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A chiral electrophilic selenium reagent to promote the kinetic resolution of racemic allylic alcohols
Tiecco, Marcello,Testaferri, Lorenzo,Santi, Claudio,Tomassini, Cristina,Bonini, Rosaria,Marini, Francesca,Bagnoli, Luana,Temperini, Andrea
, p. 4751 - 4753 (2007/10/03)
(Chemical Equation Presented) The first example of a kinetic resolution process promoted by electrophilic selenium reagents is reported. Racemic allylic alcohols react with half equivalents of a selenenylating agent in methanol leading to the regiospecific formation of the corresponding addition products with a very high level of facial selectivity (from 95:5 to 98:2 dr). The unreacted alcohols can be recovered in an optically enriched form (from 90 to 94% ee).
Preparation of a new chiral non-racemic sulfur-containing diselenide and applications in asymmetric synthesis
Tiecco, Marcello,Testaferri, Lorenzo,Santi, Claudio,Tomassini, Cristina,Marini, Francesca,Bagnoli, Luana,Temperini, Andrea
, p. 1118 - 1124 (2007/10/03)
The synthesis of the new chiral non-racemic sulfur-containing diselenide, di-2-methoxy-6-[(1S)-1-(methylthio)ethyl]phenyl diselenide, is described. When treated with ammonium persulfate this diselenide is transformed into the corresponding selenenyl sulfate, which acts as a strong electrophilic reagent and adds to alkenes, in the presence of methanol or water, to afford the products of selenomethoxylation or selenohydroxylation, respectively, with excellent diastereoselectivities. Starting from alkenes containing internal nucleophiles, asymmetric cyclofunctionalization reactions also resulted in good chemical yields, complete regioselectivities, and high diastereoselectivities. This sulfur-containing diselenide can also be used in catalytic amounts to promote one-pot selenenylation-deselenenylation processes, from which several types of products can be obtained in high yield and with good enantiomeric excess.
