142797-97-5Relevant articles and documents
Near-Ambient-Temperature Dehydrogenative Synthesis of the Amide Bond: Mechanistic Insight and Applications
Kar, Sayan,Xie, Yinjun,Zhou, Quan Quan,Diskin-Posner, Yael,Ben-David, Yehoshoa,Milstein, David
, p. 7383 - 7393 (2021/06/30)
The current existing methods for the amide bond synthesis via acceptorless dehydrogenative coupling of amines and alcohols all require high reaction temperatures for effective catalysis, typically involving reflux in toluene, limiting their potential practical applications. Herein, we report a system for this reaction that proceeds under mild conditions (reflux in diethyl ether, boiling point 34.6 °C) using ruthenium PNNH complexes. The low-temperature activity stems from the ability of Ru-PNNH complexes to activate alcohol and hemiaminals at near-ambient temperatures through the assistance of the terminal N-H proton. Mechanistic studies reveal the presence of an unexpected aldehyde-bound ruthenium species during the reaction, which is also the catalytic resting state. We further utilize the low-temperature activity to synthesize several simple amide bond-containing commercially available pharmaceutical drugs from the corresponding amines and alcohols via the dehydrogenative coupling method.
Metal-free, hydroacylation of CC and NN bonds via aerobic C-H activation of aldehydes, and reaction of the products thereof
Chudasama, Vijay,Akhbar, Ahmed R.,Bahou, Karim A.,Fitzmaurice, Richard J.,Caddick, Stephen
, p. 7301 - 7317 (2013/10/22)
In this report, a thorough evaluation of the use of aerobically initiated, metal-free hydroacylation of various CC and NN acceptor molecules with a wide range of aldehydes is presented. The aerobic-activation conditions that have been developed are in sharp contrast to previous conditions for hydroacylation, which tend to use transition metals, peroxides that require thermal or photochemical degradation, or N-heterocyclic carbenes. The mildness of the conditions enables a number of reactions involving sensitive reaction partners and, perhaps most significantly, allows for α-functionalised chiral aldehydes to undergo radical-based hydroacylation with complete retention of optical purity. We also demonstrate how the resulting hydroacylation products can be transformed into other useful intermediates, such as γ-keto- sulfonamides, sultams, sultones, cyclic N-sulfonyl imines and amides.
Defining the structural parameters that confer anticonvulsant activity by the site-by-site modification of (R)-N′-benzyl 2-amino-3-methylbutanamide
King, Amber M.,De Ryck, Marc,Kaminski, Rafal,Valade, Anne,Stables, James P.,Kohn, Harold
, p. 6432 - 6442 (2011/12/01)
Primary amino acid derivatives (PAADs) (N′-benzyl 2-substituted 2-amino acetamides) are structurally related to functionalized amino acids (FAAs) (N′-benzyl 2-substituted 2-acetamido acetamides) but differ by the absence of the terminal N-acetyl group. Both classes exhibit potent anticonvulsant activities in the maximal electroshock seizure animal model, and the reported structure-activity relationships (SARs) of PAADs and FAAs differ in significant ways. Recently, we documented that PAAD efficacy was associated with a hydrocarbon moiety at the C(2)-carbon, while in the FAAs, a substituted heteroatom one atom removed from the C(2)-center was optimal. Previously in this issue, we showed that PAAD activity was dependent upon the electronic properties of the 4′-N′-benzylamide substituent, while FAA activity was insensitive to electronic changes at this site. In this study, we prepared analogues of (R)-N′-benzyl 2-amino-3-methylbutanamide to identify the structural components for maximal anticonvulsant activity. We demonstrated that the SAR of PAADs and FAAs diverged at the terminal amide site and that PAADs had considerably more structural latitude in the types of units that could be incorporated at this position, suggesting that these compounds function according to different mechanism(s).
