SYNTHESIS OF ENANTIOMERS OF 6-NITRO- AND 6-AMINO-2-METHYL-1,2,3,4-TETRAHYDROQUINOLINES
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1007/1194Keywords:
amides, diastereoisomers, enantiomers, kinetic resolution, nitration, reductionAbstract
Enantiomers of 2-methyl-6-nitro-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline have been obtained by kinetic resolution of racemic 2-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline in acylation with acyl chlorides of N-protected amino acids followed by regioselective nitration of the diastereoisomeric amides and acidic hydrolysis. The introduction of a trifluoroacetyl protecting group into the position 1 of the enantio pure nitro compound followed by the reduction led to (S)-6-amino-2-methyl-1-trifluoroacetyl-1,2,3,4-tetra-hydroquinoline in a high yield.
Authors: D. A. Gruzdev, G. L. Levit, M. I. Kodess, and V. P. Krasnov.
English Translation in Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds, 2012, 48 (5), pp 748-757