Stereoselective synthesis of .beta.-lactams by condensation of titanium enolates of 2-pyridyl thioesters with imines
摘要:
A mild and versatile one-pot synthesis of beta-lactams has been performed by condensation of the easily generated titantium enolates of 2-pyridyl thioesters with imines employing chiral reaction partners. Both imines obtained from enantiomerically pure alkoxy aldehydes and the enolate derived from 3-hydroxybutyrate showed high diastereofacial preferences, efficiently transferring the stereochemical information to the stereocenters of the azetidinone ring. Advanced precursors of (+)-PS-5, (+)-PS-6, thienamycin, and 1-beta-methylthienamycin were prepared to illustrate the potential of this method. A H-1-NMR study of the enolization process and a tentative rationalization of the stereochemical results are presented.
SnBr4 affords the corresponding tin(IV) enolates that add to imines to give β-lactams in fair to good yields and with various degree of trans/cis stereoselectivity. Examples of highly diastereofacially selective reactions carried out on a chiral thioester and on a chiral imine are also reported. The results are compared with those obtained in the condensations promoted by TiCl4 and TiBr4.
The first synthesis of β-lactams bound to a soluble/insoluble polyethylene glycol monomethylether polymeric matrix has been realized by standard reactions carried out on immobilized imines. β-Lactams removal from the polymer has been accomplished under acidic and basic conditions.
Synthesis of β-lactams by condensation of titanium enolates of 2-pyridylthioesters with imines. Influence of the imine structure on the trans/cis stereoselectivity
The condensation of the titanium enolates of C-2 alkyl substituted 2-pyridylthioesters with imines affords beta-lactams in trans/cis ratios that largely depend on the structure of the C-imine residue. Bulky and non-chelating heteroatom-containing groups lead to the formation of trans p-lactams, while sterically non-requiring or chelating groups favour the formation of the cia-products. On the basis of NMR evidences a rationale is proposed to account for the observed stereoselectivity.