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(R)-2-(4-t-Butylphenoxy)-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propioic Acid (7) To a
Calcd for C34H36N2O5: C, 73.89; H, 6.57; N, 5.07; Found: C, 74.02; H, 6.57;
solution of 5 (896 mg, 2.90 mmol) in toluene (9.0 ml) were added 4-t- N, 4.99. The enantiomeric exess was determined by HPLC analysis using
butylphenol (671 mg, 4.47 mmol) and triphenylphosphine-resin (3 mmol/g, Chiralpak OJ-R (CH3CN/pH 2.2 buffer solution of phosphoric acid and
1.99 g, 5.97 mmol), and the mixture was stirred magnetically. To the stirred Et3N, 7/3).
reaction mixture, a solution of DBAD (1.03 g, 4.47 mmol) in toluene (9.0
ml) was slowly added over 10 h at 0 °C, and the mixture was stirred for an-
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other 16 h. After completion of the reaction, TFA (5 ml) was added. After for the Future Program.
1 h, the reaction mixture was filtered (Celite®) and the residue was washed
with EtOAc and H2O. The combined filtrate was separated and the organic References and Notes
layer was washed with H2O and brine, and dried over Na2SO4. The solvent
was removed and 1.5 g of the crude 6 was obtained as a colorless oil.
To a solution of crude 6 (1.50 g) in EtOH (10 ml), 5% Pd–C (0.1 g) was
added, and the mixture was stirred under H2 atmosphere at 50 °C for 2 h. The
solvent was removed, and the residue was solved in EtOH (30 ml). 1 N NaOH
(6 ml) was added to the solution at 0 °C and the reaction mixture was stirred
at room temperature for 16 h. The solvent was removed and the residue was
washed with EtOAc. After the addition of 1 N HCl to pH 4, the mixture was
extracted with EtOAc and washed with H2O and brine. The organic layer
was dried over Na2SO4, and the solvent was removed. The crystals were col-
lected by filtration using isopropyl ether to give the title compound 7
(659 mg, 70%) as colorless crystals.
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mp: 170—171 °C. 1H-NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) d: 1.22 (9H, s), 3.00—
3.08 (2H, m), 4.72—4.76 (1H, m), 6.66 (2H, d, Jϭ8.5 Hz), 6.74 (2H, d,
Jϭ8.5 Hz), 7.09 (2H, d, Jϭ8.5 Hz), 7.25 (2H, d, Jϭ8.5 Hz). 13C-NMR
(125 MHz, DMSO-d6) d: 31.19, 33.66, 37.30, 76.83, 114.18, 114.87, 125.95,
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126.81, 130.15, 143.09, 155.28, 155.91, 172.16. IR (KBr pellet) cmϪ1
: 3234,
2964, 1717, 1513, 1238, 1207, 1187. HR-MS m/z: 314.1503 (Calcd for
C19H22O4 314.1518). Anal. Calcd for C19H22O4·l/10H2O: C, 72.10; H, 7.05;
Found: C, 71.99; H, 7.04.
(R)-Ethyl-2-(4-t-butylphenoxy)-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propionate (8) To
a solution of 7 (1.89 g, 6.0 mmol) in EtOH (20 ml), was added H2SO4 (0.5
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9) Unpublished data.
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was removed, and the residue was extracted with EtOAc (30 mlϫ2). The
combined organic layer was washed with water and brine, and dried over
Na2SO4. The solvent was removed and the title compound 8 was obtained as
a colorless oil (2.05 g, quant.).
Eggleston D. S., Haltiwanger R. C., Holder J. C., Lister C. A., Pinto I.
L., Rami H. K., Sime J. T., Smith S. A., Sweeney J. D., Bioorg. Med.
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11) Haigh D., Birrell H. C., Cantello B. C. C., Hindley R. M., Ramaswamy
A., Rami H. K., Stevens N. C., Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 10, 1335—
1351 (1999).
1H-NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) d: 1.23 (3H, t, Jϭ7.0 Hz) 1.26 (9H, s),
3.14—3.17 (2H, m), 4.15—4.21 (2H, m), 4.68—4.71 (1H, m), 6.73—6.78
(4H, m), 7.16 (2H, d, Jϭ8.5 Hz), 7.24 (2H, d, Jϭ8.5 Hz). 13C-NMR 12) Birrell H. C., Cantello B. C. C., Eggleston D. S., Haigh D., Halti-
(125 MHz, CDCl3) d: 14.11, 31.46, 34.09, 38.29, 61.30, 78.28, 114.80,
wanger R. C., Hindley R. M., Ramaswamy A., Stevens N. C., Tetrahe-
dron: Asymmetry, 10, 1353—1367 (1999).
115.26, 126.29, 128.50, 130.68, 144.39, 154.57, 155.51, 171.59. IR (Liquid
film) cmϪ1: 3421, 2963, 1731, 1514, 1238, 1187. HR-MS: 365.1739 (Calcd 13) Hamashima Y., Sawada D., Kanai M., Shibasaki M. J., Am. Chem.
for C21H26O4Na 365.1729).
Soc., 121, 2641—2642 (1999).
(S)-2-(4-t-Butylphenoxy)-3-[4-[2-[1-(4-pyridine-2-ylphenyl)ethylidene-
aminooxy]ethoxy]phenyl]propionic Acid (1) To a solution of 8 (2.05 g,
14) Hamashima Y., Sawada D., Nogami H., Kanai M., Shibasaki M., Tetra-
hedron, 57, 805—814 (2001).
6.0 mmol) in toluene (40 ml), were added oximealcohol 9 (2.31 g, 9.0 mmol) 15) Takaoka E., Yoshikawa N., Yamada Y. M. A., Sasai H., Shibasaki M.,
and triphenylphosphine resin (3 mmol/g, 4.0 g, 12.0 mmol), and the mixture Heterocycles, 46, 157—163 (1997).
was stirred magnetically. To the stirred reaction mixture, a solution of 16) The added MeOH must be immediatery converted to MeOTMS and
DBAD (2.76 g, 12.0 mmol) in toluene (30 ml) was slowly added over 1 h at HCN: Mai K., Patil G., J. Org. Chem., 51, 3545—3548 (1986).
0 °C, and the mixture was stirred for another 16 h at room temperature. After 17) For a discussion of the racemic reaction pathway mediated by the silyl
completion of the reaction, TFA (12 ml) was added. After 1 h, the reaction
mixture was filtered (Celite®), and the residue was washed with EtOAc and
H2O. The combined filtrate was washed with saturated aqueous NaHCO3
and brine, and dried over Na2SO4. The solvent was removed and to the ob-
tained crude oil (4 g) were added EtOH (25 ml), THF (25 ml) and 1 N NaOH
(12 ml) at 0 °C. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for
cation, see: Carreira E. M., “Comprehensive Asymmetric Catalyst,”
Vol. 3, ed. by Jacobsen E. N., Pfaltz A., Yamamoto H., Springer, Hei-
delberg, 1999, pp. 997—1066.
18) Discussion on the role of proton source in catalytic enantioselective
Strecker-type reaction, see: Takamura M., Hamashima Y., Usuda H.,
Kanai M., Shibasaki M., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 39, 1650—1652 (2000).
16 h. The organic solvent was removed and the residue was washed with 19) Takamura M., Hamashima Y., Usuda H., Kanai M., Shibasaki M.,
Et2O. After the addition of 1 N HCl to pH 4, the mixture was extracted with Chem. Pharm. Bull., 48, 1586—1592 (2000).
EtOAc (80 mlϫ3) and washed with H2O and brine. The obtained organic 20) 1H-NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) d: 1.00 (3H, t, Jϭ7.0 Hz), 1.32 (3H, t,
layer was dried over Na2SO4, and the solvent was removed. The solids were
collected by filtration using isopropylether and hexane to give the title com-
pound 1 (2.4 g, 72%, 93% ee.) as a colorless solid.
Jϭ7.0 Hz), 3.21 (2H, d, Jϭ6.0 Hz), 3.97 (2H, dq, Jϭ2.5, 7.0 Hz), 4.25
(2H, dq, Jϭ1.5, 7.0 Hz), 5.03 (2H, s), 5.04 (1H, t, Jϭ6.0 Hz), 5.07
(2H, s), 6.86 (1H, s), 6.89 (2H, d, Jϭ8.5 Hz), 6.90 (2H, d, Jϭ8.5 Hz),
7.14 (2H, d, Jϭ8.5 Hz), 7.29—7.48 (10H, m), 7.70 (2H, d, Jϭ8.5 Hz).
13C-NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3) d: 13.86, 14.27, 38.20, 60.90, 61.15,
69.89, 69.98, 79.88, 114.49, 114.66, 123.94, 126.33, 127.42, 127.47,
127.90, 128.02, 128.25, 128.54, 128.59, 130.65, 132.46, 136.70,
mp: 148—150 °C. 1H-NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) d: 1.30 (9H, s), 2.31 (3H,
s), 3.26 (2H, d, Jϭ6.0 Hz), 4.34 (2H, t, Jϭ5.0 Hz), 4.59 (2H, t, Jϭ5.0 Hz),
4.84 (1H, t, Jϭ6.0 Hz), 6.86 (2H, d, Jϭ9.0 Hz), 6.93 (2H, d, Jϭ8.5 Hz),
7.25—7.35 (5H, m), 7.74—7.88 (4H, m), 7.95 (2H, d, Jϭ8.5 Hz), 8.76 (1H,
d, Jϭ4.5 Hz). 13C-NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3) d: 12.79, 31.45, 34.05, 38.10,
66.60, 72.61, 77.99, 114.63, 114.76, 121.56, 122.63, 126.26, 126.51, 127.26,
128.98, 130.54, 137.23, 137.78, 138.92, 144.25, 148.91, 154.86, 155.49,
137.05, 141.11, 157.73, 159.22, 164.15, 170.62. IR (liquid film) cmϪ1
:
2981, 1744, 1709, 1603, 1510, 1248, 1176. HR-MS: 603.2353 (Calcd
for C36H36O7Na 603.2359).
156.63, 157.79, 174.74. IR (KBr pellet) cmϪ1: 2960, 1512, 1242, 1185, 21) Pelletier J. C., Kincaid S., Tetrahedron Lett., 41, 797—800 (2000).
1071, 783. HR-MS m/z: 553.2698 (Calcd for C34H36N2O5 553.2703). Anal. 22) Sasaki T., Otsuka I., J. Biol. Chem., 32, 533—538 (1917).