The monohydrazone of glyoxal may be derivatized into a chiral aminal with diamine 7. The resulting chiral reagent 13 reacts with complete diastereocontrol with organolithium reagents in THF. This sterically controlled reaction may be altered to chelation control by using Grignard reagents in toluene, affording the opposite diastereomer in excellent de. The N-N bond of the hydrazine functionality is then cleaved with Raney nickel, assisted by ultrasound. After protection of the resulting primary amino functionality, the aminal is hydrolyzed to afford the desired α-amino aldehydes without epimerization. The same reaction sequence, without cleavage of the N-N bond, affords an α-hydrazino aldehyde.
乙二醛的单氢
肼可与二胺7衍生化为一个手性
氨胺。所得的手性试剂13在
四氢呋喃中与
有机锂试剂反应,具有完全的非对映体选择性。通过在
甲苯中使用
格氏试剂,这一立体控制反应可被改变为螯合控制,从而生成相反的非对映体,并获得优异的对映选择性。接着,利用超声波的辅助下,
水合
肼的N-N键被拉尼
镍裂解。在保护产物中的初级
氨基功能基后,
氨胺被
水解,生成所需的α-
氨基醛而不发生表异构化。相同的反应序列,如果不裂解N-N键,则会生成α-
肼醛。