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Benzylamines via Iron-Catalyzed Direct Amination of Benzyl Alcohols
Yan, Tao,Feringa, Ben L.,Barta, Katalin
, p. 381 - 388 (2016/01/12)
Benzylamines play a prominent role in numerous pharmaceutically active compounds. Thus, the development of novel, sustainable catalytic methodologies to provide access to these privileged structural motifs is of central importance. Herein we describe a systematic study for the construction of a large variety of benzylamines using a well-defined homogeneous iron complex. The methodology consists of the direct coupling of readily available benzyl alcohols with simpler amines through the borrowing hydrogen methodology, producing a variety of substituted secondary and tertiary benzylamines in moderate to excellent yields for the first time with an iron catalyst. Notably, we explore the versatility of this methodology in the one-pot synthesis of nonsymmetric tertiary amines, sequential functionalization of diols with distinctly different amines, and the synthesis of N-benzyl piperidines via various synthetic pathways. In addition, direct conversion of the renewable building block 2,5-furan-dimethanol to pharmaceutically relevant compounds is achieved.
Benzylamines: Synthesis and evaluation of antimycobacterial properties
Meindl,Von Angerer,Schonenberger,Ruckdeschel
, p. 1111 - 1118 (2007/10/02)
The synthesis of benzylamines with various N-alkyl chains and substituents in the aromatic system as well as their evaluation on Mycobacterium tuberculosis H 37 Ra are described. The most active compounds in this test, N-methyl-3-chlorobenzylamine (MIC 10.2 μg/mL), N-methyl-3,5-dichlorobenzylamine (93, MIC 10.2 μg/mL), and N-butyl-3,5-difluorobenzylamine (MIC 6.4 μg/mL), also exhibited a marked inhibitory effect on Mycobacterium marinum and Mycobacterium lufu used for the determination of antileprotic properties. The combination of 93 with aminosalicylic acid, streptomycin, or dapsone exert marked supra-additive effects on M. tuberculosis H 37 Ra.
