A Concise Route to a Key Intermediate in the Total Synthesis of Sempervirine1

Enantiopure γ-amino and γ-hydroxy-β-ketosulfones have been synthesized in high yields from α-diazoketones derived from the α-amino and α-hydroxy acid chiral pools.     

Chiral Zn-catalyzed aerobic oxidative kinetic resolution of α-hydroxy ketones

The aerobic oxidative kinetic resolution of racemic α-hydroxy ketones was accomplished using a chiral Zn-quinine complex as the catalyst in the presence of molecular oxygen. The resulting optimized reaction conditions were applied to resolute different types of racemic α-hydroxy ketones and a maximum of 9.2 selectivity (s) was obtained with 88% ee for the recovered α-hydroxy ketone.     

Purete enantiomerique et configuration absolue de l'acide β-hydroxy β-trifluoromethyl β-phenyl propionique obtenu par synthese asymetrique

The enantiomeric purity of β-hydroxy β-trifluoromethyl β-phenyl propionic acid, prepared by asymmetric synthesis, was determined by NMR with a chiral europium complex. Its absolute configuration was established by correlation with α-hydroxy α-trifluoromethyl α-phenyl acetic acid. At the same time, the absolute configurations of 2-hydroxy 2-trifluoromethyl 2-phenyl ethylamine, 3-hydroxy 3-trifluoromethyl 3-phenyl 1-amino propane, and 2-trifluoromethyl 2-phenyl 1,2 ethanediol were determined.     

Electrophilic asymmetric syntheses of α-hydroxy carboxylic acids

Asymmetric electrophilic synthesis of α-hydroxy carboxylic acids from chiral amide derivatives of tert-butyl- and trialkylsilyl- protected glycolic and lactic acids are described which lead to chiral α-hydroxy carboxylic acids in 60–95% diastereomic excess.     

Asymmetric 1,2-Carbamoyl Rearrangement of Lithiated Chiral Oxazolidine Carbamates and Diastereoselective Synthesis of α-Hydroxy Amides

Asymmetric 1,2-carbamoyl rearrangement of lithiated 2-alkenyl carbamates has been investigated. Deprotonation of chiral 2-alkenyl oxazolidine carbamates with sec-butyllithium in ether at −78 °C followed by warming of the resulting 1-lithio-2-alkenyl derivatives to room temperature resulted in 1,2-carbamoyl rearrangement to provide α-hydroxy amides. The rearrangement proceeded with excellent diastereoselectivity and in good to excellent isolated yield of the α-hydroxy amide derivatives. The substrate scope of the reaction was investigated with a variety of 2-alkenyl and benzyl oxazolidine carbamates. A stereochemical model is provided to explain the stereochemical outcome associated with the rearrangement. Acid-catalyzed removal of the chiral oxazolidine afforded α-hydroxy acid in high optical purity.     

Asymmetric hydrogenation of α- or β-acyloxy α,β-unsaturated phosphonates catalyzed by a Rh(I) complex of monodentate phosphoramidite

The Rh(I) complex of a monodentate phosphoramidite bearing a primary amine moiety (DpenPhos) has been disclosed to be highly efficient for the asymmetric hydrogenation of a variety of α- or β-acyloxy α,β-unsaturated phosphonates, providing the corresponding biologically important chiral α- or β-hydroxy phosphonic acid derivatives with excellent enantioselectivities (90->99% ee).     

Stereoselective synthesis ofvic-halohydrins and an unusual Knoevenagel product from an organocatalyzed aldol reaction：A non-enamine mode

Stereoselective synthesis by an aldol reaction between chloroacetone and aldehyde was studied using a synthesized chiral organocatalyst and triethylamine. The reaction gave α-chloro-β-hydroxy ketones in excellent yield with highantiselectivity and enantioselectivity. The chiral organocatalyst was also used in the Knoevenagel reaction, which gave α-cyano-β-hydroxy ketones at a low tem-perature and the usual Knoevenagel product at a high temperature. Both products were obtained in good to moderate yield with goodanti selectivity in the case of α-cyano-β-hydroxy ketone deriva-tives.     

Organocatalytic Enantioselective Acyloin Rearrangement of α-Hydroxy Acetals to α-Alkoxy Ketones

We report an unprecedented organocatalytic enantioselective acyloin rearrangement of α,α-disubstituted α-hydroxy acetals. In the presence of a catalytic amount of chiral binol-derived N-triflyl phosphoramide, α-hydroxy acetals rearranged to α-alkoxy ketones in good to high yields with high enantioselectivities. Formation of an ion pair between the in situ generated oxocarbenium ion and the chiral phosphoramide anion was proposed to be responsible for the highly efficient transfer of chirality. Conditions for removal of cyclohexyl and cyclopentyl groups from the corresponding α-alkoxy ketones were uncovered underpinning their potential general utility as hydroxy protecting groups. Conversion of the rearranged products to the enantioenriched α-hydroxy ketone, 1,2-diol, β-amino alcohol and 1,4-dioxane was also documented.     

The semiempirical study on the addition of the chiral ammonium hypophosphite to an aldehyde

The PM3 and AM1 semiempirical computations were performed in order to explain the stereochemistry of the addition of the chiral α-methylbenzylammonium hypophosphite to an aldehyde, which is stereoselective to 100%. Both mechanisms: one considering the intermediate formation of α-hydroxy phosphonous acids followed by the nucleophilic substitution with a chiral amine and the second considering the formation of a Schiff base followed by the addition of hypophosphorous acid to an azomethine bond were taken. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Heteroatom Chem 15:162–168, 2004; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/hc.10230     

Synthesis of new chiral hydroxy oxazolines and their use in the catalytic asymmetric phenyl transfer to aldehydes

Starting either from benzoylformic acid or ethyl oxamate and enantiopure β-amino alcohols, several chiral α-hydroxy oxazolines have been prepared by short synthetic routes. Subsequently, they have been employed in the catalytic asymmetric phenyl transfer to various aldehydes, using a mixture of triphenylborane and diethylzinc as the phenyl source. The corresponding secondary alcohols were obtained with good enantioselectivities (up to 81% ee) and up to 92% yield.     

Highly enantioselective Friedel-Crafts alkylation of indole and pyrrole with β,γ-unsaturated α-ketoester catalyzed by chiral dicationic palladium complex

The chiral dicationic Pd complexes, bearing sterically demanding diphosphine ligands as Lewis acid catalysts, are shown to catalyze the asymmetric Friedel-Crafts (F-C) alkylations of indoles and pyrroles with β,γ-unsaturated α-ketoesters, to provide the F-C alkylation products with benzylic stereocenters in high yields and enantioselectivities. The reactive chelated structure, formed by the chiral dicationic Pd complex and the electrophile, would be important to gain a high level of asymmetric induction in the F-C alkylation. The F-C products can be readily functionalized to give α-hydroxy esters via catalytic asymmetric ene sequences.     

Ru/Me-BIPAM-catalyzed asymmetric addition of arylboronic acids to aliphatic aldehydes and α-ketoesters

A ruthenium-catalyzed asymmetric arylation of aliphatic aldehydes and α-ketoesters with arylboronic acids has been developed, giving chiral alkyl(aryl)methanols and α-hydroxy esters in good yields. The use of a chiral bidentate phosphoramidite ligand (Me-BIPAM) achieved excellent enantioselectivities.     

三级环氧醇与PCC的非对映性氧化反应研究

报道一类新颖的氯铬酸吡啶盐(PCC)与三级环氧醇的非对映选择性氧化反应,就反应的立体选择性、化学选择性和可能的反应机理进行了讨论。该反应不仅可用于制备手性的三级环氧醇,同时还可以用于合成含有手性季碳中心的1,3-二酮。     

Synthesis of chiral sulfonylmethyl isocyanides,and comparison of their propensities in asymmetric induction reactions with acetophenones1

Seven chiral analogues of tosylmethyl isocyanide (TosMIC) were synthesized in order to investigate and compare their ability to achieve asymmetric induction in base mediated reactions with acetophenone and trifluoroacetophenone. Acid hydrolysis of the intermediate 2-oxazolines (10 and 11) gave optically active α-hydroxy aldehydes (12 and 13).     

3-Hydroxyglutarate and β,γ-Epoxy Esters as Substrates for Pig Liver Esterase (PLE) and α-Chymotrypsin

The pH dependence of the α-chymotrypsin-catalyzed hydrolysis of dimethyl 3-hydroxyglutarate ( 3 ) has been studied. The e.e. was determined by HPLC analysis of diastereoisomeric camphanoic-acid derivatives. Kinetic resolution of the β,α-epoxy esters 10 and 24 by pig liver esterase has been shown to provide an alternative access to chiral β-hydroxy esters and acids of high optical purity. By this latter method, the unnatural enantiomer of γ-amino-β-hydroxybutyric acid (GABOB) has been synthesized. Finally, dimethyl meso-3,4-epoxyadipate ( 19 ) was hydrolyzed by pig liver esterase with almost 100% selectivity.     

Asymmetric dihydroxylation of disubstituted allenes

Asymmetric dihydroxylation of 1,1-disubstituted and 1,3-disubstituted allenes can be used to synthesize chiral α-hydroxy ketones. We have also obtained α,α′-dihydroxy ketones with high enantioselectivity from 1,3-disubstituted allenes. Low conversion of the dihydroxylation of chiral allenes can be used as a kinetic resolution of sterically hindered allenes.     

A facile method for the synthesis of enantiopure α-unsubstituted β-hydroxy esters

One-pot deacylation–debromination reactions involving the transesterification of the initial chiral α-bromo-β-hydroxy thioimide aldol adducts and subsequent Al–Hg mediated reductive cleavage of the C–Br bond allow for a facile synthesis of enantiopure β-hydroxy esters.     

Ferrocene Derivatization Reagents for Optical Resolution of Carboxylic Acids by High-performance Liquid Chromatography with Electrochemical Detection

Abstract

New derivatization methods using chiral ferrocene reagents have been developed for the optical resolution of carboxylic acids by high-performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection. Two chiral derivatization reagents, 1-ferrocenylethylamine and 1-ferrocenylpropylamine, were readily prepared from acetylferrocene and propionylferrocene in two steps, respectively. Condensation of carboxylic acids with the chiral reagent was effected in the presence of water-soluble carbodiimide and 1-hydroxybenzotriazole. The diastereomeric amides formed from N-acetylamino acid and α-arylpropionic acid enantiomers were efficiently resolved by reversed-phase chromatography and showed the satisfactory sensitivity at +0.45 V vs. an Ag/AgCl reference electrode with a detection limit of 0.5 pmole (S/N=5).     

Enantioselective synthesis of 2-substituted-1,4-diketones from (S)-mandelic acid enolate and α,β-enones

An approach for the synthesis of chiral non-racemic 2-substituted-1,4-diketones from (S)-mandelic acid and α,β-enones has been developed. The reaction of lithium enolate of the 1,3-dioxolan-4-one derived from optically active (S)-mandelic acid and pivalaldehyde with α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds proceeds readily to give the corresponding Michael adducts in good yields and with high diastereoselectivities. The addition of HMPA (3 equiv) reverses and strongly enhances the diastereoselectivity of the reaction. A change in the reaction mechanism from a lithium catalyzed to the one where catalysis has been suppressed by coordination of HMPA to lithium is proposed to explain these results. Subsequent basic hydrolysis of the 1,3-dioxolan-4-one moiety yields the corresponding α-hydroxy acids (in hemiacetal form), which after decarboxylation with oxygen in the presence of pivalaldehyde and the Co(III)Me₂opba complex as catalyst give chiral 2-substituted 1,4-dicarbonyl compounds with very high enantiomeric excesses. In this approach, (S)-mandelic acid acts as an umpoled chiral equivalent of the benzoyl anion.     

Chiral zinc homoenolate of methyl isobutyrate. A new building block for the synthesis of chiral α-methylesters

Chiral homoenolate of methyl isobutyrate prepared in a few steps from optically active methyl β-hydroxy isobutyrate reacts with carbon electrophiles to give chiral α-methyl esters.