作者:Melanie A. S. Blackburn、Corin C. Wagen、M. Raul Bodrogean、Pamela M. Tadross、Andrew J. Bendelsmith、Dennis A. Kutateladze、Eric N. Jacobsen
DOI:10.1021/jacs.3c02960
日期:2023.7.19
A catalytic protio-semipinacol ring-expansion reaction has been developed for the highly enantioselective conversion of tertiary vinylic cyclopropyl alcohols into cyclobutanone products bearing α-quaternary stereogenic centers. The method relies on the cocatalytic effect of a chiral dual-hydrogen-bond donor (HBD) with hydrogen chloride. Experimental evidence is provided for a stepwise mechanism where
an oxidative ring expansion with Co(acac)2 and triplet oxygen to give 1,2-dioxanols. The formation of an alkoxy radical drives the regioselectivecleavage of the ring on the more substituted side before insertion of molecular oxygen. The reaction is particularly effective on secondary cyclobutanols but works also on certain tertiary alcohols. Further substitution with neutral nucleophiles under catalytic