A Highly Enantioselective Phosphabicyclooctane Catalyst for the Kinetic Resolution of Benzylic Alcohols
- 14 March 2003
- journal article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Journal of the American Chemical Society
- Vol. 125 (14) , 4166-4173
- https://doi.org/10.1021/ja021224f
Abstract
A new class of chiral phosphines belonging to the P-aryl-2-phosphabicyclo[3.3.0]octane family (PBO) has been prepared by enantioselective synthesis starting from lactate esters and 2,2-dimethylcyclopentanone enolate 5. A selective enolate alkylation method has been developed for preparation of 9 and 10 using a chelating ester substituent in the triflate alkylating agent 11. Subsequent conversion to the PBO catalysts 2 and 39 relies on a diastereoselective cyclization from the cyclic sulfate 17 and LiPHAr to afford the more hindered endo-aryl phosphines. These phosphines function as efficient catalysts for the kinetic resolutions of aryl alkyl carbinols by benzoylation (16, 21, 22) or iso-butyroylation in the case of the less hindered aryl alkyl carbinol substrates. With o-substituted aryl alkyl carbinols, the enantioselectivities exceed 100, and s = 380 +/- 10 has been demonstrated in the case of methyl mesityl carbinol. The PBO-catalyzed acylations probably involve a P-acylphosphonium carboxylate intermediate and a tightly ion paired transition state.Keywords
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