Preparation of Stable Primary Enamines: 1-Aminobutadienes by Allyl Grignard Addition to Aryl Cyanides Followed by Controlled Hydrolysis
作者:Gerhard Erker、Michael Riedel、Sandra Koch、Tim Joedicke、Ernst-Ulrich Wuerthwein
DOI:10.1021/jo00121a055
日期:1995.8
From thermochemical data it is suggested that 1-aminobutadienes are more stable than their nonconjugated imine tautomers by about 2 kcal mol(-1). High level ab initio calculations have established the thermodynamic preference of the conjugated primary enamines over their beta,gamma-unsaturated ketimine isomers in the gas phase. This general prediction of an increased stability of primary enamines by butadiene conjugation has been confirmed experimentally with a variety of representative examples. Allyl Grignard addition to a number of aryl or hetaryl cyanides followed by controlled hydrolysis yields the respective beta,gamma-unsaturated ketimine systems that subsequently rearrange completely to their 1-aminobutadiene isomers. Rearrangement to the thermodynamically more favored alpha,beta-unsaturated imine tautomers is kinetically inhibited and, hence, not observed in these systems. In some cases conjugated enamine formation is already observed at the stage of the organometallic intermediates.