102774-93-6Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Synthesis of enantiopure cyclopropyl esters from (-)-levoglucosenone
Stockton, Kieran P.,Greatrex, Ben W.
, p. 7520 - 7528 (2016/08/16)
The biorenewable chiral synthon (-)-levoglucosenone has been converted to enantiopure cyclopropyl esters using the base-promoted carbocyclisation of 4,5-epoxyvalerates. This protocol was applied to the enantiospecific synthesis of the GABAc receptor agonist (1R,2R)-trans-2-aminomethylcyclopropanecarboxylic acid ((-)-TAMP) and its enantiomer. The process was also extended to generate 1,1,2- and 1,2,3-trisubstituted cyclopropanes resulting in a formal synthesis of the selective glutamate receptor antagonist PCCG-4.
Chemo-enzymatic synthesis of chiral epoxides ethyl and methyl (S)-3-(Oxiran-2-yl)propanoates from Renewable levoglucosenone: An access to enantiopure (S)-dairy lactone
Peru, Aurélien A. M.,Flourat, Amandine L.,Gunawan, Christian,Raverty, Warwick,Jevric, Martyn,Greatrex, Ben W.,Allais, Florent
, (2016/08/12)
Chiral epoxides-such as ethyl and methyl (S)-3-(oxiran-2-yl)propanoates ((S)-1a/1b)-are valuable precursors in many chemical syntheses. Until recently, these compounds were synthesized from glutamic acid in four steps (deamination, reduction, tosylation and epoxide formation) in low to moderate overall yield (20%-50%). Moreover, this procedure requires some harmful reagents such as sodium nitrite ((eco)toxic) and borane (carcinogen). Herein, starting from levoglucosenone (LGO), a biobased chiral compound obtained through the flash pyrolysis of acidified cellulose, we propose a safer and more sustainable chemo-enzymatic synthetic pathway involving lipase-mediated Baeyer-Villiger oxidation, palladium-catalyzed hydrogenation, tosylation and treatment with sodium ethoxide/methoxide as key steps. This route afforded ethyl and methyl (S)-3-(oxiran-2-yl)propanoates in 57% overall yield, respectively. To demonstrate the potentiality of this new synthetic pathway from LGO, the synthesis of high value-added (S)-dairy lactone was undertaken from these epoxides and provided the target in 37% overall yield from LGO.
Concise Enantioselective Synthesis of Naturally Active (S)-3-Hydroxypiperidine
Dey, Soumen,Karabal, Pratibha U.,Sudalai, Arumugam
supporting information, p. 1559 - 1565 (2015/06/02)
A short and efficient enantioselective synthesis of natural product (S)-3-hydroxypiperidine has been achieved starting from commercially available raw materials employing two catalytic routes: (i) cocatalyzed hydrolytic kinetic resolution (HKR) of racemic methyl-3-(oxiran-2-yl)propanoate; (ii) proline-catalyzed α-aminooxylation followed by Horner-Wardsworth-Emmons olefination in high enantiomeric purity (97% ee) and high overall yield (38%). (Chemical Equation Presented).
