Synlett 2004(6): 1029-1033  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-820048
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Electrooxidation Based Strategy Towards the Core 3-Amino-6-Hydroxy­azepan-2-one

Marc David, Hamid Dhimane*
Université René Descartes - Paris V - UMR 8601, Laboratoire de Chimie et Biochimie Pharmacologiques et Toxicologiques, 45, rue des Saints Pères, 75270 Paris Cedex 06, France
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Received 30 January 2004
Publikationsdatum:
25. März 2004 (online)

Abstract

We describe a practical synthesis of protected (3S,6R)-6-hydroxy-cyclolysine derivatives starting from cyclic l-lysine. ­Evaluation of the electrochemical oxidation of various protected amino-caprolactams allowed a regioselective electromethoxylation at the α-position to the lactam nitrogen. Formation of the corresponding enamide by elimination of methanol followed by a diastereoselective dihydroxylation, diacetylation and subsequent regioselective reduction afford the orthogonally protected (3S,6R)-3-amino-6-hydroxy-azepan-2-one.

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Electromethoxylations with Et4NOTs, Bu4NBF4, Bu4NClO4 as electrolytes were less successful.

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We observed similar C=C reductions when endocyclic enecarbamates derived from pipecolic acid were submitted to hydroboration with borane or dihaloboranes (unpublished results).

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The osmylation/acetylation sequence carried out with substrate 5c gave a mixture of the expected diacetate 7c contamined by a bicyclic aminal resulting from intramolecular displacement of the hemiaminal hydroxy group via the corresponding iminium ion.

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Indeed, examination of the IR spectra showed no significant changes in the lactam carbonyl absorption between lactams 4 or 3 and enamides 2 or 5.