40145-08-2Relevant articles and documents
Stereoselective desymmetrizations of dinitriles to synthesize lactones
Kelley, Amber M.,Frost, Joshua A.,Baber, Tylisha M.,Youngblood, Kala C.,Michishita, Emiri,Bain, Schuyler A.,Caleb Lykins,Petersen, Kimberly S.
supporting information, (2021/12/17)
Nitriles are important organic functional groups, allowing for installation of nitrogen in organic synthesis. The Pinner reaction transforms nitriles into esters via the imidate group, but in general has previously necessitated harsh acid conditions. This
A scalable, Nonenzymatic synthesis of highly stereopure difunctional C4 secondary methyl linchpin synthons
Mekala, Shekar,Hahn, Roger C.
, p. 1610 - 1617 (2015/02/19)
In response to the continuing widespread use of heterodifunctional C4 secondary methyl building blocks in asymmetric synthesis, we have developed a mole-scale, two-step synthesis of a 1:1 mixture of the diastereomers of 3-bromo-2-methyl-1-propyl camphorsulfonate (casylate). One isomer (2S) has been crystallized to >99:1 dr in ～25% yield. Equilibration of the mother liquor (enriched in 2R) to a 1:1 mixture and recrystallization significantly raises the overall yield of 2S. Applications of 2S include chemoselective Grignard coupling, enabling the very short synthesis of highly stereopure long-chain natural products containing remote, methyl-bearing stereogenic centers [e.g., (R)-tuberculostearic acid], with complete control of configuration. Also, Ag-mediated, completely chemoselective Br displacement from 2S leads to a range of >99:1 er difunctional synthons. Both applications incorporate concurrent recovery of CasO. The enantiomer of 2S can be made from commercial (1R)-10-CasOH.
Synthesis of optically active β- Or γ-alkyl-substituted alcohols through copper-catalyzed asymmetric allylic alkylation with organolithium reagents
Guduguntla, Sureshbabu,Fananas-Mastral, Martin,Feringa, Ben L.
, p. 8274 - 8280 (2013/09/24)
An efficient one-pot synthesis of optically active β-alkyl-substituted alcohols through a tandem copper-catalyzed asymmetric allylic alkylation (AAA) with organolithium reagents and reductive ozonolysis is presented. Furthermore, hydroboration-oxidation following the Cu-catalyzed AAA leads to the corresponding homochiral γ-alkyl-substituted alcohols.
