作者:James D. Carroll、Paul R. Jones、Richard G. Ball
DOI:10.1021/jo00013a025
日期:1991.6
The synthesis and characterization of some (o-formylphenyl)ethylamines are described. Formylation with DMF of regioselectively lithiated N,N-dimethyl-alpha-(m-methoxyphenyl)ethylamine (1) has provided a route to an unusual ring-chain tautomeric system in which the ring has the dihydroisoindolium structure. The ring tautomers, with two chiral centers, consist of unequal amounts of two racemates, which undergo rapid, base-catalyzed interconversion at ambient temperature on the 360-MHz NMR time scale. The geometry and relative energies of the diastereomeric ring structures were estimated from MMP2 calculations. The trans dihydroisoindolium 3,5-dinitrobenzoate (4d) was characterized by X-ray diffraction, and its geometry was compared with that predicted by calculation. From NMR experiments with the simpler amino aldehyde 6, it has been concluded that, although a methoxy or hydroxy substituent ortho to the formyl group is not a structural requirement for ring tautomerism, it serves to favor the ring over the chain tautomer. The (o-formylphenyl)ethyl sulfides 8 and 9, obtained by nucleophilic displacement of the methiodides, show no propensity for ring formation.