Checked by Richard S. Gordon and Andrew B. Holmes.
1. Procedure
2. Notes
1.
p-Toluenesulfonyl chloride
(>97%) was purchased from Aldrich Chemical Company,
Inc., (checkers) or Fluka Chemicals (submitters)
and used without further purification.
2.
Pyridine (>99%)
was purchased from Fisher Scientific, UK (checkers) or Fisher
Scientific Company (submitters) and used without further purification.
3.
The checkers found that vigorous stirring was essential.
4.
3-Methyl-3-oxetanemethanol
(98%) was purchased from Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc.
,
and used without further purification.
5.
The checkers cooled 250 mL of distilled water in a refrigerator
for this purpose.
6.
The submitters obtained
49.1
g (
96%). The product
has the following physical and spectral characteristics:
mp 59-60°C or
61-62°C;
the submitters observed
mp 49.5-51°C;
(lit.
2
mp 49.5-51°C); TLC (
3:2
v/v, hexane:ethyl acetate
) R
f
(Merck kieselgel) = 0.42;
1H
NMR (CDCl
3, 250 MHz) δ: 1.31 (s, 3 H), 2.46 (s,
3 H), 4.11 (s, 2 H), 4.35 (d, 2 H, J = 6.3), 4.35
(d, 2 H, J = 6.3), 7.37 (d, 2 H, J = 8.2), 7.81 (d, 2 H,
J = 8.2)
;
13C
NMR (CDCl
3, 101 MHz) δ: 20.6, 21.6, 39.3,
74.3, 78.9, 128.0, 130.0, 132.7,
145.1
; IR (cast from
CHCl
3) cm
−1: 2958, 2877, 1531,
1364, 1226, 1223, 1189, 1177
;
HRMS (ES, M + Na
+)
m/z
Calcd for C
12H
16O
4Na: 279.0667. Found:
279.0656
; Anal. Calcd for C
12H
16O
4S:
C, 56.2; H, 6.3; N. Found: C, 56.3; H, 6.4.
7.
The checkers purchased
Cbz-L-Serine
from Nova Biochem while the submitters purchased this from Advanced
Chemtech
; in both cases the material was used without further
purification.
8.
Cesium carbonate
(99%) was purchased from Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc.
,
and used without further purification.
9.
Sodium iodide (99%)
was purchased from Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc.
,
and used without further purification.
10.
DMF (99.8%) was purchased
from BDH
and stored over activated
4Å molecular
sieves (8-12 Mesh, purchased from Acros Organics) before use.
11.
The NaHCO
3 solution was prepared and used immediately.
12.
The submitters recrystallized the product from
ethyl
acetate
and hexanes to obtain a
78% yield. The checkers obtained crude product
2
in
85-94% yield. They found
the recrystallization of
2 difficult and preferred
diethyl
ether
as solvent. The crude product was initially dissolved
in
diethyl ether (ca. 50 mL)
and left open to the atmosphere to reduce the volume to about 15 mL. The yield is
based on the recovery of solid from two crops. The checkers found that the use of
diethyl ether
, although time
consuming, was a more reliable procedure for recrystallization. The chemical properties
of
2 are as follows:
mp 58-60°C
(Et
2O) (
69-71°C from
EtOAc-hexane
) (submitters and lit.
2
70-70.5°C from
EtOAc-hexanes); sample recrystallized from Et
2O
[α]D
20 −8.6°
(EtOAc, c 1.0) sample recrystallized from
EtOAc-hexanes
[α]D
20 −8.3°
(EtOAc, c 1.0); the submitters reported
[α]D
20 −8.5° (EtOAc, c 1.04);
TLC (
2:1, EtOAc:hexane
),
R
f = 0.34;
1H
NMR (CDCl
3, 250 MHz) δ: 1.28 (br s, 3 H), 3.01
(t, 1 H, J = 6.0), 3.80-3.93 (br m, 1 H), 4.04-4.13 (br
m, 2 H), 4.38-4.56 (m, 6 H), 5.12 (s, 2 H), 5.89
(d, 1 H, J = 7.9), 7.30-7.40 (br m, 5 H)
;
13C NMR (CDCl
3,
125 MHz) δ: 20.7, 39.6, 56.4, 63.3,
67.1, 68.9, 79.4, 128.1, 128.2,
128.5, 136.1, 156.2, 170.7
;
IR (cast from CHCl
3) cm
−1:
3329, 2958, 2877, 1714, 1527,
1214, 1062, 976, 752
;
HRMS (ES, M + Na
+)
m/z
Calcd for C
16H
21NO
6Na: 346.1267. Found:
346.1257
. Anal. Calcd for C
16H
21NO
6:
C, 59.4; H, 6.6; N, 4.3. Found: C, 59.5; H, 6.6; N, 4.4.
13.
The checkers obtained the required quantity of ester
2
by combining the product from two runs in Step B. Alternatively, in several trial
experiments, the checkers used the crude ester
2 as a starting material with
no appreciable decrease in yield of compound
3.
14.
Dichloromethane
is freshly distilled from CaH
2.
15.
Boron trifluoride diethyl
etherate (redistilled) was purchased from Aldrich Chemical Company,
Inc.
, and used without further purification.
16.
Triethylamine (99%)
was purchased from Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc.
,
and used without further purification.
17.
The checkers found the work-up lengthy as the phases took extended
periods to separate (15 min). Significant emulsion formation (with product loss) on
work-up was observed if aqueous solutions were marginally more concentrated (see Note
11).
18.
Care must be taken not to expose product
3 to aqueous
acid conditions for prolonged periods of time since ring opening of the OBO will occur.
Thus care must be taken upon both addition of BF
3 · Et
2O to
2 and upon work-up, hence the
sodium bicarbonate
wash after the
3% NH4Cl
extraction. The diol that is formed upon acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of the OBO also
crystallizes out making purification of the desired product
3 impossible.
19.
The checkers also prepared racemic
1-[N-benzyloxycarbonyl-(1±)-1-amino-2-hydroxyethyl]-4-methyl-2,6,7-trioxabicyclo[2.2.2]octane
using the identical procedure (
50%
over 2 steps from racemic
Cbz-serine purchased from Aldrich
Chemical Company, Inc.
). The enantiomeric ratio of the crystalline
(S)-
3 enantiomer
(Note 20) was > 99.5:0.5 as determined
by comparison with racemic
3 by courtesy of Mr. Eric Hortense (GlaxoSmithKline,
Stevenage). Chiral HPLC (25 cm Chiracel OD-H, Column No ODHOCE-IF029, mobile phase
ethanol/heptane
1:4 v/v, UV detector at 215 nm, flow rate 1.0 mL/min at room temperature)
afforded the (S)-
3 enantiomer with a retention time of 8.1 min while the (R)-
3
enantiomer had a retention time of 11.0 min.
20.
The submitters recrystallized the sample from
EtOAc-hexanes
and obtained a yield of
93%.
The checkers' yield is based on combined product from two successive crops, although
additional product was observed in the remaining mother-liquor (
2 g of crude material) which could be used, as obtained, for
subsequent reactions. The physical and spectroscopic properties of
3 are as
follows:
mp 104-106°C (material isolated
by column chromatography alone);
mp 110-112°C
[α]D
20 −24.6°
(EtOAc, c 1.0) (after a single crystallization from
EtOAc/hexane);
mp 119-121°C
[α]D
20 −24.1° (EtOAc, c 0.8)
(after two recrystallizations) with all samples exhibiting analytical purity by TLC
analysis; the submitters reported
mp 103.5-105°C;
[α]D
20 −24.8°
(EtOAc, c 1.00); TLC (
3:1 EtOAc:hexane
),
R
f = 0.37;
1H
NMR (CDCl
3, 250 MHz) δ: 0.81 (s, 3 H), 2.57 (m,
1 H), 3.61-3.95 (m, 9 H), 5.10-5.18 (m, 2 H), 5.33
(d, 1 H, J = 8.8), 7.29-7.38 (m, 5 H)
;
13C NMR (CDCl
3, 101 MHz) δ:
14.2, 30.5, 55.2, 61.9, 66.9,
72.7, 108.4, 128.1, 128.2, 128.5,
136.4, 156.3
; IR
(cast from CHCl
3) cm
−1: 3019, 2966,
2881, 1717, 1519, 1216
;
HRMS (ES, M + Na
+)
m/z
Calcd for C
16H
21NO
6Na: 346.1267. Found:
346.1260
. Anal. Calcd for C
16H
21NO
6:
C, 59.4; H, 6.55; N, 4.3. Found: C, 59.2; H, 6.6; N, 4.2. Chiral HPLC of
3
displayed a single enantiomer (R
t=8.1 min)
(Note 19).
It is essential that CDCl
3 used for NMR samples containing the ortho ester
be prefiltered through basic
alumina
to remove traces of acid.
21.
The checkers obtained the required quantity of alcohol
3
by combining the product from two runs in step C.
22.
Oxalyl chloride
(98%) was purchased from Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc.
,
and used without further purification. Amounts of reagents for the Swern oxidation
have been optimized as reported. Alternative amounts reduce both yield and % ee.
23.
DMSO (dimethyl sulfoxide)
(99.8%) stored in an Aldrich Sure/Seal bottle was purchased from
Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc.
, and used without further
purification.
24.
DIPEA (diisopropylethylamine,
redistilled 99.5%) was purchased from Aldrich Chemical
Company, Inc.
, and used without further purification.
25.
The submitters obtained
8.68
g (
96%). The aldehyde
4 should be used immediately after preparation. It cannot be purified by chromatography.
The checkers observed the following physical and spectroscopic properties of
4:
[α]D
20 (EtOAc, c
1.0) fell in the range −36° to −62.0° and was considered an
unreliable estimate of enantiomeric purity (see Note
26); the submitters obtained
[α]D
20
−99.3° (EtOAc, c 1.03) (lit. 8); TLC (
3:1
EtOAc:hexane
), R
f = 0.60;
1H NMR (CDCl
3, 250 MHz) δ:
0.83 (s, 3 H), 3.94 (s, 6 H), 4.60 (d, 1 H, J = 8.9),
5.08-5.14 (m, 2 H), 5.38 (d, 1 H, J = 9.2), 7.30-7.38
(m, 5 H), 9.69 (s, 1 H)
;
13C NMR (CDCl
3, 101 MHz) δ:
14.2, 30.9, 63.3, 67.2, 72.9,
107.2, 128.1, 128.5, 136.2, 156.2,
195.6
; IR (cast from
CHCl
3) cm
−1: 2947, 2883, 1723(br),
1517, 1218
. HRMS
(ES, M + Na
+)
m/z Calcd for C
16H
19NO
6Na:
344.1440. Found: 346.1106
. Anal. Calcd for C
16H
19NO
6:
C, 59.75; H, 6.0; N, 4.4. Found: C, 59.4; H, 6.1; N, 4.3.
26.
To confirm the enantiomeric integrity of aldehyde
4, and
in view of the variability of the specific rotation, the checkers reduced aldehyde
4 to the alcohol
3.
Aldehyde 4 (6.9
g, 21.3 mmol) was dissolved in
THF/EtOH (60
mL, 1:1), and the solution was stirred with a
magnetic
stir bar in a
100-mL round-bottomed flask at −20°C.
Sodium borohydride (0.8 g,
22.2 mmol)
(Note 26) was added as a
suspension in water (2 mL), and the mixture was stirred for 1 hr. The organic solvents
were removed and the residue was subsequently redissolved in
EtOAc
(100 mL). The organic phase was washed with
aqueous 3% NH4Cl (2 × 100 mL),
aqueous 10% NaHCO3 (1
× 100 mL) and saturated aqueous NaCl solution. This was dried
(MgSO
4) and the solvent was removed (
rotary evaporator)
to afford alcohol
3 (
6.5 g,
20.2 mmol,
95%) as a white solid. This was recrystallized as described
in Step C (
6.0 g). Chiral HPLC
analysis of the recrystallized product, under the previously described conditions
(Note 19), showed
3 having an enantiomeric ratio 99.5:0.5.
The mother-liquors (0.5 g) from the crystallization of
3 contained an enantiomeric
ratio > 85:15 of the (S)-and (R)-enantiomers respectively. These figures would
correspond to an enantiomeric ratio of 98.4:1.6 for the as prepared Cbz-
L-Ser(ald)
OBO ester
4, assuming no loss of material. The submitters determined the enantiomeric
purity of Cbz-Ser(ald) OBO ester by chiral shift
1H NMR studies. Cbz-Ser(ald)
OBO ester
4 (10 mg) was dissolved in
benzene-d6
.
Eu(hfc)3 (100 μL, 50
mg/mL in benzene-d6) was added to
obtain the
1H NMR spectrum at 250 MHz. The purity was observed to be 97-99%
ee.
27.
Sodium borohydride
was purchased from Avocado
, and used without purification.
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3. Discussion
Appendix
Chemical Abstracts Nomenclature (Collective Index Number);
(Registry Number)
1-[N-Benzyloxycarbonyl-(1S)-1-amino-2-oxoethyl]-4-methyl-2,6,7-trioxabicyclo[2.2.2]octane:
Carbamic acid, [1-(4-methyl-2,6,7-trioxabicyclo[2.2.2]oct-1-yl)-2-oxoethyl]-,
phenylmethyl ester, (S)- (14); (183671-34-3)
3-Methyl-3-(toluenesulfonyloxymethyl)oxetane:
3-Oxetanemethanol,
3-methyl-, 4-methylbenzenesulfonate (11); (99314-44-0)
p-Toluenesulfonyl chloride (8);
Benzenesulfonyl
chloride, 4-methyl- (9); (98-59-9)
Pyridine (8, 9); (110-86-1)
3-Methyl-3-oxetanemethanol:
3-Oxetanemethanol,
3-methyl- (9); (3143-02-0)
N-Benzyloxycarbonyl-L-serine 3-methyl-3-(hydroxymethyl)oxetane
ester:
L-Serine, N-[(phenylmethoxy)carbonyl]-, (3-methyl-3-oxetanyl)methyl
ester (14); (206191-42-6)
Cesium carbonate:
Carbonic acid, dicesium
salt (8, 9); (534-17-8)
N-(Benzyloxycarbonyl)-L-serine:
L-Serine,
N-[(phenylmethoxy)carbonyl]- (9); (1145-80-8)
Sodium iodide (8, 9); (7681-82-5)
N,N-Dimethylformanide: CANCER SUSPECT AGENT:
Formamide,
N,N-dimethyl- (8, 9); (68-12-2)
1-[N-Benzyloxycarbonyl-(1S)-1-amino-2-hydroxyethyl]-4-methyl-2,6,7,trioxabicyclo[2.2.2]octane:
Carbonic acid, [(1S)-2-hydroxy-1-(4-methyl-2,6,7-trioxabicyclo[2.2.2]oct-1-yl)ethyl]-,
phenylmethyl ester (14); (206191-44-8)
Boron trifluoride etherate:
Ethyl ether,
compd. with boron fluoride (BF3) (1:1) (8);
Ethane,
1,1'-oxybis-, compd. with trifluoroborane (1:1) (9); (109-63-7)
Triethylamine (8);
Ethanamine, N,N-diethyl-
(9); (121-44-8)
Oxalyl chloride: HIGHLY TOXIC: (8);
Ethanedioyl
dichloride (9); (79-37-8)
Dimethyl sulfoxide:
Methyl sulfoxide
(8);
Methane, sulfinylbis- (9); (67-68-5)
N,N-Diisopropylethylamine:
Triethylamine,
1,1'-dimethyl- (8);
2-Propanamine, N-ethyl-N-(1-methylethyl)-
(9); (7087-68-5)
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