218439-10-2Relevant articles and documents
Stereoselective Visible-Light Catalyzed Cyclization of Bis(enones): A Viable Approach to the Synthesis of Enantiomerically Enriched Cyclopentane Rings
Medici, Fabrizio,Resta, Simonetta,Presenti, Piero,Caruso, Lucia,Puglisi, Alessandra,Raimondi, Laura,Rossi, Sergio,Benaglia, Maurizio
, p. 4521 - 4524 (2021)
Photoredox catalytic cyclization of aryl enones in the presence of visible light, promoted either by metals or organic dyes, represent a valuable strategy for the synthesis of cycloalkanes. The development of a stereoselective version of such transformation, in the presence of the metal-free catalyst Eosin Y was studied, with the aim to realize an efficient protocol for the in-flow synthesis of enantiomerically enriched functionalized cyclopentane rings, taking advantage of the flow reactors technology. The use of a chiral auxiliary on the bisenone to be cyclized offers a straightforward and convenient option to exert a stereocontrol on the light-driven cyclization. By exploiting Evans’ oxazolidinones, the stereoselective light-driven cyclization affords, after the removal of the chiral auxiliary, a functionalized 1,2-trans cyclopentane ring in up to 83/17 enantiomeric ratio. When the reaction was performed in continuo, in a homemade coil photoreactor, high yields were observed. The cyclization was also successfully realized in a 3D-printed mesoreactor, without any change in the diastereoseletctivity of the process.
A highly diastereoselective synthesis of trans-3,4-(difluoromethano)glutamic acid
Shibuya,Kurishita,Ago,Taguchi
, p. 271 - 278 (2007/10/02)
Reaction of enantiomerically pure N-(4'-bromo-4',4'-difluorocrotonoyl)oxazolidinone 5 with lithium enolate of N-diphenylmethylideneglycinate 6 in DMF proceeded in highly diastereoselective manner to give trans-disubstituted gem-difluorocyclopropane 7, which was readily converted to the 3,4-(difluoromethano)glutamic acid 4.