399551-36-1Relevant articles and documents
Transformation of α,β-epoxyesters into 2,3-dideuterioesters promoted by samarium diiodide
Concellon, Jose M.,Bardales, Eva,Llavona, Ricardo
, p. 1585 - 1588 (2007/10/03)
An easy and general sequenced elimination/reduction process by means of samarium diiodide, in the presence of D2O, provides an efficient method for synthesizing 2,3-dideuterioesters 2. The reaction can be also carried out in the presence of H2O instead of D2O, yielding the corresponding saturated esters 4. Other deuterated esters have been also obtained. A mechanism to explain this synthesis has been proposed.
Synthesis of (E)-α,β-unsaturated esters with total or high diastereoselectivity from α,β-epoxyesters
Concellon, Jose M.,Bardales, Eva
, p. 189 - 191 (2007/10/03)
Chemical equation presented High stereoselective β-elimination in 2,3-epoxyesters 1 was achieved using samarium diiodide, yielding α,β-unsaturated esters 2, in which the C=C bond is di-, tri- or tetrasubstituted. The starting compounds 1 are easily prepared by reaction of the corresponding lithium enolates of a-chloroesters with aldehydes or ketones at -78 °C. The influence of the reaction conditions and the structure of the starting compounds in the stereoselectivity of the β-elimination reaction is also discussed.
