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© 2017 Rebecca M. Leising HARNESSING CHEMINFORMATICS FOR CATALYST DESIGN I. INVESTIGATION INTO A GENERAL, ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS OF CINCHONA ALKALOID ANALOGS TOWARDS ASYMMETRIC PHASE TRANSFER II. DEVELOPMENT OF AN ENANTIOSELECTIVE BRØNSTED ACID CATALYZED FOUR-COMPONENT UGI REACTION BY REBECCA M LEISING THESIS Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Chemistry in the Graduate College of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2017 Urbana, Illinois Adviser: Professor Scott E. Denmark ABSTRACT A new paradigm for catalyst design through chemoinformatics utilizing quantitative structure activity relationship was investigated. Under this platform, two ‘core’ catalyst scaffolds were chosen. First, Cinchona alkaloids were studied against an asymmetric phase transfer catalyzed cyclopropanation reaction. Second, (R)-BINOL derived phosphoric acids were studied in regards to the brønsted acid catalyzed Ugi reaction. In regards to Cinchona alkaloids, the concentration was first on methodology develop to rapidly synthesize diverse Cinchona-like analogs in a highly enantioenriched fashion. Systematic examination of the C(9) aryl substitution on Cinchona-alkaloids would determine the overall steric and electronic roles of the C(9) position on catalyst activity. An asymmetric metalation of quinuclidine N–oxide and trapping of various aldehydes was explored. Quinuclidine was utilized as the bulk starting material. An improved synthesis of quinuclidine was developed through a Henbest modified Wolff-Kishner reduction of 3- quinuclidone. The poor solubility of quinuclidine N-oxide made an asymmetric lithiation was elusive. An alternative method was to resolve the resulting Cinchona-alkaloids from a racemic metalation and trapping. The foremost resolution method was a kinetic acylation of the resultant amino alcohol. However only a modest selectivity factor (6.4) was observed and not synthetically useful. The second ‘core’ investigated was (R)-BINOL derived phosphoric acids. The formation of the BPA catalysts was a synthetic collaboration, in order to rapidly access the fifty member training set. Several improvements were implemented in the synthesis of the (R)-BINOL backbone derivatives. The partial hydrogenation of (R)-BINOL occurred at a lower: temperature (24 °C), Adam’s catalyst loading (5 mol %), and pressure (150 psi) after only 24 hours. The bromination of dimethylated (R)-BINOL was optimized with Br2 as opposed to a soluble bromine source. A total of 20 catalysts were synthesized. A classical Ugi reaction was investigated using the isolated imine, to exclude the formation of Passerini byproducts. Since the Ugi reaction is traditionally catalyzed by the carboxylic acid component, the background reaction could serve as a significant problem. Optimization of the Ugi reaction occurred through a temperature and solvent survey. The background reaction was minimized in toluene at – 78 °C. The pKa dependence on brønsted acid catalysis of the Ugi reaction was demonstrated that both phosphoric acids and triflamides catalyzed the Ugi reaction. The low solubility of phosphoric acids in toluene lead to the exclusive use of phosphoramide catalysts. Ten BPA catalysts were screened and resulted in isolated enantioenriched amide, albeit in low selectivity (er 55:45). To combat a reversible stereodetermining isocyanide imine addition, a tethered Ugi reaction was investigated. By attaching the carboxylic acid to the imine, the capture of the nitrile with the carboxylic acid becomes an intramolecular reaction. An increased rate of nitrile capture would decrease the reversibility of the stereodetermining step. After a solvent survey, a solvent combination of toluene and ii benzotrifluoride (4:1) at room temperature was found to have a suppressed background reaction, due to minimal imine acid solubility. Twenty BPA catalysts were screened and an enantioenriched lactam was isolated, albeit low selectivity (er 55:54). Reversibility of the stereodetermining step remains a significant challenge. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Thank you to all the current and former members of the Denmark group. A special thanks to those who have mentored me through these three years, Dr. Scott Barraza, Dr. Dietrich Böse, Dr. Stanley Eey, Dr. Andy Thomas, Dr. Lindsey Cullen, Kevin Robb, Dr. Yang Wang and Jeremy Henle. Thank you for all the patience, sharing your knowledge and helping me grow into the scientist I am today. Thank you to my advisor, Professor Scott E. Denmark, for the guidance, knowledge, understanding and patience. Thank you to all those who have helped me with instrumentation or fixing broken glassware and machines, Kyle Kroha, Andy Gibbs, Dr. Dean Olsen, and Dr. Lingyang Zhu. A heartfelt thank you to Kevin Robb, Carolyn Levinn, Andrew Zahrt, and Guanqun ‘Robert’ Zhang, for keeping my sanity intact through these challenging years. Throughout these years I have faced many trials. Without my family and my fiancé, I would not have the strength necessary to complete my degree. Matthew, we started our journey as a long distance couple and are ending as fiancés. Thank you all the physical and emotional support. I cannot express my gratitude at you moved to Champaign. Thank you for cooking dinners and bringing them to Roger Adam’s Laboratory, cleaning the dishes and laundry, and helping me to relax. I would be lost without you. I cannot wait until April 7, 2018. To my family, thank you for the unwavering support in everything that I do. Thank you for all the prayers and uplifting messages. Mom, thank you for all the care packages and listening when I need to get something off my chest. Dad, you are the only one who has gone through an advanced degree in chemistry. Thank you for all the wisdom, strength and faith in me. To all my siblings, Erin, Robert, Allison, Benjamin, and Jacob, thank you for helping me become the adult I am today. I miss going to concerts, town hall meetings, weekend trips and ultimately living close you see all of you. You are the reason I am trying to set the best example that I can, to be the best big sister that I can be. I would like to also thank, Grandma Wellence, Grandma and Grandpa Leising, Ciocia Julie, Uncle Johnny, Uncle Timmy, Ciocia Mary Elizabeth, and Katie. Finally I would like to thank all of those at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Counseling Center, specifically Julie. An area of graduate school that is not talked opening about is mental health. Many fellow students suffer from either depression or anxiety. Before counseling, I had sever and paralyzing panic attacks as well as depression. I am walking way with tools to combat anxiety and depression. This experience has taught me to advocate for mental health. iv To my fiancé, Matthew Ducker Duffy: for all the love and support v Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction and Background................................................................................................... 1 1.1. Cheminformatics: A Brief Overview ..................................................................................... 1 1.2. Asymmetric Phase Transfer Catalysis.................................................................................... 2 1.3. Previous Diversification of Cinchona Analogs ...................................................................... 3 1.4. Ugi Reaction .......................................................................................................................... 6 1.5. Brønsted Acids: 1,1’-Bi-2-Napthol (BINOL) Phosphoric Acids .......................................... 8 1.6. Research Objectives............................................................................................................. 10 Chapter 2: Investigation into a General, Asymmetric Synthesis of Cinchona Alkaloid Analogs towards Asymmetric Phase Transfer Catalysis .......................................................................... 12 2.1. Results ................................................................................................................................. 12 2.1.1. Synthesis of Starting Materials ............................................................................ 12 2.1.2. Testing Functional Group Compatibility ............................................................. 13 2.1.3. Metalation and Addition Experiments ................................................................. 14 2.1.4. Differentiation of Lewis Acid-Lewis Base Adduct ............................................. 15 2.1.5. Attempted Lithiation/Borylation Method ............................................................ 15 2.1.6. Racemic Synthesis and Kinetic Resolution ......................................................... 17 2.2. Discussion ............................................................................................................................ 21 2.2.1. Attempts of an Asymmetric Synthesis of Cinchona Analogs ............................. 21 2.2.2. Kinetic Resolutions .............................................................................................. 21 Chapter 3: Development of an Enantioselective Brønsted Acid Catalyzed Classical Ugi Reaction ....... 23 3.1. Results ................................................................................................................................. 23 3.1.1. General BPA Catalyst Synthesis ......................................................................... 23 3.1.2. Synthesis of Bulk BPA for Cheminformatics Library ........................................