Stereochemistry of alkylation of .alpha.-lithio piperidines: differing effects of formamidine and urethane activating groups
作者:Thomas T. Shawe、A. I. Meyers
DOI:10.1021/jo00008a033
日期:1991.4
The stereochemistry of alkylation of alpha-lithio-N-(N'-tert-butylformimidoyl)-4-tert-butylpiperidines was studied. Monoalkylation proceeded to give equatorial 2-substituted piperidines, which in turn gave diequatorial 2,6-disubstituted piperidines when subjected to a second lithiation-alkylation procedure. The stereochemical result of the second alkylation is in contrast to alpha-lithio-2-substituted piperidines that are stabilized by the N-(tert-butoxycarbonyl) group; these gave the axial 6-substituted piperidine on treatment with electrophiles. A mechanistic rationalization of these results is given that invokes nonbonding interactions between the stabilizing groups and piperidine ring substituents.