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Practical and Highly Enantioselective Ring Opening of Cyclic Meso-Anhydrides Mediated by Cinchona Alkaloids
Bolm, Carsten,Schiffers, Ingo,Dinter, Christian L.,Gerlach, Arne
, p. 6984 - 6991 (2007/10/03)
The cinchona alkaloid-mediated opening of prochiral cyclic anhydrides in the presence of methanol leading to optically active hemiesters is described. Very structurally diverse anhydrides are converted into their corresponding methyl monoesters, and either enantiomer can be obtained with up to 99% ee by using quinine or quinidine as directing additive. After the reaction, the alkaloids can be recovered almost quantitatively and reused without loss of enantioselectivity. Additionally, a catalytic protocol which permits the substoichiometric use of quinidine in the presence of easily accessible pentamethylpiperidine (pempidine) is presented.
Molecular addition compounds. 15. Synthesis, hydroboration, and reduction studies of new, highly reactive tert-butyldialkylamine-borane adducts
Brown, Herbert C.,Kanth, Josyula V. B.,Dalvi, Pramod V.,Zaidlewicz, Marek
, p. 6263 - 6274 (2007/10/03)
Two series of tert-butyldialkylamines have been prepared and examined for borane complexation. The complexing ability of each amine in the two series examined decreases in the order shown. First series: t- BuN(CH2CH2)2O 1a > t-BuNEt2 1b > t-BuNPr(n)21c > t-BuN(CH2CH2OMe)2 1d >> t-BuNBu(i)2 1e. Second series: t-BuNBu(i)Me 2a > t-BuNPr(i)Me 2b > t- BuNBu(i)Et 2c > t-BuNBu(i)Pr(n) 2d >>t-BuNPr(i)Et 2e. The reactivity of the corresponding borane adducts toward 1-octene increases in the reverse order. The following amines form highly reactive liquid borane adducts hydroborating 1-octene in tetrahydrofuran at room temperature in less than 1 h: t- BuN(CH2CH2OMe)2, t-BuNBu(i)Et, and t-BuNPr(i)Me. The limit of borane complexation among the amines examined is reached for t-BuNBu(i)2 exchanging borane neither with BMS nor with BH3-THF. Among the various borane adducts prepared, the more promising borane adducts, t-Bu(CH3OCH2CH2)2N-BH3 (7), t-BuMePr(i)N-BH3 (8), and t-BuEtBu(i)N-BH3 (9), were selected for complete hydroboration and reduction studies. Hydroboration studies with the new, highly reactive trialkylamine-borane adducts 7-9 and representative olefins, such as 1-hexene, styrene, β-pinene, cyclopentene, norbornene, cyclohexene, 2-methyl-2-butene, α-pinene, and 2,3-dimethyl-2-butene, in tetrahydrofuran, dioxane, tert-butyl methyl ether, n-pentane, and dichloromethane, at room temperature (22 ± 3°C) were carried out. The reactions are faster in dioxane, requiring 1-2 h for the hydroboration of simple, unhindered olefins to the trialkylborane stage. Moderately hindered olefins, such as cyclohexene and 2-methyl-2-butene, give the corresponding dialkylboranes rapidly, with further slow hydroboration. However, the more hindered olefins, α-pinene and 2,3-dimethyl-2-butene, give stable monoalkylboranes very rapidly, with further hydroboration proceeding relatively slowly. The hydroborations can also be carried out conveniently in other solvents, such as THF, tert-butyl methyl ether, and n-pentane. A significant rate retardation is observed in dichloromethane. Regioselectivity studies of 1-hexene and styrene using these amine-borane adducts show selectivities similar to that of BH3-THF. The rates and stoichiometry of the reaction of t-BuMePr(i)N-BH3 in tetrahydrofuran with selected organic compounds containing representative functional groups were also examined at room temperature. The reductions of esters, amides, and nitriles, which exhibit a sluggish reaction at room temperature, proceed readily under reflux conditions in tetrahydrofuran and dioxane and without solvent (at 85-90°C). The carrier amines can be recovered by simple acid-base manipulations in good yield and readily recycled to make the borane adducts.
