (+)-lasubine II, and (+)-pseudohygroline and has been used for the synthesis of (+)-coniine, (-)-pelletierine, (+)-coniceine, (-)-norhygrine, and the ant extract alkaloids cis- and trans-2-butyl-5- propylpyrrolidine.

Reactivity and Enantioselectivity in the Reactions of Scalemic Stereogenic α-(N-Carbamoyl)alkylcuprates

Stereogenic 2-(N-carbamoyl)pyrrolidinylcuprates prepared from scalemic (i.e., enantioenriched) N-Boc-2-lithiopyrrolidine and THF soluble CuCN·2LiCl react with vinyl iodides, vinyl triflates, β-iodo-α,β-enoates, propargyl mesylates, and allyl bromide to afford the substitution products with excellent enantioselectivity. Excellent enantiomeric ratios are obtained in the conjugate addition reactions with methyl vinyl ketone while low enantiomeric ratios can be achieved with acrylate esters using HMPA/TMSCl activation. Enantiomeric ratios vary with substrate substitution patterns and the observed enantioselectivities appear to be more a function of cuprate-electrophile reactivities than of the reaction type (e.g., substitution, conjugate addition). Low enantiomeric ratios are obtained with the α-(N-carbamoyl)benzylcuprates. The lithium-copper transmetalation and cuprate vinylation reactions proceed with retention of configuration.