Preparation of (<i>R</i>)-Fluoropyruvaldehyde <i>N</i>,<i>S</i>-Ketals by Highly Stereospecific Tandem Pummerer Rearrangement/1,2-<i>p</i>-Tolylthio Group Migration of (<i>R</i>)-α-(Fluoroalkyl)-β-sulfinylenamines
作者:Alessandro Volonterio、Matteo Zanda、Pierfrancesco Bravo、Giovanni Fronza、Giancarlo Cavicchio、Marcello Crucianelli
DOI:10.1021/jo970863j
日期:1997.11.1
Fluoropyruvaldehyde N,S-ketals (R)-2 have been prepared in good yields (up to 88%) and ee (up to 79%) from alpha-(fluoroalkyl)-beta-sulfinylenamines (R)-(Z)-1, through a new self-immolative tandem sequential process, consisting of a Pummerer reaction, promoted by trifluoroacetic anhydride, followed by a 1,2-migration of the p-tolylthio group, triggered by addition of silica gel or aqueous base. Each transfer of stereogenic center, from sulfur to the alpha-carbon and then to the beta-carbon, occurs with an average degree of enantioselectivity up to 94:6. Cts geometry between the sulfinyl and the amino groups of the starting enamine (R)-1 is necessary for achieving high level of stereocontrol, since neighboring group participation by the N-Cbz amino group prevents the sulfinyl center from racemization promoted by trifluoroacetic anhydride. NMR studies have shown that imines 3 are intermediate products of the Pummerer rearrangement, which are stable in the reaction environment.