19789-15-2Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Hydrotalcite-Promoted Epoxidation of Electron-Deficient Alkenes with Hydrogen Peroxide
Cativiela, Carlos,Figueras, Francois,Fraile, Jose M.,Garcia, Jose I.,Mayoral, Jose A.
, p. 4125 - 4128 (1995)
A synthetic anionic clay, hydrotalcite (Mg/Al=2.8), promotes the epoxidation of electrondeficient alkenes with H2O2.With open-chain, α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds 3-hydroxy-1,2-dioxolanes are also obtained.
The cinchona primary amine-catalyzed asymmetric epoxidation and hydroperoxidation of α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds with hydrogen peroxide
Lifchits, Olga,Mahlau, Manuel,Reisinger, Corinna M.,Lee, Anna,Fares, Christophe,Polyak, Iakov,Gopakumar, Gopinadhanpillai,Thiel, Walter,List, Benjamin
supporting information, p. 6677 - 6693 (2013/06/05)
Using cinchona alkaloid-derived primary amines as catalysts and aqueous hydrogen peroxide as the oxidant, we have developed highly enantioselective Weitz-Scheffer-type epoxidation and hydroperoxidation reactions of α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds (up to 99.5:0.5 er). In this article, we present our full studies on this family of reactions, employing acyclic enones, 5-15-membered cyclic enones, and α-branched enals as substrates. In addition to an expanded scope, synthetic applications of the products are presented. We also report detailed mechanistic investigations of the catalytic intermediates, structure-activity relationships of the cinchona amine catalyst, and rationalization of the absolute stereoselectivity by NMR spectroscopic studies and DFT calculations.
