Succinct Syntheses of Methopholine, (±)‐Homolaudanosine, and (±)‐Dysoxyline via Metal‐free One‐Pot Double Alkylation on 1‐Methyl‐3,4‐dihydroisoquinolines
作者:Raghavendra Achary、Seulgi Kim、Yuri Choi、Gangadhar Rao Mathi、Hyun Jin Kim、Jong Yeon Hwang、Pilho Kim
DOI:10.1002/bkcs.11677
日期:2019.3
A mild one‐pot and metal‐free condition was discovered to implement two different alkyl groups chemoselectively on 1‐methyl‐3,4‐dihydroisoquinoline (1‐Me‐DHIQ), one at the nitrogen another at the C1‐methyl group. This chemistry is compatible with various DHIQs as well as alkyl halides. Application of this chemistry facilitated the concise syntheses of methopholine, (±)‐homolaudanosine, and (±)‐dysoxyline
Conformational equilibria in 1-, 3-, and 4-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolines (THIQs) and the diastereomeric pairs of their 1,3- and 1,4-dimethyl homologs have been determined by measurement of H-3/H-4(trans) coupling constants and have been confirmed by molecular mechanics [MMP2(85]) calculations. The experimental -Delta G degrees values (a --> e) for the monomethyl compounds (computed values in parentheses) in kcal mol(-1) are Me-1, 0.56 (0.46); Me-3, 1.63 (1.53); and Me-4, -0.32 (-0.22). Agreement of experimental and calculated values is very goad as is the additivity of values for the dimethyl compounds (Table 1). Values for the corresponding hydrochlorides are Me-1, 0.19 (-0.34); Me-3, 1.15 (1.46); and Me-4, 0.35 (0.10) kcal mol(-1). The less than satisfactory agreement of experimental with computed data here is probably due to neglect of solvation. The very small or negative Delta G degrees values for Me-1 and Me-4 were ascribed not only to the pseudoaxial (rather than axial) nature of Me(ax) and the absence of a syn-axial hydrogen on the side of the benzene ring but also to a peri interaction with H(8) and H(5), respectively, destabilizing equatorial methyl at positions 1 and 4. This was confirmed by comparing computed conformational energy values with values at corresponding positions in Delta(3,4)-tetrahydropyridines (THPs). While Delta G degrees in the two series is the same for Me-3 (THIQ numbering), that for Me-1 and Me-4 is considerably smaller in the THIQ than in the THP series which latter is devoid of peri hydrogens.
Synthesis and characterization of a diaziridinium ion. Conversion of 3,4-dihydroisoquinolines to 4,5-dihydro-3H-benzo[2,3]diazepines via a formal N-insertion process