97135-07-4Relevant articles and documents
Intermediates in the Paal-Knorr Synthesis of Pyrroles
Amarnath, Venkataraman,Anthony, Douglas C.,Amarnath, Kalyani,Valentine, William M.,Wetterau, Lawrence A.,Graham, Doyle G.
, p. 6924 - 6931 (2007/10/02)
The mechanism of Paal-Knorr reaction between a 1,4-dicarbonyl compound and ammonia or a primary amine to form a pyrrole is explored.In aprotic solvents and in aqueous solutions near neutrality, d,l diastereomers of 3,4-dimethyl- and 3,4-diethyl-2,5-hexanediones (1r and 2r) formed pyrroles 1.3-57.0 times faster than the corresponding meso diastereomers (1m and 2m).This contradicts any intermediate, such as the enamine 15, which does not remain saturated at both the 3- and 4-positions through the rate-determining step.The demonstrated stereoisomeric difference in reactivity coupled with the following results support the hemiaminal (9) as the intermediate undergoing cyclization in the rate-limiting step of the Paal-Knorr reaction: (1) The reaction rate was adversely affected by increase in the size of the alkyl substituents on the dione. (2) Racemic 2,3-dimethyl-1,4-diphenyl-1,4-butanedione (3r) was more reactive toward ammonium acetate (2.2:1) and 2-aminoethanol (11.2:1) than the meso isomer (3m), ruling out the involvement of the less substituted enamine 14. (3) The relative rate of pyrrole formation of 1,4-diphenyl-1,4-butanedione (5) and its dimethoxy (6) and dinitro (7) derivatives (1:0.3:6) does not support cyclization of the imine (11) to the pyrrolinium ion (12). (4) The rates of reaction of 2,2,3,3-tetradeuterio-1,4-diphenyl-1,4-butanedione (5D) and perdeuterio-2,5-hexanedione (4D) were very close to those of unlabeled diketones, indicating the absence of a primary isotope effect in the reaction. (5) Neither the isomerization of the unreacted diastereomers of 1, 2, and 3 nor hydrogen exchange of 4D and 5D was detected during the reaction.
Molecular Recognition and Stereoselectivity: Geometrical Requirements for the Multiple Hydrogen-Bonding Interaction of Diols with a Multidentate Polyhydroxy Macrocycle
Kikuchi, Yasuaki,Kato, Yasushi,Tanaka, Yasutaka,Toi, Hiroo,Aoyama, Yasuhiro
, p. 1349 - 1354 (2007/10/02)
Resorcinol-dodecanal cyclotetramer 1 in CDCl3 forms hydrogen-bonded, 1/1 complexes with cyclohexanediols as well as with 2,4-pentane- and 2,5-hexanediol as their open-chain analogues and cyclohexanol and cis- and trans-4-tert-butylcyclohexanol.The affinities to 1 of cyclic diols (K=(1.1-10) * 102 M-1 at 25 deg C) are significantly larger than those of open-chain diols (36-43 M-1) and monools (8-11 M-1).Those of regio- and stereoisomers of cyclohexanediol depend on the configuration (axial-equatorial > diequatorial) and relative positions (1,4 >> 1,2 > 1,3) of the two OH groups involved and decrease in the order cis-1,4 (K=1.04 * 103) > cis-1,2 (2.64 * 102) > trans-1,3 (1.81 * 102) > trans-1,4 (1.29 * 102) > cis-1,3 (1.24 * 102) > trans-1,2 (1.06 * 102 M-1); the stereoselectivities are thus cis-1,4/trans-1,4 = 8.0, cis-1,2/trans-1,2 = 2.5, and trans-1,3/cis-1,3 = 1.5.The selectivities in the diol binding are discussed in terms of multiple hydrogen bonding of diol and 1.The relatively large binding constant (K) for cis-1,4-diol with one axial and one equatorial OH group is attributed to an effective and simultaneous two-point hydrogen bonding of the two OH groups with two adjacent binding sites of 1 as a multidentate host.