Intramolecular Hydroamination/Cyclization of Conjugated Aminodienes Catalyzed by Organolanthanide Complexes. Scope, Diastereo- and Enantioselectivity, and Reaction Mechanism
- 1 December 2003
- journal article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Journal of the American Chemical Society
- Vol. 125 (51) , 15878-15892
- https://doi.org/10.1021/ja036266y
Abstract
Organolanthanide complexes of the general type Cp'(2)LnCH(TMS)(2) (Cp' = eta(5)-Me(5)C(5); Ln = La, Sm, Y; TMS = SiMe(3)) and CGCSmN(TMS)(2) (CGC = Me(2)Si(eta(5)-Me(4)C(5))((t)()BuN)) serve as effective precatalysts for the rapid, regioselective, and highly diastereoselective intramolecular hydroamination/cyclization of primary and secondary amines tethered to conjugated dienes. The rates of aminodiene cyclizations are significantly more rapid than those of the corresponding aminoalkenes. This dienyl group rate enhancement as well as substituent group (R) effects on turnover frequencies is consistent with proposed transition state electronic demands. Kinetic and mechanistic data parallel monosubstituted aminoalkene hydroamination/cyclization, with turnover-limiting C=C insertion into the Ln-N bond to presumably form an Ln-eta(3) allyl intermediate, followed by rapid protonolysis of the resulting Ln-C linkage. The rate law is first-order in [catalyst] and zero-order in [aminodiene]. However, depending on the particular substrate and catalyst combination, deviations from zero-order kinetic behavior reflect competitive product inhibition or self-inhibition by substrate. Lanthanide ionic radius effects and ancillary ligation effects on turnover frequencies suggest a sterically more demanding Ln-N insertion step than in aminoalkene cyclohydroamination, while a substantially more negative DeltaS( double dagger ) implies a more highly organized transition state. Good to excellent diastereoselectivity is obtained in the synthesis of 2,5-trans-disubstituted pyrrolidines (80% de) and 2,6-cis-disubstituted piperidines (99% de). Formation of 2-(prop-1-enyl)piperidine using the chiral C(1)-symmetric precatalyst (S)-Me(2)Si(OHF)(CpR)SmN(TMS)(2) (OHF = eta(5)-octahydrofluorenyl; Cp = eta(5)-C(5)H(3); R = (-)-menthyl) proceeds with up to 71% ee. The highly stereoselective feature of aminodiene cyclization is demonstrated by concise syntheses of naturally occurring alkaloids, (+/-)-pinidine and (+)-coniine from simple diene precursors.Keywords
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