- A stereocontrolled approach to electrophilic epoxides
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Lithium t-butyl hydroperoxide (easily generated by addition of an alkyl-lithium to anhydrous t-butyl hydroperoxide in THF solution) is a powerful reagent for the epoxidation of electrophilic alkenes at -20 to 0 °C under full stereocontrol. Thus αβ-unsaturated esters, sulphones, sulphoximines, and amides are readily epoxidised with complete regio- and stereo-specificity and with considerable chiroselectivity (20-100%) when appropriate chiral auxiliaries such as menthyl, 8-phenylmenthyl, or a camphor-sulphonamide derivative are used. Asymmetric αβ-unsaturated sulphoximines undergo epoxidation with 100% diastereoselectivity. The only exceptions to stereocontrol noted are heavily substituted maleate esters such as di-t-butyl maleate. The αβ-epoxy amides are shown to be valuable sources of the corresponding epoxy ketones by treatment with an organolithium, allowing a stereo- and chemoselective entry in high yield to these useful intermediates.
- Meth-Cohn, Otto,Moore, Clive,Taljaard, Heinrich C.
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p. 2663 - 2674
(2007/10/02)
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- Enantioselective Diastereospecific Synthesis of anti-α-Alkyl-β-hydroxy Esters through Cuprate Opening of Glycidic Esters
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A diastereospecific chain elongation of the aldehydes 1 to anti-αalkyl-β-hydroxy esters 2 via the intermediates 4 - 7 is described.By means of the Sharpless epoxidation, 2 may be obtained with >90percent ee in either enantiomer.
- Mulzer, Johann,Lammer, Ortrud
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p. 2178 - 2190
(2007/10/02)
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