2-Substituted-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolines and chiral 3-carboxyl analogues from N-benzotriazolylmethyl-N-phenethylamines
作者:Alan R Katritzky、Hai-Ying He、Rong Jiang、Qiuhe Long
DOI:10.1016/s0957-4166(01)00418-9
日期:2001.9
N-Benzotriazolylmethyl-N-phenethylamines 5a-5c and 11a-11c cyclize in the presence of aluminum chloride to produce 1,2.3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolines 6a-6c and 12a-12c (70-89%) via electrophilic attack of a transient iminium cation X on the tethered phenyl ring. The Bt group in 2-benzotriazolylmethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolines 6a-6b was replaced (i) with hydrogen by sodium borohydride to afford N-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolines 7a-7b or (ii) by nucleophiles, such as Grignard reagents, a silyl enol ether or triethyl phosphite, to furnish novel N-substituted-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolines 13a-13c, 14 or 15, respectively. Optically active 3-substituted-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolines 12a-12c were similarly prepared in high yields without racemization. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.