Title
Enantioselective one-pot catalytic synthesis of 4,5-epoxy-3-alkanols and 1-Phenyl-2,3-epoxy-1-alkanols from α,β-unsaturated aldehydes
Date Issued
01 August 2013
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Infante R.
Nieto J.
Andrés C.
Universidad de Valladolid
Abstract
Conformationally restricted perhydrobenzoxazines have been demonstrated to be good chiral ligands for one-pot asymmetric ethylation/epoxidation, and the unprecedented arylation/epoxidation of trisubstituted α,β-unsaturated aldehydes. The scope of the reaction has been studied and a wide set of substrates with allylic strain of different nature has been explored, obtaining good or total diastereoselectivities in all cases. The enantiocontrol was good or high for the ethylation/epoxidation reaction, whereas it remained at moderate or good levels for the arylation/epoxidation. The reaction is general for trisubstituted enals, and alkylic and aromatic substituents are tolerated at both the α- and β-position of the unsaturated aldehyde; however, disubstituted enals remain challenging substrates. When the one-pot and two-pot protocols were compared, no significant differences concerning the stereocontrol were found, so the advantages of the one-pot procedure are clear. Copyright © 2013 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
Start page
4863
End page
4869
Issue
22
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Química orgánica
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84880929640
Source
European Journal of Organic Chemistry
ISSN of the container
10990690
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