267003-12-3Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Practical and highly selective sulfur ylide-mediated asymmetric epoxidations and aziridinations using a cheap and readily available chiral sulfide: Extensive studies to map out scope, limitations, and rationalization of diastereo- and enantioselectivities
Illa, Ona,Namutebi, Mariam,Saha, Chandreyee,Ostovar, Mehrnoosh,Chen, C. Chun,Haddow, Mairi F.,Nocquet-Thibault, Sophie,Lusi, Matteo,McGarrigle, Eoghan M.,Aggarwal, Varinder K.
supporting information, p. 11951 - 11966 (2013/09/02)
The chiral sulfide, isothiocineole, has been synthesized in one step from elemental sulfur, γ-terpinene, and limonene in 61% yield. A mechanism involving radical intermediates for this reaction is proposed based on experimental evidence. The application of isothiocineole to the asymmetric epoxidation of aldehydes and the aziridination of imines is described. Excellent enantioselectivities and diastereoselectivities have been obtained over a wide range of aromatic, aliphatic, and α,β-unsaturated aldehydes using simple protocols. In aziridinations, excellent enantioselectivities and good diastereoselectivities were obtained for a wide range of imines. Mechanistic models have been put forward to rationalize the high selectivities observed, which should enable the sulfide to be used with confidence in synthesis. In epoxidations, the degree of reversibility in betaine formation dominates both the diastereoselectivity and the enantioselectivity. Appropriate tuning of reaction conditions based on understanding the reaction mechanism enables high selectivities to be obtained in most cases. In aziridinations, betaine formation is nonreversible with semistabilized ylides and diastereoselectivities are determined in the betaine forming step and are more variable as a result.
1,2-Diarylethanols by alternative regioselective reductive ring-opening of 2,3-diaryloxiranes
Blasio, Nadia Di,Lopardo, Maria Teresa,Lupattelli, Paolo
scheme or table, p. 938 - 944 (2009/07/19)
Non-symmetrical ￡rans-2,3-diaryloxiranes have been regioselectively opened by catalytic hydrogenation over Pd/C, NaBH4/Pd and [Cp 2TiCl]/H2O. Although in the catalytic hydrogenation reactions the epoxides were mainly opened at the β-carbon with respect to the substituted aryl ring in all cases, with the [Cp2TiCl]/H 2O system the regioselectivity was affected by the electronic properties of the aryl residues, the epoxides being opened on the carbon bearing the most electron-releasing or the least electron-withdrawing group. With the NaBH4/Pd system different regioisomers were obtained depending on the substituents. Starting from enantioenriched epoxides, no loss of optical purity was observed in the alcohols formed.
DNA-based hydrolytic kinetic resolution of epoxides
Dijk, Ewold W.,Feringa, Ben L.,Roelfes, Gerard
experimental part, p. 2374 - 2377 (2009/04/11)
DNA-bound copper(II) complexes serve as catalysts for the hydrolytic kinetic resolution of 2-pyridyloxiranes in water. Selectivity factors of up to 2.7 were achieved, indicating a chirality transfer of DNA to epoxides via a coordinated metal ion.
Sulfur-ylide-mediated synthesis of functionalized and trisubstituted epoxides with high enantioselectivity; Application to the synthesis of CDP-840
Aggarwal, Varinder K.,Bae, Imhyuck,Lee, Hee-Yoon,Richardson, Jeffery,Williams, David T.
, p. 3274 - 3278 (2007/10/03)
Benzyl and substituted allyl sulfonium salts react with a broad range of simple and functionalized aldehydes and ketones to give epoxides with high diastereoselectivity and high enantioselectivity (see scheme). The process has been applied to a short synthesis of the phosphodiesterase-IV inhibitor CDP-840. R1, R2 = hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, or pyridyl.
Pyridyl and furyl epoxides of more than 99% enantiomeric purities: The use of a phosphazene base
Solladie-Cavallo, Arlette,Roje, Marin,Isarno, Thomas,Sunjic, Vitomir,Vinkovic, Vladimir
, p. 1077 - 1080 (2007/10/03)
trans-1-(2-Pyridyl)-, trans-1-(3-pyridyl)-, trans-1(2-furyl)-, and trans-1(3-furyl)-2-phenyl epoxides with enantiomeric purities ranging from 96.8 to 99.8% [in favor of the (+, EtOH)-isomer] are obtained in two steps from pure (R,R,R)-oxathiane which is recovered (85-90%) and reused. The chiral bidentate ligand 2-phenyl-(S)-1-(2-pyridyl)ethanol with 99.6% ee was obtained in three steps and 67% overall isolated yield.
