title: Synthesis of alpha-amino acids via asymmetric phase transfer-catalyzed alkylation of achiral nickel(II) complexes of glycine-derived Schiff bases.
abstract: Achiral, diamagnetic Ni(II) complexes 1 and 3 have been synthesized from Ni(II) salts and the Schiff bases, generated from glycine and PBP (7) and PBA (11), respectively, in MeONa/MeOH solutions. The requisite carbonyl-derivatizing agents pyridine-2-carboxylic acid(2-benzoyl-phenyl)-amide 7 (PBP) and pyridine-2-carboxylic acid(2-formyl-phenyl)-amide 11 (PBA) were readily prepared from picolinic acid and o-aminobenzophenone or picolinic acid and methyl o-anthranilate, respectively. The structure of 1 was established by X-ray crystallography. Complexes 1 and 3 were found to undergo C-alkylation with alkyl halides under PTC conditions in the presence of beta-naphthol or benzyltriethylammonium bromide as catalysts to give mono- and bis-alkylated products, respectively. Decomposition of the complexes with aqueous HCl under mild conditions gave the required amino acids, and PBP and PBA were recovered. Alkylation of 1 with highly reactive alkyl halides, carried out under the PTC conditions in the presence of 10% mol of (S)- or (R)-2-hydroxy-2'-amino-1,1'-binaphthyl 31a (NOBIN) and/or its N-acyl derivatives and by (S)- or (R)-2-hydroxy-8'-amino-1,1'-binaphthyl 32a (iso-NOBIN) and its N-acyl derivatives, respectively, gave rise to alpha-amino acids with high enantioselectivities (90-98.5% ee) in good-to-excellent chemical yields at room temperature within several minutes. An unusually large positive nonlinear effect was observed in these reactions. The Michael addition of acrylic derivatives 37 to 1 was conducted under similar conditions with up to 96% ee. The (1)H NMR and IR spectra of a mixture of the sodium salt of NOBIN and 1 indicated formation of a complex between the two components. Implications of the association and self-association of NOBIN for the observed sense of asymmetric induction and nonlinear effects are discussed.
authors.affiliation: A. N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organo-Element Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117813, Moscow, Vavilov 28, Russian Federation. yubel@ineos.ac.ru
authors.forename: Yuri N
authors.initials: YN
authors.lastname: Belokon
authors.forename: Natalia B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Bespalova
authors.forename: Tatiana D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Churkina
authors.forename: Ivana
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Císarová
authors.forename: Marina G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Ezernitskaya
authors.forename: Syuzanna R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Harutyunyan
authors.forename: Radim
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hrdina
authors.forename: Henri B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Kagan
authors.forename: Pavel
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kocovský
authors.forename: Konstantin A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Kochetkov
authors.forename: Oleg V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Larionov
authors.forename: Konstantin A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Lyssenko
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: North
authors.forename: Miroslav
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Polásek
authors.forename: Alexander S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Peregudov
authors.forename: Vladimir V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Prisyazhnyuk
authors.forename: Stepán
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vyskocil
mesh_terms: D000478:Alkylation; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D005998:Glycine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D009532:Nickel / Q000737:chemistry*; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D012545:Schiff Bases / Q000737:chemistry*; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D012545:Schiff Bases; D009532:Nickel; D005998:Glycine