The Use of Polymer Supports in Organic Synthesis. 17. The Synthesis of Unsymmetrical Diamides and Monoamide Monotosylamides from Symmetrical Diamines

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AbstractA 1 or 2% crosslinked divinylbenzene‐styrene copolymer, incorporating benzyl alcohol groups (1) was treated with p‐nitrophenyl chloroformate to give a polymer‐bound benzyl p‐nitrophenyl carbonate (2). The reaction of (2) with an excess of the symmetrical diamines 1,4‐diaminobutane (3a), 1,6‐diaminohexane (3b), 1,8‐diaminooctane (3c), 1,10‐diaminodecane (3d) and 1,12‐diaminododecane (3e) gave the respective monoprotected polymer‐bound aminocarbamates (4a‐e). Benzoylation or tosylation of (4a‐e) gave the polymer‐bound N‐benzoyl or N‐tosyl carbamates (7a‐e) or (8a‐e) respectively. Cleavage of (7a‐e) with trifluoroacetic acid liberated the N‐benzoyl‐N'‐trifluoroacetyl‐1, ω‐diaminoalkanes (9a‐e) in 80% yield. Cleavage of (8a‐e) with HCl in benzene, followed by acetylation yielded N‐acetyl‐N'‐tosyl‐1, ω‐diaminoalkanes (11a‐e) in 80% yield. From both cleavage reactions about 20% of the symmetrical diamines were recovered as their N,N'‐ditrifluoroacetyl or N,N'‐diacetyl derivatives (10a‐e) or (12a‐e) respectively.