Solution structures of chiral lithium amides with internal sulfide coordination: sulfide versus ether coordination in chiral lithium amides

Chiral Lithium Amides: Tuning Asymmetric Synthesis on the Basis of Structural Parameters

An overview on the structural arrangements adopted by Chiral Lithium Amides (CLAs), alone or in mixed complexes, is presented. These species are important reagents for asymmetric synthesis and understanding their organization is essential to improve their design and the reaction conditions.

Probing solvent effects on mixed aggregates associating a chiral lithium amide and n-BuLi by NMR: from structure to reactivity

An NMR study of a 1 : 1 mixture of a chiral lithium amide (4a) and n-BuLi shows that depending on the solvent employed (Et2O or THF) a mixed aggregate can form in proportions that are directly related to the ees measured during the enantioselective alkylation of o-tolualdehyde by these same species.

Mixed aggregates of an alkyl lithium reagent and a chiral lithium amide derived from N-ethyl-O-triisopropylsilyl valinol

The crystal structure of a mixed aggregate containing lithiated (S)-N-ethyl-3-methyl-1-(triisopropylsilyloxy)butan-2-amine derived from (S)-valinol and cyclopentyllithium is determined by X-ray diffraction. The mixed aggregate adopts a ladder structure in the solid state. The ladder-type mixed aggregate is also the major species in a toluene-d8 solution containing an approximately 1:1 molar ratio of the lithiated chiral amide to cyclopentyllithium. A variety of NMR experiments including diffusion-ordered NMR spectroscopy (DOSY) with diffusion coefficient-formula (D-FW) weight correlation analyses and other one- and two-dimensional NMR techniques allowed us to characterize the complex in solution. Solution state structures of the mixed aggregates of n-butyl, sec-butyllithium, isopropyllithium with lithiated (S)-N-ethyl-3-methyl-1-(triisopropylsilyloxy)butan-2-amine are also reported. Identical dimeric, ladder-type, mixed aggregates are the major species at a stoichiometric ratio of 1:1 lithium chiral amide to alkyllithium in toluene-d8 solution for all of the different alkyllithium reagents.

Characterization of dimeric chiral lithium amide structures derived from N-isopropyl-O- triisopropylsilyl valinol

The dimeric structure is characterized for a chiral amide base complex consisting of an (S)-N-isopropyl-O-triisopropylsilyl valinol ligand and lithium. The complex is characterized by a variety of NMR techniques, including multinuclear one- and two-dimensional NMR experiments and diffusion-ordered NMR spectroscopy (DOSY) as well as diffusion coefficient-formula weight (D-fw) correlation analyses. Spartan calculations are presented which support the structural assignment. This structural characterization leads to an explanation of the behavior and the reactivity of these complexes in solution.

Analysis of an asymmetric addition with a 2:1 mixed lithium amide/n-butyllithium aggregate

A 2:1 lithium amide/ n-butyllithium aggregate 1 is investigated as an asymmetric addition template in hydrocarbon solvents. Several different chiral lithium amides were synthesized from l-valine and tested in the asymmetric addition of n-BuLi to various aldehydes. Enantiomeric excesses up to 83% were obtained in the case of the addition of n-BuLi to pivaldehyde at -116 degrees C in pentane. (1)H and (13)C INEPT DOSY were utilized to characterize a new trimeric complex 12 between 2 equiv of lithium amide and 1 equiv of lithium alkoxide. This mixed aggregate strongly indicates the possibility of product-induced chirality inhibition that is detrimental to the enantioselectivity of asymmetric addition reaction.

Correlation between the6Li,15N Coupling Constant and the Coordination Number at Lithium

The 6Li,15N coupling constants of lithium amide dimers and their mixed complexes with n-butyllithium, formed from five different chiral amines derived from (S)-[15N]phenylalanine, were determined in diethyl ether (Et2O), tetrahydrofuran (THF) and toluene. Results of NMR spectroscopy studies of these complexes show a clear difference in 6Li,15N coupling constants between di-, tri- and tetracoordinated lithium atoms. The lithium amide dimers with a chelating ether group exhibit 6Li,15N coupling constants of approximately 3.8 and approximately 5.5 Hz for the tetracoordinated and tricoordinated lithium atoms, respectively. The lithium amide dimers with a chelating thioether group show distinctly larger 6Li,15N coupling constants of approximately 4.4 Hz for the tetracoordinated lithium atoms, and the tricoordinated lithium atoms have smaller 6Li,15N coupling constants, approximately 4.9 Hz, than their ether analogues. In diethyl ether and tetrahydrofuran, mixed dimeric complexes between the lithium amides and n-butyllithium are formed. The tetracoordinated lithium atoms of these complexes have 6Li,15N coupling constants of approximately 4.0 Hz, and the 6Li,15N coupling constants of the tricoordinated lithium atoms differ somewhat, depending on whether the chelating group is an ether or a thioether; approximately 5.1 and approximately 4.6 Hz, respectively. In toluene, mixed trimeric complexes are formed from two lithium amide moieties and one n-butyllithium. In these trimers, two lithium atoms are tricoordinated with 6Li,15N coupling constants of approximately 4.6 Hz and one lithium is dicoordinated with 6Li,15N coupling constants of approximately 6.5 Hz.

Synthesis of Optically Pure 1,2-Diaryl- and 1,2-Alkylaryl-1,2-amino Sulfides

[reaction: see text] The reactions of the lithium (S)-alpha-(methylthio)-2-(p-toluenesulfinyl)benzyl carbanion with (S)-N-p-tolylsulfinyl aldimines evolve in a completely stereoselective manner providing a one-step synthesis of enantiomerically pure anti-1,2-disubstituted 1,2-amino sulfide derivatives.