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(Table 3, entry 17).[13] To our knowledge, this is the highest
reported s factor for a radical reaction.[14] The absolute
configuration was not known for any of the oxazolidines in
the series 10b–n.Enantiopure 10l was obtained by recrystal-
lization of a sample of the resolved compound with 97% ee.
The oxazolidine stereogenic center was assigned the R confi-
guration unambiguously by anomalous X-ray diffraction,
which was made possible by the bromine atom.[15] Thus, the
S enantiomer of 10l reacted faster than the R enantiomer
when catalyst 9d was used.Further studies are necessary to
assign the absolute configuration of other resolved oxazoli-
dines, but it is reasonable to anticipate similar behavior, at
least for oxazolidines 10 f, 10j, 10k, 10m, and 10n.
In summary, we have reported the synthesis of readily
variable, C2-symmetric analogues of NHPI.These analogues
exhibit catalytic activity in the oxidative ring opening of
various N-acyl oxazolidines.The kinetic resolution of racemic
oxazolidines is possible with enantiopure catalysts, with
selectivity factors that are highly dependent on the substitu-
tion pattern of the catalyst.Fast reaction rates and selectivity
factors larger than 20 were observed in some cases with the
most efficient catalyst examined.Such catalysts could be of
value for the synthesis of highly enantiomerically enriched
oxazolidines.[16] The resolved compounds 10k, 10l, and 10n
could be useful as synthetic intermediates, for example, in
asymmetric cross-coupling reactions.However, the synthetic
potential of enantiopure oxazolidines remains to be fully
established.Oxazolidines also exhibit interesting biological
properties: Several racemic oxazolidines have been reported
to be insect repellents.It would be interesting to test the
activities of individual enantiomers.Preliminary studies
indicate that other types of substrates, such as silyl ethers of
racemic secondary alcohols, are also oxidized by our new
catalysts with kinetic resolution.The examination of these
and further synthetic applications, as well as further improve-
ment of the catalysts and mechanistic investigations, is
currently under way.
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[15] Crystallographic data for (R)-10l (C17H16BrNO3): crystal dimen-
sions: 0.40 0.33 0.24 mm3, monoclinic, space group P21, a =
7.440(2), b = 7.070(2), c = 15.429(5) , b = 102.48(2)8, V=
792.5(4) 3, Z = 2, 1calcd = 1.518 Mgmꢁ3, 2qmax = 608, MoKa radi-
ation (l = 0.71073 ), phi and omega scan modes, T= 150 K,
Received: September 14, 2006
Revised: November 21, 2006
Published online: March 20, 2007
27269 reflections collected, 5525 independent reflections (Rint
=
Keywords: asymmetric catalysis · kinetic resolution · oxidation ·
oxygen · radical reactions
0.04), 4918 reflections used with I > 2.0s.The data were
corrected for Lorentz and polarization effects, and for absorp-
tion by using SADABS.The structure was solved by direct
methods by using SIR92 and refined against j F j by using a
least-squares technique implemented from the TeXsan program
(198 parameters).The hydrogen atoms were set geometrically
and were recalculated before the last refinement cycle. R =
0.0393, wR = 0.0447, Flack parameter: 0.0708(9). CCDC-
627511 contains the supplementary crystallographic data for
this paper.These data can be obtained free of charge from The
cam.ac.uk/data_request/cif.
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