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Improved Methodology for the Preparation of Chiral Amines

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fourth chapter showing different drug and natural product categories prepared utilizing<br />

reductive amination.<br />

1.8.1. Imine and Enamide Syn<strong>the</strong>sis<br />

A discussion about <strong>the</strong> preparation <strong>of</strong> imine and enamide are necessary as most <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

examples in scientific journals focus mainly on <strong>the</strong> manipulation <strong>of</strong> imines (Nphosphinoylimines)<br />

or N-acyl enamines as starting materials without a clear picture about<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir preparations. The overall yield <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> chiral amine products is very rarely discussed and<br />

<strong>the</strong>re<strong>for</strong>e a perspective in this regard needs to be established.<br />

R<br />

O<br />

R'<br />

NH 2 OH HCl<br />

MeOH<br />

R<br />

NOH<br />

R'<br />

Fe powder<br />

NHAc<br />

Ac 2 O<br />

AcOH. Toluene, 75 o C R R'<br />

Scheme 1.10 Syn<strong>the</strong>sis <strong>of</strong> N-Acyl Enamide from Ketone<br />

The commonly used method <strong>of</strong> enamide [68] syn<strong>the</strong>sis is <strong>the</strong> one in which <strong>the</strong> desired<br />

compound is syn<strong>the</strong>sized from different substituted ketones in two steps as carried out by<br />

Burk (scheme 1.10). [69]<br />

In <strong>the</strong> first step <strong>of</strong> this syn<strong>the</strong>sis <strong>the</strong> ketone is converted to an oxime with hydroxylamine<br />

hydrochloride in MeOH, <strong>the</strong> yield <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ketoxime is generally >90%. The next step is <strong>the</strong><br />

interaction <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> resultant ketoxime with Iron powder and acetic anhydride with AcOH in<br />

toluene at a temperature <strong>of</strong> 75 °C. The yield <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> enamide is generally between 30-60% in<br />

this step. [70]<br />

In general <strong>the</strong> enamide syn<strong>the</strong>sis methodology is low yielding process. Besides <strong>the</strong> possibility<br />

<strong>of</strong> diacetyl <strong>for</strong>mation which is considered ano<strong>the</strong>r drawback. The E/Z mixtures which are<br />

obtained with R’ -as non-hydrogen atom- are difficult to separate.<br />

1.8.2. Enantioselective Reduction <strong>of</strong> Enamides<br />

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