Synthesis of 2,4-Disubstituted Piperidines via Radical Cyclization: Unexpected Enhancement in Diastereoselectivity with Tris(trimethylsilyl)silane
作者:Lucile A. Gandon、Alexander G. Russell、Tatyana Güveli、Angela E. Brodwolf、Benson M. Kariuki、Neil Spencer、John S. Snaith
DOI:10.1021/jo060495w
日期:2006.7.1
[GRAPHICS]A novel approach to 2,4-disubstituted piperidines is reported, involving the radical cyclization of 7-substituted-6-aza-8-bromooct-2-enoates. Cyclization with tributyltin hydride affords the trans piperidines with trans/cis diastereomeric ratios ranging typically from 3:1 to 6:1. Cyclization with tris( trimethylsilyl)silane affords the same products with diastereomeric ratios of up to 99: 1 in certain cases. The enhancement in diastereoselectivity results from the selective rearrangement of the minor stereoisomer through a cascade process involving radical cyclization to the piperidine radical, 1,5-radical translocation, and attack of the translocated radical onto the sulfonamide with extrusion of SO2 in a Smiles-type rearrangement. Slower trapping of the piperidine radical by tris(trimethylsilyl) silane compared to tributyltin hydride accounts for the occurrence of the rearrangement cascade in the former case.