Synthesis of β-Lactams via Enantioselective Allylation of Anilines with Morita–Baylis–Hillman Carbonates

You Zi; Markus Lange; Philipp Schüler; Sven Krieck; Matthias Westerhausen; Ivan Vilotijevic

doi:10.1055/s-0039-1691570

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Synlett 2020; 31(06): 575-580
DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1691570

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Synthesis of β-Lactams via Enantioselective Allylation of Anilines with Morita–Baylis–Hillman Carbonates

Authors

You Zi

^aInstitute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Humboldtstrasse 10, 07743 Jena, Germany Email: ivan.vilotijevic@uni-jena.de
Markus Lange

^aInstitute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Humboldtstrasse 10, 07743 Jena, Germany Email: ivan.vilotijevic@uni-jena.de
Philipp Schüler

^bInstitute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Humboldtstrasse 8, 07743 Jena, Germany
Sven Krieck

^bInstitute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Humboldtstrasse 8, 07743 Jena, Germany
Matthias Westerhausen

^bInstitute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Humboldtstrasse 8, 07743 Jena, Germany
Ivan Vilotijevic ∗

^aInstitute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Humboldtstrasse 10, 07743 Jena, Germany Email: ivan.vilotijevic@uni-jena.de

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Abstract

Enantioenriched β-lactams are accessed via enantioselective allylation of anilines with Morita–Baylis–Hillman carbonates followed by a base-promoted cyclization. The resulting 3-methyleneazetidin-2-ones are amenable to diastereoselective functionalization to produce analogues of biologically active β-lactams. The use of nearly equimolar quantities of the starting materials make this method efficient and straightforward.

Key words

β-lactams - allylic substitution - allylation - Lewis base catalysis

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During the preparation of this manuscript, two independent reports describing similar reactions of anilines and MBH carbonates were published. These methods use 10 mol% of β-isocupreidine as the catalyst in toluene (1.5 equiv of carbonate) and 20 mol% of (DHQD)₂AQN as the catalyst in p-xylene in the presence of CaF₂ (2 equiv of carbonate). In comparison, our protocol uses a lower catalyst loading and avoids the use of superstoichiometric quantities of MBH carbonate, as is the case in these two previous reports, see:

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16 Enantioselective Allylation of Anilines; General Procedure Carbonate 7 (1 equiv), aniline 8 (1.1 equiv) and (DHQD)₂AQN (10 mol%) were added to a vial containing a stir bar. The vial was evacuated and refilled with nitrogen 3 times. The reaction mixture was then stirred at room temperature after adding cyclohexane (0.4 M). After completion of the reaction, the solvent was removed under reduced pressure. The crude residue was purified by column chromatography (eluent: 5% ethyl acetate in petroleum ether). Methyl 2-{[(4-Chlorophenyl)amino](phenyl)methyl}acrylate (9a) Yield: 28 mg (94%); pale yellow oil; 93:7 er (determined by HPLC analysis) [Phenomenex Lux Cellulose-1, n-hexane/i-PrOH = 95:5, 1.0 mL/min, λ = 253 nm, t _R (major) = 18.73 min, t _R (minor) = 14.92 min]. ¹H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl₃): δ = 7.48–7.27 (m, 5 H), 7.18–7.04 (m, 2 H), 6.57–6.44 (m, 2 H), 6.40 (s, 1 H), 5.92 (s, 1 H), 5.39 (s, 1 H), 4.24 (s, 1 H), 3.72 (s, 3 H). ¹³C NMR (75 MHz, CDCl₃): δ = 166.58, 145.23, 140.21, 139.80, 129.07, 128.88, 128.01, 127.51, 126.37, 122.60, 114.63, 59.13, 52.06.
17 Cyclization to β-Lactams 10; General Procedure To a solution of 9 (1.0 equiv) in toluene was added Sn[HMDS]₂ (1.5 equiv). The mixture was refluxed for 2 h and the solution then cooled and concentrated. The residue was purified by flash chromatography on silica gel (eluent: 5% ethyl acetate in petroleum ether) to afford the desired product. (R)-1-(3-Methoxyphenyl)-3-methylene-4-phenylazetidin-2-one (10i) Yield: 14 mg (85%); white solid. IR (ATR): 2927, 2360, 1743, 1597, 1492, 1454, 1369, 1249, 1114, 848, 752 cm^–1. ¹H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl₃): δ = 7.46–7.32 (m, 5 H), 7.17 (t, J = 8.1 Hz, 1 H), 7.06 (t, J = 2.2 Hz, 1 H), 6.84 (dd, J = 8.0, 1.9 Hz, 1 H), 6.63 (dd, J = 8.2, 2.5 Hz, 1 H), 5.86 (t, J = 1.9 Hz, 1 H), 5.41 (d, J = 1.6 Hz, 1 H), 5.19 (d, J = 1.6 Hz, 1 H), 3.77 (s, 3 H). ¹³C NMR (101 MHz, CDCl₃): δ = 161.01, 160.13, 149.77, 138.68, 136.45, 129.92, 129.10, 128.81, 126.61, 111.01, 110.11, 109.41, 103.00, 63.72, 55.28. HRMS (EI): m/z [M]⁺ calcd for C₁₇H₁₅NO₂: 265.1103; found: 265.1094.
18 Reduction to β-lactams 11; General Procedure To a degassed ethyl acetate solution of 10 (1 equiv) was added (10 mol%) Pd/C and the reaction flask was furnished with a H₂ balloon. After stirring for 30 min, the reaction mixture was filtered over Celite and evaporated. The crude residue was purified by flash column chromatography (eluent: 5% ethyl acetate in petroleum ether). (3S,4S)-1-(4-Chlorophenyl)-3-methyl-4-(naphthalen-2-yl)azetidin-2-one (11x) Yield: 25 mg (98%); white solid. IR (ATR): 2974, 1728, 1597, 1492, 1381, 1365, 1161, 1091, 813, 744 cm^–1. ¹H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl₃): δ = 7.92–7.77 (m, 3 H), 7.73–7.67 (m, 1 H), 7.53 (dt, J = 6.3, 3.4 Hz, 2 H), 7.37–7.28 (m, 3 H), 7.25–7.16 (m, 2 H), 5.35 (d, J = 6.0 Hz, 1 H), 3.80 (qd, J = 7.6, 5.9 Hz, 1 H), 0.93 (d, J = 7.6 Hz, 3 H). ¹³C NMR (75 MHz, CDCl₃): δ = 168.44, 136.28, 133.18, 132.13, 129.16, 128.80, 128.72, 127.89, 127.82, 126.66, 126.45, 126.22, 124.36, 118.34, 58.74, 49.79, 9.79. HRMS (EI): m/z [M]⁺ calcd for C₂₀H₁₆ClNO: 321.0920; found: 321.0916.

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