Enantioselective construction of nitrogen-substituted quaternary carbon centers adjacent to the carbonyl group in the cyclohexane ring: first asymmetric synthesis of anesthetic (S)-ketamine with high selectivity

Abstract

Enantioselective construction of nitrogen-substituted quaternary carbon centers adjacent to the carbonyl group in the cyclohexane ring was performed with respect to the asymmetric synthesis of anesthetic (S)-ketamine 1. Diastereoselective nucleophilic 1,2-addition reaction of phenyllithium to α-ketoxime-ether acetal 9 bearing chiral auxiliary on the α-carbonyl function gave benzyloxyamine 11 major in 83% yield with 82% de, which was converted to the corresponding amino ketone 12.However, the reaction of 2-chlorophenyllithium did not work in which this route was unavailable for the synthesis of 1. Then, an alternative strategy directed toward 1, starting with a compound having 2-chlorophenyl groups in advance, was designed so that the chiral quaternary carbon center bearing a nitrogen atom in the ring is created by the enantioselective reduction of the atropisomeric intermediate ketone 18, and the sequential allyl cyanate-to-isocyanate rearrangement with complete 1,3-chirality transfer. The first asymmetric synthesis of 1 with excellent selectivity (>99% ee) was accomplished by a short path according to the strategy.

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