Evaluation of (+)-Sparteine-like Diamines for Asymmetric Synthesis
摘要:
Three new (+)-sparteine-like diamines were prepared from (-)-cytisine and evaluated as sparteine surrogates in the alpha-lithiation rearrangement of cyclooctene oxide and the palladium(II)/diamine catalyzed oxidative kinetic resolution of I-indanol. The new diamines exhibited opposite enantioselectivity to that observed with (-)-sparteine but increasing the steric hindrance of the N-alkyl group beyond N-Et had a detrimental effect on enantioselectivity. The optimal N-Me diamine was evaluated with much success in five other (-)-sparteine-mediated processes involving different metals (lithium, magnesium, and copper) and different types of reaction mechanisms.
Evaluation of (+)-Sparteine-like Diamines for Asymmetric Synthesis
摘要:
Three new (+)-sparteine-like diamines were prepared from (-)-cytisine and evaluated as sparteine surrogates in the alpha-lithiation rearrangement of cyclooctene oxide and the palladium(II)/diamine catalyzed oxidative kinetic resolution of I-indanol. The new diamines exhibited opposite enantioselectivity to that observed with (-)-sparteine but increasing the steric hindrance of the N-alkyl group beyond N-Et had a detrimental effect on enantioselectivity. The optimal N-Me diamine was evaluated with much success in five other (-)-sparteine-mediated processes involving different metals (lithium, magnesium, and copper) and different types of reaction mechanisms.
In order to test (-)-cytisine as a potential chiral inductor, N-propionyl cytisine was treated with LDA and then with benzyl bromide. Instead of the expected alpha-benzyl substituted propionamide, (-)-N-benzyl 6alpha-propionyl cytisine was formed, arising from an unusual diastereoselective nitrogen to carbon acyl migration. Using LDA in the presence of an excess of LiCl, the 6-substituted cytisine was isolated in yields of up to 79%. The efficiency of the N-C acyl transfer was shown to be dependent on the nature of the N-acyl group. Complete epimerization of the newly created stereocenter was observed under basic conditions. This methodology allows the stereoelective functionalization of the C-6 position of cytisine, an important agonist of nicotinic receptors. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.