85866-05-3Relevant articles and documents
Enzyme-mediated enantioselective hydrolysis of 1,2-diol monotosylate derivatives bearing an unsaturated substituent
Matsumoto,Oohana,Hashimoto,Usuda,Shimoda,Ohshima,Suzuki,Togawa
supporting information, p. 3981 - 3988 (2018/06/15)
We have succeeded in the easy preparation of optically active 1,2-diol monotosylates bearing an unsaturated substituent via enzymatic hydrolysis. Lipase PS quickly catalyzes the hydrolyses of 2-acetoxybut-3-enyl tosylate, which has a double bond, and 2-acetoxybut-3-ynyl tosylate, which has a triple bond, with excellent enantioselectivity to afford the corresponding optically active compounds. The reaction is also applicable to acetates with a longer chain, which has a double bond at the terminus. To demonstrate the applicability of this method, enantiomerically pure (R)-massoialactone, a natural coconut flavor, has been synthesized from racemic 2-acetoxypent-4-enyl tosylate in several steps. Furthermore, the enzyme can recognize the stereochemistry of olefins, and the (Z)-alkenyl structure is more suitable for the enantioselective hydrolysis than the (E)-isomer.
Hot water as a mild Bronsted acid catalyst in ring opening reactions of epoxides
Xu, Zhaobing,Qu, Jin
experimental part, p. 1718 - 1725 (2012/04/18)
Ring opening of extremely hydrophobic epoxides with water, amines, sodium azide and thiophenol was realized in the mixture solvent of water and 1, 4-dioxane under reflux condition. Hot water was believed to act as a mild Bronsted acid catalyst in the epoxide-opening reactions.
