Konstantin A. Kochetkov

Asymmetric aldol reactions of chiral Ni(II)-complex of glycine with aliphatic aldehydes. Stereodivergent synthesis of syn-(2S)- and syn-(2R)-β-alkylserines

Abstract Stereoselectivity of aldol reactions between aliphatic aldehydes and Ni(II)-complex of chiral non-racemic Schiff base of glycine with ( S )- o -[ N -( N -benzylprolyl)amino]benzophenone (BPB) in the presence of excess of MeONa, has been studied as a function of time, reaction conditions and nature of an aldehyde. Two salient features of the reaction, very high pseudokinetic syn -(2 S )-diastereoselectivity, and dependence of thermodynamic syn -(2 R )-diastereoselectivity on the steric bulk of an aldehyde side chain, were disclosed and used for efficient (more than 90% de and ee) asymmetric synthesis of both syn -(2 S ) and syn -(2 R )-3-alkyl substituted serines. Synthetic potential and reliability of this asymmetric method are demonstrated with the large scale (2–20 g) preparation of enantiomerically pure amino acids.

Regioselective Synthesis of 3- and 5-Functional Derivatives of Pyrazolidine. 1. Synthesis of Ketones of the Pyrazolidine Series

When 5-hydroxypyrazolidines reacted with ketones on the surface of basic adsorbents the 3-regioisomers were obtained in addition to the expected 5-oxoalkylpyrazolidines. The conditions for the regiodirection of the process have been found.

Reduction of 5-(indol-3-yl)pyrrolidin-2-ones

The reduction of activated 5-(indol-3-yl)pyrrolidin-2-ones leading to a mixture of the respective indolyl pyrrolidines and their borane complexes, as well as several other transformations indicate that the electrophilicity of carbonyl group in 5-indolylpyrrolidin-2-ones is significantly decreased.