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Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Substituted Azepanes by Sequential Biocatalytic Reduction and Organolithium-Mediated Rearrangement
Zawodny, Wojciech,Montgomery, Sarah L.,Marshall, James R.,Finnigan, James D.,Turner, Nicholas J.,Clayden, Jonathan
supporting information, p. 17872 - 17877 (2019/01/04)
Enantioenriched 2-aryl azepanes and 2-arylbenzazepines were generated biocatalytically by asymmetric reductive amination using imine reductases or by deracemization using monoamine oxidases. The amines were converted to the corresponding N′-aryl ureas, which rearranged on treatment with base with stereospecific transfer of the aryl substituent to the 2-position of the heterocycle via a configurationally stable benzyllithium intermediate. The products are previously inaccessible enantioenriched 2,2-disubstituted azepanes and benzazepines.
Intramolecular arylation of amino acid enolates
Atkinson, Rachel C.,Leonard, Daniel J.,Maury, Julien,Castagnolo, Daniele,Volz, Nicole,Clayden, Jonathan
supporting information, p. 9734 - 9736 (2013/10/21)
Dianionic enolates formed from N′-aryl urea derivatives of amino acids undergo intramolecular C-arylation by attack of the enolate anion on the N′-aryl ring, leading to a hydantoin derivative of a quaternary amino acid. In situ IR studies allow identification of four intermediates on the reaction pathway.