A new method for the preparation of (R)-carnitine (1) has been developed from enantiomerically pure (R)-4-(trichloromethyl)-oxetan-2-one [(R)-2] which was easily obtained from the [2+2]-cycloaddition of ketene and chloral in the presence of catalytic amounts of poly(acryloyl quinidine). The key intermediate, ethyl (R)-3-hydroxy-4-chlorobutyrate [(R)-5], was prepared by ethanolysis of (R)-2 followed by selective bis-dechlorination of ethyl (R)-3-hydroxy-4,4,4-trichlorobutyrate [(R)-3].
Preparation of Ethyl (<i>R</i>)-3-hydroxy-4-chlorobutyrate by Selective Reduction of (<i>R</i>)-4-(Trichloromethyl)-oxetan-2-one: Key Intermediate to (<i>R</i>)-Carnitine and (<i>R</i>)-4-Amino-3-hydroxybutyric Acid
作者:Choong Eui Song、Jae Kyun Lee、In O Kim、Jung Hoon Choi
DOI:10.1080/00397919708003044
日期:1997.3
Selective reduction of (R)-4-(trichloromethyl)-oxetan-2-one in ethanol by catalytic hydrogenation on Pd-C in the presence of KOAc gave directly ethyl (R)-3-hydroxy-4-chlorobutyrate, which can be used as a key intermediate for the synthesis of some biblogically active gamma-amino-beta-hydroxy amino acids, (R)-carnitine and gamma-amino-beta-hydroxy amino acid ((R)-GABOB).
New method for the preparation of (R)-carnitine
作者:Choong Eui Song、Jae Kyun Lee、So Ha Lee、Sang-gi Lee
DOI:10.1016/0957-4166(95)00125-9
日期:1995.5
A new method for the preparation of (R)-carnitine (1) has been developed from enantiomerically pure (R)-4-(trichloromethyl)-oxetan-2-one [(R)-2] which was easily obtained from the [2+2]-cycloaddition of ketene and chloral in the presence of catalytic amounts of poly(acryloyl quinidine). The key intermediate, ethyl (R)-3-hydroxy-4-chlorobutyrate [(R)-5], was prepared by ethanolysis of (R)-2 followed by selective bis-dechlorination of ethyl (R)-3-hydroxy-4,4,4-trichlorobutyrate [(R)-3].