Enamine

Last updated
The general structure of an enamine Enamine-2D-skeletal.svg
The general structure of an enamine

An enamine is an unsaturated compound derived by the condensation of an aldehyde or ketone with a secondary amine. [1] [2] Enamines are versatile intermediates. [3] [4]

Contents

The word "enamine" is derived from the affix en-, used as the suffix of alkene, and the root amine. This can be compared with enol, which is a functional group containing both alkene (en-) and alcohol (-ol). Enamines are considered to be nitrogen analogs of enols. [5]

If one or both of the nitrogen substituents is a hydrogen atom it is the tautomeric form of an imine. This usually will rearrange to the imine; however there are several exceptions (such as aniline). The enamine-imine tautomerism may be considered analogous to the keto-enol tautomerism. In both cases, a hydrogen atom switches its location between the heteroatom (oxygen or nitrogen) and the second carbon atom.

Enamines are both good nucleophiles and good bases. Their behavior as carbon-based nucleophiles is explained with reference to the following resonance structures.

Resonance structures for an enamine EnamineResonanceStructures.svg
Resonance structures for an enamine

Formation

Condensation to give an enamine. Enamine.png
Condensation to give an enamine.

Enamines can be easily produced from commercially available starting reagents. Commonly enamines are produced by an acid-catalyzed nucleophilic reaction of ketone [7] or aldehyde [8] species containing an α-hydrogen with secondary amines. Acid catalysis is not always required, if the pKaH of the reacting amine is sufficiently high (for example, pyrrolidine, which has a pKaH of 11.26). If the pKaH of the reacting amine is low, however, then acid catalysis is required through both the addition and the dehydration steps [9] (common dehydrating agents include MgSO4 and Na2SO4). [10] Primary amines are usually not used for enamine synthesis due to the preferential formation of the more thermodynamically stable imine species. [11] Methyl ketone self-condensation is a side-reaction which can be avoided through the addition of TiCl4 [12] into the reaction mixture (to act as a water scavenger). [10] [13] An example of an aldehyde reacting with a secondary amine to form an enamine via a carbinolamine intermediate is shown below:

R2NH + R'CH2CHO ⇌ R2NC(OH)(H)CH2R' (carbonolamine formation)
R2NC(OH)(H)CH2R' ⇌ R2NCH=CHR' + H2O (enamine formation)

Structure

Selected bond distances (picometers) in an enamine. Atoms in red are nearly coplanar. EnamineXRD.svg
Selected bond distances (picometers) in an enamine. Atoms in red are nearly coplanar.

As shown by X-ray crystallography, the C3NC2 portion of enamines is close to planar. This arrangement reflects the sp2 hybridization of the C=CN core.

Reactions

Alkylation

Even though enamines are more nucleophilic than their enol counterparts, they can still react selectively, rendering them useful for alkylation reactions. The enamine nucleophile can attack haloalkanes to form the alkylated iminium salt intermediate which then hydrolyzes to regenerate a ketone (a starting material in enamine synthesis). This reaction was pioneered by Gilbert Stork, and is sometimes referred to by the name of its inventor (the Stork enamine alkylation). Analogously, this reaction can be used as an effective means of acylation. A variety of alkylating and acylating agents including benzylic, allylic halides can be used in this reaction. [15]

R2N−CH=CHR' + R"X → [R2N+=CH−CHR'R"]X− (alkylation of enamine)
[R2N+=CH−CHR'R"]+X− + H2O → R2NH + R'R"CHCHO (hydrolysis of the resulting iminium salt, giving a 2-alkylated aldehyde)

Acylation

In a reaction much similar to the enamine alkylation, enamines can be acylated. Hydrolysis of this acylated imine forms a 1,3-dicarbonyl. [16] [11]

R2N−CH=CHR' + R"COCl → [R2N+=CH−CHR'C(O)R"]Cl− (acylation of enamine)
[R2N+=CH−CHR'C(O)R"]+Cl + H2O → R2NH + O=C(H)CH(R')CR"=O (hydrolysis of the resulting acyl iminium salt, giving a C-acylated aldehyde)

Metalloenamines

Strong bases such as LiNR2 can be used to deprotonate imines and form metalloenamines. Metalloenamines can prove synthetically useful due to their nucleophilicity (they are more nucleophilic than enolates). Thus they are better able to react with weaker electrophiles (for example, they can be used to open epoxides. [17] ) Most prominently, these reactions have allowed for asymmetric alkylations of ketones through transformation to chiral intermediate metalloenamines. [18]

Halogenation

Chlorination of enamines followed by hydrolysis gives α-halo derivatives:

R2NCH=CHR' + Cl2 → [R2N+=CH−CHR'CCl]Cl− (chlorination of enamine)
[R2N+=CH−CHR'Cl]Cl− + H2O → R2NH + R'CH(Cl)CHO (hydrolysis of chloroiminium, giving a chloroaldehyde)

In addition to chlorination, bromination and even iodination have been demonstrated. [19]

Oxidative coupling

Enamines can be efficiently cross-coupled with enol silanes through treatment with ceric ammonium nitrate. [20] Oxidative dimerization of aldehydes in the presence of amines proceeds through the formation of an enamine followed by a final pyrrole formation. [21] This method for symmetric pyrrole synthesis was developed in 2010 by the Jia group, as a valuable new pathway for the synthesis of pyrrole-containing natural products. [22]

Annulation

Enamines chemistry has been implemented for the purposes of producing a one-pot enantioselective version of the Robinson annulation. The Robinson annulation, published by Robert Robinson in 1935, is a base-catalyzed reaction that combines a ketone and a methyl vinyl ketone (commonly abbreviated to MVK) to form a cyclohexenone fused ring system. This reaction may be catalyzed by proline to proceed through chiral enamine intermediates which allow for good stereoselectivity. [23] This is important, in particular in the field of natural product synthesis, for example, for the synthesis of the Wieland-Miescher ketone – a vital building block for more complex biologically active molecules. [24] [25]

Reactivity

Enamines act as nucleophiles that require less acid/base activation for reactivity than their enolate counterparts. They can offer a greater selectivity with fewer side reactions. Ketone enamines are more reactive than their aldehyde counterparts. [26] Cyclic ketone enamines follow a reactivity trend where the five membered ring is the most reactive due to its maximally planar conformation at the nitrogen, following the trend 5>8>6>7 (the seven membered ring being the least reactive). This trend has been attributed to the amount of p-character on the nitrogen lone pair orbital - the higher p character corresponding to a greater nucleophilicity because the p-orbital would allow for donation into the alkene π- orbital. Analogously, if the N lone pair participates in stereoelectronic interactions on the amine moiety, the lone pair will pop out of the plane (will pyramidalize) and compromise donation into the adjacent π C-C bond. [27]

Modulating enamine nucleophilicity via stereoelectronicand inductive Effects Modulating Enamine Nucleophilicity via Stereoelectronicand Inductive Effects.png
Modulating enamine nucleophilicity via stereoelectronicand inductive Effects

There are many ways to modulate enamine reactivity in addition to altering the steric/electronics at the nitrogen center including changing temperature, solvent, amounts of other reagents, and type of electrophile. Tuning these parameters allows for the preferential formation of E/Z enamines and also affects the formation of the more/less substituted enamine from the ketone starting material. [10]

Biochemistry

Role of iminium and enamines in splitting of fructose 2,6-bisphosphate. FructoseP2Split.svg
Role of iminium and enamines in splitting of fructose 2,6-bisphosphate.

Nature processes (makes and degrades) sugars using enzymes called aldolases. These enzymes act by reversible formation of enamines. [28] [29]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Clayden, Jonathan (2001). Organic chemistry . Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19-850346-0.
  2. ↑ Smith, Michael B.; March, Jerry (2007), Advanced Organic Chemistry: Reactions, Mechanisms, and Structure (6th ed.), New York: Wiley-Interscience, ISBN   978-0-471-72091-1
  3. ↑ Enamines: Synthesis: Structure, and Reactions, Second Edition, Gilbert Cook (Editor). 1988, Marcel Dekker, NY. ISBN   0-8247-7764-6
  4. ↑ R. B. Woodward, I. J. Pachter, and M. L. Scheinbaum (1974). "2,2- (Trimethylenedithio)cyclohexanone". Organic Syntheses . 54: 39{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link); Collected Volumes, vol. 5, p. 1014.
  5. ↑ Imines and Enamines | PharmaXChange.info
  6. ↑ R. D. Burpitt and J. G. Thweatt (1968). "Cyclodecanone". Organic Syntheses . 48: 56; Collected Volumes, vol. 5, p. 277.
  7. ↑ Stork, Gilbert.; Brizzolara, A.; Landesman, H.; Szmuszkovicz, J.; Terrell, R. (1963). "The Enamine Alkylation and Acylation of Carbonyl Compounds". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 85 (2): 207–222. Bibcode:1963JAChS..85..207S. doi:10.1021/ja00885a021. ISSN   0002-7863.
  8. ↑ Mannich, C.; Davidsen, H. (1936). "Über einfache Enamine mit tertiär gebundenem Stickstoff" [On simple enamines with triple-bonded nitrogen]. Berichte der Deutschen Chemischen Gesellschaft (A and B Series) (in German). 69 (9): 2106–2112. doi:10.1002/cber.19360690921. ISSN   0365-9488.
  9. ↑ Capon, Brian; Wu, Zhen Ping (April 1990). "Comparison of the tautomerization and hydrolysis of some secondary and tertiary enamines". The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 55 (8): 2317–2324. doi:10.1021/jo00295a017.
  10. 1 2 3 Lockner, James. "Stoichiometric Enamine Chemistry" (PDF). Baran Group, The Scripps Research Institute. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  11. 1 2 Farmer, Steven (2013-10-16). "Enamine Reactions". UC Davis Chem Wiki.
  12. ↑ Carlson, R; Nilsson, A (1984). "Improved Titanium Tetrachloride Procedure for Enamine Synthesis". Acta Chemica Scandinavica. 38B: 49–53. doi: 10.3891/acta.chem.scand.38b-0049 .
  13. ↑ White, William Andrew; Weingarten, Harold (January 1967). "A versatile new enamine synthesis". The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 32 (1): 213–214. doi:10.1021/jo01277a052.
  14. ↑ Brown, Kevin L.; Damm, Lorenz; Dunitz, Jack D.; Eschenmoser, Albert; Hobi, Reinhard; Kratky, Christoph (1978). "Structural Studies of Crystalline Enamines". Helvetica Chimica Acta. 61 (8): 3108–3135. doi:10.1002/hlca.19780610839.
  15. ↑ Wade, L.G. (1999). Organic Chemistry . Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. pp.  1019. ISBN   9780139227417.
  16. ↑ S. Hunig, E. Lucke, W. Brenninger (1963). "Docosanedioic Acid". Organic Syntheses. 43: 34. doi:10.15227/orgsyn.043.0034.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  17. ↑ Evans, D. "Enolates and Metalloenamines II" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2014.[ permanent dead link ]
  18. ↑ Meyers, A. I.; Williams, Donald R. (August 1978). "Asymmetric alkylation of acyclic ketones via chiral metallo enamines. Effect of kinetic vs. thermodynamic metalations". The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 43 (16): 3245–3247. doi:10.1021/jo00410a034.
  19. ↑ Seufert, Walter; Eiffenberger, Franz (1979). "Zur Halogenierung von Enaminen — Darstellung von β-Halogen-iminium-halogeniden". Chemische Berichte. 112 (5): 1670–1676. doi:10.1002/cber.19791120517.
  20. ↑ Jang, HY; Hong, JB; MacMillan, DWC (2007). "Enantioselective organocatalytic singly occupied molecular orbital activation: the enantioselective alpha-enolation of aldehydes" (PDF). J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129 (22): 7004–7005. doi:10.1021/ja0719428. PMID   17497866.
  21. ↑ Li, Q; Fan, A; Lu, Z; Cui, Y; Lin, W; Jia, Y (2010). "One-pot AgOAc-mediated synthesis of polysubstituted pyrroles from primary amines and aldehydes: application to the total synthesis of purpurone". Organic Letters. 12 (18): 4066–4069. doi:10.1021/ol101644g. PMID   20734981.
  22. ↑ Guo, Fenghai; Clift, Michael D.; Thomson, Regan J. (September 2012). "Oxidative Coupling of Enolates, Enol Silanes, and Enamines: Methods and Natural Product Synthesis". European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2012 (26): 4881–4896. doi:10.1002/ejoc.201200665. PMC   3586739 . PMID   23471479.
  23. ↑ List, Benjamin (2002). "Proline-catalyzed asymmetric reactions". Tetrahedron. 58 (28): 5573–5590. doi:10.1016/s0040-4020(02)00516-1.
  24. ↑ Bui, Tommy; Barbas (2000). "A proline-catalyzed asymmetric Robinson Annulation". Tetrahedron Letters. 41 (36): 6951–6954. doi:10.1016/s0040-4039(00)01180-1.
  25. ↑ Wiener, Jake. "Enantioselective Organic Catalysis:Non-MacMillan Approaches" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  26. ↑ Zvi Rappoport, Zvi (May 1994). Enamines. PATAI'S Chemistry of Functional Groups. doi:10.1002/0470024763. ISBN   9780470024768.
  27. ↑ Mayr, H. (2003). "Structure-Nucleophilicity Relationships for Enamines". Chem. Eur. J. 9 (10): 2209–18. doi:10.1002/chem.200204666. PMID   12772295.
  28. ↑ Notz, Wolfgang; Tanaka, Fujie; Barbas, Carlos F. (2004). "Enamine-Based Organocatalysis with Proline and Diamines: The Development of Direct Catalytic Asymmetric Aldol, Mannich, Michael, and Diels−Alder Reactions". Accounts of Chemical Research. 37 (8): 580–591. doi:10.1021/ar0300468. PMID   15311957.
  29. ↑ Mukherjee, Santanu; Yang, Jung Woon; Hoffmann, Sebastian; List, Benjamin (2007). "Asymmetric Enamine Catalysis". Chemical Reviews. 107 (12): 5471–5569. doi:10.1021/cr0684016. PMID   18072803.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.