ISSN:
0018-019X
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Organic Chemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Aminative Reductive Coupling of Aromatic Aldehydes to N,N,N′,N′-Tetraalkyl-1,2-diarylethylenediamines, Induced by Tris(dialkylamino)methylvanadium (IV)In a novel type of reaction, certain aromatic aldehydes (benzaldehyde, p-methoxybenzaldehyde, 1-naphthaldehyde, furan-2-carbaldehyde) and secondary amines are coupled to give N,N,N′,N′-tetraalkyl-1,2-diarylethylenediamines 1-6. The reagents are tris(dialkylamino)methylvanadium(IV) compounds (cf. Eqn. 2). These are generated in situ either from isolable chlorotris(dialkylamino) vanadium(IV) (Eqn. 3), or preferably, from an Et2O/pentane solution of VCl4 which is treated sequentially with 3 equiv. of lithium dialkylamide, 1 equiv. of MeLi, and 0.8 equiv. of an aromatic aldehyde, to give the products 1-6 in a one-pot preparation (Scheme 2). The yields range from 14 to 54%. The diastereoisomeric mixtures (meso- and (±)-forms) obtained are separated by chromatography (Al2O3, petroleum ether/Et2O/Et3N), and the pure stereoisomers fully characterized. A mechanism of the reductive coupling induced by CH3V (NR2)3 is proposed (Scheme 1).
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hlca.19840670612
