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Chapter 4 95<strong>the</strong> products with ethyl acetate was necessary s<strong>in</strong>ce after acidification noprecipitation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> products occured. In all cases <strong>the</strong> chemical yields werehigh.In table 4.3 <strong>the</strong> structures <strong>and</strong> chemical yields <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> products <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>hydrolysis are reported.Entry Substrate R1 R2 Produc (Yield t%)1 (±)-33c Me nC 6 H 13 (±)-34a(77)2 (+)-(S)-33c Me nC 6 H 13 (+)-(S)-34a(65)3 (±)-33d Me Bn (±)-34b (79)4 (+)-(S)-33d Me Bn (+)-(S)-34b(76)5 (±)-33e Et Ph (±)-34c (73)6 (-)-(S)-33e Et Ph (-)-(S)-34c(73)7 33f Ph Ph 34d (97)8 (±)-33g Ph 4PhC 6 H 4 (±)-34e (85)Table 4.3: Hydrolysis <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> N-Alkyl-4,5-dicyanoimidazoles 33c-g.At this stage <strong>the</strong> enantiomeric excess <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> diacids was not measuredbecause <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir low solubility <strong>in</strong> CDCl 3 (<strong>the</strong> normal solvent used with <strong>the</strong>shift re<strong>agents</strong>). Attempts with o<strong>the</strong>r solvents like pyrid<strong>in</strong>e-d 6 <strong>and</strong> DMSO-d 6were unsuccessful. After <strong>the</strong> addition <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> chiral shift reagentprecipitations always occured <strong>and</strong> it was not possible to perform <strong>the</strong> 1 H-NMR experiment. Thus <strong>the</strong> syn<strong>the</strong>sis was carried on to <strong>the</strong> desired f<strong>in</strong>alimidazole derivatives.Some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> diacids 34a-e were used to syn<strong>the</strong>size separablediasteroisomers by react<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong>m with enantiopure am<strong>in</strong>es or alcohols asdescribed <strong>in</strong> paragraph 4.5.4.2.1. Decarboxylation <strong>of</strong> N-Alkyl-4,5-imidazol dicarboxylic acids34a-e.Three different methods were tried for <strong>the</strong> decarboxylation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> N-Alkyl-4,5-imidazoldicarboxylic acids 34a-e. The first method <strong>in</strong>volvedch<strong>in</strong>ol<strong>in</strong>e <strong>and</strong> copper powder at 120 °C. Almost all <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> unreactedstart<strong>in</strong>g material was recovered from <strong>the</strong> reaction mixture. The secondmethod used copper carbonate <strong>in</strong> DMF under reflux. This reaction did notgive any desired product, only decomposition products <strong>and</strong> start<strong>in</strong>g

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