1Institute of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Düsseldorf, Universitätsstr. 1, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
2Institute of Inorganic and Structural Chemistry, University of Düsseldorf, Universitätsstr. 1, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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Associate Editor: S. C. Zimmerman Beilstein J. Org. Chem.2011,7, 615–621.https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.7.72 Received 22 Feb 2011,
Accepted 24 Apr 2011,
Published 16 May 2011
Racemic boronate–imine and boronate–amine complexes 8 and 10, both featuring a stereogenic boron atom were synthesized from 2-amino-1,1-diphenylethanol (5) and characterized by crystal structure analyses. Proof of enantiomerism at the boron center for the novel boronate–amine complex 10 was established by separation of the enantiomers. Racemization barriers were found to be in the same range for both amine and imine complexes (100–110 kJ/mol).
Enantiomerism of main group hetero elements has been investigated thoroughly for compounds with stereogenic sulfur [1], phosphorus [2], nitrogen [3] and silicon atoms [4]. By comparison, stereogenic tetrahedral-coordinated boron has been studied to a much lesser extent. This is partly because it was incorporated in a chiral environment generated by enantiomerically pure ligands [5-9] or counter-ions [10], although some of these complexes have been obtained in a diastereoselective manner [6-9]. On the other hand, enantiomerism at boron has been observed in acyclic tetra-coordinated complexes 1[11] and 2[12], in acyloxyboranes 3[13-16] with electron with-drawing substituents X (Scheme 1) that turned out to be crucial to the configurational stability at boron, and recently, in boronate complexes of boradiazaindacene [17]. Pursuing the concept of tridentate ligands derived from 2-amino-2,2-diphenylethanol we have been able to obtain boronate–imine complexes 4 with boron as a stable stereogenic center (Scheme 1). Their racemization barrier was measured and the absolute configuration of the isolated enantiomers was determined by a comparison of the measured and calculated CD spectra [18]. In this article, we describe the synthesis, resolution and characterization of chiral boronate–imine and boronate–amine complexes 8 and 10, respectively. Their backbone is derived from the regioisomeric 2-amino-1,1-diphenylethanol (5) which features the geminal diphenyloxymethyl motif [19].
Results and Discussion
Following a known procedure [20], the amino alcohol 5 was readily accessible from methyl glycinate hydrochloride by the reaction with excess phenylmagnesium bromide. Subsequent condensation with 1-formyl-2-naphthol (6) gave the imine 7 in 87% yield (Scheme 2). In order to generate the boronate–imine complex 8, the imine 7 was treated with 4-chlorophenylboronic acid in boiling toluene in the presence of molecular sieves. The fact that this protocol led to the desired boronate complex 8 in only 17% isolated yield is attributed to steric hindrance, which originates from the diphenylhydroxymethyl group and has a disadvantageous effect on complexation. It is remarkable that considerably higher yields were obtained when regioisomeric complexes 4 were prepared via the same protocol. The formation of boronate complex 8 was indicated by its 11B NMR shift value of 6.6 ppm [21] and confirmed by X-ray crystal structure analysis as shown in Figure 1. Although the compound crystallized as a conglomerate, the (S)-enantiomer is shown arbitrarily in Figure 1a. The boron–nitrogen distance of 156.3 pm clearly shows the existence of a coordinate bond. The UV spectrum of compound 8 displays a high-wavelength absorption maximum at λ = 395 nm, typical for the imine chromophore, as observed for other boronate–imine complexes.
Table 1:
Selected distances (Å) and angles (°) of compounds 8 and 10·CH3OH.
8
10·CH3OH
B1–O1
1.496(3)
1.458(6)
B1–O2
1.455(3)
1.427(5)
B1–N1
1.563(3)
1.598(6)
B1–C4
1.595(3)
1.607(6)
O1–C11
1.337(2)
1.349(5)
O2–C1
1.433(2)
1.418(5)
N1–C2
1.460(2)
1.481(5)
N1–C3
1.282(2)
1.480(5)
C1–C2
1.550(3)
1.520(5)
C3–C10
1.429(3)
1.484(6)
C10–C11
1.397(3)
1.382(6)
O1–B1–O2
111.4(2)
112.2(4)
O1–B1–N1
106.54(19)
105.9(4)
O1–B1–C4
109.59(19)
111.4(4)
O2–B1–N1
101.08(19)
101.2(4)
O2–B1–C4
113.9(2)
113.9(4)
N1–B1–C4
113.93(19)
111.5(4)
N1–H1
—
0.95(2)
H1…O3
—
1.99(3)
N1–H1…O3
—
143(3)
N1…O3
—
2.807(5)
O3–H2
—
0.82
H2…O1a
—
2.19
O3–H2…O1a
—
2.897(5)
O3…O1a
—
144.1
a−x+1, −y+2, z+0.5.
The imine 7 also served for the preparation of the boronate–amine complex 10. For this purpose, it was reduced [22] with cyanoborohydride in methanol in the presence of hydrochloric acid to give the salt of the amine 9. As the latter decomposed to a considerable extent when stored, it was converted immediately into the boronate–amine complex 10. Sodium hydrogen carbonate served as the base to liberate the free amine in situ, and complexation with 4-chlorophenylboronic acid in refluxing toluene gave the complex 10 in 63% isolated yield. The lack of any absorption at wavelengths higher than 350 nm indicated the absence of the imine chromophore.
Here again the formation of the complex can be deduced from the 11B NMR shift of 5.5 ppm [21]. Suitable crystals of compound 10·CH3OH were obtained from methanol/hexane and the result of the X-ray analysis is shown in Figure 1. A comparison of the boron–nitrogen distance in the imine complex 8 (156.3 pm) and the amine complex 10 (159.5 pm) reveals a small elongation of the bond upon saturation of the imine group that results from the change in hybridization at the nitrogen from sp2 to sp3. The structure determination 10·CH3OH reveals a hydrogen bridge of the amine hydrogen atom directed to the oxygen atom of the alcohol. The fact that the NH group functions as the hydrogen-bond donor is attributed to an enhanced acidity that is caused by the coordinate bond between nitrogen and boron. Related hydrogen bonding has been observed in diastereomerically pure boronate–amine complexes [9].
Upon complexation of the boron, a typical pyramidalization occurs that can be measured in terms of the tetrahedral character (THC). For the complexes 8 and 10, this has been calculated by taking into account the six bond angles θ1–θ6 using the equation of Höpfl (Equation 1) [23].
The corresponding values obtained for the boron and the nitrogen atoms in the complexes 8 and 10 are given in Table 2.
Table 2:
Bond length and tetrahedral character (THC) of boronates 8 and 10.
Complex
BN distance
THC boron
THC nitrogen
8
156.3 ppm
75%
—
10
159.5 ppm
75%
71%
Thus, the tetrahedral character is essentially identical in both complexes for the boron atom. The pyramidalization of nitrogen that occurs upon saturation of the imine bond is evident from the values of the tetrahedral character of the nitrogen atom in the amine complex. The saturation of the carbon–nitrogen bond has a considerable impact on the structure of both of the complexes 8 and 10. This becomes evident from Figure 2, which shows a superposition of the skeletons of complexes 8 (red) and 10 (green). As a consequence of the saturation and the rehybridization at nitrogen, the five-membered rings are connected in a more concave, folded manner in the amine complex 10 than in the rather flat junction of both rings in the imine complex 8. It is possible that steric repulsion is more severe in the amine complex 10 that could slightly weaken the boron–nitrogen bond.
In order to prove the enantiomerism based upon stereogenic boron, the racemates of the complexes 8 and 10 were resolved by HPLC on a chiral column. Both complexes displayed peaks of identical intensity resulting from the enantiomers. The differences in the retention times permitted isolation of the pure enantiomers on a semi-preparative scale. Mirror-image CD spectra were obtained for the separated enantiomers of the imine complex 8. Previously, we have been able to assign the absolute configuration to the complex 4a, a regioisomer of 8, by comparison of the measured and calculated CD spectra [18]. The (R)-enantiomer of 4a is characterized by an intense, positive Cotton effect at high wavelength. As a similar effect is observed in the CD spectrum of the enantiomer of 8 that is eluted at lower retention time, the (R)-configuration is attributed to this enantiomer by analogy. As we were interested in whether or not the configurational stability differs in boronate–imine complexes 4 and 8 on the one hand and boronate–amine complex 10 on the other hand, the racemization barrier of the latter was determined. For this purpose, a sample of the enantiomerically pure complex 10 was heated in n-decane at 60 °C, and the decay of the optical purity was followed by chiral HPLC. Thus, the racemization rate at 325.4 K was measured to be 4.1·10−4 s−1 and the racemization barrier ΔG‡ amounted to 101.0 kJ·mol−1[24]. The corresponding values for boronate–imine complexes 4 varied from 105–110 kJ·mol−1, indicating that the change from the imine to the amine ligand does not alter the configurational stability at boron to any considerable degree. The racemization process involves the breaking of the coordinate boron–nitrogen bond to produce a trigonal boron atom that is then attacked by the nitrogen from the opposite face. As the nitrogen–boron distances were similar in all the boronate complexes 4, 8, and 10, it is plausible that the racemization barrier is also in the same range for all of these compounds.
Conclusion
In summary, it was shown that boron based enantiomerism is not only possible in boronate–imine complexes 4 and 8, but also in amine complexes as well as exemplified by complex 10 that differs from 8 in the saturation of the imine bond to an amine bond. Enantiomers of boronate complexes 8 and 10 are accessible and were shown to be stable at room temperature. The racemization barriers are of similar magnitude in the amine and imine complexes.
Experimental
General: Melting points (uncorrected) were determined with a Büchi 540 melting point apparatus. NMR spectra were recorded with a Bruker DXR 500 spectrometer. Mass spectra were recorded on an ion-trap API mass spectrometer Finnigan LCQ Deca (ESI), triple-quadrupole-mass spectrometer Finnigan TSQ 7000, and sector field mass spectrometer Finnigan MAT 8200 (EI, 70 eV). High resolution mass spectra were carried out on Bruker FT-ICR APEX III (7.0 T) (MALDI) at the University of Bielefeld. Column chromatography was performed with Fluka silica gel 60 (230–400 mesh) and thin layer chromatography was carried out on Merck TLC Silicagel 60 F254 aluminium sheets. HPLC was performed with the chiral column CHIRALPAK IB. Toluene was freshly distilled from sodium under a nitrogen atmosphere.
The imine 7, (0.367 g, 1.00 mmol) and sodium cyanoborohydride (0.19 g, 3.0 mmol) were dissolved in absolute methanol (75 mL). After adding 5 mL of hydrochloric acid (10%), the yellow solution gradually became colorless on stirring at room temperature for 1 h. Distilled water (50 mL) was added and the solution extracted three times with chloroform. The combined organic layers were dried with sodium sulfate and the solvent was removed in a rotary evaporator. Immediately, the resulting crude colorless product, 4-chlorophenyl boronic acid (0.122 g, 1.00 mmol) and sodium hydrogen carbonate (0.13 g, 1.5 mmol) were suspended in 100 mL of dry toluene and heated under reflux for 4 h. After the addition of distilled water, the layers were separated and the aqueous phase was extracted with chloroform. The combined organic layers were dried with sodium sulfate and the solvent was removed in a rotary evaporator. The residue was purified by column chromatography (chloroform/ethyl acetate, 10:1) to yield boronate 10 as a colorless solid (0.210 g, 63%). Rf 0.76 (chloroform/ethyl acetate, 10:1), mp 157 °C; 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 3.53 (t, J = 11.5 Hz, 1H, Ph2C–CHH), 3.83 (dd, J = 11.4 Hz, J = 5.5 Hz, 1H, Ph2C–CHH), 3.95 (dd, J = 15.3 Hz, J = 4.3 Hz, 1H, napththyl CHHN), 4.30 (d, J = 15.4 Hz, 1H, naphthyl CHHN), 4.34 (quint, J = 5.6 Hz, 1H, NH), 6.92 (d, J = 9.0 Hz, 1H, naphthyl 3-H), 6.94 (d, 2H, o-chloro H), 7.0–7.25 (m, 10H, phenyl H), 7.23 (d, J = 8.2 Hz, 2H, m-chloro H), 7.29 (t, J = 8.3 Hz, 1H, naphthyl 8-H), 7.54 (d, J = 9.2 Hz, 1H, naphthyl 4-H), 7.64 (d, J = 8.0 Hz, 1H, naphthyl 5-H); 13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3) δ 43.6 (naphthyl CH2), 58.5 (Ph2C-CH2), 82.0 (Ph2C), 104.6 (naphthyl C-1), 120.0 (naphthyl C-8), 121.5 (naphthyl C-3), 122.7 (naphthyl C-6), 125.8–128.5 (phenyl C), 128.0 (o-chloro C), 128.1 (naphthyl C-9), 128.5 (naphthyl C-5), 130.0 (naphthyl C-4), 131.6 (naphthyl C-10), 133.8 (m-chloro C), 145.7 (phenyl ipso-C), 146.4 (phenyl ipso-C), 152.9 naphthyl C-2); 11B NMR (160 MHz, CDCl3) δ 5.5; MS (ESI) m/z (%): 512 [M + Na]+ (97), 490 [M + H]+ (32), 370 (32), 196 (100); HRMS calcd for C31H25NO2BCl, [M + K]+ 527.13348; found, 527.13353; [M + Na]+ 511.15954, found, 511.15935.
Crystal structure determination
Crystals of compounds 8 and 10·CH3OH suitable for X-ray analysis were selected by means of a polarization microscope and investigated with a STOE imaging plate diffraction system using graphite monochromatic MoKα radiation (λ = 0.71073 Å). To avoid loss of methanol, and deterioration, crystals of compound 10·CH3OH were enclosed in thin walled glass capillaries. Unit cell parameters were determined by least-squares refinements on the positions of 8000 and 3769 reflections in the range 2.25° < θ < 25.25° and 1.95° < θ < 19.70°, respectively. Space group type no. 61 was uniquely determined in the case of compound 8. For crystals of compound 10·CH3OH Laue class 4/m and serial systematic extinctions were consistent with the enantiomorphic pair P41–P43. In the course of refinement P41 was shown to be the correct choice for the crystal under investigation. Data sets were corrected for Lorentz and polarization effects in both cases. Crystal data, as well as details of data collection and structure refinement are listed in Table 3.
Table 3:
Summary of crystal data, details of intensity measurements and structure refinements of 8 and 10·CH3OH.
8
10·CH3OH
Empirical formula
C31H23BClNO2
C32H29BClNO3
Mr
487.76
521.82
Crystal system
orthorhombic
tetragonal
Space group
Pbca
P41
Z
8
4
Temperature [K]
291(2)
291(2)
Unit cell parameters
a [Å]
10.7877(6)
15.1310(11)
b [Å]
18.0573(11)
c [Å]
25.9072(13)
11.8802(8)
Volume [Å3]
5046.6(5)
2719.9(5)
Dcalcd
1.284
1.274
Absorption coefficient
0.181
0.175
F(000)
2032
1096
Crystal size [mm3]
0.12 × 0.12 × 0.12
0.17 × 0.13 × 0.13
Crystal color
yellow
colorless
Diffractometer type
Stoe-IPDS
Stoe-IPDS
Scan mode
φ
φ
θ range for data collection
2.26-25.00
2.18-24.99
Limiting indices
−12<h<12
−17<h<17
−21<k<21
−17<k<17
−30<l<30
−13<l<13
Reflections collected
62403
30038
Reflections unique
4441
4761
Reflections observed
1731
1274
Criterion for observation
I>2σ(I)
I>2σ(I)
Completeness
1.000
0.996
Refined Parameters
325
347
R1a, observed
0.036
0.035
wR2b, all data
0.070
0.050
Goodness-of-Fit, Sc
0.90
0.82
x(Flack)
−0.03(8)
Largest diff. peak/hole
0.26/−0.17
0.10/−0.09
CCDC-identifier
809030
809031
aR1 = || Fo|-|Fc||/|Fo|; bwR2 = [w(Fo2-Fc2)2/w(Fo2)2]1/2, where w = 1/[σ2(Fo2)+(aP2)] and P = (Fo2+2Fc2)/3; cS = [w(Fo2-Fc2)2/(n-p)]1/2.
The structures were solved by direct methods [25] and subsequent ΔF-syntheses and approximate positions of all the hydrogen atoms were found. Anisotropic displacement parameters were applied for all atoms heavier than hydrogen, and, using the subsequently mentioned restraints and constraints, refinements [26] by full-matrix least-squares calculations on F2 converged (max. shift/esd: 0.000 and 0.001, respectively). For the NH group of 10·CH3OH, weak N–H bond length restraints were applied. With bond lengths and angles constrained to idealized values for the CH3, CH2, CH, and OH groups of the boron complexes and for the methanol molecule of 10·CH3OH, the riding model was applied for all the other H atoms. In addition, the H atoms of the CH3 group of the methanol molecule were allowed to move collectively around the neighbouring C–C axis, and the H atom of the OH group was also allowed to rotate around the neighbouring O–C axis. Isotropic displacement parameters of H atoms were constrained to 120% of the equivalent isotropic displacement parameters of the parent N and C atoms for the NH, CH and CH2 groups and to 150% of the parent C and O atoms for the CH3 group and the OH group of the methanol molecule in 10·CH3OH. CCDC-809030 (compound 8) and CCDC-809031 (compound 10·CH3OH) contain the supplementary crystallographic data (excluding structure factors) for this paper. These data can be obtained free of charge from The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre via http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/data_request/cif.
Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Br 604/15-1,2).
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