Stereoselective synthesis of .beta.-lactams by condensation of titanium enolates of 2-pyridyl thioesters with imines
摘要:
A mild and versatile one-pot synthesis of beta-lactams has been performed by condensation of the easily generated titantium enolates of 2-pyridyl thioesters with imines employing chiral reaction partners. Both imines obtained from enantiomerically pure alkoxy aldehydes and the enolate derived from 3-hydroxybutyrate showed high diastereofacial preferences, efficiently transferring the stereochemical information to the stereocenters of the azetidinone ring. Advanced precursors of (+)-PS-5, (+)-PS-6, thienamycin, and 1-beta-methylthienamycin were prepared to illustrate the potential of this method. A H-1-NMR study of the enolization process and a tentative rationalization of the stereochemical results are presented.
The stereoselective synthesis of two precursors of tricyclic β-lactamantibiotics (trinems) has been attempted by a novelapproach that involves a highly stereoselective azetidinone ring-forming reaction followed by the reduction of a functionalized aromatic substituent at C-4 of the β-lactam nucleus.
SnBr4 affords the corresponding tin(IV) enolates that add to imines to give β-lactams in fair to good yields and with various degree of trans/cis stereoselectivity. Examples of highly diastereofacially selective reactions carried out on a chiral thioester and on a chiral imine are also reported. The results are compared with those obtained in the condensations promoted by TiCl4 and TiBr4.
The first synthesis of β-lactams bound to a soluble/insoluble polyethylene glycol monomethylether polymeric matrix has been realized by standard reactions carried out on immobilized imines. β-Lactams removal from the polymer has been accomplished under acidic and basic conditions.
Synthesis of β-lactams by condensation of titanium enolates of 2-pyridylthioesters with imines. Influence of the imine structure on the trans/cis stereoselectivity
The condensation of the titanium enolates of C-2 alkyl substituted 2-pyridylthioesters with imines affords beta-lactams in trans/cis ratios that largely depend on the structure of the C-imine residue. Bulky and non-chelating heteroatom-containing groups lead to the formation of trans p-lactams, while sterically non-requiring or chelating groups favour the formation of the cia-products. On the basis of NMR evidences a rationale is proposed to account for the observed stereoselectivity.
Soluble-Polymer-Supported Synthesis ofβ-Lactams on a Modified Poly(ethylene glycol)
A modified poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) has been developed for the soluble-polymer-supported synthesis of beta-lactams. The monomethylether of PEG (MeOPEG) with an average M-W of 5000 was used as the support, a 4-(3-propyl)phenyl residue as the spacer, and a 4-oxyphenylamino group as the moiety with the reactive functionality. From this modified PEG representative aromatic, heteroaromatic, unsaturated, and aliphatic imines were obtained in high yields by different procedures. The polymer-supported imines were then employed to prepare several beta-lactams by enolate/imine condensation and ketene/imine cycloaddition. Examples of the control of the absolute stereochemistry during the azetidinone ring formation are also reported. The reactions carried out on the polymer-bound imines showed a remarkable similarity to those performed on nonimmobilized imines, both in terms of yields and stereoselectivities. Removal of the beta-lactams from the polymer has also been accomplished to directly deliver the N-unsubstituted azetidinones.