The Preparation and Intra- and Intermolecular Addition Reactions of Acyclic <i>N</i>-Acylimines: Application to the Synthesis of (±)-Sertraline
作者:Michael P. DeNinno、Cynthia Eller、John B. Etienne
DOI:10.1021/jo010370l
日期:2001.10.1
Intramolecular endo-cyclization reactions of N-acyliminium ions have seen wide application for the synthesis of heterocyclic compounds. The corresponding exocyclic variant, which would provide 1-aminotetralin derivatives, for example, has little precedent. We have discovered that acyclic N-acylcarbamates can be readily reduced to the corresponding N-acylhemiaminal derivatives in high yield using DIBAL as the reducing agent. These intermediates are remarkably stable and, if desired, can be purified and stored. The acyclic N-acylhemiaminals undergo both intra- and intermolecular nucleophilic addition reactions mediated by strong Lewis acids, such as TiCl4. Diastereoselectivity, induced either by a substituent on the newly formed ring, or by utilizing a chiral ester on the carbamic acid, was disappointingly low. This methodology was successfully applied to the synthesis of the racemic form of the marketed antidepressant sertraline.