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Improved Methodology for the Preparation of Chiral Amines

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4 1d<br />

O<br />

2d<br />

HN<br />

Ph<br />

86 87 15<br />

5 1e<br />

O<br />

2e<br />

HN<br />

Ph<br />

82 85 14<br />

6 1f<br />

O<br />

2f<br />

HN<br />

Ph<br />

80 79 5<br />

a Ketone (2.5 mmol, 1.0 equiv), dried Yb(OAc) 3 (1.1 equiv), (S)-α-methylbenzylamine (1.1 equiv) equiv),<br />

Raney-Ni, H 2 (120 psi), MeOH-THF (1:1) 0.50 M, 22 °C, 12 h. b Isolated yield <strong>of</strong> both diastereomers after<br />

chromatography. c determined by GC analysis <strong>of</strong> crude product 2. d Compared to <strong>the</strong> best previously<br />

reported results. Pinacolone is a Pt-C substrate and requires a T= 50 °C over 22 h. The 6% increase in de<br />

only represents an increase over <strong>the</strong> best reported reductive amination procedure, vs a previously reported<br />

stepwise method <strong>the</strong>re is no change in de.<br />

Through examining <strong>the</strong> results presented in table 5.5 It seems that our methodology is highly<br />

efficient <strong>for</strong> reductive amination <strong>of</strong> ketones having <strong>the</strong> general class R S C(O)CH 3 , linear 2-<br />

alkanones. The subscript serves as a generic reference to <strong>the</strong> steric bulk <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> substituent:<br />

R S = small (any straight chain alkyl substituent, but not a methyl group); R M = medium, e.g. –<br />

CH 2 CH 2 Ph or -CH 2 CH(CH 3 ) 2 ; R L = e.g. -Ar, -i-Pr, -c-hexyl.<br />

For example, <strong>the</strong> longer straight chain 2-alkanones, e.g. 2-octanone (1d) and 2-hexanone<br />

(1e), showed dramatic improvements in de, 15% and 14% respectively, with good isolated<br />

yield (table 5.5, entries 4 and 5). As mentioned be<strong>for</strong>e <strong>the</strong> highest reported de <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

reductive amination <strong>of</strong> 2-octanone (1d) with α-MBA in <strong>the</strong> presence <strong>of</strong> Ti(O i Pr) 4 /Raney-<br />

Ni/H 2 , was 72%. Aiming to prove that <strong>the</strong> addition <strong>of</strong> Yb(OAC) 3 had a dramatic effect on <strong>the</strong><br />

de <strong>of</strong> amine product, I syn<strong>the</strong>sized <strong>the</strong> ketimine <strong>of</strong> 2-octanone. This ketimine was reduced<br />

with Raney-Ni/H 2 in THF-MeOH (1:1) providing 2d in only 64% de.<br />

As <strong>the</strong> chain <strong>of</strong> 2-alkanone gets shorter as <strong>the</strong> steric bulkiness gets smaller reducing <strong>the</strong><br />

enhancement effect <strong>of</strong> Yb(OAc) 3 addition. The short chain 2-butanone (1f) showed a small<br />

but consistent and significant 5% increase in de vs <strong>the</strong> best previously reported result<br />

(Ti(O i Pr) 4 /CH 2 Cl 2 /Raney-Ni: 74% de). Shifting to substrates having medium sized R<br />

substituent residing on 2-alkanone, R M C(O)CH 3 helps to define <strong>the</strong> boundary substrates <strong>for</strong><br />

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