Group Meeting Zefan Hurley 6/9/17
Presentation Overview Controlled Reduction of Tertiary Amides to the Corresponding Alcohols, Aldehydes, or Amines Using Dialkylboranes and Aminoborohydride Reagents Total Synthesis of (-)-Himandrine
Controlled Reduction of Tertiary Amides to the Corresponding Alcohols, Aldehydes, or Amines Using Dialkylboranes and Aminoborohydride Reagents Christopher L. Bailey, Alexander Y. Joh, Zefan Q. Hurley, Christopher L. Anderson, and Bakthan Singaram* Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, California 95064, United States J. Org. Chem. 2016, 81, 3619−3628
Reduction of Amides
Mechanism of the reduction of tertiary Mechanism of the reduction of tertiary amides with lithium aminoborohydrides.
Reduction of Tertiary Amides
Pop Mechanism
Chemoselective Reduction of Tertiary Amides with LAB Reagents
Reduction of Amides with Lithium Pyrrolidinoborohydride
Reduction of Lactams to Amines with Lithium Dimethylaminoborohydride
Reduction of Weinreb Amides to Aldehydes with MgAB
Reduction of Tertiary Amides to Aldehydes with MgAB
Pop Mechanism
Conclusion -Controlled room temperature reduction of various amides to either aldehydes or amines is presented. -Reduction product dependent on steric bulk around borane reducing agent. -Reagents easy to make and use.
Total Synthesis of (-)-Himandrine Mohammad Movassaghi,* Meiliana Tjandra, and Jun Qi Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 JACS 2009, 131, 9648–9650
Retrosynthetic Analysis of (-)-Himandrine (1)
Enantioselective Synthesis of Tricyclic Enone (-)
Enantioselective Total Synthesis of (-)-Himandrine
Conclusions Fist total synthesis of (-)-himandrine 0.8% Yield over 20 linear steps
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