Application prospects | In asymmetric synthesis, the synthesis of chiral catalysts or chiral additives is very important. Chiral amino alcohols are widely used to catalyze asymmetric synthesis The ligand or catalyst of the reaction is also an important precursor for the synthesis of many chiral drugs, natural products and chemical and biological functional materials. (S)-2-amino -1, 1-diphenyl-1-propanol belongs to the optically active β-amino alcohol. Asymmetric reduction of prochiral ketones, asymmetric catalytic epoxidation, asymmetric catalytic alkylation of carbonyl compounds, etc. (S)-2-amino -1, 1-diphenyl-1-propanol has also been reported as an intermediate in the synthesis of chiral complexes in asymmetric cyclopropanation. |
Preparation | The related synthesis methods reported in the literature are divided into two categories: one is L-alanine, L-alanine hydrochloride or L-alanine methyl ester directly react with phenyl magnesium bromide to prepare (S)-2-amino -1, 1-diphenyl -1-propanol, its shortcomings are complex products and difficult purification, and the yield is low; the other type is prepared by 4-step reaction with L-alanine as the starting material, that is, the L-2-benzylcarbonylaminalanine methyl ester prepared by methyl esterification and benzyloxycarbonyl protection React with phenyl magnesium bromide to obtain (S)-benzyloxycarbonylamino -1, 1-diphenyl-1-propanol, the latter catalyzes the hydrogenation of debenzyloxycarbonyl to obtain (S)-2-amino -1, 1-diphenyl-1-propanol. This paper reports a new method for the synthesis of (S)-2-amino -1, 1-diphenyl -1-propanol. In the presence of potassium carbonate, using water-ethanol as a mixed solvent, the amino and carboxyl groups in the L-alanine molecule react with benzyl chloride to form N,N-dibenzyl-L-alanine benzyl ester (1);1 and phenylmagnesium bromide by Grignard reaction to obtain 1, 1-diphenyl-2-(N,N-dibenzylamino)-1-propanol (2);2 After Pd/C catalytic hydrogenation debenzyl protection 3, the total yield is 48-1%, the intermediate product and the target product of the synthesis method are easy to separate and purify. (S)-2-amino -1, 1-diphenyl-1-propanol synthesis reaction formula is as follows: |