ALKYLATION OF AMINO-ACIDS WITHOUT LOSS OF THE OPTICAL-ACTIVITY - PREPARATION OF ALPHA-SUBSTITUTED PROLINE DERIVATIVES - A CASE OF SELF-REPRODUCTION OF CHIRALITY
ALKYLATION OF AMINO-ACIDS WITHOUT LOSS OF THE OPTICAL-ACTIVITY - PREPARATION OF ALPHA-SUBSTITUTED PROLINE DERIVATIVES - A CASE OF SELF-REPRODUCTION OF CHIRALITY
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DOI:
10.1021/ja00354a034
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
影响因子:
15
通讯作者:
SCHWEIZER, WB
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作者:
SEEBACH, D;BOES, M;SCHWEIZER, WB
Proline is condensed with pivalaldehyde to give a single stereoisomer of 2-tert-butyl-1-aza-3-oxabicyclo[3.3.0]octan-4-one. This is deprotonated with LDA [lithium diisopropylamide] to give a chiral, nonracemic enolate (3), which combines with electrophiles such as D+, the more reactive alkylating reagents and carbonyl derivatives. It can also be phenylated with (benzene)(tricarbonyl)chromium and thiolated with diphenyl disulfide. The products arise from Re attack of the electrophiles on the enolate carbon, i.e., with relative topicity lk, as shown by chemical correlation in 2 cases and by an X-ray crystal structure analysis of the benzaldehdye adduct. With the addition of the enolate 3 to aldehydes and to unsymmetrical ketones some Michael-additions occur with high enantioface differentiation. Cleavage of the products from enolate 3 furnishes .alpha.-alkylated proline derivatives. The overall process is an electrophilic substitution of the .alpha.-protein of proline with retention of configuration at the asymmetric C atom. Since no external chiral auxiliary is necessary to achieve this transformation without loss of enantiomeric purity, it is called a self-reproduction of chirality.