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Lipase promoted asymmetric trans-esterification of 4-alkyl-, 3-alkyl- and 3,4-dialkyloxetan-2-ones with ring-opening
Sakai, Naoko,Ageishi, Satoru,Isobe, Hiroshi,Hayashi, Yoshiyuki,Yamamoto, Yukio
, p. 71 - 78 (2007/10/03)
Kinetic resolution of(+/-)-4-substituted [(+/-)-1], 3-substituted [(+/-)-4] and 3,4-disubstituted oxetan-2-ones [(+/-)-7] was effected by the action of lipases in organic solvents. The substrates (+/-)-1, (+/-)-4 and (+/-)-7 were prepared by [2 + 2] cycloaddition of aldehydes with ketene, intramolecular substitution of 3-bromoalkanoic acids and the Adam's cyclization of anti- and syn-3-hydroxyalkanoic acids, respectively. Lipase PS exhibited good activity towards all the oxetanones and was employed for the resolution experiments except with (+/-)-4-methyloxetan-2-one (+/-)-1a for which PPL was used. The stereoselectivity was satisfactory for obtaining oxetan-2-ones of high ee's except for a few cases. The configuration of new compounds was established by chemical correlation and CD spectroscopy.
