The C3-selective alcoholysis of 2,3-epoxy alcohols has been realized by judicious choice of Ln(OTf)3 catalyst.
2,3-环氧醇的C3选择性醇解已通过谨慎选择Ln(OTf)3催化剂实现。
Regiochemical control of the ring opening of 1,2-epoxides by means of chelating processes. 5. Synthesis and reactions of some 2,3-epoxy-1-alkanol derivatives
作者:Marco Chini、Paolo Crotti、Lee A. Flippin、Cristina Gardelli、Elena Giovani、Franco Macchia、Mauro Pineschi
DOI:10.1021/jo00057a040
日期:1993.2
In order to study the effect of a remote polar functionality on the regiochemistry of the ring opening of aliphatic epoxides, the synthesis and some nucleophilic additions (methanolysis, azidolysis, and aminolysis) of suitable 2,3-epoxy-1-alkanol derivatives (epoxides trans-1a-d and cis-2) were carried out. The C-3 selectivity commonly observed when nonchelating ring opening conditions are used is lower than when the epoxides are allowed to react in the presence of metal ions (Li+, Mg2+, Zn2+) due to the probable intervention of bidentate-chelated intermediates in the latter case, and in some instances an almost complete C-3 regioselection is obtained. Under identical conditions involving chelation control, trans epoxide la shows higher C-3 selectivity than cis isomer 2. A free hydroxyl functionality is not necessary in order to observe chelation-controlled regioselectivity in the epoxides that we examined.
Eu(OTf)<sub>3</sub>-Catalyzed Highly Regioselective Nucleophilic Ring Opening of 2,3-Epoxy Alcohols: An Efficient Entry to 3-Substituted 1,2-Diol Derivatives
In our study of the totalsynthesis of (+)-irciniastatin A, we found a need to develop a method that enables a C3-selective nucleophilicringopening of 2,3-epoxyalcohol by MeOH, by which we found that the use of combined catalytic amounts of Eu(OTf)3 and 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylpyridine (DTBMP) enables the intended transformation to obtain 3-methoxy-1,2-diol efficiently. Promising features of a
A new attempt of utilizing solid acids and bases for ring opening of epoxides with Me3SiCN was investigated. Solid strong bases such as calcium oxide and magnesium oxide catalyzed the regio- and chemoselective ring opening of epoxides with Me3SiCN much more effectively than homogeneous catalysts. On CaO and MgO, the reactions of unsymmetrical epoxides with Me3SiCN afforded 3-trimethylsiloxyalkanenitriles in high yields through regio- and stereoselective attack of cyanide ion on the less substituted epoxycarbon. Additionally, on CaO, 2,3-epoxy-1-alkanol derivatives were selectively converted to the corresponding C-3 opened products by the attack of cyanide ion. In these cases no isocyanides were formed. It was suggested that CaO acted as a bifunctional catalyst; the lattice oxide anions of CaO activated Me3SiCN, and simultaneously calcium ions promoted the ring opening of epoxyalkanol as Lewis acid sites.