Reactions of 2-( allyloxy ) benzylamines with H2/CO in the presence of rhodium catalysts give 1,3-benzoxazines, and 2-(N- allyl-N-benzylamino ) benzylamine gives a quinazoline . These reactions have been shown to involve allylic cleavage followed by regioselective carbonylation at the internal carbon atom as demonstrated by crossover experiments. Reactions of longer chain ( alkenyloxy ) benzylamines under similar conditions give polymeric material.
Rhodium- catalysed reactions of o- or p- cyano-N-allylanilines with H2/CO give N- arylpyrrolidine aldehydes resulting from a double hydroformylation sequence. In contrast reactions of o- or p-methyl-N-allylanilines or N- allylaniline itself with H2/CO give ' dimeric ' compounds resulting from self-condensation reactions of an initially formed hydroformylation product together with varying amounts of the double hydroformylation product. Similar reactions of o-cyano-N-but-3-enylanilines give low yields of double hydroformylation products and major products arising from hydrogenation or cross coupling of intermediate enamines. The structure of one of these products, N-2-cyanophenyl-5-(N′-2-cyanophenyl-3-methyl-pyrrolidin-2-yl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyridine (17) (IUPAC name: 2-[5-{1-(2-cyanophenyl)-3-methylpyrrolidin-2-yl}-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyridin-1-yl] benzonitrile ) was confirmed by an X-ray single-crystal structure determination.
Rhodium-catalysed reactions of ortho-alkenylaminobenzylamines or benzamides with H2/CO give quinazolines and quinazolinones containing a fused alicyclic ring in excellent yields. Reactions of N- allyl derivatives give a single regioisomer. Reactions of but-3-enyl analogues give readily separable mixtures of pyrrolo and pyrido derivatives. Their 3-methylbut-3-enyl analogues give the pyrido derivatives (12) and (13) in reactions which show unusual diastereoselectivity.
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