Chiral Lewis acid catalyzed resolution of racemic enol ester epoxides. Conversion of both enantiomers of an enol ester epoxide to the same enantiomer of acyloxy ketone |
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Authors: | Feng Xiaoming Shu Lianhe Shi Yian |
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Affiliation: | Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA. |
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Abstract: | This paper describes an efficient kinetic resolution of racemic enol ester epoxides via a chiral Lewis acid catalyzed rearrangement. Both enantiomerically enriched enol ester epoxides and alpha-acyloxy ketones can be obtained through this resolution. A positive nonlinear effect is observed in this process. By taking advantage of the mechanistic duality in acid-catalyzed enol ester epoxide rearrangement, we can completely convert a racemic enol ester epoxide into an enantiomerically enriched alpha-acyloxy ketone by treatment with a catalytic amount of a chiral Lewis acid followed by a catalytic amount of an achiral protic acid. |
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