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Improved Methodology for the Preparation of Chiral Amines

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e.g. compare entries 1, 5, 6, and 9). This general trend is interrupted only when <strong>the</strong> R<br />

substituent is t-butyl, e.g. pinacolone (table 6.3, entry 4). Pinacolone again fails to react under<br />

<strong>the</strong> standard Raney-Ni catalyst conditions, but <strong>the</strong> desired product is produced when using Pt-<br />

C as <strong>the</strong> hydrogenation catalyst. It is interesting to note that unlike our earlier findings with<br />

Raney-Ni/Ti(O i Pr) 4 , [3] which allow 2-alkanones with α-branching (table 6.3, entries 1-4) to<br />

be reductively aminated at 22 o C and 120 psi H 2 in 12 h, <strong>the</strong> use <strong>of</strong> Raney-Ni/10 mol %<br />

Yb(OAc) 3 requires <strong>the</strong> more <strong>for</strong>cing conditions <strong>of</strong> 50 o C and 290 psi (20 bar) <strong>for</strong> 12 h<br />

reaction times to be accomplished with complete consumption <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> starting ketone.<br />

Regarding aryl-alkyl ketones, acetophenone (table 6.3, entry 3) was sluggish to react even at<br />

50 o C and 432 psi (30 bar) <strong>of</strong> hydrogen, with isolated yields varying between 60-65% and<br />

concomitant alcohol by-product <strong>for</strong>mation always noted. Examination <strong>of</strong> 1-phenylbutanone at<br />

50 o C and 432 psi (30 bar) <strong>of</strong> hydrogen only allowed ~20 area % (GC) <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> expected<br />

product to <strong>for</strong>m after 24 h. Benzosuberone (cyclic aryl-alkyl ketone) and i-propyl n-propyl<br />

ketone, under similar <strong>for</strong>cing conditions (50 o C, 580 psi (40 bar) H 2 , >24 h), showed that<br />

<strong>the</strong>se sterically challenging substrates could not be reductively aminated.<br />

6.2. Stoichiometric and Catalytic Brønsted Acid Promoted Reductive<br />

Amination<br />

Table 6.4. Brønsted Acid Based Reductive Amination <strong>of</strong> 2-Octanone with (S)-α-MBA. a<br />

Entry Brønsted acid ( 20<br />

mol %)<br />

2-octanone<br />

remaining (area %)<br />

alcohol <strong>for</strong>med (area de b<br />

%) b<br />

1 Acetic acid 1 2 72<br />

2 Trifluoroacetic acid - 22.34 71<br />

3 Trichloroacetic acid 1 2.1 72<br />

4 Formic acid - 2.67 71<br />

5 Oxalic acid 1.65 24 73<br />

6 Thiophenol 51.76 3.47 26<br />

7 Phenol - 29 70<br />

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