- Chiral hydroperoxides as oxygen source in the catalytic stereoselective epoxidation of allylic alcohols by sandwich-type polyoxometalates: Control of enantioselectivity through a metal-coordinated template
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The epoxidation of allylic alcohols is shown to be efficiently and selectively catalyzed by the oxidatively resistant sandwich-type polyoxometalates, POMs, namely [WZnM2(ZnW9O 34)2]q- [M = OV(IV), Mn(II), Ru(III), Fe(III), Pd(II), Pt(II), Zn(II); q = 10-12], with organic hydroperoxides as oxygen source. Conspicuous is the fact that the nature of the transition metal M in the central ring of polyoxometalate affects significantly the reactivity, chemoselectivity, regioselectivity, and stereoselectivity of the allylic alcohol epoxidation. For the first time, it is demonstrated that the oxovanadium(IV)-substituted POM, namely [ZnW(VO)2(ZnW 9O34)2]12-, is a highly chemoselective, regioselective, and also stereoselective catalyst for the clean epoxidation of allylic alcohols. A high enantioselectivity (er values up to 95:5) has been achieved with [ZnW(VO)2(ZnW9O 34)2]12- and the sterically demanding TADOOL-derived hydroperoxide TADOOH as regenerative chiral oxygen source. Thus, a POM-catalyzed asymmetric epoxidation of excellent catalytic efficiency (up to 42 000 TON) has been made available for the development of sustainable oxidation processes. The high reactivity and selectivity of this unprecedented oxygen-transfer process are mechanistically rationalized in terms of a peroxy-type vanadium(V) template.
- Adam, Waldemar,Alsters, Paul L.,Neumann, Ronny,Saha-Moeller, Chantu R.,Seebach, Dieter,Beck, Albert K.,Zhang, Rui
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p. 8222 - 8231
(2007/10/03)
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- Chemoselective C-H oxidation of alcohols to carbonyl compounds with iodosobenzene catalyzed by (Salen)chromium complex
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Primary and secondary alcohols with benzylically and allylically activated C-H bonds are chemoselectively oxidized to the corresponding carbonyl compounds by the (salen)Cr(III) complex I as the catalyst and iodosobenzene as the oxygen source; the oxidizing species is the Cr(V) oxo complex. Allylic alcohols with fully substituted double bonds give appreciable amounts of epoxides besides the C-H oxidation products enones, while saturated alcohols are less readily oxidized.
- Adam, Waldemar,Gelalcha, Feyissa Gadissa,Saha-Moeller, Chantu R.,Stegmann, Veit R.
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p. 1915 - 1918
(2007/10/03)
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- Titanium-Catalyzed Diastereoselective Epoxidations of Ene Diols and Allylic Alcohols with β-Hydroperoxy Alcohols as Novel Oxygen Donors
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β-Hydroperoxy alcohols 1-4 serve as effective tridentate oxygen donors for the highly diastereo-selective, titanium-catalyzed epoxidation of ene diols 5a-e. Thus, in contrast to the bidentate tert-butyl hydroperoxide, the usual oxygen donor employed in Sharpless-type epoxidations and known to work poorly for polyhydroxy substrates, the tridentate β-hydroperoxy alcohols efficiently replace the tridentate epoxy diol products 6a-e in the titanium template and thereby the catalytic cycle is sustained by replenishing with efficacy the loaded complex necessary for the oxygen transfer. Irrespective of the substitution pattern of the double bond or the configuration (erythro versus threo) of the diol functionalities in the ene diol substrate, high diastereoselectivities are observed for the epoxy diol products. The high stereochemical control is due to the rigid transition state for the oxygen transfer, which is imposed by the multiple titanium-oxygen bonding and coordination in the titanium template. The observed erythro selectivity for the ene diol derives from the additional bonding of its homoallylic hydroxy group to the titanium center, which fixes the substrate conformation in such a way that the oxygen atom to be transferred approaches from the side of the allylic oxygen functionality (cf. loaded complex A). This additional binding of the bidentate ene diol in the titanium template is also manifested in the enhanced reactivity of the ene diol versus the monodentate allylic alcohols. Nevertheless, the less reactive allylic alcohols also display a high erythro selectivity, provided these monodentate substrates possess 1,2-allylic strain. For the first time a direct, diastereoselective, and catalytic epoxidation of ene diols has been made available for synthetic applications, without recourse to protection group methodology.
- Adam, Waldemar,Peters, Karl,Renz, Michael
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p. 3183 - 3189
(2007/10/03)
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- Microwave-assisted oxidation of saturated and unsaturated alcohols with t-butyl hydroperoxide and zeolites
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Under microwave irradiation 3? molecular sieves promote the oxidation of secondary (linear and cyclic) and benzylic alcohols to the corresponding carbonyl compounds by t-butyl hydroperoxide. Under the same conditions, α,β-unsaturated alcohols are converted into α,β-epoxyalcohols in regio- and diastereoselective way. Both oxidative processes can be performed under solvent-free conditions; however, epoxidation of allylic alcohols is found to proceed with more satisfactory efficiency in saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon (n-hexane or cyclohexane).
- Palombi, Laura,Bonadiesa, Francesco,Scettri, Arrigo
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p. 15867 - 15876
(2007/10/03)
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