摘要:
Several symmetrical alpha,alpha'-bis(methoxycarbonyl)azoalkanes 4 were prepared in high yield in two steps from the appropriate alpha-amino esters 13, or in five steps from 4-substituted 4-phenyl-2-butanones 10. The sequence involves the generation, separation, and purification of symmetrical N,N'-disubstituted sulfamides 14 followed by oxidative rearrangement under modified Ohme-Schmitz-Preuschhof conditions to yield the title compounds. In the absence of the oxidant, the sulfamides are converted quantitatively into 2,4-disubstituted 3-oxo-1,2,5-thiadiazolidine 1,1-dioxides 15. In accord with the above methodology, (4S)-4-phenyl-2-pentanone was transformed into (2R,2'R,4S,4'S)-2,2'-bis(methoxycarbonyl)-4,4'-diphenyl-2,2'-azopentane (4b-Ia), the stereochemistry of which was established from that of its precursor (2R,2'R,4S,4'S)-N,N'-bis[2-[2-(methoxycarbonyl)-4-phenylpentyl]]-sulfamide by single-crystal X-ray analysis.