3. mesylate is not formed by a triflate is formed by a standard Not with the
standard substitution... substitution... chloride...
HCl OO OO HX
H OH O O pyridine N H OH O O pyridine N
H O S H O S
unstable
S S
R1 R2 Cl
R1 R2
H
R1 R2 X CF3
R1 R2
CF3
O O
base causes
elimination
S
O O
S
N H OH
H Cl CF3
S H O S
Cl
R1 R2 O O OO
H R1 R2
but...
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triflate is formed by a
standard substitution...
OO
!
H OH O O O O pyridine
S S
H O S Examples
R1 R2 F3C O CF3 CF3
R1 R2
N
O
dapoxetine is a relative of
prozac...but its not for
dapoxetine treating her depression...
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O O
...rather it is the only OH
(licenced) drug that could have MsCl, S
Et3N, O
made things last a little O DMAP
longer (or so I’m told...) O Ph
N
N
H
H H OH
H N
N
H N
N
N
O
Dapoxetine can be
made by sn2 of a O
manzamine A
mesylate. Note
the inversion of
stereochemistry.
dapoxetine attractive biological profile
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4. intramolecular a second method is the
sn2-like reaction use of alkyl halides
H
CO2Me
H OH
CO2Me R X
HN i. iPr2NEt
ii. H2, Lindlar's H H OH
method 2
N
H N
catalyst
H N
X = Cl,
O
O
S
O
Tol Br or I
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so the general scheme is... Method 1: Acid H–X
Nuc
R OH R X R Nuc
How do we H
X
synthesize alkyl R OH H X R O R X
H X Nuc H Nuc halides ? H
R1 R2 R1 R2
cheap dirty & crude
,
substitution of halide method but effective for
normally occurs with stereochemistry of halide simple molecules
inversion formation is more complex...
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Method 1: Acid H–X Method 2: thionyl chloride S(O)Cl2 Method 2: thionyl chloride S(O)Cl2
H OH O N Cl H H OH O N Cl H
S S
R1 R2 Cl Cl R1 R2 R1 R2 Cl Cl R1 R2
H
X N
R OH H X R O R X
Cl
H SN2
H O S N
O Cl H O S
problem is it R1 R2 O
can proceed by sn1 or only get inversion R1 R2
sn2 & thus causes if we use a base the reason for this is in the
stereochemical issues like pyridine mechanism & the formation of a
inversion good leaving group
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