Highly Efficient and Enantioselective Biotransformations of Racemic Azetidine-2-carbonitriles and Their Synthetic Applications
摘要:
Catalyzed by the Rhodococcus erythropolis AJ270 whole cell catalyst in neutral aqueous buffer at 30 degrees C, a number of racemic 1-benzylazetidine-2-carbonitriles, trans-1-benzyl-4-methylazetidine-2-carbonitrile. and 1-benzyl-2-methylazetidine-2-carbonitrile and their amide substrates underwent efficient and enantioselective biotransformations to afford the corresponding azetidine-2-carboxylic acids and their amide derivatives in excellent yields with cc up to >99.5%. The overall excellent, act enantioselectivity of the biocatalytic reactions stemmed from a combined effect of a very active but virtually nonenantioselective nitrite hydratase and a high R-enantioselective amidase involved in microbial whole cells. The synthetic applications have been demonstrated by the nucleophilic ring-opening reactions of azetidiniums of the resulting chiral azetidine-2-carbox amide derivatives for the preparation of alpha,gamma-diamino, alpha-phenoxy-gamma-amino, and alpha-cyano-gamma-amino carboxamides. The intramolecular Cul-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction for the synthesis of azetidine-fused 1,4-benzodiazepin-2-one derivative was also presented.
Stereochemical effects in the reactions of n-alkyl-4-substituted azetidine 2-carboxylic acids with oxalyl chloride. Rearrangement to chloro-γ-lactams.
作者:Harry H. Wasserman、William T. Han、John M. Schaus、John W. Faller
DOI:10.1016/0040-4039(84)80021-0
日期:——
Treatment of N-alkylazetidine 2-carboxylates with oxalyl chloride may yield acid chlorides, iminium salts or chloro-γ-lactams depending on the stereochemistry and nature of the substituents on the azetidine ring.