N-acyl 'Quat' pyrrolidinone auxiliary as a chiral amide equivalent via direct aminolysis

Stephen G. Davies, Darren J. Dixon

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    Abstract

    A novel route to chiral amides through the efficient, non-racemising, cleavage of N-acyl side chains from a 'Quat' chiral auxiliary using N-centred nucleophiles is described. The synthetic utility of the procedure is then highlighted by the preparation of a range of succinamide and succinimide derivatives and through the synthesis of the natural product (S)-(+)-amphetamine via a stereospecific Hofman type degradation using a hypervalent iodine reagent.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1869-1876
    Number of pages7
    JournalJournal of the Chemical Society. Perkin Transactions 1
    Issue number16
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2002

    Keywords

    • Aminolysis; Chiral auxiliary; Hofmann degradation; Stereoselective synthesis (prepn. of amides by direct aminolysis/Hofmann degrdn. of N-acylpyrrolidinone as chiral auxiliary); Amides Role: SPN (Synthetic preparation), PREP (Preparation) (prepn. of amides by direct aminolysis/Hofmann degrdn. of N-acylpyrrolidinone as chiral auxiliary)

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