Unique reactivity of ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid imidazolides: Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of ?,?-epoxy esters and ?,?-epoxy carboxylic acid derivatives
- 24 March 2003
- Vol. 15 (4) , 306-311
- https://doi.org/10.1002/chir.10205
Abstract
Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of alpha,beta-epoxy esters and alpha,beta-epoxy carboxylic acid derivatives is described. Catalytic asymmetric epoxidation of alpha,beta-unsaturated carboxylic acid imidazolides using La-BINOL-Ph(3)As=O complex gave the corresponding alpha,beta-epoxy peroxy tert-butyl esters, which were directly converted to the alpha,beta-epoxy methyl esters by adding methanol to the reaction. This catalytic system had broad generality for epoxidation of various substrates. With the use of 5-10 mol% of the catalyst, both beta-aryl and beta-alkyl-substituted-alpha,beta-epoxy methyl esters were obtained in up to 91% yield and in up to 93% enantiomeric excess. In addition, efficient transformations of alpha,beta-epoxy peroxy tert-butyl esters into the alpha,beta-epoxy amides, alpha,beta-epoxy aldehydes, and gamma,delta-epoxy beta-keto esters are also reported.Keywords
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