Domino Two-Step Oxidation of β-Alkoxy Alcohols to Hemiacetal Esters: Linking a Stoichiometric Step to an Organocatalytic Step with a Common Organic Oxidant
Primary and secondary β-alkoxy alcohols can be cleanly and efficiently oxidized into hemiacetal esters in a cascade two-step process. mCPBA serves both as a stoichiometric oxidant in the first TEMPO-catalyzed step, converting alcohols to aldehydes/ketones, and as a reagent in the second Baeyer–Villiger stoichiometric oxidation, transforming the aldehydes/ketones into hemiacetal esters. The use of an oxidant common to both steps enables the domino reaction to proceed under a single experimental setting. Longer oxidative cascade sequences are possible when this new methodology is applied to suitable substrates.
Targel, Tom,Ramesh, Palakuri,Portnoy, Moshe
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p. 3017 - 3021
(2018/06/27)
Regioselective oxidative cleavage of benzylidene acetals: Synthesis of α- and β-benzoyloxy carboxylic acids
(Chemical Equation Presented) Ruthenium has twice the fun: The synthetic potential of the highly regio- and stereoselective title reaction, which relies on two oxidative cleavage steps promoted by RuCI3 in combination with NaIO 4 (see example; Bz = benzoyl), was demonstrated with the synthesis of biologically active cis-(2R,3S)-3-hydroxypipecolic acid from D-glucose.