I carried out organocatalysed asymmetric Michael addition involving N-Boc derived tetramic acid and different trans-β-nitrostyrene derivatives. The products of addition were alkylated with different alkylating agents, but mostly with benzyl bromide. Reactions were enantioselective (% ee from 81 to 94). I also successfully asimmetrically added from N-Boc-glycylglycylglycine prepared tetramic acid to trans-β-nitrostyrene. After alkylating the product with benzyl bromide, the enantioselectivity was determined to be 59 %. For selected products, I removed the Boc protecting group and tried crystallising them in order to obtain monocrystals. With the help of electrophilic fluorination I introduced fluorine into a derivate of tetramic acid. I synthesized an amide from the carboxylic acid derivate of tetramic acid using in situ activation and addition of an amino acid. I also tried to asymmetrically add tetramic acid to benzylidene-malononitrile catalyzed by organocatalyst, but I only managed to prepare a racemic product.
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