Determination of the nitrogen configuration in ephedrine N-boranes and a study of their assisted stereospecific deuteration of NH

Hugo Tlahuext, Fernando Santiesteban, Efren García-Báez, Rosalinda Contreras

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Abstract

Ephedrine, pseudoephedrine and pseudoephedrine-methyl-ether react stereoselectively with BH3.DMS to give N→BH3 adducts, which are N-epimers of stable configuration. The nitrogen configuration was established from NMR data. Assisted stereospecific deuteration of OH was demonstrated by comparison with the behaviour of pseudoephedrine-methyl-ether N-BH3 adducts. The analysis of the preferred conformers gave us an explanation of the observed stereochemistry.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1579-1588
Number of pages10
JournalTetrahedron Asymmetry
Volume5
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 1994
Externally publishedYes

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