Diversity-Oriented Synthesis of cis-3,4-Dihydroxylated Piperidine and Its Higher Saturated and Unsaturated Homologues from d-Ribose and Their Glycosidase-Inhibition Study^[1]

Abstract

The synthesis of six-, seven-, and eight-membered cis-dihydroxy azacycles has been accomplished from d-ribose using Vasella reductive amination as a key step and utilization of hydroboration–oxidation, Mitsunobu reaction, and ring-closing metathesis (RCM) reactions in a facile manner. These homologous dihydroxylated heterocyclic scaffolds were subjected to the glycosidase inhibition assays. However, only a moderate inhibitory activity for three out of five compounds was observed against α-glucosidases with a high degree of selectivity.

Key words

cis-dihydroxy azacycles - Vasella reductive amination - hydroboration–oxidation - Mitsunobu reaction - ring-closing metathesis - glycosidase inhibition.

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• 28 Synthesis of (3S,4R)-Azocane-3,4-diol (10) To a solution of compound 21 (130 mg, 0.46 mmol) in 6 N methanolic HCl was added a catalytic amount of 10% Pd/C (20 mg), and the resulting reaction mixture was stirred under hydrogen atmosphere at room temperature for 3 h. After completion of the reaction, the catalyst was filtered, and the filtrate was concentrated under vacuum to obtain a residue, which was washed with Et₂O to attain pure azocane 10 (60 mg, 90%) as a white solid. R_f = 0.64 (MeOH–CH₂Cl₂, 1:9); mp 160–163 °C; [α]_D ²⁶ +5.4 (c 0.81, MeOH). ¹H NMR (400 MHz, CD₃OD): δ = 4.09–4.11 (m, 1 H), 3.91–3.94 (m, 1 H), 3.38–3.48 (m, 1 H), 3.22–3.30 (m, 2 H), 3.09–3.13 (m, 1 H), 2.00–2.08 (m, 1 H), 1.80–1.90 (m, 3 H), 1.69–1.72 (m, 2 H). ¹³C NMR (100 MHz, CD₃OD): δ = 74.2, 69.2, 48.2, 47.7, 31.0, 24.5, 21.8. IR (KBr): 3392, 2924, 1650, 1385, 1216, 1068, 770 cm^–1. ESI-HRMS: m/z [M + H]⁺ calcd for ­C₇H₁₆NO₂ ⁺: 146.1176, found: 146.1175.