Aneta Nodzewska, K. Sidorowicz, M. Sienkiewicz
Mar 24, 2014
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Synthesis
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Several chiral secondary N -benzhydrylamines were synthesized in good yields (68–92%) without racemization by the direct alkylation of amines with benzhydryl chloride under solvent-free conditions. Using the solvent-free conditions ( R )- N -benzhydryl-1-phenylethylamine was obtained with the highest yield (92%), purified on ion-exchange resin, and converted to its hydrochloride salt. The resulting chiral amine hydrochloride was transformed into lithium amide/lithium chloride mixture used in asymmetric deprotonations of N -benzyl analogues of tropinone and granatanone followed by aldol reactions giving products in high diastereomeric purities (up to 96%) and enantiomeric excesses of 77 to 96%.