Synthesis and Reactivity of Novel α,α,β- and α,α,δ-Trichlorinated Imines

Abstract

A variety of different N-(2,2,3-trichloropropylidene)amines, N-(2,2,3-trichlorobutylidene)amines, and N-(2,2,5-trichloropentylidene)amines were synthesized for the first time, and their reactivity with regard to hydride reagents was investigated. In this way, N-(2,2,5-trichloropentylidene)amines were evaluated as substrates for the synthesis of piperidines, and N-(2,2,3-trichloropropylidene)amines and N-(2,2,3-trichlorobutylidene)amines were reduced efficiently into the corresponding novel beta,beta,gamma-trichloroamines by means of sodium cyanoborohydride in methanol in the presence of acetic acid. Furthermore, N-(2,2,3-trichloropropylidene)amines were transformed into 2-(chloromethyl)aziridines by lithium aluminium hydride in Et2O, and N-(2,2,5-trichloropentylidene)acetamide was used for the First time as a suitable Substrate for the addition of oxygen, nitrogen, and Sulfur nucleophiles in good yields.