Synthesis Of 2-substituted N-heterocycles via asymmetric organocatalysed intramolecular N-conjugate addition

This thesis describes the use of cinchona derived squaramide catalyst 27 in the asymmetric intramolecular N-conjugate addition of nitrogen nucleophiles with a,B-unsaturated carbonyls. The first chapter describes investigation of intramolecular N-conjugate addition reactions of sulfonamides with arom...

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Main Author: Grant, Kevan Michael
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
English
Published: 2017
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41244/
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description This thesis describes the use of cinchona derived squaramide catalyst 27 in the asymmetric intramolecular N-conjugate addition of nitrogen nucleophiles with a,B-unsaturated carbonyls. The first chapter describes investigation of intramolecular N-conjugate addition reactions of sulfonamides with aromatic ketones, esters, thioesters and amides generating chiral 2-substituted piperidines, morpholines and oxazinanes. The squaramide catalyst 27 was found to efficiently catalyse the reaction, good yields of cyclic products were obtained with excellent enantioselectivities. Further modification of these products towards natural and drug targets is outlined. A possible mechanism based on observed stereochemistry and in silico modelling of transition states is proposed. The second chapter describes investigation of altered substrates formed by varying functionality linking the a,B-unsaturated carbonyl to the nitrogen nucleophile. For example, 4-Substitued 3,4-dihydro-2H-benzo[e][1,3]oxazin-2-ones and cyclic sulfamates were synthesised this way, but unfortunately enantioselectivity was poor in this case. Finally the influence of chiral substrates on asymmetric cyclisation was investigated during the synthesis of 2,4-disubstituted pyrrolidines. It was found that the intrinsic diastereoselectivity of the cyclisation is difficult to overcome using asymmetric organocatalysis.
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spelling nottingham-412442025-02-28T13:42:32Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41244/ Synthesis Of 2-substituted N-heterocycles via asymmetric organocatalysed intramolecular N-conjugate addition Grant, Kevan Michael This thesis describes the use of cinchona derived squaramide catalyst 27 in the asymmetric intramolecular N-conjugate addition of nitrogen nucleophiles with a,B-unsaturated carbonyls. The first chapter describes investigation of intramolecular N-conjugate addition reactions of sulfonamides with aromatic ketones, esters, thioesters and amides generating chiral 2-substituted piperidines, morpholines and oxazinanes. The squaramide catalyst 27 was found to efficiently catalyse the reaction, good yields of cyclic products were obtained with excellent enantioselectivities. Further modification of these products towards natural and drug targets is outlined. A possible mechanism based on observed stereochemistry and in silico modelling of transition states is proposed. The second chapter describes investigation of altered substrates formed by varying functionality linking the a,B-unsaturated carbonyl to the nitrogen nucleophile. For example, 4-Substitued 3,4-dihydro-2H-benzo[e][1,3]oxazin-2-ones and cyclic sulfamates were synthesised this way, but unfortunately enantioselectivity was poor in this case. Finally the influence of chiral substrates on asymmetric cyclisation was investigated during the synthesis of 2,4-disubstituted pyrrolidines. It was found that the intrinsic diastereoselectivity of the cyclisation is difficult to overcome using asymmetric organocatalysis. 2017-07-18 Thesis (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en arr https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41244/1/Appendix.pdf application/pdf en arr https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41244/2/Kevan%20Grant%20Thesis%204195361%20With%20Corrections.pdf Grant, Kevan Michael (2017) Synthesis Of 2-substituted N-heterocycles via asymmetric organocatalysed intramolecular N-conjugate addition. PhD thesis, University of Nottingham.
spellingShingle Grant, Kevan Michael
Synthesis Of 2-substituted N-heterocycles via asymmetric organocatalysed intramolecular N-conjugate addition
title Synthesis Of 2-substituted N-heterocycles via asymmetric organocatalysed intramolecular N-conjugate addition
title_full Synthesis Of 2-substituted N-heterocycles via asymmetric organocatalysed intramolecular N-conjugate addition
title_fullStr Synthesis Of 2-substituted N-heterocycles via asymmetric organocatalysed intramolecular N-conjugate addition
title_full_unstemmed Synthesis Of 2-substituted N-heterocycles via asymmetric organocatalysed intramolecular N-conjugate addition
title_short Synthesis Of 2-substituted N-heterocycles via asymmetric organocatalysed intramolecular N-conjugate addition
title_sort synthesis of 2-substituted n-heterocycles via asymmetric organocatalysed intramolecular n-conjugate addition
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41244/