Stereoselective synthesis of cis- and trans-.beta.-lactams via .alpha.-amino ester enolates and 1-aza-4-hetero-1,3-butadiene systems. Molecular structure of [cyclic] EtOC(O)C(H)(NEt2)C(H)(N(H)-tert-Bu)C(H):N(tert-Bu)ZnCl2: An unexpectedly isolated aldolate
作者:Fred H. Van der Steen、Henk Kleijn、Anthony L. Spek、Gerard Van Koten
DOI:10.1021/jo00020a031
日期:1991.9
Lithium and zinc enolates of N,N-diprotected glycine esters 1 react with 1-aza-4-hetero-1,3-butadiene systems 4 selectively affording cis- and trans-3-amino-4-functionalized-2-azetidinones in excellent yields, respectively. The reactions with 1,4-diaza-1,3-butadiene systems are far more selective (de greater-than-or-equal-to 90%) than those with 1-aza-4-oxo- and 1-aza-4-thio-1,3-butadiene systems (de 0-85%). In apolar solvents some of the reactions between the zinc enolates 2 and functionalized imines 4 partly stop at the stage of the C-C coupled product, probably because the metal center migrates to a chelating position between the nitrogen and the hetero atom of the imine. Consequently, elimination of the metal alkoxide and ring closure to a 2-azetidinone product is not likely to occur anymore. This view is supported by the isolation and structural characterization of a ZnCl2 complex of a C-C coupled product, erythro-EtOC(O)C(H)(NEt2)C(H) activated (N(H)-t-Bu)C(H) = N(t-Bu)ZnCl2 (8), which furthermore demonstrates that erythro C-C bond formation leads to a trans-2-azetidinone product. In polar solvents the migration of the metal center is prevented and exclusively 2-azetidinone products are isolated.