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Catalytic asymmetric epoxidation
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Page/Page column 21, (2010/02/12)
The present invention relates to the synthesis of chiral epoxides via a catalytic asymmetric oxidation of olefins. Additionally, the methodology provides a method of asymmetrically oxidizing sulfides and phosphines. This asymmetric oxidation employs a catalyst system composed of a metal and a chiral bishydroxamic acid ligand, which, in the presence of a stoichiometric oxidation reagent, serves to asymmetrically oxidize a variety of substrates.
Enantioselective epoxidation of allylic alcohols by a chiral complex of vanadium: An effective controller system and a rational mechanistic model
Zhang, Wei,Basak, Arindrajit,Kosugi, Yuji,Hoshino, Yujiro,Yamamoto, Hisashi
, p. 4389 - 4391 (2007/10/03)
(Chemical Equation Presented) Bishydroxamic acid derivatives are used as ligands for a vanadium catalyst in the preparation of epoxy alcohols (see scheme). The methodology uses aqueous tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) as an achiral oxidant, low catalyst loading, low reaction temperatures (0°C to room temperature), and simple workup procedures. The reaction is applied to the kinetic resolution of a secondary allylic alcohol and the preparation of small epoxy alcohols. R1, R2, R3: alkyl, aryl, H.
