Synthetic and theoretical investigation on the one-pot halogenation of β-amino alcohols and nucleophilic ring opening of aziridinium ions.
Synthetic and theoretical investigation on the one-pot halogenation of β-amino alcohols and nucleophilic ring opening of aziridinium ions.
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DOI:
10.1039/c5ob01692d
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发表时间:
2016-01-21
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
Chong HS
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作者:
Chen Y;Sun X;Wu N;Li J;Jin S;Zhong Y;Liu Z;Rogachev A;Chong HS
Aziridinium ions are useful reactive intermediates for synthesis of enantiomerically enriched building blocks. However, N,N-dialkyl aziridinium ions are relatively underutilized in synthesis of optically active molecules as compared to other three-membered ring cogeners, aziridines and epoxides. Characterization of both optically active aziridinium ions and secondary β-halo amines as precursor molecules of aziridinium ions has been scarcely reported and is often unclear. In this paper, we report for the first time preparation and experimental and theoretical characterization of optically active aziridinium ions and secondary β-halo amines. Optically active secondary N,N-substituted β-halo amines were efficiently synthesized from N,N-substituted alaniol via formation and ring opening at the more hindered carbon of aziridinium ions by halides. Optically active β-halo amines and aziridinium ions were characterized by NMR and computational analysis. The structure of an optically active β-chloro amine was confirmed via X-ray crystallographic analysis. The aziridinium ions derived from N,N-dibenzyl alaniol were attempted for X-ray crystallographic structural determination but remained stable only for several hours which was long enough for analyses of NMR and optical activity. The stereospecific ring opening of aziridinium ions by halides were computationally studied using DFT and highly-accurate DLPNO-CCSD(T) methods. Highly regioselective and stereoselective ring opening of aziridinium ions was applied to efficient one-pot conversion of β-alaniols to enantiomerically enriched β-amino alcohols, β-amino nitriles, and vicinal diamine derivatives.