Chiral Proton Catalysis: Design and Development of Enantioselective Aza-Henry and Diels-Alder Reactions
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CHIRAL PROTON CATALYSIS: DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF ENANTIOSELECTIVE AZA-HENRY AND DIELS-ALDER REACTIONS Ryan A. Yoder Submitted to the faculty of the University Graduate School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Chemistry, Indiana University June 2008 Accepted by the Graduate Faculty, Indiana University, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Doctoral Committee _____________________________ Jeffrey N. Johnston, Ph.D. _____________________________ Daniel J. Mindiola, Ph.D. _____________________________ David R. Williams, Ph.D. _____________________________ Jeffrey Zaleski, Ph.D. April 24, 2008 ii © 2008 Ryan A. Yoder ALL RIGHTS RESERVED iii DEDICATION This work is dedicated to my parents, David and Doreen Yoder, and my sister, LeeAnna Loudermilk. Their unwavering love and support provided the inspiration for me to pursue my dreams. The sacrifices they have made and the strength they have shown continue to motivate me to be a better person each and every day. Thank you mom, dad, and little sis for being the rocks that I can lean on and the foundation that allowed me to find the happiness I have today. Without you, none of this would have been possible. iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First and foremost I want to thank my research advisor, Professor Jeffrey N. Johnston. I am incredibly grateful for his mentoring and guidance throughout my time in the Johnston group. He has instilled in me a solid foundation in the fundamentals of organic chemistry and at the same time has taught me how to apply innovative and creative solutions to complex problems. His dedicated passion for chemistry continues to motivate me to be a better scientist and for that I will always be indebted to him. I would also like to thank all Johnston group members, both past and present. I would like to specifically acknowledge Dr. Ben Nugent, Anand Singh, Bo Shen, Travis Smith, and Abram Hess for their collaborative efforts to some of the work presented herein. Although I can not name all of them here, I would also like to specially thank Dr. Amie Williams, Dr. Rajesh Viswanathan, Dr. Ben Nugent, Dr. Jeremy Wilt, Julie Pigza, Travis Smith, Anand Singh, and Tyler Davis for their helpful discussions about chemistry as well as their for their friendships which I continue to cherish. In addition, I would like to express my gratitude to Dr. P. Andrew Evans, Dr. Daniel J. Mindiola, Dr. David R. Williams, and Dr. Jeffrey Zaleski for their participation on my graduate advisory committee. I would also like to thank Dr. John Huffman and Dr. Maren Pink for their help in obtaining the X-ray structures depicted in this work. v ABSTRACT Ryan A. Yoder CHIRAL PROTON CATALYSIS: DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF ENANTIOSELECTIVE AZA-HENRY AND DIELS-ALDER REACTIONS The proton (H+) is arguably Nature's most common Lewis acid and is utilized by many enzymes to carry out asymmetric transformations. These “natural” Brønsted acid catalysts have served as an inspiration to synthetic organic chemists for the development of both regioselective and stereoselective bond forming reactions. Inspired by Nature’s elegance and motivated by the demand for inexpensive, robust and environmentally friendly catalysts, a Brønsted acid catalyst called the chiral proton was developed. This catalyst relies upon polar ionic hydrogen bonding for substrate activation and as a primary control element for enantioselection. The catalyst system was based on a coordination complex between a proton and a chiral, C2-symmetric BisAMidine ligand (BAM). This complex has demonstrated the ability to both activate and control the absolute and relative stereochemistry in the addition of silyl nitronates to Boc-protected imines. It was further demonstrated that nitroalkanes could be used in place of silyl nitronates (aza- Henry reaction), eliminating the need for preformation of the nucleophile. In the latter reaction, the amount of catalyst could be reduced to as low as 1 mol% without loss of enantioselectivity, attesting to the BAM ligand’s ability to sequester protons from bulk solvent. The products of this reaction provide access to enantioenriched 1,2-diamines. vi Furthermore, this catalyst system has been successfully applied to the enantioselective synthesis of both syn and anti α,β-diamino acids. The chiral BAM-protic acid complexes were further applied to the stereoselective intramolecular hetero-Diels-Alder reactions of azadienes. These catalysts were found to influence both the endo/exo selectivity, as well as the facial selectivity of the [4+2] cycloadditions. The azadienes used in this study were modeled after the putative Diels- Alder precursors in the biosynthesis of the brevianamide class of natural products. In addition, a novel Diels-Alder reaction was hypothesized as an alternative route to the synthesis of oseltamivir phosphate (Tamiflu). A model system was chosen to examine the effectiveness of this route. The chiral proton catalyst was shown to catalyze this model reaction to produce the desired exo Diels-Alder adduct. _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ vii TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1. Chiral Proton Catalysis and Activation Using Hydrogen Bonds: Overview 1 1.1. How Nature Serves as an Inspiration for Asymmetric Catalysis 1 1.1.1. Probing the Role of the Enzyme 1 1.1.2. Enantioselective Biomimetic Organic Syntheses 5 1.2. Asymmetric Brønsted Acid Catalysis 9 1.2.1. Brønsted Acids in Enantioselective Protonations 10 1.2.2. O-H Based Chiral Brønsted Acid Catalysts 11 1.2.3. N-H Based Chiral Brønsted Acid Catalysts 15 1.3. Polar Ionic Hydrogen Bonds 20 1.3.1. BAM Ligands 21 1.3.2. Reaction Development 26 Chapter 2. Chiral Proton Catalyzed Additions to Imines: Silyl Nitronate and Nitronic Acid Nucleophiles 29 2.1. Determination of the BAM Acidity Constant 29 2.1.1. Background on pKa Values 29 2.1.2. Determining pKa Values For Protonated BAM Complexes 32 2.2. Enantioselective Aza-Henry Reaction 34 2.2.1. Background 34 2.2.2. Silyl Nitronate Additions 39 2.2.3. Development of a Chiral Proton Catalyzed Direct Aza-Henry Reaction 46 2.3. Application of the Asymmetric Aza-Henry Reaction to the Synthesis of Enantioenriched α-Amino Acids 58 2.3.1. Enantioselective Synthesis of Anti-α,β-diamino Acids 59 2.3.2. Enantioselective Synthesis of Syn-α,β-diamino Acids 63 2.3.3. Rationale for Stereoselection of the Nitroacetates 67 Chapter 3. Chiral Proton Catalyzed Diels-Alder Reactions 71 3.1. Brevianamide 71 3.1.1. Background 71 viii 3.1.2. Previous Total Syntheses of the Brevianamides 77 3.1.3. Chiral Proton Catalyzed Hetero-Diels-Alder Reaction 82 3.2. Tamiflu 93 3.2.1. Background 93 3.2.2. Synthesis 98 3.2.3. Retro-synthetic Analysis of Tamiflu 107 3.2.4. Synthetic Studies toward Tamiflu 111 Chapter 4. Experimental Section 116 Appendices 151 Appendix 1 151 Appendix 2 154 LIST OF TABLES Table 1. Effect of Stereoelectronics of BAM Ligand on the Chiral ................................. 40 Table 2. Effect of Stereoelectronics of BAM Ligand on the Chiral ................................. 41 Table 3. Effect of Cyclohexane Diamine Substitution on the .......................................... 42 Table 4. Electronic Effect of BAM Ligand on the Chiral................................................. 43 Table 5. Effect of Additional Basic Sites on the BAM Ligand on the ............................. 44 Table 6. Effect of Cavity Shape in the BAM Ligand on the............................................. 45 Table 7. Effect of Catalyst Loading on the Chiral Proton-............................................... 48 Table 8. Effect of Nitroalkane on the Chiral Proton-........................................................ 48 Table 9. Chiral Proton-Catalyzed Direct Nitromethane ................................................... 49 Table 10. Chiral Proton- Catalyzed Direct Nitroethane.................................................... 50 Table 11. Effect of Counterion on Conversion and .......................................................... 51 Table 12. Effect of Additive on the Chiral Proton-Catalyzed .......................................... 51 Table 13. Comparison of Enantioselection in Direct and Indirect aza-Henry Reaction... 54 Table 14. Chiral Proton-Catalyzed Direct Nitromethane ................................................. 55 Table 15. Chiral Proton-Catalyzed Direct Nitromethane ................................................. 56 Table 16. Effect of Nitroacetate Ester Substitution on Stereoselection............................ 60 Table 17. Effect of Pyridine Substitution on Nitroacetate Additions ............................... 61 ix Table 18. Effect of Ligand Conformation of Enantioselection......................................... 61 Table 19. Chiral Proton Catalyzed Additions of α-Nitroesters to Azomethines: Scopea . 62 Table 20. Effect of Time and Temperature on Diastereoselection ................................... 64 Table 21. Substrate Scope of 118e Catalyzed Nitroacetate Additions to N-Boc Imines.. 66 Table 22. Substrate Scope of 118oo Catalyzed Nitroacetate Additions to N-Boc Imines 66 Table 23. Substrate Scope of 118oo Catalyzed Nitroacetate Additions to N-Boc Imines 67 Table 24. Effect of Scale and Temperature on Reverse-Prenylation................................ 86 Table 25. Optimization of Base Catalyzed Isomerization ...............................................