Ruthenium-Complex-Catalyzed N-(Cyclo)alkylation of Aromatic Amines with Diols. Selective Synthesis of N-(ω-Hydroxyalkyl)anilines of Type PhNH(CH2)nOH and of Some Bioactive Arylpiperazines
摘要:
A new class of well-defined neutral mono-, and dicationic ruthenium(II) complexes containing a neutral terdentate donor system [C5H3N(CH2E)(2)-2,6] (E = PPh2 (PNP) or NMe2 (NN'N)) has been found effective as catalyst precursor in N-(cyclo)alkylation reactions of aromatic amines with diols Y(CH2CH2OH)(2) (Y = CH2, NR). With these catalysts, N-phenylpiperidine is synthesized from aniline and 1,5-pentanediol in 85% yield (at 180 degrees C for 24 h in 1,4-dioxane). With neutral RuCl2(NN'N)(PPh3) as a catalyst precursor, aniline can be selectively N-monoalkylated with diols of the type HO(CH2)(n)OH (n = 4-6, 10) to give N-(n-hydroxyalkyl)anilines in 40-75% yield. To our knowledge, this represents the first useful catalytic route to this type of compounds. The new catalysts can also be used in the synthesis of arylpiperazines. For example, N-phenyl-N'-methylpiperazine is obtained from aniline and MeN(CH2CH2OH)(2) in yields up to 34%. N-[m-(Trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-N'-methylpiperazine, TFMPMP, is successfully produced from m-(trifluoromethyl)aniline and MeN(CH2CH2OH)(2) in 44% yield using monocationic [RuOTf(NN'N)(PPh3)]OTf as the catalyst precursor. A mechanism for the N-(cyclo)alkylation reaction is proposed.
Synthesis of N-alkyl-N′-aryl-piperazines via copper-catalyzed C–N bond formation
作者:Issa Yavari、Mohammad J. Bayat、Majid Ghazanfarpour-Darjani
DOI:10.1016/j.tetlet.2014.08.045
日期:2014.10
An efficient copper-catalyzed tandem synthesis of N-alkyl-N'-aryl-piperazines from 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane, alkyl halides, and aryl halides in the presence of copper(I) iodide and potassium tert-butoxide in DMSO is described. (C) 2014 Published by Elsevier Ltd.