Continuous-flow catalytic asymmetric hydrogenations: Reaction optimization using FTIR inline analysis

  1. Magnus Rueping,
  2. Teerawut Bootwicha and
  3. Erli Sugiono

Institute of Organic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 1, D-52074 Aachen, Germany

  1. Corresponding author email

This article is part of the Thematic Series "Chemistry in flow systems II".

Guest Editor: A. Kirschning
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 300–307. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.8.32
Received 03 Jan 2012, Accepted 13 Feb 2012, Published 23 Feb 2012

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Abstract

The asymmetric organocatalytic hydrogenation of benzoxazines, quinolines, quinoxalines and 3H-indoles in continuous-flow microreactors has been developed. Reaction monitoring was achieved by using an inline ReactIR flow cell, which allows fast and convenient optimization of reaction parameters. The reductions proceeded well, and the desired products were isolated in high yields and with excellent enantioselectivities.

Keywords: asymmetric reduction; binolphosphoric acid; Brønsted acid; Hantzsch dihydropyridine; IR spectroscopy; real-time analysis

Introduction

In recent years, a growing interest in microreactor technology has been seen in the scientific community and the development of microfabricated reaction systems is actively pursued. Microreactor technology offers numerous advantages, including precise control of reaction variables, enhanced mixing quality, improved operational safety, reduced reagent consumption and ready scale-up of chemical processes. Due to the high surface-area-to-volume ratios of microstructured reactors, a high thermal rate and high portability of substrates can be achieved, which leads to improved product formation [1-42]. Furthermore, by incorporating inline analytical devices the progress of reactions can be monitored and analyzed in real time, allowing fast reaction screening and optimization [43-55].

Continuous flow microreactors have been applied to a number of standard transformations in organic synthesis [56-80]; however, examples regarding asymmetric reactions as well as organocatalytic reactions are scarce [81-96]. Herein, we present the first example of a continuous-flow organocatalytic asymmetric transfer hydrogenation performed in a microreactor. In this work a ReactIR flow cell was coupled with the microreactor and applied as an inline monitoring device for optimizing the reactions.

Results and Discussion

The continuous-flow microreactor system for the experiment was set up according to Scheme 1. The flow device was set up either with a single reactor, or with multiple reactors when a prolonged residence time was needed. The reagents were introduced separately, by using a syringe pump, through two inlets connected to Y-shaped connectors. The internal reaction temperature was monitored with an internal thermal sensor. The ReactIR 45m microflow cell equipped with a DiComp ATR (diamond-composite attenuated total reflection) probe was attached to the microreactor at the end of the reaction stream and was used as an inline analytical tool to determine the optimum reaction conditions. The IR spectra were recorded at predefined intervals and the raw data were analysed with iC-IR analysis software.

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Scheme 1: Experimental setup for the asymmetric transfer hydrogenation.

The first reaction examined the asymmetric organocatalytic transfer hydrogenation [97-101] of benzoxazine 3a in the presence of Hantzsch dihydropyridine 2a as hydrogen source and a catalytic amount of chiral Brønsted acid 1a (Scheme 2) [102].

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Scheme 2: Asymmetric hydrogenation of benzoxazines.

Initial experiments were carried out at 0.1 mL min−1 flow rate in a commercial glass microreactor, which was attached to the ReactIR flow cell for in situ reaction monitoring. In order to control the reaction and to determine the use of educts and formation of product, reference spectra of the starting materials, solvents and reagents were recorded. Figure 1b and Figure 1c show real time IR spectra of the reaction mixtures after the subtraction of solvent in the spectral region of 1440 and 1530 cm−1. For direct inline analysis the signals at [Graphic 27] = 1479 cm−1 and [Graphic 27] = 1495 cm−1 were ideal as they could easily be assigned to benzoxazine 3a and dihydrobenzoxazine 4a. Thus, in continuous flow the substrate consumption and product formation could readily be determined.

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Figure 1: In situ ReactIR monitoring: (a) Trend curve of product formation at different temperatures. (b) Reaction spectra showing the consumption of the substrate and the formation of product at different temperatures. (c) Three-dimensional time-resolved spectral data.

In order to find the optimal temperature for the asymmetric continuous-flow reduction, a temperature profile was recorded. The reaction temperature was initially 5 °C and was increased to 60 °C over a period of 8 h, while the conversion was monitored by inline IR-spectroscopy. Figure 1a shows the real-time plot of the peak intensity versus reaction time for the 1495 cm−1 absorption band at different temperatures. The trend-curve analysis by peak-height integration of this absorption band shows increased product formation with increasing temperature. By monitoring the signal change in this spectral region over the time of the reaction, the product formation ([Graphic 27] = 1495 cm−1) and substrate consumption ([Graphic 27] = 1479 cm−1) can be determined in real time. Analysis of the spectra provided us with an optimal temperature of 60 °C for this reaction. In general the IR-flow-cell technology is a good tool for in situ monitoring and provides a fast read out of reaction progress as the intensity of substrate and product peaks can be directly related to the conversion. Thus, as exemplified above, applying the inline analysis to different reaction parameters provides a fast and convenient method for reaction optimization.

By using the optimized reaction temperature and flow rate of 0.1 mL min−1, further experiments were conducted to examine the influence of the residence time on the conversion (Table 1). By performing the reaction with a residence time of 20 min, the product was isolated in 50% yield. With residence times of 40 min and 60 min, the product was isolated in 87% and 98% yields, respectively (Table 1).

Table 1: Optimization of the Brønsted acid catalyzed reduction of benzoxazines.a

[Graphic 1]
Entry 1a
[mol %] 		Residence time
[min] 		Flow rate
[mL min−1] 		Yield
[%]b
1 2 20 0.1 50%
2 2 40 0.1 87%
3 2 60 0.1 98%

aReaction conditions: 3a, 2a (1.2 equiv), 1a in CHCl3 (0.05 M) at 60 °C. bIsolated yields after column chromatography.

Having found the optimum reaction conditions, we next investigated the scope of the Brønsted acid catalyzed reduction of 3-aryl-substituted benzoxazines 3 (Table 2). In general, 3-aryl benzoxazines 3 bearing either electron-withdrawing or electron-donating groups can be reduced in a continuous fashion and the products 4 were isolated in good yields and with excellent enantioselectivities.

Table 2: Scope of the Brønsted acid catalyzed reduction of benzoxazines.a

[Graphic 2]
Entry Product 4 Yield [%]b ee [%]c
1 [Graphic 3]
4a 		98 98
2 [Graphic 4]
4b 		96 97
3 [Graphic 5]
4c 		98 98
4 [Graphic 6]
4d 		81 97
5 [Graphic 7]
4e 		85 99

aReaction conditions: 3, 2a (1.2 equiv), 2 mol % 1a in CHCl3 (0.05 M) at 60 °C, flow rate 0.1 mL min−1, residence time = 60 min. bIsolated yields after column chromatography. cDetermined by chiral HPLC analysis.

Encouraged by the results, we next studied the transfer hydrogenation of quinolines 5 [103-106]. The optimum reaction temperature was determined according to the experiment described above. The effects of catalyst loading and residence time on the conversion and the enantioselectivity are summarized in Table 3. Performing the reaction at 60 °C with 5 mol % of Brønsted acid 1a and residence time of 20 min afforded the desired product in 88% yield and 94% enantioselectivity (Table 3, entry 1). When the catalyst loading was reduced from 5 mol % to 2 mol %, a residence time of 40 min was found to be optimal to achieve comparable results (Table 3, entry 1 versus entry 2). A slight improvement of the conversion was observed by increasing the residence time to 60 min (Table 3, entry 3 versus entry 2). The catalyst loading can be decreased to 0.5 mol % without loss of reactivity and selectivity; the desired tetrahydroquinoline was isolated in 96% yield with 94% enantiomeric excess (Table 3, entry 5). A further decrease of catalyst loading to 0.1 mol % resulted in a significant drop in chemical yield, affording the product in lower yield while enantioselectivity was maintained (Table 3, entry 6).

Table 3: Optimization of the Brønsted acid catalyzed transfer hydrogenation of quinolines.a

[Graphic 8]
Entry 1a
[mol %] 		t
[min] 		Flow rate
[mL min−1] 		Yield
[%]b 		ee
[%]c
1 5 20 0.1 88 94
2 2 40 0.1 91 92
3 2 60 0.1 97 92
4 1 60 0.1 97 92
5 0.5 60 0.1 96 94
6 0.1 60 0.1 72 94
7d 0.5 60 batch 67 94

aReaction conditions: 5a, 2a (2.4 equiv), 1a in CHCl3 (0,1 M) at 60 °C, flow rate 0.1 mL min−1. bIsolated yields after column chromatography. cDetermined by chiral HPLC analysis. dPerformed under batch conditions.

Although continuous-flow reactions provide many advantages, in certain cases it can be beneficial to conduct reactions under classical batch conditions. Therefore, we decided to carry out a direct comparison. Transferring the reaction conditions from continuous-flow to the batch showed a noticeable drop in conversion and the product was isolated only in 67% yield (Table 3, entry 5 vs entry 7). This observation is general, and typically lower reactivities were obtained. This can be explained by the better heat transfer in the microreactors as compared to the glass flask typically used in our batch reactions.

The scope and applicability of the method was then tested on various 2-substituted quinolines (Table 4). In general the asymmetric continuous-flow transfer hydrogenation of 2-substituted quinolines 5 proceeded well and afforded tetrahydroquinolines 6a–e with excellent yields and enantioselectivities (Table 4).

Table 4: Scope of the Brønsted acid catalyzed transfer hydrogenation of quinolines.a

[Graphic 9]
Entry Product 6 Yield
[%]b 		ee
[%]c
1 [Graphic 10]
6a 		96 94
2 [Graphic 11]
6b 		91 96
3 [Graphic 12]
6c 		94 99
4 [Graphic 13]
6d 		91 99
5 [Graphic 14]
6e 		97 96

aReaction conditions: 5, 2a (2.4 equiv), 5 mol % 1a in CHCl3 (0.1 M) at 60 °C, flow rate 0.1 mL min−1, residence time = 60 min. bIsolated yields after column chromatography. cDetermined by chiral HPLC analysis.

Having established a protocol for a general and highly enantioselective transfer hydrogenation of quinolines, we decided to extend its scope to the reduction of quinoxalines 7 (Table 5) [107]. The asymmetric reduction of quinoxalines is typically more difficult to achieve. Using the optimized conditions for the fast inline reaction, we found that the continuous-flow reduction could be performed using 10 mol % Brønsted acid 1b, a flow rate of 0.1 mL min−1 and 60 min residence time (Table 5).

Table 5: Scope of the Brønsted acid catalyzed transfer hydrogenation of quinoxalines.a

[Graphic 15]
Entry Product 8 Yield
[%]b 		ee
[%]c
1 [Graphic 16]
8a 		77 90
2 [Graphic 17]
8b 		68 84
3 [Graphic 18]
8c 		53 86
4 [Graphic 19]
8d 		86 94
5 [Graphic 20]
8e 		41 76

aReaction conditions: 7, 2a (2.4 equiv), 10 mol % 1b in CHCl3 (0.1 M) at 60 °C, flow rate 0.1 mL min−1, residence time = 60 min. bIsolated yields after column chromatography. cDetermined by chiral HPLC analysis.

To broaden the scope of the asymmetric hydrogenations in continuous flow further, the reduction of 3H-indoles 9 was studied (Table 6) [108]. Here the best reaction conditions turned out to be a temperature of 30 °C, a flow rate of 0.1 mL min−1, and a residence time of 20 min. The desired indolines 10 were isolated in good to high yields and with excellent enantioselectivities.

Table 6: Scope of the Brønsted acid catalyzed transfer hydrogenation of 3H-indoles.a

[Graphic 21]
Entry Product 10 Yield
[%]b 		ee
[%]c
1 [Graphic 22]
10a 		95d 90
2 [Graphic 23]
10b 		88d
98 		98
98
3 [Graphic 24]
10c 		60d
96 		99
99
4 [Graphic 25]
10d 		78d
95 		99
99
5 [Graphic 26]
10e 		94 97

aReaction conditions: 9, 2b (1.3 equiv), 5 mol % 1b in toluene/CHCl3 (2:1) (0.1 M) at 30 °C, flow rate 0.1 mL min−1, residence time = 20 min. bIsolated yields after column chromatography. cDetermined by chiral HPLC analysis. dRetention time: 10 min.

Conclusion

In conclusion, we have demonstrated the potential of a microreactor setup coupled with FTIR inline analysis for monitoring asymmetric continuous-flow hydrogenations of benzoxazines, quinolines, quinoxalines and 3H-indoles. Following a real-time continuous-flow optimization, the corresponding products were obtained in good yields and with excellent enantioselectivities. By applying the FTIR inline monitoring, reaction parameters can be screened rapidly in a single reaction setup, and the optimal reaction conditions can be obtained much faster as compared to the classical sequence of conducting the reaction followed by analysis. Further work will include automated integration and feedback optimization of reaction parameters.

Acknowledgements

The authors acknowledge the funding by the Excellence Initiative of the German federal and state governments and the European Research Council for a starting grant.

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